The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-11-04
L III E DISP ATCH.
WEDNESDAY MORNING. NOVEMBER 4. ls5,

L III E DISP ATCH.
WEDNESDAY MORNING. NOVEMBER i. 1851.
BRITISH APPRECIATION or AMERIcAs IssgsuIrY.-
IL Is pleasant to US, deni1ens OF the New World
eienrers oil forests explorers ef territories as vet
unknown TO any but the red man, navigatora Of
rivers whose length We measure by hundreds nat
by tens oil miles, builders of cities La places wbere
lew years ago, naught was heard save forest
soands-the growl of the bear, the Lissiug of the
snake among the leaves. aud the woodman's axe
put III each OF which now stands mighty metro
poils, whose streets groan beneath the weight of
ssaihc, and whose wharves s.ies are crowded with
ships of every elime-it is pleasant to u.s. we say
TO carry our thoughts three thousand miles away
anu nhd That all our labor, toll, and their glorious
results have been appreciated Ia the old and no
ther Country -
Ne have been led to these remarks by reading
,ns [spoft OF paper read before the Liverpool Po-
iyte Lhe Society, by Mr. I. Il. Arr IT. at their frat
meeting tLis season, on " The Inventions in use in
the Uhited~States and brief condensation of this
paper We shall now give Mr.. A. was surprised at
our river steamers. and the Astropolis delighted
MN beyond measure; he told his hearers that on
the sisslssippi the Americans have 500 steamboats,
running, and that he had travelled 500 miles In
seven days. Tor twenty dollarsl He explained the
dexterity exhibited by the pilots, and gave some
stistcaI information of our traffic that astonished
his audience.
On our railroad system he said much, and. al
though he found some faults he thought that ON
the whole, there much for British railroads to
copy, especially as regards the ears The locomo-
tives attracted his attention but the "camel en-
CINE was his greatest object of admiration The
hydraulic dock. he thought was a masterpiec of
ingenuity and inventive faculty. and the water
works of Paramount and Croton made him rho
roughly perceive that he was travelling in a conn
try whose basic was the civilization of the nine
leehth century; and, lastly; the American tele-
graph syste N. and the mode of conducting the II
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world; and he concluded by expressing his admi.
ration of the matter-of-fact. inventive mind of
America-Scisntlfc AHericas
IMPORTANT RAILROAD DECISION. oS.-TheiBinghamnton
a. ~ Democrat states that trial came off ar the
Broome Circuit last week between Mr. Beebe. a re-
spee.soie gentleman. OF fifty years and upwards
ana Mr: Ayres, conductor upon the the Erie Rail-
road Mr. Beebe bad purchased a ticket from New
bnrg to Addison but arriving at Deposit. he
left the cars, being fatgued to Law over till the
,.e1t uay: Inc next day he took the 10 o'clock
a. NJ. emigrant train west, but left it at Great
Bend and took the day express train Ayres tb.
CONDUCTOR, refused to recognise the tickets and
put him of the train forcibly. The suit was
brought Tor damages for the assault Sir Reebe
recovered verdict Of $3.50, under the direction of
the court. "
lscnEasE op FREIGHT uros CArTLr-some of the
New fork railroads have adopted measure that
VIII add considerably to the price of beef in New
iofk- they have increased the price of freight
upon cattle. equivalent to So "A head, from Ohio
ihuisna Illinois and Kentucky, on the average
which 10 to go into operation on the lst of Noyem-
Der Ihls Will add s. to every bullock now in
pasture and it will add about three-ouarter cents
pound To the cost of beef delivered from the
"est TO The consumers in New York. The dro-
sers are very wrathfnl and they are endeavor-
ing 70 make an arrangement to throw all their
freight upon single railroad line, to punish the
others Wv
FROM HArAHA.-The steamship Philadelphia
which left Havana ON the 2Sth ult, arrived at New
orleans on saturday last bringing s45G 900 in spe-
cie 1he bark Clara, which sailed also from Ha-
Tana, brought $4,000 in gold to New Orleans AZ
Ter the nrst OF January next all vessels bringing
cargoes to and taking away molasses from Cubs
must pay dutles on tonnage The Marquis de Los
ados acting British Consul General had bs.n at
tackled with yellow fever. but Was recovering The
French war steamer Tonnerre had gone to sea
ihe Dark Zephyr, of Baltimore. had been brongbt
Into havana az q slave prize. The Norwegian bark
Na~le mad lande' one hundred and seventy
nlne coolies. The stock of sugar at Havana aud
Nstanzas WAS 100000 boxes on the 18th ult Don
VI. Agusr. late Deputy Collector of Havana, died
suddenly on the 10th ult.
A THIsP WITH "RRLIGIoUs Turn OF NIyp--
teiegraphic dispatch from Chicago announces that
James o. Brayman. an editor Of the Chicago Demo
cat. WAS. on the 29th ult sentenced to four yesrs
hard labor in the penentiary, for stealing letters
from the post Office in that CITY, The Cbics co
Democrat, in mentioning the case, saws he was
naturally of a religious turn of mind and passed
most of his leisure in reading religious paper. and
wiring therefor. His habits abstemious and
frugal. lie had salary not only ample for his
wants, but more than he used. He has been hon
est and honorable in every eaton of life and vet
lie has broken open letters and taken thu rnoray
thereirom. The Buffalo Advertiser thinks his
stealing propensities are to be attributed IN in
sanity or mononania. lie exhibited a great deal
OF method in his Madness for he always took the
letters that had the most money in them
Much IN A SHALL sPAcE-A very celebrated
Scotch divine SAYS:
THE world We inhabit must have had an origin
that origin must have consisted in a cause. thot
cause must have been intelligent: that nteIlioanr
must have been efficient; that efficiency must have
ueeh ultimate; that ultimate power must ~have
teen supreme: aud that which always wa, and is
supreme We know by the name of Godp'
EMIGRATION TO THE WEsT-Already the hard
times in the States have produced their usuaI sf
feFt IN augInenting the migration to the West A
citizen or Kansas. who has lately visited Splina-
held, ILL.,. fresh from Lawrence informs the editor
of the Springfield journal that emigrants are pour
ing into the territory Of Kansas and it is thought
out there that the emigration this fall will exceed
that OF last spring, great as the latter was.
AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF MISSISSIPPI
The Carrolton (Mss) Democrat states that the
proposed amendment to the constitution intended
to prohibit suits against the State has been voted
dow by the people at the recent election by
large majority.
HOMICIDE IN TExAs.-At old Camp Colorado, Tex
as, on the 2lst ult.. difficulty occurred between
two brothers named Watts on the one part and
father and son named Holland on the other. Fire
arms were used, and George Watts and yonnper
Holland were killed on the spot John Watts was
mortaliy wounded, and died a week afterwards
TRUE BENEvoLENCE.-We are informed that one of
our large manufacturing firms, heretofore employ
ing from 300 to 400 hands, has made ARRANGEMENTS
with one of our banks to furnish the house with
600 per week to employ some 200 of such Of their
hands as are dependent upoa labor for sutsistenc.
This arrangement is to commence te coming week,
working half time, and to continue for the next
ten weeks or more Who will "go and do likewise!,
Neiodrk IN. ~ Adr.
HoLDTxG BACK the CoTros CRop-k maetiny of
Cotton Planters was held on Monday last at EIol-
ly Springs. Miss, at which resout ions were pass.
ed, expressive OF determination to send forward
and sell such portion Of the present crop az nav
be necessary to discharge the domestic Indebted.
ness OF the planters 10 their merchants and with
hold the remainder for higher price,
FEMALE DoNESTIcs IN THE WEsT-The Cincinnati
(Ohio) Gazette of the 29th uit., says that. at Co
vtngton. KY, n great number of families are tnrn-
ing on their servants, and. rs a consequence, not
lew females, at present find themselves without
places We hear of good many vending their
way to the country and applying for places at the
roadside
CAUSE AND EFfEcT.-''What makes the milk SO
warm! said Betty to the miikman, when he
brought his pail to the door morning. "Pleass
mum, the pump-handle's broke and mlssus took
the water from the biler"
lNfANTIciDE AND SUIcIDE.-Mrs. A. ]. Hubbell, of
ontanagon. Michigan, recently killed her baby.
only three weeks old with poison, and n, xt H.. It
Killed herself with razor. post norton exa nj
nation showed her brain to be disordered.