The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1854-10-05

heard, is absolute and unrepubiican as any pow
er can be-"
The Woman's Rights Movement has real
lied this apparent impossibility.
Mr.. Otis, in his speech, makes another sup
position, though seemingly Incredible: Re-
ferring to the societies of Shakers, whose
fundamental doctrines were founded on the
duty of celibacy, and who complained that
the laws of some of the States pressed upon
their consciences. especially in military con-
Germs:
"Imagine sir" said Mr.. Otis, "these societies
combined and determined to make a pilgrimage
an become sojourners in the new country of pro-
mise Figure to yourself four five thousand
adults OF both sexes with their children in SPIRIT
dismal procession marching beyond the Mssis.
sipp until they shall find aspot suited to their
sions; then hating and sending missionary to
you, with the intelligence of their demand to be
admitted as State Are you bound to admit them
without stipulation that they shall make no laws
prohibiting marriage, at the moment you know this
to be the main design of their emigration, and thus
SECURE to sect OF those peculiar and unsocial te
nets monopoly of that entire State, and power
of virtually excluding from its territory the great
mass of your citizens"
In the opinion of the author, this argument
"applies as well to the Mormon laws regard
ing marriage, as to the laws of celibacy sus-
tanned by the Shakers
1t was in this debate that Pennsylvania
was first called the keystone State 81
appeal, said Mr.. Clay, "to Pennsylvania
the unambitious Pennsylvania,-the key
stone of the federal arch, whether she will
concur in a measure calculated to disturb the
peace of this Union"
For sale by g. III. West.
RETURN OF THE BALTIC FLEET.--A French
man, speaking of the return of the great
Baltic fleet, said: /" 1t is like whaling feet
| that should go forth to catch whales, and
should come back with keg of sardines."
Bomersund is "the keg of sardines." Cron-
s:adt and st. Petersburg are the whales. Sir
Charles Napier promised to harpoon those
whales as soon as he she uld reach the Baltic
and to lunch and dine upon their blubber, or
sup with the internal gods. He has done
neither the one nor the other. The whale is
still showing his huge DUNK w1trsUur a SCI :
and Pluto has waxed so wroth, that the prob
ability is, when old Charley does arrive, he
will find the place too hot to hold him. The
French troops, toe, are coming back after
that small affair of BOmersund, to repose
upon their laurels. Well, these are not the
days of Napoleon and Nelson. The Black Sea
is the only consolation left US. Sebastapol
may furnish brilliant close to dull volume.
The London correspondent of the Boston
Post states that the press of Great Britain
opposed to the ministry, represent it as an
ugly fact, that the Sebastopol expedition was
opposed in the preliminary counsels held to
discuss its feasibility, by Prince Napoleon,
| the cousin of the Emperor of the French,
and by the Duke of Cambridge, the cousin
OF the Queen of England They say that
these princes must necessarily know more of
the minds of their respective courts than the
generals less intimately connected with them.
and that the conclusion is inevitable that the
commanders in Turkey have had their hands
tied at home.
New York PoLITIcs.-The Herald saws
powerful blow may yet be struck at the Sew
ardites in New York, "if, by any combination
OF hostile elements a majority of members
are elected to the lower house Of the New
York Legislature, which will defeat Stewards
reelection to the United States Senate. We
think there is little probability of such a re
suit, unless the conservative people of New
York, without regard to party, awake to the
fact, that the triumph of Sewardism il the
| disruption of the Union.
The STETHoscoPE.-The Medical Journal
for the present month, has been laid upon
our table. The list of contents present an ip.
viting bill of fare for the physician. Among
other things are continuation of the history
ofthe Virginia Medical Society, and a report
of a case of infanticide in this city by DR..
LiTTLE. The Stethoscope faithfully main.
tains Its reputation. 1t has portrait of DR..
f. MARX, the fifth President of the Medical
Society, and miserable portrait it is, greatly
'aferior in execution in fidelity to any Of
those that have appeared in the Seth oscope
The Doctor or the publisher aught to sue
the artist, for the caricature has that been
passed off for portrait.
PORK RIVER RAILRoAp.-After \ fuIl and
free discussion Of the subject the Board If
Public Works yesterday resolved not to in.
terfere with the route or terminus West
Point of the York River Railroad, as select.
ed BY the stockholders. We congratulate
tae stockholders at the final settlement of ii )
vexed question.
hAIAoAD AccIDENr.-The Bulletin of yesterday
has The following account Of an accident ON the
Sculhside Railroad:
LYNcHSrac, Oct 4-A dreadful accident occnr.
red on the South Side Railroad last piat sbout Az
miles below this city. An Obstruction Lad hser
placed across the track II the bridge over Archcrs
Greek By some persona unknown, ana on the ARR
vi Of tho material Train 1t that point conrusson
took place which caused the bridge to Give wev.-I
The locomotive WAS precipitated into the creek h.
Iowa distance Of about forty fcet-instapily kin
Ing thres Of tho hands employed on the train.