The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-02-10
Manchester.


5 to his typography.
Manchester.
There is no Town in Virginia which ha
the opportunity of acquiring the most impor
tant advantages for SO small an outlay as Man
, chester. There is no town which may SO ma
terialiy enhance the value of its real estate BY
! such an economical expenditure. Manches.
ter may avail itself Immediately of the bene.
! fit of those costly improvements which cen.
tire in this city, which have swallowed up
millions. and to which her citizens have con.
tributed nothing. She may do this by build.
ing Free Bridge-by opening an unobstruct-
ed communication between herself and Rich
mond. She may, by doing thus, illustr ate the
anecdote of the liq uor retailers in the Ameri-
can camp during the Mexican war. A camp
follower sat up his barrel of whiskey in his
tent, and commenced retailing the stimulus
at ten cents drink. Another camp follower,
who erected his booth Immediately behind,
and in contact with that of him who owned
the barrel, made a hole in that BARREL through
the head that stood against the partition be-.
tween the booth, and inserting a spiggot
commenced to sell whiskey very actively
at half the price demanded by the true owner
The demand At fire cents was quite active, and
the barrel was rapidly running away by the
wrong head before the true owner made the
discovery, which enraged him beyond mea-
sure. The man might have been content with
stealing his liquor, but to undersell him was
| an insult added to the injury, which he could
not endure. Now, Manchester may insert a
| spiggot in the barrel, and she will have this
advantage over the whiskey-seller at the
wrong head, that her act will be lawful. and
ho n 90 ON sell ri eho
and at what price she pleases. In other words.
she may enjoy all the advantages which Rich
mond has concentrated at this point by merely
forming this union with Richmond this UNI
billical chord to join them together like Siamese
twins, to share each others fate-to epjoy the
common prosperity which the attractions. adj.
vantages and enterprises Of this locality NAV
secure to its people!
M. BELLor DE MINIEREs AND THE JAMES
RIVER AND KANAwHA CANAL.-The following
is letter from NJ. E. de Bellot des Minieres
relative to negotiations recently pending be-
tween himself and the James River and Ka-
nawha Canal Company:
RICHMOND, 9th of February 1880.
- Mr.. Edttoy-I perceive that the James Hi yer and
kanawha Company have a bill before the LegIsla-
on oersn osIa d
French company"
my self and other French to Ssvs
IN nesotiatIon With the company above named; |
GATED If allow the assumption that / am vet IN
mes otiaton to 70 uncontradcted, am constI AIMED
and and k"aa~S.
minated sometime since. under crcums, noes that |
sss Vii e. Ssas sa
termination mutually satisfactory.
a. publicity has been sven e portion Of the
River and kanawhs Compans Il shall deem proper
thai the pubic %as obsd :he
etenelns not only OF the views Of myself and CON
tsaeratss put also OF our position in reference
+. DE- BELLor DIES MINERS.
BAYARD TAYLOR AND THE RIoHNoND
YOUNG NEWS CHRISTIAN AssocIATIoN-The
lecturer. Bayard Taylor, was recently invited
to address the Young Mems Christian Associa.
ton OF Richmond; but subsequently the in.
vitation was Withdrawn by Mr. R. r. Howl.
son. Chairman of the Committee of Invita-.
ton, for two reasons-hrst his connection
with the New York Tribune, and second. the
sxeptical character Of portions of his lecture
ON Humboldt which indicates his disbelief in
the Inspiration Of the Scriptures and render
him an unfit person to lecture before Chris.
tian Association. Tho letter of Mr.. H. IL of
the most courteous character. The reply Of
Taylor 10 characteristically impudent. He re-
lers to the fact that he has lectured In South.
srn States, and thought he might lecture in
Virginia II he did not give utterance to his
sentiments. He denies entertain.
nc 1n6del opinions, and concludes BY saying
hat though he has travelled all over the world,
nowhere has he been Subjected to q narrow.
y or moro insulting censorship"