Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1828-01-31
Emteraml Improvement.

We were prevented nv the great length OF
Goy, CEntsn's MESSAGE 10 the Legislature OF
New York, from publishing the whole OF this
interesting dccumsrs; We, however, cannot
smit laying before our readers, the following
extracts from Il, upon the subjects Of internal
improvement. New York under the Use aud
liberal policy ct al enlightened administration,
has. indeed, placed herself upon lofty emf.
nence, snd 10 nov reaping the ROB reward Ut
be: msgnsnimUus policy. by boldly advancing
in her system Of internal Improvement, and
profting by every advantage which her local
situation gave 10 her, she viii render herself
the great emporium of both the importing and
exposing trade Of this county. Already we
are told by her executive that The value of her
real estate. has In all probability increased
ONE HUNDRED MILLIONS OF DOLLARS
BY what ratio are we then 70 estimate the hnal
results OF these measures, when such prodiglous
results have within the first two or three years
after the opening OF her canal been realized,
even though i, is admitted, that the canal will
be closed BY ice from one third to near half Of
the year.--Bais Caz
Er.raei from Gou C6nton's Message.
Considering the high reputation and
the great revenue which this state has
derived from her internal improvements,
it is equally astonishing and mortlfying
TO observe elaborate and systematic at
tempts to depreciate their utility, and 10
arrest their progress. II is maniiestlv
an uncandid and superficial view OF the
subject, TO confne an estimate OF ITS
benefits to an excess of income above
'fie interest OF expenditure, and yet this
standard of sppreciating has been a.
dopted. Artificial navigation was es.
tablished for the public accommodation;
for the conveyance Of articles to and
from market; and revenue is a subor-
GiRate object. 1t was never intended,
as primary consideration, to ell the
Golfers Of the state, but to augment the
general oputence; to animate all the
springs of industry and exertion. and
to bring home to every mans door. an
easy aud economical means OF access
TO the most advantageous places Of sale
and purchase: and to narrow down
this momentous and comprehensive sub.
iect to mere question of dollars and
cents, is to lose sight of the great ele
ments Of individual opulence, of public
wealth and national prosperity: II ex
cludss from consideration, the one hun.
dred millions of dollars which have in
all probability, been added to the value
of real estate, the immense apprecia
lion of all the products of agriculture
and fabrics of manufactures, which
were formerly shut out in great de-
gree, from market-the solid and ex
tensivs establishment of inland trade
the vast accessions to our marketable
productions-the unbounded encourage
ment of our marine navigation and ex-
ternal commerce-ths facility, rapidity
and economy of commandments
creation of dense population, and
the erection and increase of villages,
towns and cities, and the most efficient
encouragement OF agriculture and the
arts, by cheap supply of materials
and fabrics, and of markets for accom-
mediation. But if we were to overlook
these important considerations, and con
fine ourselves TO the mere question OF
revenue, we will see enough to con
vince the most sceptical, that immense
pecuniary benefits must flow from new
channels Of hydraulic communication
with the Susquehannah, the Allegheny,
the st. Lawrence, and the auxiliary con-
meeting waters-and by a great land
avenue. or state road, from the Hud-
son to lake Erie.
The premature and unexpected ap-
proach of winter having been accom-.
panied with exertons on the part of the
public, 10 prevent the closing of canals
by ice, a vast number of vessels were
arrested in their progress. containing
worth tits thought million of
dollars. As the principal detentions
were between Utica and Albany, an ad
ditionai canal on the north side of the
between those places, would
greatly facilitate the immense and in
creasing trade of the interior: and it is
certainly expedient, to prevent future
smbarrassments and perplexitss, for
the state to declare that the canals shall
be in navigable state from the first of
April TO the FIRST of December in every
year: and this can be effected without
any great inconvenience and little ex-
pense. -
The following extract from Dr. Arnat's .rea.
tise on natural philosophy, viii be interesting
20 our readers.-speaking on Rail Roads, he
says
"Without in reality changing the dis.