The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-03-10
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sPIRIT OF THE PRESS.
The Enquirer urges the Democracy In he sDd
q central District to appoint delsfAfesto attend
convention 70 be hed at Charlotsssyflleo on The leh
~ april Tor thepurpose of nominating csnd3dste
VI .ne once OF Commissioner of the Board Of
1.l' "orks 1t also publishes an address of the
.'e e'nocla aac Executive Committee 10 the De.
1oesy VI virginia, and commsnds Il as . frank.
anan'y snd admirable document In another .rti
'ne enquirer argues to prove that the nre.encs
OF neutranty which the Nnow Nothins. .sI.., /. !.
deception; mat their secret purpose 4 - = 800
the measures and policy of the whie p.rtv !, -.
event OF their success. It asks if spv Wi. -
really regards the honor of his party will q -.
to any such discredable arrangement, and Ca.
with confidence 'tthst no intelligent Democr,t 80,
De deceived by the stratagem, and that NO houest
democrat viii conspire with Know Noshineismm
for the restoration Of the Whig party to power
The Whig publishes the entire description of the
political encounter at Spotsylvania c. H., ON Nom
day last, a. given In the Fredericksburg Herald
The Wing prefaces the report With few remarks.
which it heads thus: "The Canvass rag ing i-Ex-
Governor Smith on the stumpll His Enemies
Routed and Wise Flsyed Alivei!I The writer
continues:
Political opponent - he is, we respect and honor
GOV. smith tor the noble and manly stand he has
and lash him into the support of Henry A. Wise.
Whatever the leaders and whippers-in may say or
DO, the masses of the Democrats psrty viii proudly
sustain him In the course he has adopted
The Penny Post comments with some severity on
the letter OF Rev. c. A. Davis, which appeared in
the Enquirer of Thursday, denying that Mr.. Wise.
In bis speech at the African church. made an assault
upon the Methodist church. The Post gives
sketch of Mr.. Davis public lite in Washington. and
says as he has but recently become a resident of
Virginia, 1t would be no more than right for him
to abstain from eddiing with the political affairs
OF the State until he hss at least acquired right to
vote" 1t repeats what Mr.. Wise said, az taken
down by its reporter, that "If we are TO have 4
Pope, for Gods sake let him be Catholic Pope,
away over In Italy, and not of your Protestant
Priests kneeling at our love fsasts."
MR. SoULE.-The Paris correspondent of the
Journal of Commerce, announcing the departure o.
Mr.. souls forthe United States copies the follow
Ing ostensbly written in Madrid, from the Repub-
lican Steele.
"Mr. Soule has quilted our capitol The evening
before his departure, he took official leave of the
Queen. Isabel gave him most flatterine recep-
tion-such one as indicated an afectionete inter
est. This will not surprise those who know how
very kindly he has been always received by the
Queen OF Spain, who even did him the honor to call
him to her smid the most critical circumstances of
last summer =. The day after his eparture from
Madrid, pamphlet was widely distributed, which
represented him as sincere friend of an intimate
alliance between the United States and Spain, of
treaty Of commerce. and an entire reciprocity of
Tariffs between Cuba and the Union" bf.7' =
ASuPPosED SUIcIDK.-On Friday last, b printer.
named Matthew Robinson, was found dead in his
ped at Eilefs Hotel, Stewartsvile, Pa From the
tact Of some powder, supposed to be strychnine,
being found beside his bed, it 10 believed that he
poisoned himself
AMERICAN COLONIZATION SocIrTY Rev Mr.
Lain. Secretary of the American Colonization
Society," has issued an urgent appeal for funds In
consequence of the 'hard times' the receipts ara
$l60O0 less than last year. He says 10000 are
needed at the present moment -, s.
Capt Andrew Andrews. of Richmond Lake CO.,
Ohio, leaped from the night express train on the
Lake shore road, near the Painesville Depot on
Friday last, and was badly injured that be died
on Saturday morning. He said he jumped off to
save q half q mile travel. aafas - 3.-
One Mr.. Hunt who sold many tickets for gift
Concert at Connersville, Ia, and then absquatula
ted, was caught, brought back, narrowly escaped
lynching. A distribution of his money among the
ticket holders was had, and he was sent to jail,
from which he was afterwards discharged.
IL appears from statement compiled BY the Au
ditor General and State Treasurer that the State
debt of Pennsylvania on the LIST of January last
was SAC, ,945, ,l45 which, compared with the debt
on the let OF January, 1851, shows an increase of
$76O,9o8 81.
Prince Demikoff, the rich Russian, who lately
placed his immense revenues q the service OF the