The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-05-12
(rrr CORRESPONDENCE. Lord Berkeley

(,r7 toKAtsroNprxcF.-L Berkeley.
wishing 10 aNprisc the Duke OF Dorset OF us
c..an-cl condition. wrote: Dear Dorset
lave ja,. been l:.arricd. and AIN the hap
,i,,>; DAG alive Bcrkcicy.' His interest
nc new, !,c;u:, acknpw!cl-c with Dear
y rk.lcy.--Evcsy do" has his day .-~norscl. ;"
Nr. krn,I:l;. some ;;.ac Uncle Sans Posi-
,M(S'Cr-Gcnrral. wautjn., some information
~ 10 tbs SOURCE Of ijvcr. sent the follow =
n% note L. u village po>ima>ter: " >IT.-- his
a,.rsrttacnt is DESTROYS to know how far the
Vomb;gbcc river runs up. Respectfully.
yours, g." j. return mail came: Sir
The Tomhigbrc does not run up at
a'!; i, runs down.--Ncly respectfully
YOURS, &c. kcndiN, not appreciatin.
ri> ,rIhnrdiuatc'S humor, wrote again
~ir: Your appointment as postmaster Is
Icyokrd: you will tnrn over the ,und.,
c;c.. pertaining TO Your office to your sue
,c.>or.' Not nj al disturbed by this >uni'
. mary li>ni>>i. the postmaster replied:
" >.r.-'Ihr revenues OF this office Tor the
quarter cn,liu" september Both have been
riuet,-,ire cents. Its expenditure, same pc
riod. for t,low candles and Irvine. Sl.U3. !
trust my successor is instructed to adlu't
the balance" His superior officer was pro.
baby II much disguised with his precise cor
RESPONDENT Il the American editor who
writing 10 II Connecticut b other. "Scnt
fil! particulars Of the food "--mcaning IA
lnundaton at tina, place received for reply
"You will ind them in Genesis" \ good
specimen OF Yankee brevity is the order re-
cciyed bv commiSSariat officer named Brown
from Colonel Boyd, which could scarcely
have been corcled in fewer words thar
',,in mol ia,
lur his supplies with il note running
Bavd-bect-ISro
Tlllcyraud acknowledged Il pathetic let'el
from Idly friend announcing her widow
II pod. with Il note of two words: Hclas
Madame" And when the casily-con>"Ied
dame wrote not very long afterwards solicit
u. his influence on behalf OF an officer slt
WAS about ~ marry, he merely replied Ho
10. Mad,,Gt." More satisfactory To- the re-
,irI"ut waS Lord Eidun'S note to his friend
III. Fisher. Of 1Dc CbartCriouSp " DCal
ti>h"r.--I rasinot to-day give You the pre-.
flmcnt for which YOU ask. Your sincere
illru!. E!dan. (iWu Oc"r.} gave il YOU
,c>lcId4;." Pheasant oaII parties concerned
w, The correspondence between .th" Alcll-
ii>liop oil York ard the Bishop OF Cork:
,'..,r Cork.-plrasc ordi'u Stanhopc
York" Dear FORK, -S,nnhope is ordained
corn.
y ben member Of Lord North'S admins
f!tiinn. Fox one night took the liberty oi
Wukin: irtr one lobby while his chief went
!utu the other. As lie sat cn the ministerial
h,nrh Me next evening one o! the door
~, lrr- han'i"d him II note. Cron opening
IT lie rrorijnil> politician read: " S!r,-lli,
ii.lr~'y his thought proper to order new
,oL.ini->io!I If the treasury. in which do not
I,d lie name Of Charles james Fox
.<ultA." Not more agreeable to tie lecipi-
"nt WAS Henry D:umnond'> answer H. a
letter asking hin 10 Join the advocates
ol the Maine liquor law. "Sir,-I think
liz Mum" !tiuor law perfectly deteSta-
BE. and will do my best 10 prevent lis
beng adopted here, Yours. II. Drum
n!unI. Is II Iulr. II man with /,
grievance is too proud Of bis wrongs to he
lIrnn;C. ii.t here l. III exception 10 the rule
sir WAS II lieutenant with General STAN
hope "hcn he took Minorca in 1I0S, for
wheel, IT, was made 4 lord. ! was q lieuten-
ant with General B!akency when he lost
Nlnrrr1 in l1ji. for which he was made Il
Iurd. an a lieutenant STILL Surely such
an Hipr;,i ought to have proved rcslstlc>s.
a,iIu>! - rc>>li,>> ~ TINT OF the dying drl-
uH'i-l: " ncIr Boil lt,Nc not anything to
i,+:N" turC - lrgprluitc my memory but
;%n hclr.r>> girls. Look upon them some
times. u;,u lhink of him that WAS to the last
moments Of his lite thinc.-G. Farqtlhar. >
tHGiaJtf:' JUHrari.