The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-06-09
SPIRIT THE PRESS

The Erdm iRer has leader on "The Attitude of
Virginis' ltssys the result of the recen, election
Ha proud triumph for the time honored old Com.
m'nweal,h of Virginia, and it seals with falsehood
the ISLANDERS of fanaticism as we'll az of the up-
'a''' wac deride and ridicule her, on account of
ner aonerence to the constitution They would
nave II believed that she has degenerated to a
euito or lou rth rate State in the Union that her
representatives. are all absrsctionsis and herself
without Influence in the Union Yet what Ia stance
mas occurred, since the adoption Of the Federal
Constitution, In which any State in the Confederacy
mas ever exercised as great q moral influence a.
Virginia does to-day. The nterest throughou. the
country was intense. and from Maine to Texas.
every telegraph eflice was crowded with citIz Ems
deeply Interested Ia the tidings. Neither anst,csn
nor rfederali'n could harm the proud old Common
wealth more than the tenpes. tossed waves which
break against the rock of Gibraltar. The Exani.
ner quotes the following extract FROM an article In
the Washington Union, defining the Democratic
position on the slavery question No pariS en-
bracing members at the Norih and the soutb can
be national or harmonious in It's organic alton which
does not exclude the question of slavery from IA
cread." 1t says that this scheme of tho Union Is
Gu insult to Southern Democracy, and they indla. /.
naatly reject it
The Whig has an article upon the safety of tho
| Capitol basement. tsays.
eve venture to say thero never Was q more
| agreeaby surprised set OF gentemen In the world
| than these were, when the startling intelligence
reached the n that Sam had failed TO win the race
| SO confident were they that the reverse would he
| the case, and 10 such al egteat had trepidation
seized upon them, that oae gentleman, as we are
informed had aEnounced his intention of resign.
ko nj b Ia
ientic.s guillotine Of Sam, aud thus save his Off
| cisi neck By tiinely retreat. To him 1t must be
| soGtGe OF unelloyed delight now that he 10 se
| cure, 10 eaze at the discomtted Samuel through
| the windows OF his subterranean fortress-to
| make mouths at him-to jeer him. and to DEFY
| him"
1t says the change since the election has been as
| tonishing. The {" melancholy wall of woe Is no
| longer heard Issuing from the cavernous recesses
| of the basement The stern slarums are changed
| to merry meetings, and their dreadful marches to
| llgh:iul measures "
| The Enquirer says that 1t is not impossible that
the Philadelphia Convention may put forth plat
form which may sfiord some pretence of sa.isfac.
ton to the Know No,hings the South but 1t says
it cannot impose on the people of this country.
They know that any compromise touching slave-
ry between the Aboli,ionists of Massachusetts, aud
the Secessoniss of South Carolina, must be fraud
| ulsnt 10 the nature of things"
The Penny Post has an extract from the Balt,.
| more Clipper, which says:
"The success of the American party In Wash
ingtou 10 damper upon the spirits of those who so
recently rejoiced and spent their powder over the
| result in Virginia, and who predicted similar tri-
| umph in Washington. 1t shows tn at the Americans
are not so easily cor quered by foreign faction or
| deceived by Jesuilicsl practices. As in Washing.
| ton, SO will 1t be 10 Maryland, Tennessee and other
| States which have yet to vote"
| BRIDGE Across THE MISSISSIPPI Judge Nc
| Lean, of the United States Supreme Court, has
overruled the motion for an ipjunction to prevent
| the Rock leland Railroad Company from building
| bridge across the Mississippi at Rock Island -
| The Company will proceed at once to complete the
bridge, and put Chicago in unbroken railroad con-
| neclon with the interior OF Iowa.
| AN EFFKcrUAL DAMPER-Three ladies In com.
| psny with gentleman at concert Ia Boston,
| last Saturday, were much annoyed by the rude
staring of a vulgar fellow on the seat 10 front of
| them Their companion unwilling to make any
| disturbance cooly opened umbrella and held Il,
10 front OF the ladies' shielding them Fl ON the H.
| bred fellows gaze and the tumas of bad rum, with
| which he seemed sstu'e eted. A few minutes suf-
feed to compel the puppy to find another seat when
| the umbrella was closed.
NEWSPAPER Law IN IRELAND.--A public per
| former brought suit recently in the Court of Ex-
| chequer, against the propristors of newspaper
for neglectns TO insert his advertisement claiming
| damages al i lUU lney Jury returned verdict
| for the defendant, with costs, holding that the
| editor of a newspaper has a right to exclude any
| matter he pleases.
| MELANCHOLY CATAsTRcPHE MIR. Felix Ross
| had sunk well on his farm. in Plymouth Ohio, and
on the Both uit his brother Ezekiel went down for
| the purpose of stoning up the well, and Instantly
| fell, overcome by the 1oxious gases. Mr.. Ross
went to his brothers assistance and shared bis fate
| for more than An hour elapsed before the bodies
| could be hauled up, and then life was extinct.
~T-~- I-z-- zfst..
crew of the fishing schooner Flying Cloud, who arr
rived home, by land Friday, that all the vessels
are rapidly filing up, and that the catch of mack.
ere out South" this year will be greater than for
of large size, and of good quality the coves and
| harbors literally swarming with them.-Neio6ury'
! port (Mass) Herald.
MARRIAGE IN UrAH.-Married on the goth OF
March, In Great Salt Lake City, Utah Territory, by
! ,hs Hon Chief Justice Kinney, James F. Drum
| mond mo Esq.. (Gentile) of Iowa, to Miss Mary Ann
TAYLOR only daughter of Elder John Taylor, one
| OF The Twelve Ap 5stles of the Church OF Latter
Day Saints The brids was given away by Capt
Rufus Ingalls,, of the s. S. Army.
MunpERRR BURNED AT THE STAKE "A gen
tlenan iust from GsstoD, Sumter county, Alabama
saws that the citizens of Sumter. believing that
efforts were in progress for screening from punish
meut the slave who murdered Miss Thornton, near
Gssiop recently went to Sumter jsil, and taking
the murderer from the custody of the Sheriff.
burned him In the presence OF large NUMBER OF
the people of that nelghborhood.
TIE BITTER BIrTEN.-A wagon aud tea n, toge
! ther with the driver were taken before Justice
| Bates, in Chelsea, Mass on Saturday, as the
wagon contained a barrel marked Columbia gin,
which, on examination, turned out TO be Cochiiuate
water The driver Immediately took out writ
against the officer who made the seizure, and the
Sheriff went in search OF him.
To BE BROUGHT BAcK.-It is stated that num-
her of phiIanthropists of Boston have raised mo-
new enough to bring back the woman lately sen. to
England 80 pauper, to give her $500 In addition
to make the return voyage comfortable, and have
agreed TO raise 81 900 necessary to take care OF
her and her child after their return.
Two female doctors are lecturng at New Bed
ford. Mass, on professional matters. One speaks
at eish, IN the morning ard the other at eight in
the evening.
DAmAGRs-Mrs J. M. Butte, of Cambridge, Ohio,
has recovered o. 500 from the Central Ohio Rails
wsy Company, for injuries sustained By her DUR
Inc collision on their road last spring, near
Zsnesville.
SELLING A WHITE MAS.-The Alton (lllinoio
courier ssvs that vagrant was recently sold 70
the highest bidder for four mo nths, for 81 2o" he
a, good mechanic, but bis love for liquor makes
him worthless