The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1854-05-09
SPIRIT oFTHEPREss.

| 4.iaues 10 urge the conquest OF
| Cuoa says-"While the people of the South
.eeAeefy eaica,aung the chances OF the war In
Iufope' anu "nAe our representatives in Congress
are ousiy projecting governments for western
wilderness, the drama OF Cuban emancipation,
rapidly approaches it's catastrophe" AlIadinr to
the incidents of the plot the Enquirer regard.
piece of intelligence as the most significant which
| announces the promulgaiion of decree for the
registration of the slaves in the Island of Cuba,
when it Is known that the immediate effect of
this decree will be to enancipate half of the
slave population of Cuba, there can no longer be
any doubt as to the policy of the, Spanish Govern
ment or OF the urgent necessity OF some measure
ot prevention and resistance on the part of the
United States" The Enquirer predicts that if Mr..
Soule does not succeed in his demands upon Spain,
he will Withdraw from the Spanish Court and the
rupture of diplomatic relations will precipitate the
conquest of Cuba, and anticipate years of tedious
negotiation.
The Whig has long article explaining it's sen
timents with regard to the acquittal Of Ward 1t
believes that the Ward jury erred as thousands of
juries have done before but is wholly unwilling to
think that they defed both the justice of Heaven
and the scorn of men, and basely sold themselves
W
ing fact, that not particle of evidence exists to
taint them with even the slightest suspicion. When
it shall be proved that the jury in this or any other
case have been influenced by corrupt considera
tions in making up verdict, the HAig will go as
far as the farthest in holding them up to public
scorn. In conclusion, it hopes that the South may
never again witness within all her borders such
scenes those which have been recently enacted in
Louisville.
The Mail discusses the Presidents veto of the
Insane bill Itconsiders the inference fair one,
from the hightoned and toploftical professions of
regard for strict construction of the constitution
expressed in the message, that the. President will
veto the Homestead and Pacific Railroad bill
should they manage to get through Congress-; but
there two rather obscure and unintell
gible phrases in the message that afford room
for doubt about it. Therefore it is that the Mail
asks for more light
The Post has an article showing up the inconsis-
tency of two leading abolition papers in New York.
in denouncing Mr.. Crittenden because he chose to
volunteer his services in defence of Mat Ward
The Post believes that the verdict of the Ward
jury is worthy of all condemnation. But public
censure should stop there. So far from blaming
Mr.. Crittenden, the Post thinks he ought to be
honored for his warm and generous sympathy with
the distress of an old friend.
SUICIDE OF AN EDITOR Col Edward Stiff, a
gentleman whose various publications have made
him widely known, committed suicide in the jail at
Center, Alabama, short time since. His last
paper was called the Radical Reforner which was
discontinued few weeks ago Pecuniary difficult
| =, kror obf fCh hia, oloI,
dated Saturday night, April %, he states that on
the Thursday night previous he commenced on a
large vial of choroform, that be used it all before
dsy-then swallowed vial OF laudanum, and on
Saturday another But, he says, 81 must draw
my own blood at last or live l shall do the for
mer, though regret ts necessity 1t appears, how
ever, that the drawing of blood was obviated by
the subsequent procurement of ten grains of NOR
phine.
more fixed and obstinate determination to
carry out desperate purpose, we have never be
fore heard Of
DIvoRCE.-The Sixth District Court in N Orleans
has decreed separation of Mrs. Haughton from her
| husband, Benz. T. Haughton. In his decision the
Judge stated that the evidence fully sustained the
| charges of ltreatment of Mrs. Haughton by her
| husband, who had neglected to provide her with
| clothing or the necessaries of life 1t was also
shown that she had received blows in fits of ntoxi
| cation, and that he had neglected her and his
| child, when the latter was on its death bed
| THE CALoRIc SHIP.-It appears that Captain
| Ericsson entertains the most complete confidence
of the success of his caloric ship He says
As soon the ship and machinery are again in
| / hall mot in
performing the agreeable task of rendering the
proposed account OF the invention. In the mean
time have to state that when the noble ship went
down, the motive power had proved completely
| successful. The engines had not been put to any
| thing like maximum work, and yet we attained a
| speed of more than eleUen miles hour with a
consumption of fuel which promises to render
ocean navigation, in point OF economy what it has
already proved in point OF celerity.
| CHARGE OF PoIsoNING-Rose Williams died in
New York last week under somewhat mysterious
circumstances, and was supposed to have com.
| mitted suicide. On Saturday, however, an inquest
was held, and the jury rendered verdict that the
| deceased came to her death by arsenic admins
| tered to her by her husband Andrew Williams.
On the rendition of the verdict, the Coroner
committed the husband to the Tombs for trial.
NOVEL REcEPTIoN.-On the arrival of Messrs.
Fillmore and Kennedy at Atlanta, Ga, large mum.
| Der of locomotives were ready, with their steam
up and as the engineer of the Augusta.train gave
the signal they all opened their valves at once, and
nhistled out such welcome as no mortal man ever
heard before.
Richard E. Hammet, Esq, formerly editor of the
yicksburg Whig, and for several years merchant
ofNew Orleans died at the residence of his brother
in Washington county, Mississippi, on the 1Ith
ult.
ExEcuTIoN.-The negro boy Merit convicted
some days since of an aggravated assault and bat
terry upon white woman, executed in the
| Jail yard at Charleston, South Caroline last Fri
day.
MIssING VEssEL.-The schooner Malvina sailed
from Charleston for Boston on the 29th of March,
with cargo ofcotton and rice. Nothing has been
heard OF her, and its feared she foundered and
| went down dnrino the April oale