The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-02-09

the Chesapeake and Ohte Canal Company,
guaranteed BY the S'.se. wa, on motion. .aken
by and embraced In that which follows, viz
providing for the prompt pay yment Of interes,
on guaranteed bonds Of the State, by order oi
the Governor: aud requiring the Attorney
General 10 proceed summarily TO foreclo.e the
states fntercst. The Senate bill thus altered
was isassed unanimously by the House.
IaaefiIe Railroad ExteHsioN.--The House pro.
cceded to consider the bill authorizing an ex.
tension Of the Richmond aud Danviile Rail.
road. Several speeches were made in advo.
cacy and Que or two against II.
Pending the discussion, the House adjourned
Correspondence of the Richmond Dispatch.
Sr,inx6sid, Illinois It's Age. Appeavanee,
&c. and fhe Surrounding Cor Ny-1he State
iap,sel and Gorernov's Hoxse-A Costly Pri-
rae R.sidenes-Iss Fate not unusual for sueh
Rexiaenees-TAe Notortesies Of Springfield
Illinois Unirersisy-- Bishop HhiteAoHss and
D,. TafIof-CoM Weata<,-Hard Times and
western People nad their Smarfness-anti-
Slarery ia the Norfhwest.
SrRINsFIELD, I'LL, Feb. I'd.
This, the capital OF the State OF Illinois, Is
one Of the prettiest towns OF the great west
There are abc ut twelve thousand inhabitants,
among whom are families from Maryland,
Virginia ard Kentucky, the great bulk. OF
course. being from the free States. The place
was first settled in 1910 and the seat OF gov
ernment removed here from Vandaiia in 1887,
that IL began 10 i'm prove much. The original
log cabin maintained its ground until lately,
bui now there are as many handsome pubic
and private eCifees, and as wide and regular
streets, as any place OF tne popaia'ion 10 nave
bv the in habi.ants to be the finest farming
country in Illinois. The Capitol Is one OF the
finest pub!ic buildings in the West. II is built
Of limestone, which has 10 DE brousnt mere
from a distance Of $50 miles, rock of any kind
tsiny very rare here. The Governors house
is of brick. and is a plain. but commodlons
structure There is also Safe Arsenal nere
Among the mos tcOnsp pic uous OBJECTS In SPRING
field is the stylish residence VI Ex x-foverhvi
loci Mat,eson President OF the b. Louis,
Alton and Chicago Railroad. This ~ said 10
be the most magnificent private reoeence IN
Illinois and cost some Sl2ouo0, HIS Excel
Ieney is reuorted to have made the best use OF
his official opportunities Tor laying up trea-
suras ON earth but his house Is now lnsr:gag-
ed to the State, and he Is spending the winter
in the comfortable island OF Cuba. Spring
field is also the residence of other notorieties.
r. : Senator Trumbull lives here, and has
been here TWO weeks, absent from his duties
in the Senate attending TO law suit MIR. A.
Lincoln. competitor Of Douglas for the Sena-
torship, and by some expected to be his COM
petitor for the fTeSluency, also lesIueS III
Springfield.
The Illinois State University occupies a
beautiful and commanding site, about mile
from the Capitol. Its charter authorizes the
Trustees 10 establish separate departments OF
the learned professions, the sciences and az Is,
including besides the usual departments OF
theology. medicine and law, department OF
mechanical philosophy and Of agriculture
The President, Rev. DR.. reynolds, an emlnen I
divine OF the Lutheran Church, and native
of MARYLAND. is one of the most learned men
and accomplished scholars among the literary
men of our country. There are here churches
of all the religious denominations.
Bishop Whitehouse, OF ILLINOIS, VINO was
~ liSh IA a a
General Convention to make his residence in
this diocese, will remove from New York in
May, 10 Chicago, where he has rented resi-
dence Rev. DR. Talbot, of Indianapolis. who
was elected by the same Convention mission
ary bishop OF the Northwest, will be conse-
Grated in indianapolis about the middle OF
This month. His new and beautiiul church,
which, with the exception ot tue homah
Catholic Church in Norfolk, is the hand-
soonest church edifice in the iaterior have
ever seen will be consecrated on the day pre-
yious. Dir. 7. is q native OF Virginia. lhe
Rev. Mr.. Chuver. formerly OF virginia. mas
charge OF a handsome chufch ana iaree ana
growing congregation in Springfield, where
he is greatly admired fo~ his varied accom-
plishments and genial and lofty character.
the CHINA te has IA penetrating ooiuness and
dampness that even the Oldest residents COM
plain of. They also are complaining just now
of the hard times. Ihaye travelled now pretty
extensively among the Western people, and IN
my opinion the shines" must be OF tie
hardest kind that make them knock under
They are about as shreWd. material, earthly,
practical, persevering, "smart'' race as the
world ever saw. But AS 10 the superior COM
fort or intelligence Of any free communities
that have ever seen, that is the most pertec
mnonshine and unaduiteraied humbug. They
make money more readily than Southerners,
but most Of them do not use their money
for their happiness, but in show and TO make
more money. The mass do not seem TO
be better off even in pecuniary point OF
view, than the mass in the South, and not halt
as happy. What solemn, sealed up faces, and
what eI erlasting talk of dollars and cenis-
As 10 the growth of population, what on earth
does anybody want with more people 'han
now than can be kept from starvation, and it's
hard scuffie enough with most OF us to
keep the wolf from the door, to desire any
more competition.
1 have observed with some interest the
development of anti-slavery sentiment along
the route aud at different points, OF thou
sand miles travel. / do not think the South
has q majority of well-wishers in the free
States. The Black Republicans. in those
States, comprise eighty thousand majority oi
the popular VOTE and am satisfied they are
our enemies. The friends of the South are ac-
cused Of keeping up agitation. II they call at
tention to the real state OF facts. Yet, In the
language OF the Cleveland Plaindealer,
Brown can make his bloody forays, Helper
can plan the rising of the blacks to cut the
throa,s Of all the whites, the Black Repub-
licans can endorse it all; BUT THEY ALONE
ARE TO BLAME FOR AGITATION VINO SPEAK OF
THESE FACTS. That is Black Republican
logic" l..
POLITICAL DEMONSTRATIONS IN EUROrSAN
THEATREs.-The importance attached TO po-
litical kissing or cheering in the European
theatres seems strange to an American reader.
But it is to be remembered that the theatre is
the only place where people are allowed to
assemble at all. Public meetings are pr0hibi-
ted. The press is muzzied. Even the gather
ing Of dozen men on a street corner is in-
stantly dispersed by the police. The conse-
quence is, the people thr0ng to the theatre to
give vent to their feeling by significant de-
monstrations. Hundreds attend for the pur-
pose Of applauding some revolutionary senti-
ment in the play, displaying some forbidden