The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1853-01-28
FORTY.sEvEN.


blanders huddled together in a single para
graph, than will be found in the following,
which we find going the rounds of the papers:
FoRTY-SEvEs.-We find the following 10 an
English newspaper, and submit il TO the curl
Gus inspection of those who are inclined to be
superstitious on the subject OF numbers
Ii is now AZ years since Nelson fought the
battle of Trafalgar; AZ years was the age OF
Nelson at the time; Az years of age was Wei
lington at Waterloo; AZ years of age was Bo-
naparte whom he defeated; AZ years compile
ted last year since Napoleon the First was
crowned Emperor; AZ years is the age OF Ma
poleon the Third, who last year was made
Emperor.
We may add to the above-we hope with
out frightening any body into an apprehensl ION
of ''coup q etat"-that Franklin Pierce was
AZ on the day of the last Presidential election.
Mel son was born on the 29lh Of September,
1853, consequently he ras AZ at the battle oil
Trafalgar which was fought on the 2lst oil
October 1905. Ii is true, too, that 1t was A.
wears ago last October since the battle was
fought. But Wellington was born, some say
in May, others in February, 1769, and conse'
quently was but &c at the battle OF Waterloo
18th June, 1851 Bonaparte was born on the
18th of August, 1869, and was therefore not
quite 46 at the battle of Waterloo. II was 45
(not Al years ago, on the I'd December last,
since Napoleon 1st was crowned Emperor of
the French 1S04.) Louis Napoleon was born
in 1908, and is not yet 45 years old.
CIGARS AND BRANDY.-The Treasurer's re-
IN
and striking results, which are summed up by
the New York Times. What will be thought
of the fact that the grain growing interest OF
the United States is literally smoked up and
drank down, in the shape OF Spanish cigars and
French brandy? In the fiscal year, ending
Both of June last, the United States exported
Wheat to the value of 50, So, 209. During the
calendar year, the city ofNew York alone i'm
ported Cigars TO the amount of 81 ,87o, 744, and
other ports, say 40 per cent. of the whole,
would swell the total to $3,l3l,2l6. The diff
ference against US, in these two articles, is
barely made good by all the Rye, Oats, and
other small grain, 1894 All; Rye Meal, $64,-
49, Potatoes, $l15,12l, and Apples, $43,
which we sent out last year. The export of
Indian Corn was of the value of 81 ,540, 225,
and of Corn Meal $574 1880, together, $2,1l4,-
Cos. New York city imported in 1852, French
Cognac and other Brandies, of the value of
81 ,494 ,635, which would be swelled at other
ports, allowing New York figures 10 represent
How to make good this deficit is a. puzzler
unless we quit the catalogue of vegetablefood d.,
and make a set off of some 1928, SAG, of "Spirts
from molasses," fin the vulgar, Yankee rum,)
which it appears we send abroad. That is ap-
propriate to the purpose, at all events.
On the 1st of July last, it was carefully COM
puted, and the total brought within the mark,
that the foreign debt Of the United States in
the shape of Federal, State, Company, and
Corporation Bonds, amounted TO $262,OO0,000.
Since then, we may compute $lS,000,0G0 as
the addition for the halfyear, making together
$2S0000,00G principal, and about SIG 100000
interest to be provided. The Flour exported
from the whole country for the fiscal year was
of the value of $ll ,S69I43, and Rice from Ca
rolina and Georgia, $2,47l ,029; together, $H,-
34O,l72, leaving deficit of Ass, 1928, in &C
sumuating interest alone, unpaid, after ex-
hausting both these sources of revenue. We
might readily continue the parallel were the
present the auspicious time to arrest attention
to the progress of luxury and borrowing. But
sit is not, we stop short, with the single adj
dllional remark that to run the comparison
through the Provision list, we should find that
itrequires all the Hog meat, $3,765,4 to sup
port our watch-fobs, and that we annually
guzzle more Champaign and Port and such
like mixtures Of grape and alcohol, than all
oar Beef and Butter export, s., 279,S20, will
pay for.