The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1852-09-25
Co1 prNToN AND SENIOR RAMIREZ.

COL. BENTON AND SENIOR hAminEA.
Upon comparison of the maniiestos issued
by these two distinguished functionarles, u VIII
| be found that their arguments are precisely the
same. Benton has evidently been stealing
from Ramirez, and probably may have gotten
few suggestions from him. Under the pre-
text of defending the rights OF 81. Louis,
| rights, we must say, of most extraordinary
| character, he has taken the side of Mexico
against his country. In order that his scheme
for running railroad two thousand miles
through bowling wilderness may be accom-.
plshed, he is willing 10 cut off all communica.
| ton between the Atlantic States and Calfor.
mia, perhaps for fifty years to come, except the
long and dangerous voyage around Cape
Horn. This is motive enough for him to en-.
danger the loss Of California, or at least TO cut
short all communication. This is enough to
make him plagairise the report Of the Mexican
| mnister--use his aIguments-adopt his prin
ciples-become Mexcan-and ensure the
| dissolution of the Union. There never waa a
more wretched batch of logic than Benton and
| Ramirez have contrived TO make up between
them.
| Garay had endeavored to obtain British in.
| fuence before he applied to US, and upon this
Col. Benton POUNDS a long string, not Of argu.
menis, but Of assertions and statements. These
facts have already been explained hun.
dred times since the appearance Of the Ra.
mirez manifesto. He wished to get the protec.
ton of British influence against his own 60.
vernment, which he knew would not hesitate
to annul his contract whenever it became con-
venient or profitable to do so. He saw thou
sands of instances of the kind every day, and
he knew that the government of Great Britain
would protect her subjects against the pirates
that call themselves Government" in the
city of Mexico.
But there is one fact which upsets every pos.
sible argument that can be adduced by the
combined wisdom Of Benton and Ramirez
Garay sold the grant to Manning & Mcintosh.
MIR. Trist, during the negotiations for peace,
offered $l5,COO,O 900 for it. and the answer given,
and on record, was that it belonged to British
subjects, with whose rights the government oil
Mexico had no right TO interfere. That covers
all defects of title previously existing, and
places the rights of the Tehnantepec company
on an impregnable foundation, Col. Benton and
Senior Romirez to the contrary notwithstand.
ing.
MR.. COCHRAN'S QUARTZ CRUSHER,
We publish below letter from Mr.. Coch.
ran, from which the reader can see that his
quartz crusher has completely succeeded. We
| were sure it would, from the simplicity, power
and cheapness of the machinery-properties
| which, when combined, in almost every case
| render success inevitable. The next question
| is, is there gold enough in the gold region Of
Virginia, TO justify the experiment. Geolosists
have said that there is an immense deal of gold
| IN Virginia, but the frauds that were practised
In 1878 in gold mine stock. &C., have thrown
| an odium around gold mining, from which it
has foundit difficul to recover. But tits Ger.
| tain that when the operations have been con
Quoted with prudence, and where the operator
was contented to do a handsome business with.
out seeking TO make fortune in day, money
has generally been made. This quartz crusher
will facilitate operations by its cheapness and
power. We cannot but think it will be pow
| erful auxiliary in developing the resources OF
the "Old Dominion
The following is Mr. C.'s letter:
TELLuREUM GOLD MINES.
Sept. %, 1852.
Friend PleaSants-We are here in full one.
ration with the model quartz crusher or "poor
mans friend" as il has been christened by the
miners here. 1t meets my most sanguine ex.
pectatons, and is puiverising the quartz rock
at the rate OF two tons per hour, with seven
inch belt running at the rate of 500 feet per mi
mute. Old Fiue is taken by surprise, and all
that hnVe seen il in operation speak of it in fiat
terlGg terms of appreciation.
~. b. The greatest amount agreed to crush
'of ION. Stockton was one ton per hour.
Yours, truly
J. w. COCHRAN. 3
+. 8. We received a communication from
MIR. Cochran Immediately after the appearance
OF our first article on this subject in which he
says we were mistaken with regard to his con-
nection with Mr.. Colt. He had made, he said,
many guns of various kinds, but always on
his own hook. He was very DESTROYS not TO
impose on tie public by a misrepresentation,
nor to detract from the inventive powers of Mr..
Colt, which he held in high esteem. We should
have mentioned this more than week ago.
but we forgot it.
THE kUNKELs..-The writer ofthis article
attended the concert of these famous musicians
Tor the first time, on last Thursday night. He
takes this opportunity to declare himself de.
lighted with the whole performance. These
gentlemen are evidently men of sense-all of
them. They have studied the peculiarlies of
the African character with great success. and
they speak the negro dialect as real Virginia
negro would do it. We have seen their Ian
guage and dialect wofuly travestied, often, by
persons who protested to be Ethiopian singers,
Dat who knew nothing more of negroes than