The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1853-11-30

.onx Vacant HArR--we were talking few da.
since with an esteeneu friend OF ours. VINO was
reared after the good old New England fashion, ard
with whom, " Thanksgiving a. matter of course,
il an institution, day OF family reunion, oil dones
tic and social rejoicing. He 10 man OF noble gym
pathes and biz heart. In speaking OF the coming
1hankaeiy day cloud passed over his features
and tear gathered in his eye. = have, said he
for many years gathered my family around me
,ha day All my children have SAT- with me at my
annual feast and II never occurred 10 me that 1t
could ever be otherwise Weate, drank, and weIc
merry, without thinking that change must one day
come But that change has already come At our
annual banquet this year there will be oaa cdcdHs
CHAIR"
twas a sad, cad thought Sorrowlul memories
come clustering around the heart at the mention OF
that one vacant chair" The pleasant features.
the happy smile, the cheerful voice oiibe loved and
the Lost come like vision OF sweetness from tue
sorrowtul past. The pale still face, the marble
brow, dcckcd with the garands OF the grave, follow,
aud the eye dims with tears as the vision vanishes
away aud the palpable presence only Is et OF that
zone vacant chair"
And so it lie, and so it will be always. Year by
year those that weiove drop from around US Some
are snatched away by death. going down in the
bloom of their beauty to the city of the dead Some
swing out into the great world, and are borne by
the currents of life far away from us. The day Of
annual reunion comes; we gather around the year
ly banquet, we look for the cherished faces we list
en- for the loved voices; but the heart swells and
the big tear trembes on the eyelds for there in
the midst OF that cherished circle in the very place
where one who nestled fondlicst in our affections
used to sit, is one vacant chair"
We who sit at the head of these family feas.s
should never forget that one day c shall be absent
from the banquet The time will surely come when
we shall cease to occupy place here. We know
not when the vacancy may occur, but surely as
time rolls on, as surely as human destiny is sweep
lug onward and onward, always towards eternity.
50 surely will the day OF our dcpsrture come and
struggle as we may, as all the aggregated energies
o! nature may. we must pass from among the living
and leave behind us for the next gathering" one
vacant chair. "-4lbany Register.
ATTACK UFoN A VESSEL BY SAvAGEs.-A late San
Francisco paper states that the brig Rosa while on
trading voyage among the South Pacific Islands,
was attacked al Tauroa by saYases, and the captain
aud several OF the crew were murdered. 1t seems
that the natives, of whom large number had been
admitted on board the vessel, commenced a stimuli
taneous attack upon the OF the brig, killing
oyerpowering ak OF their number, and forcing the
survivors TO seek refuge in the cabin. They there
procured arms and ammunition, and succeeded in
shooting several natives from the skylght. The
crew finally Lett their place of refuge, and after
sharp conflict succeeded in ovcrpowering the
tives driving most OF them overheard. On the
deck were found the lileess bodies of the captain
and three of the crew. The chief mate and one sea-
man were missing having probably been thrown
overheard. The second mate, upon whom the com
mand ofthe brig devolved, bore the vessel up for
Sydney, where she arrived in safety.
Major Alexander Dunlap died at jacksonville on
the 10Th instant in the 6Sth year of his age. He
was kentuckian by birth, volunteered as a pri-
vatr in the of 1912, and was taken prisoner at
Oudley's defeat. He was afterwards in the bat
tie of the Thames, and for his gaantry that oc-
casion made Captain in the Army He fought
through the Greek war, and was a witness OF the
tx ecu ion OF Arbu,hnot and Anbrister. President
Polk made him Major in the Mexican war. He
assisted in the taking OF Vera Cruz, and was with
Gen. Scott in several other engagements
The strict honesty of Bob Simpglass deserves to
he regarded as an example to bis brethren OF the
Happy-good-teilow Society. The other night hav-
ing walked over the Cambridge bridge in zir-zar
cou go, curious and wonderful, he hove up against
the dollhouse and giving the toll gaherer two cents
he exclaimed -
Here les my contribution to the support of the
bridge"
Yes, and there is one cent over, said the ten
der.
lone cent is the regular toll--ic-ic-aint itt"
Yes, sir"
'NelI then, l owe you two any way-for if 1
have not walked every plank in the bridge twice
over then ic-Im a BARRIERS pole. &c. keep the
change old TELLER.
He reeled away, and the admiring toll atherer
lost sight of him IN the darkness Boston pqp3r.
MoRE SrRIKEs-CAsH ANDSTIIE GosPEL-Sev-
| cral cergymen met in Boston few days since, to
see ifthey could Improve their finances. They rep
resented that the compensation for profe sonal
| services were quite too low. After some discus
| sion they fixed upon the following tariff:
Societies paying a salary from 500 to $500 per
annum viii be expected to allow Sl2 per Sunday,
| with expenses
Those paying from $500 to $1,000 per annum
SI5.
Those paying from Sl2G0 to $500 do. $50.
| Those paying from $500 to $1,000 do, $2J
/
| Silas Wright, the distinguished statesman of
New York, sleeps i'll an humble grave in the bury.
| ing ground near the village of Canton, St Lawrence
| cCunty, with simple monument bear ng his name
and dates of his birth and death. His law office
has been converted into ice house attached to a
| hotel.
| Lawrence Fougherty executed at Buffalo
On Frii ytor the murder of Mr.. Brown, of Altor IN
| December last He asserted to the last that he was