The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-03-22

OreQ per cenG. greater IMAM Tue TecelptS vi
the previous week.
The "Week's movements of cotton for
Norfolk over the great Atlantic, Mlsssls-
sippi and Ohio railroad are as follows:
March S, receipts ..................."... bales
., ........................... noue
u OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Dales
y, OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. none
10, OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. more
~, l UatS
Total for the week. ..................ls bales
And here, Mr.. President, is the total
business for q whole month:
For week ending To- h Feb................. bales
.oLu ................... = DdICo
sta March. bales
IZlu ...,.............Ao oaiSo
For whole month. ......................3a bales
This is the magnificent trade which Is
poured into the lap Of Norfolk by the At
lantic, Mississippi and Ohio railroad, and
which we are not only continually called
upon to admire, but which we are to save
to her even at the sacrifice of Richmond's
trade.
LIGHT WANTED.
In conclusion, Col. PENDLEToN said be
hoped to hear some reason for the delivery
of the keys of this railroad to Gen. VIM.
Malone, what honesty there was in the
design, and what securities had induced
the canny SCOTS Of Petersburg to put
themselves forward in this matter.
Remarks Of MIR. Taylor.
Mr.. TAYLOR. of Norfolk, replied briefly
to the argument Of Col. Peudleton. His
remarks were mainly defensive of General
Malone and the Atlantic, Mississippi and
Ohio Company as friends of Norfolk. He
also contended earnestly for the accept
ance of the proposition of the Petersburg
gentlemen associated with Gen. Malone.
Mr.. GREENE, of Petersburg, incidentally
interrupting Mr.. Taylor, said that large
majority of the citizens of Petersburg
looked with no favor upon Gen. Mahone's
designs upon the Richmond and Petersburg
railroad.
Mr.. JOHNSON, of Accomac, then gained
the floor, but the hour for recess having
arrived, the President vacated the chair
until o'clock Z. NJ.
NIGHT SESSION.
At the night session Mr.. JOHNSON, OF Ac-
comac, occupied the first hour or so in
very vehement argument IN beha1 OF zen.
Mahone's schemes.
RICHMOND UNIT.
Mr.. COURTNEY replied to statement OF
Mr.. johnson to the effect that Richmond had
not asked that the proposition of Ellyson and
others be accepted. He said that Richmond
had asked of this Legislature but little.
But in the propositions now before the
Senate she was deeply interested. The
Richmond and Petersburg railroad had
long been a medium of bringing to her a
most valuable trade, and it was now pro-
posed to place that road in the control OF
influences adverse to the city of Richmond.
The proposal had reused Richmond to a
sense of her danger, and her Senators and
Delegates had not led public sentiment, but
had been borne to their present position by
| perfect
| GRot1NDswELL OF FEELING AGAINST THE PER-
FILTRATION OF THE PROPOSED OUTRAGE.
Richmond was unanimously in favor OF
selling the States interest in the road to
the nine gentlemen who had unselfishly
stepped forward and proposed to avert the
calamity threatened By the Wood amend
ment by taking the burden on their own
shoulders. There was no division of senti-
| ment among the people of Richmond or
! their representatives in the Legislature.
The Senator from Accomac (Mr. Johnson)
| need have no uneasiness on that score.
| Mr.. COURTNEY then compared the two
propositions, and showed the inconsistency
| of the different positions taken by General
Malone and his friends since this bill had
been pending, and demonstrated the utter
absurdty of their last offer. He would
have no hesitation about voting for the ac-
ceptance of the offer of Ellyson, Anderson,
and their associates.
PETERSBURG SET RIGHT.
Mr.. GREENE, of Petersburg, said he de-
sired to speak only that he might correct
certain misrepresentation which had been
made of the views of his constituents. The
first name that had attracted his attention
on the list appended to the petition in ia
yor of General Mahone's getting possession
of the Richmond and Petersburg railroad,
as Ill tuc hlSlulOdu W hsJ, W<Ao
that of gentleman who had been
DEAD FOR SEVERAL MONTHS.
The person referred to was a good and
an industrious man, and a dear friend Of
the speakers, but-poor felloW-he was
now living in Blandford Cemetery. How
MANY more names Of dead men were on
the petition he knew not, but this gen.
tleman was certainly not among the living
There were also on that petition the names
of many colored persons who were unable
to sign their names; and not only were
their names published, but those of
THE MEN WHO WITNESSED THEIR MARKS.
whether they approved the object of the
petition or not. Taking off the names Of
the dead men, the non-residents, and the
witnesses, it was probable that the length
of the List would be materially reduced.
He also called the attention Of the Senate
to the fact that this petition was circulated
and presented to the Legislature on the 9th
of March, before the proposition OF ELY
son. Anderson and Go. had been submitted
to the House. How many of them had
laace changed their lmiads It would be difi''