The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-01-27

"a wesnsa. what ~ was ace1spd. Of WA nm,
~ dsriag sses-avs Of tAsm-(n cold flood.-o
Potsawasomie Greek. This ID ~ ehayue ar,fn,
. him, and II has heen proved N ssssius1ny tina
: voaid coavict him ssfors Any jury & hoAe.
men IN OAristsndom. <
Resolutions.
Ass ssesed that the American ciussns Of
the ssiaod Of Saa Juan lately held meeting
and resolved that the island belongs to til,
esseAz o1ases. Thin, Of ccurse, settles u,
. question. There 10 something delightfully."- In
| dicrous In the implicit faith Brother Jon 4.
: THAN has IN first-rate public meeting and &
set Of good Aad strong rssolu TONS. This 10 thu
| sovereign panacea for all political his. Al
sooa ~ the meeting adjourns, and the resolu.
| tfons are printed, everybody Is satisfied that
the object 10 accomplished. and straightway
Il forgets all about It, The profound calm and
, oblivion which succeed one Of these popular
explosions. are more amazing than the ex-
plosion itself. Three months after the reso-
Iutions. &c, are adopted, not one man in a
Hundred remembers that they were ever pass.
ed, and II no effect whatever is produced by
them. no one II in the least indignant or even
surprised "Resolve, and re-resolve, and die
the same" is the history, for example, of most
OF the resolutions for Southern independence.
II 10 said that shell is paved with good inten.
uons' ana the United States is quite as thickly
strewn over with good resolutions. Let us
hold public meeting and resolve that we will
hold no more public meetings and pass no
more resolutions.
DR.. Charles Mackay.
L.
1nls English song writer, who visited the
United States not long ago. and was hospit-
ABLY received in the South, has q long article
IN ms paper, the illustrated London Neus, on
Oio JOHN BROWN, in which he says: ut is
| exceedingly unfortunate for the State of Vir.
gina. and Tor the whole Of the slayeholdinr
| south. that means of escape from the disagree
| ao'e necessity Of hanging this man were not |
oiscoveredi that some properly instructed
Jailor did not saccideu tally, leave n ho,, -, J
fastened, or that some sympathizinp friopd 4
was not admitted into his dungeon to chanoa
clothes with him. or by some other mode :, \
iaciiitate his escape. To execute him WAS N o
very worst possible denouement for the sIa 2.
owners that could have happened, and es ne ri.
ally under circumstances which BETRAYED nm
amount OF terror on the part Of the auth ori.
ties but too suggestive of the utter rotte1 .ness
Of Southern society"
Dr. MACKAY also favors the world " ith his
opinion that the General Assembly of Y irpini,
would not order the execution Of the other
prisoners "that it will content it self with
the first mistake and make no more martyrs.
PROBABLY, this sagacious parsonage has by this
time discovered that he is not pr ophet
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The Legislatures. |
The joint committee on the Jfarner.s C,.ur,v
anair made its report to the J.egislatpr. va:.
terday. The document is a .;oluminov
and is accompanied by a larg,. number of door,
men's bearing on the SUI ject. Tho re,,,rt
commences with history of the ry,rner,s
ferry attack, from which it passes IN g, history |
OF the introduction Of the Afric, IN slave trade
iu'o tn's country. The political agitation Of |
INC sia'eiy question is tra'ced, step by stem
- om A's hrs. 'ai at murmrrs in the past to the
" mug Iation which greeted the execu
'-oA y. '"hEd Brown and his assassins. The
Which the committee submit for
Wv SaeT alton of the Legislature. urge the
AMI equipping sf the militia, the pas
80 " laws for encouraging domestic
a'ctures, the passage of laws for the
A'Ae prornpt punishment of persons attempt.
.s " ~ cite slaves to instruction, and the
y '"oics ton of the course Of Gov. WISE in the
"Fpe' RS Ferry attack and in his measures to
pfe" ,nt the rescue of the prisoners. Both
40 lses Of the Legislature ordered 5000 copies
- the report to be printed
OPPOSITION MEETING.-A meeting of the |
Opposition party was held at the City Hall
last night, to appoint delegates to the State
Convention 70 be held in this city on the 22d
of February.
The meeting was called to order by Mr..
Charles Palmer. on whose motion Mr.. JAMES
A. SCOTT, Esq, was called to the chair. and
RoBT. RIDGwAY. Esq, was appoii. ted Secre.
tary.
Mr.. Scott returned thanks for the honor |
and then stated the object of the
meeting.
Mr.. F. ]. Smith offered the following r,.o.
luton:
Rssolred, That thirty delegates from each of the
tnree wards be aopointeG to attend tn. State Con
Vehtl"n to be held on the ed o! February next
The resolution being put to vote it was car j
rled in the afli native.
On motion, the Chairman was request ted to :
make the appointments, and time was allowed '
him to select the delegates.
On motion, the Chairman and Secretary ,
were added 10 the list of delegates =
. The meeting was then briefly addressed by
Messrs. "A. j. Crane and X. Ridgway in fa yor |
VI virginia, the Constitution and the Union !!
Alter which, on motion. it adjourned
JAPANkHE ARMOR.-MlnlSfer Ward on his | Il
late visit to Japan, purchased i complete suit
u armOr, which, it is said, he intends to pre- |
sent to the Historical Society Of Georgia, his v
native State. Judging from the descriptions.
t is splendid production Of art, and as it is S
believed to have belonged to the grandfather n
If the present Emperor of Japan, is Invested
With an historical as we'll as artistic interest.
accompanying the armor are two handsome
Japanese swords, and pair of heavy silver O
tirrups inlaid with gold. N
MILLS EQUESTRIAN STATUE. Arrange n
nents are progressing in Washington for a L
rand pageant on the 22d February, when
Mills Equestrian Statue of Washington will a.
'e lnaugurated. Civic and military associa.
ions OF southern and Northern cities are in. .,
lted, and requested to report as early as prac.
icable. The address is to be delivered by VIM. Ia
fillmore Sims, OF South Carolina.
Col. EATON STANARD, a venerable citizen OF
range county, died last week. OF the twenty m
We children of VIM. Stanard, he was the sole
arviving son. Early in life he married the tr
ster Of the late Judge Robert. Stanard, of
but died childless. Col. S. had some
eculiarities of habits and opinions, but was A