Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1827-10-02

hills and mountains of the Shenandoah,
and OF the South aud North branches OF The Poo
mac, added TO those which border on the main !
rivei! Nor will the quality OF those forests, con-
eistiDg of Walnut, wild cherry, locust cedar, rhe-
nut. yellow poplar. pine, and all The varieties of
oak, hickory, ash, and maple. sufer on coinpsi-
ison with that of New Yoik. The pooIest ridges
abound with the quickly renewing chesnu,-osk,
the bark of which is so useful III tanning; but not
cord of which is found in the tonnage Of the n.
York canals.
The Eastern section OF The Chesapeake and Ohio
Canal will not yield, therefore, in the quantity or
quality OF the production OF ats 10. ss,s ,I The Erie
Canal of New York.
The next source ot profit io the Erie Canal
arises from flour, wheat, and other bread stuff.
and coarse gain amounting, as we have seen, in
tonnage, to a noie'y OF the former. Upon the
Potomac Canal, 1t may be confidently predicted
that there will be deficiency in these comuiod,-
ties Deduciing the inai able, but, as has been
proved, not unproduc,ise mountains, there will
oe found, Ia the counties OF Montgomery, tredc-
rick, Washington, snd Allegheny, IN Maryland,
10 say nothing OF The rich bordering counties oil
Psnn-ysvamia; vnd In Fairfax, Loudoun, JeiI.r-
son, Frederick, Shenandoah, buckingham, Au-
susta, Berkeley, Morgan, Hampshire, Hardy,
Pendseton, Preston, Randolph, Monongalia, Lew
l., and Harrison, Of Virginia, with a great extent
indeed. OF very Indifferent land. Sufficient guam
tIly o' FERTILE soto supply On equivalent produc-
ton OF bread siui,s aud g,ain~, to that
which Hoaiet! IN the past year On the Erie Canal.
ia The quality OF the coars-r well iiaer grain
OF coin, oats, rye, and wheat, the New York will
nave no Advantage ateT the Virginia and Mary
and canal. The wheat OF Virginia, a. well az
the flour manufactured Of il, bear, sea voyage
better than that of New York, because it il Jrier
and the cats of Scotland and Poland do not sur-
pass those Of the Allegheny glades.
AS TO provisions, u denomination somewhat
indefinite, there can be no failure of ve,y abun.
dant supply. while the bo,ioais OF the Shenandoah
and South Branch yield Heir Customary staple, In
d'an corn aud SO many g!ades and mountains their
nnriValiei natural pasture. The oak aud chesnu,
mast OF the forest, and the o!Tsl IF more than Sc
ven hundred merchant mills, (there are seyen,y in
The single cL@ty OF Loudoun,) contribute TO swell
the supplies oil pork and bacon. One obvious adj
vantage oil this moaUta!nou, country ovef that of ~
fofk, Is the more abundant water power BIZ which
Is enabled 10 manufacture all it's grain, while.
Oh me NE" York, more than a million OF bushels
OF wheat passed West Troy in the las, year.
The finest potatoes tha, lhaver ever seen, with.
out excepting those of Ireland are produced in
the Allegheny mountain, by which / mean a
coun ~ nifty miles Iii breadth. Nor will the fruits
OF the hills and valleys bordering on the rivers of
the south, yield in abundance excellence 10
those OF New York.
Alter this comparison of the relative produc-
tons OF the forests the orchards and the fields i,
"!!I hot be deniei that, in the supply of what is
their joint prodact, domestic spirits, there will
be 70 superiority discovered in favor of the Erie
lanai AN obvious reason can be furnished why,
IN ieiaiion TO this article aud lime, both cf which
require irei 10 prepare them. the supplies Of The
Efie Canal viii decline, anI those of the Chess
peaKe anu Ohio annually increase with the exlen-
sion of the Potomac coal trade
The same may De said of b,ic!s and for the
same reason,) l,IOO tons of which appear emong
lne descendinS tonnage Of the E.ie Canal Al
Ihoush gypsum aud water lime remain TO be found
ana Tor Western salt, the section of the Chesa-
pedke and Ohio Canal, East OF the A!leghany
may have TO await the completion OF tina; tn The
+" est; there Will be imm sdiaiely Obtained, exclu.
s'se OF SAT- rom the sea board, and gypsum, too.
an ample substitute for The 1900 ions Of these
commodities appearing On the Eie Canal
ms VIII be found ~ the slate, sand and lime
stohe, marble, sTaOits, non, AID mineral coal OF
the Potomac, and its tributaries.
The MARCIA OF the E.ie Canal was unfortunately
Tor its easy constructions, a level agd low conot,v
aud Gould not BE- expected la abound with several
OF The last named commodities The frst il known
TO exist on the Potomac. Marble, oil many yarle
ties, abounds In many places, well az on she RI
yer banks; and inhaustibs beds oi iron ore aud q,
stone coal, are 10 be found the yery i.ne of the
Canal.
rLemsr5e OF the shafts Of the column. of the
House OF Representatives, are f.om tie Nor,Ee,n
banks OF The Potomac, AMI In the opposite coun
ny, along with The same species, flesh and dove
coiored, white, and beautifully veaeL marbles
are daily converted into common line.
lhs Potomac soap stone lines the fre places of
Georgetown. The sand or free s,one, coisti;u
ting the pavement OF the Rotunio aud the exteri
or steps OF the Capitol, the hardness d fneDess
OF witch cannot well he surpassed, is from ia.
Potoniac shore; and line one of every color and
except that hch yields the walter erooe
cement, Is to be along TIE margin of the river
banks, in masses inexhaustiblr. Granite in NAV |
liaces, constitutes Vi TIE il peiineais to The
Canal itself.
Il s. however, upon the extent s. quali;v Of tbe
ccai OF the Po;vmsc, AMI the srea, faciIi.y Cfsn
pioachng 1t, that the sub. cIibcrs TO The stock OF
'his Canal may confidently rely fos the Isree.,
source OF their future profit. That this will m,k
up Tor every other deficiency there cannot exis,
rational DOUBT, as another essay Will, trust, de-
noRsgaje. FR ANXIIH
The following notice has been given:
Chesapeake an OhiO CGaal.-Notice i here.
~ given. that books Of subscription 10 tie Capif
stock OF he Chesapeake s Ohio Canal Conpsns.
WI he opened N the city o. Washington, at the
branch Bonk oil She United States, and al tbe
Oink oil w asbinsion, at tie Farmers and Me
;AsnIcs' Bank OF Georgetown, at the Bank Of
Alexandra III Alexanjiis;a a, II :chm9nd, Ffede
lIcksbuTg, Norfolk, Lseabu:g, Z mney. Cbar,..
A0wn, winchester, Wheeling, Stspn' on, Shep
l.fds Town. MsTiInsbuTgh, Woodstock, mors an
Town, harrisburg, CiarkSbufg, and AloytGeile
Ia Virginia. az Baltimore, AnnasoIis. Homer Mari
,oio', Cumpe'iAnd, Leonsrdiogu, Port Tobacco
rfedsHcktpwn, Hagefaown, IIancocltown, and
Rockville, Ia Maryland; and 81 PHILADELPHIA. Hay
-isburg. Pittsbarg, Chamber burg Somerset, Berlin
,nd Salisbury, In Pennsylvanis, on Mo.d4y. the
,fsi OF October next, and will continue open from
lay 10 day, under the direction Of the Presidents
iod Cashiers of those institutions.
The amount of each .hare is one hundred dol,.s
N current money, OF " hcb one dollar is 10 be pad
NJ the time of sobscription a.d IKE ,n,;J,. =; $50