The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-09-07

fstter Or Roassr A. LANcksFER i SATH AsilEL
DsssY, who subsequently,, as Federakdo
vernmeut agent a, Gibraltar, b came uyoised
with CHARLES f.. OsBoaaE, fsfmerig ,of@Pe:
tersburg, and financially ruined; and EDWIN
ROBINSON, who most of our people remem'
Der as president'of the Richmond, Freae'
ricksburg and Potomac Railroad Company
a geEtleman Of noble heart and Infinite ]est.
The JosBpHs, growing about the time OF their
failure pncoutrolably ambitious, built On lh''
mense house in Wall street, which, just be-
fore completion, fell with terrible crasn. ! ne
accident was typical of their own iate ou'
/, was sad that they carried many more Win
them. ...>.
The house of DUNLOP, McScuEE u Co.
succeeded Immediately to the large sugar
business formerly conducted by LANCASTER
DysBY e. Co., and that business was extend
cd 10 manner highly beneficial to the city
as we'll as to the firm itself.
Mr.. MoscURE spent his winters in Louis
lana. Cuba, and Porto Rico, and formed
highly advantageous alliances With them all.
u;s house flourishcd, and be hiHself, more
nroud of tine ecdt of success than its gains,
was The very pattern Of joyous man and
conrtly gentleman. He was as well
known in New Orleans and Havana
no I've was 10 Richmond. He resided 10
summer in Virginia, and passed much of bis
time at the White Sulphur Springs, where
surviving visitors of The day just prior to
the war must remember him. He was quite
a noted figure in the social circle. His tall
form, in su9arrow boots and fashionable
dress of the early part of the century, his
graceful manner, and his unvarying courtesy
could never Re forgotten by those who sa"
him. He was indeed ga gentleman of the
old school," This noted and worthy man
died in 'GG, just after the war, much lamented
By vast circle of aoquaintances, and espe-
ciaily by bis excellent partners.
3lessrs. DUNLOP & MCCANcE were the man.
ayers OF the business and finance of con-
Germ which we may say did vast deal to-
wards promoting the growth aud prosperity
Of Richmond. When the war broke out the
house was doing al immense business, highly
lucrative to the partners and adding con-
stan,lv to the volume of the commerce Of
Richmond. No city in the Union was al
that time growing and tiourishiDg more "a
pldly, and but for the war we are satisfied
Richmond would now have population OF
Two hundred thousand. She has every nat.
ural endowment that should entitle her 10
10 such growth, and her merchants and
manufacturers were prospecting beyond all
precedent.
The war came, however, and with it
complete interruption Of the business of the
house of DCHLor, MoSCURE & Co. with the
South. Stree then there has been hiatus
like that of Richmond in its TRANSACTIONS.
But let Us hope that it sill preserves the life
and experience Of other days, and may yet
lind rich rewards for the integrity and good
filth which have ever distinguished it.
In alludiIg to the death Of Mr.. DUSLor
we cnunot fail TO consider what blessing
such house IS tbat TO which he belonged
has been to this community. Il has been
conducted uns~eryingly upon the principles
of probity and commercial honor.
II has done great deal to promote the gen
eral prosperity of this city. 1t has never, by
reckless spccuiations and imprudcnt assulnp-
ton of liabilities, involved itself, disturbed
the course of trade, and brought distress
and embarrassment upon innocent persons.
What contrast there is between snch
house and many Of the present day such as
the house OF STIRLING, AHRESs d Co., Of Bal
limore, for instance and how honorable ii
is to the house itself, and how much that
house deserves the public respect. Such
house is an honor TO the city in which it il
located, and is an example which we cannot
too highly commend to the commercial
world.
We regard the death OF JAMES DUNLOP as
an event to he most sincerely deplored by
the public One Of the best of men, be has
been an ornament to his pursuit and bene-
factor Of the city in which he lived.