The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-03-29
,0EspAY MORNING. ......,... MARCH - ,sss

Tsx LoSDoS Tfsss on AMERICAN GovgssxsSr --
TIE London Times devotes leader TO the system
3: GovernmeEt in America, In connection with
tae proposed English Reform Bill. II ccntents
shat our State and federal legislatures are rather
loe in moral view, but show the effect Of som,
wise heads 10 them, By iegisistiug In the end sen.
siey aud for the benefit of the people. i, yoss
o.;
No ene can read the Proceedings of these bodie,
~iihest nefceiving that there is SenerAIly a law
House of Commons We instinctiYe1N rs Ia s eur
that even the politicians At Washiarton re,ambla
representatives Of great Sonfederaton Iaa me
ne n1nwsrar&sss & and you will aionce come to the
sone.as.en s1 snat politics are exclusively 10 the
ire eartes is perfee,ly gninteliigiaie TO 4 strsnS
a. every Politician has his Mica name; every arti.
sstons Of co~ardics dishonesty are s
enc party tc sae other. and the i'm PRECISION yeu re-
low standard Of political life and of potiea al mns n
Aeo'rssing ,s e the ssstimany OF Americans them.
f'T man T. medale in politics, with a ehsnse of
s 81 every body s grnsd out from the
test clerk in Government oifice While in ~.
and Z wenld rot es tolerated that lsbotions atsi
cssons the people OF the United states sss ,ha
"a1'e msohihery Of administration pat cut Of or.
der taat set ot rsraeicus pisce hun:eIs mar Ia
paid the price of their uasoriipul eectieneer;p
Nyi the people ST the United States are adys rrin
"a ~eAlih ana reanemenr and. Though their educs
ion il more hasty and srpsrfciai than ours thar
m1st have eeen Capable ei supporting In Congress-
man are rot retarnedi There used to be = hiShar
or3er Of politicians in days when america was a
when she hiss obtained he rank Of frstra,e now
er. se have nothing bat medioerity.
Theesnse mar be partly in the consttu ion Of the
men th' mselSes but the principal reason no douht
thai with the growth Of largo and ti,rbuisnt CON-
s,tuencies, the more gifted Lainres are unable 70
lies ei the s'nmP orator. The heaven OF rowsyism
-. insIsesssd , from year to ysar unti now Il has
sase that the educated and refined shrink from
p2iiesl stte; and the man OF wealth aud leisure
ho might deyose bis time TO public business, now
fe across 10 Paris 70 ind in pleasure that exercise
toT bis energies which his own country denies him
y ! tae result be iatentaole in America, what would
L De here, where the House of Commons not only
aslberstes on public affairs but actually admiDis.
iers then! II Is easy to get together bedy ofmen
s1me broad question, such as Free Trade The me.
trepoiitan members do this efficiently enough.
ne sac I whish srbss ., aaesons they vote on
t!STes to have been the right one. But something
Tore man tais IS required of a member of the
thst the electoral machine should be so Constructed
=, g sive us men OF originslity, genius official
themselves 10 politics a calling Our nrbans CON
s;ltHenees are certain of mach higher class than
America theY are not likely TO return adventurers
= men OF indifferent character TO the House. But
kfafitau8tnt OF elderly manufacturers would be al
most az crest a calamity. If theory could be re-
lonciled with good government-if popular rights
would sys Us men Of sbility and energy-we might
: content with Manhood Suffrage aud Electoral
Districts; but. as there is little chance of that it
naT De better 70 bear with onr present anomalies.
CHARGE OF ROASTING MAN ALrvE.-Two engi.
peers OF a steamer employed in the mail service
between Rio and Papams, were recently brought
ny before police magistrate in Liverpool, charged
with roasting one Of the "coal passers" to DEATH
Itsppearei that the deceased. .overpowered by the
heat Of the hold, and given out had laid himself
down on the deck, unable TO work. The chief en-
gineer sent him below. aud caused him TO be tied
10 ladder between tTo furnace doors, within two
sud half teet OF one FIRE, and within threean
half feet of the other. The fires lighted, were
TsgiDg fercely, aud were renewed twice while the
man remained tied. One of the witnesses said he
himself could not stand the heat three minutes,
and heshipped as stoker. The victim ofth s bars
hsrity prayed TO be released but was confined half
al hour, at the end of which tine he carried to
the forecastle; before the next watch he was
thrown overheard, and one of the witnesses, the
man who cut him from the ladder, thought be was
dead before he removed from the fire -
The names of the engineers are John Buchanan
aud Archibald Mitchell. The name Of the deceased
was Thomas Laudon. The vessel was the Bo~ota.
Mitchell was committed without bail. Buchsuan
WAS bsiled.-B2stoa Courier
The VICTORIA BRrDaE--It is expected that the
great Victoria Bridge at Montreal will be com.
pleted by next October. The great central tube
was raised to its place on the massive stone pier,
Oh Saturday last. The Portland Argus ssys:-
There are many facts Of curious interest connect
el With the erection OF this tube, which proba-
by unknown to most OF our readers. The river
closed in December, and made several shoves 1t
wss only Uutii January that the ice became thick
and hTm enough TO besr the enormous weight which
Il VAS TO sustain. At this period al enormously
heavy wooden bridge or stage it msy be MOI e pro.
psry called built on the ice directly under the
non tube 10 be erected. On this stage set up
firs I'm he a he
temporary railway, siso built on the surface of
tue c. The iron tube was commenced in it's centre.
progressing from the centre towards The ends day
b day. This tDbe is OF immense siZ8 aud great
weight much greater than the other tubes OF the
bridge. they being 242 feet long. l6 feet wide. and
graduated 70 the shore ends to 10 feet high; while
tie great centre tube is $50 feet long 10 twde.
rer level thus allowing steamers to pass
Under IL
PIKEs pgLK-A letter from former citizen of
Richmond who was returning from Califc -nia in
January, and stopped at Pixies Peak, on tie 18th
Il that mouth, and tested the truth Of the gold
reports, says:
found that the reports were nearly all true
Duriug the three days remained at the mines, Il
am now at Platte county, getting an outfit to re.
tarn,) though prospecting but little, found gold
plentiful Trying pan merely for experiment,
diled it twice. and found that bad realized SIS or
SO. The gold is mostly scale gold and very fine.
TIE bed rock is from to 10 feet deep in some
from the Peak. On the 18th of January, the
weather was very cold and the snow in some pla-
css six feet deep The miners were averaging 81
TO IS per day. Virginians who contemplate going
to the gold region had better purchase their outfit
7 i0Bls and pay the freight them to ST. Josephs
No. Cattle are very high just now, and bring $3.50
yer yoke Let emigrsnts start from Leavens.
worth city, and thence up to the South Platte, it
Is a better route than the North Platte.
A Hoasg WITH HrDRoPnoBIA'~The Doylestown
Pa Democrat says that on sunday. March ID, Mr.
William Campbell, who lives in springfield Town
chip near springtown, lost fine horse, which died
q nalady supposed TO be hydrophobia. On ,he
something was the matter with him. from his
strange behavior He broke out OF his own stall
Sea INTO an adjoining one ara heasy haIo
he was Then taken back and tied TO white oak
zee. and while fastened 10 il he bit the bark of a.
sr as he could reach, and covered IL with blood
wren he had an opportunity he would bite his own
tmbs, which were il places gna~ed raw He final: |
he barn Of Mr. Carapbell, TO post and rail fence
where he continued 70 bite the rails until his mouth
and in q little while he dropped down and died = |
come three weeks before. Mr.. CampbeiPs dog left |
hin suddenly, aud has never since been heard of |
aud 1t was supposed 1T the time, that no had gone
Of mad.
KossUra Is JTALY.-The Echo dItalia of March |
l9tb, learns from good authority, which is is not
allowed to name, that the Hungarian patriot |
Aossuth passed through France, with the consent
and conVepiepcS OF ths rrench SoSerhhent, and
arrived fnco1nt0 at Genoa. Itis supposed that be
will place himself at the head of tho Hungarian
soldiers now ia Lombarty.
WHAT SCR OF TaIEVEs.-Mr. Diyan, in speech
before the New York Legislature recently, re.
marking upon the ineficiency Of the police sys
lem, which he proposes 10 modify by making its
oncers elective, said be felt assured that at this
very moment mans watch, dropped In the
streets Of London, was more safe from the thief
than it would be in the owner'spocket In New
York.
PUBLIC LAND GRASrs.--The Secretary of the Inte-
nor bas approved of the following grants OF pub.