The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1853-08-13
THE DAILY DISPATCH.

VIRGINIA GIaIs.-The achievements Of some
Georgia damsels in heavy work being announced
in this paper many months since, correspondent
from Hanover introduced to our notice the accom-
plishments OF two Hanover girls who spun cotton,
cooked and washed Qor themselves of courseJhaul-
ed the seine and gotout shingles The amountof the
labors of these two girls astonishing they1were
especially "sone on shingleln to make the only
tolerable application Of this slang we have ever
known. What was crowning feature IN the histo.
ry Of these girls they were well behaved and went
to church every Sunday.
This paragraph travelled from Maine to Mexico.
and our femalei shinsle manufacturers became as
distinguished as Madame Bishop or stefanoni-
Finally neighbor, the Enquirer, gets hold oft
and makes it the occasion for bringngito notice
another specimen of Virginia female independence.
a young woman in the Valley, who procuredtone
land, midtown trees, chopped logs for building.
made shingles to cover it, nailed them on, and fin
ished house by lathing and plastering 1t herself
She was afterwards married. and now considera-
bly, older than she was, is the mother of rr1RrEEN
cnildren-the youngest an infant. This was a pret-
y good partnership business, begun in a cottage
ne run OF the wifes industry and the work of her
hands. ssssf Eas5fs esa f13 +
nnu now we have yet another, and one of a very
un1reaI character. She seems to have all the firm
nsss anu resolution of those already noticed with
''''fe iore nre Indeed she seems one to be feared
as much as loved. This gentle dame resides some.
"nere IN the mountains of West Virginia The
editors Of the Parkersburg Gazette has seen the
lady and describes her as young. comelv. educated
and sprightly. She came from Kentnctr and /.
tarrying in the mountains with the ve, .s ,a-fao.
ing her title to some thousands of e.ra. e -,
land. This domain descended to her fron, .nces
tor to whom it was patented for Revolutionary ser
vices, but Is now claimed by 'sland.pirate, who
formerly acted as her agent. To defend her r;obts
she proceeded SOLITARY and alone' to the isnntea
territory, made clearing, built log cabin and ,o.
Gated tenant. She always carries one of Coils
revolvers, and, thus armed. roams fearlesslv over
the mountains following paths seldom trod save bv
the apnther and bear. suit for the land is pend
ing
This will do for Virginia girlsl They are NO
easily excelledi
CALIFORNIA; private letter from California
gives US something of the Whereabouts of gen
| tlcman who has been man of many enterprises i,
his day and who has seen several Elephants: bu
who nevertheless continues15o employ his energies
determined not to live ankidle life This manI;i
Mr. JAMES NJ CRANE, formerly ofthis city, Of whom
| we had heard nothing for long time. We lear
that he is candidate for the Legislature in Mario
county, and was conducting very active canvass
finding tinie nevertheless to embark in magniicen
speculation in Irish potatoes in which he was sur
of making fortunel ti
The letter informs us that PATRICK H. HULL. VIII
| married LOLA Monies, was formerly citizen q
Ohio, and besides having been an assistant edito
OF two newspapers is a Judge. He didn't shoy
much judgment in marrying Lola. Since the tyin
OF the connubial knot, Lola has been in the es
presslve language of the letter s''carrying on he
deviment In Sacramento city" She has challenge
the editor of the Californian TO fight duel and Gu
up sundry other capers in presence of her natura
protector; for, says our correspondent sspoor PA,
i is with her" gias daA1
| IRELAND.-The London Times has predicted tha
Sin fifty years. Ireland will be Protestant Il, man.
rapid change is certainly taking place there
The Catholic press of Ireland complain of il Tb
Dublin Nation says:
ihere can be no longer any question that RI
systematized proselytisnl has met with in,n,ens
success In Connaught and Kerry. 1t is true tha
the altars OF the Catholic Church have been esert
ed 6y thousands born and baptized in the ancien
faith OF Ireland The West of ireland is iesertin,
| the ancient fold" = N'es' ''''s
The Dublin Tablet says:
10y we M repeat It Is not Tuarn, nor Cashel, nor lar
magh, that are the chief seats of success,l ~
yflsm but this very city in which we live p'o'e
The Dublin Evening Post says:
eve learn from unquestionable autbor;tv ~.
the success OF the proselytisers in almost ever
part OF the country, and, are told in the me-
tropoils Is beyond 1.-THE worst msgivngs we could
have dreamt Of" eo1''1 nv
Inis testimony Is further corroborated by the re-
ports OF the Irish Missionary Societies which cha
racterize the movement above spoken of, as the
NNew Reformation