Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1831-05-24

Watts mode Of computation, mus, have been equal n
that # 8 horses.
lin gton aud Stockton railroad, II was a.certsined that .
sinsi. locomotive engine could trav.l at the rate OF
eighty m'ies an hour, conveying in its train, with ease
and safety, ninety tons weight. As yet, no idea had
been formed OF the rate at which locomotives misht be
made to travel on a good road, and with light burdens
bu' IN me course Of ia', GUNNER, the spirit and enter.
prize oil tue Directors OF the Liverpool and Manches.
ter ha,l Road, induced a uial OF speed, which delight
cd, while II coDiounded Toe spectators. A VARIETY of
IN" most beautiful engines were brought from different
places, a:d tested DO h as to speed and power. With
burdens three or four times The weight Of The engines.
these a, oni'hing machines moved with almost the
speed OF the wind, going at 'hs rate OF fcom 10 to 20
miles an hour. Without loads, some Of them flew
on with a velocity, the maximum Of which wa, az
miles an hour. Tina. road is now in use for tho con-
veyance both OF goods and passengers, and has answer.
cd every expectation, even OF The most sauguine. For
once, III thi' anticipating age of daring srecuIat,op.
conjecture has been left tagging, and the dreamer
about railroads has found his vision behind the truth
Oh everyday practice. Passengers at greatly reduc.
ed cost, and greatly increased velocity, pass daily BY
hundreds between Manchester and Liverpool, with
fewer accidents or mishaps, than would befai an equal
number conveyed in any other manner.
Ihe sampson has descended from Manchester with
a load Of lis ions, equal to the freighiing of a gooJIy
ship, and hat too 10 a pc iod Of time, little greater than
Is usually occupied by the lighter engines, in the con.
veyance OF passengers. A friend Of the writer, on
leaving Manchester one morning, saw lis goods under
preparation for transportation TO Liverpool. On re ach.
log Liverpool, he spent but a very short time in town.
ana then repaired to his vessel, where the goods had
already arrived, and were in part actually slowed
away in Tho hold.
To see mere clearly the curtailirg Influence of ibsee
roads on space aud lime, le, us suppose th at at less
speed by u third, Than in this eo,ly stage Of Iocomo-
i've experiment., has been alre ady safely accomplished.
a passenger were To Sc on, on a railroad 10 " ards The
west. lie might reach Lancaster Ia two hours, Pt,s.
burg in 10 hours, New Osleans 10 less than two days.
aud return TO Phlla ielphia within a week. A the rate
OF conveyance ordinarily executed on The Liverpool
rdi-road, the merchant might place bic goods in Lar
caster IN three hours, in Pi,tsburg in Is hours, ard in
New Orleans within three dayy.
with improvements Of such a nature exten.iveIv
laid over the face Of cur country, we should, in the
event OF a war, be able, in a very few hours, or al
most In two or three days, to Concentrate the whole
Tor attack or defence. OF such resource, an invading
Toe could never avail himself, since a road could be
rendered impossible In a few moments by those who
occupy the country.
As such work proceed, the rapidly snlarging boun.
d'ries OF our country will, in a still more rapid mar
ner, be brought, in poipt Of lime, nearer 10 each other,
and our children, under a patriotic and liberal govern
ment, may live to Sea the representatives OF Arkansas
o. Huron; reach the metropolis at less expense of mo
ney, Time or convenience, than is row demanded FIR
the journey from Pittsburgh 10 Washing ton. III
cUulI promise TO Iy bopss such an admiuist ration as
would look TO rO~dd-making with half that is expended
In cdoinet-matl ing, there would be even in our time a
oil the greater part of expectation, which
would probably be ouistripped by the reality; for such
has been hi'h.rio the case, in all that r.la;es 10 steam
nut In a more remarkable degree 10 all iha, relates TO
its locomotive applications, whether on the land or on
the water. The engines OF Fulton found their path syay.
already %prepared; those OF Trevethick and Sieph.nsop
mus stand still until the exhau'tiess energies of tree
and liberal institutions are permitted to address them.
selves TO 'hs nobitst work 10 which the voice OF philo-
sophy has ever summoned the political economist: A
work which carries with il thu promise OF numberIe,
and magnificent benefits TO individuals, TO states, to,the
nauon' toindless prosperity in peace, perfect security
10 war; iatereourse subversive Of all local preindice.
divided int rests rendered identical, every evil repu.
dated oY frequent comparison, every good adopted
from iani ar TRIAL OF lis excellence, distant schools oi
grea &c eSeei'ence brought into our domain, superior
mar's az accessible as he worst religious "privilcges"
.S:-or wInncid. Who is .avre in The community
10 whom some sweet stream will no, flow from The
mighty waters Of such a lake. The mere trave Her. |
the friendly visitor. the merchant, the artist, the manu-
faciurer, the farmer, the school boy, the seciarian,
the gay ard grave, the busy and the idle, the young
and The old, all-al-ray have even yet a delightful
provided the alterations of The Drawers Of tie
Washington Bureaux should not entire Y consume The
spsre time oil The great CAbinet-msker Of the Nation.
(PhiIGd. Chr0n.