The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-07-19

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81 The potats Of local interest - us o. bear
INC mon she comfort, health, and attract.
dycnsss pf our city ItfisA IN soEnes SOFT :
5complscent., feelipg sof. ours which ssa6s us
] "a falk about Richmond; but It u not = !
! sfself. competency Far from y, we are
smoyed III odt devotion to the Commons
wealth aud our love Of IT'S capital ana every
ZOOS of it, ground and all o. its people
.sputl New York there = no otnet Guy
that hes the peculiar advantages ana no piess1
int of Richmond, whether we consider its
s,iubtisy aud health or. Its adaptsbility
10 comDersiS1 wants and pursuits. It's
freedom from the disadvantages OF ma
laria and the exbausting influences OF
,southerBesssh heat Is Q commeudatfon OF
the place. mat. az ftrayellerss promptly
pay ~ ;Thenits se4en,psion from the 's 90.
ltruosloss OF Che winters frost issa merit
that imprssses Itself 4 most semphaticai'y'
.pponi the minds Of our fello w:citizens resi-
ding si,d doing business In. the western
part uf thiSs middle mTpsrate line 81 slat,.l
:tude which weysoccupy.y These are fa ,tss
which are widely known. and vain are . the e
efforts Of those communities who are and
have been long industriously endeayorf1g
to deprive Richmond Of the advantages she.
therein possesses. Baltimore has never
been absent when this question arose, and
Richmond has never failed to feel the detri-
ment that Baltimore, aversion was very
surely TO invokeupon her. . 800 ,,i,-Ifti
YET, let us ask what would not Baltimore
give to possess James riyer and its refresh
ing ana "fiushing y food, gaily- and 3aunti-
" surging onward in Its happy way to The;
sea passing by It's doors How much would
1t not gIyel Why, unlimited Millions
Jopes's Falls, contemplate current, qTy|
to bottom when there Is o scarcity Of ran,I
and rising to destructive and unaPpeafsa-,
bic torrent upon an ordinary pluyial excess
We have, Indeed, considered that some day
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Jones's Falls In 10. rampage might bring
upon Baltimore an injury which all its uses
from now till dooms day could not. compen-
: Yet Richmond sits serene, upon her beau
tiful5 bills, and, but for the slatternly and
stupid folly OF leaving her principal street
liable TO semi-annGaL overflow for a COP
temptibly short distance, she twonld never
know discomfort or inconvenience from a
food that is to her worth many millions. -
So she has health, comfort, convenfence.
She has advantages for concentration as
well as distribution OF manufactures andof
produce that are UNSURPASSED. Thet terrible
epidemic cf<vellow-iever, from which. mo
southern city Is exempt, and which has car
ried terror to Baltimore, and even. Phiiudel-
phia, New York, and Boston, has never ta-
ken hold of Richmond. That fell disease
has been kept of from Richmond in the
1aost remarkable manner. Without the aid
OF quarantine, with open gates, and hos
pitable reception to the afflicted from other
cities, with nursing and careful attendance
to those sfflicted whenever they came,, no
citizen OF Richmond has ever taken the dis.
ease from one who came hither with the
seeds OF the disease in his system ~
This proof Of exemption from aplague OF
the South is. an advantage that all must
acknowledge. Besides this, Richmond is
cmbalmed in pure atmosphere. Her peo-
Pile are cheerful and healthy during the
heats OF summer, and in all the pursuits OF
commerce and manufacturing. We ven
ture to say that in no other city south OF
New York Is there greater amount Of
buoyapcy and vigor in the pursuits OF COM
merce Observation-Disclosures This is proved
by the unvaryiig attachment Of all people
to Richmond as place OF residence. 1t is
universal that all who have lived,in Rich
mond sigh to return to it, and regret the
day and the circumstances that separated
them from It. i,ai ,,,o4a be- u-@aH uo :
. These are statements based on undeniable
facts. This day, five had the Richmond
aud Allegheny railroad Richmond weuid
be1n all the, conflicts for commerce and So
Gial advantage an iron. clad city. That artery
OF trade along the James river win be bnilt.
1t cannot be avoided. The hostility that it
has encountered from quarters that are
known to us all, Is the most undoubted proof
of the Immense advantage That Virginia and
Richmond would derive from its. construc.,
ton. That road should have. been built the.
first thing I'M Virginia. Had itsbeen, Vir-,
GINA would now have no, discussion about
its public debt, and her capital would have
had a population Of at least half million.
AS it is, we must dethe best we can. But
with . perfect knowledge Of our immense
local advaptages2our people should leave
nothing undone which can tend to make
those advantages available to the promotion
Of the consequence dignity, and happiness
OF our beloved capital. H }sr.
Compensation for Slaves.
The writer OF letter from Tennessee in