The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-08-13

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old bnildtns nllsd wath ccatraband.. 4 guard Is
plsssd ovsf shen 70 hesp them In order; !.
Mails street. the bmlnes street Of the place, h wei
alsd Nth stores, hnt tA.re seems to be dreadful
goods b most Of them = miserable In ths sx.rsme
old crockeryware pSsdominating The drug stores
are badly on FOR fresh medicines 1t svery din.
cult for them to farnlAh common pill boxes for
customer small dose Of pills they cut down .
large box, for the purpose Of making the sale look
genfssl
Consul This gentlsmah occupies little twostory,
snd-a half house, with dlRpldAted porch in 'front.'
lie has had planted In front OF the house lagstan
about the height Of the house. from which IL flung
to the breeze the tricSlos. i,1s TN asn N front
sulaire De France" The Consul Of the Netherlands
also 6sats his red white, and red in more fash
ionable portion Of the tswn.
In speaking Of the railroad connections Of Nor.
folk, Portsmouth, and suholk, the Fnqair~s cor
respondent says
suffolk IL connected With Norfolk and Ports
mouth BY the Petersburg railroad and the Roanoke
and Ssaboard road. The lasser u mostly used Gov
eminent hss been altering the guage Of the former
to suit our cara On the latter road Government has
just placed q new passenger car, for the convent
encs OF passengers, thotrave heretofore being done
In freight cara The new car - rather rough. but
second class cars ON Northern roads.
ANOTHER BOLD SPEECH FROM MARYLAND
[Fro1 tho st. Marys (Md) Bsaeonl
Salas Popad lsr A4eysssa ssi. Nobody We opine.
IL much surprised to discover In times ike the pre-
sent, that men to be found willing and quick to
support the most shameful and arbitrary assnmp
tions Of power. It has been S0 since the world be-
gan, and We have little hope that It will be other
wise until It ends. "Takeiittl heed Of such, says
Casca; III Cesar had stabbed their mothers, they
would have done no lesa" By thus tapping the
dirt under the heel Of power, these natural ps-ahs
not only obtain immunity for themselves, but they
also succeed In putting money In their pocksss.-
They give welcome to the tyrant that they may
safely trade with HE suters The existence Of such
people does not at all asonish that they
are to be found In our midst. We were quite pre-
pared to zee men, who had abetted mob ou the
18th of April 1861 change sides and call Justify for
the blood Of that same mob ON the 10Th Of May fol-
lowing. We expected nothing better OF thew, and
were not disappointed When law aud liberty are
again uppermost they wl doubtless be fouDt ma
vIgating In an opposite direction. when that time
comes, come it will, we look to behold them,
with faces innocent Of shame obtruding themselves
upon the company OF honest men. The natural
inclination will be to hang them up to the first
lamp post, but depreeate all such exhibitions Of
violence. We shall rest content to see them kicked
out of the public highway. and limited thereafter
to localities set apart for prostitutes OF different
kind.
There is class of men, however, found support
ing the present Administration, and upholding Its
very worst acts of tyranny, who are Justly amena-
BILE to higher and severcr standard OF judgment
than can be fairly applied to those to whom self
Hbasement il an easy because natural refuge
These reasoners rest the defence OF their public
conduct upon the supposed necessities Of the coun
try and the hour, and sat4s popnH ie4 saprema est
is their wsr-cry This maxim they make to conse
crate not only the high handed acts Of Lincoln and
Seward, but even tho dirty villany Of their mill
tary and police subOrdnates. little girl, toddling
about the pavements. whose stockings are guilty OF
the Confederate coOrs il arrested and taken to the
station house that the safety of the people may be
assured! But Our present object il not to quarrel
with the prostitution or to contest the truth OF the
maxim In question We would remark, how
ever, that it 10 q maxim which has much Oftener
been heard from the lips of tyrants than PATRIOTS
II is against its application to our own times nnd
country, however that we particularly object.
What Is the plain English Of it when applied to our
present condition 1t is to suspend the COnstitn
tion for an indefinite period; to invest Mr.. Lincoln
with plenary power throughout the land in aword
to seat despotism upon our shoulders that the subu
cation Of the South may be facilitated. Now, we
do not admit that the subugation Of the South il
essential to our salvation but IL it could be estab
lshed to be before we invest Mr.. Lincoln with alb.
soue control over our lives, liberty and property,
are we not entitled to be shown why this subjuga-
ton could not be accomplished AZ well by obeying
as by overriding the Constitution Besides what
security has the country that Mr.. Lincoln will alb
dieate this imperial power when the supposed
danger has been passed But what really is the
danger which menaces our safetyl The separa-
tom IF fha he ia
plished fact, which no sane man can Ignore
If he would Upon the part uf the South the war
Is war not OF foreign invasion and conquest, but
of selfdefence. It ID the Federal and not the Con-
feerate States which are wagiDg an offensive war.
1t il upon Southern and not upon Federal soil that
the war is raging. 1t Is for subjugati0n that the
Federal power is avowedly fighting, and for na-
tional existence only that the South il cOntending,
and yet the cry il heard that 1t is life which IL
endangered and safety which is imperiled!
Upon the same principle, we suppose 1t was the
life and safety OF the mother country that were Inn
periled by the Revolution which accomplished our
own independence. Be this as it may, to the honor
of the sturdy English people of that generation be
it spoken, they suffered plea Of State or popular
necessity, mob or tyrant cry OF sdtus popai ier
snprema est, to beguile them or to stand between
them aud their own freedom.
THE STAMP LAW OF THE UNITED STATES.
The Philadslphia Sunday Dispatch in an enitorial
ON the tax BILL gives description of the last screw
applied to the Yankees TO support the glorious
Union. It is the "Sfamp Act" and is thus de-
scribed:
The most troublesome provisions of the law
In the ordinary course of business, will be the
guatons La reference to the placing Of stamps upon
papers and documents The man who signs writ
ten contract or an sppraisement Of damage, must
put stamp, value five cents, upon every sheet or
piece Of paper upon which the same shall be writ.
ten. party drawing check upon bank a
draft order for the payment OF more than 80
must place upon 1t stamp valued 1t two cents
Bills or exchange. drafts, or orders for the pay.
ment of money when exceeding $2O. require stamps
of various values, from dve cents up to q dol
lar and q half, where the amount In interest
Ii $500, and e1 additional for each 425 above
the latter sum. So, too, stamps will be required
goods to be exported from the United States; ex-
press company receipts for goods to be carried !;
bonds; certificates Of stock. and profits, and for
other purposes charters, mortgages, deeds, or In
sruments Of writing for the conveyance Of real es
tats policies Of insurance, manifssts and other
matters OF business operations too numerous 70
mention hare. These stamps are meant to be ad
be used The law says. that failure to uss such
stamps where required shall render the parties who
ought to have employed them subject to . penalty
Of $50 land such Instrument, document, or paper
sAoN Be deemed iaualid and Of no eject" II sesms
to be intended that the stamps shal bear on their
which they are Intended and such stamps shalt not
be availsble upon any other description Of instru-
msnta.
Besides the necessity of using the stamps the law
imposes upon those who employ them the duty Of
caMcsllafiOa 90 that the stamps cannot be torn Oh
and again ba employed for another service. Hispro
vided that the party who places the stamp upon the
aAoH Ii inftS af