The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-09-07

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a. are each dsya oficial reports from Norfolk AND
pr,s,ron,h of the progress OF the yellow fever II
sn.. rirIes they fail far and iesrfuy short OF the
awful reality. Hal.
,are thau vast charnel houses and their unburiec
iesd are % rchancs at this moment, attracting the
Keen scent of the rsveniug MIXTURES Inoussndi
Of the people of those devoted cities, have NEG
psn,c stricken; and would to God the rest osc
4 ,wo. Had Il been %. cir, We would have bser
spared the recital OF this tale OF We aud your Elk
cslsucv the psin of listening 70 . story whose
burden Il desolstiou and death. Mr.. President
physicians are falling ct their posts; nurses are
dying at bedsides; and the ministers OF the eros!
# Christ. they stand at the coucnes OF the sicl
and dying are struck down
"Dumb and shiveripg.r
Business ID almost entirely suspended 10 bott
cities The city of Norfolk has but nominal gov
eminent, aud nearly every private dwelling u con.
verted into . mort house, and from s'mo.. IT,
chamber comes out q wail-for death u ,ne,e. - ~
remaining population OF these seem'o ag.s .f3.en,
help to the sick and the suffering; ana ere long
unless God stay the destroyer. ana the s,o1e arm
of men Ia power, be stretched fortn ID tneit oens
the total depopuation OF those places oy asa.n,
must be the result and the Genius OF Dissolution
will cit 10 ehasy and gloomy triumph, sole master
of their ports and mar,s. The resolutions wnicn
We herewith present, will to some extent explain,
what 10 1t we desire. and we submit tnem, 10
just and sbidiug confidence, that % mau snu q
the Chief Magistrate of the country, IN 'oo W.
fare of every section whereof we oeheve Wy ice,
an Interest you will suggest and snoro tne oeHei
which must be immediate to be avanso'e' h,,.
To which the President responde go 10 piei ~.
feeling manner, He expressed the most nsafI e,,
svmnstbv for the unfortunate sufferers 10 norfolk
and Portsmouth, stated that the subject nao caused
dim much anxious consideration, and Induced MN
70 shorten bis visit TO Virainis ana nas'sn ns 70.
turn to Washington INDUCING the noPe ."an
mode of relief might be sforded by the INFER ven
ton of the Federal Government; ana conc'uoso
by assuring ths committee that he would co'ops.ste
with them 10 any legitimate action that might Do
determined upon. oa
The President then entered Into an unres .,,,ee
conversation with the members OF the co,nu.u
10 which the practicability of various plans ""'
discussed
The committee retired, with an invitation
from thesPresident to call at 8 o'clock Weo-
nesday morning. at which time they met him.
and final audience was postponed until lo
o'clock. This was had, but resulted IN
favorably in reference to obtaining Fortress
Monroe for the benefit of the sutferers-tne
difficulty of removing the troops being inthe
way of an immediate possession, which
would alone be desirable.
The President mani tested the strongest
disposition to comply with the wishes of the
committee, and though failing in this specific
object of their mission, the committee retir-
ed impressed with the conviction that he had
done all in his power to aid them in their
wishes.
As an evidence of this fact, there were
several extraordinary meetings of the Cabi-
net called at his instance.
Just before the committee were to take
their leave the President placed in the hands
O. the Rev. Dr. McCabe, the chairman, a
ontribution of 1925, to be used for the bene
fit of the sufferers, contributed by himself
and the members of the Cabinet, with the as
surance that handsome sum would be
raised in the departments, and that immedi
ately-modestly but generously rendering
his own private purse still further, if occasion
should require.
The committee then took their leave.
The committee had an interview with the
Secretary of the Navy during the day which
resulted in the order to the omnander OF
tbs Navy Yard, Gosport, already explained
An order was also issued to Mr.. Loyal
Navy Agent, to remove from Norfolk to some
neighboring location Mr.. Secretary Dob
bin expressed the liveliest sympathy with the
afflicted people of Norfolk and Portsmouth.
THE NEW JERSEY RAILROAD DISASTER
The relations of the New Jersey Railroads
to the laws end the people of that State, are
Very peculiar. There is no where such q
complete combination of Railroad and Canal
corporate interests; and in no other State is
such combination 80 powerful, so potent in
lis control of the deliberations and acts of
the Legislature. The Camden and Amboy
Railroad, on which the recent terrible disas
ter took place, was the first that was built as
a medium of travel between New York and
Philadelphia. The Delaware and Raritan
Canal Company, at the head of which stood
the indomitable Com. STOCKTON, projecting
one from Jersey City along their canal to
Trenton, the monopolists of the existing road
became alarmed, and a course of log-rolling
aud bargaining ensued among the powerful
corporations, which resulted in a league ne
cuniary, offensive and defensive. Under this
league-this consolidation of interests. the
second line of Railroad was built from JERSEY
City, opposite New York, to Trenton, and
continued on both sides of the Delaware:on the
West to Philadelphia, and on the East to
Burlington, where a union was made with
the Camden and Amboy Railroad.
The great combination thus formed is all
powerful in New Jersey. To strengthen
themselves-to satisfy the public mind and
quiet any propensity to resist an influence
such as they proposed to erect in the State,
they provided in their charters to pay into
the State treasury so cents for each passenger
that travelled over their roads. 1t is under.
stood that this relieves the people of New
jersey from taxation, and thus it is that the
oorporators occupy position which is next
to impregnable.
With these facts before us, we are not
surprised that the case of the recent terrible
disaster on the Amboy Railroad is made by
the jury to assume the mildest type of Rail.
road delinquency. In the investigation at
Burlington, it was charged that Stock
holders in the Company were among the in.