The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-07-13
The Fourth In New Kent.
CORRESPONDENCE OF THE RICHMOND DADDY DISPATCH
CEDAR HILL, New Kent county. Va,
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CEDAR HILL, New Kent county. Va,
July Sth 1855.
In accordance with previous arrangements the
New Kent Light Dragons. together with large
pumber OF invited guests assembled at their Court
House, on Saturday. the I'd inst. for the purpose
of celebrating the SD anniversary OF the Amerl
can Independence. A large lumber OF Ibesutitul and
iuteresting young ladies were In attendance at an
early hour, t1 witness the display OF the military
and to listen to the reading of the Declaration oi
Independence. and the Grafton to be Delivered on
the occasion. At the hour OF IL O'clock, A. the
shri notes of the bugie called each Trooper TO :
saddle, and the military performances OF the day
commenced. After the many interesting eVoiu
tions through which Capt Braxton Hariick con
Quoted his we'll drilled corps. for the period If t"o
hours or MORE the Troop, together with the guests
in attendance, repaired amid the thnDders oil
heavens artillery, to the Court House, IL listen 10
the concluding ceremonies, before going to dinner
Capt Braxton GarliCK, after taking the chair, and
commanding order, introduced DR.. TaZeSeil Tyler
to the audience, who after making some very ap-
pr3priate aud beautiful preliminary remarks, pro
ceeded 10 read the De :larati0n in worry clear and
forcible manner After which the land string
ed Instruments. discoursed sweetly with the soul
stirring notes Of Hail Columbia, &c.
Mr.. Telemachus Taylor vas next introduced to
the audieUce ard delivered very able and eio-
quent address He epoke at slIne length upon the
stirring events Of the Revolution, aud closed his
remarks by payiug n very handsome tui"gy 10 tte
Troop He took his seat amid an outturst OF the
The ceremonies being concluded, Mr.. Pierce.
complying with an Invitation, arose aud made some
very appropriate and patriotic remarks
| The committee appointed 10 wait on the ladies,
! escorted them TO n room which tad been set apart
! f'r their accommodation. The Cavalry, with their
invited guests, took up their ioe of narcb to the
! spacious dining room of the hotel. where Il very
sump'uous rerast awaited, aud proceeded without
much ceremony TO the recruiting OF the inner
man. which by fhs time was i" quite an exhausted
| condition. Al! hour more brought them to the
vine al d the usrai conComltant. thereof
| The programme was couCiuded by gala time
in the bali room, aud the beautiful bellies in at
! tendance tripred the light fantastic toe, many
b1d Soger bag felt that something besides the foe
mans steel could give his bosom pain DYKE
! COULDN'T SrE4E FRLNCH An American at Paris
went to IA restaurant t. get his dinner. Urac
quainted with the French language Yet unwilling
to show his ignorahce, lie pointed to the first line
on the bill Of are. and the polite waiter brought
him plate of fragrant beef soup. This very
we'll, aud when 1t dis patched he pointed to The
second line. The waiter understood him perfectly
and brought We getable soup. "Ratler more soup
than want" thought he. but it is Paris fashion "
He duly pointed to the third line, and plate of
tapicca broth was brought him again to the fourth
aud WAS furnished With Il bowl Of preparation OF
arrow root lie tried tbe ti!t line and supplied
With some Cruel kept for iuvalids The bystanters
now supposed that they unfortunate idi-
vidua who had lost al! his teeth and our friend
termined to get as far from the soup AS possible
pointed i'll despair TO the last line the bill of
fare. The intelligent waiter, who saw at once
tooth picks This was too much-0 county
nan paid his bill aud iDcOntinently left.
WEALTH OF THg ANCIENT RoM4Ss-Some Of these
Romans seem to have been very solid" while
others were II fast To degree unknown IOWA.
days When Cesar was killed. on the Ides of
March, Anthony owed f320, 200. which he paid he
fore the kaiends of April out OF the public money
| aud sluandprp1 arcOfnipr tn AIaus nl0
a,saT himself, before he set ont for Spain, WAS in
| debt to the extent of f2.0l5, eco. Lentulus pos
3 sSed S3,2-9.lG6 Ciaudus, n freedman. saved
| 90 5O0,0J0. Augustus obtained from the tesla
meutary dispositions Of his friends lsome people
" i'll leave their fortunes TO their soveregn-) no
l ss than f32 29l CSC sterling. Therius left At HI
death the enormous sum of G21 1872 Sc. which Cal
! pula il said 10 have sqnandered i'm single wear
Ne-pasian estimated at his accession that the mo
| Uey which the maintenance Of the COmmonWealth th
! required was f3J29l6 0G0.
! GRASS WIDOWS N INDIANA A facetous cores.
Tondent of the Dayton IeWWGl, who has been
travelling out in the Wabash region of IoosierdoiI
noting the condition Of the country, the state OF
the crops. the progress Of the har Sest, &c.--the
tw0 latter Of which be reports 6s unusually fine
discovered one peculiarly in every town lie tar
red in. Hear him: Speaking Of grass reminds
me of the fact that Indiana (and particularly the
Wabash is literally swarming with grass ,cid0icS
Every hotel or tavern has or have had one or more
ofthOse bewitchipg yixeus dumiciied with thea,
| tor ten days. which makes them citizens aud resi-
dents of the State Of Indiana aud with aIittle hard
| swearing, natives too. At the ypiration of ter
days "A suit is commenced against some rite kuS
bIdd. and, as matter of course divorce ia grant.
ed if for no other cause than iucofnpatabili,y of
trlaper. Here are congregated from all the States
in the Union Except Illinois. who is Il competitor
for This prof able lawyer trade, all OF the di.cun-
| ISOLATE grass widows. 4 case heard os in Peru
here the widow Of a millionaire had come from
| frazil, remained here ten days, got a divorce,
| with one hundred thousand dollars If alim0nv
and would have had more, but old CTu.4us had no
more Ia the tHited states that was cOmeatable"
| BROTHER AND SIsrBR-A SORT OF ROMANCE The
| StaaJs Xeitung has the following story: Some
| years ago, young man was livi2g in New York
city On high scale. His name was VIM Frazer
| lie bad large business, good CONNECTIONS and
MAS SO much engaged by the worlds glitter and
display that he had time look after his sister
at that time p'or teacher u one Of the boardins-
schools VI New York; aud by-andy he for got her
entirely. Some days sago an aged mau was arrested
| near Baltimore. and brought back to Morristown,
| n J., where he brcke out of the cell he was On.
fined in, to await his sentence for counterfaitlne
| !, was William FrsZer The once poor teacher lives
| now at Paris, in the paas Elysea Bourbon on the
Champs Elysee, and is the wife of Lucieu Murat-
She may dream every night Of kings and crowns
while her unfortunate brother is awaiting his sen
ttnce 10 the State Prison.
R.TTLEsNAKg KILLED By A WoMAN-Mrs Cleve.
| land, living two miles south of Syracuse y w.
Killed ratItesnake while III the act of coming ont
OF her cellar, on Saturday evening. She was first
attracted hy kissing sound and the fattliug Of
his tail, when she proceeded To the barn and OBJ
| iaihed IA shovel aud saizing "A candle in ore hand
snf the shovel in the other sought out the where
at oats Of his snakeship and decapitated him. The
stake measured about seven feet in length. and
| about inches III circumference and possessed
| seven ratt4eS.
IL, tnFt ~
burg Vrgialan, writing from New Market, Jetfrr-
! sou county, Tenn gives the snbjained item:
A lady near this place. bitten the other day
| by a Tattesnake. after which she undoue hef
apron string and tied it the bite. She kill
ed the snake. cut off piece and applied it 20 the
"ound, and drank quart OF wnlskey. At last
accounts she was doing well This was some
| ,puIsk
! SUICIDE A young man named Arthur A Parlin
| diSapi cared on the 18th sit from his father ;
| residence at ChardUu. Graugs Co. Ohio. and was
| found on Saturday. the 26th, in Mnnsou pond lie
had committed suicide, by tying stoue of sixteen
| pounds weight tn his wrists, au. jumping from "a
skin into the deepest part OF the poud. No reas N
Is given for the act.
| To MAKE THE HAIR CUsL.-At any time you may
make your hair curl the more easily by rubbing
1t with the beaten yOlk OF egg washed off after
| wards with clear water, aud then putting on q
| little pOmatum before you put up Your curls II
is well always to go through this process when
you change TO curls, after having worn your hair
plain.
| AGRICULTCRE IN FKANcE.-A long report. recent
iy submitted 10 the Emperor Louis Napoleon.
| states that in France there fewer than IL
| 000,O00 hectares (the hectare is two and halt
acresl OF lands under cultivation. which divided
into l30,000,0Oo holdings possessed occupied by
at least I, ,000, 900 heads of families
nTIx an E.ruS St ~.
ncer, Of the 2lst uit.. says some two hundred and
fifty carts frou Pembina, laden with furs are eu.
cdrnped Oh the outskirts of that city, aud enough
others expected to swell the number to six hun
hred. Altogether they will bring furs to the value
of $4,000. These carts of the most primitive
| character and are drawn by oxen and the stunted