The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-07-03
SPIRIT oFTHEP PRESS.

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portion OF The members of the old Democratic
parry who viii support no candidate nominated on
sny other ground than that of opposition to the
nnality OF the Nebraska bill. The Whig says thia
assertion is true, and the only common ground
upon which the Northern and Southern Democra.
y VIII ever NEE, is the "spoils.'
ine Enquirer says III at letter has been recefv
60 oy the Secretary of the Commonwealth, sts-
ing tna the statues for the Washington Monument
nere were shipped from Bremen on the Theress,
~nlcn was TO leave on the 18th OF June.
j ne Penny Post has sketches of the lives OF
tnree OF our prominent citizens Messrs George
Nicholson Johnson, James Gray and Captain Ben
Shepherd
Correspondence OF the Dispatch.
Fire Department. Coal Trade San Stroke &c.
PHILADELPHIA, July l.
Our IRE department 10 at present completely or
ganized. There are so companies-of which there
are n eneiae, la hose, and hook and ladder com
panies There is 81 900 feet of hose In use The
Southwark Hose, with two carriages, has 1900 feet
OF hose, 800 of which 10 old Schuylkill 1850 fee.
Ioo old; Pennsylvsnis, l400 feet. $50 old. The
America is reported TO have 1850 feet: DiIgent
Eogine 1850; Fellowship of Frankford, 100 500
OLD Decatur and Philadelphia gines, and Frank
lin and Neptune Hose Companies, 1000 each. The
fay'of and Vigisut Hose Companies are put down
at 1000 feet EACH but 800 OF the former and 500 of
me latter are old the Empire has got 150 feet of
ladders; Excelsior and Mantua, 142 Protection,
I42; and Rescue, l29. The Report of the Chief
Engineer will contain many more facts full of In
terest. -
The anthracite coal ton by the three principal
lines to tide water the past week islarser than ever
before, and reaches the very enormous tonnage OF
l3I os9 tons and ior the season 929 026 TONS The
shipments by the Lehish Navigation are again
larger than the tonnage by the Reading Railroad
Total amount brought down by each OF the four
ines during the season ia as followi. Reading
road l,lo4, 49, Lebish i0l,7Ss, aud schuykiil
l. 422 S25. - -
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N; j., was visited about twelve O'Clock last night
with wiad and rain storm of great Violence
Trees, buildings aud fsIcea we're blown down and
carriep away By the blast and much dapaage was
done TO the crops and gardens. -
ihandeF storm passad over the city lsst night,
cooling The atElosphere but very liltlo, aud to day
Ia decidedly the hottest OF the seasoa the ther.
munster being up to 90.
Yesterday man, named Thomas Pennington,
liyiD. IL Thirteenth street, below Saio.iep. was
sun struck IN Market street above sixteeath. He
was Carried Into Beiter's Hotel where hr received
medical attendance
Mr.. James Hughes, teacher of public and pri-
Vate schools for period of 80 years. d, sd 10 this
day.
NOT AT ALL SHANGHAI exchange says: "a
stranger 10 Mexico 10 struck with the appear ance
OF the miirers shops, where twenty or thirty
stout men, with moustsches, employed 10 ina
King muslin gowns, caps and artificial flowers" In
many of our American cities, "stout men, with
moustaches," may be seen in dry goods and fancy
stores, measuring off silk muslin ribbons, &c
any week day, to the exclusion of that sex for
which such occupations seem most appropriate.
MAGNIFICENT OFFER AccEPTED.-It Is stated
In the New York Evangelist thar Mrs. Bell for.
mery a member OF Dr.. Hatfield's Church thouo b
now connected with Rev. DR.. Alexsnder has
rendered the magnificent offer of sum of money
sufficient to completely endow the Profe ship o
Epefa snal L It.k1
Seminary, viz: $25 600 If the privilege of naming
the Proiessorshlp and OF recommending the frs
incumbent OF Il. be allowed. The board of directors
unanimously accepted the generous offer, and, In
accordance with the donors preference, elected
also unanimously, Rev. Roswell d. Hitchcock, D.
D., OF Bowdoin College, as the first professor.
THE MAIL CHANGE.-Chareiagt the route of the
ma il created great deal Of excitement In Aexan-
arie nm Sunday. the first day of The new arrange
ment, says the Baltimore euu's correspondent
The mails arrived at the Washlugtou depot from
Baltimore at the usual hour in the morping where
they were met by the second assistant Postmaster
General, William II Dundss, Esq., whose especial
providence 1t ID TO attend to the trans sportation o
all the mails. ...
The mails werB conveyed by ;he indefatigable
Hugh Latham (of Messrs Latham & Cook with
Fob Ee.- to- their aeent-from Washington depot to
The station ofthe Orange and Alex andria Railroad
in the unprecedented time of thirty seueu minutes
The passengers were Immediately drawn In rough
Captain Carson, who landed them at Shipd's wharf
Alexandria thencs to the station and at 35 minutes
past six clock with all on the trains, the last sig.
nal for departure was given.
The locomotive and front cars of the new road
were decorated with national banners and stream
ers, bearing the words Great Southern Mail Lioe
President Barbour. with the master OF trausporta-
ton, and other ofhcers Of the road, accompanied
the train
Route Agent Blsksy had the malls In charge, and
the conductor was Mr.. VIM. Pauiee
Precisely at 10 O'clock the grand raiiroad cor
tege was in Gordonsylle 80 miles from Alexan-
dria, where they found the arrangements of the
Central road ~ all right, " as they ever must be
under the able administration OF President Fon-
taine
At half past one O'clock, precisely, the Alexan-
drians were astonished at the sound of the in-com
log train of cars, which had been one hundred and
eighty miles, and returned 10 the short space of
seUen hours.
GOOD TIME COMING The Pl,tsburg Chroni-