The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-11-29

10 fos,,va,. but now 1t has CHANGED Its Gus
tom, and Issues invitations TO the stranennS
n n select party only. Our ADVENTUROUS
traveller. who conemtulates bimaeif upon
having ESCAPED safely from the'r Shores says
that Int 4 month or two since he was pres.
nnt ut one of these terrible scenes, ana tnas
tho wretch who suffered, instead OF oehs
DESTROYED ut once, was two or three times
SWING m hy the neck before life was e3'
tine, whilo the invited guests, mao WIN
the Gcry liouor which is the popular drink
NJ tho country, shouted and swore Ia
frenzy Of elee, so that the terocIty OF the
tbronr in the old Coliseum when siadators
slaughtered each other, or Of the Spanish
crowds IL a buli-fght when the animal dis
embowcS the man, was tame and spiritlesS
in compari>on. It's but Just to these people
TO say, SAYS this traveller, that some OF them
are shocked by this traditional custom, and
protest against the bungliug horrors Of such
scenes. But they are dcYidcd as 'milkSops
and sentimental fools, who reserve all their
sympathies for poor, dear murdcrers; ano
such is the SeuSillvcnc>s of this heroic peo-
DE that they are more afraid Of sheer than
of IN argument, for there are men among
them who put an enormous speakIng.trllm-
pet to their mouths, fill it with their own
wind, and then call lis blast public opinion.
The latest traveller also describes another
fact about the singular people, which, 10 Us,
who are truly civilized. seems absolutely H.
credible. lie says that In their cities they
build enormrus buildings called hotels,
which rise 70 great height, and are filled
with strangers who happen to be in the
town, who are lodged in little cells arranged
fl,,tt hnl
II houey-comh. These structures are Dullt
OF solid material for the lower stories, from
which escape is always easy should hrc
break out, and whica can readily be Hoouca
with water. Eut tue higher parts are con-
structed of lighter and more iniiammaDie
stulS, which, should they take fire, are be-
vond the reach Of water, and the higher You
20. cScane in case Of danger Is more anu
more hopeless.
In countries OF low civilization, Of course,
such lofty buildings would either be really
iir.prooi, or they would be so amply pro.
vided with meauS Of escape that there "oulu
be the same feeling Of security Oh tte Lool
as in the lowest rooms. But our tla'e
savs that in one OF the largest aid most re-
nowncd Of those buildings there was fooln
in the very roof, beyond the Icach OF wafer,
ana GCCC>S.itc GUY ~ d "NSN''' S'HA' w.
Tue passage in which 1t was butt was, OF
course, 4 huge, roaring draught the momeut
tie began below. There we're windows
in the room covered with iron netting.
which could not be broken. Que night
during his stay In the country a fire began
nesr the staircase, and swept roaring up TO
the roof, and eleven poor women, servants
Of the great house, sleeping in that cruel
room, were caught without chance OF sue
cor, and SO, God help them, persisted in in-
conceivable agony.
as the traveller remarks, this is kind Of
ca a>trophe which is simply unnecessary. An
honest and efficient regard for human life
would MAKE it absolutely impossible. But,
be adds, there is something ghastly in the
fac, that people which permits such need
less human slaughter dirdains, With apparent
sincerity. other times ard countries, aud ac-
tualls pluIGes itself upon lis civilization and
knowledge. TO US, who are truly civilized
AMI hutnaue, aud full CT al! wisdom, the tales
Of such traveller, If we can really believe
them, bring only a mingled gratitude and
pity. Mamma sad the good little 10y
whose toes were peep;ng out OF his Shoes
"wnat do the poor children dc who arc out
1T clbows; "-Erchanse.