The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-01-29
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Educating aIs Masses h sdnsttsd 10 bs ssseu,iel
By ~. snd yse vsry few nsh Of means, whose
families are 70 b reared b our imidss, and Whose
properly ID 70 be enhanced or deprecated by The
prosperity or adsersify of these around Them.
seem 10 feel any interest In the subject. f this
GLASS Of our citizens cannot seo the importance
OF eiacating the working glasses, ~ shs surest
method of adding to the wealth Of Richmond,
and consequently TO their own fortunes, the
love they bear their offspring, aud their natural
desire 10 furnish them cultivated and intelligent
associates-for all classes from necessity are fre.
qaenuy thrown toeether-should induce them to
Ha IN anording the meaus of education to those
Mno y. cannot obtain It without assistance. The
Mecnsnics institute has now in operation . fiou.
Isning elementary school, where apprentice boys
sre tSngns q night as well ~ school of design;
no doubt that nine-tenfhs Of the voune artizans
now growing up in ignorance, would avail them
serves OF tne aovantages thus Afforded and become
men OF education. In . business point of view
NOT only our city but the State would be increased
In wealth, by the Intellectual Improvement of her
working men, for we would then have to reiy upon
the North for nothing-while morally and socially
society would be benefited, and mind and enerey
become the standard Of our real worth We invite
believing as we do that when they have inyesti
gated 1t thoroughly, they win be willing and anx
ious to aid the Mechanics Institute in the erection
OF such q building as may be necessary for their
schools and library, to improve the working
classes
Profitable Speculation One of our coal merchants
tells an amusing story Of . shrewd woman, the
mother of several boys, who has made = handsome
speculation within the past month, by begging
Supposing that the madam was in destitute circnm.
stances he had been furnishing her with two buck.
cts of coal every day to keep her warm. Having
business at a neighbcring yard, he there met one
of the old lady's boy with the well known buck
Ay%I
supply had been given daily from that yard
Knowing that one family could not readily use 80
much fuel, he suspected that something was wrong
and by little management, found that the madam
was getting coal from three yards under the plea
of poverty and retailing it to her neghbors At ten
cents per peck. Such woman is not apt to be
caught with An empty treasury, whatever suffer-
ings others may have to endure.
Donation for the Poor.-A gentleman called on
us yesterday, and handed us . FIVE dollar note on
the Exchange Bank, to be applied to the relief of
the poor. He had but few moments before OBJ
tanned it from one of the banks and called our at
tenon to the following notice written on its back
which was there when he received it. It reads
thus:
.RIcHMoND, Jan. 9th. 1857.
"1hs is the last yes the very last FIVE dollar ncte
l have in the world, and give It to the poor MAY
it be like bread cast upon the waters.
% STREET.
The note, ere this has supplied the immediate
wants of more than one destitute family We
trust it may repeat its work of charity, till worn
out in the noble effort to relieve the distresses of
all who suffer for the necessaries of life.
Endurance of Biped During the prevalence
of the storm on the night of the 18th inst fowla
and stock as well as human beings suffered terribly
from its effects. Mr.. James r. Radcliff, of Hen
rico, whose residence Is about three miles north of
this city, informs US that his guinea and dupghil
fowls were 80 overcome with the storm and cold
xI~kk khavr Gall frN H1A - r.
ished. Among his chickens was an English game
hen that fell from a tree and was buried in the
snow beneath it, to the depth of four feet. Sup
posing that she too had persisted. no effort was
made to recover her, and she remained in her pri
son till Tuesday afternoon, when she emerged
from the drift as lively as cricket after having
been "locked up in it for zine days. without par
ticle of food to cat during that time.
DuH.-Tbe Mayor had no criminals to dispose
of yt sterday, and consequently we have no pt Ice
report to make At this time there are fewer male
vagrants in the city than we have ever known be-
fore, doubtless owing to the fact, that the City
Cnfpcil has directed such persons to be put ia
work, instead of allowing them to idle away their
lives in prison.
Not DeserUidg. "A number of bad boys, with the
hope of operating on the sympathies of our citi
zens have established q systematic game of street
begging, and by false repre- senta,ions as to the
destitution of their parents have succeeded In
amounts of money It Is no charity to give te
such chaps until their families fest visited and
their circumstances ascertained, and therefore il
ia that we caution our readers against their mpo.
sitions, Where destituiion is reported to anp
member of the Council Committee, the helpless
family will be called upon and relieved at once.
Intellectual Treat We invite the attention o.
citizens to the Lecture to be delivered at the
Atheneum this evening" on European Journal
ISM in aid of the Union Benevolent Society,"
The name of the distinguished literary gentleman
who has 80 kindly responded to the call of the
Society, is sufficient in itself to attract an ntei
gent community to the lecture room. But besides
this, the pressing nece ssities which have called
forth the lecturer. should move the phianthropic
heart of the public, and cause the hall of the Afhe
ers go and listen to IA intellectual treat, while
you contribute 10 the relief of ptiable destitution
by assisting the Society In the dispensation o
charity. t7
Dsplorable Sight.-On Tuesday last, officers Ty
Ter and johnson discovered white woman In the
street, helplesslY drunk, and took her to the cage
where she was kept till yesterday morning and
had no place at his command, other than the jail
in which to impIison her. When the house OF
correction, now being builr Ia completed persons
of this class will be put to work, and by being
kept beyond the reach of the euficing cup may
eventually be reformed
Bagging Poaltyy.7Some scientific operator, fond
of good living, and having fear of the laws be.
fore his eyes. paid nocturnal visit TO Mr.. J. Red
woods premises and after skillfuly removing the
lock from his stable door, marched in and bore of
twenty five shanghais leaving but two of the stock
an old Grower and setting hen, from which to In
crease the breed. The rogue no doubt remember
ed the fable of the goose that laid the golden egg
and for that reason left pair, that he might reaI
the progeny another season.
Theatre-The play of "Retribution," and th,