The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-07-26

/ st. Louis, Salem ana I4lttle leOck road.
A grand mass meeting in aid Of the
proposition is to be held at Salem,
July 20lh.
Work on the Gilman, Clinton and
Springfield railroad is progressing at
the rate Of a mile day,
The steamer Dexter, which reached
st. Louis from New Orleans, on the
l,h inst, brought up 1886 bars of
railroad iron for the Denver and Rio
Grande narrow gauge road.
Two mules and a halfof rail has been
laid on the Cairo and Fulton road east
Of Charleston.
Passenger trains will commence run
ming on the Louisiana and Missouri
River road abo.t the 20th inst.
The following items are taken from
the Shreveport South Western.
TRENTON AND FULToN AGAIN.
From the following resolutions which
were adopted alta meeting at Trenton on
the 28th of June last, it will be seen
our Ouachita friends mean business in
regard to the proposed connection with
Trenton. Colquit, in the parish Of
Claiborne, is selected as the place for
holding general convention, on the
18th of September. All the northern
parishes Of this State, lying between
the Red and the Ouach;ta will be reps
resented, as will all the corresponding
Southern counties OF Arkansas. We
should, however, except the parish Of
Bossier. Now will our Claiborne and
Trenton friends enlarge the limits to be
represented, and allow Bossier and
Caddo hearing? Weask the question,
in no spirit Of criticism or feeling of
slight, but because we think there is Il
road on foot Of great value to Clai~
borne, whose merits might be well dis
cussol at the proposed convention.
We refer to the route from this point
to Duya Is Bluff, and thence to Mem
phis as It's objective point.
Our Oklchoma committee would do
well to consider these resolutions, for
they are thoroughly practical and show
what is the work to be done. And
| there never was finer field for rail,
road enterprise. The uplands are o:
superior quality the population order
| ly, intelligent and solvent, and thor
oughly awake 10 the necessity Of rail
roads:
Resolcd, That a general railroad
convention be held at Colquitt, Clai-
borne parish, Louisiana, on Monday,
the 18Th day Of September next, to
effect an organization, arrange for talk
ing stock aud building the road.
Reso'rcd, That Col. NJ. w. STAN
per- Col. r. G. Standilcr, DIR. +. b.
Blocker, James Bond, J. +. Fiournoy,
and a. c. Hill, be appointed delegates
to represent Trenton in the convention,
Rcsoiced, That the people Of Qua.
chita, Union and Claiborne parishes,
Louisiana, and Union, Columbia,
Lafayette and Hampstead counties, Of
Arkansas, be requested to appoint
delegates to the convention.
Resolccl. That a. c. Hill, Thom-
as Mcclure, A. +. Flournoy and
Col. NJ. W. Stampcr, be appointed Il
corresponding committee.
Resolrcd, That A. c. Hill and j.
f. Flournoy be appointed a committee
to canvass the country from Trenton
to Fulton and bring the subject at once
before the people.
OaLEmoiA.-At the recent railroad
meeting a committee was appointed to
attend the council at Doaksyille in the
Choctaw Nation, on the 2jth Of August
to consult with the chiefs Of the Choc-
taws and Chickasaws in regard to our
railroad interests. Now this road, as
we have frequently said before, is
locally the most important Of all the
proposed routes to our city commerce.
We hope the delegates selected will
not fail to attend-and, in view Of the
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