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THE PACIFIC RAIL ROAD CONVENTION
il FIRST DIsPATcH.
81. Louis. Oct. II.
At9 o'clock yesterday morning. the adjourn
dhouf of the previous day, the Delegates met
at the Ro,unda. After prayer bysthe Rcvd.
Mr.. Jectcr, the Committee for the selection Of
officers. reported the following,
"a. Douglass, of In; Vice Prcsidents, w l..
Pattsn, Of PENNSYLVANIA. Samuel Frrar, Of
Ohio. Samuel Emerson, Of Indianas Henry, j;
Easton. of Maryland, Hon. Thos. Williams, Of
Town, Charles Bracken, Of w isconsin. Henry
G. Cricr, of Missouri, JolnB iddlc, OF Michigan,
Amherst X. Williams, 81 N CIV York !. Hon. w.
B. Scatcs of Illinois. Charles CsIaathrop. OF
Louisiana. Sccretaries-Col. q. B. Chambers,
Of Missouri w. H. Wallace. Of Iowa, a. Mitch.
II. IA. Stewart, of Illinois.
The Rules OF che last House Of Representa-.
stives Of the United States were submitted for
the government of the Conv ion SO far as
they arc applica bic. !.
Col. Benton aadrcsse led Tho meeting followed
by John LoughbQrough, Esq a tier The con.
clusionFnf Mr.. L.s speech, several resolutions
were offered, but postponed. Ths following,
However, passed unanimously. 49,
Resolred, That this Convention does consid !,
Ter the prime object Of its appoint M. At and
meeting to elicit an expression Of opinionsand
public will, as furas il can be done on thissoc-
cason IN refcrenccto theScsta blislrnent of the
Railroad and Telegraph, to eonnect the COM
merce of tho Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. for
the benefit Of the Union. hat we doeni the
establishment of such Read and Ecle graph TO
be an enterprise emincntly worthy Of prompt
decision and liberal action on tho part Of the
National Legislature, as it IS emphatical)y
called for by the national interests That it
belongs to, ind is obligatory on Congress, to
take such Immediate action on this measure as
is consistent with the powers Of this great m.
ton.
On motion the Conycntion adjourned TO
meet again AZ 8 CLOCK II.
SECOND DIsPATcH.
ST. Lours, Oct 10. d
The Convention met pursuant 10 adionrn-
ment. Prayer by Rev. DR.. Potts, Of st.
I4anis. stss ~
Lieut.. Maur. sethe Corps Of Topograph-
ical Engineers, arrived with r,~eather gen
t!emen MS delegates from Virginia. Ho
was invited TO take q scat as one Of the Vice
Presidents.
The meeting was then addressed by Oil
yer II. Smith. Of Indiuna. At tho close
of his speech Hon. Stephen A. Douglass
resigned his seat rs President stating rs
reasons, the duty he owed his State as a
delegate, also certain comments and structures
made by city papers on his speech Of the pre-
ceding evening. which made this step lmpcra-
lively necessary. He proposed Henry 5. Girl
cr Of st. Louis, as his successor After the
new President too! his seat, Mr.. Douglass ad-
dressed the meeting, and also Mr.. Williams.
| Of Iowa. In the afternoon several Resolutions
were passed, among which were the following:
! RcsoLued. That the Congress Of the United
States be memorial izod to construct, or autho
rizc the construction Of National Line o. Tc-
| legrapll along the route which may bo deter
mined upon by the national authority, Tor the
great Railway to the Pacific.
Even tion,git Isl the duty of tile eral Govern.
mcnt to provide, 81 an early period, for the
construction ola Central and M tionnf Rail,
road from the Valley Of the Mississippi to the
Pacific Ocenn. st
Re solucd, That IN the opinion nrs this Con-
vention, u great track Of Rail Road with bran
ches to ST. Louis M nnpilis md Chicago, would
| be such Centra and National one.
Rcsolyed, That committee of fifty. Mr..
Thompson Of Iowa, acting as chairman, be ap'
Ipointed to communicate to the Convention to
Ito be held at Memphis, Tho foregoing reso!n.
tions. and to request the concurrence Of said
Convention therein. In the evening Mt
Thompson delivered u very eloquent and mag;
Enifcent speech on this engfOssing subj ect
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