The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-12-08
ME -DAliSfADISPATCH.



- ting description Of scciaIa errnsn life: s. rs
II could tell you all day about the public nstita
ass perhaps you would Ike glimpse at our private
.aa CIV. s, sss ss s 3 The rar''ssas
- j ssss in private family consisting Of mother son
49, saddsasater The son e Professor In ofhe
ss ps ..ade. AND eofscshness Of nssrs.,I s
ssss Gersn an seem to % students by nsfure
as 81 Ipay % Thaers per menth. So 80 and A..
% oraas sHs. ssa ~ ma s s.na. II
~ : into my room coffee, butter cold rolls aud no
fuGopatide allowances Of iaeats-eg q. one little bird
isssas' ana aa ss .s ssee
e eus or dosa II sludsd sausage about two inches
s's - ns. Left then solitude and breakfast,
Is Dispose ofboth my leisure Each member Of the
family breakfasts in a similar Aoou. nine
- o'clock j see the family for the first tine in the
as a ne :. issr tn. .rr. place where
- get close enough TO the table and yet not
ss' members under the same FMS sr.!e If f"rn
srois five feet long by two and quarter wide
y.-a.s@ by Of wings. They have given Iae the
foot, opposite snr worthy hostessS but carving
- one dish il under the coatrol Of the Madame
~ toes should have mentioned that. besides myself
there are boarding here youths of Is who are
= . in the Gymnasium aud American students
from Syracuse n. Y. Well, after plentiful sup
,.sf plies Of SOUP which is innocent eon1i,nen
and splicing: amuse jaws with the few slices
'*@ Of brown bread till the big white dish of meat
sf<@ en--never decide what it H. except en-
- Sandays when it is generally goose stuffed with
- - whole baked apples Accompany ing this always
g modest dish of excellent potatoes and some
times, when the goose does not make his appear.
" anee, we have s,ewed pears in got third small
Es'~ platter On the first day calae here mode
rately OF this course, expecting like you now to
hear OF something else directly; but tina. was all
restaurant before very long. E.
i1~ = On Sunday, however, do hayo q plate of
sliced pound cake, which you expected TO Law
ia your plate and eat with spoon-a little habit
ga which Icannot I'LL in to- for decidedly of the
opinion that American fingers better than
i''77 German SPOONS for eating dry sponge cake with
-a=H tenen go into the adjoining library or saunter
about tie dining room, which is also the drawing
room, for 4 fes minutes when this game table is
T58 drawnup to the sofa for us with coffee Cigars
and coffee went rather strangely together at frst
a but they are both good separately, and begin to
gg5 think both little better in this wsv We sit ana
chat an hour or so about anything and everything
and this Is one OF our good times for learning Ger
- If the weather is good. almost every body takes
-. a walk or ride in the afternoon, through the
Bradenburg gate, with the of victory on it.
ct @ into the Thersarter after to or beer
house. thus spending from two hours in K.
80 as ereise. Their winters 20 long and coa that
they enjoy the pleasant weather as much as DOS.
sioie Let us go now to tea at eight o'clock around
% this same little table drawn up the sofa We
s have tea, cold bread and butter. generally a little
-n'ce cheese. A cruet of respectable size also finds
place with rum for fav0ring the tea, which gen.
- sasiy does need something decide its smack
a. The meal was very slowly gone through with for
IT Is the time for chat, which flows very freely and
easily They seem to feel interested II, ever body
they talk with, and there is more heartnass i,
.,s their manner than is generally found among IA =
a iaa :, h so nrs' sSenns a. this little tablet felt
tho evening il is really charming to see tse same
se.@- genial hospitality to all - .-
-. l.sxs A JAcKsos VETERAN CoxpEasED FOR MIR.
" DFR-iiIs SPEECH BEFORE kENTEsCE.-An inter
$50. eslng murder trial took place in Burlington Iowa
% IN Soyemberass. The accused a man named
~ john jones seventy-three years of ago He
been soldier under tfenI Jackson and was with
b. !he Old hero in several of his against the
tsIs& Indians Jones was charged vita 1nuFdei1 Io
ratio ". NcCsrsile, neisi.bor, some fifteen wears
-, ago; nc made his escape and was not hessd of
~ until short time before his arrest Cap;eaI r,,.
sz-r ishmeni having been abolished in lows rho pris,
s oner was sentenced 10 hard iabor in ts panten-
go . jones upon being asked If he hal anything to
hent from which take the following: =
MAY it please the Honorable Court am an ola
man. last tottering &c the grave The frosts Of sew
-. elty-tlree 'Sinters-though they have not uben
ed my brow, have wrinkied my face and chilled
eilcquerad life And now when about to bs ssps
SaS fatea rom my fellows, may giyo Truthful YER
&8aa II had family and horne-s rude home it is
,rss, and Iain and hu;Hbla faniily-but they
and invaded tho sancti,y Of ths ots@r Two small
s sons lovely daughter and wife-a cherished
t'n returning 70 that home, the dag Of ihe fatal
ssA trr nd learned a the certainty oi the acddsq4e
nus ; ana haseied TO the field my rife stI n
d dsal I'm Rnom WI not why went bad is-d
aa'gn i,d ne met ne with club-I shot bin
Ana though claim not tb have aet.d l., defence
do ASSERT that there was mutual couabst Vow
know ", the rest iei-ny family followed. Bnt
q. mr the nfIeen years have lived a. I.neslsnd
made ..1 no no secret Of the deed had done
aorns sp' sn %n osar. s9Ts tbs uy and 10
fais community j return INV bun,lle tisnks g.
- their impartial hearing '.'1Ne '<
4, nave never bsen criminal OF choice MT ra !
'h'f the creature Of circumstances faras al ~
weight OF which far better men tina. ipe bs v.x,n
,a1 ~ i ase y'tn tor Jealous Of il.ae honor but
s.s 81 nave Out once proved faithess to M, t,rs,
Hien my eountrya rights we're IN Ia, - ''u'';
s.asin' sha go Gt nlino honor With Gen Lace
~. IA, o,eek campaigns baed fer my CO..
- 10 asfs At tle FAST iu
s- as ta're a. he fast OF ae0rns wax tbarsa. /
shows as ii aia':sga there and yyhsn ~ ?
the h.,t,. ~ o. whea the cries the dvins -
ss7 saths VI morse shoe. front r.,;r' - .. T
ohtfs' was there: the npma &c S.N " iuF
deeds O daring. ~'s was another word for
s unese are of the past. A long rse :;
roads Tho br,na has changed but He above mi
sentences IS Is, aesri IL t&ttls than the fornay
VA '1e law, competent 10 iudce NO. ;, "'Si
ss.5 - p'f soncnsioaof Jones speech the ,nan1
se- p9sse1 sentence OF confinement for life .,a s
So p"f oa eeran was lead lettering from 60, ~.
< 's'A a never seain to breath the air 0. Iitsr,,
e4 80 TIT SUR tASAL.--Aletter from a .,~r
dent ofthe London Times date 49, sPon
o. contains the following: '' -Aa'-
seine workmen " ho boring far n 4,
ps "n inc me which he proposes 10 take -, -!
% which quite nuilifes the esti,natey ~. torh>
ti In has pamphlet on the subject in With s ~
SUITES tnat the canal win be dag entirely on, IS
aa VT hght SOIL Ancient history isf..rYss ,,s a. =.
=. l,e year ob before Christ canal TO cnnnon. IT.
neouefahean and Red Seas was ronn,e,os5 .as :
saneoned In IL months after . loss Of laa enl
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BisHaDsTGfFs.-Speaking Of the prevailing high
hraa ands the 4