New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-03-27

dust and Hrigate the gardens and in the latter to
soften the earth for tiliage. Business liz dull and
pearance, owing TO planters being busily engaged
in preparing and planting their crops, necessarily
keeping them at home
Railroad Convention.
From The Louisville Journal 2sd.l
In pursuance 0f call issued at meeting Of
the representatives of Southern Railroad Lines at
Grand function on the 18th of February last, a
Convention Of railroad officers met at the Gait
House in this city yesterday morning The object
of the Convention was to adopt system of
through prices, and to arrange connections, as the
completion of the Mississippi Central Railroad has
opened an uninterrupted communication between |
New Orleans anil the Eastern cities The call for |
this meeting was signed by Bentley D. Hasell, Su
perintendent Of the New Orleans, Jackson and
Grea, Northern Railroad; Samuel Tate, President
of the Memphis and Charleston; g. W. Woodward,
Superintendent 9f the Eastern division Of the Ohio
and Mississippi E. G. Barney, Superintendent OF
the Northern division of the Mississippi Central,
and s. J. Fleming, Superintendent Of the Mobile
and Ohio road.
AT the assembling of the delegates, Hon. James
Guthrie was called to the chair, and upon assum-
ing IT'D duties made q short but effective speech,
expressing his qualification at being called upon to
preside over the deliberations of the effective ope
ratye talent of the country and his hopes that the
result would prove of permanent public benefit, as
well as advantageous to the individual interest Of
the various companies represented III
Samuel Gill, of the Louisville and Frankfort
Railroad, and u Durand, of the Little Miami, were
selected as Secretaries, and the names of the fol-
lowing delegates and the companies represented
hy them were presented:
Illinois CentEul-G. B. Mcclellan, vice-Presi-
dent, and w. r. Arthur, General Superintendent.
Ohio and Mississippi, Eastern Dirist0n-E Il.
Flint, Vice President; E. W. Woodward, Superin-
tendent; A. H. Lewis, Assistant Superintendent.
Western Diulsion-H. I. Bacon, Vice President;
H. G. Grevelin, Superintendent; Thos. Tough,
General Ticket Agent.
vIefersonuiRe and Iadtdndpo lts-E. s. Carothers,
Superintendent,
! IeTe Hdutel Altod and ~. Louts-W. ID. Girls
void, Superintendent. gls.sB@ &@8 gys1m 9
Ias7-e Ha,ae and Richmond u. ]. Peek. Presi-
| dent Chas Ward, Secretary. HS&@ WI
| Cincinnati, Hamilton and Ddytoaa-S. S. u HON.
medieu, President; Daniel McClaran, Superintend-
| ent; T. l.. u Hpmmedeu. si
| Little Miami Wv. Fl. Clement, President; ]. Dn-
| rand, Superintendent; F. w. Stradcr, General
BeNefoatair,t Lt,,e-John Brough, President; j.
| F. Boyd, General Agent. l E'5s -i5
Indiana Ceatral-H. l.. Pope, Superintendent.
| North Miss9,srt-W. +. Wilson, General ticket
Cleveland dnd E-ie-H. Nottingham, Superin-
tendent.
John W Brown General Ticket Agent.
Louisville and NashuiAe--Jas Guthrie President
pro tenn; j. B. Anderson, Superintendent A. y.
Field, General Ticket Agent; FL. ID. NeWeomb
| Th1s Quigley, B. j. Adams, Directors.
Southern Mississippi-W. C. Smedes, President
Pitsbeuq columbus and Gifacifi,ati-T. l.. jew.
| EFT, President
Columbus, ]Piqua aud Indianapolis j. H. Brad
lev w. F. Slader, G. w. Smith.
CgereEdnd and Pitsb1y-W. q. Clelland, Gene.
raj Freight Agent; F. R. Meyers, General Ticket
Agent -z zzl-.
Pennsylvania central-H. H. Houston, General
BaUin,oTe d,ad 0hio-L. M. Cole, General Ticket
Agent; E. F. Fuller, General Western Agent; >
H. Sullivan.
Superintendent, Allen Butler General Agent.
:, \ Cincinnati md Louisville Mdabont Line. NJ
Sherry, President. 80,
Louisville. Frankfort aud Lefiagton-sam Gill
Superintendent. zZ-
Sdndushy, Dayton and Ci,,einnai-J. a. Hnd
son, Superintendent.
Mobile ann Ohio-L. ]. Fleming, Snperinter
Memphis a lid ohio-o. Beardsley, General Tickle
Agent.
, | Agent
! Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati NJ. HUH
by, President.
There has never been more intelligent and in
tellectual body of men assembled in our city tina
this. They are the representatives OF the spirit an
enterprise OF the country and of the great eharat
saving of labor. Distance ID no longer measure
by miles, but by the number of hours and minute
necessary to accomplish the transit between place
To say that Nashville is ls5 miles from Loui
IT,.
say that the Louisville and Nashville road will CO.
: vey passengers through in eight or ten hours, is
i, tangible reality which can guide those who wa
to breakfast at the orth dine at our Gait or LOU
: Vile Hotels, and take bed way down in the SUM
t. South. If the millionaire waited until the end
to his ride to pay his half dime omnibus fare to SO
p interest how many millions are saved in the aggr
gate economy of time, to say nothing of the say
of cost by railroad travel of goods and passenger
I'D Bacon places among the three elements OF nation
greatness and prosperity, and next to fertility
an soil and the full employment OF lapor, the eas
Of conveyance Of men and things from one place
ho | another' Would the great philosopher had be-
TO here yesterday to have revelled in the proceeah
of this convention. What are the transitory par
of trinmphs tp be achieved at Charleston In co,
harrison with the great amount OF good TO DC Y
- rived from this Railroad Convention! we say
- our much respected fellow citizen, James Guthr
that, as President of this body, he has reached
WI should the sinking hreaths of rnm-hole political
~ nominate him for the Presidency of the Unit
q States by exclamation at Charleston;
,th He to-day occupies seat IN an industrial asse
i'n blage which has secured the lever which Archi
w edes required to move the world, and that Is
hu locomotive, the wonder of modern mechanis
,ns and the kiHg Of all machines. He who contr
ANY, ANY, that need not desire to control a cabinet
\. 81 ascurvy politicians u; and If Mr.. Guthrie Y
=, bend the energies Of his glorious intellect to
rs business he will live in good mems memories lon
- than if he were the successor OF the lmpeTsonal
of the Cincinnati Platform, the identity OF which
es' Central America when Mr.. Stephens was first
out on diplomatic mission TO the regions of
ah, Darien Isthmus. 80
VINO We have hope, we have faith, we have gior
-, confidence in the result of the deliberations Of
pp'' terday Talk OF dissolying the Union! "
- every minute spent in this railroad eonyen
knocks d secession idea dead on the head wi
bar of rhilroad ron Toomhs, jeff. Davis,
their brother fre-eaters would be quenched .
ss' right by the "whiff and wind Of this glorlI
Union meeting, if they were within nsn1 4
miles of us What il to be done to-day 1
: OIL work is DO bind the North and South me Esi
sys West-the entire unity of States-by inaiss9.I
or hnnds ara min them down to their national naa
d the Nv iron snikes. Gentlemen Of the GonseR s
X, Y n hsua nahe and glorious duty 70 periof
a an9 N9n ~ i;nEs rmIy and let the trip hammer
appa drive home every resolution TO the W
pas,'o''S Van will have associates to swell "
ne a,;na o.day. who were prevented from join
= lnss sS,drday and as an adjournment was ms
the YIN w; iii morning at O'clock to await II
rd heir heir arrival, we give you God speed in y
re task. and you have our sincere wishes that
rh,e may build stronger than either the mason,
shpwright, or the carpenter "--or the gr
st, maker