The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1853-04-09
SPIRIT OF THE PRESS.


81 his constituents, declining re-e'ec''o" -
Congress. Hsays that the letter refers WI"
.s.;sf,c,iou to his opposition 10 the co'np'o'
,nse measures-congratula,e his c'hsu'u'
ems on the progress Of free trade-eApFesses
me oniniop that the Apprehension once e"'e.'
tanned from the extension OF our 'e'''0''
rroundless-declares that the Democracy ''e
not unit upon the great question o. ih'efhai
:,.o,e-,sn,-and suggests that the constitu-
t.u he so amended as 10 author'se the
' # the Mississippi river and It's
tributaries. ,.,
tn. Uhig is also happy 10 inform IFS read
ers that the prospects OF an adjournment Oh 'he
LEGISLATURE are very encouraging, and that on
Monday they can adjourn sine die-h they
choose.
The Times fercely attacks the new appor-
,ionuent law as it passed the two Houses OF
the Legislature. /, affirms il 10 be true
t;srrymander, by which the rights of the Wing
people of the State have been scandalously
ouirs ged-and contends that it will make eve
nv district in the State Democratic except one,
the Accomac district-which district the per-
sonal popularity Of Gen. Bayly may also ena
bic the Democracy to carry. IL states that "it
has the highest Democratic authority for say
ing that the House bill was odious, unjust and
unconstitutional, and that no man of ordinary
candor and intelligence can contend that its
features were essentially varied by the amend
nen!s finally adopted"
IT, onnluudc
bill Just passed, and states that il renders every
district in the State Democratic beyond ques-
ton. Ii asserts that the Wings, in trying 20
sell the Democracy, sold themselves, in veri.
fcation of the proyerb, "Whoso causeth the
righteous to go astray in an evil way, himself
shall fall into his own pitt 1t emphatically
denies that it is Gerrymander, or an unjust
bill, and states that, on the contrary, it would
be as little possible to give single district Of
this Democratic State to the Wing party, with
out both injustice and Gerrymander, as it
would be to put fire in water without quench.
ing the one and warming the other.
The Examiner notices at length an i;npor-
tant discovery lately made in England of a
damaged copy of the Folio Shakespeare" THE
original publication,) of 1852, containing abun-
dant Ms. corrections of the true Shaksperian
cast-made, it is supposed, by some actor or
manager soon after the publication of the vol
une, from the original MS. of Shakespeare
himself, or from some early stage-copy, long
since lost or thumbed TO pieces. The beauty
and force Of the additions even more than the
wonderful aptness and probability of the miner
emendations have satisfied the writer Of the ar
tcle of the fact that the corrections were origi-
nally made by Shakespeare himself
The Mail calls the attention Of the people
of our city to the scheme offered in the House
of Delegates few days ago to build an din
dependent railroad from the Central Railroad
at the Junction, 10 Ethan, or the York river
and which it asserts TO be the most ruinous
proposition to the interests Of Richmond which
has yet been made"
The Mail also returns thanks to Messrs.
Campbell and Witcher for their able and con-
vincing speeches in the Senate, in favor Of re-
ducing the taxes on merchants licenses,
as they were in the last, out of all proportion
to the agricultural taxes"
The Enquirer alludes, in plain terms, to
the failure Of the Wing caucus and the ''club''
in their efforts TO elect certain candidates by
them put forth ia the recent election. 1t be-
lieves that the elections teach that the Wing
party of the Gibraltar is disorganised beyond
the reach of the caucus remedy'
ADJOURNMENT tECIST -Tb.
resolution OF the Senate, proposing an adjourn.
ment of tine Legislature on Monday next, the
18th instant, was called up in the House OF
Delegates, yesterday, by Mr.. Wallace, and
agreed TO. Immediately before action on this
resolution, the following significant memorial
was presented by Mr.. Goode, OF Mecklenburg
the presentation Of the one apparently re-
minding the House of the necessity Of action
on the other
"IO the General Assembly of Tfreiaia -
Inc undersigned, citizens of Hampshire coun
~, believing that your honorable body has
for considerable time, been ENGAGED in the
transaction OF business other than thar FL,
which you were elected, and that Won have
suhiciently involved the good old Common
wealth. m DEBT W e therefore pray you 10 adj
jonrn and return to your homes
StSned 6y Jytytour MemoriatSts.J
Mr. Keyser said he would state, in the ali
sence of the delegates from Hampshire. ,bs
the memorial had been examined by them. an,
they recognised the persons whose names
were attached to it, as disappointed aspirant
IN Hampshire, together with store bows AM
apprentices.
Mr.. Patrick expressed the opinion that tn,
memorial should not have been presented !,
the House.
Mr.. Goode said the memorial had been en-
closed TO him in letter from q gentleman.
stranger to him, but who, he learned from the
delegates from Hampshire, was yerv resnec.
Iaoie gentleman of Hampshire county. He
had been requested, in very respectful and 10
lite TERMS and with all the appearances Of sin
ceriiy, to present the memorial to The Hue
and he should have failed in doing WIN, ;,
believed to be his duty, had he refused a con,
pliance. The members from Hampshire bs,
assured him that the sgners were respec,sh,
persons in their county, while they poip,e
out few who were youths Or store.boys