The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-08-10
Richmond and Lyuchburs Railroad.

l3yed bv causes which 1t is nor HeSesS"s W
name We invite to IL the s'tehuoh oi every
man interested in the prosperity OK TINS
CIV connected as that prosperity is in
,ery close manner with the success of
,ha Richmond and Lynchburg Railroad -
The extract from the Alexandria Gazsffe
alluded 10, did not come along with the
letter. and we overlooked IL at the time of its
appearance in that paper. Nevertheless. We
can very well understand its character
Doubtless it enlarged upon the enormous ben.
EFT likely 10 accrue to Alexandria, by the dis
charge into her bosom of the vast amount OF
cotton almost sure, within short time, to
pour along the line OF railroad that connects
her with Memphis. Ii would be very difficult
10 exaggerate in such ease; at least enough
might be said within the sober limits of proba-
hllity, 10 stimulate enterprise and awaken ex-
pectation.
why should not Richmond come in for her
share Of The vast trade which is about to pass
around heri She is the largest city in the
State. Her real estate is valued much higher
than that of any other. She has larger
amount of capital. She has greater resources.
She has q river which may be made available
for purposes of communication with the sea
70 any extent that may be req uired. She has
port in which vessels of the largest size can ride
at anchor, and offering access to the open sea in
the space of a few hours sailing. From
Lyuchburg 10 this point the distance ought
not to exceed one hundred miles. From this
point to the York River is little more than
forty. On York River vessels of any size
desired may lead and proceed at once to Eu-
rope, or 10 New York, to any other port
ind 1t the best means of getting out 10 sea.
II il - 10 Norfolk, it must encounter two
hundred miles and upwards of railroad trans
poTtaton. BY this route it would undergo
only about oae hundred and forty, leaving a
balance of seventy miles # railroad against
that route. If it go 10 Alexandria, the bal
auce against that route is still considerable
But when we take into consideration how
much nearer West Point is 10 the sea than
Alexandra, there is no comparison between
the routes whether the voyage be direct for
Europe or primarily for New York. If the
design lie to send the cotton all the way to
New York by railroad and not tranship ii
into vessels at Alexandria, then there can be
sun less doub; upon the subject.
sSThe great object in transporting cotton TO
the Atlantic coast is to get it aboard ship as
costly. and transportation by ship cheap. The
transportation 10 the Atlantic coast by rail-
road is preferable 10 that by the Mississippi 10
New Orleans only in so far as it avoids the
dangers of that river, and the delays and diff
fcultes Of the tedious Gulf navigation. To
reach the ship where the freight is the cheap
as, Is OF course an object of prime Importance
If there be Il railroad from here TO Lynchburg
there already being a railroad from here TO
! OK River, and no reason why there should
not be plenty Of steamships at Rockets TO
take Oh The cotton as soon as it comes il is
plain hat the great object of shortening the
railroad transportation. (which is expensiveO
aad substituting ship transportation, (Which
Il cheap Will be best attained by coming d.
rectIy here
We ask our citizens TO reflect upon this state
OF the question. There is no reason on earth
why this city should not become great cotton
mart-the greatest, Indeed in all the South
New Orleans alone excepted. BY means of a
railroad 10 Lynchburg, We can alone hope, at
present, TO reach the cotton region directly.
'.MEmPHIs, July 20 1850.
Editors Ricamord DiSpdtch-Gents: Allow me
70 car ynnr attention to an extract IN the Uaiiy
Enquirer OF this city, of this date. (which | for
ward you 10y this mail, taken from the Alexandria
(Fs.) Gszet'e. IN Telal on.to the large amount of
cotton that will re forwarded over the railroads
aud Alexandra Raqoad from Lyne6hnTS s to Aex
andris. and thence ta New York. This trade will
10 rsptay IN me ne being or will
panles. the most expeditous, safest and cheapest
route route, Insurance can ,lso be effected at much
Orleans or Cincinnati, and thence tn European or
Northern ports Why should our Southern rail
roads not compete at the same rates Of freight If
not at lower rates, with the several lines of road
from the Northern cities TO Cincinnati. st Louis
AMI an Cairo, for tee immense amount Of freight IN
he way OF merchandise. DC, sh pped from the
Northern cites to this point, as well as many
to secure this freight, ard the valuable
s s Ss n0a cpnf |, s nc Sqsh your
capitalists should not hesitate to put their
shoulders To the wheel. and build the road at once
htsdone, with your line of steamers TO New York,
and your contemplated line TO European ports. no
other route "onld compste with Richmond. In
few years. with The advantages your city has in
capltsl, wstsr power, Goa. IRON GRANT,. &C., to
Queen CIty OF the South With the enterprise
and energy OF the present age, un les. Richmond
10 he secured will be lost. never to be regained-
Just see what the en.erpflslng merchants of this
place have done in q few ears, in the srowth and
roads INTO almost every section OF the country.
seven years will now readily comma and s i 900
Sl.z00 per foot; stores renting for 81 0C0 or SIS
0oo aud occupied as fast completed lands re ad-
iy commanding from So 900 TO $1,000 oef acre Ia
or miles from the corporation line. Just see the
same advantages If your railroad were put through
20 bynehburg. and secure a large portion of tine
trsde OF the Valley of the Father of Waters ~
Your large coffee merchants would have an open
ing here for everv bag they would import. Your
toaccp manufactures, cotton factories, woollea
factory. and All branches OF mechan Isn, would
have an outlet for their stocks, which won prove
more advantaseous tas n any now offering No doubt
the different railroad companies will reduce the
rates oi freight 10 compete with other roads IN
the United States This done.and Richmond would
grow ne this eltT Is growiug-more rapidly than
the most sangplne could have antiei pated. In ten
yesrs we shall have q popu alton Of 100 00O If not
Inv M RFnhr ..,,1
pOpu alton just az rapidly III yonr capitalists will
come forward as they should, ard push your rail
Toad through 70 Bynchbnrg, the increased value of
their property. and the great increase of trade,
you'd pay them largely on their Investment -
Richmond and Memphis should be in direct trade
Wl,h each other. daily. the wear round Once un-
oei way the ADVANTAGES would be manifest il
never wouli he sule red to be diverted As the
war says 10 regard 10 Don las push the railroad
to bS nchbUrg along.
We have had an oppressive snaI of vr..rn
weather. he temperaturei is now delightful Cot
Ton ana corn crops verv promising Our ma
iants are preparing Tor large fall trade-they
viii not De disappointed H.
The Japanese Embassy to Russia
mat The japanese are a shrewd business
people, Is The Uniform testimony of all travel
ef@' 1t IL certainly no reflection on their pro-
verbal sharpness that almost al the same
time the japanese were in this country. and
ucHiing our unsophisticated countrymen with
ttie idea that they were doing an exclusi se bu-
hlhess IN the line of Japanese diplomatic re
captions, another japanese embassy was an.
hftained ia St. Petersburgh. A letter from tina,
city, published in the Chinese Exp,s., of ron-
don, July Ia, announces The arrival of an am.
otSsy from the Tycoon, with presents from
s'at potenate to the Emperor of Russia.