Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1831-12-02
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A"c Oe"chtS 81 Internal Improvement begin 10 sreed
ne Plo"gA on oar Western lands

enc Oe"chtS 81 Internal Improvement begin 10 speed
ne PIo"gA on oar Western lands
Terhaps there is County in the Common
wealth, which experiences in the rise of it's ayri-
cultural products, benefits so .animatinr ne TIA,
portion OF Cabcll bordering on the Ohio River.
ana ana through which the State Turnpike to the
hentucky border passes and it is believed that few,
portions OF the Western States, hold out more fat
'erEiS prospects for profitable employment of ag
cuitural capital, than this portion of our Western
Territory.
Lands on the Ohio River, from the mouth Of The,
nchawha, To the entrance of the Ohio Canal, at
portsmouth, have been wholly overlooked bv the
western emIgrant, who, when once having set his
race Tor the valley oIthe Mississippi scorns 10 halt
whhIn the limits of his native State and wills that
his march he not checked till he has expended his
substance IN examining all the country east of the
Rocky Mountains But will he find there noblcr
or more beautiful river? better ascending and
descending navigation, such an outlet for his
produce, as thai through the Ohio Canal? shorter
line of commercial intercourse with Philadelphia
and Baltimore? Will he find lands that Will pro
ducc HIM greater tale in tho till? and though last
not least Will Inc meet such facilities of intercourse
as are now enjoyed through the great central tho
roughtare of Virginia. from the Ohio to the mo
tropos OF his native State? 1t is believed that no
country possesses in Il greater degree such n com
bined adaptation to the production of grain and
grasses, as the western part of Virginia. bordering
on the Ohio and her tributaries. These lands arc
now yielding to their cutivators from Is to 80
bushels OF wheat, from 30 to so bushels of corn,
$, )
of grass per All of these articles most
animatngly to the grower have risen from SO to
3O per cent in value since the operations of the
hanawha Turnpike to Big Sandy have been com
menced, and the article of wheat, heretofore not
regarded, lin Cabell Il leading st .plc1 is EAGERLY
sought alter by the purchaser who avails himself
OF the taciies afforded by the regular steam mail
packet betwccn Cincinnati and Guyaudotte, TO
furnish the grower with packages to retain his
crop who deposits at the different landings be-
tween these places, (hs wheat in suur ordcr)
and there the trouble and expense of his crops
end. lie receives the Cincinnati market price,
about 10 cents, dcducting freight and charges,
about = cents, while corn, oats, hay beef and
pork, are proportionably high. We are however
not so blinded by zeal for internal Improvement as
to believe that the extension of the kanawha turn
pike has produced this enhancement in value of
the products OF the so but we are willing and
disposed to give it credit for It's due proportion of
inf1uencsnpon our country. And while upon the
subject OF this Western Turnpike Road, take the
liberty OF saying, without the fear uf disinterestcd
contradiction, that the location, however it may
have been anmadverted upon, now receives
the appreciation of all travellers passing upon
1t, and every impartial individual must ad-
nit the wisdom, so boldly indicated in the
selection of the ground compared with the
character of the soil over which the old road
passes, saying nothing of the four and a half per
cent. saved III distance. Notwithstanding all the
efforts that have been made, even by those in high
authority, under sly and covert cuogies upon an
opposition road, TO bring the turnpike and location
INTO dlsrcpute, still the continued current of travel
upon 1T this fall in its present unfinished condition.
speaks the loudest commentary in its favor; and !
hazard but little in predicting that there will be an
overwhelming sentiment approving the Principal
Engineers location. The idea that has been so
adrotly stated before the public, and permitted to
pass unnotccd, T.. he location was calculated to
translate the business, commercial capital, be-
yond the limits Of the State, proves to be still more
taliacious; for the quantity of produce and num-
Der of passengers shipped on board the steam boats
this fall, after opening the turnpike at the steam
boat landing below Guyandottc, demonstrates, that
the meeting of the land ana water line Of travel,
will ultimately be in the limits of our own State,
and somewhere in the vicinity Of the first approx
matien of the turnpike to the Ohio river: and
whether that point may be ultimately fixed at South
Landing, elsewhere, upon Il site of equal cligi'
hI!ity, is perfectly Indifferent to the Commonwealth
But to the friends of the true interests of the
turnpike and State, it cheering to witness the
steam boats running for the Cincinnati market the
products of the sell in such quantities at Browns
or South Landing, early after the commence
nent of the travel upon the turnpike and the num-
Der Of persons emigrating to the West, taking wa
ter there for the ports below. Such the bene
fits and advantages that begin to uphold themselves
resulting in the main from the prosecution Of in
terna improvements over our mountain country, to
the VALLEY of Che Ohio. PHILO-CURTIUS.