Weekly North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1858, 1853-11-23

y 4R GsEAf PAcu1c RAnS5 4he 5bIlex xiire
'aceonns Of The 81 gsnizsticn OF the Ne
ny (hmons for the many millions Il haa 01
"a empty psrses is taken from the Hcfaid q
cay. The list Of Directors shows plainly enode
what sort of: capital No Company depends on to
build the road 4 isA list With few exceptions. 6
beaten politicians Of talent known to-
the country skilled in the curious ways Of getting
appropriation bills through Congress and thoroughly
ndoctqnated IN the arts of all artsthe art of hume.
bug, We expect great things from this Company.
VIII contrive to absorb about half the time Of the
next session of Congress and il it does not absorb
like proportion of the moneys in the Treasury It viii
De the fault of somebody besides the President and
directors OF the Company lis very interesting to-
know, after all the fiourishee about the complete
subscription of the capital stock, that the Company
have generously reserved considerable portions for
the citizens of other States who have net yet had
opportunity to subscriber Such benevolence, in
these hard times, is truly reviving. Perhaps they
would even sell little for reasonable premiums
But we submit the document: Char. Ner. "a
The ATLANTIC AND PAcIrlc RAnRoAD CoxPAxY.
Tins company, which chartered by the Legisla-s
ture OF New York at its last session. with capital
stock OF one hundred millions perfected its organza
tlon, IN this city, during the past week. At large
meeting OF the stockholders, L. S. Chatfcd the At
torney General of this State was elected president
+. NJ Dinond, the present Governor of Rhode Is.
land, vice president; w. w. Leland, secretary; A.
e. Fagg the Comptroller of this city, treasurer and
w d. Mcaipine. now State Engineer and Surveyor,
of New York, engineer in chief The board of drcc-
tors is composed of strong and influential men in diff
ferent parts of the Union-among them are Robert
j. Walker, late Secretary of the Treasury Isaac E.
Holmes now of California, and long the representa-.
tive of the Charleston District in Congress; Phillip
+. Thomas, late Governor of Maryland and now Col
lector of Baltimore; Anson Jones, originally New
England man, and President of Texas at the time Of
annexation; George Ashmun, recently a member of
Congress from Massachusetts,; Gen. Green, q mem.,
Der OF the late Senate of California, and formerly a
representative in the Texan Congress and general
| in Its army Of independence; T. Butler King, of
Georgia, well known throughout the Union; Lieuten.
ant Governor Church, of this State; Caleb s. Wood
hull, ex-Mayor of this city, Major n T. Green, a
wealthy and leading railroad of North Carolina
Col. Moore, member of the Executive Council Of
Maine, identified with the railroads of that State Dr.
j. Fowlkes, large and enterprising capitalist of
Memphis; VIM. Norris, the well known engine man
ufacturcr of Philadelphia; Alfred Gilmore, member
of the last Congress from Pennsylvania Gen. Orville
Clark, of this State; Messrs Spetman and Wagner,
extensively identified with the railroads of Ohio;
| Gen. James Lucas of St. Louis, of the wealth.
est capitalists in the West; Edmund L. Bridge an
| influential railroad of New Jersey; DIR. Levi
Jones, extensively connected with railroad enrerprs-
| es in Texas; EX-Chancellor Farnsworth, of Mchi-
| gan Mr.. Underhl, leading member of the Alaba-
ma Senate; Col Ward, of Texas, largely connected
with the railroads of the Southwest.