The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-03-30

An th6llShMAH IN WHkekO0m.
George augustus Sale e--one OF tho mos, spirited
of all the British periodical writer's, and editor. or
was the las, time we saw copy, OF Temple Bar, is
In Washington. He writes for the London gsle
graph. In recent commune alton, which we find
quoted In the Cincinnati Gd.ete he touches up
several Of the "nOtablcs" In clever styIe. Hear
him on that cred mouthed cyprtenne of fanaticsm,
cant, and blasphsmy,"
ANNA Dickinson:
At the termination Of my last letter was sitting
down 10 table In the immediate neiahbOrl0od Of
he heroine OF the hour-Miss Anna Dickinson.
wonder ", whether some nursery discipline of gen
ue sort might not be beneficial ip curbing the pas
fionaie procivities of young ladies' who have a
mania for speuting politics.
But bOss Anna Dickinson " from any point Of
View great fact "J0an of Arc" scream. The
enfaptured CAromice, "never was grander and could
not have been better In her mail OF battle than was
this Philadelphia maid IN her statcsalaniikc de
dead and hurled under the feet Of the North, and
its epttaph is traced with the point of a bayonet
dipped In the young blood of the nation" There
are other Hule items for which Miss Anna DIckin-
sou Is underst00d TO have made tstatesmanlfke
demand''
She requires that the s'tcrritory wrenched back
FROM the rebellion be used TO tunderay' the devel
0pmeat OF the blacks In America into full citizen
ship, with tho ownership In fee Of agricultural
land" Finally, Miss Dickinson is said TO 0have
showed to, with her lily white hand, the doors of
the Supreme Court of the United States, at
present constituted, and to have forbidden the ad
icdieation therein Of the proclamation of freedom
to the slaves OF rebels"
Yes, this is the burden Of Miss D:ckinson's
chant, and of the faction of which she IL the
mouth piece. She does not advocate nor ask for
anything more preposterOus than they do Blood,
blood, blood dominion, spoliation and condsca-
ton. she will be content with nothing less. II
II one of the stales. and sorriest devices Of the
Americans when foreigner Ia astounded at their
many madnesses, and makes their frenzy public In
Europe, TO tell him that what he has seen or heard
Is held as of no account by sensible persons In
ARerica-is ephemeraI, and is valueless.
If this crazy Jane in a red Jacket had uttered
her nonsense in some Dissenting chapel, or lecture
hall, or mechanics institute, this plea might hold
good. But she comes accredited by peYsons in an
ihOrity; the council chamber of the country ia
placed at her disposal she speaks es cothsdyd she
is handed TO her roslrum by the second parsonage
Ia the republic; and the Speaker of the House is
her gent eman usher. The chief of the State and
his Ministers swell the number of her auditors.
Either all this means something or nothing n
the Legislative Assembly of the United States Is n
be considered In the eyes of the world e mere
mountebank's g booth, and the Senators and Repre
sentatives only so many mirnss and mummers sun
pied by Mr.. Nelson Lee to urine fair time
Let the Americans have the houesty at least to adj
mt that thelr legislation is hoxse play and their de-
bates farce.
But if thNh american Congress be really composed
of Wise and hbs patriotic men, alive to sense
OF their vast responsibilities, and intent the o.
luton of tremendous problem, how grotesaus,
how unworthy does 1t appear to Craze such an ex-
fib'ion as took place on Saturday night with;
stamp OF official applause. At leas; the Jacobiss
did n3t suffer the biccsu.es to mount the tribune
they kept them in the galleries At Ieas, the paI
OF the National Convention was never "ioaBedn 10
I liferoigne de MericOurt.
THE IRREPREssiBLE
George Francis Ttain, who is called I'm cou,,e.y
4 Speculation, bat vino is In reality thief. us some
of the B,itisi, journals hint, has hi, pace thus
nicbed out in Mr.. Sales letter:
was looking win much admiration and much
pity on the Philadelphia aiaid and with much
amaZ eent al the state OF thing. In which her pub-
Tic antics could be possible, when voice, very ia
iniliar TO me struck upon my ear, and found my
self 10 close proximity 10 the rrGprcssibie George
Francis Train. As unatasbed as vOiubie a. in
coherent as ever, the specu!ator who thought that
ny means OF champaign. and lobster salad he could
force horse railroads upoa the London public, has
turned up at Wiliart's.
The other day he was III Nebraska, tst,Impingu
that territory In the L. crest of the Pacific Rai,
road They say that he has been "oprratincn
largely in gold, and winning AZ largely, aud that he
Intends returning to England, with many hundreGs
of thousands OF dollars, to recOmmcnce his cam.
paign IN trainways. hc mad bet;e. let i,e alone
lie must have had enough Of England, and Enclard d
has surely had enough OF George Francis Train.
tie spoke OF his escap1ds at Boston with much
nonehaiahce aud sell possession. He spoke Of
having been mObbed In several places, shot at in
a halt dozen, and expelled by the military au-
thorities from at least hfty, all because he spoke
up for the Union. 1t was certain, however that
he is still unchanged; but could not obIal., from
him the admission that he had been tarred and ]
and he yet cherished the hope Of be-
coming one day President Of the United states.
A remarkable man Is George Francis Train; |
county" He will 60 further, think, and fare |
worse. Yet he seems to have his CLIQUE here his |
set, his c0terls, his s'cr0wd, and Is persOnage-
But the clerk at vii ard's-and an American ho-
tel clerk Ia about the most trustworthy critic of
human character whom you can well consult !
when he told me that Mr.. Train was considered
dreadfuiiy smart man." significantly tapped his /!
[orehead as he spoke.
LUHAcY.
Celia n'empeo heras. Lunacy In an American |
politician does not seem TO count and we may be |
approaching the dark millennium foreshadoWed by
the poet of the ''roughs, Walt. Whitman; the
lime when there Is to be nothing but money, bust
ness, railroads, exports, imports, custom prece-
tents, palior, dyspepsia, smut, ignorance, and un
belief" when Judges and criminals snail be trans
,osed and the prison keepers be put In prison, and
Insanity have the charge of sanity. |
You will excuse me for quoting bard who 10
considered by many of his brethren to be himself
. mad as March hare, but there Is much method |
md not a little wisdom in "Wait. Whitman, one of |
he rOughs, kOsmOs disOrderly, 1eshiy, sensual
Who lounges and loafs at his ease, and sounds his
'barbaric yaWp over the roofs Of the worlds
NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE.
Mr. Nathaniel Hawthorne, of Concord, Mass,
luthor of "The Scarlet Letter. "The House with
he Seven Gables, }" 'e1'ransformatiOn," and many
when you took upon yourself to hold up obiOQ ny
md ridicule our English MatronstO sneer at their
's,reakiness'' and "beefiness, and to aude, not
7ery tecateiy, to the large space of their Makers
ootstooi they occupied when they sat down!
heTe"veTs those who thought you did a stupid !;
md an Ill hammered thing. But let that pass.
We are not angry with you, dear Mr.. Hawthorne.
We like your books too well; and beside q, II you
aughed at Us, are we not always laughing at our |
elves You have but done with the pen, in some
" hat Of clumsy FORM that which John Leech is |
ioing every week, and gracefully and witiy, with
he pencil; and If the offence Of making money at
our own expense were Indeed rank, the humble |
Individual who indites these lines would have
ciapped into the piiiory and esyed and stoned
% death many years since. |
But, DIR. Hawthorne, If the British mater fam
ltds be fond OF good cheer, she has ut least some
hing to show for ii. Her appearance does credit |
o her feeding and breeding. The C0kes OF HOlk-
lam, that Babrahalns, would have found much |
comfort In her condition. There are blood and |
,Oae there as wei as flesh; symmetry well as !,
weight; muscle rather than surp!usase OF adtpose
natter. But what physical return do your ladies |
make for the goods the gods provide: Do ihey
hrive on their abundant prOvendsr Does the |
,normnas quantity of solid food they consume do |
hem any good
YANKEE MEN AND WOMEN. !
grant the prettiness of your very young girls |
hey are really Trim little damscis; but y0ndcr |
mater tamiiias, who having disposed OF pork chops
aucs kobut and flied potatoes, has now thrown |
ieiself, with desperate ardor, on to tendcrOin |
teak and scrambled cggs--she, bOny, integumin- |
'1s, and high dried, with beak like the Prov OF
noman galley, and countenance like old John
siseas SKID, which he had tanned aud made into |
drum what benefit has she derived from high |
eeding:
she eats and does not fatten. The Moorish !
pecu'aiors, who raise girls for the matrimonial |
market by cramming them with kouscou ssou, could
make nothing OF this lank but insatiate dame |