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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-01-20


1Ae speesA Of tAts Distinguished gentleman.
Oe1sssoasr from the State Of South Car
olaaa "a Virginia, addressed both Houses of
~ Osnsral Assembly yesterday, was an
e9ore Of marked ability and s!atesmanship.-
Ae W. lisseasa 70 with marked interest. The
HAN 81 ~ House Of Delegates was crowded,
- Wsse 10Th the galleries, which were appro-
ps1Ated 70 the ladies. He traced with great
el6a1ness the steady inroads from the North
upoa the rights Of the South, and the
Tise saA progress Of abolition fanaticism.-
His pietaro Of the present attitude Of
cur relations with the North was gloomy
enough, bat not Mt all overdrawn. lie
proved very canclusively that the guarantees
Of the Constitution have been utterly unayail-
Tag 70 protect the South. He argued that il
the Union must b continued the South must
demand )Dther and more efficient guarantees,
or 0ake concession after concession until she
has lost all influence, all consideration and all
right In the Confederacy. He urged with great
force the propristy Of . Convention Of the
Southern States to consider the questions
growing out Of our relations to the Northern
States. We have presented In our paper this
1osAinG, elsewhere, ~ comprehensive \ sy-
Aopsts Of Hr. ARxxINGER's speech as our
space will admit. He occupied near four hours
srs did not nag. Among them we're a mum.
ber Of prominent gentlemen of the bench and
the bAr and public councils.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-01-20

Il NV Woo8os
Il 01Gv-HHEP; wisk Hisseyasiess sf Cxassese
md CssAscs. ny SAM'L SNsoh, s1l1f ofs.s6,
Lih Of Gro. SrnrnENsdG.s NeW York
HAnrsn 4 BRornERs-TAb wort with It,
quaint and unpreposseasine ILLS, ~ an Eng
ltsh author, contains SAetches Of character a
examples Of what men have done ~ depsndinl
upon themselves their own diligen,
sels-cmlture aad self.control-and upon ths
honest And upright performance Of indfvtdual
duty. How he achieves his purpose, we arr
unable 70 sAy. not having read the hook; bni
chapter or % imprsssss a. very hvorably
wiih regard to it. II 10 neatly gotten up BY
The HARPRRs. For saie BY A. MONKS.
APPEAL TO THE PEOPLE IN BEHALF on
rzRI9 RsonTs, as AsfAeyixsd Insevpressss Of the
Bstls. BY CATnARINE +. BEECHER. Now
York: HARPER & BRoTHERs.--The authoress
dedicates her book to the Editors of the Sc
cular Press, whom she styles " the true Tri.
Dunes Of the people," Those gentlemen are,
Indeed, very much In need Of Religion; but
the true Tribune for the BxECHKR paass OF
godliness is HORACE GRIZZLY, and 1t is to be
hoped that 1t will not find much favor with
the secular press outside OF the Tribune Office
This appeal purports to be in behalf Of liberty
Of conscience, freedom Of speech, dc.-a lib
erty that the Beecherites have perverted to liz
centiousness. For sale by A. MORRIS.
TIE MAN IN BLACK; an Historical Ronanse
Of the days Of Queen Anne. BY G.. r. r. JANIS.
author Of "Lord Montagues Page" "The
Cavalier" etc. Philadelphia: T. b PETERSON
L BRoTHERs.-This new novel from the pen
Of Mr.. JAMES, is copyrighted by the publish
ers. No man Of his day, we suppose, has writ
ten as many novels as G.. p. r. JAMES, and he
may with pride and conscious qualification
look back upon his labors as well-intentioned
for the good of society, its moral and literary
benefit; and no writer of fiction has written
less that was obnoxious to objections on the
score either of morality or good taste. His
works may be trusted with confidence into the
heart Of the most refined and virtuous society.
There is nothing in them to offend decency or
corrupt the mind. The author, always the
gentleman, scholar and historian, as well as
novelist-always writing for the chaste circle
OF the family fireside-aiWays iaboring for
the instruction as we'll as amusement of his
renders--has built for himself q reputation
much more to be enved than those Of some
bright names of the age which are clouded
with errors and defects that will exert an in
huence after their time for which the good
they have done will hardly compensate socie-
ty. For sale by J. w. RANDOLPH and by A.
MORRIS.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.; a Norei. BY ANNA
II. DRrRY, author of Friends and Fortune"
&c. New York: HARPER 4 BROTHERS. For
sale by A. MORRIS.
HARPER's MONTHLY-For Tebruary-Re. |
.eyed from A. NORRIS
FOOTBALLS ON THE BOUNDARY OF ANOTHER |
new work, noticed by US the |
'ther day, from the pen of ROBERT DALE |
OWEN, is received from Messrs. WooDHousE |
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-01-20
"a RICHMOND THEATPE
GRAND COMPLIMENTARY TFSTIIONIA

'eIi<D NoNT LINEN Rte1 IESll MONIAL
MISS CAROLINE RIcHINGs.
For the particulars of which look nj the f,,wi ne
BRILLIANT PROGRAMME.
his Ials Ens.eirrtainment VIII commences with the
PkIMA DONNA
RoGBh M MIS- P iEAAF1RL RitH fiNSaHlNes
Margaret. for this occasion) Mrs l. B. Philips
H Hr,f. t,or tins occasion) Mr.. Edwin Adams
40 ' MISS 9 'Re LINER RRIcHrNGs
VIII sing the following popular COMPOSITIONS:
Sir Henry, Bishops celebrated {" Mocking Bird
Aria"
PRAYER from the Opera Of " II Guiramento."
Wallace's Ballad. Softly We Night Winds"
the GROWN DIAMoNlRi'ss..o 'S from the opera Oh
To be followed hya
LIST. NEW 0VERTURE, comprised + b " Prot t A..
LINZ: RICRINGS ~ '"''' OH
End. GRAND BALLROOM SCENE, from the
D., i marnhee &c. Opera of the ENCaANTREsS.
Qucksteps-comp expressly for this Oc
,casioh, by the ARMORY BAND.
5tE. Invitation to the Waltz "IsoLiNAi." . MIL
Miss CAROLINE RICHiNGS,
9Th SS On IN Ms rp T. B. f fhps
ssh. LoVELL's POEM, (of shamers O. Brien.>
~, Mr. Edwin Adams.
The Festival concluding with the Grand Patriotic
Allegory of
O.. c. WAsHING T9N;
GOD DEss Of ITBERTY; Miss {: r, c EffHs1is
STAR SPANGLED BANNER! '"o
Assisted by the entire Company.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-01-20

Close Of the Seasoa.-The lovers of field
sports, in this section of the State, have had
good season for partridge shooting, and it is
now about time to tie up the pointers, lay
aside the double barrels and allow the birds
paratory to the spring. In some neighbor.
hoods vast numbers of birds were DESTROYED
i'll October, November and December, and if
the pursuit after them is continued, none will
be left as breeders for next season. The Le-
glslature ought to pass a game law before it's
adjournment, but from present indications
other subjects of greater importance will
probably occupy the attention OF the members
until the close of the session.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-01-20

Instructive Lectmrss.-The Rev. J. Davenport
Blackwell, pastor of Trinity Church, is deliv-
ering series of lectures on the parallels Of
our Saviour, every Wednesday night, in the
lecture room of the church, on Franklin
street. Mr.. Blackwell is 4 young minister of
decided ability as q scholar and theologian.
and one OF the most promising of the junior
members of the Virginia Annual Conference.
II is known to many of our readers that du.
ring his recent passionate of two years over
the Methodist f. Church on Union Hill he
won for himself an enviable reputation Us an
able minister. The subject for the next
lecture is the parable Of the mustard seed.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-01-20

Water PipsS.-The late contract by the city
with Joseph Il. Anderson Il Co. for casting
the iron pipes for the extension of the city
water works, will give employment to a num-
Der of persons. and besides putting into circu-
lation in Richmond about $5O,OOU, will relieve
the North of that much pap the profits Of
which might be invested in the publication OF
"Helper pamphlets and other abolition docu-
ments rs devoid of truth as are their au thors
of common honesty. Messrs. Anderson Il 20.
are preparing their patterns and making other
necessary arrangements as rapidly as possible,
and from all we can learn will furnish supe-
rior pipes to those heretofore purchased at the
North
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-01-20

Ram. ]. F RANKIN & Co. Opticians, have OPEN
ed very nice establishment at liS Main street,
(opposite Messrs Kent. Paine & Co.. with a great
variety Of scientific: useful and curious articles
tCrystai Perlsc"pic spectacles, which are superior
and the most approved shape. coming at the right
angle to the axis of vision: Opera GLASSES, Micro
scopes. Stereoscopes, with very large assortment
cal and Mathematical Instruments.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-01-20

TROUBLE BETWEEN ENGLAND AND PARA
oUAY.-A letter dated Buenos Ayres, Nov. 16,
says:
The imprisonment of an English subject by
Paraguay, for political offence, has called To
these waters force Of ships and gunboats
from England aad France, bringing, il is said,
1000 men. The demands of England are so
very heavy that Paraguay will not entertain
them, and long since the English consul with
drew. The prisoner is still living in solitary
confinement.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-01-20

HA- CORRECTNESS AND DURABILITY, the two
great considerations In obtaining likeness, We
appreciate a likeness only when it resembles the
loved ones of whom they are taken. They are
valuable only as they are durable for unless they
will endure after the object of our affections are
taken away. they are Of but little value. Correct
tie Portraits OF every size and style executed at
the Photograph and Fine Art Gallery of G w
MINIS 2i7 Main street; none other allowed to
leave his Gallery. il 90 t
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-01-20

Sfat5sd.-On Wednesday night last, q difii.
Guilty occurred on Brooke Avenue between
Philip @. Spindle, of Hanover, and Augustus
progress Of which Spindle received several
blows and Z wore stab in the left shou lder
Soon after the occurrence Lipscomb was ar.
rested for the assault aud Eason for the stab.
bling. Yesterday morning the accused parties
were before the Mayor, but owing to the alb
sence Of a witness, the Investigation Was id.
jOurned nu til this morning
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-01-20


Complimentary TsstfroHiaf 10 Miss Riehisss.
The compliment which has been rendered to
Miss Caroline R1enings By . nn4eer Of our
citizens, is IN evidence of their appree1ation
OF her smtnent ta1ents, And we hnfeAo Soubt
that I crowded hose win second IT, ofer 20
handsomely made md gfncefnlly aecepted: -
Indeed, MISS RicAings hcrself eviuees de.
terInination to reader the occasion eQnal to the
most sanguine expectations Of ~ projectors,
by bringing ont programme ri An so ,'.I
tiAnment Of surprising excellence. The beautt-
full comedy Of the Primo Dossa, In which She
snstain. the character Of sts!la, MIS-. Phillips
that Of Margaret, Mr.. Richings tnAt OF As*eIe;
Mr.. Adams that OF Eric and Mr.. Bailey that OF
Hoibeis, will be performed, with some delight
fal music, closing with variations from the
sparkling opera Of the lyors Didmonds Then
comes u advertisement commencing with
new overture, composed by Prot, Rosenberger,
the talented leader Of the orchestra, and dedt-
Gated to Miss Caroline Richings. A prominent
feature of this part of the entertainment IS
piano performance by the fair beneficiary
The patriotic aIlegory Of WASHINGTON terni-
mates programme which we consider one OF
the best that has ever been offered for inc
amusement Of Richmond audience.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-01-20

Good TaAnsry, properly couduc ted, could
not fail to prove profitable to the owners il
established in Richmond and it is not little
surprising that the business has failed to at
tract the attention of capitalists SO long. Be-
sides the aIno-at OF hides that could readily
be purchased here, the surrounding country
South and West would furnish large quan.
tity and the lime and barks necessary for the
purposes of the tanner, may be had vt our
very doors.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-01-20

Stealing Pork.-Nancy, slave to George Turn
er, was convicted before the Mayor Yesterday
of stealing fifty pounds of pork from Andrew
Shuttle, and sentenced to the LASH
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-01-20

Paying the FoiuntserS.-The volunteers who
lately served at Harpers Ferry and Charles
town-or at least fair proportion of them
are complaining bitterly that the General As
sembly have not yet made provision to pay
them for their lost time whilst in the service
OF the State. Many of them are poor men,
with large families, and having nothing to de-
pend upon but their labor, feel severely the
loss Of two or three weeks earnings, at this
particular season OF the year. Five or ten dol
lars go long ways with a working man, who
has wife and children TO support; and the
withholding of that amount from his mon tn.
ly supplies, is punishment that ought not to
be inflicted by the Common wealth. Unless
arrangements are made to pay this class OF
soldiers In very short time, their claims may
be bought for one.fourth the amount now
justly due them.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-01-20

Dismissed. The warrant sgainst A. A.
Hughes, charged with threatening 10 assault
and cowhide William II. LankfoFd., was dis
missed BY the Mayor, yesterday, the con plain
ant ostug sattsded thsn that Mr.. HusheG
would not whip him. 800 NJ -
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-01-20

The New Warehouse, near Mayo's bridge in.
tended for the storage and sale OF tobacco,
when completed, will prove Il great conve-
nience to the public, inasmuch as it's location
Is a central one, and its capacity very great
1t will probably be ready for use in the course
of few mOnthS,
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-01-20

TAE POSr.OrFlCE CONTEACToRS.-A num-
per OF letters were received at the Post Office
department in Washington ON Tuesday, from
mAil contractors In different parts of the
Union. declaring their intention to break of
!ne INES, no appropriation is made by the
ist OF March. The House OF Representatives,
Y 20 long delaying Its organization, ~ assum-
ing fearful responsibility.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-01-20

Bad Ttorongh fars.-Dock street from IA til to
18th, is i'll very bad condition, and needs some
attention to prevent its becoming impossible.
"A stitch liz time may save nine, SO it is said
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-01-20

A Drnw- Bridge is very much needed at the
intersection of 18th street with the dock, so as
to enable small vessels to pass into the west
ern division, and load and unload at 14th and
18th streets. The cost of this Improvement
could not be a great deal, and would enable
many more vessels to enter the dock than can
now get in.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-01-20
The Home journal.

sThs Staunton Spectator pays q tribute to
this beautiful, bright and pure literary paper.
which we beg leave to endorse with all cur
hearts. There II NO more gifted and chivairic
gsnueman among the literary characters of
his ~ any other hand than Gen. NORRIS.
tAs ssaior editor. The fame Of his associate.
1r. WILLls. 10 - wide a. the country. There
u. hewevef, triad Of authorship In the Jour.
sal one Of whom. lees known than the other
sstiDabie editors, deserves great credit for his
own agency In sustaining the efficiency and
hme 81 . periodical which is the acknowledg.
% Asad Of the literary papers OF America
We ssssr to r. B. COrrIN, Esq, one Of the
most rising gsniuses among the young literary
nm Of Tie North and destined, we hone. to
y hsaahaat star In the armament of nation
q isessrs. He has already achieved an eny liable
ssputaeaon - Tie author Of some Of the most
Sparkling asd bea atiful predictions which
nave appeared In the Northern press. The
reading public owe him . debt Of gratitude
notsnay for tAs marked ability with which n.
diseAarses his editorial duties, bu. for the mr..
sleeping Vigilance which keeps the column.
OF his paper - puSs ~ they are lustrous.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-01-20

Good Plan.-Where persons are too poor to
pay the city water rent, and the Council know
that fact, the use of hydrants is readily given,
so that no one may suffer for the use of that
esse 1tial element. When the water facilities
are increased sufficiently, public hydranrs, for
the use of Transfers and others, ought to be
established in the three wards
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-01-20

The Clay Statue Directory held a meeting yes
terday afternoon, VIM II. Macfarland, Esq,
in the chair A committee, consisting of Messrs.
James A. Scott, w. Gfoddin. John Freeland, J.
+. Barnes, James Peasants, G.. X. Crutch-
field, Fleming Griffin, f. Steam and Geo. w.
Jones, was appointed, to make the necessary
arrangements for receiving the statue and de-
posting i. in Mechanics Institute Hall for
safe-keeping.
Messrs. Macfarland, Saunders, Robertson
and Myers were appointed a committee to ap-
ply to the Legislature for the privilege Of
placing the statue on the Square, and on the
southern slope, if possible.
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Hon. John Bell.

An influential political leader of the Old
Line Whig party in Ohio, sends to one of the
EDITORS OF this paper document urging as the
Opposition candidate for the Presidency the
Hon. JOHN BELL. who has lately been recon-
mended for the position by the Whg members
OF the Tennessee Legislature. AS the Dispatch
Is not connected with politics, we beg leave to
decline the pnblication,-not certainly from
any want OF respect for our Ohio FRIEND nor
for Mr.. BELL, whom we have always regarded
as one OF the first intellects Of his party, and
who has long occupied Il deservedly conspicu-
Gus and influential position in the councils Of
the country.
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Died.

On Jsnusry 1Sthf 1851, g the rssidenes ct hi.
his age.
professei conyersiAn "a Christianity At meeting
Of the Methodist church in this COUNT. and was
D,sciples' church, and has ever since lived niOus
life He leavOs YOUNG wife, an ayed fsther. three
MOURN hin loss. H -yssss =.
Caroline County, Va.
kA Tas Richmond papers will please copy.
On the 18th inst. at HE Eesidence. the Brooke
Plank Road, CHARLES Z. f CLCHER,i IN the 3lst
year OF his ago,
r. Nashville Gazette please copy.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-01-20

DISCHARGE OF FRAsIxR.-Young Frazier.
charged with stealing horse from Mr. Dick
Jason. Of Prince Edward county, Va, has been
discharged BY the Mayor OF Lynchburg.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-01-20

OF the Track.-Yes terday morning the down
train on the York River Railroad ran off the
track when about one mile and a half from
this city, causing detention Of the passengers
for about two hours. No one was injured. One
of the freight cars was broken, and the track
torn up for few feet. The damage was re-
paired by 3 O'Clock in the afternoon
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-01-20

Loss or THE BRic ExErER.--The brig Exc.
ter, for London, WAS cast away on the I'D uit.
OF Lowiia, and became total loss. No lives
were lost.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-01-20

Coz. SIXTH, VI the Virginia Military Insti-
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-01-20

The Comfy Roads, in certain sections, are
said to be almost impossible. and as long as
the present method OF working them is adj
hered to, the people need expect no improve
ments TO be made by the Surveyors The only
true plan for having good roads is to let each
road out by CONTRACT, to some res ponS BILE
man, and then, if he fails to comply with his
contract, to prosecute and make him pay well
for failing to comply. On many of the roads
the Surveyors are farmers, who dislike TO an
noy their neighbors by calling out their hands
to work, as they have Il right TO do, and thus
the highways become nothing but holes and
gulleys, and every one who has 10 ride or drive
over them is made to suffer. By levyine a road
tax on each male over the age of sixteen years,
every county would be enabled TO keep its
highways III thorough repair, and every farm
er who had to haul over one or more Of them
would more than make up the tax in the ad-
ditional amount of produce he could haul to
market, not to say anything of the pleasure
he would daily derive from having good roads
to travel over In other States road taxes are
levied. and the roads are kept in perfect order.
Why may not a similar system be adopted in
Virginia
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-01-20

The Police were engaged yesterday at the
Capitol in preserving order and in watching
for pickPockets, several of whom, fresh from
the North, were said to be industriously en-
gagged in attempts to discover valuable wal.
let's and watches. Looking for a needle in a
hay stack would be profitable employment
compared to that of keeping an eye on a
"pick, when professionally employed in a
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-01-20

Il 49, kOTICE.-Dr. BURWELL has re-
O>-a-a moved his Office to the corner Of Broad
and 5th streets, In Schutte's building.
y: Bile has first rate CHAMBER and LA
D1 s MAID for hire. ia lit
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-01-20

York Rirer Railroads.&c. meeting of the
stockholders of the Richmond and York River
Railroad Company was held at West sPoint
on Tuesday last, and the proposition Of the
New York and Richmond Coal Company to
construct a new road from the Richmond and
Fredericksburg Railroad, commencing near
the Fair Grounds of the Virginia Central Ag-
ricuitural Society, to some point near the old
mile east of this city, there to connect with the
but owing to the fact that two-thirds Of the
stock was not represented, the meeting ad-
journed until the 3Ist inst, when the PROPOSE
ton will again come up and be acted upon.
The length of the new road will be about six
miles, and will throw upon the York River
Road the carrying of one hundred thousand
tons of coal upon the York River Road, every
year, thus making an item in the receipts of
that road not TO be despised.
The Coal Company, under their charter,
have no power to construct the road NECESSARY
to make the connection with their works
and for that reason they desire to have the
road constructed under the authority and
auspices of the York River Railroad Com
pany; but they are willing to furnish the
means and pay all costs and charges incurred
in,Or incident to the construction. Wepresume
the stockholders are not a all likely to reject
the boon thus offered, inasmuch as it will be
the means OF establishing a large coal depot
AT West Point-the terminus of their road
where vessels Will come 10 secure frei ght, and
thus establish a trade that will prove pro.
tiable to the citizens of West Point. and in
valuable to the road and its stockholders.