The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-03-06

r,sC "R.RTTEE FELLO"
AGAIN ATTACK ED.
..,-7-2 tORDINARY COURAGE OF
THE ASSAILANTS.
,lt,Rr PASSAGES IN THE HOUSE.
&c &c, &c.

&C. &C., sc.
q. has ,lrrady been remarked that there
.. ~ceSan to suspect that some OF the BIT
..-,..>. attaching to the Pennsylvania Gen.
- contest had come down to dignity the
...,,,r,r,rlra litllencSS Of the present fight
.,.~ ihr Richmond and Petersburg road.
J., the last DAYS Of the great invasion,'
p,,>r>. RIVAL. STEAMSHIP. MONOPOLY &
m !, serted the sinking ship and left the
-.... (,grirn investor 10 secure the fruits
sf Tie victory it had won. But,
PRESTO, CHANGE.
N sooner had the generalissimo's strate-
-:,os and so.caled paymaSters Of the Penn
.,'y2nia Central evacuated Richmond than,
5.s-erardine the existence Of a bribery and
.,rruption committee, apparently obli-
,,,vs OF the pummelling already received,
and brave as julius CESAR after the hour
.. danger. back to the scene Of past con-
90, come all the discounted combatants,
..i yalian;v unite in war TO the death
-ria>l 4 small boy who happens to be Gu
,.ar>ly lingering upon the field Of battle.
AN ASEcDoTE.
Tile situation reminds us of an iilustra-
,.a which appeared in the american
....i, inst after the French had encoun-
..ytqi their first serious reverSes. The scene
u,> sid IN New York. and the picture was
mis-:
\ fit Dutchman took his afternoon stroll
uln his fat wife and equally fat baby. he
encountered on the sidewalk dapper
Erturhman. with beaver, gloves, and cane.
I'm. Dutchman was large, the Frenchman
mall. They had collision, and CONVEX
.ailon eu>ucd:
Dutchman "What for you run against
mine lectle baby; You dinks You can yip
me-"
Fronchman "Non, no, no! But you
ruu against me more l give your id baby
black eye. YOU understands
JUST THE CASE.
% now Gf we shall insult our readers by
GIVING an obvious application, the gentle
men whU>have been beaten in their scufie
with the big man come here courageouSly
determined TO give his odd baby black
tyr."
But AS TO BUSINESS.
Yesterday in the House the discussion
oGpncd with speech from Mr. HENsI&Y, :,
ot Bedford. He read Richmond Il reprov-
in. lecture on her commercial aspirations,
named her that she had mis-
aiken her vocation, and assured her citi-
nus that it was automatically demonstra-
tIr that her southern trade was best Sc
cared bv consignment to the care Of 4 cor
i,tTatiOn owning IN east and west line.
Mr.. HESSLFY talked we'll; his manner is
GOOD. and lie used admirable language.
bat his conclusions were rather far-tetched.
Mr.. HESSLEY was followed by Mr.
THOMAS, Of Henry. This gentleman ia
y1lcd the general principle of the bill be-
tore the House, but strenuously opposed
the amendment of the member from Hall
tx. He thought the law should be gen.
cral. He saw no reason why an exception
should be applied only as against the Rich
mond ana Petersburg road. What crime
had that corporation been guilty Of, he
asked. that its owners should be excluded
from privileges offered to every other rail-
road company in Virginia. He opposed
special legislation, and he favored general
and exact justice.
Mr. Thomas asked if it were the inten.
ton of members on the other side to build
4 b." Chinese wall" around cert tain portions
OF the Commonwealth, and after having
admitted foreign capital to control certain
public improvements within the State linn.
lis TO exclude certain others from the
chance of competition by consigning them
Io lmpecunious if not inimical guardian.
ship: And, speaking of discrimination, the
member from Henry closed by inquiring
whether the Legislature should discrimi.
nate against the capital city of the State.
THE OLD STORY.
Mr.. ARNETT, of Clarke, succeeded Mr.
Thomas. Mr.. ARNETT proved conclusively
that Gen. Malone ought to have an open.
ing to Richmond,
Vi hlch no one need deny.'
But he failed to say why Gen. Malone had
every opportunity for that
opening, and in fact, while speaking very
pleasantly and consuming more than an
hour of the time Of the House, established
nothing except the fact that he chad been
directed" by some party interested to
- make certain statements" not at all af-
I in nt o
his opinions as truths, very eloquently !;
culogiZcd the consolidated line rs unctu-
ously aS he once trenchantly denounced it;
and closed by apologlzng TO his colleagues
for unnecessary consumption of their at
trntiOn.
4 CHAPTER FROM NATURAL HISTORY.
Just here the Chairman recognized the
gentleman from Halifax, the rival of Button
and of Agassiz, the great eXpounder and
exhibitor Of the brute creation. He opened
by direct allusion To the members from
Bath, Campbell, and Richmond-MeSssrs.
POPHAA, DANIEL, and LovENSTEIN--aud
did he "go for them" His
batteries Of animal erudition were first
turned upon Dir: DANIEL, to whom were
applied some uncertain allusions as regards
the old story Of the dead lion. After that
Mr.. WOOD compared Mr.. PopHAM to the
eaglc of fable, and portrayed Messrs. DAM
lEL and LovEssTEIN us the tom-tits who
gained an unwOntcd height by obtaining
and maintaining seats upon his tail. And,
finally, Mr.. WooD launched off into we'll
wordcd rchash Of all the arguments offered
by himself and allies during the past few
days as to the innate righteousness Of their
cause, purity Of its defenders, motives of