The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1867-08-06
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-,,csapeake and Ohio Railroad.


we have represented the feeling of the
western delegates to the White Sulphur
Convention in bchalfof the Chesapeake and
OHIO railroad as having been enthusiastic;
and our impression as to their sentiments
has been borne out by the zeal they have
displayed and the active measures they
have taken since their return home. We
have already given reports Of the proceed
ings in nearly all the counties in the IA
nawha Valley-cvcry one Of which readily
accepted as its share Of the five millions
the sum allotted to il by the White Sui
phur Springs Convention.
Mason county, on the Ohio at the
mouth Of the kanawha river, held her
meeting of citizens on the 25th July, at
which speeches were made by Judge
NASH, of Gallipolis, Ohio, and Colonel
PAXTON, of this State. The meeting was
large and influential, and exhibited great
interest in the improvement. Resolutions
were adopted favoring subscription of
$500, 900 to the stock Of the Chesapeake
and Ohio railroad upon tho terms indi-
Gated by the resolutions Of the White
Sulphur Convention. with the additional
condition that the road shall approach the
Ohio by way of the north bank Of the
Kanawha river, on which side Point Plea
SAINT, the county seat, is located. We re-
greet that our friends there thought proper
to urge the annexation Of such condi-
-tion to their subscription. The county Of
Mercer is on both sides of the kanawha,
and cannot be cut off from the dement's OF
the road. be it on the south or north size
Of that river. This question should DC
left to the engineers and the PLAIN lh'e-
rests of the company, which will take their
road into Point Pleasant if practicable.
The example of annexiDg new conditions
is dangerous, and might lead to some dill
Guilty in the prosecution Of the work.
We anticipate that the counties OF Gal
liza aud Meigs, in Ohio, opposite Mason
county, will also give aid to the construc-
ton Of the road. We published some
DAYS since some remarkable statistics OF
those very wealthy counties. Galia was
represented in the White Sulphur Con-
ycntion, and its intelligent representatives,
Or. G.. w. LIvEsAY and JOHN A. ROBIN
son, Esq, have made report Of their
course and the policy adopted by the Con-
vention. They say: GAS far as we could
ascertain By what we saw and heard du-
"ring the two days deliberation Of the
Convention, we can state that there
"seemed to be but one prevailing senti-
ment-that the Chesapeake and Ohio
"railroad must be completed, cost what it
"may." This sentiment, indeed, was en-
bodied in a resolution proposed by Mr..
Lyons, Of this city, and unanimously
adopted by the Convention.
With regard to the interest felt by Ohio
in this improvement, and the aid she may
give to it, Messrs. LlvEsAY and ROBINSON
say:
ave now believe that the day is not far
distant when we shall sec this cherished
object realized. We hope shortly to have
u direct mail communication By the way
Of the Chesapeake and Ohio railway be-
tween Washington city and Cincinnati,
and then we can be well assured that we
can have the great commercial highway
between the waters Of Chesapeake bay and
the Ohio river and the Northwest. 1t is
to be expected that the people OF Gallia
and the adjoining counties, and particu-
larly the business men of Cincinnati, will
seize upon the opportunity about to be
afforded by this dircctand easy communi-
cation with the Atlantic scaboard for the
great agricultural and mineral products Of
This portion of the Mississippi Valley, and
take all necessary steps to meet the two
Nirginias on tho banks Of the Ohio, and
extend to them cordial welcome"
The flood of public sentiment in the
West rolls powerfully and rapidly towards
us. Let us be ready, as soon as the
proceedings now taking place will allow
us, to do what We may to profit by the vo-
lume and force of that sentiment. If we
do nothing, and leave it damned up in the
mountains, it will turn to our destru ction
by becoming hostile current that will
sweep away every ycstige Of our interest
in western trade and commerce, and de-
prve us of the brightest heritage ever
given by nature to community.
THE WHITE SuIrurR.-The difficulty o
access to the White SULPHUR Springs from