| From the Raleigh Standard |
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| July 24, 1861 |
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| North Carolina Railroad |
| We copy the following succinct account of
the recent annual meeting of the stockholders of this Road from the
last Hillsboro' Recorder: |
| "The annual meeting was held in
Salisbury, on Thursday, 11th inst. Hon. J. M. Morehead was called to
the chair, and B. B. Roberts and Thomas Webb appointed Secretaries. |
| J. W. Thomas represented the State.
Messrs. J. D. Bellamy, W. T. Dortch, D. M. Barringer, P. B. Hawkins,
Paul C. Cameron, Ralph Gorrell, Samuel Hargrave, and John I. Shaver
were appointed by the Governor, directors on the part of the State. |
| After passing resolutions of respect to
the memory and virtues of John W. Ellis, late Governor of the State of
North Carolina, the Convention adjourned, and in a body attended his
funeral. |
| Wednesday morning the report of the
President was read. The receipts of the Road for the past year, were |
| From Passengers |
$189,884.49 |
| From Freight |
211,477.40 |
| From Adams' Express |
4,000.00 |
| From Mail |
22,300.00 |
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$420,661.89 |
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| A resolution was passed requesting the
President and Directors to take immediate steps to procure, if
possible, a change of schedule for the Mail Trains, so that all mail
matter for Western North Carolina, and parts beyond, should be
forwarded without any detention at Raleigh. |
| Also one requesting them to permit the
relatives of soldiers at the Forts and encampments to visit them and
return for one fare. |
| Also one requesting them to permit
excursion parties of ten or more to pass over the road or any part
thereof and return for one fare. |
| Also one requiring them to take immediate
steps for enforcing the settlement of Agents' accounts. |
| Messrs. Alexander McRae, of New Hanover,
Giles Mebane, of Alamance, Caleb Phifer, of Rowan, and Thomas Webb, of
Hillsborough, were elected Directors by the stockholders. |
| A resolution was passed complementary to
their late President, C. F. Fisher, and tendering to him and his
family a free pass over the Road for life. |
| The nest meeting will be held in
Hillsborough, on the 2d Thursday in July, 1862. |
| At a meeting of the Directors, Paul C.
Cameron, of Orange, was unanimously elected President." |
| The State proxy in this Road, and the
Directors, must have been appointed, in all probability, during the
absence of Gov. Ellis from the State. Who appointed them? |
| We see it stated, that Robert P. Dick,
Esq., was "superseded" by Ralph Gorrell, Esq. Who did
that? We have no objection to Mr. Gorrell, -- will make a good
Director, but who was it that turned Mr. Duke out, and why was he
turned out? Did Gov. Ellis supersede him? We cannot think he did.
If not, who usurped the power to supersede this faithful servant of
the State in one of its most cherished corporations? And why
was he superseded? Because he was a Union Democrat. This is the
reason. We may refer again to this gross prescription for opinion's
sake. Many of the old Breckinridge leaders seem to think and to act as
if the State and all its officers and honors belonged to them. They
will never forgive the Union democrats for their efforts to preserve
the old Union and prevent civil war. But where is their chosen leader,
John C. Breckinridge? Cheek by jowl with Sumner and Wilson in
Lincoln's Congress! |
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