Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1854-02-08

como t. this atism exers Its full force and produ
cos results alike disastrous and absurd For generations
.er book keeping had become universal the Excheque
kept by nochcs sticks. In the cs
Inmates for the year appears the item Trimming
the oil.lsmps at the Horse Guards."
Between these law-made agencies, and the spontane'
ously formed ones, who then hesitater The one
class SLOW stupid exravagant corrupt aud obs-uc-
tve any point In the other vices that balance
these, 1t Il that trade has its dshoncsles specu.
laon i folles. These evils inevitably entaied ny
the existing inperfections OF humanity. IL Is equally
true ho~exer. that these mperiecons OF humanity are
shared by lite unctonarics; and that being unchecked
In them by The discipline, they grow TO lar
results. Given race OF men having certain pro
civiiy to misconduct, and tho question whether ~
society OF these shall DO so organseu that m con-
duct directly brings punishment or "hethef sha DC
40 organised that punishment out remotely eonungent
on III conductf which viii DC the most heaI.hia com
munity-that In when agents VINO Pe,'on 'ne umceous
badly, Immediately suier oy tne Oh Puohc pat
ronsge or that In which such agents can DC 70
only through an apparatus OF meetnsS peuuons' pong
booths, parliamentary DIVISIONS caone' counet anu ,eu
tape doeumensr not nm aosuruy u'opsn nope ina,
men will behave better wheh CORRECTION Is lar removed
and uncertain, tnaa "hen near AZ manu- ana iheVa
ber let tn' y tne nope wnen most Ponuea' seueeis
nnconscousy cherisn. Listen 10 tneir proposals anu you
fnd tha'Jnst what they nave assume
thAt tue appo'niea agens WIN no. ina' .uueAo.,es s
Trustworthy Is their hrs postuae Douoess eouu Soou
officers be ensured there would DC mnch 70 DC sau Io
ohcissm Just as wouiu nave us advantages
could VIC encare good despoI
Hence then tho ac that whilst the one oroer oil means
Ia ever faing, making worse OF producing more e's
than cures the o'her oruer OF means eve,
ing, ever improving. strong as looks AZ Tue outset
Sate-agency perpetuoy a,spponts every one Puny as
are It's hrst stages Pr,ae eno'' aa'y aee'es 'eu'
that astouno the "o'iu not op,y ua' Jo'"' s'ocA
companies 90 SO muen' u Us not only .ua. U! 'hem
whole Kingdom Is covered WIN rawss IN ,he ssne ,ne
that II takes tue Aun'fay 70 ou'u nuhuEeu sun snip
put h ina. iaw,nauS s saunen'antes are
the Academy whose forty members took ffysS years
compile the French Dictionary, whilst Dr. johnson alone
compiled the English in eight-a contrast still mark
ID enough after making due seoT for the difference in
lie works-s by no without parallel. Sundry kin
ircd facts may be cited That great sanitary desidera.
tum-the bringing of the New River TO London-whch
the wealthiest corporation in the world attempted and
filled Sir Hugh Middleton achieved singe-handcd.-
Tho first canal in Eugland-a work OF which govern.
.aent might have been thought the fit protector aud the
OILY competent cxecutor-was undertaken and finished
the private speculation OF man-the Duke Of Bridge
water. By his own unaied excrtons, William Smith
completed that great achievement the geological map Of
Great Britain meanwhile, the Ordnance Survey very
and elaborate one is true-has already
pied large staff for two generations aud will not
he completed before the lapse of another Howard and
the prisons Of Europe Bancon aud Irish tavelng;Dar
gan aud the Dublin Exhbition-do not these suggest
startling contrasts? Whilst at Parkhurst the State has
laid large sums in the effort to reform juvenile crim
nails who not reformed Mr.. Ellis takes fifteen Of the
worst young thieves in London-thievcs considered by
the police utterly irreclamabe-and reforms them ALL
Side by side with the Emigration Board, under whose
hundreds die of fever from close packing,
and under whose license sail vessels which like the Wash
ngton, the homes OF fraud, brutality, tyranny and
obscenty, stands Mrs. Chsholm's Family Colonization
Loan Society, which does not provide worse accommoda
ton than before but much BETTER which does not
demorase by promiscuous crowding, but improves by
mild discipline which does not pauperise by charity but
encourages providence which does not increase our taxes
but It is sell supporting Here lessons for the lovers
OF legislation The State outdone by working shoema
ker! The State beaten by woman
p.pr,cr, ,ps n, J,rr D,s,v-,or, r. ,UL a.,
Go T,~hios ,r;ain.,.a =; a.. s - " ~
Ns-N;.an IL SarahIa n SIse $500 80 Us E.S
,;oh, 49, s,s, d;sno,e,ad I; I'D ohSI - ,
I,;nn,;.hd hv = c bt, &c -, bI y I've"
80, o,a,an, ~ =, hanI - -; 80! .I -.
doors IL was ascer,aped that ns Of m,,ches .S s
,ema,;can ,"aJ ond sa p' I'D as;o,s
Die fluids such as yarnisb. &c in bo,tirs had hcsn
,,,s.ad IN c,os. con,;,u;,v 10 ,h az 80 oI I
ropd donbt that IL was Tho fard;sh ac, nj ~ ST.
cal inccnJ;nrv Owinc ~ The comhrsi na,.a T "a
m,,ar;aI the a,m.s snns,d rs,;Jv ana sbn.,, r. III
alarm was given. An explosion OF powder look mac
winch shattered abe font of tho s,orc ahL
rent of are f,vorsb,e N the H.mcs Thc var;S g - @
inss were nTonn,lv nm tho s,o, si,, o,ar, ,oss;nI -
.rtop and anima,ipr each ohcr Inv sncon,p bu,s
to spare no effort which might be deemed essential
~, ,hor baJ m ,va,,, 81 H. IT, r - ~,
fellows was for some eoasdersbie tms eS,ir.lS
wasted During the interval the flames had com
ni.,eIv a, y;r,nsd tho n ,;Id;n1 all -, -,
back smokc issn;ng from the root. nf ,ho ,;;;
stores of Messrs Kerr 4 Morhurv and ~ T
hull stone told, ZOO trnlv the ,sis ht ,S.v a.
ehortly 10 form nort of tho destrpc,ivc cons a,;
BEFORE water could he obtsined these th,eo hosS -
ing block OF buildings were one sheet of lving flame
and when the fremen were empowered 10 ACT bS . snn
NV of water being at leppth Obtained Their os,, -
directed TO the salvation of buildpcs rb; had biho
escaped un.ca,hed nv the deyourins element anr nj
most unparalleled eIerons in which they ,nond ,h.
selves TO most imminen, danger "a If reckless of
own safety and mindful ONLY of the Interest," of ,h
thew most happily succeeded the rarages Of Tho ano
being bounded hv The rim yors es,sh;s,o, ~ u
Booth Summers on the North and Cn,,ss,.s, nn 81,
South. The engines remained ployinp upon The rnins
until thew were satisfied thai ,beir ob;aS, r. ri,
complshed and the furious element was eYec,,,il h
dued Al one time fears were en,erained G ,h.
of the Court House and had there been much wind s,i
instead of the aim and oniet which f,rnn,,oIv
IL ia mot nossible IN statc tba, Ills h;ij;n 3
the greater part of the Fast side of Svcsmors ,",
would have ESCAPED the fury of the element '
The residence or Mr. S,cnhen R,owni T.; =,
Messrs TurnbuI and Stone was in great 6srI for rhO
hut Inv means oS , hisnL,s So, peri, 'o' "hhe'
talk resnectinq the woter onos;on ,bov iii - $500
..-oo u,L - z, ,..,. IL. 10y "''' PIooaoy
Su Us III s'a.Dg mat IN the present want OF It, the