The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1853-07-27
THE DAILY DISPATCH
Carre.nondence of the Dispatch.

Correspondence of the Dispatch.
RccKBR,psE ALUM SPRINGS, July 81
A lev rnes from this place, feel. will NOT
proye uninteresling to such of your readers as
belong 10 The vsetuiinarinn order, especiaiiy
when they emanate from the pen OF physi
clan of twenty years observation.
| therefore beg leave 10 say TO hose sHi'1'tp
with ScrofGla IN any OF its stages, "he''ie, L
its inception, the gradual enlaFgeneh's u So
glands, or in a suppuraiing ccadi'o"' ooa
here, If YOU desire or ever expect 20 % ar,or@
from disesse that has been ciasseu " 49,;
The O1nyoby;a Uedici. There are si'ing
monuments establishing the uu'" 20 -, nsnn
ion hers advanced and Ii's only my sE'"PS
tbv for snff,.riug humanity that induces lile 10
mako II knoxn through The columns Oh your
widely ciFc uisGBg J1ufnai' III D.,,o,s;,
Secondly, & those stfi ,cfed WIN DtSpeps'"
in its varied ferns, Jsundice' chrome s'',''oo y
dersngemeats OF the liver, spleen anu p"teuas'
.h.,r;c orh,baIslia from any cause, all the
J;Ssaaos of the skin and many female diseases,
IwonI1 recommend trip here with The con
fdsnt beIisi that few would leave without be-
ing amply compensated Tor their trouble and
expense.
dolph leave nothing und0ne that cun possibly
contribute 10 the health, comfort and gratinca
top of tie visitors. The fare is sumpiuoGs, the
servants are obliging, the beds and bedrooms
uuexcepionable and in fine every thing is ms " Q
could desire il. There are AT this time 500 per
sons here, made up OF all ages and coors, and
diseased in great variety of ways. All that
1 have couverssd with are gradually improve
ing. some Of course more rapidly than others,
which might be reasonably expected.
would not. though, have yoUr readers TO
suppose that have made myself acquainted
with the condition of all who are here. Far
from it. There are no doubt some here row
using the waters with the hope of benefit,
whose cases are hey ond the reach OF remedial
means. IL would have been far better Cor such
TO have remained al home end made up thei,
minds 10 die among their friends.
will not further trespass upon your co.
lumns, but conclude by saving that what |
have written is free will Offering, which will
pass for what it is worth.
MEDlCUs FROM BELOW THE MOUNTAINS.
The CArisTRopHE AT NIAGARA-The AL
bany Atlas, speaking Of the case of poor Avery,
SAYS:
The scene itself was app .liing-of This man
hanging between life and death, on the edge
of that vast preci piCe of headlong waters. But
ii receives an additional p0igaancy when, by
the mysterious agency of the telegraph, the
whsle public, within the radius OF d thousand
miles, IRE made 10 participate in his agony.
The spectators On lne shores who beheid his
struggles were hardly more present at the
scene than the men who, in the distant cities,
were told iro,n hour 10 hour, and from minute,
TO minute, OF his peril, END the alternate chan
ces OF death and escape"
The Rochester Democrat says that Avery
was young man twenty years of age, and
that his distracted father was among the spec
tators. The boat, which was made fast 10 the
log, and the raft, are still swaying to and flo
in the curran. None of the bodies have been
found, and probably never will be.
The JUDGE AADTHE CULPR T.-Lord Chief
Justice holt when young, vas veiy extTava-
CANT, and belonged TO q club OF wild fellows,
the most OF whom took 10 al infamous course
of life. When his LordshiD was engaged ca
a cert lin occasion al the Old Bailey,
was tried and convicted OF mig hway robbery,
whom The judge remembered 10 have been one
of his old companions.
Moved by that curiosity which is natural on q
TeirospectIon Of past lie, and thinking tcat the
fe low did not know him, the Judge asked him
what bad come Of such end such OF his old
associates. The culprt, making low b-w
and heaving deep sigh, said:
"Ab, my lord, they are all hanged but your
lerdshp and "
How TO FoR7IFY ONES GELF AGAINST
HUMBUG.-A long article in BackWood's
Magazine, for May upon spiritual msnifesta
tions, closes with the following humorous
and caustic paragraph {:
Keep your minds easy, dear readers You
are not o1e whit more likely to be disturbed b.
ghosts than your fathers were, and you may
set them thoroughly at defiance Comfort
yourself well, aDd you may be assured tibet
neither your shaving brush nor razor will spon
taneously smash The window go TO church
regularly, and we will give or guarantee
against your being affixed TO the ceiling. Be
easy on the score of your furniture, until you
observe II to be rcOnyenienily locomotive, in
which case, no donbl, YOU viii lie abie 10 dis
pose of il 10 Sore railroad company. And,
above oil things, despise humbugs, and do not
follow in the wake OF men who are called, or
Ca themselves, philosophers. Many fcien.
1ifc men, in matters of reasoning, are asses
and il lie merry that II Is so, since otherwise,
through their crude councils, they would de-
sroy the equilibrium of the material world.
.Tbe Russians have entered Jassy," say the
late advices from Eurone. Well, where ard
what is .iass,l The New York Express an.
.swers:-"Take up the map of Europe, and
snugly ensc need among range OF mountains,
a little o the westward Of the river Prurh, in
the ncrthernmost province of Turkey, the city
in question may be fuurd. Jassy is the CAPT
tai OF the Turkish province of Moldava. Ii
contains from $4,000 to 10000 inhabitants, but
is not place Ut much trade"
WESTERN CAL MiNEs.-Large deposits of
coal have recently been discovered on The bank
of the Ohio river, near Newburg, Ind, and
capitalist. have already purchased the lnnd at
considerable advance. The mining and sale
of coal To steamboats, is said 10 be lucrative
pursuit at, CanDeiton, Ind, Hawesyil!e, KY,
and the business appears TO be largely GA the
increase.
Aaron Arnold, of the city of Troy, NY,
has invented a new and ingenious 8 cam boiler
feeder, for which he has taken measures TO
secure a patent,