The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-07-13

omincr, is in town. He n endeavoring TO
have his paper made the organ of the
johnson party in Virginia. Now that the
two johnson clubs here have been CONSOLE
dated, Pollard thinks that he can consci-
cntiou>ly support the new party. Mr..
PAYNE, the business manager Of the En-
un,incr, who was up to recent date as
si<tau, postmaster at Richmond, is a warm
friend Of Assistant Postmaster Randall, and
Pollard hopes by this friendship to have
his paper made Randall's organ. Nec York
Jr.JmaC.
ms TARIFF ~ TEA AND COFFEE.
The new tariff bill reduces the duty on
tea To twelve and half cents and on COT
fee to two aud half cents per pound
which We believe are just half the present
rates. We hope tea and coffee drinkers
may receive the benefit.
GENERAL. SIcKLEs.
II !, not now doubted that General
SckleS will accept the mission TO the
Hague. II is stated that he has already
sl.u:icd TO the State Department his &C
ccptaucc Of the office.
REV. nR. SAMSON AREAIGSFD BY RADICAL.
AZ IUccti'iS tliS pNiiSt ~
ton city, of a Board of School Trustees
Or Common Councilmen, we arc not sure
which,, the following discussion, which
explains itself, was had:
Mr.. johnson offered the following:
Resolred, That the secretary of this
Board he directed to communicate to Rev
Dr.. Samson, president Of Columbian Col
lcgc, our acceptance Of the generous offer
OF scholarship in that college to the most
meri,orious pupil Of the public schools
and that the thanks Of this Board are
hereby returned to Rev. DR.. Samson ana
the trustees of said college.
Mr.. Rhecs stated that Il contradiction OF
the statement made Of the speech OF Or.
Samson at the Southern Baptist Conven-
ton had been published, and he read seve-
raj extracts from religious papers to show
that DR.. Samson was in sympathy with the
South.
Mr.. Johnson defended the course Of DR..
Samson, stating that his speech in the Bap-
tist Convention had not been reported cor
rectiv. His remark that the "South was
right had reference to the action Of the
Southern Baptsts i'm Withdrawing from the
Convention of 1856 because of the intro
duction of resolutions Of q patriotic cha
racter. In regard to the statement that
he refused to preach under the American
flag, he stated that he (Samson) objected
To- the flag being placed in the church ut
the time, u OH that day~the Sacrament OF
the Lords Supper was to be administered
1t had been the policy of DIR. Samson not
10 NEEDLE with politics, and when Senator
Sumner was sick at his house, and party
spirit ran high, he was advised to get rid
of him, but refused to ask him to leave.
Mr.. RheeS replied that his treatment OF
Sumner could not be put on the score OF
kindness, as Senator Sumner paid rent TOR
the room. In regard to the flag on the
church, it was placed over the door.
Mr.. Woodward said he would vote for
the resolution, looking at the. subject as 4
compliment offered the scholars. The
Board did not send the scholar to the col
lege, hut simply selected the boy, and it
laid with the parent To send him or not.
Il, r Vic V! t"&s 81 re1 tha whatever might NJ
vor al the scholarship. II the scholarship
j. IL. he rejected simply because some OF
the officers are not loyal and if treason is
not actually iuculcatcd in the college, then
the schools may as well he closed 10 scho-
lars, Tor all the parents of the pupils have
not been loyal. He regretted that the OBJ
lection should haSe come from his own
district, and expressed his opinion that ii
was not owing TO any personal objection.
NJ. RheeS stated that he was on the
best of terms with DR.. Samson.
Mr.. Tus,iu asked il, in 1864, in DR.. Full
lcr's church, in Baltimore, DIR. Samson did
not vote against the reception of series
of resolutions of a patriotic character be-
cause he was president of southern col
lcge.
Mr.. Johnson answered that such was the
case, and that DR.. Samson objected be-
cause il was religious body, and they
would tend To Sever the association.
Mr.. Wilson said that we have to put up
with some things that we do not like, and
tie opportunity of aiding the boys to OBJ
tain Il collegiate education should not be
let 20 by because we do not admire the
political course of the officers of the insti-
tuition. The question was simply whether
the Board will select boy to whom the
scholarship shall be rendered.
The resolution was adopted.
MODEL RAILROAD.
Crocus," the facetious correspondent
Of the Pithole Record, writes to that paper
"a, oSoSiADSo
the medium OF transportation: ave came
by way Of the Orange, Lemon, and Alex
andria railroad, and would say to persons
who are tired of life and, in hurry to get
through, try this line. You leave WASH
ing,on in the evening, and, as o general
thing, will arrive in Heaven or Richmond
the next day. Each train is provided with
surgeon, undertaken, amputating table,
and other Injuries; besides these, it has
some OF the finest collins ever expect TO
see. Hospitals are established along the
entire route, and in case Of fatal accident,
the bodies of strangers are Immediately
embalmed. The arrangements are so per-
feet, and accidents SO sure on this road,
that many persons have their limbs taken
off and get embalmed before starting, to
avoid delay while on the cars"
We publish the above for the humor il
contains. OF course we do not endorse
his unjust aspersions upon one Of our best
railroads.