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Railroad Meeting at Anderson.

We extract from tho Anderson Gazette the
following account Of the proceedings Of the
late meet ng at Anderson G. IT,, with reference
to the construction Of the co ntcmplat.d Rail-
road between that place and Atlanta Ga.
ANDERSON. c. II =, Tuner 1853
meeting Of the friends OF the Air Line
nilrond in Anderson District generally, was
held this day in the Court House, in pursuance
OF previous notice. which was organized by
calling the Hon. j. n. Whitner to the Chair,
and the appointment Of a. II. Broyles, Esq., to
act ns Secretary. The Chairman, in n brief
bu. very appropriate speech. explained the Oh
Jects of the meeting and insisted upon the i'm
portance of some public demonstration of feel
ing upon the subject. rs well rs the necessity
for taking such action might be proper to
secure the construction of our part Of the pro
posed Road. }. T.. Reed, Esq, then submitted
the following resolution:
RcSoircd. That we regard the construction of
the Air Lire Railroad from Atlanta, Gcorgin,
to Anderson. $. c.. as II matter Of great iinpor-
sancc, not only to those places and the inter
mediate country, but to the Southern States
generally that We have great faith that our
Georgia friends will maintain their well cs-
tabilshed reputation for public spirit and Gu
tcrprise by constructing their portion Of the
line, aud this meeting readily endorses the MS.
snrnnce heretofore given by some of our citi-
zens that the District of Anderson will prompt
Iy meet our said Georgia friends at the State
line.
This resolution, being before the meeting for
discussion, was supported hy j. T. Reed. Esq,
and Gen. j. w. Harrison, whose speeches pre-.
scnted in n forcl'le manner the claims Of the
enterprise. not only on account of its South
Western connections, but rs n ncnnncctinrjiink in
the great line Of Northern and Southern travel
Al the conclusion of their remarks, the rcso-
luton was submitted to vote, and unni,i.
m"uslv adopted by the meeting.
Mr. Daniel Brown. who was in favor of i'm.
mediate action, then suggested that the books
OF "fsuhscriptiOn to the capital stock of the Com.
Pnnv be nt once openclby the Commissioners
at this place. which accord ingly done, and
three hundred shares (S!OO rach) were there.
upon subscribed. j. 7. Reed ESQ., then offer
ing the following resolution, which was atopt.
ed:
Rcsolrrd, That twelve citizens Of this Dis.
be appointed by the Chair to solicit further
subscriptions to tie stock Of the Air Line Rail.
road Company. and that they report to the
Corporators at this place on Salrday in July
next.
Under this Resolution, the Chairman m.
pointed the following gentlemen as the Com
mltteee +. f. Harrison, Thos. Parks, \. ~
ll"lland, james Gimcr, Samuel Brown. ID. s.
Stribbling Wm S. Shaw, John c. Griffin. Jos
Cox L. IL McCann, John L. Sloan and james
Emerson.
An additional committee, consisting Of Dan
lei Brown. L. ). Crayton aud j. NJ. Partiow,
was appointed to solicit subscriptions from the
c itlzens of Anderson Village On motion of
). J.. Reed, Esq. it was
Ncs'fvch That the proceedings Of ths meet.
ing he published in the Anderson Gazette
On motion, the meeting then ad journcd
}. n. WIIITNER, Chairman.
A. I. Broyles, Secretary.