Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1870-03-08
Our Richmond Letter.
RICHMOND, Va, March 9th, 1870

RICHMOND, Va, March 9th, 1870.
The excitement attendant upon the recent
election OF Lt-Governor and Superindent of
Public Instruction, had scarcely died away, be-
fore the Committee on Roads and Internal
Navigation were called upon to consider Mr.
PendletoD's resolution relative to the Chesa-
peake Il Ohio Rail Road, which reads thus =
Resolved, that the Committee on Roads and
Internal Navigation be directed to inquire In
to the terms OF the contract entered into be-
tween the President and Directors OF the Ches-
apeake & Ohio Rail Road Company and G. P
Huntingdon and others of New York, for the
transfer of the franchise and property of the
Virginia Central & Covington & Ohio Rail
Road, and that they report as to the nature
and validity thereof, and that said committee
in making this investigation be authorized to
send for persons and papers," 1t is needless
to state that the persons and papers have ar
rived, and those gentlemen who are mostly in
terested In the matter are Messrs John B.
Baldwin, Bolivar Christian, John Echols, of
Seaunton, John Page, of Hanover, and Cyrus
Newlin, of West Va, on the part of the Hun
tingdon proposition, and against it, were
Messrs. James Lyons, Patrick Henry Aylett,
Of Richmond, and William Skeen of Coving-
ton, for the English proposition made through
Mr. Carter. OF the firm Of Smith & Co., of
London. That the resolution referred to above
has created grand pow-wow'' there can be
no possible doubt, from what we have seen and
heard in the last few days. The committee on
Roads had very important meeting on Thurs
day night for the consideration Of Mr. Pendle-
ton S resolution. Colonies Baldwin and Skeen
were present besides many interested and dis
tingui he'd Virginians. Both of the gentlemen
named above delivered speeches in defence of
their positions. 1--WE will next week give you
the result
A private letter received here by q member
Of the Virginia Senate from Congressman
concludes in the following words THE &C
ton of the Legislature has caused re-consd-
Grafton Of the disability bill. Our people will
discover when it is too late, that the great DOM
inant party Of the country, as not IN hunaor
to be tJ7ed a0ith." We deem this to be bad
news, but perhaps the Senator is not SO thor
oughly posted as lie regards himself, and we
hardly think that his influence in Congress will
nanocle the Virginia people, at the same::time
his remarks are to be considered, to a certain
extent.
Senators Lewis, Mckenzie, Booker, Mines
and Platt are here endeavoring to organize a
Republican party on a Liberal platform" go
ing for the removal of political disabilities gen.
orally, on the ground that parties not disquali-
fed are more bitter than those who are dis
qualified and another incentive to this, is, that
as long as any disabilities hang over the people
of Va, the parties qualified to hold office have
all the advantages and the Radicals raise a
great howl in regard to the propriety of such
an organization. Oh, yes, this is the third
party SO long talked of by the Virginia press,
and especially of that in Richmond
Mr.. James Barron Hope, of the Norfolk
Vuginian will deliver his lecture entitled the
Pen and the Franks OF the Printers Devil, -
on Tuesday night, in the Hall of the House Of
Delegates.
Mr.. l. Quintus Washington, lately Of the
National Intethgeacer, is in the city.