The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-03-09

"Received of Fl. K. .Ellyson, Joseph h.
Anderson. Isaac Davenport, Jr., Fred. R..
Scott, Franklin Stearns, John B. Davis,
Jas. Fl. Cox, A. F. Harvey, and Reuben
Ragland bonds Of the State Of Virginia
| amounting to the sum of ONE HUNDRED
THOUSAND DOLLARS, with power of attorney
to transfer the same which said bonds are
left with me us security for the faithful per-
formance of contract dated March 6, 1871,
for the purchase Of the States stock in the
Richmond and Petersburg Railroad Com
pany at the price of $3.50 per share, paya-
BILE in State bonds or certificates at par,
this day rendered to the General Assembly
by the parties above named. ..
If said offer is accepted by the General
Assembly, said bonds are to be retained as
part payment for said stock, under said con.
tract. If the offer be not accepted, said
bon is are TO be forthwith returned to said
parties. .a
[signed] GEO. RYE, Treasurer.
March s, 1871"
| ..- HANOVER WAKES UP.
After the sensation had subsided some
| what, Mr.. W1NN inquired whether the gen.
tlemen signing this paper would guarantee
that this road shall not pass into the hands
of a foreign corporation? - r.
| Mr.. GUY asked whether any such guar
antee had been asked OF Gen. Malone? AS
| to these gentlemen,
THEIR NAMES AND THEIR CREDIT WERE SUI.
t.- FIcIENT GUARANTEE
| that this road would be forever run in the
interests of Virginia. He would not ask a
paper guarantee Of such gentlemen. He
was astounded that persons who do not
represent Richmond on this floor should
dare to come here and cast such doubts
| upon citizens of Richmond whose names
| were as well known as these.
MR.. HILL THINKS HE SMELLS NICE.
MIR. HILL: Does not the gentleman know
| that two of the gentlemen signing that pa.
per are connected directly or indirectly
| with the parties that have been buying the
stock of the Richmond and Petersburg
railroad-Bridges, Walters s. Co.?
MIR. Guy :: Whom do you mean?
| Mr.. HILL: Are any of them interested
in the plans of Bridges & Co.?
BUT IS MISTAKEN IN THE SCENT.
Mr.. Guy: Mot one that 1 know of. ]
would Ike the gentleman to state to whom
ne reterred.
| BE REFLECTETH.
Mr.. HILL did not answer.
| RETURNING TO THE CHARGE.
| Dir. Guy thought it passing strange that
a guarantee should be unblushingIy asked
by these gentlemen when none was asked
Of Gen. Malone. AS to the propriety OF
such a guarantee, it had never occurred to
him or his colleagues to ask such a thing.
They knew that these gentlemen were
known here, that they had the ability to
carry out what they promise, and that all
| their interests were involved in the pros.
perity of Richmond, and he had never
dreamed of asking them to guarantee that
the railroad should not be managed to the
| detriment Of the city or Of the State. But
| if any suspicion attaches to the PROPOSE
tion, let the motion to recommit prevail,
and then let it be carefully weighed In
the committee-room, and If the committee
| thinks
4 GUARANTEE NECESSARY, LET 1T BE
EXACTED.
| This proposition comes from men who
stand high in commercial circles-whose
motives are above suspicion, and whose
personal solvency is known to every MEM
ber on this floor. They come forward and
say, If you are unwilling to trust the Pc.
tersburg Railroad Company, trust u.s.. We
propose to give you fifty per cent. more
than General Malone offers, and, as q
egIarantes or good faith, we have already