The Arkansas banner., 1850-04-16
Pacific Railroad Convention al Philadelphia.

The convention which me, al St Louis, for the promotion of this object, urged that secand con ventiou be held at Philadelphia, in April. 1850; Al. though this resOlaon seems generally 10 have been lost sight of enough had assembled to proceed to business. The committee appointed to present suitable nominations for officers of the convention reported the names of " B OGDEN. of Illinois, for President, aai EDWARD A. HUBLEY, of Penn. for Vice President Among the list or Secretaries appointed, We find the name of J. H. SruRMAS, Esq, of Arkansas. We take the following from the teegraPhieh accounts ol me proceedings-April 4th. 1850:
 A long letter from Col. Fremont was read It is the most important document yet presented to the eoBvsntion He says, in conclusion, ''I believe tn the Practbiy Of this work, and that every national consideration requires il to be done at once, and as national wo-k. by the United States
 The committee resolutions reported the fol- lowing, which passed almost unanimously:
 Rssoired. That, in the convention, a railroad eomraa hication connecting the navigable of the Mississippi with those of the Pacific Ocean is practicable and it's construction is desired imaledi atey IL IS therefore the duty ot Congress, in some way to apply the euergies e( our country so as to secure ine earliest possible completion Og such work. As
 Resoired, That the work is national in it's char acter, and shaaid therefore be eoastrueled by the natioaal Htea1s But, 10 avert Stateand oeal pre- ludices, the government shoaid eonfins it's opera tons 10 the country beyond the limits of the or- gsuized States, leaving the various branches within the States to be constructed by such means and by such routes as the States may prefer.
 Rssotasd, That tc aid the States in carrying for word their lines 10 inc main track liberal appfopri- a,ions from the public lands adjacent should be- made, 10 be applied as the States may consider most expedient
 ThPi hP IS GoREEs &5a S may be d.s@. r dient, to accomplish the great object contemplated in Inc foregoing resolutions, eomnencing with a thorongh survey 5y competent engineers of all the routes ihat may be considered praeticabla
 Mfr Curtis of Iowa. spoke warmly in favor Of me resolutions. and gave an interesting account of the hFst Idea aud suggestions of railroad across the continent from St Louis. MT L opposed the plan Of MT. W Whitney, bat was favorable to an sd- dltions road, and hoped iis immediate consiructan would be urged upon Congress and the Govern meut
 The following resolution also was unanimously adopted:
 Rssoioed, That this convention recommend 10 the American people iu all parts of our common coun- try, 10 urge upon Congress. by numerous petitions to make early and ample appropriations for surveys ot the most feasible routes for the construetioa of a direct rsilroad to California and Oregon from the valley of the Mlssissppi
 The President, Mir. Ogden, before vacating the chair, delivered one of the most elegant power i1 addresses in favor of Pacific railroad that we ever listened to-, aud received the enthusiastic thanks of the convention.
 Tue convention shortly afterwards adjourned.