The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1836-04-08
From r., Csari,ston Csuri,r
CINCINNATI AND CHARLESTON Rail
pnAn

ROAD.
The Charter having bccn row passed I.
kentucky Legislature, the four Sla,es q ssh
and North Carolina, Tennessee, and ks-n.t
have. by Legis!atlrs ieis, glscn ihcf o,..i 81.
Iion TO thus grand eu,cfpfiEe. which he 81 r
Ohio, 10 whose southern borde', tie '5.s 3 q.
peeted TO extend, have hailed TIC scas1t ia al
enthusiasm ~hich assures us Of the' s.s O.
operation. The ne1, step To be ugf, a. 1s 1,
cause the necessary srKyIrs 10 b. als, . ls5ff
tain the pr cticAbilI,y, expense, ass Pe tss stoi
it., Of the work b. South Carolina 5z.. 1.s a.
appropriation been made TOT tins 5a-t E4,|
State has appropriated Tor this 2qfpop
and has appointed Commissioners to eaul
lecis of the appropriation into effect !
ing gentlemen compose this commission. Sc
Roo, y lsayne. Cd Adm. Banding. u u
rick Nobie. Gen Thos 7 Jones o. Lanf
Thomas Smith ofSocicsy Hill Charles Ea:
iaa t.eT. 81 this city
The members Of this Board met .1r
since IN this city, with the exception o. { 3. s-
ding, u no was absent N Kentucky ae-, =
sed, and entered upon their duties. I
Juurned 10 meet again at Columbia, o. -
March. ], Is expected they vIil enter v,
upon the prosecution O. ther task. ".
stand that preliminary arrangements 81
dy been made, Is hlch TIE Board Sl'l y
10 secure the services OF an efficient Ger
glneefs, and that as soon a. The seaf5
nat, the surveys Of The mountains vi# 20
mcnccd and Il 10 hoped that such p,s-s
be made IN these surveys, a. 70 caahs .s
mIssioners to Jay before the Convent r. o
sil be assembled al Knoxville 90 toe u
next ample information ior their ga.d'z.. .'
crpsctec that all the States Interested DO '-' .''
work, will be fu!ly represented 10 thai te.'.5-
as It cannot BE- doubted that the syfsts 70 q '
Of the work will in great measure a5fa.
the impulse to be given at that meeting N
mex an article showing the splni sh'ea
IN Kentucky on this subject. Tie prep
ures sill, We are informed, b. taken By 1.
misstoneFs, 10 ensure full rcprfssnialoa
Carolina, IN that Convention. We are I'1
to BE- able to add, that several officers o. W
Engineers have volunteered their serves
ing the necessary explanations and "'
the Secretary Of War will suffer all 'aea . ].
be spared, 10 report themselves TO the ofa'.
ors, for this service. The best spirit ihdst1 -
every where To prevail, IN reference to lN' -"
undertaking, and We eonhdenAIly an'ie''~
liGAl success
Rail Road Meeting AT meeting o. lo' W.
bcrs Of tho Kentucky Legislature, irltha| H..
Charleston, Louisville and Cincinnati h'h d.
held al the Capitol, in Frankfort, on hoD,
29ih Of February. 1856, Gen. Ihona, wv.
vas called to tho Chair, and Wn' Nor'@@ 'ft
ed Secretary.
The object Of the meeting being brsby 'AF
cd by the Chairman, /, sas or MOTION
Resoired, That the Hon. Henry Clay "a
J. Cri,tenden, Hon. K. VI johnson, ',op r.. I,
Hardin, Hon. John Chambers, Hon J. h. MA.
wood, Hon. John Calhoun. Hoo samV ,,l....s
las, Gen. Thomas Mctcalic, Rsoelt "a,
Senr. Gen, James Taylor, Samuel pa .Nr a,
reti Davicss, Daniel Brock, G., a. NicA"..' -,
l.. Helm, Martin Beatty, VIM " Sou"s u,,t
uol Lusk, Hugh White Sen, and kl'ha,. ac
Esqrs., be, and they are hereby aPP25'gg ..,s,t
gates for, and ON behalf Of the STATE Of w. .i
10 meet and cooperate with the pcleg'''
South Carolina, North-t atohna ana An
General Convention, at Knoxville o" w." as
July next; and there 10 take into e'',S =. IN
such matters IN the Rail Road aIo' ,'I arrd
said Convention of Delegates may u"''"
and enpodient In
Rail Road.-Thc Committee appo'hl.e.Gg y, lb,rts
gslature 10 superintcud the survey u - h, a.
ton and Cincinnati Rail Road 10 u'' A. ha
pense of which $4,000 were appFoP. ',5tn.g
met at Columbia for the purpose o' Zen
that duty. The Committee consists s :" Gen.
Y. Haync, Hon. p Noble, Cob Handing n,rDa.
+, Jones, of I.aurcns, DR.. Tho. Sm''p ., ,,n ..Ce
ton, and Chas. Ednonston, Of ChaIl''''"
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