Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1865-1869, 1866-03-05
BUSINESS NOTICES.

LOST CHmD.-In days gone by, when one
could traverse the surroundings of the City of Hills
without stumbling on rows Of Southern soldiers
graves, or being mpeded by q lOllng niger aStride
OF "A hobby in the shape of cumbrOus bureau, be-
times might be seen an old cOlOrcd man (whO was
free 10 be everything but loaier pauper or
thief, with bell and slip OF paper IN hand, ringing
the announcement Of lost child. The ring Of
that bell used 10 enlist the sympathy OF ALL and
white and black, with one accord, answered the
summons 20 search for the missing one, whether il
was Caucasian the blood Of Africa flowed III It's
veins. Those days are passed ana gone but there Is
another bell ringing now; 10 is the bell OF the Press,
calling YOU all % the Theatre tonight IN tie name
Of God and humanity, and by 'the memory OF the
dead" 70 contribute To the relief of the poor. On
the worlds wide and dreary common many a noble
southern heart Is now wandering lone, sad and SUI
fering. Shrinking from the gaze OF day and cover
Ing out OF sight many tenderly reared one pines
in silence while around her knee cluster her little
ones asking for bread ard asking for him who shall
never return more, for he has died the Death Of
gallant soldier and Is but the clOd OF the valley
now. Pride land don't blame him or her Tor it
checks the appeal which the once -aitluent but now
destitute. one would make 10 YOU. Poverty, not
unlrrquentIy the reward Of honesty is timli and
fears to approach You. Remember Il may be your
own lot 10 be poor some day, for
Our lives are full of chance and change,
And chance, You know, is never sure
Aud 'twere doctrine new and strange
That places high are most secure
And though the tickle god may smile
And yield the sceptre and the crown,
It's only Tor little while
Then goes up aud comes down.
Look back on the terrible days Of the war look
at those heroic men in the front spllug their blood
and LAYING down their lives Think ui the dear ones
whom they have left for your sake, and now, IL you
have gratitude or human souls within You, come TO
the rescue Of those whose hearts are torn and whose
homes are a waste. You have given your money 20
hear the mimic of the M0rmOnS; YOU have given
your money 10 see people playing marbles with
sticks; YOU have given your money to see tawdry
and painted wrecks of humanity dancing, now cOme
and give your mite 10 noble purpose or, IL You do
not, then shame be upon you, and let Us hear you
speak more about your gratitude or your Christi
dnity. Read the advertisement and the correspond
euce on the subject, and you will see that Mrs
Magill has rendered the theatre; that Mr. Ogden has
taken the management Of the affair and that a COM
m ttce, among whom is our philanthrOplc fellow
citizen, Mr.. Scott of the City Counci are cO-opeya
tons in the good work.
A CELLAR BELow-Au enthusiastic Fenian, born
in Cork was so enraptured with his birthplace when
H. came ito hear tell Of IT," that he wrote the fol-
lowing. among many other " Elegant stanzas:
Ir you want to behold the sublime and the
bcJUtcOuS,
Tut your Toes M your brogue aru see sweet barney
lane.
Where the parents and ealder is comey and
dUteOUS,
And dry lodgin' both rider aud haste entertain.
In the cellars below dimes the slashiu young iel-
lows,
That comes with the Ebutther from distant
Thraee
While the landlady chalkiu' the score on the bel
lows
Sings Cork is an Aidca for YOU love- and me-
That cellar in Barney lane was famous one
but the cellar or basement to use the classical
phraSe) which Wendlinger has ON Nam, between
Ninth and Tenth, is much more 80, for You can get
much better things there than Blarney lane cellars
ever see Wendlnger, like Feuiaa before Judge
lskS for "a fair trial. give it to him. Good
judges say he is sound the goose and every other
sort of fowl.