Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1859-11-04

RuLRoAp MsE7INo.--At au adjourned meeting
If the citizens Or Lynchbure. held at the Norvell
IIouseop The ssening 81 N"venber ID 1859 on
r,nt;on. Al. B. Rucker, Esq. was called 10 tho
hair aud Msssrs., William N. Semple, Il. II.
Glass and @. w. Button, requested to act as Sec
retaries.
Elm, Mt the last meeting, one set ut which cmhod-
al a proposition senl delegates t. the proposed
p.;,raad e Invention To be held on the 9Th #, NJ
,'on,bar at franklin C,urt-Iouse while the other
nr,n,situn was to send delegaes to bnh the
E.antGn and the Pittsylyana Conventions.
N. puryis moved the preamble and resolutions
-. sanding delegates to the Franklin Convention
A. Glass novel the f,llowin. substitute:
Whereas. A proposition has been made by the
,nie of franklin to hold Railroad Convention
I, Roxy Munt IN the 9Th of November, to con-
.;Jer the SUBJECT of railroad from Lynchburg to
tho North Carolina line aud whereas. it is belicv
cd that the people Of Pittsylvana have also called
a Convention i.r the same Inject.
And whereas. the people of Lynchhurg have
l,ng felt deep interest in the general subject oi
road from this city to the North Carolina line, ON
sn ii route as the company may designate after its
organization.
Therefore. he it
Resolved. That the chairman of this meeting
,pront fifty delegates to represent this city in
the franklin Convention also in the Pittsy lvaua
Convention. should it he held. with the v-w of
harmnnising rs far IA possible all conflicting inc
rests and opinions in these sections and of secu,-
i'm, the general objects which all seem to have in
view.
After a considerable debate, in which Mr.. Yam
coy NJ. Pnrvis. Mr.. Nowlin. Mr.. Glass, and 9TH
ers participated, the resolution was adopted by Il
large majority.
The following gentlemen were then appointed
as delegates under the above resolutions:
n.,ttn
Uar,lwicke WIN NJ Senple. John II Booth, Rob-
crt J Davis james Dnwiddie, Jnn Puryis John
II Bailey, BENZ II Nowin. f Cohoun. Jno ID
Holt, James B Nowln. John Ru :ker William L
Yancev Richard | Wade. P"whatan Haynes.
VIM F,wler, Jno o Taylnr, g II kean, Saml
Garland, Jr, A NJ Tribe, f d Christian. ID c Pc
tiers, Ro l. Owen, John Otey Taylor, Maurice 5,
G VI Rucker, James NJ Gibbs. John I Davis, Il ID
Davis. Saml NJ McCorkle Jno NJ Speed, J Nor
gan w A Read. Jno II Seay, Boaz, Samuel
rvree John S Bass, S I Peters, Henry Davis. Jno
S'Langhorne Henry d Flood. Charles Scott JAS
franklin Ammon 6 Hancock, W ii Stratton,
NJ Simrson.
Mr.. Garland then suggested that VIM. NJ, Bur
we'll. ESD, was in the meeting, and he hoped he
would give his views unon the general subject Of
Railroad connection with North Carolina The
mccting warmly joined in this call and Mr.. Bar
well RESPONDED, at some length, in deeply inter
e>ting speech, i'll which he comp,imentei the cath
oc spirit of the action If the Lynchburg meeting,
and showed the great benefits people would
derive fr'm thu contemplated connection-re-
pa,ile-> Of the route which may be ultimately de-
sigracd.
On monn, the thanks Of the meeting were
unanimously rendered to Mr.. Burwell for his in
ST. uctlNe address.
And. on mott III, the thanks If the meeting
voted to Mr. Kennedy for the of his parInr.
Ga notion it was resolved. that the Lynchhurg
Richmond Alexandria, Danville. Bedford and Hal
lax papers lie requested to publish these proceed
ing<.