The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-06-27
SPIRIT oFTHE PRESS.

SPIRIT OF THE PRESS
ihe Examiner has leader on the bp,insss of ,he
Iouotry. IL says that 10 the Hrst periods of tbe
c,srs re-, 49, was thought by many able fnan.
war expenses, would drive vast sums of Euron.sn
csphai across the Atlantic for iuvestrnept In ANA
ssan stocas and enterprise and that the Amer.
bscnn.p pp.ng lo.eress would reap the profits, and
oecome the Carrier of the greater portion Of The
wo,iu, ~ our Republic would be the only couside.
,aoie power in Christendom, that could nressyva
neu,raii,y. The first supposition have been
last hss oniy 70 very partial degree, and tie
save The grain growing interests. the commercie,
ln,eress of the Uoited States have not been sFc,.
co " me European war. All the finapcisI fieure,
o;. ant supply of money Ia ,h great reser.
voifs which regulate lie scarcity or abundance In
tne world at large. The increase of bullIon In ,hs
baok of England. fnr tho two weeks preceding III
istn OF May, Is ,02S 597 and the decrease In the
Tor the same time s546 $40, and in
80 as 100 $40, Indicating q superabund.
s1ce oi money, and cspability for borrowing II
on peter terms than at the bank The money
| marker 10 the three great marts of the World
Ins'aoo, france and New York shows rapid an
p,Oaca 70 inc healthy stale of August 1883 The
] oApots in oreadstuHs show q general falling eff
eo1 ~ means OF failure 10 the foreign demand
Ior tnese articles. but because the supply was uu-
tqu.i 20 the home demand. and permitted no ex
good crop for the present wear. with the his,
prices how ruling for ell our staples, would place
Us upon footing of prosperity never before ex-
perienced by this country ~ -
me nniS says 1t has found Its views upon tie
| sisveiy plank Id the Democratic platform adopted
a1 a1 baltimore, confirmed by Denaocr attic organ in
| Virginia. IL mas pronounced the assertion In the
SsNlmore platform that Congress had nothing to
uo yan slssery-an arrant cheat as every aboi-
sionist would sgree to that proposition The South
Side democrat in reply to the IIislli,encsr and
commenting upon the Philadelphia platform, which
that proposition, but also something more
ano forgetiul OF its Baltimore manifesto, adopts
| words. .'' o~N
| The Enquirer says tha. so far Cd the feeling OF
The hnow Nothing party of the North, in re spec,
20 me rhiIadelphia platform. has been developed
they unanimously and emphatically repudiate aov
recognition of the rights of the South. They ap.
Giaud the secession of the representatives from
tae NORTH, and heartily approve their protest
tne slave pc ~er." Not one Know Nolhing journal
of the least lnt0ence in the North has set endorsed
| tha pretended platform of the majority
Inc ffnRy Post has sketch OF the life of Wa
3 Archer. of Amelia. lie was educated at VII.
iisn and Mary College. aud among bis irst elias,
mates we're Hon. J. J. Crittenden and Winfej
Scott He came Into public life In 1920 az Rep.
resentetvel Congress, 10 place Of the late Janes
| Pieasants elected to the Senate During the can.
vase between Adams and Jacksou, he remained
the firm friend of the latter until the removal Of
the depoeites in 1883 The following winter he
broke ground against the administration and thai
occasioned his defeat In 1885 in 1871, he was
elected to the United States Senate by the Wbi,s
In lo47, he was defeated Ii was In 1874 that BIZ
connection with the American party began and al
that time its fortunes were at a low ebb. In the
senate be made speech which covered the whole
ground, and adopted the views of the present Anne
rican platform. though there was not man In the
Senate to back him. During the same year, be
accepted the American nomination for the Presi
IN nnf Uytfh oe .l,
desire to prove that he was neither afraid on
ashamed to Stand by bis principles Duripg the
canvass, his active exertions were used In bebal
OF Mr. Clay. When the present American party
nfst came ioto existence, he caused his name to bt
placed on its records Ia full communion No mar
had better right to claim a place In that body
His death was deeply regretted by the party, from
whose hands he would undoubtedly have received
tokens OF confidence and esteem had he ived-
Few men have left q more unspotted reputation
| behind The American party should never forge
him. They should remember that he was the frs
person of high political distinction dared to ris
up in Congress and say. 81 am one of you"
l. New wheat has been ground In Fayetteville N. C
In st. Louis corn Is selling at 10 cent per busheI
and beef at 10 cents per pound.
Policeman in st. Louis has been fined 81 fo,
| tickling mans nose.
Mathew Ferguson an influential citizen of Iouis
VILE, Ky, died on Wednesday last.
Commodore Breese, U. S N was married n
Washington on the 2lst, to Miss Emma Lovet.. O
New York.
The public executioner of Cuba received twenty
five lsshes on bis bare back recently for nsolencs
to and striking soldier.
gas company has been organized to light Ha
vana and Matanzss at s. per 900 feet. under
penalty of 81 per night for every lamp that is no
lighted.
In Campbell, Ky, recently, large elm tree be
Ing felled, the body OF woman was found in th
hollow Of Il.
Hon. Charles Sumner of Mass was 10 Nash Vile
| Tenn, on Friday, and received the attention n
many prominent citizens there.
In England no doubt is entertained that IN,
Queen under Lord Palmerston's ad vice. viii ex.
teHd full pardon to Smith OBrien & Co And
no doubt, that gentleman will go into Parliamen
agian.
APArrERN FEMALR.-A lady of Plair cid. Mass
aged so years. has the past winter made, with he
own hands, II quilts, consisting of 1909 pieces Gu
by pattern, worked 976 scollops, cut and mads
dresses knit pair of striped mittens made butter
from cows, besides the general housework for ,
family. She has also written over nearly q auirt
of paper.
COOP LAND SPEcuLArroN.-A few years ago. 4
gentleman purchssed / 100 acres of land In the
vicinity of Island Pond, Vermont. Some of il be
bought for taxes, and all OF II at such low rate.
that the whole HOO acres cost him only $3.50 =
Since the building of the railroad through ths
corner of the State these and all other lands In tbt
Vicinity nave Deen Increasing In value and witbif
few months he has sold the HOO acres for O. 81
WKKvIL IN WHRAT,-The Columbia fPa) Dem
ocrat says MIR. Jacob Gerard, of Rohrsburg, In tha
county, claims to have discovered a cure for tn.
weeviI in wheat He says that several days ago
observing that the weevil was destroying his crop
be sowed over the field moderate quantity
slaked line, and since that time th cir rayaees seeu
to have ceased entirely.
LARGE FIRE IN NASHVILLE, TESN-We learr
from the Republican Banner of the 20.h, that OF
the previous day a FIRE broke out 10 the soutt
Nashville Furniture Factory, by which the wnel
of the building lost s5 600. and the manufac.urin,
company not less than from forty to fifty thou
| sand.
THE GERMAN FESTIVAL IN New YolK-Tht
torch light procession of the German Turner's. IL
New York, on Saturday night to receive the visi
tors from other cities, was an imposing affair
The Tribune says:
crowd of thousands Of spectators who haf
assembled iu the Park awaiting the arrival of the
united Societies listened TO several fine perform
ances OF music given by the Turner'S Brass Band
Finally, at IL o'clock, the booming of cannon an
nounced the arrival of the strangers 1t Castle Gar
u.