The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1867-07-24

A curious trial of strength occurred in
Buffalo on Thursday last. There was
dispute as to the relative strength of two
tugs, and It was decided 10y attaching
strong hawser from the stern of one TO the
other, and then at given signal each en-
deavored to pull the other backwards.
The winning and of course the strongest
tug dragged the other Oft captive.
There is a question Of still further en-
bellishing Paris by making "jadtn de
ceinture," or garden all around The city.
To accomplish this the Notifications would
be lcyelled, the ditch filled up, and the
ground turned into flower beds, for the
rearing of exotic plants and the recreation
of the people. This garden, if made, will
by some thirty miles in circumference.
According to Draper, Nature not only
influences the condition of man, but 60
verns his creed. Below the parallel Of Al
degrees January isothermal) the climate
is Catholic in its tendencies. North OF
that line it is Protestant.
The Pittsburg Gazette intimates that the
Court of Common Pleas will get rid OF
Mr.. Vashon, the negro lawyer, by showing
that be has not practiced for ten years,
thus ignoring the color question. on'
hypocritical Pittsburgers.
ID. Fiske proposes to resume the pun
,;ca,;on Of the Daily Transcript in Ports
month about the 18Th Of October II Tue
announcement requisite is received ana
the necessary arrangements Gun W n'"oo'
The reconstruction act leaves the power
20 roi,oval of district commanders 10 Inc
President. but it is not likely that ne Will
',..oro;se that authority except, perhaps, IN
~ oaSe If General Sheridan.-Neto York
Tribune.
The Nation says John Adams once re-
marked 10 Mr.. Sparks, looking at the por-
rot of Washington, "That old wouden-
head got good deal OF his reputation Dy
knowing how to hold his tongue"
Recollections of Busy Life" is said
to be the heading under which Horace
Greeley will soon write bis autobiography
Let no evil-minded compositor lnterpoate
Body's after Busy World.
A young woman being reproved for in
| difference TO q sutton who had otruded her
by his sloveuly dress replied, "Why
should pine away for MIN when he will
not spruce up TO me?"
An Alabama freedman recently applied
! to Governor Patton for q divorce on the
ground that his wife couldn't be coming
home every week, and he knew another
woman who would do very we'll.
In New York there is to be season OF
English opera between the regular terms
OF the Italian Muse at the academy, Mr..
Peter Richings welding the sceptrc and
issuing the advertisements.
A new channel was formed in the Mis-
souri, river at Peru, Iowa, on the 9Th in
slant, by the action Of the current cutting
through narrow neck of land, and short
ening the route by twenty miles.
The Fredericksburg Ne,ns learns that
"Mayo's Guide" was quoted in the Dis
trict Court on great constitutional ques-
ton by one Of the lawyers. Let us have
the name.
The new Tycoon Of Japan is thirty-one
years of age, and bears the name OF Prince
Heibstyobashi. "Imsgine," says the Bos-
ton Post, "the populace shouting Hurrah
for Heibsty ?"
Among the latest arrivals at Saratoga
are two young ladies from Havana known
as the "Charms Of Cuba" apd wearing
diamonds to the value of $250,O00.
Famous saying of Martin Luther:
"Wier nicht liebt Vein, Webb, Gesang,
Der bleibt elm Narr sein Lebelang."
SHEER NoNsENsE.-What sort of blades
were the Roman Emperors Augustus and
Tiberius! The blades that formed pair
of Caesars, of course.-London Fun.
Very rich gold discoveries have been
made by the Mormons On Green river.
Brigham Young is fitting out parties for
the mines.
Many man has paraphrased the decla
ration Of the poet and erected for himself
no monument more enduring than his brass.
The letter from Macmillan to Carlotta
is spurious-tirst published in France.
Poor relations-our relations with Mex
leo.
A cruel Kansas paper calls II. G. "Jeff.
Dayis's Vegetable Pain Killer"