The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1853-11-28
RIcHM0ED, VI
MONDAY MoRElNo. NOVEMBER q. ass.
SPIRIT OF THE PRESS

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SPIRIT OF TUE PRESS
a.u'uay ? hnqaiver quotes from the proceediuo.
=. me recent Hard Shelf meeting at Metropoli,sr
,isn, Sew fork, to show the political position of
ena1 laction, and remarks in conclusion-
ihey are IN open and violent onna.;,io., :. a.
administration, and to the organic alton of ~, - ns
mocratic parry. Southern Democrats sra 49,
ceiveu 3. last and they need not now expend n e,
sympathies on unworthy objects. ps'.u '''elr
The Hhis asks--.sWhere are Gov. cohh Co..
Foote, and all the Democratic Union nensr-a,d
proceeds to give history of Gov. cobb,s recen,
career, concluding with the remark that ..tle nj.
unionists of Georgia have made sad work Of him
They have done with him now perhaps, and left
him shelled cobb. We shall not expect to hear Of
the ex-Gov. Cobb, of Georgia, soon again. He il 4
used up man. Gov. Foote'S only chance TO re.
storehis waning fortunes 1t says was to get back
into the United States Senate but upon that for
lorn hope the result of the Mississippi elections has
put aquieius. "The Disunionists there as in Geor-
gia have triumphed, under the auspices of our
present Democratic Administration, and the re-
doubtabe Footewill soon be consigned tothe shades
of private life to make way for his competitor the
renowned Disunionist, JEFF. Davis the Brigadier's
Secretary of War, and United States Senator ex-
peetant from the State of Mississippi" The WAig
thusproceeds:
What change within the brief space of about
twelve months-the consequences OF the Presiden.
tial election of last November. The Freesoilers
triumphant at the Mortified and fostered out of
the public crib, by the Administration of General
Franklin Pierce. The Disunionists triumphant at
the South-basking in the favors of the Administra
i1y, md pfed m horn Qfafo -
This is truly harvest for the Fac,iunists who have
all along eternal hatred to the Union, and to
the supremacy of the Laws and Constitution
"Higher Law" has its day now. The Union men
the National Democracy, Gov. Cobb Gov. Foote,
and ALL where are they, under the present Freesoil
and Secession coalitiondynastys
The Mail has, a chapter on Georgia politics, in
which the proceedings whereby Mr.. Cobb lost the
Senatorial nomination, and Mr.. Mcdonald the cleo
ton, are fully detailed The following paragraph
on Democratic harmony closes the article:
We hope it will all come right after WHILE 1t
is distressing to witness such displays of harmony
These quarrels over the spoils might lead some
icious people the conclusion that the spois
consideration in their efforts to obtain power
Let their course be such as to repel the supposon
The Mail also condemns thesystem of newspa
per putting" SO much in vogue at the present
day.
The Bulletin comments on some remarks of
Canadian journal to the effect that public sentiment
in that province is almost unanimous in favor of
the abolition of the feudal tenure system. The
Bulletia argues to prove that this evidence of Brit.
is progress is owing to the example of the United
States. csa E
HOMICIDE IN BALTIMoRE.-A young man named
Joseph Christie has been arrested in Baltimore on
the charge of killing Henry Whann. The Patriot
says: ea
It appears that during an altercation between the
parties on Monday afternoon, Christie threw a
brick which strikingsAV hann upon the head, caus-
ed SO fearful wound that it resulted in his death
on Thursday afternoon. Coroner Miller held an
inquest and the verdict of the Jury that the de-
ceased 'canle to his death from blow with brick
in the hands of Joseph Christie, producing frac-
ture of the skull" The parties were brothers-in-
law. Christie is about 10 years of age, and Whann
q, who leaves wife and two children.
BALLOON AscENs1oN-Mr. Elliott made sue
cessful balloon ascension from Baltimore on Fri
day afternoon. He returned "safe and sound" on
Saturday morning. having landed at Thomas
Peint, Back River Neck, some ten or fifteen miles
below the city.
AccIDEsr.-on Wednesday night last, train on
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad was detained by
the locomotive running of the track near Martins
burg. The engine was much injured and the en-
gineer seriously hurt Fortunately, the passen-
gers escaped uninjured.
BOGUS NEws.-The Washington Star denies the
story put forth by the New York Herald, that
Messrs Mason and McLane have been detained by
the President from their respective missions for the
present, through fear that the Senate may not
firm them.
ACCIDENT AND suIciDE-A letter from West
Union Doddridge county, Va, dated Nov. IA, to the
editor of the Weston Herald, says man was kill
ed near that place on the Friday previous, by the
falling of a stone, which crushed his skull
On Saturday evening young man named Arthur
Caster, who kept drinking house and tenpin al
ley, committed suicide by hanging himself to raf
fer IN Jennings tavern, at West Union. cause un-
known.
Michael Pinner, recently merchant in Buffalo,
has been held to bail in the sum OF $40 900 to ar
swer the charge of obtaining goods by false pre-
tences. 79I sfs ! Ts seE
NAVAL MArTEas-A meeting was held on the
a3d instant at the town hall of Portsmouth to take
steps for obtaining an increase of wages in the
Navy Yard.
St Andrews Society, of Petersburg, viii hold
taeir anniversary Meeting on Wednesday next
The Armory Band, of this city, has been engaged
for the occasion, and joyial time is anticipated
DrsAsTER-On the morning Of the Gath the
steamer Bay State run into by the sloop Sylph,
of Long Island. The sloop sunk, and two of the
crew were drowned,
Z The Soathside Dem, ,crat OF Saturday, announces
the death of Mr.. Edmund Birchett, ofthe Oldest
and most esteemed cirizens of Petersburg.