The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1853-04-18
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70 our kind friends Of the Mail sor the exceed
iusly complimentary notice they have taken
of the election of ]. A. G. TO be an ALDERMAN.
The notice is indeed so fattering that modes
~ forbids US from copying IL! ]. A. c. is
greatly obliged to them; but he coniesses his
utter inability TO know how TO take them. II
they had come in any other shape than the Sc
rious one they assume-had they made it the
occasion of little of the broad humor they
know how to indulge so we'll, ne would have
understood them perfectly. But notwithstand'
ing the gravity of the compliment, he THINKS
he discovers the cat 10 the meal tub. Ihere Is
too much humor in the Mail-too much gro
tesqseness in the idea Of a meagre naiv'dua''
scarcely San eagles talons in the waist -"o'
much heavier than the famous turkey u
ancient poulterer called Job-belng hAoe
Alderman. for seriousness! Indeed no'"'"s
bur the exouisitensss of the burlesque upon
world.renowned race of fat, Tound'oo'''0'
induced J. A. e. to submit TO the hono' "'"'A
has so much work and so little coHpehsa''o"'
7, ia q capital ioke But that our contempo-
,.r;as should select il as the theme Tor grave
.,n,;,n.n, is TOO bad "No more OF that
o. .,d Than love me-" ]. A. e. has
hint The polls were not closed on the day
of election. when two gentlemen came TO a
ce,toi, door, nearly broke the bell rope with
,,ll;np and asked if the Alderman suds In!
Does the Mail know any thing of these Non
siears? 1t is suspicious.
Ills fact-this is very like one of the Ton
son family. This compliment wears mask
te stretch the figure little, it is clad in mail
too heavy for an Alderman il would Go for a
Senator of State. ITO. P. B. will reach down
a commissioning arm and help US nearer his
own we'll deserved eminence, he will discharge
serious obligation which he has certainly as
sumed by making our honors and his eulosy
somewhat more compatible!
ENGLISH SOLDIER IN THE UNITED STATES
ARMY.-This is the title of a book originally
published in London, and re.issued in this
country, from the press of Strinser y 1'ocn
send. 1t purports to be the autobiography Of
an English soldier in the army of the United
States, who tells US that he was hand loom
weaver at Paisley, and afterwards an English
soldier-that he bought off his time, and emf
grated to New York, and not finding employ
ment, that he enlisted in the American army g
short time before the Mexican war, in which
he served in SCOTS line from Vera Cruz to
Mexico. The readers incredibly will be
somewhat excited in perusing the pages of this
book relative to the author having been hand
loom weaver. The style is very pleasing, ant
the sketches and descriptions very striking
and graphic. Of course, as is the case with
almost every book that ever had an English
origin, we cannot but find something in this
autobiography to complain of; but the ac'
count is, nevertheless, a very interesting one
| and we doubt not, in the main, very accurate.
With regard to the Mexican campaign, as il
comes from one not at all involved in any per
sonal predictions or antipathes towards the
comma nding officers, the narrative deals impair
TALLY towards them; merit possessed by few
narratives that have appeared. However, i
does not relate so much to the leaders as i
does to the men and the reader cannot hel
| finding himself sympathising warmly with the
book in its regard for the men who fought thu
battles of Mexico. OF these it bears the i'm.
press of truth. Itrepresents the treatment o
the American oldier not so good as that of tht
| British. and we suspect it is in this correct
On this point, if the author is just, 1--WE know
nothing in the premises,) we trust this bool
may attract attention in quarters where con
troll over the condition of the soldier is exer
cised. 1t is no doubt the ardent desire of every
citizen that those who enlist for the defence O
the nation, and who peril their lives for its pro
lection and honor, should have every reasona
bic comfort. Atleast is it desired that the,
should be as well provided as the English sci
der We are indebted to Messrs. NASH
WooDHoUsE for copy of this book.
q The rejection by the Massachusett
Legislature of the Bill for indemnifying tn,
owners of the Ursuline Convent which wal
destroyed many years since by a mob il
Charlestown, is an event greatly to be regret
ted, and one that reflects anything but homo
on the Legislature. The outrage was grea
one-cowardly and brutal-inficting a stair
upon the character Of the State which has now
remained so long that it may well be consid
| cred by the Boston Post almost indelihle w,