The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-09-13
RICHMOND, Vki
THURSDAY MORNING, ..sEPfEMBER Is, 1855


THURSDAY MORNING. ...sEPfEMBER IS. 1855
e%The Baltimore Patriot makes the following
appropriate and happy commentary upon the re-.
cent decision of the jury In the of the Buring.
ton disaster, and with regard to the tender and
delicate relations existing between the State OF
Jersey and the railroad corporation:
PRINcE CAMDEN AND AMBoY-How QUEEN RE.
GENT New JERSEY Furnishes HIM 1T is said to
have once been a standing regulation in certain
royal household of Europe. that whenever q youth.
ful Prince of the blood was guilty OF any fault, he
she ud suffer castisston by substitute, and boy of
meaner parentase was accordingly provided, whose
particular province It TO bear the pains and Pc
nalties from which the real offender was exempted
BY reason of his high lineage
Some such prneip appears to have satuated the
Burlington Jury, in their cent verdict. The Cam.
esn and Amboy Railroad Company 10 to them tie
ffincs Royal, and DR.. Hsinaken the Prince repre-.
sentative. Or. Heiuaken, therefore, has been duly
and severely h,gells'ed. by the sapient jurymen of
Burlington. with the significant warning to the
Prince Of Camden and Amboy that II the latter does
not behave better in future the jury resolutey
determined to fog aome future Prince Proxy Helna-
ken in similar mann or.
We cannot fnd language sufficiently strong to ex-
pres our uubounded admiration of the coolness and
decision with which the guardians Of juvenile rssa
iity In New Jersey have performed this painful but
IA ost neeesssrg duty.
New jersey. the nursing mother Of the Prince OF
Camden and Amboy, has naturally . tender solici'
tude for the welfare OF her impetuous and domneer-
ing child, whose character, as she we'll knows. 10
delightful compound Of Jehu the son of Nimshi and
the Artful Dodger. But though the Prince, like
a6a.5 all,
side barbsians which occasionally result in ghastly
uutiation aud awful loss of life and limb, the
lavish manner in which he distributes his favors
among the obsequous subjects of his anxious mo.
her, the Queen Regent, and the gracious iberslity
Sith which he deposits portion of his spoils in the
royal treasury entile his little psocadilloes to be
garded with serene eomplacency, especially as his
more sanguinary exploits are justly subjected to vi
carious punishment. by scourgng with exemplary
rgor, not Of course the Prince Royal in person, but
sOme--Piince Proxy Heinaksn.
SIMars' NovsLs.-Tne enterprislng publ isher
Redfeld. continues his edition of simms' Novels
The last volume Issued is "G Guy Rivers" which Is
gotten up in the most handsome style, with those
which have preceded 1t. For sale by BUFFERS &
SIMoNs.
"BITs CT BLARNEY; )" by r. SHELTON MAcKr
ENzIE author of the Lie of Curran," "shiels
sketches of the Ir ish BAR" &c This work is very
neatly issued from the press of Redfeld It Is
very sprightly book, in Mackepzie's best vein.-
tbs devoted to Irish legends Irish characters witt
whimsicalies and anecdotes. For sale by BUT
TIERS e. SIMoNs.
UNFoRTUNATK.-Dr nj Garrett, of Pitt county,
C, Is lying in critical condition with yellow
fever About ten or twelve days since, he went to
Norfolk to tender his services to the sick and ct
ficted there, but was advised by the medical gen
tlemen, from his youth and inexperience 10 that
awful scourge, TO return. He, however, visited
few patients, and on his return taken with the
disease
US. FRIGArE CoNGREss.-The U. S. irigate
Congress- the flagship OF the Mediterranean squad
ron, Commodore Breese, arrived al Gibraltar on
the I4.h OF August 90 days from New York. She
was to sail on the 10th Of August for Marseilles-
All on board were WELL
The Corporation of New York, at least enc
branch have resolved TO forego their carriage rides
at the public expense This item cost that city last
year 81 600. The members have determined to
"patronize' the omnibusses. Some livery stable
keeper must have been making fat job out of the
city.
MORTALITY OF New ORLEANs.-F From the re
turns Of mortality 10 New Orleans during the four
weeks ending 25,h ult, published in the Medical
News and Hospital Gaz ette for September, we per-
ceve th at the number of deaths 1599 of which
ITO were Americans, 1850 foreigners, and 349
whose places of birth were not stated OF the
whole number l146 died from yellow fever.
OF the foreigners 424 were Irish, 3e6 Germans.
349 as already stated of unknown nativity, Isl
French, and 81 English
ESCAPE FROM JAIL AND REcAPTURE OF THE Flu.
GIrIvEs.-Four prisoners broke out of the County
Jail at Concord, N. H, Monday, and ran for the
woods; they were pursued however. and all re-
captured Among them was John w Rand who
10 charged with robbng the Savings Bank recently.
PHYsIcAL EFFECTS OF A BoMBARpMENT.-A pri.
vate letter, giving an account of the recent bom-
bardment OF Sweaborg, says that the men employ
ed on the gun'boats had, as is usual their ears
padded with cotton, and few cases of deafness
are reported, but all employed experienced severe
pain In the chest, and In two days some of the men
had not recovered their voices. The mortar boats
threw 1000 tons of shells
PRcGREss OF THE YELLOW FRvER.-The yellow
fever has made Its appearance at Grand Gulf, Port
Gibson, and Cooper's Wells, Miss. At the las.
diately.
TEXAS DEBT BILL.-The Galveston news under.
stands that Gen. Rusk will visit Austin In Novem
ber when the Legislature will be 10 session, and
that he will urge the acceptance Of the Texas ut
bill, as preliminary step to the construction of
the Pacific Railroad.
A CASE OF CoNsCIEEcE.-The Pittsburgh papers
mention a singular case of honesty In a ,radesmsn
of that city. Some i've years ago he borrowed
about six hundred dollars from an intimate friend
who had the amount lying idle In bank, snd gave
him az security fraudulent mortgage ON property
belonging to his mother. The tradesman found
on investigation thet his mortgage was good for
nothing, and that not cent of his claim could be
realized The rest of the story 10 thus told by the
Pittsburgh Gazette:
"The defaulter shortly afterwards started for
California, and for several years he was not heard
Of until he turned up last Spring as the keeper of
q store in the mines, doing a good business, and
possessed of considerable of a fortnne He WAS