Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1826-01-27

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Oh eensung spring and summer will produce the niu
to II IN New Orleans, which you apprchend You se.,
10 nave made no allowance for the difference which ;u
Ne Pace whenthe voyage will be continued without in
isvie, ~ " O " L'u-
In e beginning of the second Column of the Structures
mace 10 appear by Cfii5e that the expense of one
ni'e OF enoankncnt aaueduct britge and v. ;,, e
cutting o" the New-fok canal will amount tn near.
ny as much probably the whole of the iockape from, the
mort. Oh savage river the East, over the summit
oi Ue chesapeake and Ohio canal to the mouth of H
NeeN on lhe Vest take it for granted he an, lin,
construction OF the locks alone this sccton If ,hs
"' ee''"Hh mad gene on aud told that part of thar
deep cutting cost about hundred and tw,n,v
dollars per i!e would have given US some idea of ,hc
cost oil lac ten miles ofst deeper cutting and tn. one aud
one third mile oftunne tie te,acnk, and Ohio c,r,
1 S"p"Sr he has learned from the nmcand6i Farmer T.,
aFoia suc iacts as would initiate against his design
have never seen ieport Upon the a, & nm,
let OF Caymga lake, which 81 C-e states IN In. 1sO t
h'2h ana nile long, and to have ne " halfn million
OF dollars acknowledge that he SAYS am no .u.;
eer' ana /" tuh am ponT hand arii:,natic Think
however, 1t Viii require but few fgures t show TIM, .,e
- 60 ''s"e '''c "he". suppose IL will be admit
ted that an "Inhaukmen of this height will .ou,c I
" INC rate "i loot base to inches rise. Ind t,
sixteen ieet breadth al the top Will not be- too ,uch 7, m
WI" t"He me trouble 10 calculate he will find ,.a the bo
" 's e'.oahkhcn must be 3'G eer, that each RIM.
ming yard will contain 1896 cubic wards =, ,t,, ., s,
cts per cubic yard would amount TO 10 nno
Inc I"iomoe C-en can believe that such niece of ro
ca" DC done Tor thS sum- 4 will the differences
va 'P'''"h H''"Seh NE
COST 9" me chesapeake aud Ohio canal. For he FGr.acc
would think IT tow al four times that amount E
10y c'"s ''hy 80 I" show that grea, proportion
oil the New-fork canal have been yrrv ras;,x .v
cu'eo' or Tie whole could not have been accomplished far
The sum reported by the NcwYork canal commissioners
passing strange that Tic Citizen Of Potooac can look
' 'e character oil the two, and that 'the Chesa
peake ana ONO canal will not more than the Now
York canal, in proportion its rny,l:" or ,h,, .,h.r =
as luch favorable ground for ling on the lime of ,b
I'M" ana Chesapeake canal rs that of New York"
lhe letters OF young Vgiuian which are So m,,c, H.;
'cue" ny Cnse", have been read with much pleasure
ny many wel-inorncd, and well educated men, and have.
."roed 10 Them as well as to tie Frmcr, happy prcsaec
OF his future usefulness in his native country hry yo
gwen to the public as is stated, add The stock Of in
formation possessed by the people Virginia upou the inn
suect which they relate to. In the lines pe-
nSeo !" ,Se letters by way of introduction, (Which he
POIondc CHt=en is pleased call communications viii
letters annexed to them tie kdrner has said ..ow "a,
ms IDEAS may be reduced practise in relation To steam
carriages on railways WILL perhaps, bc subject of future
cHhSi"r'at'"n 1t Is therefore, not incumbent upou hin,
10 answer the question relative To the railway pronoec m
the young Fgnian Il seems however, from his reue,i
non oil II III his second number, that he Citizen of the Pm
fondc thinks seriously of introducing the rail road in Mae.
of part of his continued canal: that he is nbou, m ~
'S house "amSey, without putting any body else to the
trouble of suggesting altera lion.
Before conclude must offer apology To the rem crs
OF 'h' communications for having troubled them with re-
marks so u:pFniabc tt the con,rnuni,v AM, think
Cd" 'hrm hat Their patience will be gain taxed
by Farmer His motives will bc understand Inv lho.r
VINO nave feau the structures which have drawn him
before the public and which manifest SO great si,it of
controversy, rs III great to exclude useful aro
ment. 20
The subject OF Internal rnpaovemcn, is every av eci
ting new views and lights, from the ms,
Tie views "f Farmer given with an honest desire
10 see justice dispensed to every part State in the
distribution ct the fund apart its Improvement nd
totally Invested of that parality his own section and
mat spirit OF injustice To the people the Potomac secInn
wh'h Their advocate, Me Citizen of that section would
ascrIbe To him. His opinions are before the public aud
are supported by such his feeble powers and
limited scope of information would allow If the opinions
c" C"=e's he Psontac section, had been given in the
them to be coniFas:ed upon their respective merits
FARMER.