The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-07-29

The report was unanimously adopted.
But correspondent of the Dispatch must
not "rniss the mall and to avoid that, we
mus. abruptly close this letter. VIAToR.
| 4 Readable Letter from Yanlsce-Lnnd.
Correspondence OF the Richmond Dispatch.
AMONG THE GRANITE HILLS,
July Is, 1869.
Since Walker made the :" Old Dominion "
distinguished for the most quiet election
| and most crushing victory of ancient or
carpet-bag times, your Confessional - mas
been rusticating here in New Hampshire
This is good State to immigrate to during
the summer months, for the air IS as cleaI
as crystal, and the scenery as beautiful
picturesque, and grand, as any IN America:
| am inclined to think that it was intended
as n summer resort, and could easily I'M
dcrstand how the Puritans might have been
cnamorcd of New England il they had
dr;ftcd hither during the warmer months ;
| but how they could have been induced 10
settle here in midwinter is more than l
shall ever know, for q more forbiddln@ spot
of earth than the shores Of Cape Cod can
not be found. Another mysterious thing
exists in the fact that they fought with the
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not he n difficult task to understand why
acids should constitute so large part OF
| their constitution We wonder that any one
can help being SOnr among so many causes
| that arc calculated 10 produce morosencss.
There are some very anomalous Things
here. With population OF 32G,oo0, thcr
Legislature is composed of twelve senators
and three hundred and thirty-three mem
bers in the lower House! Was there ever
before such reckless waste OF flesh Not
withstanding the great disparity in num-
bers. and the immense amount OF dignity
that is supposed to attach to the twelve
Chords" vet the very docile army in the
other House is allowed to sit underth same
roof and on the same elevation. We sup
posc that the original design was to con-
trast flesh and brains, or to give us some
such idea of the disparity of numbers as
was furnished on another occasion when
I.conidas stood at Thcrmopyln. The select
body is usually composed of pro-
men, but the lower House is filled Tor the
most part with " corn-fcld hands u mean
the hard-fisted ycomanry.
But the grcenback feature Of these bodies
| is not really an interesting one; for the
session but month, on an average. But
these Offices cngcnder the jealousy OF nearl y
every man in the State, and his ambition is
never thought to be saturated with the elixir
of official position till he has hccn sent to
the estate House, How many old tavcrns
and shoc-shops and stores within the Dor
dcrs of this State arc still the Mcccas OF
mice and men! How much cheese and
crackers with which to furnish the breast
works OF their mental encounters Ana
over the debris of so many conflicts therc
seems still to hover the ardent cloqucncc OF
so much ambition. Still, every picture has
its bright side. The clothing business is
one of the most fourishing in this section;
for every honest old farmer, when 1t Is once
settled that he is 'mcmhcr elect" orders
a complete suit of clothes after the most
approved Paris fashions, and he is rcadyto
regard Mat suit with no less affection and
awe than we do that which covered us on
our wcdding-day. We have all seen pc
lures of the coming "millcnium," where
lions, tigers, wildcats, catamounts, and
lambs, arc all represented together i'll that
diStressingly stupid condition which VIC
have always supposed was due to ovcrdoses
Of morphine, with the clerical profession
standing around enjoying with eminent
satisfaction the nausea which must follow
so much of the narcotic; but L am told
that the glow of satisfaction which lights
up the faces Of the 'mcmhcrs elect . on
the morning when, for the first time, they
arc allowed Ito "strctch their legs under
another mans mahogany" SURPRISES any
thing Of the kind every witnessed i'll nature
OF art.
At the last session Of the Legislature the
usual attempt was made to do something
about the chronic liquor law. An effort is
being made to get the Massachusetts, law.
But all such attempts will fail, for II inter
fcrcs with q natural right to say what
man shall cat or drink. The Massachu-
sets law says that a man shall be fined
and imprisoned if he sell anything but
cider; but the pressure is 80 great, on the
side of the German particularly, that the
officers wink at the sale of lager. Such
laws arc not only absurd, as the attempt to
make an inverted cone stand, but 1t is also
tyrannical, and, sooner or later, unless total
prohibition be abandoned, this people will
have to fight. The foreign population has
too much sense to fail TO sec the hypocrisy
of the native here. Massachusetts is agl-
tating the subject, and at the next election
the prohibitionists representing the admin
istration there will be thrown overheard.
That q man cannot keep in his own house
a little domestic wine even without running
the risk of being dragged at night from the
embrace of his family and thrown into Jail
to appease the hellish hypocrisy OF Fly
mouth Rock is tyranny, and one day the
enlightened foreigners and tho 'anti-Purl-
tanic Yankee will crush out all such lcgis-
lation, either in n peaceable or o iorclhle
manner. The ablcst lawyers and divincs
of Massachusetts are giving the matter
serious consideration, and arc free to admit
that legislation of this character produces
an utter contempt for law. But that is not
all! 1t increases the demand for liquor
and the quantity drunk, and, ochdt IS ororSe,
makes tie drinlcer q snedlting thief beside.
Human nature is so constituted as to have,
sometimes at all hazards, those things
which arc denied it simply because they arc
forbidden.
In the office of the Acknowledgement here
| saw among the souvenirs OF the war the
! pistol, holster, and belt, Of Roger y. Pryor.
They were captured with him III front oil
the lines at Petersburg.
This has been an interesting week to the
graduates of Dartmouth College. 1t has
been the centennial anniversary. The
crowd was very great and the exercises en-
pertaining. Twelve hundred of the Alumni
set down to dinner. Among the distin-
guished guests were General Sherman, Chief
Justice Chase, and Hon. William Nj. Evarts.
The college is situated at Hanover, on the
Connecticut river, in the northern part of
the State, and in the midst of a panorama
of hills and valleys beautiful, wild, and
| II hoe of tho most