The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-07-22
A CharIninGiy Cosby letter.
Apothcr cnarmirg letter from M Fal


10 the Edit0rS Of the Dispatch:
Had We lIvcu III the days Of Moab 1t IS
likely We should have voted against the
frod were we now = deDiZen OF the great
African desert we should he found praying
without easement that the windows Of
heaven mi.nt be kept open until It was not
ouiy wit enough for Mr.. LincoIn's gun-boits
to cruise arouOd promi>cuouslV, but water,
water everywhere ucep enough 10 ii al the
"Great Eastrru," with several f,th0m4 10
spare TO The james River Improvement. CIR
cumStancc> all er cases thpl eture. Mr. Senior
JUNIOR Editor. tell us what Is the objection
to YOU and me ttiil stn2 each Otbrr Jtlst tie
| least bit tor our own pleasuraUle eulertaln-
| ment without permit from The tloa9raDic
president aud secretary OF the Mutual Adj
! mliatlou Society: Do you never call to
mind the anledlIuvan days and sigh Tor
| something that Is gone never TO rc'urn: DO
YOU never iccl like eXclulming. Rcdecent
| Sntu1ui0 regua" Are your day-drclln> aud
| nighl.dream> never haunted by Stirring vi.
sionS of men aud things rs you saw them In
the olden time, by the forms and faces OF
tie giant race who lived and Wroie before
tue fl ,ou: Lord Byron and Tom. Moore at
| one tim. had notion to s.art journalistic
| enterpri>e-potlcal, literary. critical, aud
heaven knows what be>ides-ln the city OF
London. Jupiter Tonaus. WHAT team
| Tor live newspaper, ana now the dry
| bones would have ratified throughout John
Bulls dolnlnionS had they carried out the
prri ct There was many slishlng
cdior in Cd Virginia 10 that day,
and the fur fl " around in a way that was
terrible 10 behold. Roger Pryor, VINO
| "mulliplies hinself among mankind, the
f, ,l. Rn RiHp
who ru,ed the Hhig Sheuang, Cesar and all;
Jennings Wise lmay the grass never witber
on his stainless clay), whose blade was as
keen ana bright as the scimltar OF Solidan
Patrick Henry Aylett, lord OF irony that
master sppl"; poor Cball-y Irving (another
Tom MarshaIi--are there no flowers blooming
on his grave y dasbiug of on an article on
almost any subject, which read like page Of
Nac,ulay james McDoaald, welding bis
noIi.hed pen with unrivalled dignity and
orace--our humble self "pl lying AT log
CARTS" the best we knew how, and helpiuS
Tom. August TO keep the peace among those
hre.apd tow preur checaAers.; and last, but
b, no means Ieast, there. was that MAJ way
M,zjs Addunss, admitted to honorary ENJOY
meut OF all aud singular the eleuslnan rites
and mysteries of the craft pokiug fun at the
whole ships crew in Hdrper's Mdgo2lae.
Then the Dispatch, like young Hercues,
Law in its cradle, >trangl'pg every manner OF
REPTILE that came within lis reach, and Dream
inu of the lapors aud triumphs OF its coming
glanthood.
ION, the days are gone that we nave seen; =,
John Anderson, my Joe.'
Rut ss these reminscentiai evocations
are boring to the rising generation, and per-
tain to social and political dynasty that nas
nsssed away forever, We will change the
subject.
lisye YOU seen .S,rtSner for this month
OF ca,,rse YOU have, aud read the " Recollec-
tions OF Charles Sumner" We ewIil transcrlbe
q passayc which will interest many OF your
readers:
lone day the Senator spoke Of France, bis
visit there, and the nen he met. Anecoote
after anecdote OF the ma ost noted ioilo
NJ. CircourI, who has been styled the Macau-
lay Ct France from bis varied kuowieoSe
aud brilliant sty "a speaking OF our minis
Ter at thc Court of st. Cloud. Hon. John 4.
Mason styled him .. usa ts;ece honane," win
a shrusof the shoulder, WHEN asked what be
tbouuic of him and then. Oeing encouraged
10 90 on. said in Enssish-aRd, BY the way,
Circour ~aS almost the onls Frenchn.dn Of
note ,cho spoEe English - Qtaic, our>): Lat
week IA ard the American Minister speak
of slavery in very cruel manuer, in very
ruf1ur masnsr. l hope never to hear so
aealn."
Mr. Welling asked why Mason could be
so mucb of i Ssayorte wirh the Emperor-h
il was from bis card. .playing5
Dir. Sumpsr: No; it is from certain ooa'
homie, together with his stupld"y. 5 ne
E:up.ror is tyrant he holds bis seeptre by
crime; the Liberals the educated men OF
Frapcej are against him. aud be is well
pleased with au American Minister "oo Is
inca pacita'ed by his ignorance OF The French
language from seeking intercourse WIN tne
Liberals, and by bis in,oieraHt opinions on
slavery from being sought by them; aud YET
who, FROM bis brusqueness OF manner, Il
pleasant to the Emperor. How different we
must now appear with such men ABROAD 70