The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-09-19

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INSISTING HMISoAp MEETING
ITEMS, sc.
,.,..rrre. September IS, 1874.
i I'll Int interesting and impor-
An 'hsn :n" "r ~ citizens was held this morn.
,ao' meeting ISoo If K. II. Mann, ESQ., having
in il th'""s projected railroad enterprise rs
reference ~. !" ",fy is greatly interested. me
il wh'tA ~, ,hr meeting was the VISIT % tne
occa>Gac ., 10, William W. PEBBLES, a a,eu''
ii, Q! t''S %nrth Carolina Legislature rom
}@T Of 'ac wv comfy Of that State, ane zap
NcTtlaI,..'' r,o,.cs. his brother, VINO IS ALSO
III" H. u. men. These gentlemen same,
pron''h'nS - . suggestion and INVITATION
in rT>l'1i,;; peiersburger, to give expires
from '.,,'; ;r vi,vs and to the facts 10 thelr
ion 10 ,"' '',,rsrniug line OF ral'roao pro-.
:2>>$,>''' 10 huit from GarySours, near
posed - ,,',ne The valley Of the ROANOKE
Ny,'g and through Nortlsmp'1 has "o If alhe.
rive. Az" +, point near tue hssu o, C LII
Io"' ,, souod. where the waters V. ASH a.
-1S,n,aS. Roanoke. aud o'hc' S'''
S,.,,h MIC the Sound. o, n Dor;as
." - - Boiling was called 10 the GUAR;
y. ~. 1 =" Of the meeting WIS sAp'".so
J IL W. G.' railing in few tt WORDS; al.ei
y W. CoIon,{ peehles addressed tue cl.,'
"'.''. .,r>.nrt =; some length, settsns ioI.u
%t"' ,rl.,, advantages TO be deri'ea oy tne
i"s - - - the line of road through TWO
r2A'" ' ,r,;n and very rich counties. Norin,
",E,>' ' IA E.r,ic produce annually 2o,Voo
amply '' ,,,tnr each. and can produce three
l2i', O '", ,,..i. " suitably developed and
'.!"'> .,nr, access u market. The Dshefie>
~ .I'I ...d If :ar Aloemarle SOUND are also
!, az ,.,,I,,. ,,ue gentleman who owns
~: Iar;,. and runs two has cleared s5o,-
.'.,- .-,,,, ,h.i- Weld III the last two years.
w. :, the ~ counties great stores OF
ll."..'', , and uudcycloped patnral riches
". ~, 49,, ro,d would be the means OF BRING
;,..,t.lr surface for TIE chr'cntne,'' va .,'s
. 49, TIE roai would command also Tue
::.f, ri the counties beyond alDe!nai,e
,,,,~a- Chowau. Pasquoiank, Currituch,
ca.n. Camden. Perquimmans-ali "ealthyS
,.,d .iI.ai wI.n ~ industrious ana prosper,
' ',., ,,,.,,'.rion. Mr.. Sanford. eN-presldent
~, j,.+,r>buy. railroad, and Hon. Il. \:
rr,'',rr>. president OF the Weldon ana
,'.!SI,;rr,on read. has assured the speaker
w.. ,srrow.cauge road ought TO De
.~,,. over that level country, which
49,. admirably 1&,pted for the purpose,
.. something ike 81 900 per mile.
Ia wg, confident the ROAD Wouio
r,s1su,c lr.S than sixty miles, and Wouio
nayrr b. further from the Roanoke river
,b,a four miles. The people OF Northamp-
."r.Y,l BERTHE. and those OF the latter espe-
s.,'ry. were alive 10 the importance OF tue
rroi,r,ed work. and subscription in the
.rgraga.e Of S3U0.000 might be expected,
an, the aid Of Petersburg. her people, ana
her corporations Interested III THIS great
l4i. va, anticipated.
colonel PEBBLES said that @oou portlon
~ lie trude OF that section had gone OH 10
Other directions. but the people preferred
:, have business dealings with Petersburg,
and desired 10 be put in more direct COM
muyicatian with this market. His speech
qb,uDi,d in interesting facts, and some de-
.u', not necessary 20 refer TO more at length.
4, il, conclusion Ma or G. ). Stringtellow
and C.,iaiu K. e.. Pegram expressed them
,rlyes i, Auyin. been deeply and forsibly
IMPRESSED bv tn" argument Of Colonel Pee
b.y>. aud argued that the subject should re-
ociyr the consideration which it deserved.
Mr. II. i. Parker aud Mr.. T. j. Jarrett COM
mcnt,d0 The value O: the trade OF that Sec
ton. and the rich and productive character
q the country.
Or. LESTER addressed the meeting, eX-
p,iniu. the part he had taken in inviting
:g.,r gentlemen 10 the city to confer with
c'iz.a> 10 regard 20 The road, of the import
autr OF which he entertained the highest
oliaio9. lis idea was that if the people Of
Northampton and BERTHE would grade the
r.i.rd and furnish crosS-tieS and timber
.yr the bridges, the Petersburg railroad
would furnish the rails and the rolling stock.
Af:rra happy speech by Mr.. Boiling, which
em,Aa>i2cu The value Of the proposed tribu-
,iry and The need that the city should take
some steps 10 secure lis successful establish
,lcuf llr. r. Gregory offered series OF re-
solutions. which we're unanimously adopted,
Il thr following effect: Isl, that the address
O. Colonel pcchie> had been heard with
yea. pleasure 81, that they srmpathized
heartily with thl >.hcme and would afford it
Icae,c :,>>i>tNLrt; Sd, that they favored a
nl.iy meelin. z, ,ucl IL the charter OF the
!old should ~ secured, and invited Colonel
pyrlIr> and o,h~. prominent citizens OF
North Carolina - address it; 4th, that the
,aAjgmnu appon: i committee, himself to be
chairman. t. hold communication with the
-rirud> Of the enterprise in North Carolina.
The chairman appointed the following gem
trinra: Or. u. W. La>siter. Captain X. u.
Pe.ra!n, Mr.. i. Andrew White, and X. b.
Boiling, chairman IL 0tfctO.
sergeant !. Il. >n!tn, Of Maryland, is in
tn city to-day, having come for the purpose
Of removing 70 Loudoun Park Cemetery,
r,!r lli,fp,t-. -. - To,.1,lo RI col
arr> who are Inferred near the city. He has
hi Yet succeeded in conterring with the
authorities with whom rests the right of
Permitting hIL - make the necessary eXhu-
NATIONS,
We bavc high hopes Of deep water.
!Ae!t "> al our wharves now q two maSted
'cAp0ucT drawing eight feet Of fresh water
seven aud = bali OF sait-which has just come
0'Iect !Eom Cat Island, in the West Indies,
MHu cargo Of three hundred tons Of guano.
i expected that in ninety days there will
o" cAanncl ut ten or twelve feet of water
Al asa Tide 10 the Very wharf of the city.
MAYOR Gregory left this morning for Big
>iiiAG, Montgomery county.
a MoiIacled meeting will begin on Sun.
IA! al smiths Grove. in Dinwiddie county
I r eight miles from the city. Rev. 3. +.
warwick viii preach there on Sunday morn
Here are rumois afloat Of shooting
oie about 10 take place in our streets,
"+I'a has not yet come OFT, however.
y coot'G man named William Moody will
,~yvreo Baldwin as lighthouse keeper at
Ilyu Point.
mere j. talk Of the formation of a new
r '''"se IN The lower part of Prince George