NP, WR 1/3/1862

From the Winchester (Va.) Republican
 
January 3, 1862
 
The Strasburg Extension
   The Rail Road Committee of the House of Delegates has unanimously reported a bill appropriating $150,000 with which to commence the speedy construction of the Rail Road from this point to Strasburg {the extension of the Winchester & Potomac RR}. The State and Government has, it is said, paid in freight transportation between the two points a sufficient amount to have constructed the entire road. Much credit is due to Mr. Martin R. Kauffman, our faithful and energetic delegate, for the efficient aid he has rendered, in securing the accomplishment of this desirable object. He suffers no interest of the State or county to languish when entrusted to his keeping. Mr. Kauffman expresses entire confidence in the passage of the bill by the House, by a large majority. The only danger to be apprehended is from the Senate, where a similar bill has been twice before defeated. The importance of this bill alone, to this portion of the State in particular, renders it a matter of the gravest moment that the three wealthy and populous counties of Frederick, Clark and Warren should have a voice in that assembly. Should our present Senator, Gen. Carson, who has for the last six months, and still is faithfully serving his country in the tented field, find it incompatible with the public weal to retire for a short time from his present field of usefulness to protect our interests in the Senate, we can but feel that the necessities of the times require that he should at once resign his seat in the Senate, in order to give way to another. Should, however, he think differently, (and we feel assured he will consult only the public good,) we trust that he may at least avail himself of the ordinance passed by the Convention, granting furloughs for the purpose, and repair to Richmond, if only for a short time, to see to those particular measures in which his constituents are vitally interested.

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