Virginia free press & farmers' repository. [volume] (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1827-1832, 1831-12-15

"o'n H. AMI oar town would NO longer look like
u'e abiding place Of n,t,ins but ..o~ Is and bal,
roR TAX rHrE rnEss.
TO IA fcshe Of Ciia,ies.o.sn.
FELLOW .Crrizgxs-You are uov
called upon BY every motive which can
ac'eate the mere man, the good citizen,
or the pure patriot, to step forward
without delay and rescue from prema.
turc paralysis and ultimate decay, Your
interesting aud now Furnishing village.
Blessed with wcalth-situated in the
midst OF one of the most fertile and
hehshtiui districts Of country on the
GLOBE, we seem to be proportionably
selfish and mean spirited, and de.ti-
tute OF those high attributes which dis.
tingu',h the species 10 other regions.
IN much less degree favored. say
'ce seem TO tie. but trust that although
we have become 10y word among other
people, we are vet to be aw cned To
proper SENSE Of our condition, and
that coming events will attest that we
have gathered strength by our repose,
can vet shake OIL our apathy, and will
rise regencrated aud di,en,hrallc,i
by the irresi.tablc genius" OF Inter
nal improvement.
u II known TO you, that the intelli-
gent and public spirited citizens of
Winchester, have projected Rail
Rodd from that place to some point on
the Potomac River, TO intersect ,hose
grand and gigantic works now in ra.
pid progress from Baltimore and the
District OF Columbia, to the far distant
OHIO. The Winchester road will soon
be commenced, and we may calculate
ON ITS early completion, If liberal sub
seriptions and great excrtions on the
part Of that enterprizing people. a most
talented President and efficient Board
OF Directors, can achieve ausht worthy
OF such noble efforts.
Two routes have been already sur
veyed with a reference to its location.
The one down the - Long Narsh," ia
the county Of Frederick, and thence
down the Shenandoah river to Har-
pers' Ferry: the other down the Opc
quon Creek, thence across towards
Lectown, Col. Hite',, Mr.. Dufficld's,
&c. &c. to the Potomac, somewhere
about tho "Old Furnace" Both of
them are declared practicable by com
petent engineers. The people border
ing on the former have evinced great
anxiety To secure 4 preference to their
route. by affording every facility and
Information to those engaged in prose
cutting the survey, and by Offering Ia
secure a subscription of fifty thousand
dollars. provided that route BE chosen.
A less degree, though similar spirit,
was manifested by those concerned in
tue northern location.
Let INC call YOUR attention to, and
track out the course which this grea,
work should pursue. FIRST. down the
"inches'er run TO the Opequon, follow.
ing this latter stream tn the mouth of the
Sm'thtield run, then pursue that stream
IN turn through the town of Smithiield
10 ITS source at Grantham's spring. -
And here, the first and greatest obsta
Gle between Winchester and the Pc.
tomac presents itself, VIZ: the ridge
between Grantham's Spring and Cam
eron's Spring, the latter beng the orr.
gin OF the Charlestown run. But here
kind nature, as IT reminded Of what
she had done. and regrctting the unin-
territorial obstruction she had raised,
we find depression in the ridge form
ed by n meandering ravine stretching
across the elevation, and apparently
scooped out by her own plastic hand.
Arriving at our own doors IN Charles
town, but little ditficu Ity is presented
IN getting by the first northern street,
or through ravine north Of the resi-.
dencc OF MIR. Worthington, to beau
tiful valley which commences in the
rear OF the Court House and leading
directly to the Flowing Spring. Pur-
suing the Flowing Spring run about
live hundred Yards below the Mill, a
vale is seen stretching northward
through the farm Of Mr.. John Yates,
which gradually expanding into beau
tiiul chdmPdin, opens way through
the Messrs. Strldcrs' farm; and then
near to Mrs. Abell's commences tina,
elegant and icrvilc Valley, through
which flows the riyulet which emptie.
itself into the Potomac at the "Old
/ Furnace" Ihe distance by this route
IS estimated at eighteen miles, viz
from the Opcquon to CharlesIown 81
thence to Mrs. ALcil's, miles; leav
ing only - miles To the Potomac. -
THIS is by lar the most eligible site for
Rail Road which can be found be.
tween the Opequon and the Potomac.
And now, fellow citizens, What 0.
the part prescribed by event, for Us e
act At THIS crisis? l. II ike sensible
men, TO grasp with avIJity the advan-
tages winch Kind Providence has
thus placed within our reach, or shall
we permit haI fatal apathy winch nov
enVelOps Us a. a mantle of gloom, still