Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 182?-183?, 1831-10-28
La,e and Important from Russia.

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The brig Cronstadt has arrived at Boston
from Cronstadt-having left this port on the
Zoth August. Ii is stated in the Boston Daily
ADVERTISER, that on the day when the brig
sailed, Information had been received from
ST. Petersburg that the Russian Govern
ment had notified the French Ambassador
| that his presence was no longer necessary.
and that his passports were ready 10 be
delivered 10 him. This information
was derived from the deputy Of the Ame-
rican Consul at Cronsiadt, who consid-
cred 1t authentic, and was confirmed bv tho
Captain of the Guard House at Crons,adt
who signed the passport of the above named
brig. The New York Commercial re-
marks This information NAV be true
though 1t is not sufficiently direct 10 be re
ceived with positive certainty. What rem
ders 1t somewhat improbable, is the fact
mentioned IN our previous foreign adyices
that the French and English Ministers IT
the Russian Court had been instructed bv
their respective governments TO interfere in
behalf OF the Poles, and that the former WAS
directed 10 insist upon the cessation of hos
tilities on the part of Russia. In fnl6lI;nr
these instructions, the French Minister NAV
have pressed the Russian ministry so sbarn.
ly as TO have given offence-and hence he
tender of his passports We shall anxionsIv
wait for further advices; for, ifthe renort he
true. ii is the most decisive movements 10
wards general war in Europe, that has vet
been made since the recent breaking forth
| OF the revolutionary spirit. If the French
Minister has been thus dismissed by the am.
tocrat, neither Perier, nor his master would
be able to restrain their fiery countrymen
from the onset. bait. Amer.
BALTIMORE s. OHIO RAILROAD
We publish this morning, the Fifth
Annual Report of the President and
Directors of the Baltimore and Ohio
RdH Road Company, as also the accom-
panying Report ofthe Chief Engineer.
We are happy to have it in our power to
say that every succeeding report from
this source. as well as the increasing
conviction in the public at large of the
effectiveness of Railroads, leads us TO
anticipate with fresh confidence the final
completion of this important work TO IFS
ultimate termination on the Ohio
While the English Journals continue to
announce the application of locomotive
engines to Rail roads as one of the
greatest triumphs of art, and likely. in
perhaps greater degree than any mod
ern invention, to change the face of soci-
ETY., those who are charged with this
particular enterprise have mean while
given their sedulous attention to a mode
OF transportation which they found as
yet incomplete in its details, and in
which the most sanguine naturally there
fore anticipated some difficulties. 1t is
sufficient to say that new hope has been
acquired with added experience, and
that the road, as far as made, has been
constructed on the plan which expert
sff tie Just Expectations ,aad
which 1t was undertaken.
Those nearer home, who are immedi.
ately interested in these results, will of
course, read these reports for themselves.
For distant readers, to whom they will
perhaps not find their way at length, we
shall state some of the principal facts
disclosed in the expositions referred TO
from which enough will appear, we
think, to justify the expectations we in
dulge.
There will be finished within the re-
naming months of the present year, 70
miles of road, including the branch road
to Frederick of 3 I-2 miles. Oftbis dis
lance y miles are nearly completed
with double set Of tracks, and a single
set of tracks, will be finished the whole
oil the remaining distance within the
year. The double track will be extend
ed to the Potomac during the ensuing
spring. About one-third of this line !
Will be laid with stone stills, and the re-
mainder with wooden. The latter are
employed, partly with view to let the
embankments settle and partly from the
consideration that stone can by means of
them be hereafter transported more eco
nomlcally TO finish the road in the same |
permanent manner.
A railway has been laid through the
city from the termination of the main
road as far as the head of the Basin, thus
connecting 1t with navigation. 1t will
be continued forthwith to the CITY
Block, travcrsing in its progress the |
whole water front of the city.-We may
add that no Inconvenience arises from
this introduction Of the road into town,
horses being the motive power, and the
streetwide enough to accommodate both
the cars and the ordinary vehicles of
trade.
1t is known no doubt to distant read
ers that the first few miles Of the road
were attended with an extraord n Try
expenditure; notwithstanding which,
such has been the diminuton Of cost in
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