The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-06-12
SPIRIT oFTHE PREss-

SPIRIT OF THE PRESS.
Inc Enquirer has an article upon the Ma, ional
convention now 10 session at Philadelphia. ltssvs
mere never was 80 heterogeneous a mas and It
VIII De- miracle, should they be able to patch up
even tne vaguest platform. II says the people
csnnot out regret the fatal error committed by
ooi foiip Boiling, of Virginia, in conceding to
wilson, OF Massachusetts, the certain extinction of
slavery 10 seventy-eieht years. 1t says, that LEI
"nasever may come of the proceedings of the Con-
Vention. the South can EXPECT no benefit from Il
Inc fenny Post comments upon the letter Of
non. 1no- NJ. Bolts, to the American Organ In
washington, In regard to the recent defeat of the
virginia Know Nothing, and agrees with him In
many particulars. 1t says it was great blunder
10 permit a man so unscrupulous as Mr.. Wise. to
canvass the State, without having some one to
keep him In check at all points. It is miracle
'nat the party stood as well as 1t did, and affords
tue strongest possible evidence OF i,s immense
strength The Post does not regard the blow a,
ea'y az MI Bolts thinks 1t. The vote In the St.,e
VIII oe loS,ooo, and Mr.. Wiss's msjority is less
.usn fierces BY 5000. that should the ratio ot
loss 70 the Democracy continue thev INNS, soor
be defeated 'no'' 'ooh
Inc Hhfg speaks of Henry A. Wise and ,.
that his has,y temper and upcontrol,.h,a -.
no' 'he quaities which commend man to the
OF the people in his ability to DISCHARGE
cfeoNaoiy the funct ions of the Executive Office =
IL says that Mr.. Wise should feel one thing In re-.
gard to the election, and that Is, that he ran he
hind his ticket throughout the State. The Derno.
cratic majority by Congressional districts ,s .bou,
$1,000, and MIR. Wises majority Is not quite 10 oor
and yet 10 his Washington speech, he claimed tbs
ne had put his foot on Sans neck and all over the
Union the credit of the victory is given to him.
IHE DENNINs IN TRouBLE-Susau and Kate
lennln were playing Romeo and Juliet at the
Troy, N Y, Museum, few evenings since. when
some OF their enemies began to hiss Kate There
was great excitement, aud angry exhibitions were
lnsne oel"een the partisans and opponents of the
actresses Wnen Kate, who was playing Juliet, burst
into tears. This turned the tide in her favor. AT
tnis Juncfure Susan came upon the stage and plac.
log her arm about her sisters waist turned IN
the audience and exclaimed
What has my sister done? Who can say auv.
Thg sTnlog against my sistera IA voice, Nobody. y
That Is SO. Say whatever you please In regard to
me, out 90 not abuse my sister. Dontcry, KATY
against you"
This happy melo-dramatic addenda was greeted
with three times tbree," and with great effort
Kate subdued her emotions and continued her per.
formance.
ADDITIONAL DISTURBANCES IN MEXICO
vices from Matamoras to the 18th nit. brino infor
nation OF Pronnncidmento In the depart ment oi
San Luis Potosi, and that troops were preparing 20
leave Matamoras with four pieces of artillery to
qaeii theTeoelilon. The force now at Ma,amoraa
consists only of 1900 men The State of Cbibua-
hua Is also reported to be on the eve of revolution
An arrival from Corpus Christi brings intelligence
OF an outbreak at Lanpapas In consequence Of the
arrival OF an emissary of Santa Anna with orders
10 arrest and shoot some of the leading citjzeps
Lanpapas aud Monterey had been forced To sur
render and the lives of the citiz ems we're spared.
out the whole country was in arms, and an attempt
mas been made to take Monterey. Governor Nueis
soon fed.
RUSSIAN LossEs.-Lord Lausdowne stated in the
House oil Peers last week that the Russian loes
since tue commencement of the war, Including all
the battles on the Danube with the Turks bad
been PAT 900 men. new report was presented 10
the Emperor Alexander in April fixing the total
loss OF the army to March 81. at 25O, ,00O In this
report especial stress was laid the fleet of the
marches, and some disastrous incidents were par.
tlcularZed. twas stated that an entire companv
had perlshed under the SHOWS between Odessa and
perekop, and another between st. Petersburg and
the SOUTH An entire battery had been lost in the
same manner, with the men ard horses. The pnns
were Iound after the thaw, and are again used
COST OF TRANSPORTATION UPON RAILROADS
table mas just been published, showing the ayerage
cost OF passenger and freight TRANSFORMATION unon
sixteen of the principal roads of New YORK end
massachusetts,. 1t appears that four of the Massa.
chusetts roads lost Sl40 900 by the trapsporfstio
OF freight In 1854, and that The average cost OF
transportation upon eight the principal railroads
10 the State was ninety five per cent of the re-
ceipts from that service.
SAD FATALIrY-During the past spring, mum.
per OF families, composed of some fifty or sixty
persons, lett Bedford county, Va, for the Weet
illinois and Iowa. Out of this number. the las,
Bedford Gazette records the deaths of Mr. r len.
nyns Oldham, wife and two children: Benismn
DAVIS; John koontz and child Peter Stickler and
these died with disease contracted on the river
ana some OF them In one or two dsys after their
arrival at their new homes.
CHEAP PRovIsIoNs.-In the LouisviiIe (Kentek ~
market, butter is selling at u to Is cents Der
10 eggs ~ l-2 cents per dozen; chickens l21 g
cents each grown poultry 20 cents turkeys so
cents beef Z cents per h.; mutton and veal 6 cts
per lb flour $40 per bbl.; new potatoes GO cents
per peck.
JERSEY BANK ExJe1NRD.-The Ststs Tressur.
er OF New Jersey has given notice that an iniuDc
tion haviog been issued from the court of Cham
Gerry, RESTRAINING the American Exchange Rank a,
Cape May Court House. from xercisns any OF the
privileges or franchises granted under ths State ac,
tne notes will be redeemed at the Treasury Office
Trenton on aud after July 90.
PcPULAR OPERAS Messrs. Brandus g. Co.. mn
sic publishers, of Paris. announce that the COW.
rights OF certain operas have produced them as
follows: Robert le Diable, $500 Massaniello.
$4,000; La Favorite, the Jewess, and the Domino
Noir, each $50 600
FROM THE SOUTHERN COAST OF AMERIcA-The
Illinois brings full flies of papers from the
Southern coast but they contain nothing of
hey ond the following:
Lima has lately been in quite fsrment in couse-
quence of the prospect of immediate trouble be-
tween Peru and her mex tneighbor. Ecusdor Ger
Flores the ingorious hero OF the expedition against
Ecuador in 1852 IL in Lima and it s said IL ac.
lively engaged in maturing his plans for another
campaign. 1t is more than suspected that he il en-
desvorns to the aid of the Peruvian govern.
ment in his behalf.
Be this as it may, his presence in Lima was re-
garded ny the Ecua4orau m mister as an insult 70
hla gnYarnme and be ccordineIy addrssasd LET.