The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1854-09-20

THE DAILY DlSFAICh
wEDNEsDAY MORNING, SEPT. .. 1854.
FLuHkErrsn.- Ar. Raymond, did yoa
vse 80 worse government than oursf Out here
n are ashamed Of our country"
The Enqxirer Of Monday quotes the above
rom aDick Tinto,' the Paris correspondent
( the New York 7fmes. Raymond, the
,erson whom "Dick Tinto" thus invokes, is
he editor of that delectable journal. Isn't
/ sxcruciating that "Dick Tinto' and i've
,ut here should be ashamed Of "our coun-
ryr It's curious coincidence, Dick, but
he country is very much ashamed of you.
However, this is WEAKLY vewy bad coun-
ivy, wichard, and ought to be ashamed of
Itself Il has no sublime extremes of socie-
~, such as give variety and picturesqueness
to the social life of Paris, but only one dead
level of universal and monotonous COM
fort. 1t has no Master to relieve it Of the
pains and cares of government, and no mob
to upset the government every few years, and
to pull up the dearest interests of So
ciety by the roots. There is no chance here
for young men to be taken from their moth
ers and sisters, and manufactured into food
for glory. gunpowder and vultures. We have
no court, no fashions, (except the cast off ones
of Paris,l no parades, ne church and state,
no healthful restrictions upon conscience, no
general corruption of morals, no great phil
osophers, and. since you have left, Dick, no
fools. We are cursed with the most disgust
ing abundance of all the necessaries of life !;
and are compelled to dwell on clumsy, over
grown continent, that could easily support
i've hundred millions of people. of famine,
war and military despotism, we know moth
ing, except by accounts from Europe. No
wonder that Dick Tinto in the midst of an
exactly opposite state of things, exclaims,
"Out here we are ashamed OF our country
Still, it was inconsiderate in Dick Tinto to
have given publicity to his sentiments. He
ought to recollect that such remark coming
from him, will inflict great pain upon the
sensibilities of this country. 1t will wound
our national vanity to the core. The whole
United States is hanging down its head al
ready, and the Governors of the various
States are talking of resigning, since the last
letter of Dick Tinto appeared in the N. York
Times. Even inanimate nature shares in the
general modification. The corn crop, which
had begun to look up after the late rains, is
beginning to look down again; the Ohio river
has skunk away at the reproof of Dick till it
shows nothing but its bottom. and we under
stand that Niagara Falls is about to stop IL
quidating.
Seriously, however, this "Dick Tinto" does
well to be ashamed of q country which has
ever produced such an animal as himself
When mountain brings forth mouse, it
to- to be an American edition of Charles
Yellowplush. He is probably cast off live
ry-man of Col. Thorne, the celebrated mil
lionaire, who, in his absence from Paris, has
turned Tinto over to some titled acquaintance,
Is useful creature to hold the horse of the
lady, and drink the heeltaps of the lord This
animal, who would run half mile to touch
his hat to title, turns up his little nose at
the greatest Republic the world has ever seen
and says he is ashamed of it So you are
ashamed of your country, are you Dick p
Did it ever occur to you, you poor devil, to
be ashamed of yourself?
ADDRESS OF Mr.. BARBoUR.-The Septem-
Der number of the Southern Literary Mes
senger contains the address of B. j. Barbour,
ESQ., to the Literary Societies of the Virgil
mia Military Institute. 1t is an able and in
teresting production. Virginia, her decline
and its causes" occupy portion of the dis
course. The theory of John Mitchell, in his
address at the University, is commented on;
and, in our opinion, thoroughly exploded
There is scathing rebuke of the popular
infdelity of the day, and noble tribute to
.no n'hle-that Bible which is ''too constant
IN its teaoAings for those tickle intellects
winch changethen -vstems oftener than tbe;r
garmsnts-found faith Upon every rooL ~
cept the Rock of Ages-frame $3.50 -.
Wondering bones, supplying the Connect .
links from their own fancies, as they fashion
bits Of cork to supply the missing vertebrm
and denying alike the unity of man and thu
trinity of God, yield belief to the rattlina
skeleton, which they withhold from that form
of light TRANSPORTED on Mount Tabor
The whole address is highly creditable te
the head and heart of its author.
THE CHoLERA.-Nothing more is known
OF the cause of this mysterious disease than
when it first commenced its destructive
march. The London Times, in an article IN
the ravages of the plague in the allied ar
mics, says that the ships at sea, the crews of
which live by rule, and escape the tempta.
fions and vicissitudes of diet and climate by
land, have suffered as severely as the land
forces and some of them have lost as many
~ one-tenth of their seamen and marines.
The Times states that even after the vessels
had put to sea to change the air of the coast
. blast OF hot air from the land seemed To
have struck them at one particular moment
on the afternoon of the l4th of August. after
which, many of the stoutest hands on hoard
ackened and died, medicine being of No
avail. The plague, however, lasted but :
short time and seemed to have passed over
them, - it came, in the air.