The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-08-08


Es71oT7baTE wooden legged NidiaT, whom
acca saw d fapd f5s Duke Of Wellington in
n D But ! must -ell you The story IA
-0s spring of l6&9 ! wac Sperd'ng IN extra
III 81 ~ Y : lor, ana II % witnessed the
-ngECtrE Of Jhis great nan, I~aEpposA yOu
Lsva iSCughr ihf irCn Duse mad orty sue
.s-aae, and -aC iEt.1na, aud hcnoTs "a ibis
r-crLG Ut 70. lie Esd C01 oecD the JToT.
- IRE, II pe hut rot beel hardened nv moral
q" ct, IS we'll az nv vaTiiaa com ut at
ne tune ! W2s.u London. The - axe ~ given
Ms votee for Gath ,iic emancipation, conea
lrepty NJ had made himself OOE '2lops 20
-ne u 0tsa raob'e. SectarieE preachers
preached against him Day and might, from pal
pIt, sand ar stump, about treason, Pop"rys
and be ike, I'll the poor lgnogant "a sses an
7sined \ u they n ust 1T Dltted AMI 0IIdIed bg
2 Pope and PIiest hood aud 70 the death, if
Guholi~s were treated like human beings 49,
Wellington had thrown his CREST il giuence
"a tie scale fJF eI7 Inc;pLtioni conse7 uently.
ne moo aa .eT-0 tued &c revenge what LbeV
CUaE .orTed their WICufs on MIN Tie ami
mas oi II 10 Il n-pEa reg neatly 4 lnis "a 6e
tnaa q wicHstn@ss. One morning in Febru-
3rV ! aJ.i. cd threatening crowds near the
= Ill G-Gil gate. nor far IrO1E the s-a.us OF
Achilles. TINS sGGtce was east from can
uuEs -ssan iC Ste Iron u ~ TaTloEz bat
-las, 8uG was & dicet- 60 10 h~trCT, Duke Of
WelhuRtor, BY th4 WCIuau OF J. gland o
,iate~:nlnsd % watch The Duke, aud Sea what
vl6 gcIlg TO he done PLrctnal TO the mo-
EneHt, 81 descended the steps o. he hpsely
II Jus~, his residence. hlE appearance was
mp s>.rr "a vss Il. re head Of the Cabi-
net, Premier 6 1nsl.nn, aud be was, gar e.
coiit acG, the E . n ia ( gland.
was s u u morning. Re wore 6iHe
7 or cot, hutLoueu 4 ? 10 ta9 chtU, & military
stUcE, Al browr pa0 alOCus. H falcon eye
Surveyed \ excl -S0 groups aDopt the K ark
gate, with a sort OF pleasant con tempt
The -0Oo Trsre lJleT avve3 b7 his appearance
9rt stise, o. hey q ri not yet screwed
-0eiT courage 10 tne insulting point. The
ID ~ passed Oh aursebat a, attended br his
: ! hfpi yaieg, Nobody Eno'estsd hi Z TIL he
reached his C.nce. JGtTr the mob Kissed him,
bII when pc lurned around ana faced them.
the htsS4i CEk4s s.d. H then an city entered
his efiice. As I kD=W the hour he would
leave u VnipS street 10 return TO 1he Str1, /
was there IN aGs season. The rel. hb0rhoCd
OF the HoTse Guards .00ahly deferred good
many If the excited fanatics from gather
ing about h. nee, bus numbers were gath
er'd The l. axe VINO was pnnctuaD'y Itself
cane "a e. the appointed moment ana mount
i as no Sc, amid gTOaDs and Kisses. After
NJ passed the HC.se Guards, the Sc increas-
ed 10 snou's v hrn hn passed 0hariing Gross
and IN s'ed Pal! Mai, IN mob hfG:G 10
lnrovq 1aissilse I'D dirt. Near Pail ID III gate,
there q AS = " D rIpooi OF human he nga EDDY
Ing Tcur in strange, wild, and Pt in a SOFT OF
~ mmerIca' confusion tasrt Z they would
YpurF sr HIM there As he approached the
gaze gp,d deal spatterad with mGG and dirt,
me mon, ae II com PEELED by eoue hi. her power
"a n that of earth, made a lane for him 10
P~ss For moment ne was very near hem.
r thai m Tnent thsy s. sulea aWSd, and ap
y Ard 10 relent Bat Wbsn he had entered
}ne gate, III ir viol-nce rose TO fury. lie dis
mounted wi difficult y. placed bis back
aga nat he + lis OF the Statue OF Achilles, and
cal My faced his fnrioUs assallants / stall
Etvsr tor CT that moment. Thoughts and
feelings took a m tstary OF my nature then, tina.
have Waypd me ever since Note IA word did
ne utter. There waH NO shr.nKins--oot even
81 nd OF apprehension upon THAI glorious
zace O ), boW iLht iteIy small and cont InpLi
bic has as sailants looked How great IS man I
How Il tia are men
There vas q inll in the storm Of snoute and
mics lies and dirt, and old Iris Imam, with
woodt Il ieg. hustled his way 20 the side OF
th- Duke. Ihlk n IN sold APPLES and oranges
Dy hyde Park gaze, and his basket had en-
upset ny he n Wnen he had reached p
IRON Dnse he stood hy his side, and apoo and
Die NO den isg, and made SPEECH that imme.
aiat,ly subduei The monsters. He begar:
"My ourae IN you for cowsrdly scoundrplsi
= ye have plack come and Fight me. Let
gheIe 0e two o. Ia against yea ali b gorra,
come and XIII us both. his IL Engli jnsticei
To usande gainst one Think OF Waterloo.
y u for him and NJ, Boney would have beaten
y-. I've 1T my wooden leg for lighting for
81, ye vilnnS- and 50 are goin' 10 y J aim by
hurdeIin' him. ye bloc y scCGndIs 50 Come
on. but CO me one 81 a lime. Dot Ike towards
al d Iun ans, as , o are, altogether "
The paech was mighty 81 Gee The mob
Tas shh med and Gained, ard bs gan 10 sneak
away wellington gave smile OF TecogBiri 4
20 ne man who had saved his life, and ever
AZ eT VT I'd ne amply provided for him as he
did for maDy cl'eTs, out OF bis own private
fr-~"n" Ia his ow7 anet. j. -aiess w"v