The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-05-05
SPIRIT oFTHE PRESS


The E1amincr has leader nm asacrs. a~.,s., :.
Au u0hcan lnstiiutions.' II says the introduc-
on 2. oecret Societies into the bosom of free COM
muntess Tor the sitainmentof Of political ends i. the
.f9 symptom Of the decay OF fres institutions. and
sae cnie1 instrumert 10 their corruption and over,
arrow. tneeds not the experirnen, of Koov M
tni0gsni to ascertain its effects The exper,enca of
o'oet nations furnishes all Information ON
soH point In Athens, in Rome, perhaps In Car.
IN Milan, Florence, and Venice, Secret So.
hrst introduced disorder, disssnsion disor-
ganazstson, and civil wsv into the reanby,c and
'oen inaugurated despotism, e.rher by their own
or oy tie consequences of their acts. II the
Cation Is not sbaeEo control the eIectons
es fsctious oprostions, jeaousies, unex
pIaheo ad therefore irremediable dissensions In.
~ me DC aom of the. community. And, after the
''eP. OF secret operation has been taken. the
o'oel steps of Illegal practices, fraudulent msrep
- as'ions' and criminal resistance, follow natu.
soo unsuspiciously. and are taken before the
noers Oh the secret society are aware themselves
u lne tendency Of their course, Then come dis.
Trust and disorganlzation. eveptua,in. q, ~ o1,
garchy which frequently transfer. ,ts no,vsr int
the hands Of despot
, Ane ]asS leads off with an extract from one of
ace ufeeys editorials In the Tribune and calls
extract o wing 10 tne
c,s,,, nr..s H De necessary, there are n sniff.
rescue Wrio Vi democrats ready to come TO the
49, Cuion-savlng, slave Catching Know No
W Sgs, WHO the rest of the tribe who are trvinr
W nuht nim down, may make Themselves "a So.
possioie under the circumstances for he viii -
elected" - ''D' ioi W ne WIZ oe
IL has another article on "Secret Pledeesp and
says the Democratic leaders are REQUIRING written
pledges from voters to come out on election dav.
and support Wise. In reference to the lat Of
Withdrawals published by the Enquirer, 1t SAYS
tnat TOUR OF the names never were on the records
OF the Know Nothing council; and several of them
declare that they did not aign the paper at all.
The Enqairer does not believe that the Know
Nothings have the slightest hope of eIecing their
candidates in this State. Their. Journals have
already given up the bravado with which they
have been treating the coming election, and are
making desperate sppeals to their true party to de-
feat the Democracy. Henry A. Wise Is already
Governor In the hearts of the people, and the for
malty of the polls is now only necessary to his In
stallation. The Democrats are abandoning then,
with The utmost rapidity, and feeling of intense
fepugnance to their damnable doctrines already
pervades the great mass of the voters of Virginia.
10 the Democracy we say, press on the fight, The
crown OF triumph 10 almost in our grasp. Let us
but maintain our energy and keep alive our zeal,
and we cannot fail to achieve more brilliant vic.
tory than any that yet illustrates the prowssso of the
Democratic party. ags ee@s1ss sl.. og9'*a S7..n ,
2 The Penny Post calls on Democrats who have
been accustomed to look upon Thomas Jefferson
as the great expounder of Democratic faith, to
mark well his words of solemn warning "They
Will bring with them the principles of their govs
eminent, imbibed In early youth--or If able to
throw them off, 1t will be in exchange for unbound
ed licentiousness passing as usual from one ex.
treme to the other 1t would be miracle If they
were to stop precisely at the point of temperate
liberty" Again: "In proportion to their number
they win share the legislation. They will infuse
into it their spirit warp and bias its direction and
render 1t Heterogeneous, incoherent and distract.
ed mass" ~ s..s-s. i. ts,,a ices ssv,
= RAILROAD SUBscRIPrIoNs.-The Inhabitants OF
Cleaveland county, North Carolina, subscribed
$4,000 to the Wilmington, Charlotte and Ruther.
foord Railroad. In Lincolnton Sl35 900 has been
subscribed to the same road. The internal i'm.
provement spirt 10 being aroused In the State gem
orally. $50 s9a -
THE DUEL AT SAvANNAH.--The Savannah Jour-
nal, speaking of the duel there on Saturday last,
says: (
The challenge passed from Mr. Loud, and was
promptly accepted by Mr.. sheftalL They met a.
stated, on the Carolina side of the Savannah river,
an n Oftv 10
twelve PAGES. Mr. Sheltalps pistol being hair.
trigger, went off into the air. - he was bringing II
down, before it was brought TO bear upon his an.
tagonist. He maintained his position, and receiv-
looms, but not touching his person. Mr. Loud
having expressed himself satisfied, the matter was
honorably adjusted Mr.. Sheftas is a citizen of
Laurens, Mr.. Loud of Montgomery county.
THE FAMINE IN GEoRGIA-The correspondent
of the Georgia papers give the most distressing ac-
counts of the famine in that State. One says:
Horses and mules are turned out to perish, or
live In the woods as best they can and husband
men that have farms and no corn will not be Able
to cultivate more land than they can tend with ta
hoe. The writer concludes by arguing the propri.
ETY. OF appealing to the Governors of Tennessee
and Georgia for aid" And another writes AZ fol-
lows: MANY families, In the most ndia ent crcum.
stances. are living on the generous but meagre
charities OF neighbors almost as needy AZ them.
selves. The partial failures of grain crops for
year or two, the increase of the prices OF proyi.
sions, and the stoppage Of many grst mills are no.
ted among the causes' - n
SINGULA Ar ExPeRIMENT.--Ac correspondent OF the
Athens (Ga.) Banner, ,relates an experiment In
which he laid on the fsog and four persons placed
the tips OF their fore ngers under him and raised
him with ease He says: They all lowered around
me and began their SLOW motions each with his
forefnger extended ana tae rest cinched fast they
raised their arms with Uniform motion breathing
loud and long. They did t,1s three times, and the
third time, when their hands descended felt each
OF their fingers under ma and began to rise--yes
not as man of weight not as anything heavy, but
a. light as air, They almost threw me up to the
ceiling, with nothing the tips of their fingers
FIRE IN RusHvILLE, ILL.-On the night of the
l7th ult, IRE broke out In the building occupied
by the telegraph printing Office, Rushvle. LII and
before 1t was arrested, eight buildings were con-
sumed. The IRE occurred on the east side of the
public square, Eas set
LETTER FROM ComMANDER PAGE, OF THE
WATER WIrcH-Csmmsnder Page, OF the United
States steamer Water Witch, has written letter TO
New York, detailing the particulars of his being
bred into by the Paraguayans. He says: 5e8
Ever since that difficulty (betwsen Lopez and
Hopkinsl President Lopez's conduct towards tho
Water Which haa been most chi1diah He Ii Dff,.