The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-07-05

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Mayor Ellyson solemnly arose to tole
some notice Of the toast to the city of Rich.
mond. He supposed he was the person in
tended. For Information as to the finances
and water-powcr of the city he begged
leave to refer them and all others interested
to his first annual message to the City Coun
ell. which would be issued in an extr:
DISPATCH MS soon as it is decided who is
Mayor. Price, 3 cents per copy at the cotln
ter. [The Mayor here famed himself WIN
his new Panama hat. and calmly aWaltec
applause. The sight OF the hat drew tear:
to the eyes of the Agent ol the Assoclatt. :.
Press. who Immediately made oVertllfes t'
Colonel Bennett, of the Journal, 10 o2rrom
two dollars. Overture refused.l May OF
EllvEon closed with his celebrated imitation
of Paoli.
Mr.. II. G. Tinslcy, who presented the ap.
pearance OF 4 clergyman and IN person
much resembles Rev. DR.. Plumer, formerly
of this city, responded to the toast OF
j" Woman" He was quite difident, ano
appeared to he very much impressed with
the solemnity Of the occasion. he sald nc
had always regretted that so much time was
wasted ut these parties and so little lnforma'
tion gained. He was glad that the toast en-
trusted to him was one with Which nc
could use some statistics, and make his re-
marks profitable to those around him. tie
had compiled his figures from the Census
Bureau, and there could he no mistake
about them. He found that there
were 17,S36,4O1 able-bodied women in
the States, only two of whom were over
nineteen years of age. and both OF them
were George Washington's nurses. This
statement about age the speaker confessed
was n remarkable one, but he hoped II any
one present had any doubts they would not
express them; 4 censuS-taker had done so
on one occasion, and he only lived forty
eight hours. The great disadvantage at
which man, who is OF all ages and of all
stages of decrepitude, is placed in q race
with seventeen million women i'll perfect
health and only nineteen years old was
graphically described. Woman, the speaker
thought, was All unmitiSated success III
every walk of life. AS a philanthropist sh2
was beyond criticism. She was never known
to let up in doing good, and would insist OH
doing good whether you wanted her to OF
not. One eminent lady (only nineteen years
old) had made it the business of her life to
visit and rectify lunatic asylums. She at-
tended to one so carefully that the superin-
tendent offered to give her all the lrlnatics
and ten dollars if she wouldn't come there
any more. She refused the offer, and the
Superintendent went up to his room and
blew his brains out. As al author, MIR
Tinsley thought she WAS electric, and re-
ferred to the ease of q passenger on {
steamer who, after reading two chapters o.
st. Elmo, took off his paper collar and leapet
overheard. 1t was too much for him. As I'M
dertakers, they have been abreast of the fore
most, and sometimes ahead of the foremost
having been known to skip nimbly over thu
bodies of family of orphans in order tc
get into the first hack going to then
fathers funeral. .[Applallse.] The addres:
of Mr.. Jinsley was replctc with similar
information relative to this new infu
sion into American politics, and nearly
every single man ut the table was seel
to take copiolIs notes of his remarks
Several married men having drawn re
missing to continue his remarks when cir
ter,
Shortly after taking his seat, the speaker
hearing that three or four dctcrnlincd-loo!i
ing females had been seen around Xctcllc'
front door, sent to Mayor Ellyson for
police force to sec him home.
Mr.. Chestcrman' response to the "Pro
vincial Press" was all that Petersburg
Norfolk, Lynchburg, and Fredericksburg
could wish. He spoke Of Lynchburg'
harbor, of Norfolk as Il snuff factory, o
Fredericksburg as 4 good place for q rca
estate agency, and of Petersburg rs ;
sumac depot. He hoped the day was no
far distant when consolidation would etfec
these great results, and peace and prosperity
reign once more. He proposed, "Tht
Shell-tiSh Of Norfolk" Music Make NJ
Noise oy-tSHr :"
/ The Chair stated that Major Millgan, o
the Norfolk .Journdt, had a written hrie
reply to this toast, but he had not been able
to make out all the hard words yet. Uulcs:
objection was made, it would therefore b.
laid on the table. No objection was made
VOLUNTEER ToAsTs.
The regular and their collateral toast
disposed of, q number of volunteer Scnti
ments were proclaimed. We remember tn
following:
"Manchester."-Air cover the Water
to Charlie" Responded to by ex-Justic'
Gentry.
".Facts, Figures, and Fancy,"-Air
""When Shall we Three Meet Again p
Responded to by Rev. John Grrlne in N
argument not only able but exhaustive.
James River 1mprove,,ment."-Air
to, 10y Colonel Albert Ordway ant
Captain =. G. Coehl.n. The former speaker
gave his views without any hesitation as tc
the proposed widening of the jaime:
and deepening of Gillic's creek. Whcr
these great improvements and Monroe
Park were completed he would be willin!
to say, like Annanias of old --
Captain Coghlan corroboratcd this view
of the case, and hoped, il nothing happcn
cd, yet to see iron-cldds anchored i'll Ba
cons Quarter branch.
"The ex-Pressmcn mot Adams)." Air
"Thou art so Near and yet so Far" Re
sponded to by Colonel William D. Coleman
,"The Magazines of the South-Theil
motto Excelsior" Air: "Jordan am {
Hard Road to Travel"
Mr., g.. Watson James, editor of the OIL
Dominion, was called from the consideration
of MarasehinO and Lothair to respond tt
this toast. Ie sketchcd the rise and fall 0
the University Of Virginia, and paid touch
ing tribute to the memory Of his friend, thu
lamented Dickens. In conclusion, he gave
the table of contents of the next Old DO
min,on, and urged every gentleman presen
to send in his name. "''. ...
Dr. L. 2. Mayo, being called on, arost
with a box of Reynolds's pills in his hand
but was so furiously assailed by the audi
ence that he was forced to take his seat.
Enter tele graph boy. -.
DISPATCH FROM GEORGE FRANCIS TRAIN.
New ORLEANS, MONTREAL, NEW York;
,.a.. AND OMAHA, July 4, 1870.
Patriots of the Richmond Press: ..s.,.
Invitation received. Trunk packed TO
Paris Plebiscitum evidently fraud. vii
investigate it,. Napoleon trembles in hi
boots. Prim will join me at sea with Span
ish fleet and two revOlvers. q. f. L.
DISPATCH FROM PAT WOODS.
MOUNT VERNON, WAsuINGToN's ToMB,} I.
July 4. 1870. =