The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1854-05-16
SPIRIT oFTHE.PREss.

- AuoEH3aH1s euuoIu& 20 tDe present etrugEfe IN
the House of Representatives, says the country
contemplates its progress with intense anxiety.
net simply because its result win determine the fate
OF the Nebraska bili but because II involves also
the infinitely more momentous issue Of the Sta
bility of the Union. The Enquirer has no doubt Of
the issue ofthe struggle It says.
We cannot believe that Congress will betrav The
interests ofthe Union into the hands of faction =
We believe the majority appreciate the responsi
oltes Of their position. and that their conduct
VIII justify the hopes of the country. But they
cannot triumph with their present tactlcs Ex
IRENE cases demand extreme remedies, and 1t be-
comes the duty ofthe majority if necessary to re-
PEI violence by violence. and to trample under foot
lns arDitrary formalifies Of parliamentary Law,
ratner than suffer them to be converted into an en-
the government.
Inc Hh's, in an editorial upon territorial exten.
tension, says It neither approves of the Filhbuster
OF the Old Fogy policy but takes the middle ground
between the two, and processes to be a progressir,
in the truest and highest sense of the word Saws
the Whig:
We see nothing, therefore, in the LANGUAGE .ttr,.
buted to Mr.. Fillmore in his recent speeches At ,he
South to excite the surprise or regret of snv ns
not deplorablv one idead and sfationary-2nos e..
sentially melancholy fxity in an age Of univer
sal progress. We shall rejoice, indeed IL it shall
turn out that he has made public and nnreserved
avowai OF sentiments so just enlightened, and lib
srai; Inese sentiments conflict in no respect with
!ne doctrines OF the Whfg party of the Union-with
Hs wishes, hopes. or expectations On the contra.
ry they are in harmonious and literal accordance
with them all.
Inc IHnH introduces communication from a
merchant on 1.-THE Prospects of Richmond The
following extract from the comment thereon viii
show its tenor:
The views of "a Merchant should excite delb.
e,I nvestgatlon II we are to compete success
lally Tor the trade of Lynchburg, and Of the Ten.
nessee road, we must offer superior inducements to
petersburg Fredericksburg or Alexandria In
new York railroad and canal run side by side
scross the whole extent of the State The Canal
furnishes the means OF transporting heavy articles
the railroad passengers and light freight Both
are highly successful. Let Richmond consider
wnether, not only her future prosperity but even
the retention Of that she now has does not demand
tne construction of an Rhine railroad from here
| to Lynchburg. =
Inc Penny Post contains a letter dated at the
Midlothian Pits, Chesterfield, giving the result of
JOB ATKINS observations during six years resi-
dence in Virginia The writer pronounces Mrs.
Stoves book "ficton, having no reality, and the
occurrences depicted only phantasys, which never
had abeing but in her own mind; and when given
TO the public the aim was to make money and gain
popularity" ~
AMERICAN TRACT SocrETY.-The 10Th ANIMAL
meeting of the American Tract Society took place
in New York on Wednesday From the ann1alre.
port we learn that during the last year the Society
Issued 76 new publications in seven languages, the
| whole number OF publications being 1912, and the
total number approved for circulation abroad 119,
In e05 languages and dialects Upwards of 200 900
monthly; of the Child's Paper more than CSC, 600;
and of the German Messenger 5000. During the
year the Society circulated 103347 publications
received in donations $l56, ,03e. $27 a64 being lega
cles and for sales 259 1876 making the total receipts
OF the year S4l5.3lT. while the expenditures were
$244 426 for publishing, $9l 2le for coportage and
$4,000 remitted to foreign lands The number oi
colporteurs employed is 619
MURDER BY AWomAN.-The Laurensville Is. C,)
Herald, says:
A most shocking murder was committed in the
upper part OF our district, the Sauda river,
Wednesday evening, Sd inst, on the body of one
Young Fuller, by Mary McCracken. The instru.
| ment used was an axe, with which the woman
struck the deceased three times, infiicting most
ghastly wound at every stroke Many rumors are
afoat as to the cause OF this tragic deed which are
so contradictory. that deem it duty to with.
hold any remarks on the subject, further than the
deceased was man of very bad character and
mad been the terror OF the surrounding neighbors
for sometime. The unfortunate perpetrator of the
horrid deed is now in Jail at this place.
Edward Burns was shot and mortally wounded
| during an election riot In New Orleans few days
ago.
Hon. George NJ. Troup. of Georgia, now in his
seventy-fou year, is still a hale and hearty
man.
SETTLED AT LAsT.-Judge Rogers, of Boston, on
Saturday, decided that it IS criminal to steal um.
brellas ...y
LAST APPEARANcE.-Mrs. Mowatt plays at Nj
bios next week, after that fortnight in Boston,
and that she says, sis my last appearance on any
| stage"
THE RULING PASSION, sc. "A late waggish prin
ter, while on his deathbed, was requested ITO be
composed" "Distribated, you mean. was his faint
reply.
TEMPERATE lie said the editor OF the Massa.
chusetts Life Boat is delighted to learn that .the
Gear refuses to treat" The next steamer he hopes
will bring the news of his joining the temperance
society.
| CHLoaoFoRM CoyNTERAcrRD.- DIR Robert de
Lambelle a distinguished physician of Paris, an
nounces that q shock of electricity given to pa
| tient dying from the effects OF ehloroiorm, imme-
diately counteracts Its influence, and returns the
sufferer to life.
SrUMP-Neal Dow commenced stumping the
State OF Pennsylvania in favor of the Maine Law,
but in consequence of sickness he was compelled
| to relinquish the task and stump homeward.
MELANcHoLY AccIDEsr--On sunday last nine
persons entered skif to cross the Snsquehanna.
| near Windsor N. Y, on their way to church, when
| unfortunately, the skif struck log and upset,
throwing the whole party into the river. VIM.
| Hathaway, Charles Hathaway, his wife, and two
grandchildren of Samuel Hathaway OF Windsor,
were drowned.
A NUMEROUS PRoGENY.-A son Of the NTH gene
ration was born few days since, to Joseph A. Has
ris, of Clarksburg, N. Y. His mother u 2 year,
old his grandfather 10 40 his great grandfather 20
and bis great great-grandfather S5 there are ~
others in Carksburg all ofthe same 5th generafion
and all of them can be called together in 30 mnufes
The greatgreaf grandfather Mr. Isaac Hills, isa re-
yolutionary pensioner
| R.crs PosrPoNHD--In consequence 0f the DurD-
inc of the Long Bridge the races that we're 70 nave
come of ON the 23d inst, on the Columbia race
rae on the other side Of the Potomac have been
nostponed until the Goth OF June Warrington
Star. x@ss
| The ST. Louis Republican of the 9th inst, says
that the u s. District Attorney has entered noHe
nroseoni in the Barker treason case, and that MI
Rsyter has given bail 10 await the result OF his
rial on the charge Of abstracting process, on the
f;oyernment timber lands 10 Mcdonald county,
Mo. *a