The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-09-05
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the Wiley and the city Of Richmond. The
ravages Of cruel war have not been able to
separate them. 'Tbe larse OF fffnc butadds.
to the identity of interest between this part
of the State and her metropolis. Fora CEN
fury have we. looked to Richmond rs the
centre of our trade--a century more shall
ourrpeopie continue to, look to 'heI! -as the
great mart OF tffe, State The Valley men
love their etpit1.s They rejoice In: her
growth and prosperity, and they hope yet
to sec her second to no, city on the Atlantic,
slope. s a..
Why should There not. be, an indissoiubte
bond between us2 !, In.. addition to thoseief
interest areiall the traditions of the past,
Our fathers traded with Richmond when it
took n four-horse-Wagon team three weeks
hard driving to make the round trip; when
it took the Observation-Disclosures from four to
live days TO make the journey 20 Richmond !;
and when our mailbags were week on the
way instead Of being landed at our doors
the evening Of the same day they leave the
capital. The telegraph wire now places US
within moments space Of the city, so far US
business purposes are concerned. We can
ask our commission merchant The price of
IN article one moment and order it the next,
as it we're, and he in receipt Of it in the
course of twenty-four hours. More than
what our courthouse town was to us qua r
ter of century ago, Richmond is to us now
as regards intercourse and trade. ....,-
In matters of legislation, our laws are
made in Richmond 1t is the headquarters
OF our Government; it is the scat OF all the
assertions of the past in our governmental
department that renders Virginia near and
dear TO Nirginians. Nature first laid out the
COURSES of commsmication to unite us with
this the r-t and the greatest city at the head
of tide water. To,opeu the way, guide and
wait our traffic to her portals, the rivers
which have-their sources in this part of the
Valley break through the mountain barriers
on our eastern border aud continue their
course by way of Richmond OH to the great
ocean. As flow the water-channeis Of a
country so will follow the trade and inter-
psts of her people. The laws Of nature have
designed il, and artificial lines will strive in
vain to divert us in other directions.
Spt from the time that the traffic of this
centr, portion of the Valley wendell its way
down the waters of the James by the print.
tive INSTRUMENTATION of our forc:athers,
or the mullutan-wagon teams OF early days,
tortther with the numerous IroreS oil i've
stock that tiIronGed the highways OIL oldcn
LINES. our farmers, merchants, anu traurS-
men have found it TO their interest to seek
the markets of Richmond city. Now that
railroad transportation has superseded the
old ways, it will still be found greatly to
our advantage to look to Richmond. Sne
has invested literally Of her means to build
railroads for our accommodation, and which,
at the same time, were to be promotiye OF
her own prosperity. Her legislation i'll the
councils Of the State has always been thrown
in aid of facilitating intercourse with The
Valley.
When other schemes of improvement have
been devised for divcrtiDg OIL the trade OIL
this Valley and taking it to the ports OF other
States Richmond has ever said to -tls, We
will rive you all facilities in our power to
enable you 10 reach an eastern market"
She first directed all her energies to opening
out The watCr-llne for US. She has .mantully
struggled for the construction OF the present
Chesapeake md Ohio railroad. by the help
of thc votes of her legislators the money
was obtained. against the almost entire oppo-
sitiou of The tdewater and SOuthSde sec
tions. for the great work of tunneIling the
Blue Ridge.
No Improvement tending in this direction
has ever lailedto meet her hearty support
TO receive assistance from the Golfers OF her
treasury, however much depressed her fnan-
cial condition might be; and now, when it is
proposed TO open up Il more direct conlnu-
nication between this region and tue East,
| by means of the Clifton Forge connection,
we find Richmond, before the ashes of Ter
DESTROYING conilagration were swept from
| the scene of her deSOlatiOn, prompt to eX'
| tend the baud of assistance to hat WORK, III
| the Success uf which we are SO deeply int T.
| esteu. .e..
Who can say. then, that Richmond is not
ready tr bc Il generous, efficient ally WIFI us
| in all that pertains TO the welfare OF our COM
mon interestsl Whatever surplus our farm-
ers have ever finds Il ready market among
| her people. There we can sell, and there we
can buy. If it is flour that we have for sale,
she has always offered prices not exceeded
anywhere else If we prefer TO SHIP the
| wheat, her mills. for buying and grinding it,
are unsurpassed, perhaps, by any ON the
| continent. Corn, bacon, butter, fruit, and
live stock all will command as rea dy sale ut
! as rood prices in the city OF RichTlond as in
any other American city; while the means
of transportation from here wiz be ac the
option OF the producer to send Dy line OIL
water or by rail. Can any point elsewhere
| c0pr superior inducements for our trade!
| Then. TO our merchants, mechanics, or
purchasers, of whatever class they may be,
| The statesmen Of Richmond can guarantee as
much to iavite their patronage as they need
desire. In the line Of dry goods, groceries,
| machinery. notions, or what mol, the houses
! of Richmond every season present an lhft
| tiny.torl;-a s,pplv that is laid in, of course,
| expressly for the Virginia trade, WIN eSpe-
| ci,l reference to the wants OF the Faliey.
| ANY of our merchants who cannot be suited
! in That marketwill indeed tiad it hard work
| 10 suit themselves, andmay farther and
rnre worse. Her class of commission lner-
chants are rinous the country over for IN
| accommodating spirit, fair dealing, and
| securing the best prices goliT =,
| In short. what builds up Richmond, we all
know. builds up the State; and in this our
common struggle for recuperatlon let us
| first seek TO encourage our home marts, our
own people; and in carrying out that policy
we hall not often have Gcctslon 10 go very
| far abroad.
There is no reason why those who aIe not
fond of bacon should tolerate it; for, accord
| iur TO the proverb, only that which "can't
he cured must be endured" --..
TROY proposes to give reception to Mr..
Eyunris' Minister to Greece, on his return
newt month. He is editor of the Times, OF
| that city. = - y -.. e.. .
Nv recent order Turkish ladies in Con-
! stauiiuopIe are not allowed to enter the
stores tor the purchase of goods.
The father of the late james Fisk, Jr., is
| building house 1T Brattleboro', VT, which,
| with the grounds. will cost $4,000.
James Parton is contemplating life OF
| Dickens. .-..<. II r. -. &. &c.. s.
Robert Rid gway, Jr., died in Amherst
| o,,ni, ni1 trnnsdaN last awel twenty YCarS