The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1854-10-28
RIC HM 0ED, VA;
SATURDAY MORNING. OCTOBER g, 1851

| RICHM0ED. VA,
SATURDAY MORNING., OCTOBER 50, 1854.
| BEAUTIFUL AND GLoRIoUs.-" What .
beautiful and glorious sight, exclaimed .
French spectator of the battle of Alma, a.
the two armies were about to engage. Nc
| one but a Frenchman could pronounce the
spectacle of human butchery by the whole
| sale beautiful Did he think the field
after the battle, with its heaps of mangled
carcases equally !" beautiful ~ What does
he think of the beauty and glory of the
track which Napoleon left behind him on bis
way from Moscow?
ALoNE.We havereceived from Mr.. Nor.
RIs copy of this popular novel, which has
| reached its fflh edition. This fact is the
most substantial proof ofpublic appreciation,
and we trust that the fair authoress and her
publisher are receiving proper reward
The numerous editions alone has passed
through places it above the ephemeral litera-
ture of the day, and gives it rank among the
classic fctions of the times
THE INEBRIArE's Hut; or the first fruits Of
the Maine Law,-by Mrs. S. A. SOUTH
woRTH.--This is, as its name imports, Tenn
perance story. We have not read it; but Mrs.
Southworth is well known as spirited wri-
ter and no doubt makes good use of her
| materials.
Printed with illustrations by Phillips,
Samson & Co., Philadelphia, and for sale by
JAMES WooDHoUsE.
THE LADIES COMPLETE GUIDE TO CROCHET,
FANCY KNITTING AND NEEDLEwoRK. By
Mrs. Ann s. Stephens. Copiously illustra-
ted with original and very choice Designs
In Crochet, etc, printed in colOrs. New
York: Garrett Il Co.
This is the book for young ladies' Crochet.
ing is quite fashionable, and it is very use
tul species of fashion that encourages needle
work, etc. The book is well executed, and is
for sale by SMITH & Fore, $50 Broad street.
PEEP INTO sEBAsropoL.-A correspondents of
the lines writing from on board one of the vessels
OF the squadron off Sebastopol writes (Sept 26h)-
at this moment we see an enormous fire raging
In the heart OF the town. and as the allied armies
oiC AZ olSnt duu dF6 10 summon I06m tO-QaV. II
not impossible that they pursuing the usual
Russian plan of burning, blowing up, and DESTROY.
ing everyt thing rather than surrender All our po-
sn and other deserters agree that they are prepar
ed to do so.
BY late arrival from the Rio Grande, the report
OF the repnse of the insurgents ia fully confirmed
They had recrossed the Bravo, driven quite out of
the Mexican territory. Many of them were In
Brownsville
The names of the principals in the last duel story
Related by the New York papers, are Hyslop and
Scott-the former Of New York, the latter of Phila
delphia. itwas silly business from beginnir q to
end, and should never have been put in print.
For the quarter ending September 80, 1854, the
number of passengers arrived at Boston by sea was
10 ,454, of whom between 10 and IL 900 were from
Europe.
Late advices from England report the death of
Sir Gordon Drummond. He served against the
Americans in the last war;
Morris M. Davidson, a lawyer of considerable
ability, died in New York on Tuesday evening, of
cholera.
The Galveston (Texas) papers state that Mrs.
Seawell was shot on the 10Th inst, while endeayor
ing to separate aud pacify her two SONS, one of
whom was threatening to shoot the other.
WOULD NOT BE FREE.-The Chicago Times has
story OF gentleman from Missouri stopping in
that city, having with him slave man The anti.
slavery folks hearing OF the slave, rendered him
the hospitality of a winter in Canada and on his
declining to leave his master, they proposed to
make him free, whether he desired 1t or NOT A
crowd OF about five hundred assembled for this
purpose, but the negro proved stiff necked and
mounting store box, made regular speech in
which he defined his position as against abolition
Ism, and the crowd left him "alone in his elorv.
Tree to be slave
Some difficulty has sprung up In Kansas, at one
of the settlements with some Missourians. who
laid claim to land on which OF the Yankee tents
was pitched Az attempt was made to carry eff
the tent; and when the movement was interfered
with, a rifle was aimed at Yankees head This
was answered by revolver aimed at the rifemsn's
head. Another attempt was subsequently made
by Missourians to move the tent, but without cue.
cess. The matter was still in abeyance and Ia like.
ly to be sufficient foundation for quarrel be.
tween the Missouriaus and the Yankees If properly
famed.
THE REV. AKToINErrE l.. BROWNE NOT Mar.
RIED.-The papers have been making themselves
merry for several days over the alleged commits.
sion ofmatrimony by this sturdy advocate of wo.
mans rights We did not join with the rest, be-
cause we doubted the story, 1t turns out that she
is not married. indeed she was IN this city yester.
day, and had just heard the startling intelligence
Every woman Is entitled to a hush and; and we
erieve to learn that Miss Browne has not yet
ed that most essential Item in the catalogue of
mans rights. Rochester Union Oct "a
THE RUSSIAN ACCOUNT Marshal paskiewitch
isued Bulletin, on the 3rd, at Warsaw, giving the
Russian ver sion offhe Battle at the Alma The Toes
of the Allies Is reported to have far exceeded that
of Prince Menschikoff The Russian loss is put
down at but 1000 0he English say it is nearly 60OOD
and on the whole the Warsaw despatch is made
to read pretty much as ifthe victory altogether
on the side of the Russians instead of az ainst
them
Inc schr. Mattapony, on her way from Philadel.
phia to Boston, struck on the er on Monday
night at the breakwater, and in short time filed