The primitive Republican., 1851-04-03

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nassting of Tie eisizdhs of IsoWndeA va
held ii the Coprt- hoglse, oIt ehturaay tie Y
inst. to learn something more Of the pre-.
Ient cpndition and furtAsE prospsSsstof II
sbilc ana 3li6 Issilroads lho RAY sam
IneI BntIef was called 70 the chair, and ~
i G. Nils appointed secretary
ant ullilae, lbe Chief snginocF of I'll
Road, being pfesent, was invited u addfes
I tile people, and did 50, ansl he hour bad 81
leerived for opening the couft, When, On no
ton, the meeting adjourned tosconxenca .
gain on Monday the 9th inst, during th'
recess Of the court
Accordingly, on Monday, thc meeting ~
assembled, and in the absence Of Rcv, Dir
Butler, j Judge George r. Clayton, was calico
to the chair. On taking the chair, Judgl
Clayton made some pertinent and practices
remarks in regard to the early alit
finally triumphant success Of the Railroad
system in Georgia. It had converted ex
hausted, deserted and wasted lands into pro
Eductivc plantations, stayed the tide Of emf
grafton, increased her population, and given
her tile pre-eminence over all the Southern
States in Importance, prosperity and wealth.
Capt Childe was then requested tore.
sumo his explanation of the affairs and pros
poets Of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad lie
gave brief history Of its progress said that
there were thirty three miles nearly compile
ted, that every thing had been purchased to
put it in running order, in the next three
months. The contract for the next forty
miles has been made, and would be conlmenc-
ed, just as soon as the people Of Mississippi
manifested determination to take hold Of
thework and run it through her borders. It
was necessary that the road-bed should first
be made by the counties through which it
passed. and then the lands would enable the
company to obtain the iron, machinery, car
riagcs, &C., to put it in complete working or
der
lie dwelt particularly on the superior adj
vantages Of this road over every other, in fa-
cility and cheapncss of its construction, inits
uncommonly low grade, thereby enabling
three engines to propel as great burden O
verit, as ten engines of like power can carry
over the most costly roads in the country
its being the shortest route from the lakes
and northwestern waters to the gulf-in the
absence of all prospect of successful compe-
tition by any other road-and in the large
contributions of travel and freight from va
rious central points not Immediately on the
line, but near enough to make it the interest
of all parties to. connect by branches. These
and many other points were presented, which
cannot be noticed
The policy and management of the direct
ors we're to avoid incurring debts, and to Sc
cure the collection and faithful expenditure
Of all moneys raised here. They have APP
pointed special agent for this purpose in
this State-that agents DR. Cunningham of
Noxuboe county, and he win inspire conf
dence wherever he goes. lie viii collect and
pay out the moneys to the contractors as they
become due for work done here-always re-
ceiving twenty five per cent. of the monthly
payments as surety for the completion Of
contracts. Mobile stands ready to redeem
her promise to bring the road to the south
line of Kcmper, if the people here will re-
spond by making the road-bed through the
portion of this State This they
must do before they look abroad for aid, but
when this ia done any assistance can be OBJ
tanned by the credit which our lands will give
US.
But he especially urged the necessity of
the simultaneous cooperation of the people
in the different States, in order to secure the
entire completion of the road in two years
and halt, instead of making it in short par
GELS, and being five or ten years. He show
ed by arithmetical calculation that the use of
the road for two years and half would re-
the entire cost Of grading to the peo-#
pie benefited by it, in the eheapness Of the ar
ticles supplied for ordinary consumption,
without reference to the enhanced value Of,
real estate, or the profits Of the stock The
latter he thought could not be less than Is
per cent
Finally, he said that the matter now. rest
ed with the counties along the route in Mis-
sissippi, todetermine whether the road should
be constructed speedily 4 thus bring wealth
and prosperity toour doors atsonce, or wheth-
e i should be protracted through many
years.
Tennessee and Kentucky were ready and
anxious tosdo their part, whenever they saw
the Mississippians awake to their true inter
ests. They faltered not before the rough
and bristlng heights Of Monterey they
quailed not before thedeath-dealing artillery,
on the plains Of Bncna Vista and shall It'll