The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-09-07
NEW YORK ITKMs The New York corresp pom
cent OF the Philadelphia Ledger gives the fol-

lowing items of news:
As an item ofpolitical intelligence you are II OF
likely TO get from any other source, may as
well state hat the Breckinridge State Comm t.
tee white / write this, are in session ut the Day
Book onlce, and that the prevailing sentiment
Is strongly in favor of union with the Douglas
and Bell men upon one electoral ticket, pro-
vided five BrecAinridge electors are put on the
ticket. There is no reason TO doubt that this
condition will be complied with when the
Douglas Committee meet this week, so that
the Anti.Repu ublican ticket when completed
will exhibit the following proportions: Dou-
glas % electors Bell, ~: BreckinridgP ). To-
tai, 81.
The Committee OF Private Citizens, appoint
ed OF the iith of August to tender an invita-
ton 10 the Prince of Wales TO attend a bail
and banquet at the Aca,yemy of NJ usc, had d.
meeting, this afternoon, at the Merchants
Bank, IN Wall street, and, after receiving the
report OF the subcommittee Just returned
from Montreal, announcing that his Royal
Highness had accepted the invitation, series
OF resolutions WAS adopted of which the fol-
lowing is the su bstance
The numb ber of tickets to bs issued shall not
exceed 2e0Oi every gentleman on the commit
tee 10 nave seven invitations, subscribing
therefor So the invitations to be in the pro-
portion OF four ladies to three gen utlemen. The
names OF all parties to be regis cred, and 10 be
approved by the committee. Tickets, under
no circumstances, trans ferabie. A special in
vltatioD TO be issued 10 Mayor Wood, but TO
none of the Aldermen or Councumen.
The three African boys found on board the
kibby, have been placed in The Colored Or phan
Asylum The kibby. 1t will be remembered,
was found deserted off the coast of Cuba with
every indication that a cargo of slaves had re-
Gently been landed from her
The Health Officer to- day reports the arrival
AT u uaran tine of three vessels with a few cases
OF yellow fever on board. The infected vessels
were ordered 10 be detained at the lower an
chorage, and the patients were sent to the
Floating hospital.
The foreign news by the Palestine, has
given new animation TO the produce market
The engagements to-day are as follows: l2,00U
bbls. flour and 06 600 bushels wheat TO Liver
pool $500 bhls. flour TO London.
FoRBIGN VIEW OF AMERICAN RAILWAY Sc
URITIEs.-The London Chronicle, noticing the
recent rapid advance in American railway Sc
curities there gives the following interesting
statistics
In the official report on the railways OF
Great Britain, Capt. Cation gives railway sta
tistcs for the year 1857, com pairing the results
in this country aud IN the United States
England. Us.
NJ les constructed and in ~ oo,o
Total COST Of all in use fsoi ss9 s26 f2I6Ss7 757
Net earnings. AT per cent o per cent.
A considerable number of the American rail-
ways, however, could scarcely be expected to
make any large return. Some were intended
TO improve the value of the land through
which they passed; and although unques-
tionably they will pay in the end they are less
To be regarded as commercial investments IOr
ordinary railway purposes than as invest
ments tor the improvement OF land, even
though the railway were conducted at a loss.
In some few cases American railways have
been even less satisfactorily planned, having
been undertaken solely to justify grant OF
government land. If, therefore, we take any
number of the mole strictly commercial lines,
we shall find Il considerable increase IN the
proportion Of net returns. We have before us
a list of fifty American railways, constituting
a very fair represent ntative class and we take
a similar number of English railways, in
cluding the metropolitan and other leading
English lines. They show The following to-
tails: Per
Cost. Gross Ino'e- Net Rev'e. Cert
English f24T ,0l9 626 E20,0C+ 723 tlo 502 ,3l5 4.25
IA erl-
can - 81 454 1873 9 22526S 4421ilI SEC
1t is needless to add single word-the
figures speak for themselves. To the share
holders the American railways are twice as
valuable as the English, although American
lines do not call for such vast outlays OF
money as ours have done, are not nearly so
heavy in the working expenses, nor so dear
for the traveller,