The prairie news. [volume] (Okolona, Miss.) 1851-1875, 1858-03-04
From the Mobile Mercury.
Stockholders ConyeniioaSat the femme r.
ance Hall.

Il
The Convention met pnrsuant IN I'd
journment, Gov Whitfield in the Chair
} Mr.. Parker, the SECRETARY, read til,
minutes of the last meeting, and no OBJ
lection being made to them the Chail
pronounced them approved.
The Chair announced that It would be
IN order for the Committee ON Proxies ia
make their further report.
Mr. Murdoch made an enquiry on be.
halt OF several gentlemen, to ascertain
what had been the action of the Board
IN relation to refunding the passage mon
ely of stockholders down to attend the
meeting, and whether they would have
free tickets back.
Mr.. Clark, for the Executive Commit
tee, said that they had passed an order
to refund and give tickets, after the cleo
ton of the new Board.
The Chairman was pleased that they
mad placed it upon that ground lie had
been approached by a gentleman that
evening, who had saluted him as Judge,
and enquired where he could get a free
ticket to return tomorrow morning.
Upon expostulating with him, he said he
had left proxy. The Chairman said he
was pleased at what had been done, as
stockholders could have made proxies at
home, and saved the expense of bringing
them down for no object that might as
well nave been accomplished without
Col. Dunn, of Macon, offered the fol-
lowing resolution:
Resolced, That the Directors of the
Mobile and Ohio Railroad are hereby in.
stlllcted to take such steps az to prevent
free tickets and free passage over the
Road, except by the officials and persons
IN the employment of said Company, and
Ministers of the Gospel going andretum
ING from their annual Associations. Pres
byteries or Conferences.
The resolution was seconded.
Mr.. Brooks enquired, to know whether.
and to what extent free tickets had been
granted to editors and others.
President Brown answered that he had
but once exercised the power of granting
free tickets. The Chief Engineer to an
enquiry OF the President, answered that
it had been the custom to grant free tick,
cts to editors.
Mr.. Gray, Of Ky, offered to amend
the resolution, BY inserting the words
ed|fors after compaay
The Question being upon the amen
ment, Judge Brown suggested there were.
rules and regulations controlling the sab
Iect III the bylaws, and the Convention
should be careful to do nothing to make
confusion. The bylaws confer upon tine
President and Superintendent The power
o grant free tickets.
Rev. r. McLane moved to law The
Whole snhjert or die table for the pres
Mt
Dr. VIM. Lyle, on behalf Of the Com
nl'Iee on Proxies reported further. The
eport was adopted 1
Mr. GimHrp, H-->Nnd.s~a!teral ~.
esolntlon TO reduce the salary of he :,
resident to $1,000
a motion to lay on the table was car
led
Mr.. Heard moved reconsideration.
F0t carried.
DR.. Lyle, to enable Mr. Gilmore to ex
lain his views, offered new resolution {
0 reduce the Presidents salary to 49,, !
100, and yielded the floor to Mr.. Gil i
lore, who addressed the Cdnvrntion.- !
lie attributed the fierce contentious hel
ad always met here to large salarieS.- i
hat was the reason the quarrel was be-
Ween men, and Nobody was for the road,
nd milling but tie road. =
There was a contention last evening Il
nd why? He had found there were to 4
, be two tickets run, and that was why, s
lr. Gilmore went on to speak of the con s
'oyefsy about the Tennessee vote. DIR. a
yio called MIN to order. The Chair q
lied him ou Of order and Mr. Gilmore 81
II down. I
DR.. Lyle then withdrew his motion. p
Mr.. Bloodgood moved an adjournment, |
'couded.
Before the question was put, Dr. Lyle ~
sired to speak of a friend, and put him ),
ght before the Convention, if any one :,
as in error in respect to him. Gov. a,
eRae had been spoken Of as candi
tie for position in this Company Dr. /,
yle said he was not, in The common nc 81
ptation. ~
Mr.. Smith spoke Of the pioneer sery- :,
$ Of Gov Meltae in this great work, =,
ID would be disposed to give him an :
norable position in this Company, #
neither he sought it or not. =,
Mr.. lIibler moved to take from the Ia -
e the resolution III reference to free
.kets. The motion failed.
The Convention then adjourned. pc
An Er- Pafs0a Joseph w. ca
,nder was caught up with and severely ed
whided by Felix w. Robertson at the
.tuI Inn.ti.,, nm III, .Jtot .o.4 M.