The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-04-04
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Far We.s euAinge sssseAy, MaseAe 81.


Tie vary Neste lecktcher Nv the see1un VA
t,elivud last Thsrsdy, BY Mr.. Ionnar Tomsun,
eddyeer nv the Suthun Literary Messinjsr.
,ye Iecktcherti about Edgaray Pc, and, -
s.d uefo. It wuz long ways the bestc lecktchSr
,re had this wintar. at lssst nv them heerd,
and I herd neerly all. Mr.. Jonnar Tomsun
is q ientlemun ruther belo the mejnn hite, with
a tremendous broun beerd and mustatcher.--
He speeks distinct 20 that you kin heer evry.
thinge he says, which 10 sumthiags do ad.
mler in ennyhoddy that speeks at all His
stile is polisht, scollarly, entertSniDge and his
trsetmeat nv = subjeck tharrow without De-
ing werysum. Owings to the fackt that SUI
fishent motifs hadn't bin given, thar waz not
lardge attend unce as thar wood hav bin.i but
the peepil which wux thar wux the most cul.
tyvatid in toun. and the opinyun wuz yunani.
mus that the lecktcher wux q ferst.rait one.
Evvryboddy went away not only pleezd but
sAtisfide.
The iseuyus Of Pc cannot be gu estchund.-
Rul i, wuz ieenyus not nv a high odder-:hat
is il iuven ted much that wuz strange, giu-
nv. fcreful but il discovered nuthinge, cree
a,ed nuthinge. The dixeezed immajinashun
threw out sranulashuns monstrus, loorid,
startling, unknown beto, and not without
bewty NV a certaine painful sort; but the
producks were alwais morbid. Pos kase wuz
study NV his carrickter belongs less ~ the
Ii,tererry crittick than TO that high order NV
patholclists which this sentury IL destind to
prodeWce: meen medikil men that don't
trust inttrely TO the skalpell, the mykroscope
and kemmikul reajunts, but 10 the finer in-
strumunrs NV mentui anallisis, and perticku-
lulIy to herreditery histry and cumparativ
biograly. Who has examind Pos iizxicul an
teseedsntsl That's the thinge to be known.
As poit and = writer, PV did littil or NO
good 10 the wurlde: but his carrickter and
taiunts, viewd as a dixzeeze, will heerarfter
throw much lite on the morbid anattemy nv
the humun iateleckt.
Ithink shall Civ lecktcher myself befo
x1enny dais, on toppicS apprOprit 70 the pre-
sunt munth Nv Aprul.
About 5VOO peepul getherd on Name st. last
Thersdy to see the steem fer injine puffom.-
And it did play bewtiful-throNin lardge
streem NV warter long ways abuv the Eagul
ON top the Amerrykun Hotel. l: nings two
streems NJ wunst, enuf to put out emmy fer tx
cept that which she'll be naimless. jest sposin
Naypoleyun had had this iDjine at Moscow,
that Hercuieeze had terad it on the Orjeen
stabiis. What like abou: it is the eyedear "
our masheenists making things fer the Emprer
NV Rusher. He is perdidjus good custumer,
as Mr.. Winans NV Baltym0 kin attest, and
only wish he wood hav al his werk done in
this sitiy. Wondir Of he chaws tubbaker ,!
We and Linchberg kin supply him with the
very best. Ef 1 knew he wuz q reedin man, I
wood send him a copy Nv the DAILY DisPatch
to reed at brekfuss duringe them cole winter
mornings that he has in that froze mp country
NV his. think 1t wood doc him good.
The Guvner's Garde peradid one day last
weak, atracktinge not a littil atenshnn. Pity
thar hossis Amt all NV one cutler. l think
som tails to thar jump jackets wood be a i'm
pruvement. too. A groan up man without
emmy tail to his cote rezembnls steer in the
same condishun, and looks like he had lors
sumthfnge that onght to be thar. You feel all
the item like yon wisht he wood 60 back and
git it. BUT spose calfalry must be calfalry.
The wether don't impruve one bit in its man.
nurs. Seams to be very Ondecidid whut to
doc with itself or how to act. The neckst
sunce. And the way it Is dusty-goOdniss
grnshus! Wether like whit we hav had lait-
~ il very hard on the trees and the ladis-
neither nv um kin cum ont much.
1t Is the biZZy seeZun with the merchants,
and no man knows whit the yuug men, and
the Employers also, has to suffer while the see
Zun larsis. Evvry faculty Nv thar minds, and
evvry mussil Nv thar bodies, is taxi almost
goinge to write a account nv days werk III i
dri guides sto, jest 10 show peepil the innor-
mus laber the sto folks hav TO DO in the spring
and fall. faint n bed NV rosls, kin tell you,
that they sleep on these days and items. They
werk harder fer thar mummy than emmy Niger
mawlin rails.
A repote has cum to my years nv Debate
lnge Sosiety iormd in this sitty by sum yung
lads, and am req uestid to say q few wirds
on this pint. humtiy sujest, tharfo, that at
the neckst meetinge Nv the sosiety they discus
the Ques tchun, "What kin be done by the lads
NV Verginyer fer the HISTORICAL Sosiety !''
They hav paid fer the Clay statchew and ov-
vrythinge; they hav neerly got Mt. Vernun
oil thar hands, and / RELY don't see whut bet
ter task they kin now ingage in than the bild-
inge up Nv the Historricul Sosiety, and put.
1inge it on q footing which the gloryns past
NV our nobil ole Stait demands. 1t seems the
gentlemen wont do emmy thinge; it is useless to
look fer help frum the Ledjislnchur, and ct
the Lads don't step fowerd, then the chances are
bad indeede.
In the absens NV uther amewsmunce-the
weak bcinge quite di1ieciiv in this regard-1
lern that member frum the West afOrdid the
Hous of Delights a rar treet last Sattedy mite,
that will long be remembud by them that had
the plezure Of hearinge his speach. Whenuv-
thar, why don't they ring the gard-hous bell /!
But wit in that abode NV dulniss is like a di-
dapper when he dives-thar is no telling when
he will cum up or whar.
book NV POETRY will shortly be ishered in
this sitty which will create q sensashun eQul
to the Jon Broun invashun.
The Westun sisters have arrived at the The
ater, to rename the prezunt weak; the Camel's
Minstruls will play mites at the Mecannix
Institeut; and thar Is a Baptis Far goinge on
in the saim place, which / hoap will do as
well rs the one that prpseedid ii.
l hav bin attacked ON all sides about my
opinyuns on art and my stories in litteray-
rure. Beinge unabil to defen myself trust
my critticks will consider that hav hOllerd
"Nuh,' - and tern thar batris aginst q mo val
yunt Opnent. As don't luv TO be beet very
bad, cry Is cts. in advanse.
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