The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-04-28

ANOTHER SPELLISG- MATCH -tOLORED IE0s
PIE ENGAGED IN AN ORTHoGRAPHICAL WRAS-
eLE.--The mania for spelling. matches has
reached the colored people. aud last night
| they had their first one in Richmond at the
Third-Street (AfrIcsn) Methodist church, Of
which the Rev. w. B. Derrick is the pastor.
The night was very inclement, yet the au.
dlence was quite large, and included num-
Der of white ladies and gentlemen. The
church choir, with organ accompaniment,
rendered number of sacred songs very ac-
ceptably. z. II. Voolfolk, a teacher at the
Navy Hill public school, was made chair.
MN; James Bower, of the city pos.offce,
was chosen as enunciator; Otway M. Stew
art, another public school teacher, as am
pire; and Captain K. L. Hobson, of the At
tucks Guard, and w. H. Tinsley, late of the
post-ofice, but now tonsorial artist, as
| leaders Of the: coin petng classes. Most, il
not all, of the spoilers were public school
pupils, and ranged from ten to eighteen
years of age, and we're divided off as fol.
lows:
Hobson's Class: Alexander Yaucey, Vic.
| toria Pollard, Jones Turner, D. A. Birney,
Albert johnson, Maria Haskins, Henrietta
HucIes, W. T. Hill, and Mortimer Bowler.
TInsley's Class: Lucy Brooks, Millfe
Tinsley, Armistead Walker, James Hays,
Annie Dodson, Kate Archer, Hester Cheat.
ham, Martha Samson, and Jennie Sims.
The enunciator gave out the words dis.
| tinctly and generally pronounced them cor
rectly, though many of them were not
strictly English. Such words as these were
correctly spelt: "Prejudice," "con-
SCIENCE "recipe," decimate," :" in.
dictment," "recipicncy," suspicion"
plateau" "prairie," "vignette," "glyce.
rine," "euchre," "expatiate." "anxiety,''
astbma," "airy," "chaise," trousseau,"
rehearsal,"" precincts,"" facetious,"" for
feiture," "satiate," "lettuce," pleasant"
deficiency" massacre" league"
"tbyme," "efflgy," "emaciate,' counter:
feits," "referee," dialogue," "optician,''
"sylogysm," "Gmateur," "cCe cion," chi.
canery," "rcgalia," and "intersperse."
| The following words were among those
misspelt: Ec.-2- ugh for "ecldt," s-a-
lent for salient" a-b-a-y-a-n-c-e for
"abeyance," m.a.n.a.g g-e.r-i.e for "menage-
rie," a-le.te for "elete," e.x-t.a-s-y for
"ecstacy," pre.p-o.s-S-e-s-i-n-g for "pre-
possessing" d-a-b-r--e for " "dfbris," d.a-
b.c.a.u.g-h for debut" s-y-o.n-o-m-y-o-u.s
for "sYnonymous," l-y.c.e-n.s.e for eli.
ccnse,* s-p-e-rm-ac-i-t.y for "spcrmaceti."
| S.G-D-I-l-c.a IUF SODiiNucl, ai-C-S-d'l-i-o-u u
for "allegation," d-e.v-o-i-s.h-e for "de.
votee," g-i-r.k-ln for "jerkin," i.n.v-e.y
fer "inveigh," g.a-g-:n-g for "gauging,'
i-n-n-i-a.t-e for "initiate," c-lo-r.i-n-e for
chlorine" lo-s-e-n.g-e for "lozenge," hay
r-a.n-g-u-e for" harangue," a-r-r-a-i.n-m-e-n-t
for " arraignment," p-l-e-u-r-y-s-y for "pleu.
risy," a.s-s-a.s-s-a.n-a.t-e for assaSSinate,
and m-o-e-t-y for" moiety."
Two or three spoilers declined the reSpon-
sibiity of undertaking "bdellium." One
desperate one, however, yentured TO assert
| that it was spelt d-c-l-lu.m. und was not
much surprised to find he was wrong,
WhorlIeberry was spelt huckleberry" !"
Uor which there is good authority, and was
ruled out. He appealed to the umpire
Being requested to spell the word again he
rendered it -u.c.l-e-b-c-r.r-y QeaynS out
the "k") and was rightly ruled out. The
last one of Hobson's class yielded to sub
pGna," which was given s.u-p.o-e.n-a." A
word which sounded to our reporter like
"physique" carried down three or four spell
ers of Tinsley's class.
After credtable contest victory perchcC
on the photographed banner of Kate Archer
and to her was awarded the prize-a Web
ster's Dictionary.
Another spellng-match will take place or
Monday night next between the Third.Stree
church spoilers and students of the (colored
| Theological College.