The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1805-01-22


Same paragraph, third fine, FOR " to fave fi,ch
a Pittance" read sc to attenpr 50 fave fuch pit
lance"
D,ED-O1 Sunday morning. Mrs. weN, Tr.
the mot difiugdilhed ornament of the yirei-
MIA itage.
There was no Northern Na;i received at the
Poit-Ollice lar evening and none on Satur-
DAY farther North than Fredericksburg.
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Hb TIE EDITOR OF 4HE ENQUIRER.
NJ SIR,
IN your paper Of the 1T mn. under the head =
"Domstic intelligence you have publihed the re-.
marks Of a writer in the PtsIhurg paper of the 18th
December' which have the tendency, BY the extern
i've circulation OF yosr paper, 20 make an uniuR i'm,
preinn upon the public mind, in favor OF the route
Tor road from the city Of Warrington Nv fort
Cumberland OH the Potomac, Union town, B-ovnE.
vile, Warrington PENN 70 CbarleRon or Steuben-
vide IN the ,. 'oriver. This iubje4 has long occ,
pied pu'ii'c a,eton, and the rfult OF nv enouir;eq
has b~e', th5t road extending from the civ of Wag
ina'on, viz Wiucheer It's vicinity. the mouth Of
Rev creek and wetern port OF the Potonsc and
the nearett navigab!e points on Cheat river and the
Monongahela to Wheeling or the Ohio river: ard
from the molt eligible place Of interfetao, o., ,hs
route wiz at or the Cheat river) TO Msrist.
"a, Yo0d combine the great cJnNaer-al and political
obJss-s CT communication with he north ,yeter cor
ner of Virginia tod fouth weaern extremity of
PenniylVania; the territory Of lake Nichigsn-tbe
itaJe Of Ohothe Indiana teTr.ory--a great part Of
kentucky, and All the territory Of che Quilted States
MOI ~ ~ te Inouh oi the Ohm liver Without pref
ming the irlpeach the motives of
the yvrifer; propoie examine his latenen,sin the
order they made, 70 oomPrrr us plan With the one
advocate 90 Rate iacs duh avr cnti-atcd and in fine
to prove that my p.ojeG is eainertly entited to a
preference over MS
the three important points vpon which the deciG-
on rehs, aud which TIE writer alleges are reflected
and fanGtioned by his plan; are,
III 1t fore Cumberand> combines The proper and
convenient alternative OF land or water conveyance
from the exty,e navigation Ct the Patonao TO The
Metropolis, diltance ofabout GOO nniles."
Fort Cumberland IS the esty-1zs point of navioa
ton on the Potow1naci the conveyance by water to
Newcreek although 20 n;;lss further is as ,-ood s
that to fort Cumberland aud can always be uled vhen
the river IS Havgable from 4 @ down to the mouth
OF the iouth branch Il is miles nearer by land rom
the Metropolis to New-cree' ttu F. C The Ground
on thefSruler roGts . be,t.,S =, IN the latter and
the natural obGruttioasnt1{ To Ney-cr,e-
the traveller paies through rac fertile ccnnt;eS f
Ioudon and FredsTck by the isoth branch of Poto-
mac, famous for its abundan- produce and for s f.,
S@ttS' L - TUT Nul'uci4AiI n &c confined the
eafern ide of the Potowaae, and for manv miles dr;-
ven by the ltupendous rocks, and inacceiIibe noun
tains to the margin of the rver which runs TO every
pont Of .he co...fsf
2dJ. H, Gates IT will crofs the Mountains IN the
fhorteR diitance TO be foand and conne3 AZ Tho
neareR and NOT conveo emf point. with the inn
mente navigation of the Weitern Waters in land
carriage Of about so milss"-Apein, il oceun;ss
unqueitonabiy the ben ground for road. in ipcb
% ifTsSi CNurie and ~ m frar,, ,l,.
above kentucky it Psdes through the moR ponn
lous and cultivated country Of fu,ilar extent nv
weitsrn PENNY innia or Virginia TIN, pojnt IN
vDivfs great and important contributions which ,ro
po!c to examine infinitely. The GiorteR dnance 70
be foanj acrois .he Mountains, aud the connection
with the Weitern WaJsrs by tie MOI convenient
and hortet por ace thtoughout the United States s
from the river Potomac and the u7of er;ble n1,ca
on that river IS Weacrnport or its vicinity The
ground will admit OF better road dian from, Fort
Cumberland. The land carriage 70 Cheat river nv
ar the laTgeff branch of the M-7orr7 hpla. which
rakssits rife in me Alaghaay Mountains aud ,yab-
e5 VS. hJte FOR ous hundred miles and Imported he
the iref fpriag' in the United Satcs--,is. 3, -Ss
road now goes Only 10 miles, and may lie reduced 70
Ieis L'an 40 20 the Mnnongahcls itfef Il ia only
50 ril-s-yhcteas on the rpure from v,-t Cs.,,bcr
0nd 70 the Moao7,ahsa, or near Bro7nrvill,, he
1ilance Is II team IS niles, which is 96 more thsn
tht writer fuppoie', and thar twic. as far q,
from WcHenport Tie q ttlrce from chen. river IN
Wheeling, j. SO miles making IN tie Whole. as the
rold Eocs, follows, viz from the eifv NJ
Warrington to Wc1-por 10 miles; thence TO Cheat
80 miles, and thence to Wheeling, 10 miles: total
af9 miles. Fror the City of Wan.irqton TO Fort
Cumberland, ~ miles; to BroVnfviiIe =; addition
al miles; and from thence SteubenviI'e 81 miles
total, 285 niles Difference IN favour Of yyeAerc-
Port, 35 mes.-'The ground from the Monongahela
to Wheeling Is. believe, equal to that from Browur
vile II Steuhrnyilie; che coui.ry ON both routes /,
thcSly 'et!ed md very fertile The greater part Of
the diliuec from Wthernport 20 Ctcat crolTiry I'm
AIelhaney Mountain, is through executive natural
prarics called Br Giral which in the G,mmer craze
thouisnds Of cattle, and preients 10 the eve the noN
bsautiful iaraPe in the United States and roads ,C
ceptibic Of btiug made equal to any In the union
The writer IS alo Inaccurate in eating that g the
road BY Fort Cumberland paiIss through the " moe
nopuIous, c1tivs.cd country Of fnmr extent, aby
Wsttern psnTiyvana or Virginia The WeRern
Port road paies through the centre Of the Ioudoun
Frederick, domplhre, and Monorgshea. ConpreT.
ousl diilrtts IN Virginia; through Alieghaney corn
" in Maryland, ard Green, and part Of Warrington
IN PENNY thofe diirias and the three cour,is.
IN Maryland 7Hd Penniy1guia, contain population
IF at i,a} 10000 inhabitants; country twice a,
popuious The other, and Of moi UNIQUE aionab.e G
peri9r fertility.
The 81 point IS, that a oourfe fouth Of this wiz
ofF'Tt Cumberland 70 S'eubeuville) would he en-,
bsrr,Gtj wi'h imnenfe difficulties in It's acLG plf
lage through a,yy broI-g, and fcareely bgbii,ti
% country toward. The Ohio 7~d roinfiro, 90 ,.,.