The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1853-11-18

Tartary on the cd Of August, and that Prince
Wei Chin was LEFT in charge of the Empire.
Advices from Hong Kong to the 9th Septem
| Der, and from Canton TO the 5th, reached En-
gland by the overland mail on the 2sth ult.,
but no mention Is made Of the rumor In any Of
the letters or papers In fact, the Pekin Ga
zeste publishes DEGREES signed by the Empe-
ror, of date subsequent to the day, August
Cd, assigned as the period of his flight.
The London Daily News publishes letter
from Canton, dated September 9th, which
states that the report was current and widely
believed that pekin had fallen into the hands
of the insurgents; but there was no certain
intelligence of the fact. There can be but
little doubt however, that by this time the
capital of the Empire has fallen into the
hands of the insurgents.
NEW YORK CORRESPONDENTS.
Hacorrespondent from New York, who has
favored the Dispatch with long communi
cation under the signature of TRUTH" does
not find his lueubrations in our columns, the
reason may possibly be suggested to him upon
reading the following comments which have
been suggested by a perusal of his letter:
The people of New York are smart peo-
Pile, and their tradesmen and industrial class
es generally are about as wide awake, active,
and fertile in resources as any other people
under the sun. Perhaps nowhere is the value
of advertising as an Indispensable auxiliary to
a profitable business more thoroughly under
stood. With this brief preface we proceed
to the communication of our New York cor
respondent.
This letter is written on tissue paper, and is
evidently one of number which has been
dispatched by the same process. He is so
good as to inform us in the beginning of his
epistle that the times are out of joint in the
political world, a fact of which we have had
some inklings before. He also holds it the
duty of faithful correspondent to exhibit
things as they are, rather than as some would
have them. He adds ''it is a rule with me to
relate the truth, even as 1 find it marked out
by the infallible finger of passing destiny
This last touch is quite above our comprehen-
sion. If our readers wish to know what is
meant by passing destiny" they must in
quire of our correspondent who, we dare say,
understands it quite as well as we do.
He then favors US with long rigmarole
about the election which has just closed in
that nastiest of political sinks and sewers, the
Empire State. We are then treated to some
comments on the Maine Liquor Law, which
the writer predicts will be passed by the next
New York Legislature, but the enforcement of
which, in the city of New York, he thinks
will be attended with considerable difficulty.
We have next an account of the expenses of
the city government of New York, and then
quite incidentally, and almost accidentally,
the claws of our unknown friend begin to
peep out under the fur after this wise:
"The good time is coming. The inven-
ton of the sewing machine is working a
revolution in female employments. / have
just witnessed the operation of one of them
at the depot of the manufacturers, Messrs.
-, No. -, street, in this city, 1--WE
take the liberty to omit the street and num-
ber,) and are free to say that in this machine
the economy of needle work has reached
cumaX. Inc instrument, Wnlcn Is neat anu
ornamental, makes easily or 800 stitches in
a minute, more neatly and stronger than by
the most expert handicraft and of any degree
of fneness. 1t also sews around curves and
corners with complete facility &c, &c. The
| writer then goes on to cover up his tracks
with some comments on the course of Mon
seigneur Bedini, stitching church and state
| together with his sewing machine in very
adroit and workmanlike manner.
But we cannot permit him to sew up the
Dispatch with his needle work Advertise
ments in this journal are not paid for in that
| fashion. The New York tradesmen, who en-
| ploy letter writers to keep their wares be-
fore the public, must excuse us from enlisting
in their army of flats. When they want to
advertise in the Dispatch, the only New
York correspondence which will accomplish
their end will be one covering a remittance
at our usual rates, for which see terms.
A GENEROUS SPANIARD.