The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-03-17
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FnspsHicKssvRo, Va, March Is. 1850.
A. items OF news from every portion OF our
STATE seem TO ind admission into your valua-
ol. pspes tnSaSn S., = men the "nI,v %
xencrai 10 Sormation, Of which yeur city 10 the
State nucleus, to furnish yon brtsny with .
few fAcss. showing. among other matters, that
Northern operatives have grown tired Of being
the passive raw material for the workings OF
the ,sms Of free society. and are striking for
increase Of wages. ours, At the South, are fast
to ind social Independence and comfort, with
contented success. Three years ago the citi-
xens Of this place, like those Of some other
Virginia cities, seemed too much TO be dream
lily resting upon the glory and the name Of an
cestral honors; bat, happily. the lethargv Is
At length disappearing, aud, beginning TO real
izc the scripture truism, shat bread - onIy
to b earned by the sweat Of ones brow" we
are rapidly becoming less inert and more prac-
teal. Southern resources have evidently re-
ceived, lately, q fresh impetus towards devei-
opmsnt and this city in PROPORTION 10 It's ''ze
There has been lately concentrated here, by
q company Organized for that purpose, an al
most 1nexhaustible water power. which has
be SURPASSED by none in the United St3tes,
AID 70 be fully equal TO that OF Lowell; and in
connexton with the developmen and use OF this
power there has been just finished fine com.
modiOus w0Ollen factory, which very soon
will commence operations under the superin-
tsndence Of an enterprising firm; giving en-
ployment TO a number Of artizans, and fur
nishing 70 the consumer durable domes tics, in
place Of the miserable, unreliable commodi-
ties often palmed on upon US by Yankee trick
cry. Another company has been formed for
the erection of paper mill. which, probably,
has already been put under contract ana there
has been q plan matured for the erection Of
more hour and corn mills. An extensive to-
baccO factory has been recently erected, and
IL is reported that another Of like charact ter is
soon 70 be started; besides, there are indica-
tons OF nail factory, and, also, one for the
making Of boots and shoes. 1t is true that
there IL yet some need here for a first-ctass
met, "a there is in process OF formation COM
pany to supply the desideratum, aud under
stand that nearly the requisite amount has
been subscribed.
entertained on Tuesday night last by rare in
tellectual treat In the way Of a lecture deliv-
cred before the Fredsricksburg Young Mems
Port Royal, the distinguished n thor Of =" Soci-
ology for the South" and Of "Can nibnls All"
This Is Mr.. F.'sstarting poi It for tour through
the South, and wherever he may decide to go,
his efforts cannot fail to be attractive and u
crafty every listener loyal to O. r peculiar
institution" His subject viz Make Home
Attractive" was discussed with marked abili-
ty, referring to our duties not only in the fam
lily circle but in the county and town and
State wherein we might reside. He showed
that perfection in the mechanic arts is the true
criterion of civilized progress, as the rudest
nations. while neglecting strict utility, de-
velOped the sentiment of the beau tiful in ar
chitecture and the other fine arts, and he indi-
Gated the necessities Of home mechanic indus
try In the South. While upstart lecturers are
poisoning the Northern mind with ISLANDERS
upon Southern institutions, it is we'll to have
such a profound reasoner Mr.. +. turning
MS attention to the comparative merits of
free and slave society, and pointing out where
the shoe pinches " in either ctOn of our
Union. He has already repeatedly met the
enemy by the side of their own camp. fires and
hurled back their denunciatiOn and abuse, and
now he goes among his sectional friends to
give them his experience and to counsel and
advise with them. Time and space will not
allow complete justice to be now done to the
lecture of Mr.. F.. hence it must be left with
you and others to judge for yourselves, as he
During the coming week a series of lee lures
is expected here, by the Young Mems Chris
tian Association, from o. p. Baldwin, Esq =, of
your city. About the merits of MIR. Is. as a
popular lecturer, always carrying a perfect
carnival OF literary humOr, as he does, W her
ever he goes, 1t is unnecessary tor me to make
any comment other than that they are such
as TO secure for the lecturer a welcome visit TO
Ourcity.
The canvass for the election of Mayor and
other municipal eunctionaries, to come of
here on Monday next, is becoming quite spir-
lted Yours, T. G..