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immediate approval-he added its practical

immediate apprOval-he added, ats practical
adoption.
The report was unanimously adopted
Colonel Lamb promised subscription of
$4,000 to the steam line by the city of Nor
folk and he further promised for the use OF
the steamship company one of the finest
wharves and warehouses in that city.
Mr.. Collier, of Petersburg, moved to dis
charge the committee on the resolution regard
ing the tapping of the Chesapeake and Ohio
railroad
Mr.. Burr, of Richmond, favored the resolu-
ton, expressing the lively interest of Rich
mond in the enterprise and urging the Con-
vention to desist from an attempt to create
competition between two great lines of such
importance to the welfare of the State at large.
Each was dependent upon the other.
Colonel Fontaine said there was no local feel
ing among the friends of the Chesapeake and
! Ohio railroad on the subject of this enterprise.
They gave it their warmest interest and best
| feelings They knew no Northside nor South
side; but they thought the resolution was un.
just, and calculated to create discord
| The motion to discharge was carried by the
| Convention
On Friday morning, resolution was adopted
appointing the chairmen of delegations canvass
ers for the several States. A resolution ex.
pressing the sense of the Convention in favor
OF the speedy completion of the Virginia and
Kentucky railroad was adopted A resolution
in favor of building road from some point or
| the Virginia and Tennessee railroad to Louis
vile, KY, was adopted.
| The Convention then adjourned until g. o clock
| to 60 upon an excursion around the capes.
AN EXCURSION.
The delegates went on an excursion to For
tress Monroe and the Capes. The three steamers
George Leary, Lady of the Lake, and Eolus
carrying them, were crowded. Arriving at the
Fort, the excursionists were received by Gener
al Berry, commanding, with salute. The
troops were drawn up in line, under Genera
Hays, and the bands played lively airs After
| wards there was grand review before the Of
ficers and delegates, and artillery practice and
| skirmish exercise closed the entertainment. A,
oclock P NJ the excursionists returned to
| Norfolk.
EVENING SESSION
The Convention met at half past clock.
Resolutions expressing the hope that the bill
before Congress for building the internationa
| Pacific railway would be so amended as to en-
brace within its provisions the Memphis and
Little Rock railroad, connecting it with the line
of railway from Norfolk, were offered by Mr.
Clapp, of Memphis, and adopted.
A resolution to the effect that the Convention
| adjourn to me ct at Memphis at time to be
| fixed by the Chamber of Commerce of that city
was adopted
Resolutions were adopted requesting delegates
to canvass their sections; providing for an early
meeting of stockholders for provisional organ
| ization; requesting commissioners to publish q
comparative estimate of expectation and I'M
portation to and from seaports of the country
| and expressive of the Importance of encourag
ing English merchants to establish branch
houses in Norfolk and other cities on this line.
Resolutions Of thanks were rendered the citi
zens of Norfolk, Portsmouth, and Petersburg
for the munifcent hospitality to railroad com
panies for transportation to General Barry fol
their distinguished reception at Fortress Mon
roe; and to the president and secretaries fo
the faithful discharge of their duties.
The Convention adjournen at half. past II
o'clock.