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

'or c's 70 t'e '-si'7. - ediiye pos Office Ne
d'itssc. iseor'r'.sd 20 3 s20 miles an6 she rspttv
S'th which HE mails. isnt pro--s moe thar w.
~ ct re doLipg. the expetisnsr OF r,-l.,e good
roaeS and OF tte'r foper.or at;iity when ililfai
Many gen,snle'' It'll wi,os. hate .savsrf., d.1y
that any sF7aatec IS de-ived from the, .Isv,A tob ~
4e P"to''nac and aileye that p CArberi,"t rocl-
convenient than ". pore, to the large c5n,n7crci1l
towns ot Esw-Yogk Philadelphia, az II lt;..ofe;
a'yen that aecoun, nun be preferred I'll ida i,
al 10 I>eorreet al niea J. ~ acano,s-
edge, the hyperion advantages cf watrf coin,ne .
on. The exPencc IS icarcely An bt..Greit part ie.
iraIliFortation bv land. n then the rteri IS Ney
York, Phiade'ghta ard Saitn alone be- corlui,
we ihaii hnd -hat thsy v fcud tiier good defined
TO pats by anv point Of the Potowinac arouY.d 10 a.
.e1andrl and G@ori clown, and ii the oavgation b.
git9s; II has been hewn, that the road 80 much
nearer and better from ether a. sNSft pa-es q, ~
Do'ne than - + Cumberland Indeed road from P,i
tin'ore by land to We9 point, VIII he fourd on nc
count OF the nlpedimen,s before oerribed . ns.r. &
. pals on better ground than TO Fer. Cui,s.rltpd
And lite thee considerations be added thsF,uIou,bje
one that Norfolk Alexandria and Georoctstr arr, AZ,
70 De regarded the preference nrp} hes;teu 20
Weitern port. pe9i5 's,tn the more. ~ Science
on this lubie9 esI brep thst Mar;etr1 SSssrebanr
VINO pnrch-ied 'arge cuartity of goods in n York
Ient them rornd 70 Alexandria, and hente in w;ay
gons n W. Port ty Marjetta--l ad,ni, ,b..' d.
PotowTac Ike the Ohio tlelf, IS not payioaL,.
during thedsy ieaton ~ s however not ent-.fy ure-
eis. Col MAG Carly who lives a. the nl,stb OF Neyy
Creek few miles below w. Port eives.( liei5,el
the Wincheae- prices for wheat ath,-aph x,v mir,
further from Alexandria than that place: and it!s
talt at ms fore cheap il can be carried from land
it given on the wharves Of Alexandria ne canal
company continue exPend large ivnls of NJ onav 70
improve the navigation of the Poov,,,ac ana rs tr;-
butarg firearms after the experience OF dozen wears
AMI inTely they would nor he 70 u,ai as 70 narle
this ruin9us nroi-&t, II the navigation were nEsG
I o conclude.-lt IS ti:e iEtercit or ths iltoo 90
promote the friendly di!poitons happily h fn;n be-
tween TIE eaGern and weheru country T'hi. !. NIT
cHedus'iy done by facilitating the caticr h.
tween them Good roads have al influence upon ply
heal impoilbiliiies. They bring necrle and ris-sY
Hearfy to each other. The pa age over de Aas bv
Hannibal during the iecond Plnic war vss regarded
IN that age, as prodigy ofhraverv and vzlcnr. nov,
great roads are opposed through them in varog. d.
recfions--ln Ike manner 50 years src a Journey
| oeyord tie Allegheny mountains, Contemplated
With more horror; than VOYAGE 70 the frozen leas
OF the arctic circle. Now new 9ates are rii;- ~ be.
yond them. wing IN Importance and vealth with
the old The Ohio arst Nf,0lippi arc cover
with the fails of vefe lamicled fsor their fore,
the revenue Of the United STATES derives I,e ;-op,
the tales OF land, and the impoG duties on ~
ported articles upwards of million Of CELLAR ~. an
mum, and i7fGysEfiy from the confun.er of mere H.,
die brought into the Atlantic ports an c1uJl fo,n
This fourhing flate of Iij5,gs owes rs oric,, 10
"oaa, without which the greater part of the couotrv
would remain deiart and the ioots where he de-
lighted traveller noep teholds populocs towns and
beautiful villages, rGne INTO qraideur and ,rlar;f.
fence would fWrennan the hawut cf fero-;ous wild
BEATS and OF favage man, more feroeicus and uIioc-
al.
14s,eb has been done by the energv CT erternrizay
individralseoye q remains TO be done and i 4
tube6 eminently entitled to the patronage Of
wife and patriotic government.
J. C. TACK5ON.
Warrington Jan. 7. 1906.
He died l71 rur,r,.-