Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1831-06-24

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kICHNOyVD. VIRGkNI.a, FaTD.4Y, JOJVE "a
INTERNAL IMPROVEMENT.
II We had slept on, We were lost We may arouse
ourselves in time 10 the blows which are level
led At our prosperity. In age, when the spirit o.
Internal Improvement Is abroad when turnpkes and
rail-roads and locomotive engines even upon turn
ana cans,. are the order Of tn. day. can we
viii submit to our spathy' At time when capital
% abundant - 10 be looking out for profitable invest
nents-when the neighborng States seeking "a
carry their own improvements into State, ami tc
draw Off for their beneft-can il be
expected. that our Western Citizens will sleep on. be-
We please to sleep! MOI do not let us deceive
surselves. They will have good roads and If we dc
DOT choose 10 make them in way, they will be made
10 another Il there any doubt OF the fact Arc we
not surrounded by eBtcrprzing States eager in the
rsee Of competition !-For instance, Sou h Caroline
and .MdryIand.
sssrnpc, for between Gloucester and Chci.enham
a.. SsS III
South Carolina. We have before us the pript. ID
CiRcULAR Of the Delegates Of the Charleston Rail-
Road Company ami Of the City Council OF Charleston
Il dated at Knoxville the 9Th OF june and addressed
" TO the Meefing IF Delegate. convened, at Estill-
Vile, Scott county, Virginia" They beg by setting
out. that their approach to the place appointed
they had become appzed that postponement had oc-
CURED, and sscerained that tn, objects plated
had supposed-In consequences they cannot be presents
but with view to bring before the public avail
themselves Of the opportunity, to communicate in this
manner, project In which the Western South w est.
ern, and Southern States mutually and deeply in
terested."
-"Tha, pej.et obey 'ay) consists. in OF snrg com
nuuisattp, b. Rai!-road, between The point where
the Ohio snd M,.i,spp Rivers unite their acre, and
the City Of ChsrIes,on; to DO connected with line OF
Faek-s thence 10 Enrops-The frat stop toward. it's
accomplishment has been taken 10 the Raj Road from
n Ar ha rwill ha
ton Of this road to ,hs pavgsbIe Of the Ten
nssss.. Tor which The improvements now 10 on
that river. sord snperadded Inducements OF tho exu-
bsrsIt benehs OF such = work, one " III daubt--
that there many aud rong Incentives, and crest
nsisrAl faeili'iss. towards the undertaking, be
sAsy Of its pra
~ through the combined action Of several States the
New York and Ohio Canal, ard the Baltimore Rail-
Road are precedents 10 point II will we'll for the
States interested, 10 have scheme 20 enlarge ed q
scale eonsisny po'Psct that their collateral labors
may tend to an ultimate coincidence"
They proceed TO examine the other routes OF commu-
nile alton which have been suggested then to pre-
sent the considerations which recommend their own IA
vsrite scheme OF Charleston They contend, that il
nearer route, which combines ali the advantage. oil
the other schemes, and exempt from all their objec-
uons
"Bstween he eonhlsne Of tie Ohio AID M,ssi,.
siPP, and the harbour OF Charleson, line Of commu.
aieaion may be opened under six hundred miles 10
length There IL a lees distance than from The same
pein',o New Orleans, by the bendings Of IN river
Already 10 . Raii-R,s for hundred and forty
miles OF tue course under contract and in brisk
fre's each nils OF its exeeuoo, and every day Il il,
sxsience developing ito utility, and confirming N
ess6d'ncs, and ralyins ,hs split Of this public in
10 favcr."
'Ths South Csr,lina Railroad will run from
Charleston to Augusta on the Savannah river 10 Co
1smbia on the CoDgare'; and 10 Camden on the Wa
terss. Ticking Camden, the mSsi northern as the
place Of junction, the route for continue ,ioa wouid
be by the bed OF tae Caawba, passing the mo TINT air
BY stationary steam engines, down the Noihucky ald
Hoiston rivers, to the T-nnessee. Ffom Columbia the
lhrOi IA he In
along The French Brood, TO the ngling II that
with Tie Ho'stop. Ano,ber, and perhaps the be.
course would he, from Augusta by thu Savanna rive
along the Tussloo. aua Tufor.e creek until they
the Hiwssseo no little Tennessee down who.. fin.
streams 10 tie Tennessee, The passage l, direct ard
easy. Yet further south, With a visw 10 avoid, by
turning the noun'sins, way might be adopted iron
Ausu-ta through George, to Florence, below the Mus
Gle Shoals At Whatever po0t the Raj Toa might stk
Cumberland, and onward 10 where they enter Ohio
sfordinV, throughout, rapid, convenient aud eheaI
tr.n'po' talon Tor rsveil.r', produce and
70 ,h- wbole wesern country between tue Mi ,.is,pp
and he Mu.kingum from ihs A lau,i- O:ean''
In the course OF their Circular, they develope the
advantages of Ra l-Roads, which, they are equally
applicable TO our contemplated New River Rail Road
we beg leave 10 adopt for our own advantage
'Oi he fishing suits Of he adaptation o. sic am
power 10 l.comoti"D R,ii Roads, tie innuperabie
experiments going on 10 England aud this cnuury
wi convincing proofs IL is not 90 much TO "
that this mode Of transportation will, before log s
Per'ede the use not oily OF turnpike road, bot slso
irg possessig such manifold and se'fevdent rssom
nda;D.; and promising such rich, prolific and per
man nj result, any amour, OF espisi be procure
from the north from Europe whsrs the sprrc Of IL
employment most peoccu ied,cr hazardous om he
dis bed s'se Of sffars Indeed, the work 10 pro-
gress, will create. by is earnings, funds for IL
continuation. To b. ftuitIui, IL needs not, like moe
olter work, 10 be completed from eId TO md. Every
halt mile brought INFO play, sdd' TO its ONE, and
Chsre,ton The money now IN de upon rspg il only foI
i've mile, already Gays per cent. interest upon the
espi al expended IN h-ir eonstruc ion, ard pur.
chase Of he Locomotive se engine. The abundance
spd fines o. materials in the southern and western
county, for their construction, and h- nature Of th
commodities TO bs irsDs, oried, give them here high
and petul Recommendation. Your live stock, viii ch
no. travels 10 market on loo, by s'ow nd co1stany
deteroraDg Journeys, may be carried, either cured
beef and pork, or in pens the Rail- Road rapidly and
without fatigue, as Is in contemplation other exen-
sve Ioads Ky this vance, also, the mail will be
more swiftly transmitted, and large portion the
numerous southern travellers, who annually pass
their summers, asd expend their money al the north
will bo induced, by the facility OF your coun-
try, OF cheap living, pure water, salubrious air. us-
cous fruiis, and scenery beautiful in pre-e mine
degree with the finest forests, noble rivers and lofty
aims. 10 make their visits Westward for pleasure
health inferinaio -
So much for 3. Carolina and now for Me-, ulard. -
Some persons under the pcrsuason that the Bali-
moro RAILROAD Is destined TO fstbat is gigantic
en- enterprise. that il must fall by lis weight
We confess this is not impression. The Citi-
zens OF baltimore have every nducement to caIry il
on, which appeal 10 the heart of public spi.
ritz private interest," pride stimulated too by the al
vsntsges and honor which its first stages have confer
red. II only on VI ndoy last, that the second d.
otsion OF the Road opened IL "trayersed nv
train OF cars With numerous company from B, mofe
to the forks Of Patspsco, distance IF fcenfy
sts miles F" The execution OF the work Is highly com
mended in the Baltimore pspeFs and the American
tells us that in few weeks che company will feel
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