The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1853-09-24
Spirit Of the Press.

Spirit Of the Press.
The Wig. under the title of .soficial appoint.
snentsn contrasts the standard of claims for Office
In the better days of the Republic with that which,
Il assumes exists in the present day Then it was
sis nc honest, is he capable is he faithful TO the
Constitutions" Noe it is .what have been his ser
vices to the party, and what party influence can he
exersf The Wig has an article On the Pacific Rail-
road, In which 1t expresses the opinion that the
movement in New York by company to cons'fuc'
such road, will afford great relief to the adrnns
tration--as Il viii be disembarrassed from Ns una
cuities touching the road as government A''"N
ifshe company succeeds.
The Times comments upon the wars Oh 'ne li"'u
and Sofshells of New York. 1t minks Tue 'a'
burners or soi,sbels. have had the advantage thus
far and will likely gain complete victory over he
Hunkers, or Hards.
Tha r,,..;,,y,s leader Is on party issues. 1t ar
49, .,,a ,h, cuestion of a tariff for protection with
=, 10, died before it, have been settled by
,a,oar,o and now that the only issue based on
nr;ncinle is that OF the question OF internai I'm
movement by the General Government This
onestion it admits has been subjected to fresh ex-
;,e,uen, from the public desire to have Railroad
constructed from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and
the idea entertained by some, that the General
Government could alone build such road; but it
Is contden. the people viii decide against the pro-
position, and give the death blow to the policy of
Improvement by the General Government. Thus
they will dispose of that only remnant of former
differences between parties which rests upon the
shadow of principle" The next thing for the
Statesman to consider will be the reform that is
absolutely essential in the patronage of the Fed
eral Government, as connected with its revenues
and expenditures" The Examiner expresses itself
decidedly in favor Of reform to promote economy
and diminish the corrupting tendencies of official
patronage-ineidentaly abiding for illustration TO
the disgraceful scramble of the New York politi
clans for Office. The Ercminer has good article
in answer to those alarrnists who magnify the in
debteaness and dwarf the resources of the Union.
The Examiner thinks Uncle Sam's condition is any
thing but ruinous and that his note is still good in
Bank.
The Eaos.trer notices complaints against the ad-
ministration for its alleged indecislon. 1t deems
them without foundation contending that they grow
out of the wild speculatiens Of anonymous penny
a-liners As an instance of the injustice Of these
complaints, the Enquirer rays the President has
been accused of indecision irresolution, and vac
lation in first espousing and subsequently abandon
ing the Pacific Railroad scheme, where it has "as
surance from perfectly reliable authority that the
question has never been the subject of cabinet
consultation
The MAI has az article on the James River ami
Kanawha Company-remarking upon the nnpor
tant matters that are to represented for the consid
Grafton of the company at its next annual meeting,
on the 9th Oct 1t INDUCES the hope that Judge
induced TO abandon an improvement to which he
has for several years devoted his best energies,
even for the glittering prize of mission to France
A CINCINNATI JUDGE IN L1MBo-The Cincin-
natl Commercial of the 10Th says that Judge Joseph
Dana, was arrested on the Friday previous, at his
residence miles from the city, charged in con-
nexion with several others with extensive forgeres
ofland bills He was in Jail awaiting examination.
He was charged with altering the records of seve-
raj deeds oflands in the recorders Office and with
forging several pronissory notes.
We learn from the Jefersonian, that a meeting
was held On the 18th, al Charlottesville. to promote
the construction of the Alexandria and Lynch5urg
Railroad Several speeches were made. another
meeting is to be held and efforts made to get the
stock taken. Railroad Barbecue is to be heldto-
day at Spring Garden, for purpose OF aiding the
subscription to the above road and its extension BY
the Charlottesville route.