The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-02-20

~ vitality, and let him avcW hiihSeh "
U u, man. and we are confronted by one OF
v W. most eloquent, and learned and
honored SONS, proclaimfDg boldly, that he
,iesn;scs the phrase, and has contempt for
tho character. / have lived long enough,
Mr.. Chairman, among
THE DRY BONES OF DEAD MEN;
endured long enough the stencil of fast
decaying prejudices. lwant TO see Yr-
rinia leap to her destiny. am tired OF
seeing our people sitting like idle angels
on white clouds, floating in the blue hrma-
ment Of their own conceit, ana Singing
hallelujahs to the glories, the honor, ana
the prowcss of the dead. want them 10
learn that labor, that toll, that the sweat
of the face, thou h imposed by God AL
mighty as a punishment for gin, was IN
truth blessing in disguise, and that IL Is
only bv labor that Virgiuiaus can earn the
RICH, TO live. We live i'll Il new era, an
age of steam and electricity. The tele-
nTapl and the stcam-engine have aroused
to new duties.
OF all the slow things that have en-
countered since our people were stripped
of their property in 1868, the slowest
thing is the cherished and ayowed idea OF
our friends on the other side, that long
railroads cannot carry freights and make
money. Why, sir, an achievement IN
which you, Mr.. Chairman, bore no humble
part, which linked together from Norfolk
to Bristol disjointcd fragments of rail-
roads then worse then worthless, because
perilous, overrun with debt, with sills rot
ten, and rails curied into snakeheads, put.
ting in jeopardy the life of every passen
ger; 4O4 miles long, has by its success
fasifed the apprebensions Of our advcrsa-
ries and justified the policy they affect to
despise. Is this road, sir, managed by dead
men or by 1.-Two men? Considering all its
embarrassing caused by
needless quarrels, rcsentments excited py
unnecessary sntagonisms, hostllitles en-
rendered by useless combats, and opposl-
lion aroused By untimely meddling, the
waste of energy in struggles that ought
never to have been undertaken-what has
it done, and what is it doing for the
State?
I undertook to prove, aud did prove
that in accordance with the koblnsonian
nolicy. which is as marked and decided
"a was ever the Napoleonic, which bears
the mark and stamp of the monogramic
ar"
as significant as the monogramic \ on
the Napoeonic shield that in pursuance. OF
! that policy the business of carrying trelghls
from all points south of Weldon, has been
diverted from the Richmond, Frcdelicks-
burg and Potomac Railroad, and that it;
freight business, as appears by the reports
to the Board of Public Works, has been
| comparatively nothing, while the freight
| business on the ScaDoard and Roanoke
| Railroad, and the Baltimore Steam Packet
Company, in whose favor the diversion
was made, has grown 10 an amount ahso'
Iutely incredible. | have diacloscd the
fact, by proof, that the Seaboard and
Roanoke Railroad, and the Baltimore
Steam Packet Company, held together as
they are by one hand, are
AN ALLApDlN's LAMr,
which opens up to the lucky rossessol
treasures before which the Arabian knights
grow pale. am not surprised to find that
ny learned and sagaciouS friend. Judge
Ould, as he has told US in his speech, did
advise with and exhort his associates tc
stop the line of Mr.. Lyou's inquiries, anc
to admit for the purposes OF his argument
profits on the Seaboard and the Chcsa-
peake line greater than Lyon had ever
dreamed of-even hundred per cent. pei
anuum if that would satisfy Mr.. Lyon
This suggestion of his to his associates, 81
proudly avowed, was worthy OF bis recOg
| nized sagacity; well might he fear tina
the prolongatiun of my examination int
the profits of the contederated conpanie;
| might disclose the fact that during the
sad four years from leGl to 1860, while
the Baltimore Steam Packet Company VA
| CARRYING arms and soldiers and milltar,
supplies, from Baltimore to Norfolk, it wa
the practice of their stockholders to rs
sembe monthly. and declare and dlvid
| "TuElR LITTLE DNvY's,
amounting sometimes to nearly one hun
Gred per cent. per month.
Mr.. Daniel here remarked that ever.
question asked on this subject had been an
swercd, and there was nothing in tho cyl
dence on this subject Of dividends durin
the war.
Mr.. Lyon: But I have letter from
gentleman in Norfolk, who assures me tina
during those years the stockholders me
monthly to receive their dividends, bccaus
they were so large that they were afraid t
trust them to the treasurer. But l will tel
you why l stopped asking questions-be
cause
IT ALWAYS TOOK AT LEAST TuREE DAYS r.
| GET AN ANSWER.
and time became precious to mo. At an,
rate | am glad that it is now confessed
and that neither of my eloquent friend
on the other side has infatuated that III,
pcrtinacity in prosecuting my Inquire
into the amount of profits made BY the Sea
board and Roanoke railroad and the Balti
more Steam Packet Company, has been i'll
spircd by any wish to embarrass the com
pany, or pry needlessly into their affairs
or envy of their prosperity. They say
clearly, sharply, and distinctly, the pur
pose Of my inquiries, and hence they Tough
me so ferccly at that point. They neve
suspected me Of wishing to vex them witt
quo soa,rantos or other professional annoy
ances. There is not place in Reubel
Raslaud's heart where envy can abide. l.
is full of life; he loves his own, but he re
joices with those who prosper. DO you be
\ lieve that we arc sorry that you have mad
this immense fortune that you have beer
able to pile up and invest in bonds of tn
Camden and Amboy Railroad Company
and in other bonds, recognized as the hes
securities in the land (for learn from you
reports that l was il er,or i'll supposin:
that your Camden and Amboy investment
! were in stocks and not in bonds, which