The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-03-17
MANCHESTER, Saturday Night.

| MY gossping tendencies are In the ascend
ancy tonight. Several matters press upon
rambling letter, shall drop loose rein on
the neck Of my pen and let IL run at pleasure.
First Of all, l must inform you that night.
work in the factories ceased, for a season at
| least, on the first day of March. Heaven
grant that IL may never be resumed II Is an
atrocious cruelty practiced on the necessity Of
| the operatives. Your heart would have
thrilled with sympathetic joy could you have
| seen the boundless rapture beaming from
| every face on the evening the lamps were LII
| for the last time. For several reasons am
happier now than ever before since came to
Manchester. Having procured the necessary
books, spend part of my evenings in teach:
| ing my little brother. To his credit will
say that he is studying nobly, and IL mother
could place him In good school, he would
make his mark in the future. Since he has
| been carrying my letters over 70 you, he has
conceived the singular ambition Of being an
Editor. am, also, reading with greedy de:
generously sent me- l have nearly finished
the last work of "Marion Harland." / read
several Of her books before left Chestnut
Lawn" and liked them.
Last Sunday night grew uncommonly good,
and went to church. In reward for my
trouble, heard lecture temperance.
Drunkenness oh, horrid evil How keen!y
have felt the power Of its curse. The clouds
which hang so darkly over my head tonight
are but the settled smoke of long expired
hopes-hopes destroyed BY this frightful mon
ster Silence! II is hard to keep back the
story of my msfortunes. 1t is strange that
we are disposed to talk Of pleasures which are
lost yet IL is so. Those who have known bet.
ter days feel 4 mournful pride in retrospection
They seem to be dependent upon memory for
pleasure. OF this, enough!
Speaking of attending church, inclines ma 10
make a remark about the Manchester Divines.
They are undoubtedly the most morougaty
praised set of gentlemen In this great country.
Nobody ever before was so frequently ano ex-
ira yagantly complimented Us are these identt.
cal ministers, in several OF the hcnmond pa.
pers. 1t Is to be hoped that they are not
required to pay advertising rates for this
printed praise. 1t may be that these reverend
gen tlemen are engaged to preach with the un.
derstanding that their salary is to be paid
partly in money and partly In praise. UT, pos.
| sibly the churches have made a contract WIN
the local reporters, that they are TO pay for
their pews by praising the preacher. Be this
as it NAV, l can testify that the praising II
done in the most approved style 1t comes In
regular weekly instalments, and always In an
NV letter about the "Windeaters" pro-
duced consequences which l did not anticf.
pate. AS soon rs it appeared, they disdppedrsd
gentleman say that special train, loaded with
these gen tlemen, left on the Danyilie road last
week for the south. This must be true, Tor
the wind has been raging alpost incexyantly
| since the train went. regreCno tnat ever
wrote the letter about them.
| A young man was seen on last wednesday
| to walk down Main street with card pinned
TO his coat-taii bearing conspiGuoIsy yhr ans I'M
happened to be at the depot, when his notice
was called TO IL. The language that he used
when he discovered the card was so shockingiy
profane that my virtuous young relative &c.
clined, wisely, to repeat IL. he stated as
tinctly that he was no eater.
| 1t ia not TOO late for me TO say word In
regard to the many correspondents OF the Do.
pafch who have referred TO me- delayed
thus long because modesty forbade my speak.
ing until they got through. To those who
rushed to my rescue when assailed by Mr.
Citizen, now deceased, make my thankful
bow.
To "Fair Play must say that his warm
words reminded me Of the age Of chivairy,
which, unfortunately enough for my sex, mas
fairEbut not fairer LJaro), as many men in
Manchester are said TO do:
For "Push On" the shoemaker, re-echo
the prayer once offered by an insane man for
n country 'cobbler: May he never breathe
his last wax his end, or peg out"
1t was n singular Inconsistency OF Provi-
dence that 90 uaker' was moved TO write an
article In my defence, and the editor was not
"Confidence," from the land Of Sidney, who
. was "strangsly fascinated, BY my letter.
has failed to come to time. She or he lparsed
In the common gender until more heard rom
promised great things, but, like public conn.
dence generally, she Tor he) seems somehow TO
have been misplaced.
who Expressed preference for my letters over
all romance and poetry, feel uneasy. He
| threatened us with an account Of singular
life, but as he don't come along, fear that,
like his illustrious namesake who once nou-
rished in Persia, he has met singular death.
despise pun by education, and the seve.
raj sickly efforts In that way which are made
In this letter are intended 10 cast contempt on
the immoral practice OF punning.
Dear life, am not half through with my
gossip, bnt my letter Ii already long; the rest
ynDst be reserved for another time. feel
sorry that you declined TO publish my letter
about the " "Street-Sweepers. do not think
1t was too rough. Perhaps you know best,
and submit gracefully "SrRUa0tB."
S.-The Communication left at your o6lee
for me was complimentary ticket 70 con.
cert to be given at the Manchester Methodist
Church. am going, and you shall hear all
about IL. Does sny using the ticket require M
to be pleased suppose this is the general
rule; 20 now promise TO write letter IN
praise Of the concert
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