The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1854-12-30

NoRrn CAROLINA. We have before no.
ticed, very particularly ths Governor ms
saRe and other dopnmesfs of North Carnlins.
upon the occssion 81 the recent meeting Of
her Legislature but We have before u the
able and explicit report Of DART w. CouRrs,
Treasurer Of this State, % which Ne think an
additional paragraph . due This report
presents fully the condition Of the State. At
the close Of the fscal year the debt Of the
State VIVA sa,sas. s63 so. Since ihat other
additions have been made and others about
to be made viii increase the debt to -, 4oe,-
$50 so.
This is moderate debt; and when we come
to consider that North Carolina has recently
made considerabie advances in Internal I'm
pFovemenf, we must concede that she has
managed her erterprizes with much economy.
The expenditures and the progress of the
State in this wsy have taken place under I'M
commonly low taxes. Mr.. Courts states that
the levies were only 90 cents upon the poll
and cents on the hundred dollars valuation
Of real estate. We wish the old State sue
cess-easy access to markets, moderate taxes
and general prosperity.
TIE GALAPAGOS IsLAEDs.-Should these
volcanic islands be annexed, it would be q
great business for us Americans If we are
going to annex Pacific islands, we trust we
are to have something better than mere vol
canoes. The member from Galapagos !"
would cut quite figure in Congress When
he arose to speak, how the attention of all
would be directed towards him But nothing
short of q volcano y would answer public
expectation. Unless he made the place quake
and boil over with excitement he would be
certainly voted a humbug and bore! Who
would dare to represent the VOLCANOES?
Seriously, we have no idea that there is any
truth in this Galapagos news We have no
desire to see any of these Pacific islands an
nexed-least of all the Galapagos.
The New CENT.-The new coinage of
cents does not meet public expectation
When the government directed its attention
to SO small an affair, it was supposed it would
have done itself credit by doing its work
well; bat owing to the failure of the officers
OF the mint, We suppose, to carry out the OBJ
Jects OF the new coin, there is very little i'm
provement. The object was to make small
Ter coin, which would be more convenient
yet the size of the new coin is so near that of
theol that no advantage of moments gained.
The design of the new piece also is said to
show no Improvement on the old
A STRONG CoAPARIsoN.-AnO old printer OF
our acquaintance remarks that the late CON-
mander of the Baltic fleet went out one of
the last fast Napier presses, and came back
an old Ramage. That the uninitiated may
appreciate the comparison, we would remark
that the Ramage bears the same relation to
the last fast Napier that the old tobacco roll
er does to the locomotive
HUMANITY IN THE CRY by the Revnd
e. ii. CHAPLIN, New York, Dewitt & Daven-
port. We have received from Mr. Randolph
this volume, consisting of eight discourses,
by the Rev. MIR. Chaplin. Mr.. C. is well
known in this community as a popular and
interesting investigations of society in cities,
and fair representation of its good and bad
sides.
THOMAS w. DoRR.--The death of Thos. w. Dorr.
Of Rhode Island, was announced yesterday as hav
ing occurred at Providence, ON Wednesday last.
He will be remembered by many of our readers az
the leader and hero of party which, several years
ago, attempted to overthrow the Government of
Rhode Island by revolutionary means, in which
purpose he was defeated by the opposite party, who
resorted to arms In defence Of the State Cons,itu
ton. Mr.. Dorr afterwards went to New Hamp.
shire. where he remained for some time: but upon
returning to Rhode Island, he was arrested, tried
and convicted of treason, and sentenced to the
State prison for life. Several years subse quently
however, he was liberated by act of the Legislature
and In 1853 the Legislature relieved him from all
the civil disabilities which he had incurred. and re-.
stored him to his rights as citizen. In personal
appearance, Mr. Dorr is said to have borne stik.
ing resemblance to Napoleon l. In private life he
was gentleman of amiable temper and great puri
ty Of character.
SOUTHERN MAIL DIyFIcuLTY.-Judpin frem
paragraph In the Columbia, g. Co. Times, the pro.
liability Ia now that the Southern mail will not be
carried after the LIST of January at ALL The con
tract with Mr.. Douglass was simply to carry the
mail which he proposed to sublet to the Soutb
Carolina Railroad. The department forbids him
to DO &c; and If he persists viii probably annu, the
contract No arrangements have been made for
wagon transportation and the Department IL se-
verely censured BY the press as vacillating, imbe
cile and malicious
IHE MURDER TRIAL AT CHrcAGo-In the case
OF George w. Green, on trial at Chicago, on the
charge OF numbering his wife. the panel of jurors
was completed on the third day; the est juror
sworn was the one hundred and ninth that had been
called.
DEATH OF JUDeE.-Hon. Samuel Peters, the
Oldest member of the legal profession in Connecti
cut died at Colchester Ia that State on the a6th of