Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1825-02-12


to be reaping the fruits of their labor
The impetus which such manifestation OF
reyiving spirit will give to the energy OF our
citizens, is not among the least Of the advanta'
qes that we anticipate. We hail it as the har'
binger of our future importance, & as the cor
ner stone ofthe great edi6ce that is to shelter
us from threatning storm.
A road is now in progression from warren.
ton to Thornton's Gap, and, probably VIII
soon be extended farther. This will BRING
the trade from the rich and fertile counties OF
Shenandoah, Rockingham, Augusta, Pendle'
ton. and Bath, to their nearest and best marx
ct and will reduce the distance to Staunton'
more than forty miles. Alexandra viii then
he directly in the route from these places to
Baltimore. and will have all the advantages O.
yer that city, that our situation entities us TO-
Annexed is list of the officers and directors
ofthe Company.-The names are sufficient
guarantee that our interest will not be neg
lected.
IT meeting of the stockholders of the Eau
quicr and Alexandria Turnpike Company IN
Centreville, on Thursday the 9th INST the
following persons were elected officers OF said
Company, for the present year:
HueH SMITH, President.
i s.s.d zliy %1ans, Directors, elected by
Colin -9,.H. the Stockholders.
John Scott, Directors, elected by
John p. Smith, Works.
JACOB MORGAN, Treasurer.
The Pittsburg Mercury states that petit
ton is now circulating in the western counties
of Pennsylvania, praying the Legislature OF
that State to take measures for making Canal
between the eastern and western waters, and
giving it, as the opinion of the petitioners,
"that the rivers Allegheny, Kiskeminetas,
Conemaugh, Juniata and susquehanna, form
the best line of communication, between the
Ohio and the waters of the east"
We have certainly no right to object to any
course that Pennsylvania may choose to adopt
on this momentous subject, butwe may at least
be allowed to hope, that the true interest of
the West will yet triumph over sectional op-
position, and make the Potomac, what nature
pressingly invites-one of the links in the Sec
ond great chain, destined to connect the west
ern seas with the Atlantic Ocean. No doubt
remains that the Bill now before Congress
will become a law in few days; and We have
been assured, by good authority, that it will
not be required, as once supposed, to SO again
before the Virginia legislature. tits said, and
we have every reason to credit it, that means,
in abundance, have already been proffered,
both in this country and in England.
We are so fully impressed with the conviction
that we have no time to lose in securing full
participation in this great public benefit, that
we shall be able to touch upon the sub
ject without calling the attention of our fellow
citizens to the danger of delay. flaw might
vet be obtained before the adjournment OF
raise share of the necessary money by lotte:
~, much could be done during the present
year. Small schemes upon McIntire's plan'
might be rapidly sold, and the profits realized
as fast as they could be expended. .alexan-
dria has contributed thousands to the lotteries
of other places, and has fair claim to liberal