The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-01-23

military poorer j. far greater than Il scas at
the outset Of tie rar.
The anxiety of the allies to press Austria
and all the German powers into their'service
shows that they have undertaken task alto
gether beyond their own unsssisted strength.
II Austria does join them, Nicholas will reap
an appropriate reward for the aid he gave
in putting down the Hungarians. Let US
hope that he can help them to rise again
and annihilate their tyrants. heneyerthere
10 chance for the people of Europe to gain
any thing by this war, the Americans will
begin to feel lively interest in it.
SYMpATHrEs. - The rem0nstrance which
common fame says Mr.. Champion, the Bri-
fish Minister at Washington, addressed to Mr..
Marcy, to the effect that the sympathising of
Americans with Russia, might create i'll feel
| ing between the two governments is really
very distressing. How did that sagacious
British plenipotentiary suppose Mr.. Marcy
was going to stop the Americans from SYM
pathising, even if he were ever SO much dis
posed Was he to issue Proclamation from
the State Department, solemnly enjoining all
citizens of the United States to believe that
Great Britain is only actuated by the most
| liberal and disinterested principles in this
war, and ferbidding them, under the penal
ties of high treason, from giving aid and
comfort, by word, look or gesture to the
enemies of Great Britain ? This Rip Van
| Wrinkle of British minister must be under
the impression that the United States are
still an appendage to the British Crown
We hope Mr.. Marcy will implore the hard
hearted functionary to intercede with his 60
vernment not to have too much sill feeling
about American sympathies. When we com
plain of British sympathies with Abolition
ism, they tell us their government can't in
terfere with the sympathies of the people,
Well, how can our government interfere with
our sympathies Moreover we can't help
our sympaties. If people treat US kindly,
we like them; if they don't, we dislike them
And, besides, whenever Americans see four
upon one, they go in for the one, and wish
him all manner of good luck. That's Anne
rican human nature, Mr.. Champion, and what
are you going to do about it?
THE VIRGINIA CoMEDIANs."--We have
repeatedly expressed our opinion of this
splendid production. We rejoice to see that
it is appreciated abroad as well as at home.
The N. Y. Express says of it at contains
the most magniieeatly elaborated moral pic
lures we have ever seen 10 novel. So vivid
ly do some of the more impressive scenes run
up before the readers fancy, that according
to the feeling that was to be aroused, does he
feel his eyes moisten till the words grow
dim, or his heart swell, as if he were cho-
king"
The N. Y. Courier and Enquirer calls it "a
great and glorious book Itsays: "It is a
new book; new in its style; new in construc-
ton new in characteristic interest of the
book never flags. The characters are such
that we cannot be Indifferent to them, and
the author absorbs us in their actions and
their fate.'
The Buffalo Courier says: at is not only
unlike the monstrous mass of efforts which
have preceded it, and therefore attractive in
the light of comparison, and for its perfect
newness, but it is freighted with such an ar
dor of style, fervor of imagination, beauty
of description, both as regards characters
and scenes-that its reader is sure to be its
| lover. We have not seen its equal for many
day"
So much trash under the name of novel
and romance is annually issued by the Eng
| fish and American press, that we rarely read
a novel, and probably should not have read
"The Virginia Comedians" but for the ar
dent recommendation of friend in whose
judgment we have confidence The book
once taken up, tits impossible to lay it down
again. The author of this wonderful pro-
duction is resident of Richmond, Just ar
rived at manhood If he goes on as he has
begun, what a glorious future he has before
| him!
We would invite the attention of the enc.
mics of Virginia to the fact that, in spite of
all their cant about her degeneracy, she can
still not only point as her own to the first
statesman tRives) and the first soldier lScott)
of the confederacy, but that she has no soon
er entered the fields of romance and novel
writing, than she carries all before her, even
our Northern friends being judges Verify,
she is great State! What with her geper
ais, statesmen, noveists, sculptors corn,
whest, tobacco, iron, coal, and every other
valuable mineral besides, she is most en-
phatically hard to beat.
CRUELTY TO AN1MALs.-We often wonder
that, among the many philanthrcpic move
ments of the day, greater efforts are not made
to preserve from cruel treatment the brute
creation. 1t is only lately, it is true, that man
has learned to be merciful to man and even
that lesson has not been as universally and
thoroughly learned as could be desired But
among civilized and christian people, there
eughtto be the greatest reluctance to impo.
| sing oppressive burthens or inHicting unne.
cessary pain upon any of the creatures of
God. These poor brute creatures cannot
tell their wrongs; in many cases they cannot
| even resist when i'll used thew oan oils,