The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-08-17
gitI,nrond nispatth,
MONDAY ............ AUGUST IL, 1868
Buckingham Tired with Waiting.


The people of Buckingham met at their
last ceurt-day and adopted resolutions in
favor OF railroad from Farmville along
the bed of the old plankroad " into that
county, and assuring the Southside road
that two-;hirds Of the produce of the county
would be drawn to it by constructing this
branch, besides contributions from Cum
berland, and large probable accessions OF
freight from supposed mineral deposits ex-
listing within the territory of Buckingham
These resolutions the meeting requested 10
DC published in the Farmville journal ana
Petersburg papers, from which we take 1t
the gentlemen composing the meeting are
some what out with Richmond.
We imagine that the subscription of this
city 70 the stock of the Chesapeake and Ohio
railroad, while nothing in the corporate ca
pacity Of Richmond has been subscribed to
the "air line" road to Lynchburg, has
been the main cause Of dissatisfaction.
We regret that the people Of Bucking-
ham should take this in dudgecn, if they
have done SO for that would be unfair tc
this city. Unless Richmond has some route
opened to the Ohio she will never be able
to build any roads-nevcr able to make
any considerable Roadway in the protection
of her interests on the south side by
strengthening her paths leading to the more
Furnishing districts Of that region. &c
build the Chesapeake and Ohio road Is the
shortest way to the airline route to the
Southwest, through Buckingham. This Is
Il demorstrable proposition.
Richmond has not given up the idea OF
constructing more direct railroad route
between her and the teeming Southwestern
yirginia whose trade she once had and
there is no fact in the future more certain
than that az soon as she somewhat RECEIVERS
her strength, and is once more fully IN the
arena of commerce, such shortening OF
distance between her and the chief sources
Of trade within the sphere that properly
belongs TO the central Virginia tidal cities
will be accomplished.
;nChan determine 10 have the "short
feeder" and the Southside Company con-
clude that it will pay-which is seldom the
case with short feeders term mating
uowhcre-and build it, that does not neces-
yarjlg terminate the intercourse between
them and Richmond. Indeed, we have
the assurances Of all the advocates Of
consolidation that Richmond is to en-
10Y perfect equality with other cities
in the matter Of freights; and General
MALONE mas, in practice, we believe, car
ried out these assurances. So there Is
really no bar to our continued friendly
relations II the people OF buckingham have
conceived any uukind feeling because Of
the suspension Of the airline project, Of
which Richmond was 30 warm friend,
that Is hard, and is doubly grievous to uF,
because our poverty and misfortune has oc-
casioncd that suspension. lst. BY calan-
ity and war VIC are impoverished. I'd. BY
the military occupation and negro predomi-
nance faith III our government is for the
time destroyed, and confidence is lost, enter
prize dead, and trade languishing. goomuch
should not be expected Of our community,
which deserves the general applause for
the spirit aud energy it has displayed un-
der every encouragement and oppression.