Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1868-01-08

Justice Maxey regarded this as thu
coolest proposition yet.
The proposiiion was then submitted &
the court, and Gen. Boyle was, invited
within the bar of the court TO make some
remarks. The General thanked the cour
for the courtesy extended He asked the
$4,000, yet he was not so senseless as tc
suppose that the appropriation would be
made by the court unless the court felt il
to be to The interest Of the county. He be-
lIeved the proposition would be to the in.
terest of the county and that if properly
investigated he felt snre the court would
feel so too. The fifty per cent. dividend
accruing to the county of Davidson from
her $500 600 in the Louisville and Nash
vile railroad, amounted to $4,000. Ii
was this aceruing interest which he WISHED
the county to transfer to the Evansville,
Henderson and Nashville road, without
touching the original interest. The Hen
derson road centering here was of vast i'm
portance TO Nashville, extending her COM
municatiOns on a continuous line of
road to the most important sections.
No road was to Nashville of sneh
Importance. You get immediate East.
ern and Northern connections of
better advantages than are afforded by
the Louisville and Nashville railroad. 1t
penetrates the best and most fertile sections
of Kentucky, and brings the richest coal
fields Of the world, fields easily mined, and
coal OF superior quality, right to yoSr
doors. Coal that has been tested and pro-
nounced By the most eminent biologists
10 he equal to the best Pittsburg coal.
There were no other coal beds that could
be reached except by the uncertain navi-
gatipn of the Cumberland, while the coal
Of the Cumberland mines was far Inferior
to il in quality. Gen. B. continued his re-
marks at some length, celebrating upon
the advantages accruing to Nashville from
the construction of the road, and upon the
interests, as he urged, accruing to the
county of Davidson by making the trans
fer OF stock asked and solicited by the
road.
His remarks were listened to with pro-
found attention by the court. After he
ceased, Judge Whitworth made some re-
marks to the court, urging the Importance
of giving the matter full and impartial in
vestigation. Judge w. spoke at much
length in regard to the matter, telling the
court if they thought it best, to do so; if
not to refrain. AS to himself, until con.
solidatiOn with the interests of the people
of Kentucky he had not a dollar to give.
He warned the court 10 be careful, while
liberal, and that before any steps were
taken, Notwithstanding the promises con-
fidently made, to require "the bond" We
had already. spent two millions in the di,
recSon of these coal mines. The Edges
field and Kentucky road was utterly in
solvent. Net dollar should be invested
until the benefits Of a continuous line were
guaranteed and consolidation of interests
effected. III .tt}t
If, he said We continue 10 run down our
affairs as We have done, if we continue to
deplete ourselves for the next year as we
have in the past, it was very doubtful
whether any dividend would be declared.
He closed his remarks by saving that he
could not see that we were iustifable under
any circumstances in making the subscrip.
ton asked. Permission was granted Gen.
Boyle to make a statement. He said he
was surprised at Judge Whitworth's res
marks. He had regarded him as friend
to the propOsition--in former interviews
he having expressed not one solitary OBJ
lection which was not obviated by the legal
provisions in the case. The subscription
proposed, if taken, was a matter of honor
with the county Of Davidson. 1t could be
paid by subscription, taxation, or any other
way. All he desired was the transfer of
the accruing dividend stock from the Lou
isville and Nashville railroad TO the EVANS
vile, Henderson and Nashville railroad.
He wished it could go to the people Of the
county; he would have no donbt
of the result. Though he feltsatisied that
it was to the interest of the county, feeling
that there was a prejudice against il he
would withdraw the proposition, Stating
that he might at some future time renew
it. ~
r. B. Cheatham stated that he desired
list Of the Magistrates that he might fur
nish them with a copy of thereport of the
condition Of the RdgefeId aud Kentaelsg
road by the first of February next.
Court resumed regular business. The /
usual allowances were made to the Sheriff.
Courthouse Janitor aud other officers. The |
usual annual allowances were made TO all
the county officers.
A Janitor for the CourthoHsewas en-
ployed on salary not to exceed fifty dollars
q month. reHas
Court adjourned to meet this morning
at 10 o'clock