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

DIR. klReS TO 20 '6uA sCOQsulS HtSn yHu
| about it, telling him that IL he c0aid gut
you to take it up, we should 5insvitsbly
succeed. .-
remain, respectful yoars,
.....x..1 3 =. p elsDs
Dir. Daniel: !: Is itaigned by Hs .. Bird
ss e. pts1iasnt lasa NJ sst 4 =. IL. p,s.,.
dent of the Petersburg Railroad Conpsny,
and by the term sour folks,n he meant
the same old fogies whom you, through
Mr.. Ellis, marchedi in procession before us
| the other day. What genius could fail to-
| respond to such an appeal as this
Comment upon such proofs aas these
would be, Mr. Chairman, like pouring
water into good wine.;s1 zat i 1875
cocK ROBIN WAS DEAD
| and another bird had killed him. When the
| question ia asked by the Richmond Fred
ericksburg and Potomac Railroad Conn
pany, s- tgs.3 II at.'f
"wHo KILLED COCK RoBHa
The Petersburg Railroad Company re-
spends, @ - f''sast
"shake not thy CORY locks at me- esja
| Thou can'st not say did it '--eI BY nyss
| You were accessory before the fact and
after the fact. You paid in advance the
price of blood, and received afterwards the
| wages of sin. Are you not, Mr.. Chairman,
surprised now, as was last Saturday, that
my learned, sagacious, and honored friend, !
Judge Ould, should have done this impru-.
dent thing? 1t wssnot like him. BE did
| not do this of himself. Itydoes not accord
with his known sagacity, or his neble feel
ings. fear that he has been in bad COM
puny, and has been {. IS q.
TEMPTED By THE EVIL ONE.
But while searching these records find
other interesting matter, much of which
will not read, being, as the chairman
knows, much concerned about the c9nanmp-.
tiou Of time and Ifwould not read q word
but for the fact that this room has been
filed, and our senses RECALLED, with The fra
gran Of the incense whichloyal and grate-
| full courtiers have waited about the throne.
Therefore propose to read some other ex-
tracts from this history, 80 that the COM
mittee, viewing present transactions in the
| light of the past, may determine for them
selves whether Robinson ". hns or has not,
with his dominion and policy, inherited to
some extent the passions. and manners OF
| his father. , j.. g,fpee g f.at.s,ts1
James M. Wickham is O name inf Rioh-<
mond known and honored. On page b1 Of
Pub. Doc. No. A, for the year 1846, he
testiGes as follows: 'a'' =.
"I will proceed to give some facts which
I think it is important should be known.
When about the beginning Of the year l846,
perhaps as late 8s March, when acting as
an examining committee Of the steeWboat
and railroad company, I perceiyed, with
very great surprise, m entry OF o payment
of $500, half years salary, to Mr.. Mon
cure Robinson 80 president Of the WASH
iugton and fredericksburg Steamboat Com
pany."
Mr.. Lyon: Mr.. John NJ. Robinson testi-
fies that he gets the same 81, 900 yet % the
president Of the Potomac Steamboat Com
pany. Mr.3Wickham continues s., i, J, 7.
~ was excessively surprised iet this
entry, and demanded from the treasurer
(Mr. Macmurdo) by what authority he had
made it. He said It surprised him M 20. as much
as it did me, but that Mr.. Robinson had
demanded it, and he supposed he swas
obligedto pay it that mir. Robinson said
it was due to him by the by-lawSs0f the
company that the former ,presidentef the
steamboat company, before, the companies
| we're united, had received o Thousand dol
lars year, and that he was entitl 10 the
same. When the new Board OF Directors
was organized not q syllable with respect
to this salary was said to the board. The
articles of association Of the old company,
az well as I remember, we're stated 70 be
the only bylaws of the company Mr.,
| Robinson stated to the board The contents
of those bylaws, whatever they may have
been, but not q syllable was msntiofd of
| a salary to the PRESIDENT Soms alterations
| we're proposed in the .by,laWs and regnla-
tions Of the company Ii among otheft things
Mr.. Macmurdo, who Was the treasuseE Of
the railroad company, was made eecretary
or treasurer of the steamboat company,
and On additional salary OF $780, wtieh
would make his whole salary %, JOG, was
proposed by Mr.. Robinson, and adopteG by
| the board. An appointment Vas alsagiven
| to MIR. Sharp in the new company With
Some additional salary, forget what but
| not word was said about additional salary
to the president. Mr.. Robinsohps s1iAry
| was already. S3, 900. Per sannuna, Fwhich I
| consider excessive for. any tseFyicek winch
he could render to the railroad Lalfesdyf
completed, and he residing SinsP hiiadel-i
! hia." s.Ss',ssagss {, IS. !, ~
Mr.. Lyon / will not read the Whole5f Mr..
,Wickham's testimony, feritime h too shsrt,
| but ne goes on TO tell bow bid atnsdS q fuss
about IL: but he discovered fhst hsoncdyeR Boz
binson's viii and power were too strong md
| therefore he coutenied himsslf WITH roe:
nort 10 the Board Of Public Works, BY whom
be was appointed 0 director in the Tpad.
He says, on the same page ;s,s Act4ng
unon these views, and cnlcurring sHtirely
with the Board Of Public Wesk, ashny
4 vbisner &c an addition. 10 Mr., Eobsnsens
| salary Of 81, 900 q year, making "
had been proposed, ! silop Y teesie z Z. saSss
resisted it.. II is very possib De stns1k ~.
| Robinson may have bad an undefsasle
! mon this subject with dtiaf sms mslnAen O
the directory, but csrtsinty nothing I'm
/ said upon the subject as any meeting 9 "a
Roa,d whaye / was present or thS Ea1q1
i cf which / have read. lille f6nfS
ining the books, I.found entries eonts
allowances for = 4,
rAvses sxpEsisEs Il j 70 SIG,
aud small matters, speh .aa
lPhiladelphia, the place % hlsl
/ There is evidence upon thts
have not time to read, NhSeh
/ Of things r,ors remarks bles 81
nentiy characteristics sas Il sss
M. Daniel i Ara you AykfS
fupdsof shs Giesnaboat Comp
aenarafe. and That thse sa1asy of ssfsss
denf was uafd out 81 the ese Ilat9tt ! sslcta-