The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-12-18
THE DISPAToH.
SATURDAY MORNING Doe vEN Y. .".s


SATURDAY mokrlnv ). D 49, =" !, -.
( n..,r .sp Nsavx psesss.--oue Who appears
a. conprsassd The Americas people, phss'cs''s
.rsaktnr, says with no listie jcsslce:
.sThe Americans are fast becoming nothing s.,s
bat l,rntu aud nerves. Fat aud hbrine W ssg
valued - they cell In che markets. sna s. at.
eu,y thought OF 90 Il pertains to our nh,.s
snaia 0sr sttnaulatuR climate anu ou. =, ne hat
make us % nervous that life y oecomus W y. H.
shsss 80 Ssrripr Jack. Rven our pasttmes ars
n sntsnsa that they fatigue us - maca - oas
N..srsss Ths so.csiled rest which We begfuag'
inxiy give ourselves, wes" =. =. n,har c.,,sd
MOI. smart than ourselves. aad viii Ole ano %
N.,S ,ssher than not become ~ rich aaous neisn'
hcrs. There 10 ever the unsatisfed rsstiessnc,s,
whether Ne 10 abroad or stay q homs. soDaa !,
shs,i travel faster or Gee given numbsr OF
oli-cts In lees sumber Of hours thar ourselves,
NO matter 1t what cost OF money or health. Inere
u us impossible Alps that We will not GO
deep care Of earth OF sea that ve VIII NOT s1pore
Taefo are none who shall not grow numb De sore
ourselves on the highest frozen peak, and there
sbAiI be none who can hold their breath longer
nader water when the guide H. not Looking.
there e. no kings throne, or Popes ehsi, on ~nish
re wil not ST. There Is nothing within the scope OF
human sbiiity which We will not undertake, ana
when boast OF What We have accomplished, there
arc none who shall draw longer bow"
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Az OBSTINATE wIrNEss-During a recent trial
NJ Auburn the following incident occurred 70 vary
the usonosouy Of the proceedings: Among the
witnesses was one, ~ verdant specimen o. hu-
msuity ~ one would wish to meet with. Afscr
ssvere cross examination the counsel for the gov.
eminent paused, and then putting on look OF
sevcrlty and with au ominous shake 81 the head,
exclaimed
aNr. witness, has not an effort been made to in'
1u>e Won to tell q different storyi'
"A differcat story from what have told, sirs'
aThat In what mean" g
.Yes. sir--severai persons have tried to get me
- t.n different story from what hare told, but
.ko., Sit, upen your oath, which to know who
those persons are!"
.wsa,,I gness you've tried bout as hard as any
Of EN-"
The witness was dismissed, while judge, Jary.
and spectators, INDUCED In hearty laugh.
aTas ORANGE CRoP Of louisiana" says the New
Orleans Picayuue, t'this season Is very large snd
the crop Il selling from plantations at from, SIX to
eight dollars per Thousand. Last year Q planter
below tho city was offered, for fifteen hundred
dollars, . small tract OF land adjoining MS, ano
which was planted with orange trees OF fnii
growth. He refused, and this season the owner
Of the tract In question has sold his orange crop
for three Thousand dollars."
AWuoHrr PsssExr-Nr James Lsnox has pre-
sented 10 the New York Historical Society coll
lection Of Assyrisn marbles, from Nineveh. The
collection consists of thirteen slsbs, averaging
about seven feet square and six or eight inehes
thick. weighing about seventeen tons; they are 10
basrsl,ero with sculpturesin the cuneifo-m char-
aetsr and the thirteen pieces stand side by sac,
they measure y feet inches. They are duplicates
Of those 10 tho British Museum.
METHODIST LsrxsS Moviso-A paper, called the
"Lsymau's Advocate" has been started in New
York city, to advocate change in the policy OF
the Msthodlst Episcopal Church, whereby lay men
will be oonstitusionaiiy admitted on equal rights
with ciesgymen to les legislative and Judicial
bodies.
C,uNrsRygyrIxa IN PRusslA.-Across the face OF
Prassian bank notes is printed soma fl ny times, in
very small ty %, the renalty for counterfsising.
which 10 from hve 30 fifteen years imprlsoa N ent
80 that convicted couuterfeiters cannot plead
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