The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-06-25
SPIRIT OFTHE PRESS.

ine Ea3asrer quotes an article from the m
1ommerciaI Advertis.rin which denies that ere
were any prominent New Yorkers on the platform
AZ the American celebration tbers That n.nar
sIso says, that the claim OF the American party 20
exciusve Americanism, is go manifes,Iv uriust
and unisr SO notoriousy contrary to truth that il
suss s's,,. ne parry very unsettled hold upon the
parry on American soil Suppose they were TO
aoenoon opposition - Popery and IN our presenf
naturai'safion laws, neither of which doctrines Is
10 any special sense American tenet, since
.a a.nef'can chizens by no means universally hold
mem; Wnere can they stand q partys There
remains nothing distinctive 10 their creed there IL
nothing TO rally party upon"
me Fenny Post has an article upon the past
10 rnlladephs, growing out Of opposition to
were literally outlawed, AZ appeared in the subse.
qoenI southwark riots of July. They were shot
down IKE dogs on the mos. frivolous pretences,
sod tne1r blood was never demanded of the muir
ao.e'. FOR begging the commander of the mill
laty. 10 the commencement Of the Southwark riots,
NOT 10 nre on helpless, unarmed crowd which
had merely assembled ont of curiosity, and for
tnrowios himself before the guns to which match
wan,d doOa. ! to os appied and declaring that be
onafies Naylof. the same who Afterwards behaved
20 gsilsntly Ia Mexico Was arrested, confined tt
81 Fnilips Church oil night and guarded By two
n l,Iso companies 1t says that from the grave OF
aeorge shiiiisr. the humble boy, who vas shot
oo~n in those riots. has sprung up q mighty party
"hicn overshadows the land The Americana are
no no longer the poor-the depised-the persecuted
aney are rapidly becoming all powerful; and the
asss thing they do, In an assembly of their party,
composed OF it, sblest men from oil psrts Of the
country y to inscribe upon the walls Of the room
10 which they hold their delihera rations name ID At
Cannot diemthe name of George shifil.r, the Mar
The Rsig has leader on the speech OF A J
Donnelson in New York, csnturiug the Ad ministra.
,.on. 1t says, "itis we'll known that Mr.. Donnslson
is consistent. fun blooded Democrats and, what
10 more the near relative of Gen. Jackson and bis
private Secretary during the Presidency OF the old
nero. He professes to be still Jackson Demo.
erat unwavering and true, without yariableness
the shadow OF turning but maintains, and with
truth and justice, that the Pierce Administration
nsk widely departed from the principles and policy
OF Jackson. and consequently, deserves neither
Inc confidence nor the respect of the country"
Wolves lightly rambls though the town of Indi-
anola, Texas hunting water, of which the prairies
are destitute
John Dunovsut, OF Chester. sc. has received
captains commission 10 the U. S Army.
VIM Bridges, wealthy planter of Frog Level,
s. C., died suddenly on Friday last.
Sienors Stefanone sailed rom Boston Wednessay
for Europe.
party Of about twenty i've, mostly ladies, left
for Kansas On Tuesday.
Col Edward Dibrell q clerk in the Treasury
Department, Washington, has been removed.
Victor Considerant and bis band of French 80.
eialisss, has arrived at Dallas, Texas.
All descriptions of crops In South Carolina are
promlsing.
man named Howell, was found dead near
Winchester, Vs.. from intemperance
Breadstuffs are very scarce in Texae, amounting
almost to a famine.
Hon Edward Everett will deliver an Grafton 10
Dorchester, Mass. his native town, on the sp.
preaching fourth of July.
FIRE IN WYTHEvILLE.-Tha saddIerv shop of
Mr.. Henry Sinimermann, of Wythevilie, was set
nre TO and destroyed on the OH instant Loss
50 500
The slaughtering and packing estabsbm .pt Of
Goldman Phillips, at Madison, I1d.. was destroy
ed bv fire the 18Th Inst The loss s estimated at
$4,000; insured for "a 600.
AN INsATIATE MoRMoN.-Orson HYDE one of the
Mormon Saints, is now iu St. Louis, Mo-. for the
purpose, It is said, of marrying twelve more wives
to whom he Is sfianced.
Captain Bsker,a wealthy planter of Louisiana,
who had settled On the Colorado. Texas to COM
mencs farming, was shot and killed by one OF his
negroes on the 25th ult.
The Boston Mall relates the fact that the dauph.
ter of eminent south ern Senator on visit here
has been detected stealing jewery from a store.
C. G. Baylor. late editor of the Cotton Plant HAS
returnsdifrom Europe, where he went for the pup
on the Continent of Europe, to which planters OF
the South will make their shipments direct
VIM Stspleton died at Memphis, Tennessee, Oh
Wednesday, fre % the effects OF q large dose Of the
tncture of yellow jessamne, sold 10 mistake for
whiskey, at Botanic drug store there.
MELANCHOLY OccURRENcK.-Ou Saturday night,
Nicholas Glenn, an estimable citizen of Ashland.
Ohio, was drowned in attempting to ford a small
creek, which was swollen with heavy rain.
THE BRIDGEroN IN. J. } CHRONICLE 10 clothed
10 mourning for the death of Harris B. Nathan
Eeq the late proprietor, in the 5Sth year of his
age. ~
LYNcH1ss IN GEoReIA.-On Saturday last some
bostmen at Darien, Ga, suspecting q white man o
being engaged in running off slaves, strung him up
to tree. His hands being loose the first time he
cut the rope, and the second time the Mayor of
Dsrien interfersd and released him.
Loss OF SLAvEs.-The Fulton (Mo) Telegraph
saws that a gentlemen from Page county. Va.
emigra,ing to Missouri had two negroes stolen
from him at st Louis, BY abolitiopists. and four
more died of cholera before he reached his desti,
nation. Thus stripping him of $1,000
LlGAL FAMILY.-The Montpelier Farmer says
that on the occasion of the late dangerous Illness
of the widow of the late Hon. Samuel Prenties
formerly United States Senator. nine sons eight of
them lawyers, and the ninth clerk OF Ii 9 Uuited
States District Court Of which his father was Judge
assembled at the paternal mansion in Montpelier
CAUTION TO "REApRRs IN BKp.-Mr. Lewis of
ODID, fust 9tLcf T6tlfihg, near0 moan
log noise which he traced to the room of a young
lady boarding in his family. On forcing the cham.
ber door he found the room filed with. smoke
and fire. while the feather bed, straw bed and bed.
ding we're about half consumed, and a candlestick
with the solder melted spd half burned book, lay
on the bed. The lady was but slightly burned, but
very nearly suffocated.
THE FIRK AT Bayou SARA. LA-Tne fire At
Bayou Sara, La, on Friday night, the l5.h, al.
ready announced by telegraph, nearly destroyed
the town. 1t originated 10 q small stable owned By
Meyer. from which it spread with ineon,roIlsble
fury The following names among the suf.
ferers A Levy g. Co. Hoffman & Co. ] Meyer &
Co, the edger Office, J Michel. Harper & Son
Smiths Hotel, Seivett & Co, Leach & CO, and
score of 9th ers. There was not CT fee house or
warehouse left in the place. Loss S500,00
WILD PIGEoNs.-The Baton Rouge Lou.) Ga
xette describes roost Ia that vicinity, which has
been occupied by wild pigeons for two winters
a. follows:-I, forms an area of some three miles
Ia the parish of Helena. We were on the ground
with our fovling-pieces 10 the winter Of So when
the whole forest was literally darkened, and sway
ed to and fro with the weight OF this living load
We fred among them until faint with the exertion
Of loading, when Wa seated ourselves on the
ground, In possession Of Q long pole We had cut.
and thrsahed away bringing several to the ground
at blow.
RAILROAD DxcIsroN IN FLoRIpA-The people 10