Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1836-07-26
eman ofthis city, dated 18th inst, (Tues'


aTbe Convention at Knoxville adjourned sire die.
about II o'clock Friday last, and Two OF the SCUM
Carolina Delegates arrived here (tlat hock) 'N
eveninp One of Them informs Inc that the rail- road is
"a come I'M the Valley of the French Bread and Will pass
no, far from Flat Rock. The Georgia and Catohna
members compromised, and the Convention unui'iousy
agreed that road should pass through 0rorgn u,u
strike the main line at point near, or al
and the stockholders thereof then 10 be consueed Us e
same company and be in all respects the same as inc
origiual stockholders This great undertaking Is 10 oe
commenced Immediately. The Con"rnslo IL Is sa'u
was IN some danger of breaking up without doing any
tirm mad not been for tie compromise with the dele
gates from Georgia, which appeared to satisfy all par
ties" o.,
Since writing the abnvc, we have been favored with
r following extract OF letter received III THIS CITY,
from one Of The Delegates tiom Georgia. dated,
"CLARKsyILLE, July l3th. lc3G.
"Ihe Knoxville Convention was perhaps me ne most
respectable ever held in the Southern ana We''e'"
S1irs Co.. Williams of Tennessee, was called 10 u2
clair Gen Ilayur of S. Carolina, unanimously elect
cd PRESIDENT by about four hundred Delegates from ten
States Pryor Lea, Of Tennessee. was appointed oecre-
a1y 4 select committee OF forty were aPpoln'eu u
which AL the different sutl"c's brought Irlpe ,e W.,
yenlon were referred. The Georgia Delegation con
sisted Of about sixty; to The surprise OF most Of US Whe
we got 10 Knoxville, In"nd that charters Tor |nh
pnny has! been already granted by lr Sairs"i hehtucEy
tennessee. North and South Car'a li''!',H '!'e ''"u
and Cnur,any to these four States, georgia beng eHc"-
trd VERY able and clra. report of lie Trade an" re-
sources Of Georgia lmne datey however prepare"
BIZ i committee; Messrs. S Is. Park!an, OF Savannah:
K Campbell, OF Augusta, and roc oil macon, an" ts"
to the Convention which, while it astomshed The West
ern members convinced them that II was decidtdy l"r
their interest bring Georgia into the compact ana Oh
the motion of Mr.. Wickie, of KY, 1t was unanimously
resolved 20 recommend 10 the several STATES 50 10 'e'
the charters rs to permit Gcorg TO participate upon
ucrfct terms of equality with the other States ana 10
connect branch Of The Road 1T knnxrl!!e N"i. h!anu'
nu of Cniumbia 5. c. with others III that interest," liaa
fxrd long before The cctIng OF the C"nTcnirn' t!t t
main track must 90 through the French Bread III ~ ~,
nv Columbia TO CIarcstun ami Of course came prepared
viii, printed report o.: the Engineers, showing the ID.
ci,ics n that route By these the estimates were: mat
60 or 20 forget which, hut believe the latter number
Of miles would cost average I'll S}QUUJ, ana len lh'
an average OF $4,000. b. Sir. Thompson, the Georgia
Engineers report confirmed by C"i Brisbane, the En-
gctr Of S Carolina, il is estimated that the cost oil
single track from Athens to Knoxville, 2O1 miles, would
only S-3lu, and that there was II" single ne
winch would exceed $l5,00 this r,r By CIaFkSvi!r,
through MIers zap in RaGua then down the Little len
neSsrc about II miles below Tie Smoky Mountains,
then across the country to Knoxville.
''Ths report read before our D"seEltion hut TIE
Caronians with hlilc aid from Georgia. succeeded
in preventing lis being read before the Cun"enon and
have doubts whether II will ever be presented
with the other documents laid before Tic Convention
But with such easy passage before them. the tcun-
ba interest could venture upon the French
Broad being the best route, and therefore the only reso-
luton offered ;ld adopted, WAS. that practicable route
within the chartered limits. had been found BY way OF
The French Broad from Cincinnati to Charleston.
Savannah Georgian.
4, The first meeting, Col John Williams, o. Tcnncs.
see, being called TO the Chair, aud y"r Lee appointed
Secretary, the Delegates called over, and there
present the imposing number 9" three hundred ana
fifty, Of whom 75 were from South Carolina, 33 from
Kentucky the number from Georgia, ll2 from
Tennessee. =; from North Carolina, II from Virginia,
from, Alabama, from Ohio and 2 from Indiana. Many
of the most distinguished citizens Of the South pre-
R,i,. Iinvu md Pt,Iu-
sru of s. C Gov. Swain, Of n. c., MIR. Justice Wayne
and Judge Clayton, Of Georgia.