The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-07-15
DAILY DISPATCH.
WEDNESDAY MoRNfNd,....~.a.duLf Il,
Douglas Jerrold.

Douglas Jerrold.
Hi. place." writes the Afhen~ufn, Iah'aag wv.
writ. Of our own time, IL clear enough nc ~"
lass frolic than Theodore Hook less elaborate hu-
80, ,han sydney smith, less qut5ble and quaint
,,a.. than Thomas Hood. But DO surpassed All
,hase in intellectual fash and strength. his wat
-. Ill stfeI pxnts-and his talk was like squat
W.. 20 ianrsrx ia evolutions. Not one pm.
have heard Is sohc found In his writings. His wit
sto,a nesrrr 20 poetic fancy than to broad humor~
The exquisite confusion OF his tipsy gentleman.
.,ho srter srrapinR the door for an hour with his
ratrh kew leans back and exclaims, by Jove' some
sroundrel has s,olen--stoien--the keyhole,' comes
as near farce as any OF ms ias'ra.ions. rvs eeie
O. maturity, looks like happy pun-but IL
something far moro deep and philosophie Be
tween this, however, and sneh isheies as ms de-
,crIntion OF Australia--A Iani 80 fat, that il Won
ttesfe n with a straw il laughs with n harvest
the distance il not so great .
"Tn his earlier time, before age and success had
u,elloved him to his best, he was sometimes accus
,d Of IN mature a charge which he vehcmsntly re-
scented and which seemed only ladcrous to those
privileged with his friendship To folly, pretenco
and assumption he gave no quarter. though in fair
6oht. and some Of those who tried lancns with him
long remembered his home thrusts. We may give
two instances without offence, for tho combatants
are all gone from the scene One Of those play
wrights Who occupied Old Drury, under tho French,
against whom he waged ceaselcss war of epigram
was describing Etsei suffering from fever Of the
brain Courage. my good fellow says Jerrold,
.there IL no foundation for the fact When the
the fresh talk of London. writer Of gr cat parts
was abusing the revolutiosf and plying Gnizot-
you see he observed TuiZot and are both hsto-
risns-we row in the same boatT" Aye. ave-. saws
.Jerrold. but not with the scr1ils. Yet Sach
personal encounters were but the slay of the pan
Their
mo man ever used such powers with greater
gentleness Indeed. 10 speak the PLAN truth. his
fault man--if il be fault-was q tocgTtat ton
derness Of heart He never could say Me- His
purse--when he had purse-was at every mans
service was also his time, his pen and his rffu
ence in the world. If he p0Ssesseda shilling.
body would get sixpence Of 1t from him. He IErF
lending look. of which many took advantage
The first time he Torn Dibdin that wois
thy gentleman and song writer said 10 him.
'foungster, have you sufficient confidence in me
TO lend me guineay oh yes said the author Of
Black Eyed Snsan, i have all the confidence. but
haven't the guinea
How RAIN rs FORNEn.-To understand the phos
ophy of this phenomena, essential to the very eXis
tence of plants AMI animals, q few facts, derived
from observation and q long train Of experiments
must be remembered. Were the atmosphere
everywhere. at all times at ful temperature
should never have no rain. fail or snow. The
ter absorbed by it in evaporation from til" sra and
the earth's surface would descend in an imperccp-
tible vapor, cease to DE absorbed by the air
when il was once fully saturated. The absorbing
power Of the atmosphere and consequently its ca
pablty to retain humidity, il rroportonaby
greater in warm than cold air. The air near the
surface of the earth Il warmer than II II in the
the EARTH the colder we find the atmosphere
Hence the perpetual snow very high mountains.
in the hottest climates. Now, when, from contn-
ued evaporation. the air is highly saturated with
yapor--though it De invsiblc-if its temperature
IL suddenly reduced by cold currents descending
from above, rushing from a higher to Bower
latitude. its capacity to retain moisture is dHn-
jshed, clouds formed. and the result IL RI NJ
Air coDdenses il cOols, and like sponge flied
with water and compressed. pours out the water
which it's diminished capacity cannot hold. How
singular yet how simple, is such an arrangement
for watering the earth.-!S'ieHihc timer.
INTERESTING TO PHYsIu,Ns.-The supreme Court
III III, Eighth Judicial District New York. hav"
r.ndere,, a decision in action brought by DR..
John d. Hill, against the Erie County Medical So
cietv to compel it to restore him to the enjoyment
of his privileges "A member of the Society. from
which be had brpn expelled because of an alleged
infraction of the tariff of prices, adopted by the
Society That nfraCtlpn consisted as was claimed
by the defendant in taking the office of Physician
Ia the Almshouse of Erie county. for less sum
than the minimum price fixed by the tariff. The
following are the conclusions OF the Court:
II The regulation (the tariff of prices in ques-
ton was unauthorized.
.. 1t was unreasonable.
>. 1t was against public policy AMI tho law
e. The Acknowledgement Of the reiator was UNI
authorized and Illegal
II fellows that he nIust be restored or recognized
~ a member of the Msdical Society and permitted.
without molestation, TO enjoy the rights and priv
leges of n member.
THE VELOCITY AND CoLOEs OF LmHTyING.-The
lightning II The first classes does not last for
more than one thousandth part of a second; but q
lees duration in RAISING than one mionth part of
Il second il attrib5aed to the light of electricity
of high tension II comparison with tins velocity
the most rapid artifichF rot0n that can be pro
,luced appears rcposc. THIS has been exemplitied
by Professor Wheatst0nc in very beautiful exper-
iment, wheel made 10 reioivc with such CELEBRITY
rs to render its spokes nyiS!a. Is seen for an in
slant with all spokcs distinct. ~ II At rest. when
illuminated by flash of lightning, because tn"
fash had come and gone before the wheel ilai time
10 make perceptihle advance. The color OF light
ming is varousy orange white and blue, yer! ing to
violet. Its hue appears to depend on tiyetntcnsity
of electricity and height in the atmosphere. The
electricy there is passing through tn" ar IN
given time, the whittier and more dnzzlins - the
light. Violet and bue-colored lightninSS are OBJ
served to be discharged from the storm clouds Iih
i'll the atmosphere, where the air is rarifcd and
analogous. The electric spark made 10 pass through
the receiver of an air pump, exhibits biuc OF yio-
let light in proportion the vacuntn il cnmiA"te.-
fttersons Physical Gcf9rdphy.
UNCERTAINTY OF LIFE---Thr funeral of MessrS.
Leslie and Porter. and Miss Palmer, who were
drowned in Ronkonkoma Lake, on Monday last,
took Mace on Friday i'll st. Peters Episcopal
Church. in State street, Brooklyn, in tire presence
of about i've hundred persons. The New FORK Com
pIercal mentions incident connected with the
services an illustration of tn" uncertainty OF
all things human. new organ had just been built
for the church by Mr.. Erben and was only compile
ted yesterday. 1t had been desired to have public
trial Of its capabilities last evening and one of the
deceased had been busiiy engaged a. Il member OF
the music committee in making tn" necessary ar
raugemcnts. He little thought, when 81 employed
that the first of the instrument would be in the
solemn services att endant upon his own funeral.
A GRAND ToUR.-TW GREAT E,SrERN.--Thc Cana.
dian Railway Guide. July l. SAYS that the Great
Eastern steamship will positively sail from Holy
head IIarbor-her point OF departure from Eng
land-for Portland i'll April next year. and that
tourist tickets will be issued by her for five weeks
trip, the period during which the Great Eastern
will remain at Portland. 1t is intended that these
tickets should include the passage money out and
home, aud all railway and steamboat fares from
Portland to Quebec, Chicago, 81. Lowis. Baltimore.
Washington, New York, Boston and back to Port
land. The price of the tickets, it is now supposed.
will be 1900.
PROFITS OF LITER,rrRE-Thc reward Of literary
labor in this country il probably greater than those
who complain about it imagine. fhc large rewards
received by Prescott Bancroft. and others have re-
Gently been noticed. and learn from the
Philadelphia Ledger that the publishers of Dir
kanes Arctic Expedition have paid upwards of
$60oO0 to the estate Of the deceased author COPY
right money for nine month. sales Of the work
aud that the continued demand for that work will
soon make this sum reach slOO,0N.
LIQuoR IN THE CouNTRY-rhcrc are in the United
States l,5lS di-illrrics which manufacture IL 46l =
9-6 gallons of ale ii,:04 gallOnS of whiskey and
high wines, h,5'D,oHo gallons of rum--being only
four gallons nj liquor to every man, woman and
child III the country. No wonder some have to
drink water with this light supply
CoLoRED "CInzE Ss''-A negro row RECENTLY occur
red at the Franklin House, in Canton. Ohio. \ col
ored individual who had taken II seat ut the dinner
table WAS requested to vacate, hut refused, when
the landlord and his assistant, used force aud eject
Ell the BLACK republican"
Liverpool grocer, taking advantage OF the
alarm about the comet advertised in several new