Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1827-10-06

.oo, as this channel Of trade is COM
Led a, a price for each, which, even IN peace
r,,s, coon supersede its importation from any
n,her country. or by any other avenue. Aho'
~, Nv these commodities will so reach US aS
in war as in peace, but all the Vari-
. Nou" of Ohio and Pennsylvania, to |
.,,h;cb This canal will open the readiest ACCESS
One mor,ilying reflection occurs to me-
Ill. T press these truths on those 10 wno'h
,hsy are especially addressed-'he inh"hi,an's
II he counties on the right bank OF the ro'o'
mac: that their apprehensions oil ihJur! irc,
the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, are not sustain.
ed by their neighbors upon the opPosr,.e o'"N
Of that river. Every county OF the Mestein
shore of Maryland sent delegates 10 TIC n's'
Convention " hich assembled y " asni"s,o" y.
Law the foundation OF this en'epr'se' "n'r Wv
solitary delegate appeareS 'na' pV W:nn;n;.
below prince William, nd ,Dir Represent
49,, Corrres. has since received no impulse
rro, ,bier wishes, in accordance with The hopes
of that Convention.
W., This is the country, which, IN re'a'''r
., ~. towns Of the Potomac and the cues VI
tho cbesaDeake, corresponds in It's Posi,ion
n;,h tho hanks of the rivers Delaware ana fluo-
son and the shores OF the Sound, In re'a'loh "
T Philadelphia and New YORK
Whatever swells ,he commerce OF the 90
mac WILL indeed, pass IN their view, ""u ~
their habi,alions; and whatever shah give ANU
,;onal- importance to the Seat OF tne re"'' d
Cayernment. will facilitate their intercourse,
No, only with it, but among Themselves, ana
with every city Of the bay which receives Tue
waters Of this river.
The number Of steam boats on lhe RIVER
CLYDE, in 1924, we have seen, excee"ec ~ u, y
| 81 har
WI ;s d,;lv increasing with the wealth an"
, ,,,,a,;or or her country, aud will soon over
: ,ate tina, Of Glasgow. AMI what shall rEeveh
, thr Potomac from presenting similar specta
{ c,s 70 the world? Facility of intercourse :
r :, does not annihiate space, renders n n" i',Pe
t d;,en, to trade or. society. \ merchant OF Ne"
% Work NAV have his country seat above the hiSh
Y I,nds. or in The State o. ConuecIic"l-he ma!
i Icayr il in the morning, and, without fatigue
S Inconvenience, return to it at night alter d'Vo'
n 80 overall hours in the city 10 friendship o
:, hn';r.,s The voyage to Albany, III dlstanc
: ~ miles, has been performed IN ten hours
haf
t Now TO estimate this advantage, let the gen
d ,lemen I address but look 10 those oeau'''
e chores. which are lined with villages, q crown
=, ed every where with Orchards sar","'' al"
snacious dwellings; the inhabitants ana proP''
> etors of which, have, by the STEAMBOATS, wa
It bourIv masses them, beer brought To the yer
\ suburbs Of those cities, which, before inc *
j. tended ACTIVITY ofthsir commerce, II was 'o>
d are n visit. Nor is this actual proximity
y an ;mproyed market source oil mere social e'
V ;ovmsnt The value Of the city SUBURBS I'D
! k.e, Unmarried to the distant rivershorrs. laho
,r hscomr Ton valuable for common gram, reRa.
1t with choice vegetables and fruits, the cost
" ,b.;r cultivation and send ihelr, prouucl 7
mcrce reiaxrs IL, cares i'll those beautiful l.,
s. treats, from dust and noise; and age soaces i,
L growing inGrmities beneaih the shade Of re
r. ,iremen,, which lis feeble footsteps could no
T., have reached, but for those facilities Of inter
G. course which have been multiplied and impro,
h' ed by the extension Of inland trade.
IT l, also, am native Of the lowland countr,
once, indeed the abode of population AM
'r wealth; the theatre Of enterprise and energy
e Some portion Of these advantages it retains, a
- midst lonely and forsaken wastes. implor
t those to whom it belongs, to bring back {,
this once Hourishing portion of Virginia it
d past prosperity, and not to cas-; away the op
+ portunity which now courts their acceptance
FRANKLIN.
'Sixty-ive wagon loads ofpeaches and plumbs, f,
v the New York market recently met in nigh
il by gentleman returning to New Jersey from tina
y CITY,, Three thousand dollars have been made by
single individual, Long Island by the sale of straw
berries alone in the market Fruits and vege
tables OF every variety arrive there in steamboats, from
l. places in Connecticut, sixty miles up the Sound o
c East River,
+ HuSh SMITH e. Go.
d WAVING received per ship Virginia and brig Cum
c berland, from Liverpool, and by other arrivals
4 ~ L. l.