The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1853-04-23
spIRIT or THE PRESS.

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VICE Prssiden. King. The Eranisev gives
Mrs. stowe's "Key to Uncle Toms Cabin q
most essential fling down, 30 that it assumes
what might very appropriately be termed
the skeleton form. 1t then tries the boot on
the other leg, and gives an exhibit of some of
the recent horrible murders in the North by
white men, particularly remarking. that "if
debased or brutal white man in the Southern
States, as alleged, is the product of slavery,
then stll more debased and brutal white
man in the North is good argument against
abolition"
The Times remarks upon the intense int.
rest which the British Government feels in,
and the efforts which it is making, to overthrow
the institution Of slavery on the island of Gu.
ba, and adverts 10 the fact that the English
Ambassador at Madrid, Lord Howdan, has re-
Gently procured decree from the Spanish
Government, liberating the Emancipados Of
Cuba, and regards this interference ofEngland
in the affairs Of Cuba as constituting a far
more juster cause of complaint on the part Of
the United States than her colonization of the
Bay Islands or her entertainments on Hondu.
| ras.
The Morning Mail presents extracts from
lecture given by MIR. Huntington-author of
"Alice," and other noves-in New York city,
recently, upon Ihackeray and his writings,
wherein the stout told English gentleman"
all of the modern time, is handled without
gloves, and the verdict derived from the con-
sideration Of England, as drawn by Thacke.
ray, was, in the lecturers opinion, physician,
| heal myself" ---=------
| The Enquirer continues its series of articles
expository, as it alleges, of ",he illegal and
fraudulent scheme of the Wing party of Vir-
GINA to get rid of the public lands"
The Wing refers to the ensuing State cleo.
tons, and declares that questions of the most
vital importance TO Virginia are involved
such as the currency of Virginia, and her
share of the public lands. 1t desires the cleo
ton of the Wing candidates, who, it alleges,
are sound upon those questions.
HAVE WE LOVER OF TURTLE Sour
AMONG Us?-We have-several Of them
They are editors. They cry for turtle soup
morning, noon and night. The eagerness of
children for Shermans Cough Lozenges could
not exceed theirs for soup. They have, as 1t
were, " struck" for turtle soup! They go
daily through the "spoon drill" to be ready
for some imaginary feast: handle spoons!
dip spoons carry spoons! open mouths! in.
sert spoons swallow" This is the daily ex-
ercise; and the loud command of the corporal
putting his squads through, may be heard at
almost any time in the afternoon in passing
the Offices Of these gentlemen
| Their pretext, their inference, their expecta-
| tons, are based on the election of q very thin
| man TO a very lean ofEce-the most unfruitful
| in the Union-that of Alderman of the City Of
| Richmond. The pretext is feeble, the infer
ence is unjust, the expectations without rea-
sen. The Office of Alderman in Richmond,
as we before said, is barren of all comforts-it
has not IS much as scrimption of good liv-
| ing its luxuries are as scarce as hens teeth
as abundant as meat in eggs-they could all
be passed out at once through the eye of nee
die, and could not support chameleon TWEEN
ty'four hours; they would not furnish sur
face enough for chegre to insert his bill in,
and the microscope of greatest power could
not make them perceivable! Whence all this
outcry, then? Gentlemen, are we in London,
where Aldermen are Toasted or are we in
New York where they luxuriate in their " tea
room," and are conveyed home in carriages,
gloriously drunk? For the sake of Public Vir-
tue, for the preservation of the purity of the
Fountains ofJustice, we thank Providence we
are not
We repeat, whence all this connection
motion?' The Times, to strengthen its suit
| for its favorite luxury, brings our neighbor
SYME, and the veteran. BRoUGHToN of Nor
folk, to its aid. We do not believe they have
said a word on the subject They are modest
gentlemen, and should be the first to honor
feast, of our making, by their presence No,
gentlemen the Greeks are at our doors They
are here! The Mail, too, beholds in the dis
lance, mint, crowned ice, &C., and desires to
know if the bell-rope" is repaired ."sufi-
GENTLY to admit of the vigorous grasp of few
hearty friends, with hearty appetites z" Talk
of ceolness! If any body ever saw any thing
cooler than this specimen of " ringing in"
they must have been sojourning in Nova Fem
bla, seated on Mont Blanc, or testing the den.
sity of the atmosphere on the top of Orizaba
| Gentlemen, the tenter hooks OF expectation
are not agreeable; but you have no claim to
immunity from them. Indeed, you well de-
serve them. And although the office Prov-
dence and the people have honored US with,
is one whose profits diminish as its business
increases, and although notoriety is to be
avoided, because it brings this increase, we are
not yet ready to procure silence with bride.
Let the drill'' proceed
REGIhENTAL UNIFORMS AND BANDs.-The
New York Tribune states that of the fourteen
regiments of the first division of that city, sac
have adopted regimental uniforms and the
disposition is TO abandon the distinctive uni.
forms Of companies altogether. The idea is a
good one. The regimental uniform will in
spire greater degree of esprit de corps, make
better soldiers and make Them slide eesier in