The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1853-06-10
SPIRIT OF THE PRESS.

SPIRIT OF THE PRESS.
The Morning Mail charges General Pierce
with having assailed prescription for opinions
sake, and then completing a monument to his
own consistency in the carcases of Wing mul.
titudes whom he has gullotined. 1t says tina,
there is no evil from which lesson of good
may not be learned, and advises our young as.
pirants to avoid the contagion of office seeking
with which the land is cursed, and never com.
NIT their happiness and fortune to the caprice
ofmortal man. f.e
The Whig notices the Virginia Medical and
Surgical Journal--the storm.of Tuesday after.
noon-and the medicinal virtues of the Red
Sulphur Springs.
The Times remarks that the probabilities
of another war with Mexico now form the
principal topic of discussion in the papers, and
that it seems to be the general impression that
a storm is gathering on our South western
frontier. The movements of Gen. Garland
will soon de termine, however, whether we are
to have peace or war, and the first intelligence
of his operations will be looked for with no or.
dinary degree Of interest. ......
The Enquirer justly animadverts upon the
hollow.hearte hypocrisy of the British gov.
eminent in its professions Of love of liberty and
hatred of African slavery, as instanced in the
efforts tuey 49, .IIahiug 10 Inuuoe .i.~ --.:..--
of Africa to emigrate to her West India pos.
session under professed system ofapprenlice.
ship, which is only another name for the old
traffic in flesh and blood, ...
GOLD DIGGING.-Ths Oxford, New York,
Times states that large number of men have
been engaged in that vicinity for several days
in digging for buried treasure, the existence of
which was revealed by a young man in
Spiritual communication" which absurd sto.
~ was confirmed by clairvoyans fortune
teller. Hundreds of men have visited the
place, and numbers have engaged in the
search, keeping watch BY night lest the trea-
sure should be spirited away. q -5. ,
NoRFoLK.-Joseph Smith, tried on two in.
dictments for passing counterfeit money, has
been sentenced TO seven years in the Peniten
tiary. .t 'Na laf
On Monday night, Mrs. Caroline Ashmun,
in a fit of jealousy, attempted to kill herself
by taking laudanum but the physician sue
ceeded in counteracting the posion. 80 -~
James Doland has been appointed, by the
Governor, inspector of naval stores, vice A.
M. Cunning ham deceased.
STAUNToN.-A young white woman is on
trial in Augusta county for the crime of infant.
eide. -t.
Madame Bishop gave two concerts in Staun-
ton, ON Friday and Monday nights last. The
Spectator says they were well attended, and
every body professed to be delighted. A'
MURpER.-A German named Peter Jacobus
got into quarrel with three men in lager
beer establishment, in Philadelphia, last Tues.
day, who followed him out and killed him.
Two Of the parties, Andrew Mintzer and Robt.
Hedrick, were arrested.
ANN WHEELER.-Ths second ,rial of Ann
Wheeler, at Milwaukee, for the murder OF Jno
w. Lace, her sedaces has :bsen brought to
close, and thejury after being OUT fout hours,
returned a verdict Of not guilty.
ES The next Convention OF the Elkcopal
Diocese of Virginia 10 to be held al Nynch,
burg. .f IA s4.,sa "a 8 80
"Ah." said old Mrs. Doosenbury, cleaning
is great thing I've often felt the need OF il.
Why, would you believe il, am now sixty
years old. and only know the names of three
months IN the year and them 10 spring, fall,
and autumn. / larnt the name Of them when
| was leetIe bit Of a gal 4" Mrs.. Doosenbu. /
ry knows enough to be an alderman! nsi
DEArNEss.-An English paper states thata
dissertation lately read before the Royal Socie
y by Dir. Foynbee contains some particulars
interesting to deaf people. Much of the deaf
ness that occurs 10 found 10 be caused by an |
aperture having formed 10 the drum Of the ear;
in such cases, if an artificial drum made OF |
vulcanised india rubber or guita percha be in. |
troduced. the cavity 10 again closed and the |
power of hearing is considerably restored. Ill
10 hardly necessary 10 add, that the old noticnsl
about certain little bones beating on the iym.
panum drummer.wise are altogether fallacious.