The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1867-07-04
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
NOrEifEN1,S II TIKI ;.EST-i BLRDS-EII
!IEN' OF TIE uHID CDUN7EI.


mel JOHN S. CUNSINGrIAM, one Of the com
missioncrs for West Virginia on the sub
lect Of the improvement. ThirtE-SS
delegates were appointed to the me
Sulphur Convention Of the 10Th instant
Among the names are General J.. h1if-
>rR. E. I. MOORE, JONI D. LEWIS, JACOB
GusHoRN, w. 4. CrAEriED, JAMES H.
RoGgRs, T. B. SWAMI, .FlTzurGu, Judge
Bows, Dr.. a. S. PATRICK, G. ". oHi1h'
GEORGE JrrfniES, ions SLACK, Jr., Or. j.
P. HALE, DR.. \. L. SUMMERS, and Colone!
g. II. SaITu.
The meeting also passed strong resolu-
tons IL favor Of the work, and recon.
mended county subscription OF $780, OC
10 the stock OF the Chesapeake and Ohio
Company. A committee Of Messrs. JAMES
n. LAIpIrY, JonS S. CcS:lNGHAN, and
General LEWIS kUrfSEa was appointed tc
canvass the county ard enlist the citizens
in the enterprise.
Kanawha, the most prosperous and pub
lic.spilitcd county in West Virginia, Is
fnlly aroused upon the subject Of the
Chesapeake and Ohio ra'lrcau, ana VIII
,crrornI her full share OF work upon IL.
We haze had several letters OF late on the
subject, showing in strong terms the IN
tcrest ful. in the enterprise all along the
Kapawha river, and especially among them
tvo from gu: friend Mr.. THOMAS MATHEWS,
or Lcwisburg, who made tie journey from
his town to Charleston and back. lie IS
ono Of the most devoted and efficient
friends Of the great work, and reports the
feeling throughout his entire journey as
the mos. encouraging. We have not had
rocm ior these glowing accounts, "iilch VIC
eye sure are fully sustained by tho actual
state Of feeling among Tie people OF inc
KGnawha Valley. Long, long, have they
waited ana hoped, and hoped and waited,
only for Disappointment. Once more their
hone is arouSrG-no We trust, TO be again
dis,ppointrd-an that hope appears TO be
a. fresh and strong as if it never lad been
,,il,cd with and never knew the crushing
cl!,.c, OF the Illustration Of confident cX-
rcc'a!:onS.
Mason county is as earnest and rs active
= Ea,avla IN her support Of the improve
Iaant. One Of the tcrmini Of the road will
he oil Point Pheasant, Which lies on the
0aio =. IN, mouth of the kauawha river.
~ H., centre Of the Ohio boundary
..r Tho corn,v. Mason. and the counties
nj Cali, and N.jrs. in Ohio, inmcdiatcly
,,n.,;tc arc uns,cssed Of great wealth,
49,, ,r,. r,ni1ly growing and thriving. We
.,,. ;,arh,cd ,o General joins McCArsE.
,,<p for an Interesting letter to the senior
,i,t,r az this napcr, published in Tho
,s,.o, cor,,,v .L,,,,oi. which we have
',..>,,,,< ,.n,,l;.i, i, FAN Thi.lctter
a;.., ,.,,., ~, mos, r,l;,l,I, an,hori,;,s tic
..,,, and resource, Of t,cs, three conn.
,;.,,., :, -, ,vo.,,rr and ri ,,,o cho,o
n,.S,;,,, 1v. ,.;,I,.;,a.
f.'+-' ''''- -,
p,o'0"' '','
nohoia' $ 'c'''''
a'''" .D" nns "','' ,l,",",'o'
wv n'I' ''-i''0' ">' 70 - '''n' ',''0'" -
T''''''''o w " '.'o'o,",0 e,''-
'''''' u '''"' va W. n''''',.'.'~ D0o',''
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,.,,,|,,, ..n,,,,, l,1,nauoa ,,,r
A'''S wiz " ''''' wa ''>'' ''''.>''
leio o' "'"' PEI way '"on,s NV.
~" m'l', WIN Capacity u 'o'' '''''c :m
1857 u iu'n'o' r'' way
I,"'o "''"0"' p0' :. :. - Now
o'ne'n,'a'' en''"S' oI' f' m,ar. ,rc
e., al, f,r,.ccs making six thousand
h.,>,,',, ..u d,,. AVID there are three in
''>' a',rurt;ou. There arc a
.,, ,,,u factory soon TO be in
WINS ,a several 1ouudrica, planning
I'm. .,.,, machines, etc. The amount
:, .hona;se bought annually by the
,.o,,,rts ~ the county is $497, 500. The
-. NJ catilo annually from the county
n,,t ia $4,000. The Mason county
,,, wore located by Washington, and
com, of them are still held 10y ms heirs.
cou;n county, in Ohio, has 400 square
villas or territory. Gallipolis, the county
..,, onnositc Point Pleasant, has a
no,rla,ior OF 5000, aud the county u
-o,,,,,,;on of 50 900. 1t is one Of The best
f.rm;ng counties III southern Ohio, and
produced last year 100000 bushels OF
wheat and 10000 po"nds OF WOODS