The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1853-01-05

Macbeth fancisd for himself 1.-THE maws Of
kites" We enquiredihe name OF this wonderful
horse. and should have liked 70 have ascer-
,ained his pedigree; but mystery hung over
both, which we found il impossibleto dispel.--
We once saw one belonging to an old free me-
gro, in an adjoining county. which might
stand TO this one in the relation of the compa-
ra,ive degree to the superlative. He was
called, We thought not inappropriate.y, "Fi'
gure." This, we think, would be good name
for our equine hero. Even his bones had
gotten lean, and were shr unk TO half their nat
ural dimensions. As to his pedigree, ne
doubtless belongs, not 90 the Tartars OF the
Ukraine breed, but to that OF Col. FremonTs
Rocky Mountain woolly horse. Upon this
subject we propose forthwith TO hold cores
pondence with ex senator Benton, since, II we
remember, he interested himself very much IN
the first. specimen. One thing alone was
wanting. The horse ought to have been fol-
lowed by a crop cared, bob-tailed cui-dog OF
the same description-one OF those dogs which
NOBODY but free negro, in the country, ever
had, or ever could, would or should nave
one of those ours that the ingenious sons OF
Ham have taught to live without eating-ohe
of your mean. grinning, shame faced, barking
specimens of caninity, that never bit anything
buta sheep in their lves-one OF The SORT tnat
we have seen sit down for an hour at time
and watch buzzard sailing over him, occa-
sionally making dash at its shadow as 1t
fitted by him. With such dog, the group
would have been complete. Such dog the
owner of "Figure" ("Figger' he called him)
had and he named him "Small-hopes."
When the weather is fine, We should judge
from the extensive plots of grass, and the
number of fine trees, that Keysville is very
pretty place. At present, however, it is moth
iag but mud, mud, mud. One curiosity we
saw, the like of which we had not before met
with. The dinner. bell is hung in tree, about
twelve feet from the tavern.porch, and is rung
by a pole attached TO it. We thought of
asking Mr.. Priddy all about it; but we feared
a metaphysical disquisition, which we had
not time to see to an end. We assure Cur kind
and hospitable entertainer, however, that we
like him and his face so well, that we mean to
pay him another visit and not leave him, I'M
i'll we get the ''hang of the thing" as Beau
Hickman would say.
Both going and coming, we had crowd of
passengers, of almost every description. We
could not forbear asking ourselves, how did
these people travel before the railroad was
built? The officers were as kind and atten-
tive as it was possible for men 10 be. We
have heard since, much to our regret, that
there is some danger of losing the conductor,
Mr.. Sims, who has been offered higher wages
on another road. We hope it is not so, for we
never saw a man better adapted TO the duties
of his office.
We arrivedin town quite delighted with our
trip through rain and mud. We could hardly
reconcile it to ourselves TO believe that we had
been TO Charlotte and back, for in our younger
days we were well acquainted with several
persons who made annual trips to Charlotte,
und who made such formidable preparations
for the trip, and had SO many stories to tell
when they got back, that we have ever since,
in spite of Yourselves, entertained sort of lurk-
ing belief, in the corner of our mind, that it
was a fabulous county, like the garden of
Hesperides, or the Empire of Prester John.