The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1854-01-23
THE DAILY DISPATCH,
a. The circulation of the Daily Dispatch exceeds
considerably that of all the Daily papers of Richmond
RICHMOND, Va
MONDAY MORNING, JANUARY o. 1854.
SPIRIT OF THE PRESS

MONDAY MORNING, JANUARY 3. 1854.
:. SPIRIT OF THE PRESS
Saturdays Enquirer compliments the Legisla..
ture for the energy and earnestness with which its
members have addressed themselves to the work
before them since the Christmas holidays. From
present indi ations the Legislature will adjourn at
the end Of ninety days session, without leaving
behind any great amount of unfinished business
The Mail calls the attention of the Legislature
to a communication which embodies an appeal for
a change in the existing mode of electng Commits.
sioners of the Revenue, which itconceives to be
founded in entire justice and propriety. The Mai
has several other editorials on current topics
The Penny Post continues its remarks upon the
Guaae question. We also notice editorials upon
other matters connected with the history and pro
grsss of Virginia
The Hhig comments on the jubilation among the
"HarGs,' in Washington, on the arrival of ExGov.
Foote in that city. ltregards the reception which
attended the discourses on the occasion as one Of
the most significant signs of the times. 1t shows
that the Hards haveth ear and the herrts ef the
multitude. The Hurrdb is on their side Even
common place witticisms from them are greeted
with applause. There is no better indication of the
popular temper TIE Revolution has begun"
THE LEXINGTON MURDER.-The Lexington Star
gives an account of the recent tragedy in that COM
munity which differs in material point from the
one published in the Dispatch last Friday. Week
tract the following, however, on account of the
deep interest felt in the occurrence:
Just after dusk, as the people were entering
Church for night worship two young men, Mr..
Christian and Mr. Blackburn, the first a member
of Judge Brockenbrough Law Glass, the other a
Cadet of the Virginia Military Institute, between
whom there had existed previous difficulty, met
in the street to the left of the Presbyterian Church
personal rencontre ensued, which resulted in the
death of Mr.. Blackburn, by stab in the left side
of the neck, from bowie knife which passed al
most entirely through, being stopped in its course
by the inner side OF the jawbone, on the opposite
side, the angle severing entirely the par va
gum or pneumogastric nerve, and the jugular vein,
and partially severing the left carotid artery the
Wlndpipe and gullet.
Besides this wound which was the fatal one, there
also stab on the head and another in the back
Mr.. Blackburn lived but eight minutes after he fell
to the ground. bleeding profusely. His body
then conveyed to the Institute, and messenger dis
patched to communicate the mournful tidings OF his
death to his relatives MIR. Christian went immedi-
ately to his room in McDowells Hotel, and sent for
MIR. Jordan, the Mayor of the town. to whom he
delivered himself up, declaring at the time that he
ldu uODe tBe uceU IN sell defence lie mduo no
attempt to escape.
Christian will be arraigned before the examining
court in Lexington next Wednesday,
Col. JOHN NJ. WAsHINGToN-A correspondent
of the Baltimore Sun, writing from Shepherds
town, Va, thus speaks ofthe gallant Col. Washing
ton who was lost from on board the steamer San
Francisco
ot,l - III a..
breast-work battery the extreme right of our
line at the battle OF Buena Vista-wheIe with his
four guns, he etfectuaIly checked every effort OF
the enemy to turn that flank. His other two guns
were on the field, under the command of subal.
tern. At the close of the battle, when the enemy
made his last and expiring effort to r cover the
day. by the charge of ), 900 lancers upon McKee's
Kentucky, and Hardings Illinois Regiments Wash
ington's guns were loaded with shell, and fearing
that in their explosion they might injure our own
troops, he deliberately drew every SHE'LL then re-
loaded with round shot, and as the enemy came
down on the devoted Regiments, he opened his
fire again, and moved them down like hay before
the scythe. By this timely and unusual change of
projectiles, he saved the Regiments until Braggs
battery came into action again, which, combining
with Washingtons s,drove the enemy from the field,
and ''won the day. Fr
RAILWAYS IN THE UNITED STATES According
to statement in the Philadelphia Ledger Penn
ration than any other State, and greater number
of miles of railroad in operation and course of con-
struction except Ohio, Illinois and New York. The
total number of railways completed in the United
States is 264; the number of railways in of
construction is 1874: the number of miles in opera.
ton is 1881 which has been constructed at a cost
of S508 $50 OBS; the number of miles in course of
construction is l2e9s. The number of miles of
railway now in operation upon the surface of the
globe is 35, ,264, of which $3.50 miles are in the
Eastern Hemisphere and l9,084 miles are in the
Weste IN. tt - f-ift25
new MusIc.-We are indebted to Mr. James
Woodhouse for two pieces of music the Fami-
lien Terein Family Union] Schoaisck, by Vincent
Czurda, and Ring the Bell Fanny, composed by
Jas Pierpont, of Savannah, and Inscribed to Mas
ter Floyd, ofKunkels Troupe. Our young friends
will find these compositions very pretty and at
tractive, when played onthe piano forte.
HIGGINDorHAaI, THE MURDERER.--We. learn
from the Frankfort, {Ky,) Commonwealth, of the
10th inst, that Higginbotham, who is charged with
poisoning his newly married wife, in Raleigh coun.
,y, Va, passed through that place i'll the cars to
wards Louisville on the Friday previous A few
hours ater, the marshal of Frankfort received a
telegraphic dispatch for his arrest He is travelling
under the name OF Morse or Moss
4 man. named James w. Car was found near the
Potomac Lime kilns last friday dead and dread
fully burned. He was man of sober habits. Yer.
dist of death by sufocation from gas,
covISGToN AND ONO RAILROAD The Kanawha
Republican says the whole distance from Big Sandy
to the kanawha, is under contract, and that the
real go-a-head spirit prevails among all the con.
tractors and hands employed sd
man named George w. Cady, said to be from
the South. has been arrested in New York for pass
ting forged check. sv ~
RAPID TRANsMIssroN-lt Is said that the Califor.
MIA mail was the last trip, carried from Acapulco
to Very Cruz ia fifty tive hours
A GENEROUS AcT.--It was stated IN the annual re.
port the American Coioniza alton Society that the
eun of Sa400 was required to aid in sending cut
eighty negroes belonging TO Mr. Bell of Nashville,
Tenn, TO Liberia. Since then distinguished gen.
Il