The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1854-12-08
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TaIDAY MORNING. DEcEnsEn 9. 1874
VAR saIPs MAKE FREE GooDs. MN.
Yxarasorr,s SrrrcH.--The Presidents Mes
..ee. we are glad to see. again refers to this
;r,,nort.nt doctrine. We should be happy
~ tha way. IL the splendid speech delivered
an thi. subject, al the last session Of Con-
srem, By the Hon. Colin H. Ingersoll, OF
Connecticu., could be republished and have
general circulation. 1t is statesmanlike
and mastery effort, exhausting the whole
subject, and breathing the true American
spirit in a strain of lofty, courageous and in
spring eloquence. 1t deserves to be read
and read again. to be seriously and thorough
" pondered and considered, by the men to
whom the destinies of the nation are commit
ted In the present troubled state Of the.
world.
This eloquent and able young representa-
tive from Connecticut will add new honor to
the reputation of q family which is justly dis.
tinguished In the annals Of his native State,
and which. we may add, with great pleas
ure. from our own personal knowledge, has
been among the foremost and most unwaver.
ing friends of the rights of the South, to be
found in any part of the Union.
A NOBLE AcT.-The Norfolk Courier says
that George Beach, Esq. of Hartford, Con-
necticut. erected fine brick building in
that city, comprising twelve comfortable te-
nements. which he designates blouse for
Widows''--being intended for the comfort
and accommodation Of women who have
been deprived of the means of support by
loss of husbands, &c. This building he has
put in the hands of the Trustees, for that
purpose-merely requiring of each tenant
the nominal sum of SO year, which is to
pay repairs, insurance and taxes 1t is alrea-
dy filed with that class of persons, and Mr.
Beach is receiving, in the blessings of "the
widow and the fatherless," greater happi.
ness than is derived from fat dividends.
It is pity there were not a few more such
rich men in the world as Mr.. Beach. But
the number is small. Great wealth seems
TO harden instead of soften the heart. Here
is an exception. Let his name be passed
round, as good and unselfsh man in gene
ration of greedy gold-hunters.
TIE LEGIsLATURE.-We miss the usual
Legislative assemblage at this season of the
year. The members of that body having
been kept at a respectful distance, and every
prospect of an extra session being now ef-
fectually knocked in the head, Richmond has
a duller and more sleepy look than we ever
knew it to wear at this season of the year.
Our merchants, shop-keepers, hotels, &c. ,&c,
would not be reluctant to welcome back even
that "wretched and heaven forsaken crew."
the last Legislature, at whose windows so
many brick bats have been thrown. Of that
there is no longer ghost of a chance. But
bad as they were, it was not a bad thing to
put about fifty thousand dollars in circula-
ton in Richmond, in three months. 1t would
be particularly convenient in these hard
times.
The ATHEEAEUM.-We would once more
invoke the attention of the friends of litera-
ture and education in our midst, to this noble
institution. 1t will be sad reflection upon
the intelligence and good taste of Richmond
if the lectures delivered here by learned and
eminent men, are not half as well attended
as a circus or juggler show. Let our citi-
zens, by their presence and encouraging
smiles, cheer the Jealous and public spirited
Athenaum Committee in their enlightened
and energetic efforts to minister to the intel
lectual tastes and wants of the community.
A WEALTHY LocALIrY.-The following shows
the wealth of thirteen families that live In Stuyve.
SAINT square, In New York city:
Hamilton Fish, Ex-Governor and Senator, 50 0OO.
O00; Thos Morton, retired merchant, $3.50, 900;
Nicholas w. Stuyvesant, 100000; Peter Stuyve.
SAINT, 100000; George w. Shields retired ircn
Ger, Sl5O,000; John Mortimer Catlin, $500, 900;
Family of Mahlon Day, lost on Arctic, $500 600:
Gerard Stuyvesant 100000; Benjamin R. Win.
throp, do; widow of Peter G. Stuyvesant, do; widow
do; Samuel c. Psxson, 100000; Thomas Crane.
do; David c. Keller $3.50, 900; Lewis l.. Squire.
SlSo0O0 The total wealth of ID families, ST. loo,
Some estimate of the wealth of the stuyvesants,
says the New York Sun, may be gathered from the
circumstance that at recent family gathering (nup
tlaD at the house of Nicholas w. Stuyvesant, ESQ
more than five millions of dollars were repre-
sented
Representatives of Dollars Well, this is
rich every way. Dollars are the sole ba
sis of American Upper Tendon. 1t is great
Inconvenience, to say the least of it, that the
people of the United States did not retain the
distinctive titles Of the English aristocracy.
We have the thing, without the name. A
man possessing fifteen or twenty millions is
king; six or eight, duke millionaire, an
earl; five hundred thousand fellow, Wis.
count; two hundred and fifty thousand, ba.
ron; hundred thousand, knight. But we
have no such titles, nor any short or conve.
nient names of any kind to describe them by
so that in writing or speaking, in order to de
fine each mans proper position in society,
we are obliged to give the exact number of
dollars and cents which he is worth. How
ever, our aristocracy has one advantage over
that Of the old world Whilst it has some of
the exclusive features of the European sys
tenn, whilst talents and virtue are no passports
to its charmed circle, it acknowledges no sill.
ly prejudices in respect to blood. There may
be good blood or bad blood there NAV be
hIood which has flowed tbroroh x,ob,o, -