1835.] 



FARMERS' REGISTER. 



87 



Wednesday, May 27. 



On Wednesday evening, after a recess, the 

 stockholders again convened, when the discussion 

 of the committee's resolutions and Mr. W.Ro- 

 bertson's substitute was resumed, and continued 

 by Mr. C. Johnson for the former, and Messrs. J. 

 James, P. N. Nicholas, J. B. Harvie, and W. 

 Robertson, until about 8 o'clock. The question 

 on the adoption of the substitute was then put, and 

 being regarded as a test question, the ayes and 

 noes, according to the stock represented, were or- 

 dered; and the same being called, the substitute 

 was rejected, ayes 450, noes 6820 — including the 

 vote of the state, and of the corporations of Rich- 

 mond, Lynchburg and the Bank of Virginia. 



The first six resolutions reported by the commit- 

 tee were then taken up in succession, and after a 

 few remarks by Mr. J. C. Cabell in support of 

 each, were adopted by a viva voce vote. The first 

 of these, it will be recollected, adopts the plan of 

 continuing the James River canal to some point 

 on the river, not lower than Lynchburg; construct- 

 ing a rail road from thence to some point on the 

 Great KanawJia River, and improving the navi- 

 gation of the Kanawha from thence to the Ohio. 

 The others regard the dimensions, and mode of 

 constructing the canal, locks, &c. 



On the reading of the seventh resolution which 

 provides that the canal shall be extended to Co- 

 vington, and be divided into three sections — the 

 first extending from Richmond to Lynchburg, the 

 second from Lynchburg to Pattonsburg, and 

 the third from Pattonsburg to Covington — Mr. 

 John Robertson opposed its adoption, on the ground 

 that it was inexpedient for the stockholders to 

 commit themselves, at this time, to the continua- 

 tion of the work by canal, in preference to a rail 

 road, west of Lynchburg, inasmuch as it was ob- 

 vious that that part of the improvement could not 

 be undertaken until a year or two hence, when the 

 experience acquired during the construction of 

 the canal to that point, with other future contin- 

 gencies, might incline the company to substitute 

 the rail road system from thence to Covington. 

 After some discussion on this point, principally be- 

 tween Messrs. J. Robertson and J. C. Cabell, the 

 subject was laid on the table, and at half after nine 

 the meeting adjourned till 10 o'clock yesterday 

 morning, [28.] 



Yesterday, agreeably to adjournment, the meet- 

 ing convened, when Mr. J. Robertson proposed 

 the following, as a substitute for the seventh reso- 

 lution of the committee, viz: 



Resolved, That it is expedient to continue the Low- 

 er James River canal to the town of Lynchburg, and 

 that the line of the said improvement should be loca- 

 ted and put under contract with all practicable des- 

 patch. 



Resolved, That it is unnecessary and inexpedient, at 

 this time, to prescribe any specific plan for the residue 

 of the work authorized by the charter of the company 

 for connecting the eastern and western waters. 



Resolved, That the President and Directors of the 

 James River and Kanawha Company, proceed, without 

 delay, to consider the different modes of improvement 

 which may be proposed, or which may suggest them- 

 selves to their minds as worthy of examination, for the 

 residue of the work, calling to their aid one or more 

 able engineers, and report to the stockholders, at their 

 next stated or regular meeting, the plan deemed by 

 them most eligible for the said improvement, with a 

 full and detailed statement of the reasons and consid- 



erations which may have recommended such plan to 

 their adoption. 



These resolutions were supported by Messrs. J. 

 Robertson, P. N. Nicholas, and J. B. Harvie, and 

 opposed by Mr. J. C. Cabell, in a debate of some 

 length. Finally, on vote taken, they were rejec- 

 ted. The seventh resolution of the committee was 

 then adopted. 



On the reading of the eighth resolution, pre- 

 scribing the order in which the three divisions of 

 the canal shall be executed, Mr. J. B. Scott, pro- 

 posed the following by way of substitute. 



Resolved, That the execution of the work shall com- 

 mence at the town of Covington, on Jackson's River, 

 and be prosecuted eastwardly to the town of Lynch- 

 burg, and thence to the city of Richmond; and that con- 

 tracts for the construction of the rail road from the 

 town of Covington to the falls of Kanawha, shall be 

 made simultaneously with the commencement of the 

 other part of the work. 



After a discussion of considerable length, in 

 which the substitute was supported by Mr. Scott 

 and opposed by Messrs. Chapman Johnson and 

 James Lyons, it was rejected. Thereupon, the 

 8th, and the remainder of' the resolutions reported 

 by the committee, were adopted. 



Mr. C. Johnson from the committee, then re- 

 ported a series of by-laws for the regulation of 

 the company, which were laid on the table, and 

 the meeting agreed to a recess until five o'clock, 

 P. M. 



On Thursday evening, after a recess, the meet- 

 ing re-assembled. The by-laws, reported by the 

 committee, having been amended, were adopted. 

 The meeting then proceeded to elect the following 

 officers: 



Joseph C. Cabell of Nelson, President, (unan- 

 imously elected.) 



Sidney S. Baxter of Richmond City, 



Samuel Mark of Richmond City, 



Richard Sampson of Goochland, 



Randolph Harrison, sen. of Cumberland, 



John H. Cocke, Sen. of Fluvanna, 



John Early of Lynchburg, and 



Hugh Caperton of Monroe, 



The Chairman having delivered the several 

 books and documents, lying on the table, into the 

 hands of the President elect of the company, he 

 meeting adjourned, sine die. 



From the Library of Useful Knowledge — Farmer's Series. 



PRINCIPLES OF BREEDING. MANAGEMENT 

 OP MARES AND THEIR FOALS. 



This may be a proper period to recur to the im- 

 portant subject of breeding, particularly important 

 when there cannot be a doubt that our breed of 

 useful horses has, within the last twenty years, 

 most materially degenerated. Our running- 

 horses are not much lessened in excellence and 

 value; but our hunters and hackneys are not what 

 they used to be. We shall endeavor to point out 

 the cause of this. 



Our observations must be of a general nature, 

 and will be very simple; and the first axiom we 

 would lay down is, that "like will produce like," 

 that the progeny will inherit the qualities, or the 

 mingled qualities, of the parents. We would re- 

 fer to the subject of diseases, and again state our 

 perfect conviction, that there is scarcely one. by 

 which either of the parents is affected, that the 



