The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1853-07-18
THE DAILY DISPATCH.
Richmond. July rs. 1854,

Richmond. July rs. 1859,
IRISH ANTI.ANGLICIsMs. Kendall of ,be
New Orleans Picayune 10 travelling in Europe.
and writing letters for his paper. His latest
are from Ireland. We copy a few extracts
from one now before US which strongly refiec,
Irish prejudices against England and English.
men:
At Kingstown in the morning, while await
ing breakfast at the Royal Hotel, We strolled
into an adjoining garden where an Irishman
was al work.
swell, Jimmy" said my friend, Show are
you getting along?"
my names not Jimmy, sir, it's Brian"
"Well, Brian, how are you making outl'
Badly enough, sir; the English be blam
ed?"
"Why don't you go to America7"
ITS the money that's wanting entirely, sir;
not the ~ill."
SHOW much money do you get week
"Ten shllings, sir; but the rint swallers
SIX OF IT, and the children the rist."
now many children have youi'
civen, sir-beautiful specimens-the Lord
presarve 'em from all harm.''
but 90 you know any persons who have
"Plnty of 'em, sr-,here's the Ivncbesn-
"Where have they gone?'
TO town they call the State of Ohio. air.
and ter the second time tell ye I'd be folierin
'em if l had The means."
The breakfast bell here sounded, putting an
end to the colloquy. A shilling given 10 Rrian
brought down heavy shower of thanks and
blessings upon our heads; but we could NOT
think that the geographical ksowledge Of our
garden friend was very extensive. He how
ever expressed the sentiments of all his kind
| when he stated his readiness to start a, once
bag and baggage, for town they call the
State of Ohio"
One OF the greatest amusements, here in
Dublin, is TO get alongside the drivers of the
cars or cabs, and then, by asking them proper
questions, to allow them full scope for their in.
exhaustibe fund of blarney. To me it seems
as though this class are all natural born wags:
they are certainly never without a ready an.
swer, and scatter miscellaneous shower of
wit as well as worldly wisdom as they roll
cheeriy along. We had rare specimen the
other evening while making turn in the Park,
and regret | cannot recollect all his rallies OF
satire as well as sound sense, all flowing hap.
hazard and without reflection. AS we were
passing large flock of crows, my friend who
had questioned the Kingstown gardener com.
menced with:
81 cay, driver, wha, do you call those birds
there?" }
"fhe black ones, sirl"
Exactly"
"Ihey're crows to be sure."
"You eat them here don't you?"
"Divll a bit oft, sir; they're carrion birds,
"Bat they call them cooks in England, and
eat them.'
"Av course they do. the haythenish canni.
balls; they eat everything over there, sir"
little further on we noticed fellow, living
asleep on The grass, and apparently snoozing
away the effects OF an overload of fwhiskey.
"There's man drunk there" said my friend.
Its win hunger. sir, nothing ilse."
"1ow do you know that?'
"if he was dhrunk with whiskey, sir. thev,d
be afther moyin him to the station at once
But it's hunger sir. as ! said afore, and it's
the systhem of the English to starve US all en-.
iirely; bad luck to em.'
"What kind of man was Smith O'Brien.n ~
continued my friend.
ale wanted the brains and the narve, sir:
he spoiled all, did that same Smith o 'Brien.",
Sand Meagherl'
Meagher, but he couldn't carry the entire load.
Bad luck to the day whin Smith y Bren took
the control" yastru8 aof
This man probably spoke the sentiments Of
his class in relation to the Irish revolutionary
leaders of AZ. As we nearei the banks Of
the Liffey. two or three miles back of Dublin,
we saw man fishing in quiet pool.
"What is that man trying 10 catch there7"
we questioned.
"Mos'ly eeIs, SIR"
'Eels7'' ua
"fes. sir"
"DOn't you mean snakes?"
"Not bit of il. Didn't ST. Patrick, heaven
presarye his blessed mimoiy, dhrive thin out
OF the country long, long agol"
"Where did he drive them to-
"Over into England, av coorse."
"And do they eat them as we'll as the crowsf"
"Cer;ainly, sir. non't they eat all SORT of
riptiles over the channel, the barbarians thar
they are?" ~
COOP News FOR PiLGRIhs.-There is to be
plank road from Petersburg to jerusalem.
The Express says that the question was SET.
tied ct Prince George Court Home on Thars.
day, and much excitement prevailed on the
occasion. The Plank Road Company had pc
litioned the County Court for the use of the
public road for the purposes Of their improve.
ment. hundred and fifty citizens opposed
them. Counsel was heard. but in vain, for
twelve out of sixteen magistrates, voted 10
grant the use of the road to the p.tiiioners.--
Where is Jerusalemi Is il near Jericho?-
The road between the two latter places we
shall shun. being mindful of a certain man
who fell among some light fingered fnanciers,
on that route. But we may some day like to
pass from Petersburg to jerusalem; or rice
rers0. pilgrimage over o good plank road
would be tritiing affair, especially il we put
no peas in our shoes, Ia Loretse. "a l
The Washington correspondent Of the "Jour
nalof Commerce" says that Colonel Bsnton's
book is soon TO come out:
fhe work is to be OF more importance 10 re
ference to the future, than the past II viii
treat OF three great public questions that wili
govern the issues in the nrss Presidential cam
paign. Oaeoflhese is, the Pacifc Rsiirosd; and
another, the Inhibition Of Caucus and CoRsen,
ton contrivances for cheating the people out
at. \ the has - Of - ida ~