The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-06-05
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SPECIAL coaREsPosD.scE OF THE DIsrArcH.
BRISTOL, June 3D.
In company with 4 large dele alton for the Rail.
road Convention, we left Lynchburg this morning
at II, A. NJ. Jno. r. Mcdaniel, Esq the energetic
and courteous President Of the Virginia and Ten
nessee Railroad, had provided q special car for
those destined for the convention, and along the
route showed that interest Ia their comfort which
entities him to their warmest respect At the
Central Depot the delegates partook of dinner
provided for them by the Virginia and Tennessee
Railroad Company. We arrived here this after
noon At O'Clock, and were comfortably quartered
10 the "Magnolia House." = hotel which would do
credit in its appearance and management, to a
much larger town than Bristol.
The Convention meets Tomorrow, at noon, and
promises to be of unusual talen. and respee,a.
biity. Southwestern Virginia, and Eastern Ten.
nessee and Norfolk-the localities mos. st-o,s,,,
interested 10 this enterprise-are fully rsnro.
srnsed numerically and intellectually.
Among those present see Hon Wm Ballard
Preston, ex member ofthe Cabinet; Dr. McKernev
Senator from Norfolk; Francis B Deane, EsG.'
member of the House from Ly uchburr one of m a
best posted internal Improvement men in ,hs
state, and numb or Of other gentlemen of prnmi.
nence in the State. The meeting which IA os
place to morrow Is to consider the propriety Of
sending commission to England to prevail on the
owners OF the mammoth steamer Great Eastern,
to send her to the port of Norfolk Mncb has
been said of thismsmmoth ship and need here
only refer to the crcum stances connected with tho
proposition to bring her to the United States She
was originally designed for the Australian trade.
ana II as for this destination that her building
was mmeocad. Hon A. Dudley Mann being in
England At the time of sgitstng the subject. and
oeieVing that there was enough Southern trade
to justify her plying between Eagsh and Sou,h
ern ports, broached the subject to the stock hold .
ers and recommended Norfolk, Va ss one end of
the great ocean ferry" which would be thus es.
tabished His recommendation was favorably re
ceived though warrant was required that tb.
trips should be renumerative. Itis now proposed
to give this guarantee a. least tor trip which,
If DONE ensures the appearance of the monster
ship In the waters of Virginia.
1t Ia also proposed that certain quantity of the
companys stock shall be taken in the United
States, say At 800 per share. The commission
which goes to England, if any be SENT will repre-.
sent to the company the advantages which will re-
suit TO them in the selection of Southern port,
and these represent atoms it is believed, will &C,
compish the desired object. There seems to be
no doubt OF our ability to give the Great Eastern
return cargo, and the cny doubt felt IN relation to
the enterprise s "a to the probability of dsp
OF the cargo she brings here To effsc. thus Sou
thern merchants have only to import their goods
through Norfolk, instead Of New York. la q few
months Norfolk will be in direct connection by q
continuous line of rail road with Memphis, Tenn -
Tue Norfolk and Petersburg Railroad is to be fia
ishef during the ensuing summer, or certainly bY
the fall The East Tennessee and Virginia Rsil.
road has 40 miles of rail laid and every dsy increas
es the iron links between Brs,ol its Eastern, and
Rockville, its Western terminus. With this di
rect route, the merchants of The South west will
not be so blind TO their interest, as not to realize
.hat goods received 1T Norfolk can be deposited In
Memphis. aud thence along the Mississippi river,
cheaper than if landed 1t New York TIE action
of this convention is highly importan to Virginia
aud Tennessee, as well as the whole South and
she views expressed by its members, will, it is
believed throw much light on The present condi
ton and future prospect of both States
ihs canal At LynchDurg is being repaired with
as much expedition rs possible. There are four
boats aground at the wharf, aud one merchant oi
that city tells me that he has about 8I5 900 worth
of marble on board . boat about half ay down
10 Richmond, which Is, or rather was coming up
The repairs will be completed by the 18th inst.
A word about Bristol: Il has been honored
with newspaper description often enough but
the growth of the place is so rapid that An occa
.ionai par agEaph with regard TO it Is not out OF
place.
I've East Tennessee and Virginia Railroa d
Company have nearly foished the erection OF
their new depot in the Tennessee part of the
town, which vii! be ornamental as well as useful
1t is 200 feet long so feet wide, built of brick
in neat STYLE and has all the lateet invented
veuIeDCSs. mere are Iouf EOLelS mere, On6 OF
hem the Magnolia House" being avery handsome
affair.
In the grave yard of Il Pre- byteran Church, !
nouce the tomb of Gen. Evan Shelby, prominent
patriot of ths Revolution 1t is covered with an
iron slab in the shape of coffin top, having on 1t
the name and age of the dead. But few hundred
yards from the burial spot is a time worn frame
building, in which the old hero spent the closing
days of his life. He is buried in the Tennessee
line
This is to Virginia what Gresna Green was to
England. At Wytheviile. to-day, happy look
ing couple got the cars, bound, az we learr ed,
to Bristol. VIII ch lies half in Virginia and half in
Tennessee, 10 become man and wife The gentle
man was from Virginia and the lady from Ken
lucky. They both appeared very happy and
hopeful, though one would think that, with the
present high prices of provisions, man would
more naturally thiuk of running away from the
altar than running to it.
The East Virginia aud Tennessee Railroad Com
pany yesterday commenced running their trains
on this end of the road from this place to Watau
ga River, distance of 20 mes-they having re
ceivei two very pretty passenger cars the day
before. The entire distance to Knoxville from
here is $50 niles, of which go miles is done by
stages. In three weeks the staging will be re-
duced to 30 miles, the railroad will then be
open TO Bulls Gap.
The difficulty in the way of the Virginia and
Tennessee Railroad carrying the Great Southern
Mail, has not been obviated yet as far as the
SOutQSiu6 ROAD IL concerned, LuSt COmpauy bkAi
refusing to run two trains day. hear. howev'
er that arrangements be made by which
the mail can be brought from Charlottesville to
Lynchburg In stages, and yet savo twelve hours
between Washington aud New Orleans on the time
now made.
was pleased to-day, to see our old friend and
gentlemanIy Conductor, Micsjah q. Freeman, for.
merly of Richmond, on the Virginia and Tennessee
Railroad. He is universally popular, Is he de
serves to be. T.
We copy the following dispatch from the Lynch
burg Courier, of yesterday:
BkIsToL, June 2i.--The Railroad Convention met
here to-day. DR.. Mallory of Norfolk, was appoiute
Presidents and A. X Moore, C. w. Button, and B. G
Broughton were appointed Secretaries
E!e7ea iailroad corporations were represented. -
Europe from q southsrn port. Hos VIM Ballard
PIeson was appointed to proceed thther shortly =
Mr Preston made stirring sp ech, and SIGHTED hii
acceptance CT the commission. Great unani nifty
and enthuaissm .ilAd
HORRID DEATH -Oa the afternoon of the 30tt
ult rs Peter Mokei and one of his sons who hat
been engaged In their saw mill In Northkill, neaI
Reading. Pa, were temporarily absent for q few
moments, three year old son Of Rebecca Hoffman,
came 10 the mill and must have laid down upor
the saw log. An agoniziug scream brought MIR. III
TO the scene, where he found the child cut through
to the backbone. being literally sawed In two.
THOMAS BIDDLE, Esq. nf Philadelphia, diet
Wednesday morning at his country residence neal
Faoli, Chester county. Mr. Biddle has been Ions
and favorabiy known in Philsdelpha, especially II