The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-08-15

OLD POINT COMFORT.
s.sss 80 81 AUausr ls, 1878.
THE TARGET.
As something has been said oul inc
tarrret, and the proionged tfiat 10 niIitaIolh
Fofs Monroe, &c is but Just that snou y III
form you i'd this tardy manner Una. $3.50 ~.
ss knocked iTtota eocked- ifas N-lf IHe me- M :
preston Is al!owable--on Frlday lass.a ~
guns used upon it Tor near mons tha;,
s I shell az il 40 long With. great per
sssyprance md little success. Finally Tue
M rifIed gun was. brought to bear Ipo ~,
# nnd ia q short time the marx, Wnlcn
seemed TO be invincible, was pierced tnronsn
tho centre, and Immediately flung up swo
arms Ike a drowning man. Inese, al.e !,
swayfnp loosely awhile, also dtsapp eareo. anu !.
the ione.Iastins and defiant target was q.
an end. The following day the ruins D " Wv
affair were brought by a tug to the. foip.,
and was curiously Inspected by num I
Of people. a wag said / could nave II Iueu
nv having nv bid upon il, but i oecllheo'
having withdrawn my PIG. s-. ,or 90
,one time showed much skill. !he
ricnchef shots were. most OF them, admira'
h,e and any object Of attack located at me p
nnint Of the target would have Jared Daaiy
ennneh. although the many bursting snells
STRANGELY missed the target itself: he II
the rains of the target were brougnt III, !.
anneared that the she'll that knocked o te
the black cut in two the king. peam % INC
mark and annihilated the black.
The guests Of the Hygeia have paet1 en- .ho
tertained by this target-sho otlns, ahG 'n 's
perseverance aud good marks Lnansn,p VI
the eunr,ers have won 10 little applause.
heath OF JAMES W. GUSTS.
rores w Custis, ESQ.,, an estmable gen
.,e,,,an known for his worth anu puDilc
sor,,;nes died at williamsburg the past
sraek He was native Of Accomac coun-
~ and represented that county in both tue
senate and House OF Delegates Tor many
Years. He was 4 gentleman OF the Ola
school, remarkable for his fine personal al, APP
nearance and his exemplary character. his
early life was passed amidst almost every
social pleasure and advantage that man
co11Id reasonably desire; but the war ha i.
brought with it troubles for him, as II did
for so many thousands OF excellent Seneie-
men. and he was bowed with age rs well us
sorrow when he passed away, separating
alike from life and its vexatlons: ne was VA
in his sixty.eighth year when ne d'ed. MS
remains .yere taken to his native county,
and there buried amidst the scenes OF ms
youth and the old friends who survive NM.
THE nYGE1A HOTEL.
The Hygeia Hotel. as have SAID, has had
n wonderfully successful season. The visit
orS for the season aggregate 6,57O, and all
have seen, save, here and there complain
ont. seem to have been more than SATISFIED.
Besides the visitors who have lodged at the
hotel. there are vast number Of persons
who come on pleasure excursions and take
y meal or two and depart. Observing that
most OF the corners were tish-hungry, asked
Mr.. Pboebus if some OF these hearty men
were not made sick by over-eatlng.
"Well, sir" says he, Il have given
here, during the season, $4,000 meal:,
and il anybody has been made SICK
by ovcr-eating, or eating what dis
agreed with him, I do not know it. Not Il
cramp, not q complaint, not a b-ack-ache,
have / heard off,. Now, this is pretty
good account, and it is good SHOW for the
Hyceia, which is amongst the most success
full OF SUMMER resorts. know the ample
and mild-mannered landlord well. and be-
lieye him-and who don't? Certainly not
the sweet young ladies, whose graceful airs
and captivating ways fill the halls OF the
Hveeia with enchantment. They well know
that Mr.. Phoebus "does his best, y end
leaves unperiormed no promise that he can
possibly fulfil.
MIR. PHoEBUs. 81.
7 speak but the truth. and [ add sincerely
that ii any one finds it difficult to excuse
him for some alleged omission he has but 10
show himself in the bath with his beamlng
countenance and expansive "'bonlfaclal"
boundaries to eNpel from every mind any
lingering discomfort that may there tempo
rarly soiourn.'
'... VIRGINIA AND OLD POINT.
take occasion to say what have before
alluded to: That Old Point Comfort being
in Virginia and upon the golden highway
of virginia commerce, the State and her
neope have deep interest in it. The trans
ferrlne of the location Of the hotel from the
old ,,lace, near the main entrance to the fort,
where the winds were shut off and mosqul-
toes couoresated, to the front upon the
Roads, has bad the finest effect. The winds
are seldom partially, and never wholly, at
rest at the present Hygeia, and ut no time
is there blank in the scene fronting the
long line of the hote.. Sails and steam are
always propelIing vessels that convey
freights or passengers in and out OF the
Roads. The guest ever finds something to
admire in the sea-goiDg craft that vast
trade ever keeps in active employment.
The meetings OF, numbers Of intelligent
people from different parts OF the Union on
the shore OF the Roads tends to Instruct
peopIe in the commerce of Virginia and to
engender opinions and schemes that cannot
fail to benefit the State and develope the
growth and thrift Of her physical interests.
SHIPMENT OF CATTLE TO ENGLAND.
!. Yesterday there passed out 10 sea very
large English steamer carrying some very
fine Virginia cattle purchased for England.
This vessel must have been OF some two
thousand tons burthen. She got part OF her
cargo at Baltimore and the balance, Of some
two hundred and fifty head of splendid
cattle, from Norfolk. These last came from
Southwest Virginia. 1t is gratifying that
we have this new demand FOR our cattle. 1t
will enhance the prosperity OF our cattle
raising community. 80
SOCIAL STRATEGY.
will he pardoned for little polite insin-
cerity of which was guilty as was fixing
up to depart from place where have
found so much entertainment. Being hos
pitabIy invited to partake OF ice-water at the
house Of my Lord of Charlton, he surprised
me with the addition Of what l may style
some "aqua mtra6iEiS," for its palatable
.y.osa1:E.r 3au ~, aIp,iripp IL very