The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1853-09-02
very absurdities which we cen

in youth the very absurdities which we cen
sure IN the young.
s,iu more melancholy to trace the his.
sery o. me silly butterflies who ten years ago,
" ersly species OF useless extravaganza ex.
sensible visiters Poor devils. thew have o. GONE
long since to the dogs, and they now repent In
poverty the thousands squandered II, idle dis.
pay. Many fne bird Of that gay flock has
changed her silken plumage to the coarse
i apparel OF the work k-house The earth Of the
Potters Field covers the bones Of MANY a
broadway dandy, who gave wine and cham
Paigne parties six times week, at Con.
gress HAL I'D f843, and many humble trades
man who solicited his custom, is now here
Win servants and equipage. These yicissi-
tudes and changes of fortune are very anna.
rent at watering place, where yoSmeet with
the light, the frivolous, and the dissipated of
the fashionable world. This year, however.
All OF the places of fashionable resort have
| been crowded by people who have ventured
out OF their native States for the first time
| 70 gaze wildly at the world. The Crystal
| Faiace-1ke coal of fire upon the back of
Phlegmatic tortoise-has put the most tor
pid people of the South in motion, and there
are very many thousands who are now sight
seeing IN very solemn and sedate manner
| lhey indulge IN no extravaganza, pay their
poard ana travelling expenses honestly, and
WIN return home with inexhaustiblc stores of
information for their neighbors.
Yours, SENEx
EXPLOSION AND Loss OF LrrE.-The wheelipo
ih'eiiigencer saysthat Monday afternoon, an ex.
Piosion took place in that city, which resulted in
loss OF life and considerable DESTRUCTION of
1T appears that drayman had loaded twenty
nine kegs of power his dray near the xater line
of the wharf, and started his horse at brisk oait
up Ihe Wnart when one of the kegs becoming dis.
placed, iell onto the paving ignited in some way,
ton Kimberly, owner of the drays EMPLOYED in mo.
wing the powder, was instantly killed, having tbe
top OF his head blown off, and his BODY literally
burnt to crisp. P. Schanley, drayman near by at
the tlme was blown into, or ran into the river he
ing blinded by the powder. He is dreadfully.
though we believe not fatally burnt and received no
internal injuries Several other persons were blown
down by the force of the explosion, and received
slight injuries. The steamboat Salem received CON
siderable damage her pilot house much shattered.
and the siding of the forward cabin much broken
Other boats near by, received slight injuries The
buildings on Water street almost entirely deprived
OF glass, and in many of them, the windows sash
and all, were blown in with crash. The Sprigg
House. with its strong glass and SASH Jared but little
better than the rest The windows of houses on
Monroe and Union, as far back as Market, and on
Main street, were not excepted from the general
| Crash. Inc presumption from tle violence OF
the shock, that most OF the kegs the dray ignited
from the that fell, and exploded almost simul-
taneousy. Ofthe 90 kegs composing the load, but
one had been found
PLAIN TALKING Col S. c. Pavatt, of Camden.
Tenn, who has recently been defeated as Dem
ocratic candidate for Congress- writes very bitter
and racy letter which appears in the last Nashville
UIion. 1t seems according to his showing that
he has been for many years strong party man;
and spent time and money freely to advance the
cause. But when he came up for Office it was
objected, that he was Son of Temperance, and
the objection damaged his prospects, and prevented
his election. We give the concluding paragraph
of the Colonels letter:
The result of the whole is that no man need
raise his head that has ever belonged to the tenn.
perance reformation; each democrat is to be pro-
scribed it is immaterial what il the debt of graft
tude to him 1t Is one of the modern improve
ments and their improved economy is when obi.
cations become burthensome with one ungrateful
act they cancel all obligations and each one makes
little. This is intended as lesson in modern
times VIII not repeat Cardinal Woolsey's speech
TOR II has become quite common, but a stubborn
reality stares me in the face. I have to sell the
last vestige of property have in the worth TO pay
the money have spent for a whisky drinking,
ungratetui party Ifevery one is thus to be treat
ed, it is plain what will be the result.
SADFALLING OFF.-Vermont is certainly getting
in bad way. A correspondent of one of our
Northern exchanges, gives the copy of a handbill,
which he saw at Wells River, Vt, advertising
"Bull Fight and Trotting Match, which were to
come off at Bradford on the 22d. What does it
meant There is no State in the Union with which
are more familiar. We have ished in its streams
and lakes climbed its mountains, and visited al
most every corner from Berkshire and Eden
to Dorset and Bennington, and always found the
people, as whole, the most moral siraightlaced
puritantial folks imaginable. Their chief amuse
ments are catching trouts, goin to neetin,' eatin
nince and pumkin pies, 'tendn' ''singin-skuls,
and "appleparin bees,' and making love TO the
gals. Circuses, races. bullfghts and everything
of the Sort are strictly "agin' the law" We can
well imagine how some of our acquaintances, and
we have hundreds of them in that beautiful little
State must have been horrifed. Where were the
"Selectmenl'' Where was the minister" and "Dea
con" of Bradford, ON the 22da We can't imagine
What would the pious Vermonters say it bull
fight should take place in the benighted South ~
Of course it would be mentioned as specimen of
the heathenism which, in their view, is always the
characteristic of slave holders.
The Lynchburg Express states that the testimo-
ny in the case of Chuneo, the Italian killed at
grsggery in Amherst recently, goes to show that
Hill, who killed him, acted in self-defence
LraUoR LAW IN BALTIMoRE.-The temperance
men of Baltimore, have adopted a ticket, in which
all the candidates are pledged to support the Maine
Liquor Law. Five are Wings, and four Demo
Gratis
QUICK PAssAGE.-The steamship James Adger
made the trip from New York to Charleston, arri
wing at the late port on Monday. In 40 hours This
is we think the quickest passage ever made. The
James Adger brought papers one day in advance Of
the mail.
SERIOUS AccrDENT-An the Both August, Mr.
David E. Small one ofthe of the steam plan
ing mill of Henry Small & Sons, at York, Pa, while
standing near the moving works, was caught in
the machinery, and his right arm crushed In such
manner as to render amputation above the elbow,
necessary.
The following racy lines BY Congreve, describe
well not uncommon female fault
sCceuette and coy at once her air,
Roth studied though both seemed neg ected,
ArtIess she seeils with aTtiul care,
Afsc.iag TO be unaffected"