Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1805-09-04

7 10 uoo.9 VIEW vail those T y
ny, and should the ,raveJjer NV d.
means of judging between sbo ss' ~ nave IL
! and those who denv, on a sub;so' 0sS'se
esting, to him, as the road he ~, -, s''l'es
have too much confidence IN r .ass oa-
TALLY, sir, to believe that you will ,nP'''
The first and principalqnes,io is. y,
is the nearest route from Alessna,
Dumflies, BY Colchester, or BY ii. IL;
! the Occoquan mills?-Any man On W.. w.
jacent country will sbew tha, s,rsr,.. a'.
drawn from Alexandra to Dunfy wSi 5
cross the Occaquan river CONSIDERABLE
low Coichester-and most particuI3,,,.
beg to refer, to survey made by autbo,
about ten years ago (when question W.,
discussed in the Virginia legisiatursl a
locating the district court of The ,hreepe;,s
! boring counties--Here it may be seen h.
much below Colchester, the straigbt T.,
crosses and that the distance from Alss
audria to Dumfries as laid down on A,
line, is exactly 20 ga miles-It will ~
be denied that the Occoquan mills lie y
this river, at least l.2 miles above "A
TO the westward of Colchester nor d,
the course of the river is nearly slrsia,
here. The read to Colchester, alresdvG
verges too much to the westward, and N
. distance is considerably heightened By
s.illtl is asserted that by making it dveg,
more 80 the wes:ward, and cross -
miles higher up, is it shortened: lhss
indeed a paradox. The fact is, that the
mill road is from three to four miles Lone,
er than the post road it il taken our Of
the post read, at about four miles lOthc
nofthward of the Occoquan, and rctun,t
to it about the same distance to the south,
ward eff the rrivcr--between those tw,
points the post road runs mile, the
mill road at least II, the differences miles
More than one third of the distance
would be added by taking this last nel.
toned route-How then are the pubic Is.
debted to the exertiens Of an individual!
would be an awkward thing for a traysLtr
from Boston to Charleston, to have many
of these deb:s to pay. Suppose only one
half of the individuals near bis route should
insist upon laying him under thlsson oEob'
legation, and induce him TO pass their mills
and stores to acknowledge his grat'dude'
The distance by the post road is, ll69
miles one half Of which is, 58l miles,
now as is to SO is SCI TO Gil: dHsF'
ence $50 miles only, which cur traveller
would have to ride oct of his way. between
Boston and Charleston, to thank those who
had SO indalgehtly accommodated him.
The mill road, is not better than Rf'a'
road between the points in question: Mfs
it SO gosa. 1t leads through country IN
hnitely more un!evel, but having been Ae'
ly cut, wears for the moment newer ssto
nicely fitted, to captivate the un@afy ! d
each point where it has been taken from INC
post.road, specia! pains have been oeS'c"'
ed to lead eff the unsuspiclous stranger
spacious avenue smooth as bowling gFs'",
invites him to enter and least this SO0u.1
not be enough, an handsome sIgoPOa %
planted encroaching on the PoS''F0au'
keep il out Of view. No sooner, ho@s's'
has he fairly embarked, than he has +" -
souu,er Mt almost every step, hills h'ga'.
ses and ssreights scarcely vide enough
admit the passing of one carriage o ,'10
Their, the road is no where in those P"'''
more than 10 feet wide, and in May nv ~
Sc much, at ose place for the extent o ,.d
a mile, Oh the north side OF OccoqHan a."
near that river, | do aver from persona
spection, that is impossible tor eaI'sS. -.
10 pass each other without taking TIE mus,
nut, and even then not without grsa' Uar
ger; such is the narrowness OF tne We" ,5s
such is the precipice above, and sue" 'a ~,
abyss below, closely bordering 90 ON IN
side; as prsof, let me state fac' .s..
the 9th Of this month, the stage ful'p' P J.d
ssngers met at this place, Wagon ). 'o1 w.,
with wood; The stage was stopped wy pnIA