The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-02-16
contract made In August last, for the purchase nd
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MT. DAskERVtLLE nOped tue resolution would
be Withdrawn The Committee of Roads and
Navigation had the matter in hand, and he
urged that their report should be waited for
Mr.. CHAPMAN, Chairman of Ne Committee
said, that when the resoluttM was offered
some time since, he was oppose to its adop-
ton, but that he was satisfied, from the multi
tude of inq quries poured into(7se committee,
that the information should beBiven. He be-
heved the testimony before thescommittee not
only showed the entire ability of the Associa-
tion of French capitalists, who had undertaken
the work, to carry 1t through but that it was
probably one of the most powerful financial
organizations in the world, and that one hun
dred millions of dollars would not compass
their capacity.
Mr.. BIsBIE, of the same committee, express
ed the same confidence in the capacity of the
French Company, and urged the adoption of
the resolution. He believed the joint COM
mittee of the two Houses Were unanimously
of the same opinion.
After further explanation, it was adopted
On motion, the House adjourned.
WEST PoISr CADETS APPOINTED The fol-
lowing is list of cadets appointed tat large"
by the president Feb. 18th:
Il. Buchanan Wade, son of Lieutenant Col
onel r. Dean Arden Wade, who was twice
brevetted for gallantry in the Florida war and
at Molino del Rey, and died OF wounds receiy-
ed at Churubuseo.
Mir. Randolph Ridgely, son of Capt Ran
dolph RidgeIy, who was distinguished in
Florida, brcvetted for brilliant conduct at the
battle Of Palo Alto and Resaea de la Palma,
AND dis tinguished st the sternins Of Monte
rey, where he died .-~~~>
Charles W. Morris son of the late Commo-
dore Morris, Il distinguished and gallant Ofii-
Ger OF the Navy, who was with Commodore
Hull at the capture of the Guerriere and with
Commodore Bainbrldge in the pture OF a fri
gate, and who died in the service.
Henry Brockholst Ledyard grandson OF
General Lewis Cass.
Theophilus IL. Holmes, Jr., son of Major T
II. Holmes, of the Army, who was breyetted
for gallant conduct at Monterey.
Frederick w. Smith, son of the Hon. Will
liam Smith, of Virginia.
Ormsby NJ. Mitchell, Jr., son OF Professor
Mitchell Director OF the Cincinnati and bud
ley Observatories.
Thomas Lee Brent, son Of the late Captain
Brent, of the Army, who served III Florida
and Mexico, was brevetted for gallant con-
duct 1T Buena lsta, and died in the service.
James ID, Graham, son of Major Lawrence
Pike Graham, of the Army, who was bre-
yetted for gallant conduct At Resaca de Ia Pal
ma
Robert NJ Magraw, whose ancestors served
with distinction in the Revolutionary war.
The following additional appointments have
been made to ill vacancies created by the re-
signaton and dismissal of Cadets appointed
cat large :"
James B. Breese, re-appointed Satteriee
Clarke Plunmnr son Of Capt. r. B. Plum
mer, of the army Charles II. Cockey, whose
ancestors We're distinguished III the Revolu-
tionary war. -. Lane HuylnaG, Il descendant
of Gen. Anthony Wayne VIM. Gadsby, Jr.,
| is appointed from the Dis tric: of Columbia.
GOING TO BED-A Philosophical Tie,o.-The
following is from the Chicago Journal
Some fling off their garments as if they
wore the shirt of Nessus-wasn't that his
name l--and We're particularly anxious to get
at il. Here whirls a vest in one corner-its
contents jingling to the floor as it lies. There
goes n boot ricochet. The stockings are turn
ed inside ont the hapless coat hangs by It's
skirt to a nail, and the bed is attained with a
bound. Pillows tumblPd this way and that
the feet are Inserted tween the sheets, and
like shuttle throu n a loom, down goes the
body one arm is Hung under the head low
ef Jaw and eye-lids droop together, and the
man is asleep-asleep all over-asleep for all
night
Another goes lettering about on his toes. He
puts his watch here, his coat there, and his
| vest there. His boots stand side by side, like
| Il brace of srenadiers; the tips OF his stock
| ings peep out systematically TO the top: and
| If it be winter he fingers upon the beds edge
| like one about TO take Il bath-dreading, yP
desiring. and finally steals into bed by degrees
| draws the quilt and the connterpane over his
| head and is motionless-is gone-arrives in the
| land of Nod.
| If one only thinks of it, sleep, in a great
| city, is a queer thing. Think OF fifty thou
sand in this city all sleeping at once. Fifty
thousand, in tiers OF one, Two, three, four, hv'
| deep, from cellar TO SufGtl. flIlN tnOuSallt
| in rows mile long. Ten thousand in rec
| nightcaps, tasseled AID untasseled. Ten thou
| sand in dingy ones that We're white, Monday:
and Mondays ago. Five thousand i'll silker
ones Some edged beautifully, some hemmee
! with sail needle, and some uncapped alto
! gether, with locks dishevelled and ruitteo
like ''quills upon the frettul porcupine."
| Five thousand snoring alto-iive thousant
snoring bass. Twenty thousand under calico
| A hundred or so beneath silk. Some weep
! ing--some smiling in their dreams-Other
| dreamless the grave. Ringlets twisted III
| in cigar ligh hters-tresSeS streaming over the
| piilow-no tresses at all.
| Even asleep, humanity preserves its pecu
| liarities. Even in dreams, lnen are distnc
| tive still.
| IMPORTANT NAVAL 1NTELLIGESCE.--The Uni
| ted States revenue cutter Harriet Lane is K
be temporarily converted into Il man Of war
She went on Wednesday to the Brooklyn
| Navy Yard to receive a new and fornId
| able armament. Four So cwt. guns, on,
| II pound howitzer, and Il quantity of sho
| and shell will be put on board 1t is sait
that Il marine guard is to be detailed for he
| Immediately.
| In obedience to orders from Washington
the United States ship Supply is not TO b
| put out of commission, was expected, bu
| will be Immediately filled with stores and pro
| visions for the squadron now cruising Oft Flo
| rida. As every eXertion is being made to eX
| pedite her outfit, she will be ready in few
| days. Letters for the Brooklyn, Macedonian
| Wyandotte, st. Louis and Sabine will be for
| warded by her.
The United States steam gunboat Mohawk
which arrived at Brooklyn few days since
| has been hauled alongside the wharf at til
| Navy Yard, and will be overhauled at once
Her present officers and crew. it is said. ar
not to be detached.
Those sailors and marines whom circum
| stances render it necessary to retain in tn
| service beyond the specified limit of their tim
| will receive one fourth their usual pay, i'll ad
dition to their present wages. The act OF Con
Kress which provides for this expressly re
serves on the part of the Government, til
right to hold enlisted men long as 1.-THE in
teIests Of the country demand it," on the con
| diton aforesaid.
! Matters are getting brisk at the Norfol
| Navy.Yard. The Portsmouth and German
town are being rapidly prepared for commits
sion. The premises are literally filled wit
coal.
| The United States steam frigate Mississippi
is now almost ready for sea, at Boston. He
| condition has been reported TO the authorities
and orders for her immediate outfit are said
| be in contemplation.
| Two small vessels have been filled wit
stores and provisions, 1T the Brooklyn Navy
| Yard, within the past few days, and are abou
having them transferred to ships that wi
| convey them to the squadrons.
| BATTLE WITH INpIANs.-A letter to the s.
| Louis Republican states that Col. Critter
| den, son of the distinguished United State
Senator, ON the 9th Of December marche
| from Fort Union at the head of eighty -eigt
| men and officers Of the mounted rifles, in pun
! suit of Il large war party of Calnanches an
Kiowas, who We're reported to be depredali Tin
on the Cimmeroncita. After following tkei
| trail RAPIDLY, sometimes by night, he fOun
and surprised them on the morning of the 2
of January, i'll camp near Cold Spring, anl
| after a severe fight completely routed then
destroying their camp and property, and caI
/ herr