The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1853-07-02
ESPRIT OF THE PRESS"

sand emancipados in Cuba-since then they
have greatly increased.
Esprit OF THE PRESS"
We have for long while been In the habit of
publishing daily, an article with the above head, 10
which we have attempted to give some idea Of the
contents Of the other city papers But the idea of
spirit" in any paper in such weather. 10 80 utterly
preposterou that we dent know but we shall have
to haul down the sign. If a man were to have an
idea, In good earnest, he never could succeed in
laying 1t before the public until it was half roasted
In fact his article would be completely "done
brown" before it reached the press. There 10,
however, consolation, which is that readers are
Is stupid as writer's, and glance over column with
such vacant lack lusre eye, that they might easily
mistake the first chapter of Matthew for list of drv
goods chronological table for the price current
of course, the readers and writers of this Dispatch
are an exception to the general rue-beipg always
wide awake, but we have good deal of doubt a,
this time, whether our brightest sayings may not
be alleged with little dulness 1t may be extreme
modesty which prompts US so to speak, but we do
think that fall of q few degrees of the thermome
ter would add several degrees to the vigor of our
| pen and intellect
N. B. The Dispatch itself has lost some brightness
within day or two, as much from another cause
as from heat viz: the arrival of large ginger cake
with which gentleman connected with this estab.
| lehment Is exceedingly delighted, and its dimen-
sions enormous that 1t will take him several
days to consume it. We shall report progress with
regard to It, Said gentleman considers that it has
a revolutionary look. 1t would be glorious thing
for any revoluonists to be supplied with such cake
on going to war. They would be provisioned for a
! considerable campaign.
LATE ANTI RENT OUTRAGE.-The New
York House of Assembly adopted resolution
| calling upon the Governor to know if he had
| offered reward for the apprehension of the
perpetrators Of the recent anti rent outrage in
Albany county, and if, in his opinion, any lie.
gislaton, and if Any, what is necessary TO meet
such cases. The Governor has transmitted q
message in reply. He says that he has offered
no reward, that he does not approve of the plan
of Offering rewards, and that he has no reason to
doubt that the offenders will be arrested, as one
of them at least is well known in the coun-
ty. He thinks that when rewards are offered
it operates to relieve the officers from their du
| ty, which they are bound 10 perform without
any reward. The Governor gives no intima
ton of an intention to remove the sheriff for
1
| bringing him o sense OF his duty.
| The northern press occasionally give hard
thrust at the people of the South for their fan
cied proclivities towards "Lynch Law" and
temporary disregard Of the "powers that be"
but we. will venture to say that within ten
years more violations of the law have taken
| place in Albany, Rensselaer,, Ulster, Greene,
| Cnlupnbio nd Srhohor.o
York, than in all the Southern States from
Texas to Maryland. We have been on the
spot, and know every foot of ground from Rip
Van Wrinkles mapping place, as a centre, for
a hundred miles in all directions, and are con-
ident from what we have seen and heard, that
d" anti-rent' is a cousin of free SOIL" and
that both are ever ready to trample the rights
of others in the dust, if their own private ends
can thereby be secured.
SUNDAY MAIL-Those very pious people
who reside in the region around about Boston
and therein, and dwell in villages and there.
about in the land between Boston and New
York, who circumspecty observe the Sabbath,
and who smartly and devoutly attend to their
private affairs the remaining six days of the
| week, have been for some months greatly
scandaiized at the dissertation of the Sabbath
by the transmission of Uncle Sans mails on
that day through their several localities. They
have, indeed, kicked up row. They have
been spared the necessity of laying violent
hands on the mails, however, by the determine.
ton of the New Haven Railroad not to bid
for carrying them on Sunday. So, hereafter,
people will there stay at home on Sunday, and
will, on that day, hear nothing from other peo-
pie, or OF how the world wags. Well, if men
won't have the luxury of Sunday mails, why
we don't see the necessity of forcing it upon
them.
g- We had yesterday morning placed upon
our table three exceedingly valuable works,
OF which the following is the list:
l. "Miniie's Mechanical Drawing Book for
Sell Instruction." which is the best Drawing
Book now extant, and should be in the hands
oil every workman who ever has occasion to
draw plan of any description.
Z. "Fhe illustrated Magazine of Art" for
July, beautiful work, containing exquisite
Engravings by American Artists, and well
worthy of attention.
.. The illustrated News for July.
We thank MIR. Lewis l.. Smith, who keeps
a Newspaper Depot, opposite the American,
tor the above.
TOBACCO IN kENTUCKY.-The Paducah
Journal said some time since that fly or bug
ammaserial which, had made sad havoc among
'ooacco plants. The consequence was con.
L siderable d'minu,iou in the crop pitched. At
}. 'his 'he drought pitched into the diminished
D. crop and no doubt much further diminished; !.
naaaeh is IN the heart Of the tobacco g;on ~
a nehtueky; and what comes from tina, no;n, -
II, 'he SUBJECT OF tobacco is entitled TO WEIGH,
cd II was stated in Syracuse, the o,ha, a..
rs mat one Of the candidates for office had . .y
terry, copying names off the tombstones y, -;
u petition. on ni
Gu This is not the FIRST time that "dead he.d.,