The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-03-27

Es.orx.srs o. Nxw Yoxx Crry oyyrclns
Revelations we'll htsed - astonieh tho people
OF New Iork are made g the Tribane, 'eon.
| cefainf the Almshouse Departnent Of thai
ely. In their light our own institution seems
!ne very home Of sobriety, economy, tustIcO.
Unoer the mtsmAnaeeme6t Of an unpfincipleA
rscone Oa s.nor. ovs me D.rarsmens has at les9sl
Eacn Governor desms II his privilege 10 make
the Institution 4 pleasant loaflps piace ~
nlmseif and friends. TAree or four large din.
Wardeas five Govsrnors have eot drnnS N =
time, and fought over their Guns; Il fs no mn
common event for the psisosers to help the
maudin nea.ts 20 the boots for home The most
wanton familiarities are pvac tieed betVeen the
Governors and the prisoners; women 70 into
their dinner parties and plead for their dis.
charge, frequently succeeding. The costliest
wines an sno 1.n~ liquors and cigars are carried
have become acknowledged "spreee.n markeSi
by debauchery of all kinds.
"The children on Randall's Island have heen
ors, and paraded with Tying banners and to
the music OF die and drum. at all hours Of the
night, for the benefit OF fire companie ia reH
gious and charitable societies and for political
Moloney was running for Senator lass fan.
ne nad them out At niAhk on Washington
Heights. for his ,8iorification. About the ssms
time ne took John q. Heenan and a number OF
n
view the boys. The youngsters were drawn
up in line, and made to give cheer upon cheer
for the Benicia Boy
.oas. the food Of the psupers. lunatics, and pri-
sohere, IS OFTEN totally unfit for use. Other
graver charges are preferred against the shame.
less servants OF the public, and reform il sternly
0emahded An appropriation Of 500, l99 10
asked oy the Board for the expenses of the
could be saved by judciOus management.
NAVAL 1NTELLIoEyCE.-The latest aaayices
rom Captain Page, commanding the United
aguay, states that the chartered steamer Ar.
gentina had received her boilers and would
reloin the squadron forthwith. The expedi.
tion progresses we'll, and all continue in good
was at Montevideo on the list of February.
The general health of the officers and crew
was good. The flagship Congress had left on
q cruise. The brigs Perry and B.inbridge
to leave for home. Dispatches were recentlv
received at the Navy Department, from Flag
Cncer 1nman, commanding the African
The movements Of the squadron
are given In full, but nothing of any import
ance concerning the slave trade The general
heaitn OF the squadron was good.
Court Of Inquiry Ia being held at Panama,
on Commander Lockwood, Of the United States
snip Cyane. II Is suggested that he will be
replaced by Captain RoWen, who has recently
been detached from the Ordnauce Department.
at the Brooklyn Yard. Lieutenanrs Henry
booen and William L. Bradford have been
ordered to the stere.ship Supply
ECCLESIASTICAL CHURCH vEsTMHNra IN
ENaLAND.-The London Times Gays: 1t NAV
possioiy surprise some people to learn tha,
among the clergy are no ecclesiastical vest.
ments at all. They are simply acatlemical
costumes. Even If q priest were attired Il, the |
utmost extent permitted by the Act, he would |
M mo 4 hu, l.
by all the resident members Law as well as 1
clerical, OF the Universities Of Oxford and |
Cambridge. Surplices are worn not only by
sIaouates, Dut by under graduates when they
I 'tehu chapel square caps and black gowns
lorm the ordinary costume Of the place, and
bands have only dropped into disuse within
Inc last so years. AS 1t is, indeed, they are
~orm " ~ oarristers as well as cisrgymen, just
Is snrpiices are worn by choristers as we'll as
priests. The scarf, if it really represents the /
stole or yoke, has certainly 4 more ecclesiasti.
:ai character, but. as it happens, 1t is not
habit common to the ecclesiasticai body. being
confined by usage to graduates in divinity. or
Inc more dlgnifted orders in the Church,
CAUSE OF 1NsANITY.-Dr. Penney for mauy
years past the Resident Ph ysician Of the NY.
City Lunatic Asylum, In speaking Of the pre-.
iispOsing or existing causes of insanity. re.
marks as follows:
Mlsdirected education, by cultivating par.
icular lacuity or faculties. at the expense Of
The Others, and thus destroying the balance
between them, lays the foundation for de. |
rang-ment for any slight exciting cause. The
1ish culture OF the reasoning powers. with
In entire neglect Of the moral, produce. an
but bad man, while the cultiya.
hon OF the "heart" ut the expense Of the
. head" produces 4 man Of feeling-,he fH.
natic. The emotions hold an important place
"a the production of our happiness, ard if
they become morbidly sensitive and particu.
larly Separa ted from in ntelioctuNl control the
Harmonious action Of u weil-balauced mjud
no longer exists. For the perfec tion Of the
mental faculties, the physical organs must
also b. developed.