The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-05-17

breeches and shad-belied coat, the other IN
swalow-tail and pantaleons, are affection
ately embracing. Old shad-bcllv feels good.
He has Just succeeded in disposing OF
bunch of quarter tickets in the Louisville
lottery, and is hugging the other chap Tor
ioy. The motto was adopted before the
theory of armed neutrality became popular:
"United We Stand Divided We Fall. y The
fall from Henry Clay to McCreery and Beck
is considerable. ,
Ohio's emblem is raft on the river. The
banks OF the stream bear sheaVes OF Wheat.
and in tie distance the sun is rising over
some mountains. These were borrowed
from some other State.
Michigan has an elaborate seal. There Il
the regular eagle, hunter in wamnus
coat. shield bearing the motto lueoor,
and on either side Il bOb-tailed red deer rears
aloft. The venison is in good hlarketabie
condition and we'll antlered. Over all Is the
motto "E Pfuribus Un,m," and underneath
is whole Latin dictionary" 81 Qu8rtS
Peninsulam amenam circumspice." When
this motto first came to Michigan it was for
wardcd as freight. The last portion OF 1t
has been freely rendered as follows g II
you arc hunting for pleasant peninsula,
here's you huckleberry."
Indiana has an extremely expressive seal.
In the distance is a grove OF hoop-pole TIM
Der, near by is n rising sun. In the fore
ground is buffalo hurrying off to get out
of reach Of a tree which the Secretary OF the
Navy is telling for bowsprit. Behind the
tree, and out OF sight, is the Wabash canal
and the gun-boat ThompSonia.
Ilinois'S motto Is state sovereignty,
National Unity" This is displayed on 4
scroll held in the bcak Of an eagle. The
bird is seated on the shore OF Lake Michi-
Gan, on which floats a steamboat bearing
an excursion party gotten up In hohor OF
Sullivan and McAlistcr.
Missouri's seal runs mostly to bear. Two
spccimcns OF ursa Americanus black-as-a-
niger support q shield bearing the motto,
..Unitcd We Stand, Divided We FALL and
underneath "SaluS Popuii !Suprema Lex
Esto.'' The shield is quartcred, and each
quarter has some more bears. In fact, 1t 5
regular har-oil kind Of a seal.
| IoWa-Who can gaze on the shield OF TINS
State without feeling OF thanktulncss that
| IT'S designer was not employed to do the
beraldrv for the Union. There is a remark
able biock-hollse, steamboat, and several
more houses. peaceful Granger with flag
! three times his own size and rifle OF I'M
possible length. beside some more houses
and ploughs and wheat. and the balance OF
a landscape. Over all an eagle holds III It's
beak a scroll bearing this legend: "Our
Liberties We Prize, and Our Rights We Wlil
Maintain For many years after this
cScutcheon was adopted the nag was Dlo"'
ing one way and the smoke OF the steam
boat another. Finally, General BAKER
raised row about this ridiculous diversity
of aral currents, and the engraVer maze
the breeze blow the same way in each
case.
Wisconsin has for motto, over the
shield, "Onward," comprising with belle
lettreS By engraving upon its face Il Itnr'.
bus IMAM. Beneath it is smaller shield
surrounded by anchors, hands cllnchln9
hammers, picks, hoes, and other nautlca
implements. over the shield is beaver,
fast asleep and lying on its tail. On the
right is a sailor with the traditional big-lcg'
ped brecchcs and vast eXpanse OF shlrt-col'
lar, looking as il the marine gentleman had
nut on that garment wrong side up; on the
left. a brawny blacksmith from Racine
stands, hammer in hand, looking fora job
Minnesota is the only State having
French motto: "L'etoiie du N0rd.' The
shield is emblaZoned with an Indian strik-
ing out for sunset and Bill King ploughing.
Williams shotgun and game-bag are hung
I'M on 4 log behind him. It is loaded with
blck-shot, and the wadS are made from Pa
cite railroad bonds.
The motto Of Kansas is probably more
pertinent than that of any other State: "Ae
Astru per Asper,"-To the stars through
adversely. Kansas is always original. Ben
der lived there, and Buffalo Bill. The State
has its own notions, and instead OF any old
style.heraldry has for Il coat-of-arms square
figure with a circle inside, enclosed in which
is a rising sun. Bender's cottage and Pome-
row ploughing for corn. One OF the noises
on the plough has bone SPAWN.
California remarks in classic Greek, " En-
reka." The emblaZoning consists OF a grizzly
bear smelling the toe of damsel whose lett
limb is visible. 1t is supposed the toe Is
the item referred to in the motto, and tiiai
it's the bear that says, 81 have found IT,
In the distance is the setting sun shining on
cabin and some suit water. The damsel
bears spear suitable for impaling China
men. California has the only Greek motto
in the Union.
Oregon's shield is surmountcd by the
motto, "AHs Golat PropriiS." Some peo-
pie would translate this, "She Flies with
her Own Wings" but the native OreSonian
supplies word and eNpoundS it thus
/" Alas, Cronin's preboscis is red by his own
volition." Under the motto is seal, under
that ship, and under that scroll-that
latter is supposed to be duplicate presl-
dental return. The seal is supported by
an Indian. whose neither garments are sup
nortcd by one suspcnder and bald-eagle.