The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1852-10-06
THE DANvILLE RAILROAD.


has not shrunk from the undertaking. ho' nus
our zeal become cold in the cause vi INV
contrary, our hopes for this, in our opinion
most pro6,sbIe. and to Richmond, most 'ndis-
pensable, improvement are, at this moment
higher than they ever have been. we con-
slider its capacity, for usefulness, as having at
ready been fairly tested. We stated the
amounts which had been received from it the
other day. down 10 the end of August. We
can now state that the receipts have greatly
increased during the month of September
There is no parallel case in the history Of rail-
reading. The road is only 62 miles long-it
does not run through a town or village, af
ter il leaves Manchester-its route lies on a
poor ridge between two rivers, for almost the
entire distance. Yet, last month, the receipts
were 1000, and this month they will be con
siderably more. At every step it has taken II
has increased its revenue. Can there be
more convincing proof that it is destined TO be
great improvement
The people along the line Of the Danville
Railroad, even those who were at first most
bitterly opposed to il, begin now to see the er-
ror under which they labored. The utmost
enthusiasm prevails every where. AS proof
oft. we will state the following facts:
MIR. Tunstall, at the last Court in Henry
County. addressed the people, after which, with
the unanimous appreciation of those present,
an order was made to take the sense of the
county as TO a subscr iption to the capital stock
of the Richmond and Danvile Railroad, to the
amount of $4,000, on the 4th Thursday in No.
vember. Great enthusiasm prevailed, and no
doubt was entertained, as to tine success of the
application.
At Pittsylvania last Court, Messrs. Tunstal
and Gifiard addressed the people assembled
when like order was maze, with kindred
appreciation of all assembled-the amount be.
ing $50 COCOON the Bird Thursday of Novem.
Der.
Al Halifax, last Court, after the people had
listened for several hours TO the political dis
cussion maintained between Messrs. Averett
and Hoverton, on the part of the Democrats,
and the Hon. Stanhope Flournoy for the
Wings, they called upon Messrs. TunstalI and
Clifford to address them on the Railroad SUBJ
ject with which they complied. At the conclu-
sion of their remarks, the following resolution
was unanimously passed
Resolved, That the thanks of this meeting
be offered to Messrs. Tunstall and Gfard for
their addresses, and that the Chairman ap-
point a committee to obtain subscriptions for
the construction Of the Richmond and Dan
vile Railroad in the county of Halifax.
AT Amelia, last Court, the Magistrates made
an order" ITO take the sense, &c., for $40, 600,
on the I'd November.
In addition to this, it may be said, that the
town OF Danvile has resolved to take $4,000
more of the stock, it having taken already $l0,-
600. The private subscription of that town
amounts to $4,000
With regard to the county of Henry, it is
proper to observe, that it is forty miles from
the railroad, and that the people were, at first,
apparently Indifferent upon the subject. The
indefatigable President of the railroad, Mr..
Iunstall, paid them visit, with the determi-
nation of rousing them, ifhe could, to a sense
OF the deep interest which they had in, not
withstandlng their distance from the road. He
succeeded completely. The far-seeing citi-
Zens OF Henry comprehended him a once
There was not dissenting voice. The vote
TO take the sense of the county, with regard to
the subscription of $780, to the capital stock
OF the company, was unanimous q fact which
we consider highly honorable to the ntelli.
gence OF that county. We do assure our
friends in Henry, that they never can do a
wiser thing, or one which, in the end, will
prove Of more service TO them, than to sub
scribe to that stock. Even Halifax has begun
to be reused, almost into fame. Sophistry,
bigotry, and those old-fashioned ideas, which
would leave a man to trudge on all his life
through the mud when he can provide himself
with conveyance, which prefer the tobacco
roller to the wagon, and the wagon to the rail-
road, have lost their influence. The people of
Halifax, always enlightened, but, in the main,
strongly prejudiced upon certain points, have
become convinced that they were wrong in
their former judgment. They see the immense
revenue derived from the road already, and
they cannot but know, that should it get to
keysvile. which commands the valley of the
Staunton river, it must treble itself. Then, for
the first time, it begins to enter that immensely
rich country, which has sent so much tobacco
to this market, as to have gained for itself The
name The great tobacco region of Virginia.
The Halifax people know that if it once gets
to keysvile, its revenue will be doubled, pro.
baby irebled. AS a proof Of the enthusiasm
which prevails in Halifax, we would say, that
an immense number Of people staid until after
dark to hear Messrs. Tunstall and Gffard.-
There never was stronger Instance of the al.
innate triumph of reason over temporary pre-.
JUDGE, and il gives assurance, that the peo
pie Of Halifax will finally consult their own
interest, by subscribing the sum Sc, down to
them.
THE FINANCIAL AFFAIRS OF THE
COUNTRY.
The New York Express says, that by De-
cember next, there will have accumulated a