The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-08-23

r0ad b no longer failure, but complete success
He gave Union and harmony betwcen IN the
various enterprises q the State Of Virginia"
Tbs suests then left the table, those bound for
ing the Virginia Hotel Staunton, via the railroad,
In time for supper. Ths trstn Thursday broush.
the excursiouists back to this city In going m
they were conducted By that gentlemanly and EN-.
cient officer. Stapleton Gooch, ana in returning
received the polite attention of Capt Swim.
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z THE PRESIDENTS MESSAGE on THE ARMY BILL
The following extract Of the Presidents mos
sage contains the arguments used by him In press
ing on Congress the passage Of the srmy bin:
II Is not merely that the officers and enlisted
men Of tho army are thus to be deprived Of the
pay and emoluments to which they are entitled by
standing laws; that the construction of arms at
the public armories, tho repair and construction
Of ordnance at the arsenals, and the manufacture
OF military clothing and camp equipsge must be
discontinued; and the persons connected with this
branch of the public service thus be deprived sud-
denly of the employne essential TO their sub
sistance, Nor is it merely the waste consequent
on the forced abandonment Of the seAboard for
tiications and Of the interior military posts and
other establishments, and the enormous expense
OF recruiting and reorganizipg the army, and
again distributing it over the vast region which
it now occupies. These are evils which may, it
is trus. be repaired hereafter by taxes imposed
the country. ee te9 r1t
But other evils are involved, which, no expendi
lures however lavish, could remedy, lin compar
ison with which local and personal injuries or in
tereats sink into insignilcance.
A great part OF the army il situated on the re-
mste frontier, or in the deserts and mountains of
the interior To discharge large bodies Of men in
such places without the means of regaining their
homes, and where few, If any, could obtain sub
sstence by honest industry, would be TO- subject
them to suffering and temptation, with disregard
aud Rnt.fv A.vr G-k
ernment. .-tF
In the Territories of Washington and Oregon,
numerous bands of Indians are in arms, and are
waging war of determination against the white
Inhabitants; and although our troops are actively
carrying on the campaign, we have no intelligence
a. yet of a successful result
On the Western plains, notwithstanding the ia-
posing display of military force recently made
there, and the chastisement inflicted on the rebel
lious tribes, Others far from being dismayed have
manifested hostile Intentions and beon guilty of
outrages, which, If not designed to provoke a con-
hict, serve to show that the apprehension Of it is
insufficient wholly to restrain their vicious propen
stiles. A strong force in the State of Texas has
produced the temporary suspension of hostilities
there; but in New Mexico, incessant activity on
the part of tia troops is required to keep in check
the marauding tribes which infest that Territory
The hostile Indians have not been removed from
the State of Florida, and the withdrawal of the
troops therefrom, leaving that object unaccomp-
lished, would be most injurious to the inhabitants
and breach of the positive engagement of the
General Government.
A FEMALE INcENDIARY-Mrs Catharins
Crowley has been arrested In Manchester, N H.,
on charge of setting fire to q corporation shop
At an examination before Justice Smith, it was
shown that she had attempted to set the fire three
times She is in poor circumstances, and has four
small children the youngest at the breast. In de-
fault of bail in 500, she was committed TO jail ~.
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COLD CoUNTRH-A letter of July 4, from
Egs@t, in Norway, in the Augsburg Gazette,
says: The temperature Is extraordinary cold for
the season Last night the thermometer was 90
low that in some localities the potatoes were fro.
zen in the ground Two days ago it showed part
of the day. On the heights of the Thelemarke
the cold has been so severe that cows and sheep
have perished. The snow was foot deep there.
On the LIST July the Axet steamer was prevented
from leaving Karlsted by snow storm.
calante, Spanish Minister at Washington, has sent
his resignation home, being unwilling to serve un
der ODonnells government, unless it shall be
aided by the Progresssts party, of which he is a
leading member.
THANKSGIVING DAY FOR 1s56-The editor OF
the Lady's Book suggests that the Executives o
all the States set apart the third Thursday of No
vsmber as q day of Thanksgiving. Last year l5
States united in this festival Other States had
November. Taking the medium, therefore, proba
bly, the third Thursday in November would be the
most acceptable time throughout the whole Union
NARROW ESCAPE OF SCIENTIFIC GEHTLEMEN
At a late meeting Of the Natural History Society
a rattlesnake found in Milton, Mass. and sup
posed at the time to have been killed, was pre-
sented to the Society. This rattlesnake having
been immersed in alcohol for an hour more, and
generally supposed to be dead, was taken from
the bottle, and an examination Of the fapgs AND
other organs about the mouth, was made by the
Curator of Herpetology and others. Upon being
replaced in the jar of alcohol the reptile came tt
life and struggled violently convincing the opera
tors that they had exposed themselves to no small
amount of danger, in their Boston
Tran, Augmst 10.
A PROTESTANT CoSvENT.-Professor Stahl, il
is said, is about to establish q Protestant convent
in Prussia The project affords matter for very
animated conversation in many of the Berlin cir
cles this being an institution which belonged, nn
til now, exclusively to the Catholic church. The
convent in question is to be at once q refuge anC
an asylum for souls wearied with the affairs Of
this world, and a kind of seminary for youth ii
la to be called the Deacondee.
PRESENTATION OF MEDALs.-On Friday last
there was grand military display on the Champ
de- Mars, ct Montreal. The occasion was the pre-
sentation OF the medals of the Legion of Honor
presented by the Emperor of the French to the
soldiers of the 39th regiment (now stationed a
Montreal,) for gallant conduct in the Crimea Tht
presentation was made on behalf of the Emperor
by Col Munro, the commander of the regiment.
THE RETINUE OF AN AUSTRIAN PRINCE -
Some idea of the splendor with which Prince PAT
Esterhazy, the Austrian Envoy Extraordinary. il
to appear at Moscow, may be derived from thu
fact that each of tho six herses reseryed exclusive