Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1824-12-14

from the direct iine, except TO attain prefera
Ole ground. whenever the distance would not
be materially increased thereby.
The we're on an average SEQ men con-
tinually employed on the work. including
sawyers, carpenters blaksmiihs, &c. who
We're amply furnished win oxen, Travelling
iorges, and all tools or Implements necessary
To IT'S perfect execution. Thirty Ave neat and
substantial bridges, each measuring from GO
Id 200 feet were erected, and 5000 feet of
rauscways laid. On n calculation OF the pay,
provisions and clothiog of the sodirry thus
engaged, and making a moderate allowance
Tor the deterioration and loss of public pro-
perry, we hnd that the General Government
oisoursed on The occasion III least $500, 900.
The causaway were laid over all marsny
spots by placing small ti,nber close together
aud in iatitudinal direction to the road !;
bitches three feet deep and four feet wide
we're dug on each side Of the causeways, and
the earth strewed over the timber. A few
uays exposure tn the sun made these passes
equally firm as the most ele, ated parts of the
road
OF this work there are as rifles within the
State OF Louisiana, about 10 in Mississippi,
lsO IN the Chuctaw Nation, and the remainder
In Alabama and Tennessee. Ii is 40 feet wide
throughout, exclusive of the space allotted to
receive the fallen trees, which being cut into
cnn' enent lengths, were rolled 10 either side.
Tile axe was applied as near To the ground as
practicable, and directed SO as to leave the up
per part vi the stumps concave, thereby ac-
celebrating their decay by retaining rain and
moisture. Strange as il will appear, this
stupendous undertaking, which reflects hUnor
ON It's prompt and interchangeable protector, was
begun and completed without any arrange
aent o. understanding being made between
Il Il.
when IL passes, as 10 its preservation or re-
repair. The consequence, is. that between
6ouya R'er and the town of Columbus, on
Ininbigbee river, a distance perhaps of $50
miles, II Is impossible for wheel carriages, the
who,e distance being covered with thick Sc
'ono growth-the causeways destroyed,
DriuSes dapdated, aud trees fallen across |;
mus rendering its intended usefulness worse
than useless. Whose full is this? Where is
NE renedy7 II is sufficient for us'to put these
questions to the public, without presenting to
give our own opinion at present.
1t would exceed the limits of a paragraph
10 attempt an outline of the immense advan-
'ases' which are now nearly lost. but which
were fairly anticipated from this road at its
commencement. If put in Il state of repair
land It 40 susceptible of it at lrifling expense
u VIII greatly add TO our convene nee, wealth
anu safety. We prsy Heaven to avert the
occasion, yet II may come, when through this
vista we would anyaously, yet confidently
look asaia to upper country rifles and they
VINO knew how to use them, for assistance in
dIsposing of foreign invaders.
Reads have been marked objects of ancient
and modern Legislation. In other countries
tue f1a'e been but too often intended AS the
war paths ofcOnquest. Ia ours, they can
out facilitate Intercourse, and secure union.
Louisiana .4du.