The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-03-21
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. MARCH q. ~.


A1AlIsroeRAriC STAsLH.-The New York
correspondent Of the Boston "Journni' de-
scfibes 40 follows an institution which has TN
trnded itself upon the sacred precincts OF
s.up.towa:"
ain the would.be aristocratic region OF
Twenty third street which lays alongside Of
Madison Square, the famed residence of Miss
Flora McFIimsy.' on the corner Of which 10
the equally famed Fifth Avenue Hotel is an
establishment not aristocratic or so aroma l.
ic as might he. 1t is no less than a hospital
for lame and sick horses, with stabling ard all
the arrangement intended to make it equal to
the famed Horse Colleges Of London and
Paris. vacant lot Of land near Sixth Avenue
was seen by the quick eye Of Tremlet, the
builder.
THE spot was seized at once and before any
one knew what the place was 70 he used for,
the whole building was completed. So amid
rataflat residences, in one OF the widest ana
Inost desirable streets for residence in our
city, amid elegant churches and snmpiuous
abodes, this stable stands. The ex terror does
no discredt 10 its location, and within IL Is one
of the most elegant stables in the iano- II Is
as clean rs clean can be. The stalls ana boxes
in the basement are for sick horses, ana elegant
stalls are above for livery horses and those on
board. Hot and cold water comes INTO All
parts.
ments-oue for water. of which there is sup
NV constantly one for grain, and one for hay;
and no rack Is attached TO the stalls. Ihe
bedding is removed each day. dried in closet
heated with hot air, and replaced NJ night In
The stall And hundreds OF poor mortals
would be glad to have such an abode In the
cellar is large furnace, by which the whole
stable is heated. room for the treatment OF
horses and dissecting room rs seen In the
rear. Over the stable is q chapel, quite ele-
gantly fitted up, in which lectures on horse
ologv are to be given.
.The shoeing of the horses is among the
novelties connected with this concern. The
oh de in q
heel and no toe cOrxs, and on trial On the pave
menf in Broadway are said 10 work in supe-
rior manner and the number OF nails In each
shoe is but seven. The name of this institu-
ton is The Veterinary College Institute and
the head of il and manager is an English gem
tleman called John Campbell Ralston, with III
ties enough to cover the side OF a small chapel.
But John Tremlet, the builder, has q great in
terest in the concern
LORD BRoUGHAM.-The Scotsman gays -
A very significant compliment to Mr.. Glad
stones oratory, and very striking incident
In itself, appears not to have been marked ny
our London contemporaries. We mean the
presence of Lord Brougham within the walls
of the House of Commons for the first time
during very nearly thirty yearsthat is, since
he left il in 1880 to become Lord Chancellor.
Ii is pretty well known that Lord Brougham
left the House of Commons, to preside over
the House of Lords, with the utmost pain and
reluc tance--that his own most earnest desire
was not to accept any office which necessitated
the abdicatiOn of his position as q member for
Yorkshire, and that he took a position nominal
ly and titularly higher only al the most urgent
entreaty aud virtual command ofhs party.
Since his removal be has never once been
known 10 enter as auditor within those walls
which had SO often echoed with his eloquence.
On Friday night, for the first time, he over
came this remarkable reluctance, and thea,
too, for the first time it is understood he heard
the man who now occupies the position he
himself so long held unrivalled and undisput-
"1-the greatest orator in the British House OF
= )mmOns.
WEALTH OF OLD Notwithstanding to
Cicero the debts of A. Milo amounted to above
So, 100000; Julius Cesar, when setting out
for SPAIN is repOr ted to have said himself, that
he was sic, 10000 worse than nothing. When
he first entered Rome, after crossing the Rubi-
con- he took from the public treasury s., $780,
U00 but at the end of the civil war put over
:s2i .d0O, 600 in il. He purchased the friendship
OF Curio with 4 bride of over s., 5UO,UC0, and OF
the Consul l.. Paulus, with halt that sum-
OVU, and about as much in money, furniture
and slaves. Seneca was worth over 10000. 600.
Leutulus, the augur, over SID, 0ou,O00. Augu~
tus raised by the ties taments OF his friends
nearly Sl6I, 100000. Tiberius left at his death
nearly SlD9,0OU,OOO, which Caligula spent in
less than one year; aud Vespasian at his sue
cession said that he required for the support
of the State over ST ,6Ii.M0,OJ0 Nevertheless,
though greatly enriched by her conquests, i'm
heritance of the chief wealth OF the East, and
the larger quantity OF the precious metals
III ust have remained excluded from the calcu-
laficns OF ancient historians.
SUPPOSED CASE OF POISONING BY WIFE