The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-10-14

endowment Of all present.
r. was understood early in the day thai
the expected orator-Colonel Rufin-wouid
not be present, and that there Wouio NC
| simply impromptu speeches. =,
Colonel Baldwin facetiously and happily
| detailed" rs speakers Colonel 1. ): hal-
| dolph, of Albemarle Hon. William Mines
of Shenandoah congressman from this dis
trict0: Hon. A. Fl. II. Stuart, s. W. Ficklln,
| ESQ. and r. w. n. holland, of Albemarlc )
Major J. 3. Dorman and Colone. William
Allan. of Rockbridge; Messrs. Fleming ana
stevens, of Highland; Mr.. Wartmam. OF
| the Rockingham Register; ana William
| Frazier and General John Echols. of Staun,
ton. Colonel Baldwin said that he wanted
! simply an experience meeting.
Colonel Randolph gave some very 1nte-
resting and amusing "reminiscences OF
staunton in the days when the courthouse
! md principal hotel were. simply log CABINS,
| when there was no clergyman west OF
come here, and when "West Augusta"
extended to the Mississippi. He gave q
vivid sketch of the material development OF
| he country since then. He gave history.
| nf the rapid progress in the Invention OF
| ,ur;crlt,1ral implements since the Gays
| when the Scotch servant complained OF the
| wheat fan that it ''raiSed the WIND by hu-
man dcUice, instead of trusting the Lord 10
| raisc it. and fasting and praying to induce
| Him to do So" He spoke OF the progress
| of agricultural science, and closed WIN
| some practical advice on manures, urging
| that every farmer should, in the main,
make his own manure.
Colonel Baldwin introduced Hon. VIII
liam Mines as being entitled to our respect,
not only as our congressman elect, but as
hioh-toncd gentleman, who has invested
largely in our iron interests, ana IS earnestly
striving TO promote our material interests.
Mr.. Mines is a rather tine-oOklng man OIL
.hirtv-fve or forty, Of frank manners, ana a
very pleasant speaker. lie expressed III MS
pleasure at This fine exhibition, ana III is
icniny to the speech of Colonel tandolpn:
He had seen stock here to-day which could
not he cycellcd anywhere North. This Val
lev was Il great agricultural region but our
chief wealth is beneath the surface. No see
ton on earth eXcelS this in the quantity or
quality of its minerals. From here 10 'FRONT.'
ROYAL there is iron ore enough to employ
one hundred furnaces five hundred years.
But these mineral resources must he deNc-
loped. He argued that the great want Is
transportation, that we might get coal TO
work up our ore, and be able to send
off our iron. We are now sending
our pig iron across the Potomac to build up
cities there, and he thought it high time to
stop that sort of thing, and so to develop
our own iron interests that we will he the
rivals of those people. Give lis coal, and
VIC can compete with the world. The a@rI-
cultural and mineral resources OF this sec
ton are boundleSs. The Valley of Virginia
can sustain three millions Of people. a
Grand future is before lis II we Will only go
I'D and possess it. We will be properly
reconstructed" only when we can touch
4 ,,ft ln Tho
men of the South lack neither talent nor
energy; they only need proper direction
Railroads arc our great want, and we must
have them.
He desired, in conclusion, to thank the
voters of this district for his election to Con-
grcsS, and to pledge himself to do all in his
power to promote their interests. Though
not Virginian by birth, he intended to
make this State his permanent home, and
no native felt Il deeper interest III her wei
fare, or would labor more earnestly for her
good.
Mr.. Stuart congratulated the people on
their wise choice Of congressman. If there
had been any doubt before. the speech he
had Just made would clear away all doubt.
He made an interesting statement of the
mineral resources west Of us along the line
of the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad. There
are already eleven furnaces between here
md the White Sulphur. and as soon as the
road is completed to the great coal beds,
others will rapidly spring into existence.
He predicted that in less than ten years one
hundred trains per day would pass along
this railroad.
He wildly skctchcd the material progress
made in the last forty Years, but said that 1t
is nothing compared TO what lies before us
| in the future. Now that the "incubus OF
slavery" is removed, Virginia will become a
great manufacturing people. New England
| philanthropy has oycrrcachcd itself; for
| Virginia and the South will soon become
| their competitors in manufactures. The
Spindlcs of New England will be transferred
to Virginia to be turned by our superior
watcr-powcr, and in our more genial eli
mate. Our political skies are brighten
ing. Owe have passed through the Red
sci, and our Moses Cunning to Mr..
| into the land Of promise" Mr.. Stuart will
find if he will consult the Scripture narra-
| tive that after passing the Red sea the chill
dren of Israel wandered forty gears in the
wilderness, and That Moses did not himself
| cross Jordan or reach C&naan.] lie drew Il
bright picture of the future. Congress will
promptly admit us. Now that the negro is
taken out of politics, there will be no sec
tional contests, and all will 90 forward most
glorollsly. He argued that there is no real
conflict between capital and labor, and that
| the apparent conflict which the Shoddy
wealth of the war has brought about by adj
ministering the Government in its interests
| will soon pass away. He was loudly APP
plauded at the conclusion of his address.
The other speakers not coming forward,
the audience dispersed after few remarks
! from Colonel Baldwin. But it is time we We're
| giving some detail of articles exhibited, and
| names of exhibitors. Let us first take Il
walk through the rotGnda, which has been
| the centre of attraction to-day, especially
during the several showers we had. Enter
ing the southern door and turning to the
left, we lind Il polite marshal ready to show
us everything, and give all the information
| we desire.
George z. Price, staunton, exhibits Sin
gers sewing-machincs.
! & Gilkcrson, Staunton, exhibit Will
cox a. Gibbs's. Mr.. Lurk, of Angus
ia, exhibits the Buckeye SeWing-Machine.
| Sayder d Irby, Richmond, exhibit cook
ing-stoves, parlor stoves, and nine different
| asSortmentS of fronts and grates-all very
| handsome.
Parkins Dc Nelson, Staunton, show saw
Shaft aud fixtures, horse hay-tork, new
and improved driver for mill spindle, lire
place, and mill-bush.
Hobrook, of Mt. Crawford, and L. 7.
Beal, of Augusta, exhibit patent churns.
". 4, Burke, OF StamtOn, exhibits q lot of
| fixtures, iron railing, hollOw-ware, water
| and gls-pipc-the products of his extensive
| iron works.
7. W. Lambert shows Sitting saw-ma-
chine Lalpey's PATENT, which works by
hand and is very complete.