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,ev.for-;he-ioiiRailroad Merlins:*At a meeting, licld by a portion of the citizens of Moore County, in C-arthnge, on the Sth of September 1855, on motion of Dr. S. C. Brnce, Col. John Morison was appointed Chairman and Dr. John Shaw requested to act in-1 as Secretary. After the object of the meeting ina-! was explained by the Chairman ut some length,I on motion the following persons were appointed a committee to prepare resolutions and submit them to the action of the meeting, viz.: Dr. S. C. Brnce, Gen. AV. D. Dowd, Dr. 11. Turner, 'gv, | Hugh McKenzie and A. It. McDonald, who the i having retired for a short time, reported,1 Iaim | through A. It. McDonald, the following pre-1 * '— amble and resolu ;ions, which, after being ably tion I advocated by A. It. McDonald, Dr. S C.1 in Bruce and Gen. W. D. Dowd, were unanimous-ved ! iy adopted, viz:a,u* AVherens, a ltail Road is contemplated from ofj Cheraw, S. C., by the town of Carthage in1.1.0 | Moore County, to the Coal Fields on Deep5 l,e ] River, which road will pass over a country, j vfnl ).|t.|| jn natural resources, yet destitute of any j the j jjreat work of internal improvement, by which |^ to | those resources can be made profitable, or even rj subsurvient to mankind: That the building ot j jt,,e 1 said road will make i.laces, now wrapped in I j * j solitude, flourish and blossom as the rose; that : ^ css. ! by contemplating the link from the coal fields j :1S to Raleigh, for which a charier is already grant-l,ils j ed, a great Southern thoroughfare will be open-lied j eij fpom North to South, which will be a eon-hat venienee to the traveling community, as well as l0ru j profitable to the stoc kholders; and inasmuch as 'Jer j the company of the Nortli 10ast Railroad, from j101.1 | Charleston to Cheraw, S. C., proposes to con-11 struct a Railroad from Cheraw to the eoal fields ^ 1*IC on Deep River, by way ot Carthage, upon the ' v s mere terms of obtaining the right of way, from lt;the North Carolina line to the eoal fields: It is j vith | therefore ; tiseil j Resolved, 1st, That we clo most cordially j ] k ,s . approve said proposition, and will not only use i,rt ! our utmost exertions to acquire, but if necessa-! . *u,'jry, will actually guarantee the right of way.r:ul i throne'll the land in Moore com tv, over whichfor, the road may pass. i ^cted . 2nd, That we propose holding a convention ^ ,,rJ | at Roekingham, Richmond county, on the 31st ,lth-of October next.1,10 | 3d, That the Chairman of this meeting ap-ljpoint fifty delegates to said Convention to de-1 ( tion vjso Ways and means, by which to carry into ^ operation, as soon as possible, the end content-M°' plated in the said projiosition. j,' , 4th, That we do most earnestly solieit Rich-rins.mond county, and all the counties interested, to11 'cooperate with us in this great work; believingit will greatly improve the section of country l“,n- so much heretofore neglected.)ar,l 5th, That it will afford us much pleasure to meet with the stockholders of the North Fast Road, and other friends from South Carolina, in the convention to be held at Rockingham on low- the 31st October.iU,l In compliance with tlie 3d resolution the fol-01,1: fowing delegates were appointed by the Chair-art, man:uics, ; Dr. II. Turner, Col. Win. B. Richardson, litli, (Jen. AV. I). Dowd, Dr. S. C. Brnce, Maj. Hugh W C. Mel.can, Hugh McKenzie, A. R. MeDon-Og- aid, N. R. Currie, Alex. Kelly, A. R. Black.Rev. J. R. McIntosh, A. R. ‘ Kelly, Rev. N. n, F Richardson, Rev. D. D. McLean, Arch. Ray. fhos Dan'l Clark. Duncan Patterson. A. M. Blue, ner, Joab Clark, Duncan Keith, M. M. Blue, Dr.” fc;;. J. D. Bruce, Dan’l McKenzie, '1'. B. Tyson,AV. Barrett, Hugh McDonald, M C Clark, Geo Win McRae, D. C. Johnson, John McLeod, A. It.Wadsworth, G.S Cole, W. P. Martin, Hugh JR. Leach, John A Cameron, N K McNeill, C C ; \V MeCrmninen, I) Davis. .1 J A listen. DT Kelly, viiit M N Ferguson, 1’ C Shaw, Malcom Kelly, mm Jesse L Itrvan, .1 AV AVarner, A Currie Jr.. l,or: A H MeN eill, R W Goldston and John C ,_r J Jackson. On motion of Dr. S C Brnce, theChairman and Secretary were added to thei;1tt number of Delegates.p ,| On motion of Dr. II Turner, the proceedingsaek- the meeting were requested to be publisheda, M in the Fayetteville and Cheraw papers.On motion the meeting adjourned.I'lios JOHN MORISON, Chairman.ii s Joux Shaw, Secretary.! 1
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Fayetteville North Carolinian
Fayetteville, North Carolina, US
Sat, Sep 29, 1855
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