The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-01-27

ffdnsnorta Will be brought ID s86tis
nactiou witt, the Atlantic oce8n, w 10 an area
OF 1000, 900 square miles, aud soon TO con-
tain 1O0.000,000 population, whose isading
industry will be agriculture.
AS an especial irduceTent tothe West 10
aid ia it's construction he holds out the de-
mand which will exist in the four great
States Of Alabama, Georgia. South Carolina,
and Florida, whose waters will b. connected
with them. for 04,000,O00 bushels Of their
grain, which will he so chcapened that this
vast cotton belt, on which now more than halt
of the cotton of the country Is raised, will
concentrate their undivided energies in rails
ing these great staples, anG.beconc the great
market for this cheapened grain.
In regard to the idea, which until lately
was so prevalent, that canals were behind
this railroad age, we say THAT France, in
the dav when the Empire has ceased to exist,
when the throne Of her ancient kings has
c umbIed into dust, when the people bow
before foreign foe, where the glories Of the
past are fading away, and the memory of her
splendid military renown in days gone by is
oEscured by the deep humiliation Of recent
events, one monument stands untouched by
the hand of Time and una>sailed by the Bit
terness of party, and that is the Du Midi
canal, the noblcst relic of the past, the pride
OF France to-day, and the glory Of its royal
protector
The glori6cation which General Dubose
paints Tor Georgia by reason of the con-
struction Of her clnal will be more than
realized by Virginia in the completion of her
great central water-line 10 the Ohio, which
will lead to the resusctation OF the old
State, the reproduction Of that vast wealth
L..i, h. Iotn opl
The development OF the ineXhauSIihle sup
plies Of her minerals-a source Of wealth al
most untouched Is yet.
Tie election of General Gordon by the
Legislature Of Georgia to seit in the Senate
is topic Of especial interest in Democratic
circles here to-day, and the general conf
dence is expressed that this distinguished
Confe lcrate leader, who had in so eminently
4 degree the confidence Of General Lee. will,
OF the new theatre to which he is called by
one Of the most complimentary votes of his
State, fully respond to the great expectations
Of the country in regard to himself
A few days since the House. hv one OF
those sudden and unexpected efforts, &c.
pcaled the bankrupt law by Il vote which
operated I great surprise oil lhc Virginia
members. Both parties, Democratic and Re-
publican, arc engaged in attempting its arrest
in the Senate.
Yesterday, under The leadership of Profes.
sors AsassiZ and Henry, the House by Il large
majority authorized alcohol, the subject of
heavy excise tax of seventy cents per GAL
lon, to be transferred in bond for Use in
tests and the promotion Of science, thus
e.tab!isliGS principle which the nlanuf:c-
turers Of tobacco in Virginia are now en-
degW oring to incorporate In bill pending
before the Committee Of Ways and Means
authorizing them to transfer ticorice, sugar,
guna. and other ingredients, now subjects OF
ta.iH duty, TO these factories, to be nanulac-
tured, fire. Of duty.
This is 4 subject Of incalculaLle import
ancc to this industry in Virginia. Not only
will it increase and improve the tobacco des-
tined for domestic consumption, but greatly
8 nualc her export trade in this article. 1t
Will enable our manufacturers to give fatal
blow to the Canada manufacturers in tie
markets Of the outside world. W.p. B.