The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-07-19

Nidssmmfr in WdsAsngton-In ne LDng ne
ress Of Congress MscAanscs EIhttsfion
and Hansfacfnrin8 fac'!it,es,- Washlng-
a. RSAisd Aan She should Be-IRe
YsaeraLle Senator Benton. the Wealth 81
AZ Sons III Lar, fc-Senator Snaner
Sf.mpise II IN the North West an FdroT 81
Free Soil and for Chase far Governor Of
9 (lkio-(;eneraf Shields Opsning Forse
On Mimnesota-His DisaPposntnaenfs ara
Present Retirement.
WASHINGTON. July IL, 1880.
The city is not out Of town, whatever re-
r,arts may say; but there is q great desire
certainly on the part of many of its denizens
IN be among the woodlands dense. the pur-
ZINC brooks, and water falls. These are su'-
trv days. and the golden sun look down.
sbuareIisly delighting in our suffer- ngs.
The ling recess of Congress is q Kong re.
hess TO the business If the city. and those OF
as who bask not in the favor and pstf onsge
Of the Administration are condemned T. hse
ON little AID to Use all our energies ana re-
sources for TIE obtaibrnsnr or tnst hsue .h;s
The exhibition OF the mechanic arfs VII LUIS
o;,v Isst winfer Was useful, at least su r'en
a INC snpare Mt how little there was OF sncu
..;nas in this community TO exhibit. 1t Va .
from abroad that il derived nearly all IT'S IN :
frog, and it should have suggested tn many
of Tho ingenious and eIterprising men VINO
c.me bifher. tbs d-sirabl-ness # TINS local
ity for the prosecution OF their usefui oeeu-
nations. 81 sto"d once on the steps nf me
Caoirol ut Washington" says the great 30
olitionist preacher, Theodore Parker, " ana
within six miles of me, under my eyes tnrre
was water power greater than that WHICH
turns the mills of Lawrence, Lowell and
Manchester, ali put together. No use WAS
then made Of this power, and precious Htiie
IA now. There is q general and indlscrim
nate looking up to the Government, WIN
open mouths. like young swallows, and as
helpless, awaiting the nourishment that Is TO
be given
We are behind you of Richmond in the true
spirit of selfI eiiance, and you are Tar behino
the fortunes that a proper d-gree OF enter
prise should, ere this, hsve brought to you
I have to-day seen and cOnvrrsed with the
Hon T. H. Benton, who is as firm, determ
ined, laborious and as hopeful as ever saw
him in my life He tolls diligently ac bis lit
erary work, the vast materials lying AROUND
him-order and pre-, i.ion seeming to chaTac
terise every movement and the position OF
every hing. The Inteligencer of to day coH
tains n description of the very valuable lands
lust confirmed in California to William Cary
Jones, the son-in-isw of Mr. Benton. Ihir
teen square leagues of improved lands, OF
seventy four Thousand eight hundred and
eighty acres! 1t is highly probable that
this two sons-in.law of Mr.. Benton, Ere
mont and Jones, are among the most opuleni
men on this lntnent 1t might have been
expected that success so great, though pro-
ceedine from the utmost foresight and Wis
dom, would provoke envy and opposition.
TINS has been reslized, and it is doubtless in
part. owing to this that Mr.. Fremont's po-
iitical success has not been greater; for surely
no man could have served the State of Cali
fornia with more efficiency in the Senate,
and none would have served her more faith
fully. There are however, other causes OF
great power, which time and regrets tor the
public welfare will at an early day reveal
A letter from St. Paul. Minnesota, dated
the 9Th inst, reports, among the guests AT
that place. Hon. Edson b. Olds, late Rep
resentative from Ohio, and Senator Sumner
of Massachusetts. The former has retired
10 the shades of private life, and the latter is,
tshsll ! name it y stamping the North and
West, in the advocacy Of Free Soil doctrines,
but especially the formation of the new
Republican Party" which is expected to
elect Salmon P. Chase, Governor of Ohio,
and to sweep the sntislavery States in gen.
eral, if the Know Nothings can only be set
aside for the purpose!
Gen Shields was in town on that day also.
He is opening splendid farm of thousand
acres about twenty five miles from Saint
Paul, upon which, it is highly pro bable, that
town will be located at a very early day.
GaDeral Shields looked confidently for the
place of Brigadier General, and all Congress
WAS on his side; but the Army prot tested
its officers ut least-against the appointment,
and the prospect of his soon becoming COM
msnder chief, and in this opposition strong
a)lusion WIS made to his Irish birth. He
gave up all hope of this commission, with
hopes of civil preferment, but ne soon found
that the Cabinet contained ut least one man
opposed to him-a man who had once been
owe slaughed by him, and was not willing to
forgive bin. AS soon as Shields discovered
this, he gave up all thoughts of Admiuistra
ton favor at Washington, and repaired to
the West. He may, however, yet become
Governor of Minnesota, and anon regain al
the position he has lost. A. b. G.
Correspondence OF the Dispateh.