The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-03-09

Express thus pictures the social condition
the negro in that city:
The Pest is clarifying Mr. Stewards speed
The argument Is, that a man is man Mort
Mercer street. the Hook, the Five Points, a
under the editors own eyes, belle this. A u,
gro Is not half of a man in New York city I!
He don't vote lie don't serve on juries. II
don't "train.' He don't work in the worl
shops. He don't drive the licensed cart n
don't study in a white school. He don't aru
the engine" lie don't tend behind the coun
ter. He don't print among the printers in tn
Posts printing Office. Living, he don't wol
ship God in the Posts church and dead. h
Is dumped into Potters Field. or sold TO tn
doctors in Fourth Avenue, or 18th and i4t
streets, fcr a skeleton; or, if not thus solo
kicked o.: into the "Black Graveyard. ;, OF
top Of dozen black bodies there before i'm
We, 'doughfaces' as we pro-slavery
sold TO the SOUTH" &c.-from the very bot
tom OF our hear t., pity the poor, bile
New York social slave "nigger"
The FATHER or WATERs.-A writer refer
ring to the vastness of the Mississippi River
says at ex tends J. 100 miles from the frozer
regions of the North TO the sunny South anc
with the Missouri river is l. 5tsD miles in length
II would reach from New York across the Al.
Iantlc Ocean or from France to Turkey and the
Caspian Sea. Its average depth is 50 feet, and
It's width half Il mile The floods are more
than month travel fro its source 10 its delta
Inc traprers can exchai GO the furs of animals
the tropical fruits gathered on the banks below
The total value of the steamers afloat on the
river and Its tributaries is more than S6O,OUO
w. numbering 1000 boats, with more thar
twice The steamboat tonnage of England 1t
Grams an area of ,2OO,OO square miles and
washes the shores Of ~ powerful States. In
one single reservoir at Lake Pepin, between
wisconsin and Minnesota, $500 miles from the
sea, the navies Of the world might safely ride
at anchor.
the charleston Courier says the last Spanish
mail steamer conveyed to the army in Africa a
part OF the Cuban contribution about $50 O09
anu some three hundred thousand cigars, to-
getner with an immense quantity OF tobacco
In baies. scraps, and paper cigarettes Cuba
Will do still more in the money line and her
voluntary contributions will exceed vi 600 coo !!
A few Jealous Spanish officers tried inaffectu
ally, to raise battalion Of free negroes and
muiattoes for the African campaign; but the
nIgh- sounding name OF the Cuban Zouayes
mas laiIed to engage the free blacks sympa-
thies. In Porto Rico, however the neonIe
nave organized a full regiment for the war
which Is to bear the name Of the island
Too MODEST TO BE GRATEFUL-The Liver.
pool Albion says that young lady. the eldes,
daughter of a we'll known Baronet. was so
deep sleeper that it was always difficult to
wake her; and in the year 1865 a fire broke OUT
NJ night In the family mansion, when a male
domestic burst into her room and snatchino
her as she lay in bed, conveyed her to a place
OF safety. Strange To say, the lady's high sense
OF modesty caused her preseryer to be dis
charged from her fathers service. The lady
Is sun unmarried, but the man who risked his
lie to save that of his mistress has been re- |
warded by a legacy Of f5O0, beluea thed to him |
by MS late master.
fIREMEN's TouRNAMENr.-A tournament |
open TO all engines South of the Potomac is
to take place in Columbia, S. c., on the 16th |
DAY of May next. The fare over the railroad
leading To bia is to be reduced one. half
.. ne nrst prize Tor hrst class engines on dis
lance, Is TO De silver pitcher and salyer.
worth $2OO-the second prize for second class
engines on distance. a silver pitcher worth
SI1o-thlrd prize, for first class engines on
4 quantity, a silver trnmpet valued AZ sim
fourth prize, for second class engines on Gnan.
NY. silver trumpet valued at S75-the fifth
prize, Ior steam fire engines on dis lance silver |
goblet and salver, worth 500
ADULTERATION OF FOOD-A q uebec cheu |
LIST has recently published the result of a
chemical analysis of some Of the articles of
co. consumption sent to that city by New York
bear the label mo sulphate OF copper. he did
not hDd this salt, but sul phate of iron instead
In sherry wine he discovered an immense
lnahtlty oI salt In green tea he found con-
leras. The gin was nothing but whiskev ond
ssence OF juniper. Aud in the best q ualities |
y snnn ne found peroxi e of iron and other i
nemicais TO the extent ofone: i'm Gifts bnM.
ALL's WELL THAT ENDS WELL--Hans s
'oTsneiiner, German flute player, while Sc |
J. young countrywoman d short time
. nss IN ~ ranam avenue, Brooklyn, N. y was
u tue hea0 with club so violently as to
acture the skull and endanger his life
'nerenpon the serenaded girl had him taken a
ITO the mousse, nursed him tenderly and mar !
ed MN as soon as he was restored to con- | ii
'iousness, to the chagrin of his brutal as. d
ailant. |
VHE NAVY ABROAD.-A CORRESPONDENT of
e New YORK Times, writing abo vi our Afri.
~ squadron, says private quarrels, personal O
eJuo'ces, ana the venting OF individual
leen, seem to be the sole occupation of the
acers. This corresponds with the account
hich comes from the Central American
luadr0n. What Is the matter with the NAVY.
AZ, a. soon as the officers are sent upon dutv d.
ey all become quarrelsome among them,
lvesl ''
WinchelL an old resi-.
mt OF Jackson township Ohio, was murder
on the night OF the 18th ult., by one Of his | u
ne, ms son-,n law, and nephew. They cut ,
throat with = knife, and then wrapping b
BODY In sheet, threw it into a creek ~
here II was found by the neighbors A little VI
OF the deceased revealed the mode of his Y,
AIN, ana the murderers are now in Jail.
1srLArrD.-Du1;n1 tho ,or. ~. F. F.
lich swept over Cleveland, Ohio. on the y:td
l., woman was passing across the Flats Ls
len she was caught up by violent pus1and | a,
'pped into the river. She was buoyed mn EH
ner expanded clothes, but drifted ranidiv ia
wa tne stream. Mr.. Thos. Walter succeed. Ha
a, tke.tlng nrr ashore, much scared aud very ia
81, but no. hurt. HI
N ARRYINa FOR MONEY! Rhod. rs,,,s VI
). eah VINO shall be nameless. not Ion~ CT,
= = - married ,. lady repnted to be rich, who moi
..y turned out 10 be poor hnt sn,n. so. Mo' jan
-. nuIeu dollars In debt which no ma -, M
ntr.o,.S nm, however that the debt ia ~
private him. WIG" sue bought to =,
n.o,n,. 80 W. W
: ra,s AeAIH.-Manager Onrr nc ~,
= ~ ~ t1eatre, who weighs nearly hs,s - ~, e Viz
= iii RsUsac says, was carried by Blondir ~, -,
Es;d .oPe rom the stage to the third ,,ap VIZ
eixh ~. III .a last. Carr must certa,nIv VI,
eixh. or,v iax '"o pounds, while Blondiyy y"
AAos MAAUEACToRIKs IN ~., Ora
"a ,..- -" me United States thers NLrED
~ woIAs-eS2 furnaces ass for.s. "ac i,ooo Ora
mug miis, which produce annS.1,. and Ss5 | A.,
NV TONS OF iron. the value Of whicS aDout "a
binary year. Is &5O,OO0UOO. III An So,
| SOl
DOCuAENrs.-A negro ns,r.a | u.
a k0ss, OF Havrs dc Grace. Md was arrss' "'s
on THURSDAY morning last, beiax indic,sd vi,
grand lury OF Hartford county for re-. Ri.
wing the New York Tribune, which il Al a.
"a TO Dc an incendiary document. "is
oNP.0AIsE or AN ASSAULT uposA -.
iOoL TEAchxR.-lt il unders TODD that in | =
case Of Miss Drake, school teacher of R,s- 81
. assaulted ia her shool. room. a settle. -,
III has been etsAS ,n m a Coz