Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1831-04-05

cation between the E,st aud the Wet, and tell me- n
the additional event Of erri,ory and additional spoon.
.ipoPuia o1 thus scqui ed will fairly give IL that
chsrac.er! Nov IL tbs I'll. No lee IL an iourte- n
counties In the State OF North Carolina are Interested
init. (Here Mr.. y. read over lie. Of the .em-.)-
Counties si'used sfmo,t iu on the Roanoke
opposite TO, and above the rcin'. where IL 4. drg ed
the railroad hall strike tha, river and which m,s, TO
very great ex'.n', tr d. With the tcwn Of Peters,
berg. Aad Wills do not pretend 10 ssy Rst we
81 o"la undertake imrrovem.n's for The pur, oe
o'n'h'irg aLo,her Sta VT 10 ,ay, TIA. wheu the
"!cfes' {" our o~n ate requires 20 10 50, we
h"n" n't be regsrdIs. 81 the edvant.gc. s.irg M
ne "'e WHICH .s'r, STAG may m Ike OF tia, In :
Provement Bn' am asked, how ,h- p. op'e irv.
ing ~ .ns ssenon OF country 10 which have alluded
h'ere'eo' ana how ,r' they 70 lie ben fitted by this
"nptoSem-n'! answer, by saving OF time and
money, and by placing q en- one hundsed and sixiy
miles nearer to marse To illustrate, eli! The town
"s'con' ''u tied On the R'.nok- a, The foot II he
'at' " he point at witch II IL ccnienp.a.d he all
road shsll s,,ke tie river From that town down the
Roanoke md through he Dismal Swaup canal TO the
borough o. Norfolk. H. am inrm d. distances Of 22o
mHes. rcm weldon TO Pet rsbn,e o, Nv ak mi es
Here then Is saving OF 100 miles in soiug 100 In re.
turn'nP, mex ng in the Whole dstsnce oi 100 miles.
in favor OF the Petersburg ma e.. AID how ,ta,ds
ne exptnse OF tran portation; From .Idon 10 Nor.
DIX hs cum o four dollars aud 6ity egh, cepts h.
charged on each boa sh-ad Of tobacco. From Weldon
tefsburg, according to the statement, have area
dy submitted 10 the Senate, The exl eose will no,
GEO So 20 per h9gsbeed. Leaving clear saving in
favor "t Petersburg. Of about So rs ON each ad
OF tooacco. And row, sir, az 10 The time necs,,ary
ior tue accomplishment OF I'll 80 ,rip am IT, for M
i'em source heh cannot question, h,t the aver.
age timr necessary ora s'eam.boa, 90 from Nor
lok 70 Weldon Iosd at re urn, fteen day.. When
The rer-foad sh,lt have zen finished even the most
&C, pical do not doubt but that car will run from
WI on 70 Peter'burg and retu,n 10 ten hours -
on. 10 cover all ea'os les "ppose you allow the FAR
mer TWO days TO GO, sell his produce, and return. We
sl nave len clear 'avins OF hirteen days in favor
Of Petersburg. And I have always be. n laugh, 10
believe that the saving Of time the making Of mo-
ney, and that there was vocs'in in life TO which
this maxim applied with p,opr ETY. than 10 the
agricultural. Ard sir, row suSmit IL TO gentlemen
P'reu.riy to 'hos, from the West. he Valley. aud
the much favored James River eounTy,) If il he .
matter OF Uncomfortable importance, that tn. farmer
should be required 10 rAvel 40 n lieu Of 100 miles
to market to pay So 4s in lieu OF 50 25 the trans.
por'a ion OF each o<she al Of tobacco and to
hitsen in lieu OF tw) days in eff citing n. urn-y!
Andl might fur'hermore sR herr, il wi these fact.
staring them in the face, they ran hesitate 10 regard
THIS as ate improvement Bu' will lot IN ,ul;
their understanding hy pressing the enquiries The
pop 81 ions are too pi ia to require an answer.
~ us OF cted ny Other yer len en- thai, notwi h.
standing IL msy be ate improv ement the people in
that section OF country air sdy hare market ., viii,
The Bjrcuyb of Norfolk, ni an outlet TO that marker
In ea'ion To- 'his obj cion. flcs sp ak louder than
eunent'. And however rsuch il NAV excia the as
ton'hneut OF the nate, II, rev.tthee a fact, hat
notw thsandrg III. existence OF the pre.rnt medium
OF rsnspsr ion 20 Nerf lk ALMOST TIE whole OF the
produce which IL brought TO the Pe,srslu market
goNs la that sec ion Of c-untry, which, gentlemen
say, inmed atsiy INTEREST," in lie Roanoke improve
ment and, ss have before stated, from the 8 ale o.
gons leo For the tanners oi that country, in maiy
caes avail themselves OF the Ro,uoke Navigation az
Tar down as Weldon. and instead Ct there sking the
se sm-bo,t to Norfolk, put their pro on board of
wagons, and nj to the town OF Petersturg And
what does this prove! Does il OF prove tina, the far.
m r. can 'rudge their pro- ace through mud and
10 Ps tsrsbu at eh rate, han hey can send
down the Roanoke, and through the Dismal wamr
Canal 10 Norfolk Or does it prove tina, Petersburg 10
To- them heit mfket Nan the Borough If No folk
And WHITTIER proves hr ,r the ether doe. i, n II
oLtte to the of the bille RI vnrd
TO the sutabili OF the Norfolk market. have he en-
informed, and worthy Senator now in my eye will
sustain me in the represeu aim, 'bat ror,ion the
tobacco. wi irb ualiy Norfolk H. again re-
shipped for The Richmond market, snd here sold I
menuon this IA I pot wi view 10 disparsge the
Ncrok market, bu, TO enable genl m to draw their
owo deductions.
Bu', is also objected. that although, hi, ay he
Safe improveu eat, TIM coudi ion Of that fund
authorize he ,uhscrpttn and it did. il (U od By
calculated to affect the ield by tie state in
the Dismal Swamp Canal. in relation the fiji st
branch OF the Objection, am sure il is only necessa
ry for gen emen u examine the Second Auditors Re.
por 10 see that III, state o. that fund is andy ruff.
eient to anihcrse the subserp ion. Yes SIR, by an
examine ion OF that report il will be ascertain.
the sutpns pr ce Ids that fund for The year ermina
ting the 3lst OF October neAt, wi he aboai 75 600;
and can any toly posi- hat ,h, reduc len CT thai
sum by the amour OF Sc 900 year, will so cripple
ne Hances OF the fund as to render IL inadequate and
insufficient for the improve OF her ns of tn
State! Sir, II cannot bel she'll ther eore proce ed
to examine the her branch Of the objection; and
~ "A
cu'a'oD. The stock OWNED by The ate in the Roam
oke 10 provemen', amounts TO b ut $50, OOO-Tbe
stock owned by the State in the Dismal Sw ,mp Canal
amounts TO $4,000 IRE ume il must be appsren MT 10
me contemplation OF every gentleman, hat the Rail.
Road is designed ard expected TO operate as coDtu IL
Gus improve the Roanoke, and that ne of the
great advantages to result from it, establishment will
be- 10 increase The quantity of produce to market
aud VI IL sbsl produce that eff mtst not OF pr
crease the Of il, and the tolls on that river. Sc
maj by It's establishment you VIII ncrease the Ell
crn'age on 1000 Will YOU diminish IN 81 on SOL
600 Nor i. n at all. ! have deavoured % illus
tra'e to the Senate, with what success, know not
that the Safe will, (afer deductiug interest aud all
incidental charges,) derive pr fit from the srbecrip
fion cont, mplated by the bill. Add, II I have 90
me ct egregousy erred In that cacuIa on, tho conre
qnrnce will be, that by the estahsA ment OF the Rail
Road the Sac VIII derive pref 240 900, at The
sacrifice OF diminished prot 1854, 900. Their.
lore, see ms 10 me. that regarded in this point of view
the bull ought TO psss.
now, Sir 20 notice the fou- IN and last oi;.e
lion. Gentlemen sly, Notwithstanding they adm
his lie Stae Improvement, and that section OF coun
try requires ard ought % .avs cheaper nd nearer
marke notw it'll sanding they conc. i've The .und 70
Internal Improvement Snply sufficisDt make IN,
subscription, aud made, would not in the maiI, ope
rate del terousy, in a p'ruDsTy point OF view, on
the Stock held by the State in other pts -
hai establishment Of the rosd, would operate to he
particular prejudice Of Norfolk. r, this is 10 me
strange ami most extraordinary ton LIT Us
lie It, Suppose we regard The Rsil Road AZ a ediu +,
OF con munic ion TO Norfolk, and not TO bu,
How lben surely need not cou,ums the tim, and
a'en lon OF the Ssnste, Ia proving 10 thrm, that evr
regarded IN that aspect the bill should pass be cause
the creased fsciii,ies IL will afford ,o.e who are ee
Ter Mined at any sacrifice, and under all c'rcum.iap
Gee, TO trade with NofIk will not W. ary the pa.