The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-03-09

'rnment WAS involved, and yet we hear gea- |
-ienen read extract after extract, newspaper |
uter newspaper, to learn what one man or !
me editor said one day, and what he said |
another day, while the great question is ig- |
nored or forgotten. Such things do not result |
from accident-he said IL with all respect
they must be designed. The Convention was |
~ the position of an individual by the name OF
NJ hicawber-always waiting for something
to turn mp" and always prepared to say
g 3drkis is ready" And what has turned up ?
They had said we must wait for the result of
the Peace Conference. The Peace Conference
had acted, and produced an ambiguous pro-
position, requiring an interpretation. The
$ peaker went on TO Qrge estern members to
come up to the aid OF those who stood around
the same family altar, pointing them to the
sacrifices which Eastern Nirginians had made
fyr the maintenance of the Union. Lincoln's
inaugural was sublec ted to n severe excoria-
tion. Without concluding his remarks, Mr..
Amber gave way to a sugges tion for adjourn
ment, apf
On mStion of Mr.. HARvrE, the Convention
ARRIVAL OF Ex-PREsIpBSr BUCHANAN AT
HosE-HiS ception.-Ex President Buchaa-
an left Baltimore Wednesday, escorted to the
depot by the City Guard, and arrived at Ian
caster, Pa, that afternoon. The arrival of the
train was greeted with 4 salute of thirty four
guns and the ringing of bells. The Mayor, City
Councils, military, firemen, and large con-
course of citizens, welcomed the ex-President.
To an address Of welcome by the Mayor, Mr.
Buchanan replied as follows:
My old neigh bors, friends, and fellow cti
Zens-l have not language TO express the feel
ings which swell in my heart on this occasion;
but do most cordially thank you for this de-
monstration of your pers onal kindness to an old
man who comes back to you, ere long to lay
his bones At rest with your fathers. And here
let Inc say, that having visited almost every
n heg Ut has
to Lancaster as the spot where would wish
to live, ahd die, and be buried. When yet a
young man in far remote Russia my heart
was Sull with your fathers. my friends and
neiGhbors, in good old Lancaster. IApplause
And although l have always been true TO
you, have not been half 30 tue to you you
have been to me. Your fathers took me up
when a young man, and fostered and cher
ished me through many long years. All these
have passed away, and / stand before you to-
day Us a man living in second generation -
A volce-''l saw you mount your horse when
you marched TO Baltimore, in lSl2."]
l feel with all my heart, though in the midst
OF posterity, that these sons are manifestns
the same kindness which their fathers would
have done had they lived to this day. Gene
rations of martial men rise and sink and are
forgotten, but the kindness of the past genera
ton 10 me, now so conspicuous in ther sons,
can never be forgotten L come home, fellow
citizen, 10 pass the remainder of my days
among You as good CITIZEN, afaithful friend,
II benefactor of the widows and the fa atherless.
[LouL applause.l All political aspirations
have departed. All that l have done during
somewhat protractcd life has passed into
history, and if l have done aught to offend a
single itizen, now sincerely ask his pardon
May Gsd grant that this Union and Consti-
tuition may be perpetual. [Applause.l close
by repeating the sentiment dear TO my heart I:
God grant that the Cons titution and the Union
may be perpetual, and continue a shield of
protection to ourselves and our children for
ever Mr.. Buchanan retired amid enthusias-
tic applause. He then resumed his place in
the carriage, and was escorted to Wheatland.
hEPUBLIcANs FIGHTING AMONG THEMSELVES
A correspondent in Addison, Steu ben CO., N.
Y, writes that the Republicans in that sec
ton are fighting among themselves like cats
and dogs, over the anticipated spols They
had agreed to meet at the village Engine
House on the I'd inst, and vote for 4 candi-
da te for Postmaster, the nomination of the
successful man TO be pressed upon the new
Pos tmaster General. When the time came 10
vote, radicals discovered that the conserva-
| tiyes were outyoting them two TO one at least
and accordingly an adjournment was declared
| taken TO a little lawyers office that could not
hold half the voters. The conservatives in.
sisted that the motion was not carried, where
| upon the firemen, who voted with the radi
| Gals, manned their engine, and washed all the
| conservatives out of the Engine House. This
| put an end to the voting for the day, and it is
understood that the whole of the proceedings
| We're arranged beforehand in view of the pos
sible contingency that occurred.
|
national FgELINa.-The gold medal from
| the Irish citizens of San Francisco, to be pre-
| scented to the Sixty ninth Regiment, of New
| York, arrived by the steamer Northern Light
on Monday. 1t is of pure gold, of huge size
| three inches in diameter one quarter of al
inch in thickness, and weighs six ounces
| Each side of it is set round wi an enamellet
| wreath of shamrock. On one side is an in
scrption which tells its own story. 1t read
| as follows
| Presented to the Sixty ninth Regiment, N. Y
S. M, by the Irishmen Of San Francisco, Cal, il
| approval of the manly course pursued by the re
giInent in refusing to take partin the demonstra
| ton in favor of the Prince of Wales, during hi
| visit to New ork.
''sAN FRANCISCO, Jan. l. 1sel.'
On the reverse the medal has the flag of tn
| Union, a rising sum- and the motto, Erin e
| Bragh." 1t is valued at $500
DoINGs OF THE THIRTY sixth CoNaRRss.- -
The late Congress passed some one hundred
and eighteen private and public acts and tif
teen Joint resolutions. This compares fav
| bly, in number with the work of ther sessions
| while the character of the bills is much NOR
important. The new patent law, as it passe
by Congress a. the very last hour of the ses
| sion, makes some radical changes Patents ar
! to run twenty years instead of fourteen. /
Board of Appeal from the decisions of the ex
aminers OF patents is provided for, i'll order L
relieve the Commissioner. No appeal is ri
! lowed from the final decision of the Commits
sioner to the Judge of the District Court, a
| has heretofore been the case. Lastly, tn
salary of the Commissioner is Increased fron
three thousand to forty five hundred dollars
AN IMPORTANT LETrER.-It will be recol
Iected that in 1887, distinguished merchan
or banker, in London, was sent out here to nc
for the Bank of England, in which capacit
he was "as one in authority in an apart
ment of the then United States Bank. Thi
gentleman was John w. Cowell, and the let
ter we speak of and print elsewhere, from tn
London Examiner. Mr.. Cowell advises sep
aration of the Northern and Southern States
and teaches the South that separa tion is 1t
interest. and thai cot ton man acturing, slave
hating England is the natural friend of cotton
producing, slave holding South. His argu
ments, however will go for what they ar
worth-admitted abolitionist as he is-bu
they teach us lesson, especially us OF tn
North, not to trife more with this abstrac
issue of slavery, but to live with the Sout
in peaee.-N. Y. Express.
| MAJOR GENERAL TwIGGs-The San Antoni
(Texas) Herald, speaking of a recent intervie,
with Gen. Twisgs. veteran Commander c
| the Department OF Texas, SAYS he announce
that his military career was closed, and
| was his determination to retire to privat
life, making New Orleans his place of res
dence. 1t is already known that he announce
| to the War Department at Washingto
his determine ton not to wage war on Ii
| yountrymen. The information given by I'll
: | Herald seems TO be conf1rmatory OF a di,
patch to the New Orleans Picayune, whic
| states on the authority of a member of Ger
| TWjggs' staff that he would not enlist in IL
ARMY of Georgia or of the Southern Confea
eracy.
IyrrISG TaRM ALoSg.-The New York Co
respondent of the Philadelphia Ledger says
The steamer Nashville sailed this afternoo
for Charleston, with about % passengers an
a moderate quantity of freight. As usual,
number of Superin tendent kennedys polie
men were on the dock, to make sure that the
was no contraband of war going on board b,