The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-02-15
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In consequence Of avery 5nf.vorabls stats
Iof the weather. the lecturelof Profeasof N.
Schele De We're 1t the Atheneum on Tuesday
evening was rather thinly attended, cir
constance which we much regret on behalf
Of our lecture going citizens, who lost by
their absence y high intellectual qualification
The subject Of the lecture was Joan d Arc.
This wonderful young maiden, the saviour
and glory of France, was regarded by the,
lecturer as q heav sent agent always con-s
scious Of her lofty ministry and animated
alone bya desire to work out the heroic purs
pose Of her life Indifferent alike to the threats
II powerful enemies and the plaudits of
adoring multitudes. The deliverance Of Or
leans from the English leaguer-the corona
| ton of the French King at Rheims and the
final martyrdom and apotheosis of Joan of
Arc were all described with an imaginative
ervor and an eioquence and pomp of Lam
guage which charmed and held captive the
| listener. Professor Schele De We're will de.
| liver two other lectures in continuation Of
martyr portraitures. This evening ne will
dwell Oh iSaronaroia, as a type OF Ifallan
| enthusiasm, and on next Tuesday evening he
| will discourse on John Hampden as illustra-
| ting genuine strength of will and devotion to
principle under Anglo Saxon nurture and de-
velopment. We advise every one who can
possibly attend not to miss either of these
lectures. - $500, ~ .s
The CHINESE REBELS Bishop Boone, the
Missionary Bishop of the United States Epis-
copal Church in China, writes home a sorry
account of the rebels. Judging from the
Bishops account, they must be an unmitiga-
ted set of ruffians, and by no means to be
compared, either in morals, manners or know
ledge, to the Imperialists. All the hopes that
were founded on their pretensions to faith In
| the Christian religion have vanished into
thin air. Their conceptions of the truth are
of the most vague and unsatisfactory kind,
and debased and corrupted by their own vile
| superstitions From the account given of
these rebels by Bishop Boone, who is sa-
gacious and excellent gentleman, there can
| be no doubt that the cause of Christianity
and civilization is in no wise identified with
| the success of the RevolutOnists, who are
as great savages and as besotted heather as
their imperial brethren.
THE FRENCH EMPERoR--No man has as
tonisbed the world more than the French
Emperor. He went into power with the re.
putation of a simpleton he is now univer-
sally considered the first man in Europe. He
was a few years ago laughing stock, and
| no one laughed at him more vociferously and
| derisively than his present English allies
But let them laugh who win. Louis Napo-
leon is now not only master of France-seat-
ed quite as firmly, to say the least of it, as the
| first Napoleon-but he has England and Aus.
tria following his flag; he hurls defiance
Prussia, whilst Russia regards him as her
most formidable enemy. This is the man
who few years ago was acting as special
| constable in London against the Chartists
His fall may be as sudden as his rise, but
at present the French feel that they have
master, and he will hold on to power with
the grip of vice. --.a ra..
| CALICO PARTIES are quite fashionable at
the North. Originating in New York, they
have been initiated in other cities, the dress
| es, and, at public balls, the proceeds being
given to the poor. The poor would do
much better business if those who go to those
| balls would sum up the cost of their dresses
| at former fashionable parties, and deduct
| ing the cost of the calico dresses, appropri-
| ate the remainder to benevolent objects -
This might be done without loss to the veal
| thy parvenues of the fas hionable quarters of
New York. However, there is no reason to
complain: whether from fear or charity, they
have exercised an exceedingly open handed
benevolence.
| THE WEATHER.-The weather, which had
been growing milder since Monday, came
down yesterday to regular spring tempera-
ture. Tuesday night we had heavy showers,
which swept the snow and ice, and hardly a
vestige of them remained yesterday morn
| ing. The river was entirely clear and the
navigation upon the canal has no doubt been
resumed. ....I
We are much indebted to Mr. Jos. PHIL
LIPS, the polite and obliging mail agent on
the Central Railroad, for favors, especially
for assisting us with late papers during the
recent interruption of the mail route by ice.
He is one of the happiest and best humored
of men, as we'll as ore of the most accom-
modating. Success and long life to him.
We are also indebted to Mr.. MOODY, the
colleague of Mr.. Phillips on the Central, for
-. l. r -
er, we trust these excellent officers may be
retained as long as they desire to be.
The CURTIS PEcK.-This steamer, which
has been for some days ice bound at Rock
etts, is at last set at liberty. and leaves her |
wharf this morning, for Norfolk, to resume |
her place in the line. This is her regular day |
for leaving Rockets.
ALmosr DuEL.-Tom Hyer and Morrssey. the |
pugilists, having had difficulty about the paving