The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-07-14
SPIRIT oFTHE PRESS,

SPIRIT 9th E 2 X e IS.
The Eraminer has . leader in reply to the ssser-
lion Of the New York Herald lhst the Democratic
pects Of George Law for the Presidency. ssys that
&c might possibly be made Secretary OF the Navy,
under Know Nothing Administration, but nothing
higher b within biz reach In this country.
The National American speaks of Col. Walker:
expedition into Nicaragua, and SAYS that ne J, nos
a monomoniac on The sub. ect OF nliiouserhm, o1
Singular Ia bis notious He ID, on the contrary
representative man the type of large class wno
zee no wrong 10 substituting freedom and civhiAI
ton for subservIency and ignorance a. ING
peuse OF the rights Of others: The same Ieehos
hss been strong 10 every great Republic. sno
pronioent sentiment of the American people
The Enouirer has an article on the reputation
Of the Catholic test BY the American party OF Lou
isiana, and says It h party OF many races, ano
NOT TO be relied upon - national organic alton
The Wig says th., the Presidential Convention
OF the Democratic party willtry and pass over me
ing paragraph from the Enquirer In relation 70 the
action of the Penpsyivenia Democratic ConsenhUn
ssAsto what they did. we cannot speak advisedIy'
for We have not yet seen the detsiis OF tne'I Pr
ceedines They may have refused 10 pase, as tney
should have done, RESOLUTIONS specially endorsing
the Kansas Eebraska Act
LAwLxsssKss AT EarK. IA correspondent OF
the Buffalo Express at Erie, ssys that on the 4th,
an Irish rioter by the name OF David kennedy,
who 10 at present a member of our city Councf
cooliy and deliberately proceeded 20 the railroad
and destroyed by fire ear bsloueing to the Belle
fontsine and Indianapolis road. The act was, no
doubt. suggested ard sanctioned by our city au.
thorties. a. Tie said the High Constable was pre-
sent assisting In the work
L1aUon Law IN DRrRoTr-The Dstroit Free
Press says of the Prohibitory Law now 10 opera
ton In that State:
Ifliquor legislation shall take the same direction
In New York that II has taken In Michigan, 1t 10
MINISTERIAL what It may be. In the city OF Detroit
the traffic 10 spirituous liquors IL a. open, undis
Ruised and widespread as II has ever been ct any
period The law 10 utterly dlsregarded, and pro-
secution seems to have ceased. Public opinion
has effsctualy killed i.-as effsctuatly a. repeal.
ing statue could do.
WoRsH THAN "JERsHY."-Vegetation IL go
scarce at Cape Cod. Mass, that two mullen stalks
and huckieberry bush are called grove.
NOBLE Acr-A wealthy gentleman Ct Suffolk
a'we learn from The Chris'ian Sur, recently had
one hundred bushels Of bis own corn ground into
meal to be distributed gratuitously among the poor
OF that town and its immediate vicinity. "He tina.
giveth to the poor lendeth to the Lord"
Too FAsT.-Ths learned Medical Committee
who recently announced the probability of lineal
transmission of the crown of France, were little
too premature the "diagnoss" being deceptive,
sADCAsuALTY We regret to learn as we do from
the Galveston (Texas) Journal Of the 25th. of an
unfortunate occurrence which took place there. On
the evening before, az usual, after school hours
81 e9s ind the
the bay. Nothing for time occurred to csuse any
alarm No sign OF danger wa v.ibIe. But their
happiness. though complete, was short lived. One
. by they came out. resumed their habilim ents
and wendell their to their several homes, where
upon their arrival, they each received from their
her Yafa nd dtnftn Afar
er" The voice of grief was instantly upra.sed 10
the village and the most heatrendng cries of grief
were heard from the victims Of this unexpected dis
aster.
Ct the British Consul for eni,ting troops for the
Crimes, was concluded In Cincinnati Thursday az
tornoon, and the deeson deferred. At the close CT
the examination, the Attorney for the United
States moved that the consul be placed under bonds
which was refused The Attorney for the defendant
cortended that Ropecratt having been are sted in
his house, which the LAYS Of nations hold sacred his
arrest was il'egsl and that the enlistment must
uaily be here TO render this act criminal. The t,isl
OF other parties under arrest commenced yesterday
Arkansas GOLD MINES "A corr espondent Of the
Little Rock (Arkl Democrat, writing from Red
In the gold mnes there He says: II was in Caller.
MIA In ls49, at the time the gold was found in the
ways 1 hava no doubt that II a man had the rlgbi
kind of gold rocker he could get gold here ~ fast
81 he could count 1t We hsve been here alb out
three thousand people in the different mines. al
more esmipg in every day. There are so many here
that provisions are hish. Beef eight to ten cents
per pound, and -four $50 per barrel"
Town WITHsUr A CoUscIL.-Th recsnt:s cleo
ted Council of Winnsboro South Carolina, having
refused to grant liquor licenses. m.jority Of the
citizens re quested them to resign, which they
PROMPTLY did, leaving the corporation without q
council
NEW HAMPSHIRE LEGIsLATURE.-T The House o.
1npr ~ n.r -;
the ten hour lay until next session. Police Justice
Hunt OF NsshuI was moved by irty vote. The
bill 10 remodel the Judiciary passed by large vote.
The United States Senators were instructed to sup
port any bill that may come before the Senate for
the extension of the period for the naturalization OF
foreigners to twenty years
ORGANIZATION OF THE CoURT OF CLAIMS The
Uni.ed States Court Of Claims was organizad s1
noon Thursday Gentlemen desiring to be admitted
to the Bar were required to file their credentials for
future examinations or to give their names to the
clerk and hereafter furnish proof of their quslifca-
tions to practice; whereupon about fifty LAWYERS
COMPLIED with the request, including ten ex.mem-
hers OF Congress- and Attorneys from al parts of the
county.
DIsBANDIsc OF FOREIGN military COMPANIES
General Sargent in Cincinnati Thursday, made
formal demand on each Of the military companies
composing the Irish battalion to deliverup forthwith
ell the army appendeges and accoutremsuts In thar
possession, which order was obeyed only by one
company.
Gen ssrseant then sued out wrts OF replev,n and
ments ofthe other companies A similar demand is
to DO made on the German companies. The cause
OF these demands is alleged nsubordination on the
Fourth of July.
SLAVE LIBERATED IN CiNcINNATI-A bright
looking slave woman, named Celeste, who srriys ed in
Cincinnati FROM New orle ans on Thursd.v the 5th
nsf, was carried before Judge Burgoyne on Friday.
on application Tor writ OF habeds corpus and after
hearing set at liberty.
The Savannah papers of Tuesday, report the ar
rival OF sol bales OF cotton. and a good stage Of
water 10 the Oemulgee and Alabama rivers.
Hon. Theodore Hunt, has been nominated
for Congress by the Americans Of the 81 district of
Louisiana.
Col John McRse, has been elected President of
the new Bank of Wilmington NC.
Col. Jsbez Leitwcb, a soldier Of the Revolution
and native OF Virginia, died in Huntsville. Ala
on the 2lst ut, aged 80 years.
Between thirty and fifty thousand barrels of
Mackerel have been caught this season between
Halifax and Chester.
A deer hiss beaten steamer 10 q race on lake