The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-10-29

common interest. In questions relating te
the regulations and actions of the Depart
ments at Washington we have not accom-
plished much, and cannot expect to do &c
while deprived of representation.
This brief reference to the internal
organization Of the Chamber will make it
apparent that ali the necessary machinery
is there provided for performing the work
for which it was intended. But the amount
of real service rendered will depend upon
] the spirit with which it is sustained and the
| active cooperation of the whole body of the
community interested in the growth of the
trade and the general progress of the city.
| Whatever promotes this advances the par
ticular interest Of each individual. The
report of the Treasurer, presented here
with, exhibits an empty treasury; but it
appears that the receipts have about met
the expenses for the year. The probable
4 annual expenditure will not exceed 81, l,5o0,
which list of three hundred members at
the present rate of subscription will pro-
vide, and it is reasonable to expect an in
crease beyond that number.
| The Committee on Arbitration have made
decisions in number of cases submitted
to them from time to time, and have none
now left on their docket.
It was expected thai valuable report on
the manufactures of Richmond, showing
the extent and variety of the establishments
now engaged in that branch of industry,
| together with the facilities and advantages
held out for its growth here in the future,
would have been ready for presentation at
this annual meeting. The Committee on
Manufactures were some time since charged
with this duty, but owing to the removal of
its chairman (Mr. Wynne) from the city the
report has not yet been presented to the
Board of Directors. No doubt your next
Board will provide for the preparation of q
report of this character, which, if COM
plete, cannot fail to be of great service in
attracting attention to the products Of the
establishments now at work and to the gene
raj future promise of Richmond as o manu-
featuring point.
A number of communications from the
Boards of Trade of other cities (relating
chiefly to matters Of commercial usage,
which it was desirable to have universally
adopted) and the correspondence connected
Herewith, may be found among the records
of the secretary, but the limit of this re-
| port will not permit reference to them in
detail.
During the year delegations have been
sent and were in attendance at the meeting
of the commercial boards from the princi-
pal cities Of the United States convened at
Philadelphia in June last for the purpose
of establishing National Board of Trade I;
and also at the Bristol and Norfolk Conven-
tions, recently convened, to promote the ex-
tension of interior lines of transportation
Leading to the eastern waters Of Virginia,
and the establishment of direct foreign
commerce to and from the port Of Norfolk.
The proceedings of those conventions
have been so fully set forth in the public
prints, and are so familiar, doubtless, to oil
present, that the propriety of sending these
delegations will be understood without fur
ther reference to them here.
| In closing the outline Of the transactions
of your Board it may be proper to state
that they have had frequent occasion to
lament the absence Of any reliable statistics
in connection with almost all manufacturing
and commercial affairs. Applications have
been made to them from different sources
| (one from the Bureau Of Statistics at
Washington for information Of this cha
racter, which they have found it i'm
possible to give in any shape more reli-
able than the merest guesswork. Through
the labors of your secretary we trust be-
ginning has been made which will prove
valuable both for the statistics already COM
piled and as the groundwork of more ex-
tended figures hereafter. He has either
complete, or in course of completion, valua-
Bile tables relating to the flour, grain, to-
bacco. coal, and cattle trade; the product
of manufactures; the exports and imports
| foreign and coastwise the yield OF the
mines and quarries near the city, and the
tonnage employed on the river; which throw
much light upon the condition Of our trade
and constitute basis for comparison and
for accumulated information hereafter.
Tothis summary your Board have nothing
now to add, except their earnest appeal 10
the whole body of members to sustain their
organization by their personal interest and
efforts, as we'll as contributions, that It's In
fuence may be felt and its counsels be use
full in all matters which affect the progress
and prosperity Of our city and her people.
When we reflect that the value of property
is dependent upon the extent Of trade ;
that an acre of ground is worth more within
our corporate limits than without only be-
cause of the concentration here OF
capital employed in the enterprises OF
business: when We consider the multi
tude of influences constantly operating 10
attract this capital elsewhere, together with
| the means within our control OF counter
acting these influences and enlarglng the
field for profitable investment here, the
Importance of an organized effort to pro-
tect and encourage what commercial, manu-
featuring, and mining capital we now pos
sess, and to make the most of our advan-
tages in opening new channels for the
introduction of more, becomes apparent
without argument. And it would seem TO
be equally plain that in this effort every
property-holder as well as man OF business
should unite.
Respectfully submitted by the Board Of
Directors. D. /. BURR, President.
The Board then entered into an election
for officers with the following result: Pre-
sident, David I. Burr first vice-presldent
I. Davenport, Jr.; second vice-presldent
Thomas w. McCance; secretary, ?. 6. Cogh'
Ian; treasurer, VIM. II. Palmer. Directors
T. G. Peyton, Alexander Cameron, r. Z
Blankinship, James Woodhouse, Powhatar
| Welslger, w. b. lsaacs, ionn furceil, =
O. Noting, L. D. Crenshaw, W. G. Fergu
son, T. S. Baldwin, A. Y. Stokes, W. s
Donnan, James R. Branch, and NJ. hosen
baum. These are the officers Of last year
/ The Board then adjourned.
| ARREST OF FUGITIVE FROM THE GLoU
4 cEsTER AUTHoRIT1Es.-A white boy named
i James Hudgins, about eighteen years o
age, was arrested in this city yesterda.
; by Detective O'Dwyer on the charge, o