Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1860-03-06

l5Hsned BY this ack The said kAnawhe board shall
lpav inss the treasury Of the Con.ohwsal.h three
ind ons-hah per centum on or before the ffieeuth
Day Of Jass and December Of essh yeas. on such
sissans 81 registered stock sssnay b sssed under
this sestioa for interest and 70 provide sinking
lfund The aid ksnawha board are hereby an.
lfherzel 10 prAecnte the construction Of said ka-
Inawha line Of improvement, free from the snn,f"l
or direction Of the President aud Directors Of said
James River and Kanawha Company. and which
lie known a. the Eastern board. and shall have the
entire control and management Of the same, free
from such control aud direction.
10. The debts Of said company which may not
be paid ~ authorised by this act. or il the holder.
thereof shall refuse 10 receive in payment thereof
the seven per cent bonds OF said COMPANY author.
Used to be issued by this act shall not. by reason
of the passage Of this set. be in any better cond-
tioh for enforcing the payment thereof. But the
liens Of the Common existing before The pas
sage Of this act. on the works, property and reve-
nue. Of said improvement. shall, Is " them, lie
deemed TO be in full force.
IL. Until otherwise provided by law. the Bard
OF Public works shall appoint three proxies to rep
resent the State at the meetings OF the stockhol-
ders and the proxies 20 appointed shall have
mower TO cast threeffths Of all the votes east In
the appointment of the President and other off
GERS elected by the company, except Directors Of
said company, and In fixing the salaries u otheers
and the Board OF Public Works shall also appoint
she'll allow to said proxies reasonable conpensa-
ton Cor their services. That authority Is hereby
given to the Board Of Public Works TO revise aud
alter the rates Of toll charged by said company,
~ 70 adapt them to n remuncrative standard. II
the location proposed for the line Of the canal be-
tween the present terminus 0f the virginia Cen.
trail Railroad Mt Jackson's river, and the town Of
Covington, will interfere at any point with any
proposed location Of the extension OF said raruad
and the engineers representing respectively the
canal and tho railroad cannot agree upon m in e-
pendent location for each work at such points then
the Board Of public Wosks shall determine such
location, having due regard to the interest Of the
Commonwealth as a stockbclder in each company
and their decision shall bc binding.
II. In addition to the rights and powers hereto
fore granted TO and conferred upon the James
River and kanawha Company fer the collection
Of tolls on tho Knnawha river. the said james
River and kanawlia Company. their collectors AMI
agents are hereby authorized md empowered to
sue out an attachment before any justice Of the
peace. against boats and cargoes upon the Kama
wha river for tolls duo and unpaid by saii hoas
.nrgocs their owners, masters or shippers.
49, Be it further enacted, That before the pro-,
visions Of this act shall take effect, the sad James
River and kanawha Company shall. in general
meeting of the Stockholders, accept the e,mc, aud
such acceptance shall he deemed an acceptance Of
al tho provisions of this act, and as a complete
tcquiescencc in. and recognition Of all the author
ty, and independent and other powers conferred
upon the said kanawha bonrd by this act.
Tnr Richmond Enquirer. of Friday last, con.
tans n letter from Captain W. H. Watkins ct
Charlotte, respecting the allusion made to him by
Mr.. lmboden, Of Augusta in tho lato Wing Con-
vcntion from which we make tho following es-
tract:
A day or tive before the meeting Of tho late
Wing Convention, Mr.. lmbodcn spent II Day with
us, andas you mny suppose much OF our convcrsa-
ton was on tho interesting topics OF the day. the
particulars Of which 90 not ..recVlrrt; but
have no doubt Expressed my great devotion 10
the Uuion. and my Lolof that the Rcruh-
lioan party could he put down aud
the Union preserved. il all conservative men would
act in harmony. | might also, have saii that il
was IN tho power Of the Wing party to save the
Union, meaning by acting harmonioVsly with tho
Democratic party. On parting from Mr.. limbo
den. | also jocosely said to hm-tell the Wings
to save the Union, rs had also said to nnoher
delegate to their Convention, then also with ~
As reported in tho newspapers. he is made to say
that looked TO the Wing. to save the Union. Ia
His he must have misunderstood me, for he is too
much Of gentleman 10 have dcsgncdly misrcp'
resented me.
E. The letter explains itself, and we publish the
material portion Of it in Difference TO the wish Of
tho writer, who requests that thuso papers which
have published the statement made by Mr.. I'm
boicn In the Convention, should also give his eA,
plano,ion.
We d. not think that case ismndc out against
Nr. lmbodcn. believing That his recollection coui!
1crcled upon more implicitly than that oi lon,e-
nan eiEhty.scvcn years of age. Morocco II j.
omitted by Captain Wathins, that he siguitri in
express terms to Mr. lmtoden that it WAS lin The
oower Of the Wing party to save the Union" lut
meant, ,rittom expressing H--hy acting with the
Democracy!
The venerable Virgiuinn, who has ouflitrl tho
purity of his party, may be assured that tie
Wings will save the Union. though it will not he
it. acting with but by regulating tho Dtm ,era,y
who have impcrilcd IT,
TuE New York Post whilom Free Trade Dc
mocrntc journal. but now ono Of the Staontllo>t
Advocates Of the Black Republican cause, and sre.
,aly welded to the interests Of Seward, thus
refers to tho efforts that tho moro moderate Re.