The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-01-06
LOCAL MATTERS.

iato the Senate having for It's object IN
crease in The number of men eniis'ed, and Tor
an augmen iation OF the pay OF the priFates OF
the Public Gnard. 4 is 10 be hoped that II
VIII not be allowed 20 drag along nnEoticed
ana uncaied for ali the atten tion OK the Senate
Is SO absorbed with other matters that all
cHance OF hearing rs 10 rs merits is lost in
The hurry bury aud confusion which attains
III Legislative bodies Al the eH,.iBg OF sts
sions- The Public q GGard, The nucleus Of N!r-
gina standing army ought to be increased
III mum hers To mt loas one hundred men. Now,
officers and men included, ii does not exceed
IN number sixty men AL told. Cons iGeIing
ne important Interests that is every day con-
hdec 10 their care, and the fact that they hsoy
be called on in The course of time to guard
much more sacred trusts than. any heretofore
comin!ited to ineir charge, 1t does seem 10 us
tNit lie q ulrd should De put on q resnec table
footing, not only in regard ~ the number OF
men unlisted IL its ranks, but TO their pay.
which is now only nine dollars per mon h.
GOod, steady. and reliable men can hardly
be procured tor such au insignificant sum.
Ii mas been only through the active exertions
OF Capt Charles Dimmock, that the standing
and eiiciency OF the company which he has so
ioHg and ably commanded and guided, has
bteL heretofore maintained The Guard. tiS
Ne nave before sdid, consists now of 90 men--
OF which one fourth (lS Ineu( daily do duty as
guards TO the States prison, Capitol Square,
@c., &c. Under the present state Of things all
the men do duty once every three four DAYS.
Ii The Governor were to order Capt. D.nnOck
to bring out the men now. or were the men
rliy make a most Indifferent and sorry exhibit
OF themselves. We learn that ii is with ex-
treine difficulty that reliable and trustworthy
men can now lie induced 10 join he ranks on
account OF the sInaliuess of the paw This fact
renders 1t necessary Ior Capt. Dimmock 10
take ANY man who is possessed of two legs.
who may offer himself us a candidate for en-
listInenI ana this tor the reason hat men tapSt
De hau Tor necessary and imperative duty.
when under Il more favorable state OF things
they would be rejected rs unfit for Guty Is sol
diers-al least such soldiers as Capt. Dinmock
has been so successful heretofore i'll enlisting
IN the service OF the State.
1t Is only u few days since that The State
was put 10 the expense OF arrest ting, as desert
ers, tour of the men, who had left Tie city and
enlisted IN the Marine Corps a Washiu gton.
When brought before a Court Martial, they
plead, as an eXcrse for their act, that they
ought not to be blamed for going where they
could do so much better than they could here.
No doubt the men TO be blamed for de-
serting their company and going else here,
but then The fact hat they did So, and for the
reasons assigned, proves Our proposition thar
an Increase OF pay (and of numbers is ne
cessary TO the eiciency of the Public Guard
Interesting 3resfipg.-There will be Il union
meeting of all friendly 70 the cause of seamen
on Sunday, at O'Clock u. NJ at the niechan-
les institute. The Broad Street Methodist
congregation, now Worshipping there, have
kindly consented to the use of The Hall on that
occasion. All the ministers OF the city have
and Will no doubt give the cause their hearty
riuoi ,t''ioh' to'einoi lirttIeI. Lieut. GoN.
Rob't l.. Montague. VIM. IL Mcfarland, ESD.
Attorney General j. Randolph Tucker, Capt.
w. VI. Eli:ott, O i. b1ldwiu, ESD Geo w
Muntord, Rev Mr.. McGia,kum, southern
secretary, ana olheF az t-hEnished gentlemen
are expected 70 take par III i'ie exercises.
The constitution prov idps that one denom-
ination shall ever hayea preponderance in The
n'aro oi haht@eIs. we nave no doubt the
hali WIZ ue ectoWutu, anu that tH!e important
The saiIGrs themselves are greatly interested,
ana VIII nail The DAY, When they can have
mouse 81 Worshlr, oeFo''d TO their use-for
sailors doh IKE 10 iiiVei itr from me water.
Ihe exercises OF ms meeting VIII no doubt
be very Interesting and Will reflect credit on
the humane, /. mol pIons, character OF the city
| OF A!cilAOsd.
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lhe f"'h'r"onte ASS"''offos, OF THIS city, as
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iaihes VIII "e ''''"eo 10 'he Foil OF tHeinoeTs.
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nous nous AZ iiloIy hnnn' anu others W'io are n w
- 9.icisu !" tAe aarhiofl'e oociety have jus
t " 80 - - ~ :, i'.s,-", ~ ps tci.t'oa',u OF pras-
' W. III anu "1ii De fe'tay 10 en-
| ~ ~ ti1c P'i"'fN Sei ne III very Snort lue-
| AHe ii'fhoefs, tWeife IN Hunper, nave beet!
| pfacuclhS ioI s'Nesiti DAYS, ana Wan no doub'
| sooi' b8 pf"paleo io iofli.>i Gpod coulioa, con-
| cert ana street music Many OF the most pop
| uiaf D'hos III the country are using ciaTiontt Is
ana pieealoes wi'i, prass lhstf uInsh' :, iAd ar.
| course we cannot SPEAK OF HE performance oi
,his new pano "ntli II Is heard III the sireets,