Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1831-07-04


per ns-sriah IL b. in creased % sloo oo0
d'he cost OF cars sni steam engine. he added
10 that Of cons,fac iioa-Where shsll we fnd
Caasi. The cost of which approaches 10 spy
iaing iss this sum AID il cannot BE ssid Thai
the pre6ls of the stockholders have been so
great as 10 renAer the cost matter of no co n.
sequence, The disideads having yet been 10
algher than per cent.--But 10 come slill
nearer home lei us select for comparison
naii i'oad hni Canal, itasersing ALMOST the
same region, ead rivals for the same trade
we mean he Baltimore Rail Road u the Chssa-
peabe aud oaio Canal The coat of the Ca
nal for the frs, foriy-eight m,lrs, Eve learn
from the last Report Of the Compeoy,) is 800,
600 per mile willie the ffst seven miles of the
ka,l Road cost SO 900 per mile The cost of
the Rail Road. per nile. beyond the frs, seven
miles, as lar II is completed. is not now re-
collected Again the cos, ofthe continue
ton OF tho Canal from the Point Of Rocks TO
Harper's Ferry liz mies) is estimated Of
| So,oO0-bu,, according To the calculations OF
| Mr.. Knieht. the engineer Of the Raj Road, we
I
distance, is estimated at nearly $4,000, OF
one hundred thousand dollars mnrp.-- Aud a
| gain" The extensive aud bread Canal of o.
hio, Says late wItsr,) extending from Lake
Erie to the Licking summit q distance of 100
miles, is now finished, and has cost, as the
Report oil The Commissioners shows, less than
$1,000 per milo, including sl its costly ap.
puttendaees ani every contingent expense,
which is less by 81 COO per mile. than the cost
of the mero rails of double track on stone
sills. on the Baltimore road. No such result
can be shown in ihe oaee Of any Raii Road, of
any size, uader any circumstances, IN any part
of the world -" The celebrated Canal Of
Languedoc in rance, cost less by one.hali per
nile than the Manchester and Liverpool Ra
way"
For our own paris however. we are welded
10 no particular ystem, We are anxious thai
1 something should he done, g. done speedily, To
ares, tie dsclenson Of the Old Dopinon. and
to secure 10 her the benefit of those natural
r advantages which Providence has bestowed
upon her with such bounliful hand. And
= whatever shq may do, we are anxious should
D be done deliberately g. wisely, that public conf
P deoce in the incalculabe fits of such
= works, lost by past msmanSement, may be
restored and that all may unite in improving
the face OF the country, developing its wealth,
. aud adding to its resources
AZ We have heard with great pleasure, that
. Col Cfozet designs 10 extend his survey of III,
t route for a Raj Road, to The Tennes.es line in
stead Of terminating itat New ver,as he ut 6rsl
intended lie will thus settle the question al
, once as TO the praclicebiity VI a hail Road. on
The entire line.
2 M The Baltimore Patriot speaks Of a
4 keen and cutting correspondence between
. Nj Berrier and Major Eaton" ltw doubt.
less be forthcoming very shortly.
p HI 'Ihs Nullifyers are quoting the peocce-
d dings OF the Hartford Convenuonsts TO justify
S their own. We are glad TO find that they are
y no, ashamed oil the paternity Of sher doc,tine
=, ~ Gen. r Y. IIayne is 10 deliver the Az
=. niyersary Orshon, lh.s day. before the Multi
:, f,ers, ia Charleston How lamentahe. iha
). genus ouch as bis should be tainted BY such
:. base alloy. The time will come when The re.
p, membrance of his present course y III hang lik
a mill stone around his NECK
" u Roger b. fancy, L q. of Maryland, has
received and accepted the appointment Of st
torney General of the uniIed States. lie i,
.pokcu of as an smiahle aud learned man
and as an ardent politician Of the old fedrrai
gamp. Three FederGls's in The CGbtHe, : Al
u nirable commentary, indeed, on the boosted
j. Democratic Republication, Of - The party"
y
II II Th.re seems 10 be no doubt that Nj
3 Randolph has written TO his friends TO Withdraw
% his name from the canvass for Congress ~ the
i Charlotte district. The cause alleged is COR
" ,iuued and increased indisposltion;
,. DAVID CROCKETT.
. We copy from the Winchester. Va. Repubil
! can the annexed no,ice OF Col. Crockett, o.
. | Tennessee
He Is self made nan--a PRACTICAL Legislt
| he a fra,