The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-08-04
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RAs&Slf551 40 Ri nm Heye ~ CORES.
ponasoa u - ftsyvst Pyystyt<viaa furnishes
sons mu1aniscsncss 81 his school days, NOR
than Mfty years aEu. The celebrated JOIN
RandoiDR. tina III NE xenith OF his power ~
headline meuAssw 81 Congress, had three wa'".
tnsphsws56f ne schooi, tthat Of Rev DraIs
Lacy. Ps.hes Edward county. Va.) aha "ses
to BE- 4 fsxdnent visitor. The writer sas
II 49, Mr. Lscy,s custom 10 hear n 1859
recite Aheif Latin and tirecs .Rs,as.n Mr.. Ran.
ee,o.e $500 e ...sss =, come frem BIZARRE
1.-TWO ihllcs,1 and enter my ,,e,i oras fprInallv
san.yM At9o'eIock The seheo nl, 800. arm,
opened when a,sS q, I'VE ehspser or portion was
ns ~ NJ Randolph always seemed hisn-
n, ,,,o..ss, with this exercise fean ms seise "a
turn. and with Mr. LACY, s w"a .,h,,s, road.
n a ~ ", ~ The hooks Of the Psntateuch. ne
.,ns,ncd ! lad with the Question.
ON Miller, can you tell me who was NO.
&C. , .,. sir was the ,,ronart answer.
~Way. you little dos. Jethrs was ms ia'hef'
in.Iaw."1& ,.. q, s,,or ~, n va
,sa,s nv name not one Of whom could an
' ha irs.r, rod them soundiy Tor their care
,essness and inat,ention in reading. saying -
sWacn you were reading i.s. W' -, w.i -
Cook read the verse containing Wv ns.. - =,
Moses, father. and have yo1 ali iorsot'cn IT.
already ~ ua,o,, Tho name
Jusf then 4 young man eahgh, 'ne na ,,'
and u,ashie to repeat the verse OF me ni DID.
repeated = part OF line from "'i'o'-
potent rod OF Abrams son- etc
ss,,d Mr.. Randolph "Iha' Is the way
Won leara yosr Bibie--ge, IL out OF othef poohs-
what little you know oil u-aho, VIII az
exceedingly solemn manner ;'na r ur ,,roos
.sand 80 a IS With aIl-and a terrible PROOF
NJ our dec, depra sisy il is that we relish. ahe
r.memb her anything better than the GOOD book
Tine yery utteraAee, simpfe rs At was, fiied
Il xlxah ~ lkv,l n
whilst al the ssme time ii impaired a reverence
for the Bible winch was never feit before ana
which from one Iaindr NJ least never VIII be
c,faced MIR. Randolph was so pleased, now
ever with the young man who quoted from MS
favorite author, thai in a short time-cs soon,
psrhaps as he could get it from Richmond
he presented him with beautiful copy of Mill
TOMS Paradise Lost. with a suitable inscription
in his own elegant handwriting.
I.rssoNs or THE Wharf.-The London Tins
t,o,ed Ns,cs thus sums mp what the recen, war
has taught 1t tells the whole story
That lie ruIers of mankind have no faith IN
the intelligence Justice or honesty OF one aiho-
Their that they have no regard TOR either the
happiness or prosperity OF their subjects: mat
;hey look upou those over whom they are
placed as mere machines, without inc iacuisy
OF independent nc ton, NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. OF brute
force TO BE- used for the accomplishment Oh OBJ
,ects which they cannot comprehend, ana In
which they have no interest Ii teaches MS
that the despotic monarchs of the world ina
CINE that mankind were made Tor them, ana
not they for mankind that their ampiiion,
and revenge and abominabie sellishnesS, are
the only impulses TO be felt. and the only rules
10 be obeyed by the millions subjected to Their
sway.
Ii teaches us that they despise the intellec-
tual power of the mass of humanity, and loo 4
upon their fellow men as of value only as Tie )
assume the nature of so many dangero' Ii
beasts whose ferocity is intensified by high ei
kind of ms tinct, and rendered more destrn.c
tive by the appliances OF science lien ce
though the despots know that their profoc Ola
and bulletins are all false, deliberate misr, ZIP
recitation of facts, and coolly contri>' rec
falsehoods intended to deceive the crowd, such
is their confidence in the stupidity and fol ~
of mankind, that they do not hesitate to lanne.s
their fraudulent decisions before the world
nay, they even expect them to be admired and
believed i'll. As they regard not man, neither
do they. fear G cd. They play upon the reli-
gious instinct of man as they do upon his pas
sions aud weaknesses.
A Curious LOVE SroRY-Says the Easion
fPaj Argus: First love, the world generally
admits, is always the most sincere. An in
stance illustrating the truth of this recently
came to our knowledge which is worth re.
peating. Forty five years ago. n young man
named Petersen, served his apprenticeship n
the printing business, in the office OF Christian
Jacob Hunter, OF this place. Whilst in his
employ he became interested IN q young lady
Of our town, and proposed marriage. He was
accepted, but the mother of the girl opposed
the match aud broke il off. After finishing
his trade, he went to of the Southern
States and married sister of Hon. John M.
Clayton. former United States Senator from
Delaware After having two children, his wife
died and left him a widswer. lie then emit
grated to Canada West, where he became quite
Il wealthy and prominent man, and filled The
Office of County Recorder, q life appointment,
mt Guelph There he married second time,
and became q second time Il widower Last
bp seadf n rop ph n n
TO Wilmington, where his daughter was nj
school; and whilst here made inquiry after
the sweetheart OF his younger days. Ascer-
tanning that she WAS q widow and residing in
Philadelphia, he called upon her, renewed his
acquaintance, and after more than forty years
separation, again proposed marriage t" her,
and was accepted lie was to have come on
here this very week to be married, but was
taken suddenly sick, about ten days ago, with
an attack Of pleurisy, and died after a short
illness. A few days before his death. he wrote
TO the object of his first affection, telling her
that he was doubtless on his dying bed and
never expected to see her again on earth.
THE SOLITARY HoRsEMAN.-Thc men who
inhabited the banks of the Wabash river. in
Indiana, some twenty five or thirty years ago,
were probably very fine men in their way. but
the sway" of some Of them was sometimes an
unpleasant one. AT the time of which we
speak the people of BaStown and Shagtown
were having great controversy to where
the country buildings should be located. The
Bagtowners said they must be put mp at Bag
town; while the Shagtowners insisted that
they should be erected in Shagtown. Near the
close Of n sultry day in August, MS the bright
day god WAS about setting iii the western hor-
won, a solitary horseman might have been
seen riding slowly into the picturesque village
of ShngtowE. Court WAS in session, and the
horsernan road leisnrely up 10 the door of the
courthouse. A young lawyer was addressing
the Jury in strains of imprisoned eIoquence
and the venerable Judge Merkins was sleeping
sweetly in his armchair. The solitary horse
mans name was William Perkins, and he re-
sided in Bagtown. Unslinging his rifle, he
took good aim at the Judge through the door
way, and. saying i'll a tragical voice, "You
Shagtown folks have got the court 'us and I'll
have q pop at ye,'' he fired. The ball slightly
gra1ed the left cheek of the Judge, and lodged
IN the woodwork just behind him. The Judge
awoke just in time to the solitary horse
man wheel his steed preparatory to going back
TO Bagtown, "Hoid on, you rascal!' shouted
the Judge jumping violently up: 'syou shot
that gun, Bill Perkins. and l fine yon ten dol