The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1853-06-28

-, r5ornInE. june IS. 1853.
npocELDINGS IN DANvlLLE'
CEYvILLE, &C. ,.:,r ma
The DanvilIe papers Of Saturday ' ,ns 18Th
vhole budget of good news. v" the
of June, according to previous v.n.svville
a",,. ~ the Danville and faneey'"'s
~ r..a me, in Yanseyville Tor inc p"'re
Of organizing the Company. n,.d,. TO induce
;ng "a business, efforts "e'' II. ,h.;, s,h,
.,s stockholders present 10 oo"''' - ~
.a.;n,;on. "Upon the cali o. 'he 'o", sa's
n..v;,,e Republican, call but SIX, wi'hout
. ,as agreed to double, and these SIX,
- he thought odd or iliberal, came
E 49,. haste. and aske TO be taken amongst
GUNNER. One of them was so anxious to
..Js.m. and atone for the past, that he propos.
- 70 double again, but the prudence of others
preyented him from carrying out his inten.
INN" The stock thus doubled, amounted TO
<17 400. and as il was sufficient to constitute
those VINO represented il a quorum, the meet
ing was Immediately organized by calling Jas.
H. Mebane to the Chair, and appointing S,er.
ling H. Lester, Secretary. Col. George Viii
Hanson, of Caswell, was appointed President
of the Company without dissenting voice,
and Joseph s. Totten, Thomas b. Bigelow,
Abisha Slade, William Long. N. NJ. Roane, G.
T. Pace. Thos. d. Neal, 7. H. c. Grasty and
and William G. Craghead, the six first OF Css-
we'll, and the four last of Danville, were cho
sen Directors. The stockholders paid the
amount required by law, fixed the Presidents
salary at $3.50, and dispersed, having accom-
plished their work in wonderfully short space
of time, without long speeches, and without
disputing. Well done old Caswell, and old
Piusylvania, say we! You have set an exam
pie to all "aniiquarians and retrogressionists,"
as the Danville Republican calls the sold 70.
g:es" in that part of the country. The Re,
publican crows prodigiously over the result,
and with good reason. Well may it ask, "was
ever such proportion of stock taken in any
improvement in Virginia, before the surveying
of the route?" The estimated cost of the road
is thirty thousand dollars. Wedo not exactly
under stand the Republican, and think there
must be an error some where. Ii says that
sum wanting a small fraction of ninetee n thoa.
sand dollars ha already been taken. Was the
stock taken by Danville estimated in the &C
COUNT II it is not, they have enough now,
within three or four thousand dollars. The
Republican thinks that private individuals of
Danville ought to take the rest of the Stock
We think so too. 1t is of great importance
to Danville.to have strong vote in the diiec.
tory.
This road will prove a valuable feeder to
the Danvile Railroad, since it gives access to
the very heart Of North Carolina. Every step
that the Danyille Railroad has taken has been
literally upon bed of gold. Ayoung gentle.
man, who formerly resided at Danville, but is
now engaged in business at Keysvile, wrote
from the latter place to friend in the former,
on the 18th instant, as follows: I'VE find the
extract in the Danville Register.]
ave received yesterday IS hogsheads of to.
bacco, 300 boxes manufactured tobacco, and
about 200 bushels wheat. The receipts from
this station fer down freight alone, have ave.
ragged since / have been here, 5000 per day.
What will the road do when it reaches Dan.
Vile? We will move from this station to
D.akes Branch, nine miles above here, next
month. The passenger train will run up about
the LIST july but it will be the last of the month
before The freig ht ira in can go up on account
of houses, &C., which are now, understand,
in rapid progress"
Pretty good, this, for road which runs
through a country over which, membe1of the
Legislature, in the full tide of overpowering
eloquence, once declared that the "germs of
desolation' had brooded from the foundation
Of the world.
In connection with this subject, we will
state that convention is to be held at Pittsyl.
vania Court House on the first Monday of Ju-
iy, fCourt day. for the purpose of taking steps
to build the railroad from Bannister in Halifax,
to Rocky Mount, in Franklin, which was char
tered last session. The Danville Republican
makes a strong appeal in favor of this road,
and says that the best spirit is prevailing along
the line. This road will be an immensely va.
liable feeder to the Danville Railroad, and it
will penetrate a country where there are, at
present, absolutely no facilities for getting to
market. The Republican makes the follow
ing very judcious remarks on this subject:
"This road will be a most important feeder
to the Richmond and Danvile Road, divertipg
both trade and travel from other improvements,
SO that those interested in the success of that
road, can but see its importance to them It
is road which will contribute much to the
permanent establishment of sound internal
Improvement policy and prevent the tendency
TO build up other seapOrts than our own, by
the building of railroads, TO defeat those al.
ready in process of construction. The system
which local jealousy has sought to establish
is one whose object is the growth of certain in
land towns at The risk of State prosperity
The road under consideration will give apot6
er guarantee of the success of sound poli.
cy, whilst the Danvie road, which will ineyi
tably be extended West between the two States
of Virginia and North Caroline, will pour an
incalculable food of wealth into the Lap of ouI
Eastern cities.''
The road in contemplation will run through
the centre of Halifax, through the northern
portion Of Pi,tsylvania, and will bisect the
Franklin line. The valleys.of the Banniste,
and on Pig Rivers, offer admirable grades.
IL affords US great pleasure to see that Whit
NELL P. Tunstall, Esq, will be at Piusylyapis
Court to address the people in favor of ,bi,
road. We have every confidence in MIR. T.'s