The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1854-09-30

SATURDAY MOhNINo, cErIEMbEk % ltos
"BIG RIcHMosD'' AoAiS.--We are not sur.
prised that the Petersburg Inteiligeacer is
dissatisfied with the position which the Rich
mond lion has assumed towards its assailants.
The same was tho case at first with Don
Quixotte. who, after the magnanimous brute
had paid no attention to bis challenge, save
display of bis posteriors, insisted that the
keeper should compel the lion to do him
battle. The Don, however, was more &C.
cessible to reason than our contemporary of
NE IntelIgeneer, for, he was convinced in the
end, that, after having challenged the lion TO
combat, and that challenge had been de-
clined, his honor was amply satisfied, and
there was no necessity, nor even wisdom, in
making another assault upon his adversary.
Let the ASSISTANTS of "Big Richmond initiate
the example of the brave hidaigo, and desist
from stirring up the lion with their long
poles.
As the Iateligencer is disting uished among
all the newspapers of the State for Its devoted
affection to Richmond, we consider ourselves
Is having done it greatfavor by thelate arti-
Gle ON that subject, in affordingit another op-
portunity for the display of its love and adj
miration of the metropolis. For the hum
dred and fitch time doth our contem-
porary inform us of the 'stateliness," mag
nifcence," and grandeur of Richmond
(Which, in the eyes of its e1ulting citizens, is
ut least equal to any other mundane grandeur
whatever" OF course, it is, Syme! There
never was tuch delightful, exquisite, beau
tiful, noble city on any continent, not even
excepting St. Petersburg. We all think so'
every one of US, and so do you, you jealous
fellow. though like modest girl, you turn
your head away, and pretend you do not see
the lion. London is a fool to us, is mt 1t =
St. Paul's a mere chapel by the side OF our
1t. Paul's; the West End is perfect st.
Giles compared to Shockoe Hill and our
fops, our exquisites, in front of the American
and the Exchange, with those starched shirt
collars and those remarkable damn'mes-
they bang cut Bond street and Broadway all
hollow! Ofcourse they do! The Intellagencer
has repeated all that SO often that we have
gotten it by heart and whenever we see one
Of its invocations to "Big Richmond we
know what it has to say when it begins, just
as well as we do when it concludes.
However it ought to be fair, and not let its
admiration of the lion blind it to the facts OF
the case. 1t ought not to say that we repre-
scented the lion as showing his posteriors to
"the rest of the State" because we never
happened to say any thing of the kind. When
its makes such an inference, it is not justified
in the slightest degree by our remarks, for
we made special and exclusive application
of the rump to the assailants of Richmond.
When it puts "the rest of the State in COM
.uas, it quotes from itself and not from u.s. and
we would be glad if it would apprise its read
ers distinctly of that circumstance. Possibly,
however, the Intelligencer may consider it.
self "the rest of the State" in which event
we shall not dispute its appropriation of the
lions seat of honor.
As for the paddles" with which Richmond
is threatened. we are not much scared. There
is no danger of any one undertaking to pad
die her." but the Petersburg Intelligencer,
6uu Pduuic, Ollcu uocu, uOu uui
much. 1t might be more usefully employed
in padding his own canoe, than in laying
siege to the rump of lion, and forcing the
noble breast to rub himself against the bars,
under the impression that mosquito had
bitten him.
N. B.-We will try and persuade the lion
to "reverse his engine" before the State Fair
comes on, if the Intelligencer will promise
not to throw up" las he once threatened
whom he comes over here and witnesses the
glory of Richmond. Otherwise, let him
bring his helm and lance-we beg pardon,
his paddle,-and, such an exhibition as we
shall then have will surpass the show at the
Crystal Palace in Sydenham. Then, let the
word be,
"Lay on Macduff,
And damned be he who first cries,
Hold, enough!"
ENGLAND AND AMERIcA-The New York
Journal of Commerce comments on the impro-
of En oh