The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-03-17
!. 49, : title steamboat"

AZ. Moc.unb, in the House OF Delegates
~ "wednesday, declared that he was a'''
thorized to deny the whole statement aoou'
the unwillingness Of the Consolidated III.
Of General MAnoNE to receive freight 'ioi"
other lines. and to pro.rate with the'n on
through. frcichts and he did deny IL WIZ. -
the emnhasis and boldpcss for WHICH "' '
distinguished. Tho
,Rnt what did the denial amount co. l nc
a,,,,,,epts read bv Mr.. FRAYsER "efe oe'
.;stva arajnst him; whcreupon MI. NC
C,r,, rctrcsted behind the declaration
that. of course, it would be OUT OF tue
question to expect the great Atlantic. Mis-
sissippi and Ohio to take freight from
..eyery H,tle steamboat /" that floated upon
the ocean That excited a lauSh-as it
should have done. 1t was cunning. and
explained the whole policy of the Atlantic,
Mississippi and Ohio, which was to estab-
liSh through line OF water and rail, which
recognized General MALONE rs supreme on
the land, and Commodore McCREDIE as the
Ncptue Of the sea.
But the bold member from Roanoke
mi ght have spared the feelings of the only
steamboat company i'll Firginla-he need
not have turned them of so rudely under
the phrase "any little steamboat" That
was cruel. Moreover, it was q stab from
follower of General MALONE, whose
patriotic sentiments are so exclusively Nlr.
ginian. With him everything is Virgins
and for Virginia" responsive to her in
terests" and pro-rating for her interests
He has sung of Virginia until we wonder
he lets anything go out of Virginia, and he
has preached pro-rate until the word ring,
in our head night and day. Therefore,
when we find that Virginia steamboat
owned by respectable and solid body o.
Virginians, is whistled down the wind by
the great member from Roanoke-Gen. Ms
aid-de-Camp-as "any little steamboat
We think he has forgotten his lesson, OF
that Gen. MALONE has deserted his princi
pies. And so do we think that Gen. Ma
HONE himself has gone back on his State
and himself when we see that he lot only
refuses to take the freight of the Virgins
Steamshipand Packet Company's steamers
but absolutely discriminatcs against Vir
ginia in taking freight from Memphis to
New York at the same price that he doe:
from Memphis to Norfolk, while the charge
from New York to Lynchburg is 56-l0(
cents per ton per mile, and from New Y ORR
to Memphis it is only 16.1O0 cents per tor
per mile. From Memphis to New Yorl
the distance is 1889 miles; from Lynch
burg to New York only 404 miles! That il
not discriminating, we suppose, in Gen
MAHoHE's understanding. 1t looks won
dertully like it to other people.
But then We should remember that we
here, off the road, are nobody, and that the
great Atlantic, Mississippi and Ohio il
everything. Its chief officer can do nothing
not responsive TO Virginia interests ac-
cording to his assertion, sustained by the
declarations Of his friends, and neither he
nor his line should be criticised and cate
chised. We are only "any little steam
boat" They have but to deny everything
and their supporters will swear by them
and pile up the weight upon any drowning
community whose perishing condition,
from the loss of business and prosperity,
proyokcs their complaints and clamorS.