The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-12-24
FROM WARRINGTON.


brilliant, mild as Spring, and matters 70 on
mucn as usual. But there is hardly a think
lug man who does not feel that the fate Of the
mon Is irrevocably sealed, and q Southern
Confederacy inevitable. Recons tructionis,s
and Middle Con federacy men have little to
nope from the drift of the Revolution, as will
appear In the next ten days
Stephens, of Georgia was expected here
this morning, and may be here now. He will
De serenaded &c, by the Union men. He will
iend ms influence to effect q compromise h
the Senate Com mittee of Thirteen. As TO ne
Committee of Thirty three it has fallen in to
con tempt.
Southern men tell me the Republicans have
oeen Wondrous conciliatory for the last day
or TWO. But they concede netbing and, iudg-
ing from the following extract from last
nights Tribune, there is little reason to think
that they will concede or that their conces-
sions will be worth the paper on which they
are written. Our Conservative men should
Weigh well these words coming from the ablest
ana most widely circulated exponent OF Re-
publican opinion. Speaking of the Com
promise demanded by the most moderate
Southern men, Greeley says:
They demard that we should give up sIl that
legitimate, constitutional viator}. the fruits of
seHTs of labor, 'nsptred By dsfp moral and con
SetsFsiohS coFrtfttor, has gained theY ask " hat
our ancestors, IN DAYS of dar and peril would
never yIeid; ana they seek to galu what, If SVEN
row. would only be SHatched back again aHdey she
grurtRg ami -SLGrsFV ss3i Tr3tEt 0} tEs North a.
no distant day sHatcEed back again 1chtlt deter
mira ION side ani resistance en- tae othsr
fcoEEd tend struggle 10 to4tch thts ebI-d S
Ptay II Is iata! ioolls1negs To mae such con-
ctsslone now We ara hail through thu hattie /,
let us hulsh II like men, and Ue GCue with the con-
troversy forever "
The italics are my own. And now l would
ask whether our whole past experience does
not prove that the North Will "sDatcs back"
any and every thing that we may extort from
il under the pressure of existing troubles :
And, consequen tly, will not the next crisis be
so bloody and terrible as to make the present
one "chlld'S play compared 10 iti We must
look this matter square the faCR, u
about delay, is TO KICK against The pTicks.
Pugh's speech, yesterday, was the most pow
ertni by far that he ever delivered. his il-
clctment OF the Republican party was over
whelming. Coercion AuGy Johnson was at
terly crushed. TeAnesseeaLs say he will be in
danger when he goes back home. At The close
OF his speech, all the Southern Senators
warmly coHGratulaJeo Mr.. Fugh. Mr. Douglas
said himself that be was moved TO tears. Yet
hs ia, or was, until recently, himself a Coer-
zionist.
Owing to the adjournment OF the House TO
Monday, the SUuth Carolina members will
uOt leave Till then. 1t is more than proba bic
that they will rot SO alone. The feeling with
these mon is not that Of e1ultation. 1t is 100
deep tor that. Never have l seen men SO over
mastered by profound emotion as were some
OF them last night.
Mr.. RUSSELL from the Wheeling district is
here, and reports secession rapidly on the in
crease there. Our members are moving into
the Soutnern column. M!llSon is lost IN the
fog OF The Crisis Committee. Boteler hugs the
phantom of The Missouri Compromise Har-
ris is the last of the Mohicaus" as regards
the nope OF coming TO terms with the Repub-
licans.
Judge Aliens Botetourt resolut tions are pro-
nouuced the abest State parer of the day. 1t
is said that Mr.. Breckinridse accompanied
Mrs. Anderson when she appealed TO the
Presid ant TO save her husband al Fort MOul-
trie, ana added the full force of his influence
III her favor, but ali in vain the President t
assured her OF her husbands safety, but would
not reinforce him.
The whole OF the ten million loan will be
taken AT from 10 per cent. helow par. Col
son sings bere on Monday night. A little good
music in the midst of this excitement will be
like breath OF fresh air to man suffocating.
ZED.
WASHINGTON Dec. - 1860.
Mr.. Breckenridge, In forming the Commit
tee of Thirteen, shows the differ snce between
himself and Pennington. He has placed the
ab!est men OF all sections on it, and il any
thing can be done 10 stop the Revolution they
will do 1t. Conservatives place great conf
dence in this committee.
Meantime, LlncOlnS virtual declaration of
war against South Carolina has dispelied the
hopes of many who went 10 bed last night in
the most sanguine spirits. If il is expected
that threats will nave any other influence
than 10 confirm South Carolina in her posi-
ton, and TO bring the whole South actively TO
her aid, the Republicans are grievously In
error. There IS much despondency here to-
day.
The bill authorizing the Baltimc,re and Ohio
Railroad to extend it's Washington branch
across the Long Bridge so as to connect Wi tn
the Virginia roads passed the Senate yester-
day by decided vote Of IS yeas TO Is nays
The bill is hampered with many amendments
which may prevent its acceptance by the COM
pany but the extension is imperiousiy de-
manded by the exigencies of travel and trade,
which will not permit stOppages ana changes
when they can BE- avoided.
A shrewd New England man said this morn
| ing that all Charleston has to do is to declare
| itself & free port; the Yankees will do the
rest. UEcle Sam may impose as many EN- bar
| goes on the port as he pleases but the Yankees
| will tool him 10 death, and soon we shall fir d
| the whole Northwest running to Charlesto
| to buy goods free of duty.
l have 1t from most reliable authority thr
Lincoln has decided on the following men as
Southern y members of his Cabinet TO wit
| Csssius Clay, Edward Bates and Frank Blair
| The nth has little to hope from constitu-
| tionaI advisers of this sort
Weed is expected here hourly. Seward, or
| the pretence OF g3lng to see his family, had 4
| three-day's contab with Weed, who at once
pushed Of to have an in teryieW with Lincoln
| and now comes post has te TO the Federal city,
bringing. it is supposed, a compromise Of some
Kind with him.
Mr.. Douglas, il is said, will at an early day
advocate the plan OF cutting oil New England
| doubt this. Moreover, ii Is quite plain tha
all New EGgiaI combined is not SO dau gero us
| to the South as the Tribune newspaper. Whic q
tuiS pldH proposes 10 retain IN tne new u GiUl
Ihe teeiin9 mere IS against South Carolina
She Is sneered al and reYiI9d by he major ltY
OF the people. But many are devoted To her
cause, and L have hearQ from a man who
mixes with the lever 0Efers that secession IS
on The Increase among them.
At the Theatre We have a drama OF the
French Revolution, which the managers, /
suppose, deem appropriate 10 the times.
a gentleman just returned from q months
soJouru in SoutH Carolina tells Ine that never
before in all his life has he seen whole people
so imbued with deep, solemn pUrpUse, as aTs
those people there. " e" says he, ANY mau
wants 10 be cared OF The opinion that Sou h
CArO!tnl4n> are aCUDE III 4 lit OF @!it. rae 4
passion, let him spead three dal r1ciZ them
aad my word Tor il, he viii fad ihat be hos
been dreaming. This Is an uprising Of The
whole people. They Will never come back
int this Union until they are conquered
! received letter from l. L)uisIHu, last nigh-
which closes by saying "this Staie wlii e
out OF The Union, as certain Us fate, by the Isl
OF February" ZED.
AN OPIATg-DRINKiNG WOMAN There is &
woman in Beruardston, NJ ass., over fifty yea
old, who drinks one quart OF laudan um and
two quarts OF ether per week, and has been IN
the habit of using these stimulauts to this ex-
tent for twenty years. Sometimes she lakes
them separately and sometimes mixed. Sac
is dependent on the town tor support, and the
druggists bill for the above article is gen.
orally paid by the town. She complains o1
nervousness.
SALE OF RACING NAGs.-At Nashville
Tenn, on Monday OF last week, at the race
course, Gen. w. W. Woodfolk sold to Jane.
Jackson, of Alab abana, his celebrated race mare
"Lula Horton" three years old, by impor ted
"AIbion," dam "Mart tha Damn" by imported
| Sovereign" for 81 900. He also sold to udgs
Hunter, OF Alabama, ELLEN FALL" by LEX.
ingtop," dam Laura" by i'm per ted "Leyia
than," two years old, for s., $50.
A WOMAN AND CHILD BUkNT TO DEATH
The dwelling house of Michael Haley, OF War
rem, Iowa, was burned on Tuesday night tbs
llth inst, and Mrs. Haley and one OF her chill
dren were burnt to death with il. Mr.. Haley
WAS absent from home, leaving his wife anC
three children alone. Two OF the children es.
capped from the flames, but came near perish