Richmond daily times. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1853, 1851-09-13
COMMERCIAL CONVENTION.

This body closed its labours Thursday evening" at
half past eight O'Clock, and adjourned without day
The action OF the Convention may be thus stated, in
the absence of the official report:
The adoption OF an Address on the subject which
called the Convention together, accompanied by the
following resolutions
Resolved, as the opinion of this Committee, That
lines of mail or other steamers, other vessels, from
Hampton Roads, to some port or ports OF Europe
ought 10 be established; and Virginia North Carolina
Tennessee, Kentucky, and such other Southern States
disposed to aid in the enterprise, should be ap-
peaIed 10, and appeal should also be made Con-
gresS to beStow upon such line tie mail acl it les
which are extended the Northern ines and the ba
which now obsfuct the navigation OF James River
should be removed
Resolved, That Committee be appointed to open
books for a subscriotion 10 a Joint Seek C9moany
for ,he purpose of constructing purchasing Inc ne
cessary vessels to form line of packets between Vir-
gina and Europe to oe propelled BY w!od steam,
with sufficient capital to the SAID vessels.
Resolved, That the said COMMITTEE prepare a peti.
ton t. be presented 10 the Legislature for the ncorpo-
ration OF said Company, with leave to the corporate
authorities OF Norfolk, Por shmouth, Petersburg Rlca-
mond Lynchburg, Frederi eksburg, and Alexandra,
and any other corporate town in Virginia, to subscribe
for stock in said Company
Resolved, That lines Of packet ships, screw propel-
lers mail steamers Ought established between
the exporting cites OF Virginia, and the West Indies,
and Sou. h America.
Resolved. also, That the people of Virginia be re-
quesed 10 no meetings IN their several Counties cities
and towns, and 10 effect The objects of the foregoing
resolution; ard thai his end it be recon men ded
to Them 10 adopt some organization b. the appointing ut
of standing and corresponding committees or other
wise as to them shall seem bet.
Resolved, That the merchants of our Atlantic cities
ought to import directly to Virginia ports the pro-
ducton of toregn countries used and consumed in this
and the adjoining States; and that 1t be recommend
ed to the merchants OF the INFERIOR and the people at
large, 10 aid them in this noble enterprise.
And the appointment OF Delegates TO similar nven.
tons in Macon (Ga) and New Orleans.
Richmond having fairly set the ball in motion her
enerprisng citizens prepared, are con6de mt, to
perform their portion of the good work yet remaining
be done. Let other sections of the State second her
example with willing hearts and ready purses, and we
shall soon hail the commercial independence OF the Old
Dominion.
Committee appointed under the second resolution
adopted by the Mercantile Convention Ito open books
Of subscription)-
Lewis Webb, R Haxa Thos w McCance. Jno
Enders. Chas T Workman, Horace L Kent, H C Ca.
bell, Poitiaux Robinson, John c Hohson, Jas GRAY,
Thos H Ellis and Alb Warwick, Richmond !, Bannis-
ter aAlderson and DR. II P Atkinson, Pttsyvania
Petersburg Rev John Early, John M Warwick DR.
Jas Saunders. ] ohm G. Miner and A Rucker,
Lynchburg John w Young and Robert OVERLY,
Gainesville DR. P White, Caroline DIR F Mallory
Mayo and Conway White, Norfolk.
The following resolution was also adopted
Resolved, That Wyndham Robertson, Thomas l..
Preston, H. w. Moncure, o. G. Clay, Thomas S.
ed gates to attend the Commercial Convention 10
be held in New Orleans and also to attend the Plan.
tiers Convention in Macon, Georgia, both to be held
in the month of October next.