The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-12-19

10 De returned Dy q sale through bar.
ing, Brothers Co................... 100000 OF
Advance on $Z700 of s per ct. bonds
obtained by J. 7. Souther. under the
resolution of the It'll of June, 1885,. 270000 on
Total amount unpaid to the Sth Decem-
Der. ls1o s., 436, 957 %
Referring to the Coyington and Ohio railroad the
Inadequate appropriation of one million of dollars
towards that noble enterprise the failure of the
last Legislature to make any appropriation what
ever the consequent exhaustion of the aporopri.
alton the full and explicit details and Just and
accurate calculations of the Chief Engineer ; the
report proceeds with great force
The question that addresses itself to the board
and as they humbly conceive with peculiar earn.
cstness and pertinency to this general assembly
is this what disposition is TO be made of this
work, confessedly the work which is to form an
important link in the great central chain of i'm
provements leading from from the east to the west
The Virginia Central Railroad will in comparative
ly short time, have reached its western terminus
The private capital which, under the spur of the
appropriation for the Coviugton and Ohio road
made fresh adventure in behalf of the Central
road, will soon behold its object accomplished in
the construction and operation of first class road
from Richmond to Covington, which ultimately be
further extended eastwardly by a similar road to
York river Will the train that starts at this latter
point and that receives accessons of tofna ee and
passengers at every depot on the line of its ives.
fern progress, be stopped at Covington or will it
be permitted to go on and on, crossing and pene-
iraing the Alleghanies, winding through the beau
titul and fertile valleys that are washed by our
western streams, until it reaches the Ohio there
~ distribute its accumulated freights only to re-
load and return for the purpose of equally prota-
Die and fertiizing distribution in the eastf Shall
the waters of the Chesapeake and Ohio be inseper.
ably connected by the action of the present Legis
latilre of Virginia and shall Virginia by the agen-
cy of this same body, be lifted up ler true and
in int t,sS afnIa
all respect, of her sister sovereigns? These arc
questions which the present general assembly will
be called upon to consider and to ansyy err and they
suggest solemn responsibilities which that only is
capable OF assuming. The board will not hesitate
TO believe that the deliberations of the Representa-
tlves OF the people will be guided by wisdom and
that all OF their acts win be mouldedby patriotic
desire TO behold the speedy renovation ami
the permanent prosperity of their beloved common
wealth.
The Board submit table exhibiting condensed
view OF railroad progress in the State, together
with the interest Of the State in the capital stock
OF the several companies, from which it appears
that the number of miles of railroad is ossl
completed, l,328; in progress, 637; capital stock
authorized, S29, 687,300; States interest therein
Sl0,75l2l6 %.
Notwith standing the financial condition of the
State, the Board are not averse to appropriations
at the present session, and the resource which
they recommend for assistance is the enactment of
a general free banking law, one of the fundamep.
tai provisions of which is requisiion that all in
stitutions operating under such a law shall base
their issues dollar for dollar upon Virginia State
sssoek The conclusion of the report consists of an
elaborate argument in favor of this measure.
HAMPERS MoSTHLY.-Harper for the month of
Il NINA
leader Is prophetic peep into the year 5000 of the
"niiS'iah era when Paris is in ruins and men fra.
ven aioscther through the air. Next comes tho
''"i'n paper OF Porte Crayon's adventures in y;r.
gina ihese papers have shown much cleverness.
"' 'Ao ILLUSTRATIONS nave been very fair There
'e.y ""ee' one IN the present paper of GRAY
p'0'ay cousins cautiously crossing a mountain
"FooK Uncle Pete" is good; but rba, sb.,, $50
ha, 'o Hyhchourg Team "Crayon Ind
,'' Si,o" HIS race IN the city among the hills
oooA Us portrait trueto life-such an one
No.. 'ouia De produced under abolition lam
M, loo. s. a piAon. Certainly Greeley ould
-. -. "',"out feeling condemned for IN off;
eious ihleriheadler, disturbing the ba,n;,o.. =.
race to whom he and his demon.a, oil
can never impart the joys they take oora'ors
them. Harper steals with its usual akin AVN
scrnpulousness. The Attack" and "rh" r I'M
feat" are copies from well known and nonn,.
painting, engraved copies of which are yerv ahpn
dant The two pictures, "The Seven Ages o
Virtue and the Seven Ages of Vice." are yer,
well done Harper's Jim Grow" aad "Diuaf
Grow are abominable; just such things az Yam
KEGS always make of negroes. Jim sits by a stove
as 1t the black at the South ever condescended &c
warm his hands by that miserable artificial ceutri
vance. His seat is by the ample hearth, often in
the fire place, which is wide enough for the fire and
LOT both Jim and Dnah. Dinah has flowing hair.
win nngets. Bah The Yankee negro picture
aoes as much violence to the black race as the Van.
kee IRE 70 their nature and sympathies
HARfERs STORY BooKs-The lith No. OF Har.
pers Story Books is devoted to English His.
tory"
meare indebted TO ]. w. RANDOLPH for can;as
Oh Harper and the Story Book