Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1847-12-31

PROPOSED CONVENTION --pa,;.
whole line of Railroads hetyoan .,e .g the
Baltimore vitality interested in tba atlanta and
,n n ', llllilng.on 7, Road to Manchester Of
pose that each each Company on the line sonP pro.
10 llmlngton on the 9Th dav ~ y De-
~ next for the purpose of cons;i f IL Janu.
same and devising scheme by WHICH The
ject " eject the Oh
II TINS be done, and through t;o,...s
geu al q low rate of fare-allowinrN e. aFran
per mile 10 each company, it will he ~ tne Same
OF drawing from the dangers Of tbe y me means
MISSISSIPPI thousands OF passepraro ocean and
1t is now the safest and moS.
route p from New Orleans TO Baltimsom,p ed'f'ow
eheopness be added to the present ; n9' and if
the travel will be " prod;r;on, !" inducements,
"A PETERsBuRc SrocknorDr.
our Attention has been called to The ah
ar u, which appeared in the Petersbpr r'UEe
teiiigencer of the 21st instant, and wo H.
iof the purpose, not only of letting tbs aa II
OF TINS section of North Carolina see vt rsOpe
opinions of citizen of PETERSBURG ., not he
regard to the Wilmington and Manly. win
Railroad but also because it affords s,,;
opportunity for offering few remarks a. "n5
own IN addition to those of the writer WI
lhere can be no doubt but that tba D..
ourg' the Petersburg and Richmond. tbo p:I DIS
mond and Fredericksburg, and the V.sL: '-'
ton railroad Companies are all of them da.a
and vitality interested in the constrnc,o sT!
the Wilmington and Manchester rod ~ F."
is not a man Of sense, connected with = I'''
roads, who has given the matter NOS sss
thought, who must not knov and fso, ,h-,a
completion of our road would enhance ;, 'D'
business in most extraordinary MANN.
We, here in Wilmington, conscient;ousl,
lieve that its completion would moro a.
double the " through" travel on our oId ros,
and as matter of course the Same ;n,...
would arise to the lines North Of Wslaa.
What in truth and in fact has brought in
existence the Sea line between CbarIeston :,
New York and what is now about -
into existence two other Sea lines, the on. !,
tween Savannah and New York and tho o,b
between Philadelphia and Charleston w
speak understandingly when we assert ~,
these lines are almost altogether the proluc, :;
that groundless but unfortunate nro;nr,
which exists in the mind of the tavpIro,
community against orr line of boats wb;,b
ply between this place and Charleston, Ar3
we do equally understandingly assert, that 4
our Connecting Link" was only in ope,
ton, these lines must inevitably disaprp,,
Well now, suppose the through travel DIAN
pears from our line, or is materially diminis,
ed, do not all the lines between Weldon an,
Baltimore suffer in about the same rato tby,
we do Most certainly We ask then, b..
king this view of the subject, if all the road,
named, guided by an enlightened sei.jn.
terest, ought not to aid us in the con.
struction of our road? But again; va,
our " link" built, we feel assured that
very large amount of the travel which
semi annually tragerses the Mississippi AMI
Ohio Rivers, would, as matter of course, take
Our route. The Atlantic Rail Road rop,
would. were the chasms filled up, afford 10 the
traveller, under enlightened management The
cheapest, most expeditions, and by far hs
most desirable route between the North and
the South. Ere long the Georgia and Aa.
bama Rail Roads will meet, filling up thai
breach, and then if ours, by far the most in.
portant link in the great chain, was filled u5
there would be an almost unbroken chain d
Rail Road from Boston to Montgomery, Ala.
bama. But still again. Georgia and Tennes
see are making strong and successful efforts ID
connect the great valley of the Mississippi
with the Atlantic seaboard. From this source
an increase of the travel over the Atlanta
route may be anticipated, far beyond wha
most persons can possibly be bought to be
lieve; that is, if we will only place ourselye
in position to realize these great advantages
But to return to the article of a 90 Stockhol
err" We entirely approve of the suggestion
to hold Convention, composed of delegate
from each of the roads named, in Wilmington
at an early day-and we would also like {
see the Georgia Roads represented in that DO
dy. The Roads South of US are also interes
ted in our scheme. We do not, howeyg
J think that we could well, and with any efec
hold the meeting at so early a day as that IA
, med by Stakeholder. We have conveTse
with number of our citizens, and they see
to have settled down on the goth of Januar
We would have an opportunity before til
day of communicating with the parties int
ested How do the ideas here set forth 81
the views of our friends in Petersburg an
Richmond VIII the press in those two cit?
let us know their views on this subject?
ARREST OF WORTH, Pillow AND DUNCAN
We know of no event which has transPlr
in Mexico since the commencement Of Ii
present war, that has given US SO much pa.
and modification as the arrest of the gallan
. men whose names head this article, BY tn
COMMANDMENTS Chief. Perhaps we may
the present stage of this unfortunate affair."
premature in making any remarks about ia
all. AS yet we do not know the facts a1
therefore are unable to say at whose doorto&
the blame We think, however, that the 6e'
eral Orders, No. 349, of General Scott, daS
:" Merlco, Nov. 49," and which the reader vi
find in another column, points out pretty cIsa.
lv the Marty who has acted with imnTudelV