The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1853-04-27
III 1882. {
MADAME BISHOPS CONCERT ON
MONDAY

MADAME BISHOF . tONSGNi oN
MONDAY.
If Madame Bishop or MIR. Bochsa were to
write book Of travels, after the fashion OF
Captain Basil Hall, who said there was scarce.
ly any winter in Virginia because the weather
happened to be very mild for the season when
he was here, they would undoubtedly describe
Richmond as city where il is always raining
They have had the fortune 10 bring bad weather
with them whenever they have been here. 80
particularly has this been the case that Bochsa
might, with proprie,y, be described by some
soubriquet like that which was tackled 10 Inc
name of Admiral Byron by the sailors, ''ou'
weather Jack" On Monday night the weather
was particularly dsagreeable, and the conse'
quence was that there were but sixty eight per-
sons in the house.
Madame Bishop was in as fine voice as We
ever heard her, and sang most charmingly. we
doubt whether she ever surpassed the effort OF
that night, discouraging as were the cTcuui'
stances under which she sang. Old "hng
David" restored to his favorite instrument, was
himself again. We always think OF him IN
connection with the harp, as we do OF ms NAME
sake, and though i, may be irreverent to COM
pare the two, vet, we venture to say there has
at least been no harper in his day equal 10
Bochsa. The concert was u splendid one-a
| feast, which. if We were in the "Ercles ven"
| should say was fit for the gods.
The last concert comes off tonight. 1t Will
| be magnificent one.
@ The Bachelor has indeed come home'
| and signalized his return by an attack on the
| Alderman! He has been beholding "sweet
prospects, sweet buds and sweet flowers"
until they palled upon his senses-has been
sated with yerdurs-tired Of rolling in clover
gorged with salads and spinach, with an oc-
casional touch of timothy and herds grass 1t
| is natural that he should recur TO city luxu-
ries. and is not wonderful that certain tancI'
| full and glowing descriptions OF Aldermanic
| comforts, that reached him in the Mail, should
have excited the jealousy that he so naIyely
INDUCES in yesterdays Dispatch Nor is 1t
wonderful that he should present his own cor
porosity and personal puIchritude as recon-
| In6nQallODS tHdl WIG hOt AN'y
The people in electing an Alderman. But to
the everlasting honor of the people of Madison
| Ward, be it said, they have showed the discTl-
mina,ion of preferring merit in thin man to
obesity and comeliness in another Hence
those tears. It was little hard that in addi-
ton TO combination abroad the Alderman
should be the victim Of envy at home! But
| it is the common lot oil prominent men TO be.
| come the objects of attack, and the Alderman
cannot expect to escape! However, like Otto
Goldschmidt, Jenny Lind's husband, she bears
| calm still courage in all vicIssItudes
"a NEAT AND APPROPRIATE COMPLIMENT"
This is the very inappropriate style given TO
description in the Norfolk papers of pre-
| sent made last week in behalf of the citizens OF
| Norfolk, to some Raleigh girls who returned
with the excursion party who went to the
'cty of the OAKS las Raleigh is called,l to
celebrate the completion of the CASTOR and
Weldon Road. The present was made the
subject of speech by an orator selected by
"the citizens" and reply by another orator,
| on behalfof the recipients of the gift, VINO, Of
course, could do nothing less than courteous
ly receive it, and repay the citizens IN some Oh
the glorifcation and polite compliment wiz.
| which :, was accompanied. And what would
tho ,e,der suppose this gift was ? We would
rive him or her twenty fair guesses at 1t, and
are sure we would have at last to tell what II
was. 1t was cake Now, we know enough
of the Raleigh girls to know that any of them
can make a cake q great deal better than any
of the fair danes of Norfolk can, and as 10 The
confectioners, theirs ought not TO be tasted IL
the same day nor the same week, with slice
of one that is manufactured in one of the hap
py mansions OF the North Stale. We doub
not it had a great deal of red and green-tht
green predomnating, no doubt-abOut il, ant
that there was a candy cupid fdgeting on thu
top of it-and any quantity of what is calle'
icing, but looking very much like chalk
trained about it, like coils of white worms
What present, io-be-sure, for pretty Norll
State girls, and to be made the theme of CRANE
;. speeches. Oh bah git out 1t is decided,
. very small affair for Norfolk. We wonde
what the Giraffe will say TO ii
SUGAR CROP OF LoUIsIANA.-Mr. p. A
t Champomier having put himself to grea
fl deal of trouble to obtain his facts, has pu
It forth statement in New Orleans of the su "a
crop of Louisiana for 1928. He estimate
it at 32l 1874 hhds., about 6S,l29 600 pounds
: Owing to the improved modes Of obtaining
" sugar from the cane, the relative proportion G
molasses to sugar is less than usual; but ,h
- crop is estimated al 100000 gallons.
- TExAs.-The same gentleman estimates til
crop of Texas at l1,023 hogsheads. This
rs encouraging for our sugar growing countr
ia yet comparatively in the infancy Of its Gu
ture,