The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-06-06
The DAILY DISPACTH
saturday nIsrning, Jane 3, 1857.
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THk "GREAT RAsTRRNu RaIrnMan
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THE "GRkAT EAsTERN,, RAILROAD
CONVENTION. s s4rg
thkroRFkD FOR THE RIcHMoED DISPATCH
The Railroad Convention to confer upon III. pro.
f"e'y OF sending commission to England TO se.
cure the esa'lins Of the steamer Great Eastern" ia
virginia porf met In the Baptist Church, Bristol.
tennessee, Wednesday morning, the Sd inst
On motion of Hon. VIM Ballard Preston. Hon
Francis Mallory, of Norfolk. was called to the
chair.
On taking his seat, the Chairman said: gen,l.
men, I'll" not my purpose at this time to detsin Won
WIN many remarks ~ to the objects and imnor.
tance OF this meeting. The object We have In view
10 ore which, ara sure, will create no division of
opinion among us, and when they are fully made
knovn, WIN command the hearty support of every
menoer OF this body. embracing as they do. =
wider field than, perhaps, Is now anticipated bv
some We have not met simply to advocate a
particular vessel or line of steam ers nor to hitch
ourselves on TO any particular company or scheme
which may be before the community, but we have
come TO see If we cannot devise some means
whereby we can complete the last link In that
chain of internal improvements upon which we
have staked our honor, our faith, and oil that la
dear to US Virginians and Sou,herners and upon
which rests our prosperity In the future. Upon
our commercial independence rests our political
independence; and this PROJECT in all its bearings
will connect itself with every interest in the State
East, West. North and South:
said, however, that IL was not my design 1t
least q. this state of the proceedings TO enter fully
upon this subject The object of the Convention
Ia known to most of you, / presume, and need
only to express to you my thanks for this mark
Of your confidence. and assure you that II will be
my purpose 70 discharge the duty you have i'm.
posed upon me simply to accomplish the advance.
ment of the objects for which we have assembled.
On motion of Mr. Dsane, the following gen.
temen were appointed secretaries to the Con.
ginixp, A X Moore of the Bristol News, and G.
Broughton, Of the Norfolk Herald.
The following names of delegates were then
handed In to the secretaries:
Norfolk and Petersburg Raitroad.-Hon Francis
Mallory, President, Myer Myers Jno DOYLE, N
Q King f + Ferguson, Mayor of Norfolk. Jas T
Leigh. r Worrell, BiGgs, Miller Southgate,
r G Broughton, Conway Whittle Southside Rail.
road.-Thos Fl Campbell, President Thos Branch
T II Archer, Chas Corling, s s Griscom, l. Luns
ford, w Il Crow, b F Childrey. l. Tappey, E O
Hinton, A S Shafer, II Allen, Fl Stairback
ia Central RE Fontslne, President, Saml
Carpenter Ia and Ttnn -Jno r McDan-
iel, President, L Prestou JHo Nj Preston, Hon
W Ballard Preston, Hon H II Edmondson. Orange
and Ate1dndria Railroad = Inman Horner. John
Willis, ii Ii Vandergrft. B Lathrop B B Marye,
Erasmus Taylor Jas s Barbour, President. Alr
LONDON and Hampshire Railroad And Jamiesou,
Jno Mckenzie. Manassas Gap Railroad q S
Meem Cincinnati Cumberland Gap Roalroad-
r L Owen, G w Barnett. Yirginia and kentucky
Railroad --Thos L Preston, A Ii Dorr East Tenn
and "a Railroad Samuel Rhea. N E and S "
alabama Railroad F Dsane, jr Union Steam
sa,p h cSmTnomss Co. Tf, Webster. j., LyneA0s and
CATION from Bristol.-A X Moore. E E Goodson, L
+ johnson. A 7 Wilson. J w Thomas, w Nor
gan, J Anderson, King, Jas King, jr, V Keb-
Ter, DR. Pepper, E Stuffd, VIM Wi!ioushby. HI M
Y ID
Martin. w Carmack, W F Moon, Jas + Preston,
G L Worley, @ Gallaher, w ] Templin, II G She'll,
Jas Fields, Jos Pepper, w W PEI kns, j w Deade-
rick, Jas King, 81, ] Robinson, w G Peck, II
Everitt
Under . resolution offered by Mr. F. Deaue,
for the appointment of . committee of eleven to
prepare business, the Chairman made the follow.
ing appointments: F Deane, jr, + & W
Ala Railroad; E Fontaine Va Central Railroad;
John R Mcdaniel. Va Tenn X; Thomas II
Campbell, Sou.hside r 4; Jas S Barbour, O:ange
g. Alexandra r. Gilbert Rnea East Tennessee
& Virginia Railroad; VIM B Preston. Va g. Tenn
r; g Meen, Manassas Gap r.; Andrew ia
nelson, Alex, Loudon a. Hampshire r r; Myer
Myers, Norfolk e. Petersburg r 4; Thomas L
Preston, Va * Tenn r R.
o, motion of MIR Barbour, the Convention then
adjourned until 2 o'clock, P M.
AFrERNooN SESSION.
The Convention re assembled at the appointed
hour and Mr. B Deane. jr, the Chairman of the
committee to report resolutions, reported the fol.
lowing:
Resolved. That Virginia possesses the associa-
ted and individual wealth, capital and resources
that enables her to fulfil without oppression, ex.
action, unreasonable burdens any, all the
oblig ations that rest upon her. and accomplish nd
perfect all her great systems of public policy
That 1t is alike the dictate of honor, wisdom, sc
curity and patriotism that the important and lead
ing lines of inter communication now in pr ogress
aud unfinished within her borders. should be stea-
md Ehorpl lilo cd twifh all fho ina
for their perfect and entire completion.
Resolved, That work of internal improve.
ment designed for the transportation of heavy
tonnage and produce from the interior to the sea-
board be regarded as complete or tinished, un.
til the means and is cties afforded for q di
rect trade from the 1i1ssapeake and its waters to
Europe.
Resolved, That the natural aud artificial lines of
trade, which are no " in use and opef aton among
us engaged in the nsportaiion of an amount Of
domestic commodities and productions, and of TO
reign articles of commerce and trade, already suf.
feient maintain line of first class steamships,
and that the associated public and individual We ath
and DO uer of Virginia can readily supply the means
necessary for such line.
Resolved That faith and justice demand that tho
Federal Government shall extend such facilities
and advantages in the transportation of the mail
by the proposed line 1t has heretofore extended
too her lines of ocean steamers.
Resolved That the internal improvements now
In operation will derive great benefits and facilities
10 their construction and rapid completion from the
establishment of the proposed lines of mshps,
which will add incidentally to the productions and
trade already requiring direct lines of communi
cation with foreign markets.
Resolved, That Ia view of the objects above lndi'
Gated commission be appointed TO visit Europe for
the purpose of disseminating correct Information, IN
that country, to the financial and industrial con-
diton and resources of Virginia, and also to place
prominently before the commercial men abroad
the advantages which must follow direct trade
between them aud us,on the completion of that ex-
tensive BY stem of Improvements now SO nearly ac-
conpshsd, and which, wien completed, will con-
necs our sea port with the great producing ana
consuming country, stretching from the Chesapeake
and beyond the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, BY the
shortest and cheapest lines of intercommunication
between the East and the West
Resolved That our CO mmssiontr be directed more
especially to confer with parties abroad, with re-
ference to the speedy establishment OF . suitable
line or lines of steamers between the waters OF
Virginia and Europe, and that he be also requests
cd 10 place himself 10 correspondence with the
managers and proprietors of the Great Eas-
tern" Steamship Company, And report TO tns Ere
sident Of this Convention whether or not the ves-
sells Of that company are likely to promote the
objects Of this Convention.
Resolved, That the Commissioner De autnorizea .
to say on our behalf We are that not merely sensioie
Of the importance of this trade; but, that We are
unalierabiy determined TO establish and MAINTAIN y
On permanent basis and We can assure tnose
disposed to connect themselves with rs, tnat sucn