The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1853-09-28

| ter some reference to State politics and
| his objections to the ticket on that score, he
declares himself to be attached as ever to the
old.fashiened Republican party which has
stood by the country, the Constitution and
the laws through all times and changes" and
he promises his support to the Adminisfra-
ton so long as it accords with the Baltimore
Platform and the Inaugural Address OF Ire e
sident PIERCE
| Mr.. 0'CesSoR's letter is less pithy; ou' not
a whit less decided. He will not support me
ticket because it is made up of Free'ooiiefs
and Abelitienists. whose pretended repudia-
| ton of their former sentiments only ADDS ny
| pocrisv to their original SINS and renders II
imnossible to put the slightest faith in their
sincerity ard honesty. Heintends to support
| the other ticket, which is uneontamlnated
by the presence of single member ever
| known as an agitater.'
What makes these letters the more notice
able is. that they are from gentlemen holding
worry prominent offices under the govern
u,en.. ----
The recent duel between Messrs. RIDGE
| WAY and DAVIS of Bedford was occssioned
by the publication in the Bedford Sentinel,
edited by Mr.. R1DeEwAY, of the purport of
a letter written by Mr. WIN. II. WooDISG of
Danvlle, to Mr.. SAMUEL DAVIS, party TO
the duel The letter reached Liberty, Bed
ford, during the absence of Mr.. d. and was
taken out of the Office by relative, Mr. MI
cAJAA DAVIS, who showed it to Mr. RIDGE
WAY. It was net until after Air. r. had used
the letter in his columns that Mr. s. DAVIS
knew it had been addressed to him. He i'm
mediately posted MIR. r. who thereupon
wrote the challenge, which resulted in the
duel
The last Danville Republican contains a
card from Mr. WooDISG, which is likely to
open the difficulty anew. He declares that
the language Of the paragraph in the Bed
ford Sentinel, $50 far as it claims to give the
language. purport and object of my [hisl let
| ter, base falsehood" Besides this and
other bitter passages at Mr.. RIDGEwAY, Mr..
WooDING takes Mr.. MicAJAH DAVIS to task
| for showing his letter to r. In this part Of
his communication Mr.. w. says, Mr.. D.
| may convince the public that it is honorable
| TO disclose the contents nf private letters"
! but it will be more difficult to excuse the
| Misrepresentation Of letter which he read
and which he might have published verbatim
| if its exposure was necessary to satisfy so
pure patriot He winds up by "pitying
the necessity to which he Mr.. MIcAJAH DA-
vIs) was driven of concealing his infamy by
falsehood." All which is pretty tight when
| we come TO consider that it is about matter
out of which has already grown one duel.
The letter which occasioned all the difficult
ty related to the election of Judge which has
recently taken place in the Bedford District,
the particulars Of which we do not think it
necessary to enter into.
THE FORGED WILL; or Crime and Refri-
bu:ioa; by ENERsoN BENNETT.-This is a
new novel from the novelteeripg press OF
| T. B. PETERSON, Philadelphia, who, it seems
| to US, sends forth enough novels, not only for
| the planet we inhabit, but for half dozen
| others besides. They bear the marks of be-
| ing put through at the shortest notice. This
| story, which we have not read, and we do
not mean to promise that we ever will read,
is highly praised by the Philadelphia Led
ger-pretty good authority. 1t is for sale by
Mr. GEO. NJ. WEST.
We are indebted to Mr.. WooDHoUsE for a
copy of WARRocK's Virginia and North
| Carolina Almanac for 1854, calculated by
DAVID RICHARDSON of Louisa We like to
see this old Almanac, rejuvenized every
| year, looking as fresh and as cheerful as its
| publisher, who, though time has changed his
| hair to silver grey and years have made the
| patriarch of the printers of this City, is yet
| inEhealth and spirits among the youngest Of
them all. Long may he live to put his i'm
| print upon the Almanac, which has become
| familiar in thousands of homesteads.
CLAss-BooK OF PHYSIOLOGY for the use Of
Schools and Colleges, &c, by B. N. Com
INGs, NJ. DIN modern times it has become
quite common to make physiology part OF
| popular education, and several books adapt.
ed to the use of schools have been published
The one before rs appears to be gotten up in
skiifui manner by competent hands. The il
lustrations are well drawn, and the whole
book is creditable to the author and the pub
fishers, Messrs. D. APPLETON 4 Co., New
York. 1t is for sale by Mr.. WoopHoUsE.
THE Mud CABIN; or tke Character and
Tendency Of British Institations, &c. by
WARREN IsHAM. d. appleton d Co.. New
York.-We take it that Warren Isha0e is the
fictitious name-the nom de ggerre-of the
author. The work has reached its second
edition. 1t is an Offset to British assaults mn.
on the institutions Of this country, and shows
how much of employment might be fonpd Of
home for that British philanthropy which i
ever going abroad to find out them for ;,s
comm;seration. Among the headlines ~ tho
book we observe The Farm Laborer-cor,
ruption Of Rural Distriets-Anc;en. "a
Modern serfdom-Iife in the Coal M;nas
&c All rich subjects for inyest;ga,;on :; =
Great Britain. There are Illustrations - ~ :
book, among them why did you leave 49, aas
mastor, is particularly pithy and faithful -
the real life. The work is for sale nv NJ
= WooDRousE. ~ Anf
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