The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-06-03

ment was the main-stay Of the Confederacy
Tor casting cannon and for iron fabrics, and
be made good deal Of money BY his con.
tracts; but since the war his operations
nave been on tar bolder and more success
tui scale. The iron fabrics turned out here
are shipped md sold all through the North
and West. II is curious tu see I'm his car
factory large number OF cars marked with
the imrrint Of The New York Midland Rail.
road Company, and des. ined for tbe use of
that road. The number Of hands employed
here is 800, and the operations Of the firm
are being constantly Increased. n a..
THE GRANITE ouARRrEs
near Richmond, above and below the city on
the river. and over in Chesterfield county.
form large and increasing industry. Until
lately little was done With them now one OF
these quarrie> furnishes Che larger portion of
the stone required for the new State Depart.
ment at Washington city. Shipment by water
TO that or other cities Of the seaboard is easy
and cheap. do not know the exact extent
OF these quarries, but il is certaiuy very
great. The stone is excellent in quality, and
it is obvious that in this industry alone may
be found the basis Of enormous gains aud the
employment for a large population.
IL GENERAL i. .=..
these are the lending manulacturcS--ail sue
ceSsiI,l and capable of wider development
Little or nothing, believe, has been done
IN the way of cUtton.miil at least, I hear
Of none in operation. These must come
sooner or later, for the manufacture must I've
prosecuted here with advantages superior to
those OF New England. The same NAV be
SAID CT manufactures Of leather, boot and
shoe factories. glass, &c. Il bear of none of
these. There is indeed a paper.mil, recently
started, which is paying from twenty to
thirty per cent. on the investment but the
manufacturing interest Of Richmond is as
yet in It's infancy. Water-power, cheap
labor. climate, facility of procuring the raw
material and Of. shipment of the manufac-
tured tabric-;.ll these advantages exist,
and only await the magic touch of capital
and energy. When the James River and
kanawln canal shall he completed, so
that the rich iron ores Of the Allegheny
mountains and The ineXlauStible splint coal
of the kauawha valley can he brought at
only nominal cost to Richmond for manu-
facture, the Tredegar Works will be only one
OF the many forges which will light up the
future OF this city. Those better acquainted
than sm with the subject assert that these
ores are much superior to those of Penn
Sslvana in quality aud extent, and that the
coal is az good ii not better for the process of
manufacture.
THE CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO.
On the whole, therefore, the condition Of
Richmond is greatly improved from the ter
ribe depression aud poverty which followed
the war, emancipation, and the burning up
of twenty-five millions property, and recon-
struction-any one Of which nliserics WAS
enough for people 10 struggle against.
That after such a combination of trou.
hlcs, AMI in spite of the depression and
alulcSt ruin of the agricultural in-
tcrest in Virginia. Richmond should again
be prosperous is 4 singular proof Of how
much human energy may accomplish to over
conc misfortune. detect in this rally very
largely the effects which railroads exert
upon mudern trade aud industries. The
part played by the DanvilIe railroad, the
Atlantic and Mississippi road leading to
Bristol. and the Chesapeake and Ohio rail-
road, in all this regeneration, is very consd-
| cradle. The completion Of The latter road
to Huntington. on the Ohio river, and the
| certainty Of a speedy connection by rail
with Cincinnati and Louisville, are events OF
no COMMON magnitude 10 the entire country.
That there will be an enormous freight husl-
ness cannot ne douh'cd when it is consider
ed that the maximum grade for the heavy
freight coming east will be only 29s feet to
The mile III: CT the connection from Clifton
For.e down the valley ot the JAMES river
shall have been built. This last road will
cost some seven or eight millions. No such
clSy grade exists on any northern road
across the AllcglElnieS. and the advantage OF
this road over tic Baltimore and Ohic road,
which is itS cliff competitor. is immense.
The great question now Is, Where is the
heavy freight from the West to be shipped /;
mt Richmond or some lower point: That
there will te an extension OF the line to
Yorktown or to.Newporls News or Hampton
Roads is already announced by Mr. Hunt
ington. and, indeed, he has also Indicated the
lurlncr as the place. 1t would indeed be a
very curious thug if this old Revolutionary
site, famous as the closing scene of the
| drama which ushered i'll the republic
among the nal ions, should. after nearly 4
ceDtury o. quiet village sumber, become
one of the busiest haunts of men and
commerce. Despite all that Huntington
| says about ii, fear that no such tri-
umphlut resurrection awaits Yorktown.
ShicHd men tell me that Yorktown is not a
| good point for shipping, and that our keen
| Connecticut Yankee is only playing u sharp
manuuYre SO rs to alarm The spectators who
have wobled UP Newpurt5 News and hold
the lands there ut high figures. But it the
Federal Government were half just TO Rich
mond. and were to make decent apprO-
priatjuu to remove the bars in the river
channel, instead of hi2gling over a SUN of
orc hundred thousand dollars, when the city
out OF her poverty and deSoatlcn has al
ready advanced more than the Federal 30.
,e, ument for this purpose, then there ~ould
be eighteen feet of water here, and that
surely would be enough. l suppose tnat
this will he reached somehow, and that
Richmond will have its outlet and the lions
share Of this great business.
THE GOOD ORDER In RICHMOND.
Papeis published in northern cities, where
a nun der every other day hardly sufticeS TO
whct the appetite, are just row, from single
duel which resulted fatally for one of the
parties, drawing conclusions untavOrable to
the GOOD order and peace OF this city. 1t is
yery easy TO make arguments, and strong
ones. too. against the duella, though take
leave TO doubt whether our Yankee friends
win convert many virginians by coo ly as
s,minc that the good name Of a man OF u
woman is nothing nj all, and that life and
uioney-mak;ug are the bc-all and end-all.;
but even on this assumption thelr cri'l-
cisns had better be reserved tor home
consumption. For one that goes out Of
the world here by the bloody process
OF revenge there are two at least ID ID
any northern city. The "code of honor"
prevails, eit is true. and il may be that
it is high time to let it pass away, but It's VIC
Tins in Richmond have teen very rare. Prlof
to this melancholy case, the last remember
is that of two gamblers. who went out near
the city during rtbes war to take crack at