The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-02-23
RICHM OED, VA,
FRIDAY MORNING, trEBRUAaY IS. 1885,
SPIRIT oFTHE PRESS

SPIRIT OF PRESS
The Whis reviews Mr.. Wi,e,. .,ssch :, a..
''an onarcn; would advise him. for his health !,
'a.e, ana temper's sake, and his characters sake
anu MS countrys sake, to abandon his Quixotic
contest, and betake himself to the shades of NJ,
own loved Accomac. 1t pronounces his speecb
aun' n's arguments threadbare, his wit fiat and
'ns'pid his retorts vieorless and chdisb. and hi,
cavalry anecdote which has been repeated ay.p
ana again, dull beyond description The write,
'aysH ne continues, as he has commenced the
peoPie WIN all be Know Nothings before the cleo
ton' Aneir curiosity and interest are excited
Wherever he speaks, and converts to the American
stn come trooping to the doors of the association
oy tne score, Immediately afterwards The Whis
concludes, therefore. that Mr. Wise Ia the most
successful Know Nothing missionary of the AGE
The Examiner devotes a leader to tbe w.sh,na
Ton organ and the tendencies of Know Nothinpism
seDefahy. Quoting from the Organ paragraph
uepfecating the direct repeal of the Missouri com
pionn'se as an ''unpardonable blunder' (althouph
aamtting the justness Of the principle of Terrific.
ilai and State sovereignty on which the Kausa. and
Nebraska bill is based,) the Examiner s.vs ,ba.
'nat paper is cautiously and artfullv nrenarno ;ts
feaders-even its Southern readers, If that tbine
oe possibe-for restoration of the Missouri line
GO .he OASIS Oh new compromise between North
a"a oouin Ia the turbulent Congress of 1856: The
writer thsn goes on at some length, to show that
wni'e hnow Nothingism plumes itself ON its Ma
Ilonsy its effect thus far has been to help sboli
l'onss Into onlce 1t contends that Il will NOT do
lor tne south to be silent on the slavery question
ne that Ii not with the South Is against her Mem
'raiity IKE That professed by the new order L. if
possible, worse than abolitionism and the soutb
"ise' VIII have none of It, The Examiner also
quotes the recent letter of Senator Vi,son t ,ha
editor OF the American Organ aud saws of 1t that
IL would require a higher than Know Nothioo
sophistry to reconcile the avowal at Boston VIII
tne strained and Strengthened declaration at Wash
i,9gton. we thought the attempt to reconcile the
.trnn,i lana s win the principlesof strict
ile credull!y but what shall we say of ths claim of
nehry wilson to acceptance as an advocate of the
Aeso.utions OF 9o and go! Verify if his claim be
a,s usaa'nea oy tne public voice. will State Rights
cimbal. N 'A"s
Ihe Enquirer, commenting upon Mr.. Wises
speech at the African church, says:
or the speech it is praise enough to saw that i,
iuiiy sustained the reputation of the orator and
more than redeemed the promise of his friends
LIS enect was apparent no less in the confusion
anu sons.etnaion among the enemy than in the
G GeAuitlnf and defiant confidence OF the Democracy.
ne Spartans OF Richmond have caught the en-
tnusiasm OF their gallant leader and in Nav thew
WI" surprise the State by another step in the march
W tue sscehoancy irom which corrupt coalition
them. ~
The writer ventures the prediction that Rich.
mond will do better for Mr. Wise, In the compsr.-
tive increase of her vote, than even the Tenth q.
giod; and says that though the prediction NAV
seem rash, the result will vindicate Its truth.
Inc Penny Post, among other editorials makes
an aliusion to Mr.. Wise's remark iu the African
church, that ''the Penny Post was very small af.
fslr-quite too small for his notice." The writer
thanks God that Mr.. Wise chose to censure rather
than praise the paper-and then makes use of the
following language
Praise from an old political prostitute who has
already sold one party for money, and who vould
sell another If he coud-from a pr blessed calum
niator, who would abuse the very mother that bore
him for a consideration-from the most mercenarv
of trading politicians, the most corrupt of broken
down hacks-what but infamy could come of such
praise, what but contamination be expected from
such contact2
ADJOURNMENT OF THE NORTH CAROLINA LE-
uO ocucIdi Assembly OF NORM Ia
| roina adjourned sine die on Saturday morning
last at halt past twelve o'clock, after session OF
ninety days. The session has been the longest, az
| It has doubtless been the most laborious ana i'm
portant one ever held In the State. The LEADING
measure. of the session are as follows:
The act amending the Constitution so as 10 per
init all native and naturalized citizens to vote for
members of the Senate. This act, before it be
comes part of the Constitution, must receive the
| sanction of twothrds of the next Assembly and
the subsequent approval OF the people at the polls
| The Revenue act.
The act tor completing the North Caroline Rail
| road
The act for extending the North Carolina Rail-
road eastward from Goldsborough to Beaufort
harbor.
The act for extending the North Carolina Rail
| road westward from Salisbury to the French Broad
| river, at or near Asheville.
The act providing for Railroad from the Paint
| Rock, on the French Broad, through the counties
| OF Madison, Buncombe, and Henderson TO some
| point on the South Carolina line
The act providing for Railroad for some point
| on the Manchester Road to Charlotte, and thence
| to Rutherfordton.
The act to aid the Cape Fear and Deep River
Navigation Company in completing its improve
| ments.
The act providing for ship canal to unite
the waters OF Aibemarle, Currituck and Albemarle
| Sounds with the Chesapeake Bay.
The act providing tor Railroad from the coal
| fields in Chatham from the city of Raleigh.
The act providing for the Improvement of the
Yadkin river above the poiut where 1t II crossed
| by the North Carolina Railroad
| The act to complete, and furnish and lay of
and improve the grounds of the State Asylum fol
| the Insane.
The act to aid in extending and completing the
Fayetteville and Centre Plank Road.
The act providing for the Improvement OF New
| River, In Onslow county.
The act re-chartering the Bank of the State.
The act re-chartering the Bank of Cape Fear
The act incorporating the Bank of Wilmington
The act Incorporating the Bank of Clarendon.
The act authorizing increase of the stock o
the Commercial Bank, Wilmington.
The TELEscoPEs.-On the 18th instant. Re
corder Bright, of New Orleans, fined seven mari
ners SIS each for exhibiting telescopes 10 the thea
tre This 10 rather unfortunate for the telescopes
The mate who said the law had not defined wher
opera glasses ended and telescopes began foun'
at least that the telescope ended In fine OF SIS
We rather guess that that sh ut up telescopes-it Il
rather too costly an Amusement for the mariner