The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-11-09


ment .......................I5S8I 60
Dividends paid in cash. sl..........1I6,Sss as
....... o452 95
Leaving balance of .......... 1853, ,4s5 65
Which might have been a cash dividend
fund, had the capital stock of the compa-
pany sutficed for the construction and
equipment of the road.
This cash fund has been applied to such
comPietlon and equipment, and in lieu
otcash, dividend bonds have been issued
TO stockholders, amounting to- o......... 243748 81
Leaving the sun, of. $2l4.746 70
balance nett earnings from transportation to cover
depreciation in road equipments, &c, beyond re-
pairs which has been laid out the road for the
beneht OF the whole company.
The President next read the Road Masters Re.
port, and that of the committee to examine the
road.
On motion of pr Charles Brown, the report Of
the President ana Directors was adopted
Mr. Magruder offered a resolution authorizing
the President and Directors to establish q through
passenger ticket with the Orange and Alexandra
Railroad If they can do so
After remarks by General Gordon James I!y-
ons, Esq, and others, the resolution was adopted
Mr.. John Hunter offered the following resolution,
which was adopted:
Resolved That the Board of Public Works be
requested to have forms prescribed for king the
annual returns of the receipts and disbursements
OF the several railroad companies in this State ar
ranging all the subjects under appropriate heads so
rs to produce uniformity in said returns and that
GERS of each company to be forwarded to tho re-
spective Presidents of Roads, to be by them laid
before the Stockholders at each annual meeting
after their reception and that copy of the reso-
luton be forwarded by the President of this road
to the Secretary of the Board of Public Works to
be by him laid before said Board.
On motion of d. Anderson, Jr, tho President
and Directors were reelected. They are President
Edmund Fontaine; Directors n. b. Hill and VIM
j. Robertson.
VIM. J. Robertson offered resolution raising
the Presidents salary, now s2,5OO, to - 900 per
annum
On motion of James Lyons, the thanks of the
company were rendered the Directors for the
ability and fidelity with which they had discharged
their duty.
The committees for examining the books of the
company and the road of last year, were reap
pointed with one change, that is. appoints Mr.. Ben
Wood, of Albemarle in place of John H. Timber
lake
Mr. Thomas ]. Peyton, of Richmond, offered a
resolution instructing the Board of Directors to re-
duce the engineering expenses of the company by
$4,000
The resolution voted down.
On motion the meeting adjourned sine die.
The County Court Of Henrico was not in session
yesterday, owing to the fact that the court room
was occupied in taking the vote of the people for
election of Clerk
efrcshlnents.-Those who visit the exhibition
hall of the Mechanics Institute, will find therc an
abundance of cream, cake, fruits and other refresh
ments, which are servedup in good style and at
city prices. As the proceeds go to the Institute,
is hoped that the apartment win be literally pat
ronised
Professor Elliot, the intrepid mronaut is ar
ranging for an ascension from this city, on horse
back, to take place about the 18th inst The late
failure of Prof f. at Slash Cottage was purely ac-
cidental, as all who know him believe and that
the public may not be disappointed in seoing horse
and rider mount the clouds, he has determined to
pick his flint and try again
Fine Horses-The stock of fine horses in this
city Is much larger now than have ever seen it,
and notwithstanding the scarcity of money! they
command exhorbitant prices and ready sale For
the saddle the best blood should be obtained, hav-
ing a due regard to symmetry and STYLE; and for
quick draught a good thorough bred is preferable,
provided he has sufficient size A colt by kossuth,
out of such a mare as Sarah Washington, would
not only prove fast and untiring trotter but far
more traetable than any cold booded animal could
ever be- Even for heavy draught, we not
sure that thorough breds not the best,
but, on the contrary incline to the opin-
ion that they preferable to the man.
moth "Connestogas in use, from the
fact that they are more compact eau apply their
power nearer the ground, and have the courage to
repeat their trials in such places as would appal
cold bloods and induce them to give up the contest.
For all purposes then, 1--WE prefer thorough breds,
and have often wondered that our farmers were
disposed to breed from "showy tackles without
backs, loins, limbs or muscles, merely because of
their fictitious regulations got up paper, TO suit
the occasion. Let our breeders select blood and
stamina if they wish good horses for blood will tell
in animals of every description. Cold blooded fan
cy nags may suit to haul pine tags on poor land,
but they are fit for little else in Virginia.
The Eastern Square, on Church Hill, designed for
public use, should DO enclosed and set out in tieeT
so that they might be maturing as time progresses.
The people on Church Hill have received but niue
from the city that s either useful or ornamental,
and az they are large tax payers and patient under