Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1871-08-12

RORO IVY attended iASiiio'i' ii'N
mo at Boonsboro' on Monday evening
last. The citizens Of that place and VI
cinity turned out in large numbers to
hear the able addresses of Hon. A. K.
Boteler of this place, and Hon. A. ~.
Svester. Of Hagerstown. The citizens
evinced degree of earnestness Ia the
projected enterprise of building Rail
road from Shippensburg, Pa, to the Pc
tomac at this place, via, Boonsboro, to
connect with the Shenandoah Valley
Railroad here. We learn that Or.
Fahrnev, near Boonsboro, has taken
s25. worth OF stock in the enterprise,
and many others express Willingness
to take large sums. \ committee OF
five persons was appointed at the meet
inc to solicit subscriptions. We believe
the road will be built. The President,
Col. Daniel Ali, is using his utmost en-
deayors to ,aake il a success. The
Boonsboro' Odd FriioV speaks Of the
address delivered by Hon. \. Z. Bote-
Ter. as follows -
The first speaker was Hon. Alexander Boie-
lee. Of Shephefdstowm, ". Va. His address
was eloquent, earnest, and deeply interesting
AID instructive. He dwelt particularly upon
Of the Fran lllITls-
burg, tie great railroad centre Of Penneylva-
MIA, aud from which almost any point Of the
compass can b. reached by rail, II passes up
through the rich valley Of Cumbe:land-rch
III GgI Icultural products, and rich IN undeyel-
oped mineral le-ources-aloug the base Of
South Mountain, via Naynesboro, Boon. bero,
Oh 10 the Potomac. l!eIe, at or near Shcp-
heidstOwn, It connects and lornls liLk win
the Sherandoah Valley Railroad, from The Po-
lomac TO the Virginia aud Tennessee Railroad
at or near Saien, Va, through tie very gar
den spot o, that Stale. opening up truck
road-an air line tron North 10 South, thro'
Chattanooga 10 New Orleans,aud through Tex
as by The south Pacific K, r., west, across to
tie Pacific Ocean And hi, is no visionary
line. By referring TO the map, it will be seen
that ature la, done what man could not have
accomp!i> hed-pre pared d natural route along
the line Of the Blue Ridge Mountains-the
same range that extends from Tennessee far
up INTO the North. What is TO prevent this
route once finished, ftom becoming the great
lhoroughiare between the North and the South;
a chalu that she'll bind these two sections of
one great Nation together a. with links of
steel, and DO more toward a speedy and lasting
reconstruction Of our Land, that ought never to
have brca separated, than all the cnaCtmenls
that hImal intellect could frame
He spoke of the resources Of this route. 1t
does not de pend eXclu,ye'S upon the agricu!-
tural resources a!ihou;h they are great. Al
along these mountains are the richest deposits
OF iron, iaeXhaustblr quantities. IS soon a.
the route is opened, these ores viii be Develop
ed. Capitalists in ihe cite, are waiting un-
iii the railroad opens up the way, when they
will hasten 10 invest their capita! IN Iron
Works Furnaces, FORCES, Foundlics, and from
these will spring up thousand enterprises, un-
I'll these mouni,ins and valleys, nov silent aud
deserted almost, Will TEEN with life, and blaze
with energy ard perseverance. rolling their
wealth into the lap Of industry, and causing our
whole county to spring up with new life.
Iron is the most valuable of all metals, and
brings more revenue to the country and more
wealth 10 the citizens than any other. Here
we have il al our very doors, only awaiting de-
velopment. Every man is interested IN this
work every man will be benefited by its con-
struction and every man should give it his
earnest support.
Its impossible for US 10 give an idea Of his
able address. 1t was deeply interesting 10 the
last, and mas done good here,
The Secretary, in his report Of the
proceedings of the meeting, also says
Col. Alexander Boteler, of West Virginia,
was then introduced TO the meeting by the
president, and proceeded 10 address them upon
The question Of ra roads in general, and the
projected Mirnmar railroad in particular ;
showing lis object, its connections, iis source
and lis resources. lie spoke in most enCour-
aging terms of tie prospects Of this road and
OF the ability Of the people along its route 10
secure its speedy completion, and Of the great
need Of ''trunk road" through Mary aud and
Virginia to the South, thus binding the North
and the Sonlh togeth er by bands OF STEEL that
could never be rem owed.