The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1854-08-05
SPIRIT OF THE PRESS.

SPIRIT OF THE PRESS.
The Examiner continues to pour broadsides into
The new Homestead Bill. In the first place 1t as
sumes that economy is great virtue The Go
vernment should set an example of economy
Ours has set noble one for with sixty million
of revenue and thirty of surplus In the treasury,
Ia ascertained that there will be deficit il
another twelve months. The South, it considers
is to be the principal sufferer. ''Whe the plunder
ers are filching her pockets, and running off with
her personally, good soul, she is magnanmousy
giving away her lands" We quote the following
paragraph from the Examiners article:
Those who can't buy few acres of land-cheap
as is-of course can't own slaves, and the Senate
Land III. no lees than the original Homestead, is
only BIZ f1r making free soft teTrtforog 81 az he
| public domain The South proposed this Bill The
South has surrendered. The States are down-on
| their back.
| The Examiner next aludes to the proposition to
purchase another vast domain, Fl ON Russia, at q
price sufficient to pay the Czar's expenses in the
| European war. The great staple exports OF the
South will have 10 bear the cost of the purchafe
and the lands will then be given over, under this
new Senate Land Bill, for not even thank-ye, to
andless moneyless, and, OF course niggertess sqa'
ters, adventurers and freshly-arrived foregners.-
| If the North say-Bc ii so; how will the South pre-
vent Has she not saved her eighteenpence worth
| of honor, and her chance for the Presidency p
What more can she aski The Examiner fears how.
ever, that the eighteen pence of silver for which
she has barered her faith, will elude her grasp
and that her cry before many years, will be like
that of Peter Pindars Jewess mother after her as
piring son had broke his neck:
Poor Mistress Levi had luckless son,
Who, rushing to obtain the foremost seat,
In imitation Of tn ambitious great,
High from the gali'ry, ere the play begun,
He fell all plump into the pit,
Dead in minute nit
In short, he broke his pretty Hebrew neck;
Indeed and very dreadful was the wreck!
The mother was distracted raviDg, wild;
Shriekd. tore her hair, embraced and kissd her
child;
Afflicted evry heart with grief around
Soon as the shown of tears was somewhat past
And moderately calm tn hysteric blast,
She cast about her eyes in thought profound;
And being with a saving knowledge bless'd;
She thus the playhouse manager addressd:
''Sher, I'm de moder of de poor Chew lad,
"Dat meet mishfarlin here so bad
"Sher, Imust hat de shilling back, y0u know,
"@fss Moses hgf nat see de shOm."
The Whig devotes a leader to ''The Outrage at
tion seeing that the destruction of the village O.
San Juan has created profound disgust and indlg-
nation throughout the country, are trying to make
the impression that the skirts of Mr.. Pierce and
his cabinet clear of oil blame in the mat
ter-that Captain Hollins acted entirely upon
his own hook, and that he alone must be held
accountable. If however, Continues the Whig,)
public applause instead of censure had followed
the bombardment and destruction OF San Juan, we
should have been sickened with fulsome eulogies
upon the marvellous prompitude and energy of Mr..
Pierce in resenting national insults and protecting
the rights of American citizens. The Whis quotes
from different Democratic papers, to show the diff.
ference of opinion that exists in regard to the de-
struction of Greytown, and says in conclusion
Denouncing the conduct of the administration
and the act itself, we leave these eminent Demo.
cratic authorities to reconcile their differences of
opinion as best they may
The Penny Post, in an article headed "High
Handed Proceedings" says the enemies of the Cen
tral Railroad seem determined to stop at nothing,
in the pursuit of their favorite object of effectng
lis ruin. Then, after giving a history of the pre-.
liminary proceedings on the late vote for the Gen.
tral Railroad subscription, it says the Council has
| u
thory to do more than give its sanction to the vote
of the free-hoders. 1t has resolved, however, in
| this instance, to 60 little farther Its Finance
| Committee have ordered the assessor to see whe-
ther or not the $50 majority of the Central Railroad
represent majority of the property This (says
| the PosD is arstocracy with a vengeance, II Ia
well known that there are about thirty citizens who
own more real estate than all the other men In the
city put together and these thirty men, on account
OF their superior wealth. are in such a case as this
to outweigh some l, 800 or 1000 free-holders. who
have not property in the aggregate-equal to theirs
This the Post condemns as a violation OF the char
ter, of the constitution and of the principles OF
| republican equality.
| The Enquirer says-however members of Con
gress may violate the rules of decency and deco.
rum, they undoubtedly deserve the praise of OBJ
| serving that canon of dramatic criticism which
prescrbes the rapid action and the greatest throng
of incident for the final act Thus, within the last
few days they have been despatching the business
OF legislation with wonderful celerity, and have
crowded into very short interval very great va.
rieiy of exciting and diverting incident As spe.
cimen OF the latter, the Enquirer gives the fellow
ting, in the language of faithful chronicler
mike Walsh was thrashed in the House Post
| Office to-day, by Mr.. Seward, of Georgia, to whom
he had applied the epithet of id liar Mr.
Seward first raised chair to knock down Mike bu,
| the bystanders seized it. Whereupon he struck
| Mike several blows with his fst-marking his face
badly, and giving good promise of one black eye
IL Is proposed to amend the Civil and Diplomatic
bill by providing for boxingring in the Capitol
| grounds for the use OF members"
| UNPRECEDENTED Notwithstanding to tn,
Planters Advocate, published at Upper Marlboro
Md, the corn crop in that and surrounding conn
Aes has been nearly destroyed by continued
drought. Scarcely any rain has fallen thefesinc,
7th of June. Unless continuation of rainy wea
ther shortly ersues, the farmers win not make ,
fourth of an average crop of corn or tobacco. Tn,
wheat crop in that vicinity was very small one.
PAINFUL AccIpESr.-On Thursday of last week
mr. fseeiy orrison. aged As years, native of vir
ginia, was crushed to death in the cog-pit of Mr.
'onn fhieesers mill, near Frederick, Md. H,
had descended into the pit to clear away the cob
| webs, preparatory to ciipc tho ,-L -. --s.l,