The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-02-14

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! BY the canal company, 10 the present de
pressed condition OF the finances and Of tht
| business of the country, to extend Its line t
Clifton Forge would result In Its bankruptcy
Second. The railroad would be an invalua
BILE feeder 10 the canal and add 50 greatly tc
| The business and revenues OF the canal com
pany as to enable 1t to reach fts line to Clifton
Forge mere surely and speedily than can be
expected otherwise. Third. Because the
railroad will. by the fact that no breakage oil
bulk will be necessary at Clifton Forge, at.
tract tonnage and business to our Virginia
cities more strongly even than The canal.
Fourth. Because, upon finishing the Valley
railroad, the Kanawba Valley Goals could be
cheaply delivered by the connection proposed
to the upper Valley Of Virginia and South
west Virginia, and large business built up
along the Valley and Atlantic, Mississippi
and Ohio railroads that would prove of great
value to large section of the State, and to
railroads In which Virginia people and com.
munities have vast interest. Fifth. Be.
cause, while the railroad will inevitably
prove tributary to the James River aud Ka.
nawha Company, to the cities Of the James
River valley, and must to great extent
counterdct the attraction towards Baltimore
that exists at most eastern and northerly
points on the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad,
1t will exert good influence by developing
and building up the mineral resources of the
upper James River valley and the manufac.
turing interests of Richmond, Lynchburg,
and Manchester. Sixth. Because the rail.
road will be more than twenty per cent
shorter than the canal, eau be built at ball
the cost and time of the canal, and for q
good many years can do all the business Of
both lines as cheaply as the canal. Seventh.
Because the railroad Is looked upon as en-
tirely practicable and the only improvement
now practicable from which can accrue the
same good results TO this region and the
whole State"
The following resolution was passed also,
with one dissenting voice. lank, greasy,
dirty, COON and 'possum-hunting African:
"ReSolued, That the people of Rockbridge
fully endorse the course of our delegates in
the General Assembly during the present
session, and hail with pleasure their efforts
towards securing economy and retreDchmen.
in the administration OF our public affiirs.
And do further especially endorse and ap.
prove the bill introduced by Ex-Governor
Letcher to raise revenue and encourage sheep
husbandry in the Stale"
The County Court adjourned to day after
doing a considerable amount of business.
Henry Bealer, indicted by the grand jury
for maliciously shooting Beverly Miller. was
tried and acquitted. George Mutropaw, for
assaulting Mir. Adam Vest, was put in Jail
for three months, fined twenty dollars, and
to be released upon paying costs of prosecu'
ton. r. Johnson, for felonious assault,
was fined one cent and imprisoned in the
comfy Jail for six months.
The museum given to Washington and
Lee University by an unknown but generous
New Yorker has arrived at the Point, but il
has not been removed to the University yet
The building that it is to be placed in is being
repaired now. There are twenty-five boxe.
of it, and the smallest one is larger than ar
ordinary. piano-kox.
An architect from Washington has brought
here some designs, which are excellent aud
beautiful ones, for the mausoleum. Ht
charges nothing for them-only trying tt
help in the good work of pcrpetuating Lees
memory.
Snow fell here last week. 1t was abGu
two inches deep, and that time was more
like Christmas in regard to the weather thar
the 25sh Of December. 1t is real spring thi
week; peach.trces are swelling, aud SOM
have even budGed G. 3.