The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-08-09

At Worcester, Mass, a number OF lads
hung like squirrels to the sides and windows
of the car, joining in the call of "Shcrman,'
"Sherman." The civilian-dressed general,
rising, pointed the boys to a military gen.
tleman in the car, dressed in uniform
whereupon a bright-eyed urchin responded,
Cant come that, General. Can't fool Us
up here. We take the papers. We know
you"; and, convulScd with laughter, the
General was coerced to the platform.
4 French gentleman asked a Hungarian
friend in Paris whether the time had not
come when Hungary could avenge herself
in Austria? "Idh, mon cher," replied NJ.
dc S., We have had our revenge: We
have given Austria Benedek! The Gene
raj, it seems, is q Hungarian, and fought
against his c%ountryncn, as you know, in
ls4S.
A Southern editor writes: "We hap
pcned to be in the clutches of some 'loyal
patriots once, who surrounded us with
violent objurgations like the following
you tam reppel, you fight init der coond.
try! NTH der konshtitooshun Nit der
old phlag, by tam You beesht mine
brisner !-reppel-by tam y"
An excited individual rushed to the At.
lantic Cable Office yesterday in a state OF
excitement, and said 81 have q dispatch
which must take precedence of all others.
1t is something that will make your rope
fEuropc) tremble :" "Don't send it,
cried De Sauty ; and it was not sended.
The Evening Bulletin of Philadelphia, in
its Facts and Fancies, " a few days since
had the annexed:
".Atter the Doolittle Convention adj
,%iourns, it will probably be known as the
Didlittlc Convention"
A party of nine gentlemen, including
Senator Sherman and Senator Sprague,
will accompany General Sherman in his
trip over the plains and Rocky Mountains.
The party will start from st. Louis on the
10th instant.
1t is confidently reported that Ole Bull
is coming to America, partly to prove the
talsity of the report that he was dead, and
partly to make u professional tonr. lie
denounccs the report az a v~iolinsinuation.
Boston Journal.
A Western paper, in describing the
debit of a young actor, says that che
broke the ice fclicitously with his opening
sentence, and was Immediately drowned
with applausc.'
Bull Run Russell writes n vivid account
of the seven days var in Europe for tho
London Times. In the thread of his mar
rative the nccdlc-gun appears consricu-
ously.
A St. Louis lawyer was recently non
suited by a shrcwd scamp, who entered ms
bed. chamber after he had retired for the
night, and stole all his clothes.
The editor Of the Courier undertakes to
tell what " the most stupied ass in town.
thinks. That everybody knows from read
ing his paper.-Prentice.
Box-lNfLrENCE.-The world is governed
theoretically by the jury-box and tho bal
lot-box but in reality by the cartridge box
and the band box .-CharOttesriA lie Chronicle.
TINDER.-A thin material, like ladies'
dresses, used to catch sparks, to raise
flames, and to make up matches.
NJ. Blot, says the Boston Post, has greatly
increased the cooking -range-or, at least,
the range Of cookery in that region.
The shoddy contractors received the
highest commissions during the war.
A sot's nose Is I bill Of abominstiops.-
Prentice.