Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1847-08-17
[CorrcsponIeaeo Of the Palladium


products of mechanics labor.
Correspondence Of the Palladium
CixoINxAIi, August l., H.
Gentlcmcn = Having been last evening IL at
tendance at a meeting called to take into consid-
Grafton, or rather put in agitation, the project
of d rail road FROM this city to ST Louis; and be
ing aware of the deep interest felt By you and
your readers in this subject, haze thought it
might not bs altogether unacceptable = you to
hc advised of perhaps Iittlo more Of the tninu-
Tia of the proceeding than you viii probably re
ceive through the city press write, however
from memory entirely, and being altogether I'M
skilled in the art of reporting, can furnish you
but crude outline, aul shallin WIS: attempt
The precise language there used.
After the meeting had been Called 10 order by
the President, K. Buchanan, appointed a 2 pre-
lisniuary meeting held Monday evening last,
James Hall, chairman Of a committee appointed
FOX that purpose reported a series Of Resolutions,
which YOU VIII doubt receive through somo Of
our dalics and il IS not necessary for to copy
here Judge Huntington q: Tcrre Naute was
then respectfully Inrlled by the chair to give the
meeting his views the subject who, after apol-
ogzing and expressing his fears OF being able to
make himself ntellIgiblo in consequence of the
very bad cold and hoarscncss with which hs
! evidently afflicted, proceeded in very clear,
forcibie manner TO relate the progress that had
already been nale, ant!cipations raised, and tho
amount of stock that lac believed wou!. be Fascd
IL the counti"s through which this work would
pass trsSt ot iadjaRgpo!t summing UP III the
counties Of Nigo, Clay Putnam and iieaiIscf f.
some 2Jb00D or 800, 900 dollars that n Thought
might safely be set down taken hy thesa, a
large portion ot winch Is ulrea}y sub~erib j. pi
the counties ot indianapolis he coalI 81. but
little-only tl.at he had been assured II Rich
monJ, a. he came here, that there woala no doubt
be a liberal subscription there we'll us IL all
the counties on the route. He sand that books
had been opened for time past for subscrp-
ton III Tcrre Haute, indianapolis, Rgchmond
Sc, and also that books had been sent to COM
mttec in Cincinnati that they Thought would
have attended to it and had tsieir opened here.
But not hearing any thing from this city on the
subject neither through the press nor u answer
to the humorous letters they had written here;
he had been appointed delegate t. come here
and ascertain the feelings Of the citizens ana cap
tasts OH the subject. that the people Of Lndt-
ana might know to whom to look and IN whom to
depend for aid he said that tins road from GIN
cinnat 10 the western line 81 Indiana would pro-
badly cost 2 millions ot'ioi!ars or about 10 Q
dollars mile that they Of Indiana we're net able
10 make il without assistance to a large amount
4 from some quarter. That tho people III has sec
ton OF the State were unanimous III their prefer
enco that this road should lead to Canenast Il
That at present 10 other view was entertained
But, he SAID, Il the people toaHa the assistance
/ they expected from Cincinnati cou!4 net Be found
there-if the people q the Queen City could not
bo aroused "a the Importance Of Vie wor. 70 them.
or from any other would not only extend
the hand Of fellowship to them Ia. that hand