The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-02-16

little higher. The Rev. William Jay Wos ,."
never receive the title, and when IL was oe-
.towed ON him be said he felt like negsaI
with two packs on bis back. Hesato tna. pe
had only used It once, and ttas was WIZ
.isbing an agent to forward package WIZ
nnusua! dispatch, he told him II was ZOE ~ :
jag. ,x,,r,ss 70 ,he
church in Buchanan was ssightly: 'nous"
Internationally, exaggerated as 10 tue VII
dow-shut,ers, only one OF WHICH was u'o"n
off. bu, this and the roof were carried across
the road into garden. The house mas peer I,
repalred. The alarm and danages 10 tn's
county were more serious than was aware
o. Macy persons were Sept awake or o..
night. houses were shaken, roofs taken On
| and windows and doors displaced.
T. Is remarkable that while the cniel
strength OF the storm was at the north, and
it came frem that quarter, 1t blew upon
us. IA all high winds do In this section, from
the south west.
It Ia also worthy of note that the rains this
winter have been followed by unusual
winds; several times they have been So
alarming as to produce much vakelnlness
and fear. iccAAhoh'
As to the frat question there need be 10
dispute. "Tuckahoe comedies that n'sh!
lasts from dark till daybreak, or more cor
rectly speaking, is that period OF time during
which the sun is below the horizon. III nc
had not, the dictionaries would have setlieo
the point against him.
There remaiss, therefore, only the ques'
ton, Is the whole of the night following
Monday. Monday night Now, all OF the
interrogatories which Tuckahoe puts 10 10
proceed upon the assumption that If 1t IS
night from dark till daylight, 1t cant oe
morning from 70 O'Clock till daylight. But
az this is a mere assumption, and not tue
fact. bis interrogato.ies present no oiineui.
ties to us. All that we intended to contehe
for in the beginning was that it is correct 10
say or or 8 O'Clock at night. We ADMIT
that It is also correct to say or or 3 O'Clock
In the morning, just as it is correct 10 say ~
O'Clock at night and also 10 O'Clock 10 the
evening. When Tuckahoe spoke OF storm
which ragged ut night and in the morning.
we understood him to mean that it was not
night after IL O'Clock. 1t has not been
week since in conversation an unlettered
man corrected US when we had said that
fire took place Saturday night by saying that
it was Sunday morning. Of course we did
not try to set him right. This is the error
we were driving at. Nevertheless, as we
said last week, we hold that the whole OF the
night following Monday is Monday night.
There is but one night in the case. As the
phrase " last night" according to "Fucka-
hoe," the dictionaries. and all other au!hori.
ties, describes the whole night, there Can be
but one night. Then what one night follows
Monday Clearly Monday night; and
" Tuckahoe admits that that night lasts til!
day break. And it is none the less true be-
cause the Monday as day ends at midnight.
Christmas week extends from December
25th to December 31st, although Christmas
ends with the 25th. So Monday night ex.
tends to day break although Monday ends at
II o'clock. So in Congress Mondays ses.
sion often about the 4th Of MARCH, extends
into Tuesday, but is always known as Mon
days session.
Finally, the universal custom of the people
settles the question. For years, Yankee
schoolmarms and others have been trying to
teach the people that they must not say
three O'Clock last night" but :" three O'Clock
this morning.; yet all in vain. All English.
speaking folks still understand what three
| O'Clock last night means.