Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1832-02-04

Oh character in our scamon TO brave tho pcs: en-
,'ai miasma, from which many before them
nave suffered and died. know it to be n fact
that numbers Of this valuable class of people arc
swept off yearly from this cousc-so many, tina,
some OF the ships have to recruit scamon in
norfolk to bring them down tho river and many
return, with scarcely half thoir original crew.
How can it be otherwise in our climate in a mar.
row dirty stream, confined on all sides by bogs
ana inarshes-tho great and prolific parent of mos
4ui'oes, the uncrring indication of dangerous and
sickly atmospheric Let tho wind blow from any
pomt' and it watts on it's bosom tho deadly MAS.
ma, winch is assisted in its work Of death by the
heat. which is undiminished oven by the shade of
night Sleep, which is SO necessary to restore tho
strength OF the frame, is banshcd by the wo.fold
causes OF heat, and the stings of the dreadful in.
.'o's. piseasc is the necessary consequence of
the relaxation and debility con sequent to seepess
nights.
, ihero Is no country in the world over which a
railroad can be run, with case, or at lit.
JIG cxpenco as that between Richmond and York
Che continued, and may say, aim oct unbroken
level with the greatest abundance of every sort f
timDcr on each side, that can be had for tho cx.
pence OF telling, Of which, as s.NIercator" Justly
observes temporary road can be made which #
iound 10 succeed, as presume ii must. will m.
Dwer tho purpose, not only of commerce.. but Of
conveying materials for one that will las Ms LONG
as time itself. Stone may be conveyed from
quarres near Richmond, and at the same time
from 1ork, whero it can DO brought in vessels
sea coasts; in many points of which it abounds-
90 That tho work may commence at both cnds at
inc Same time, and DO finished in u much shorter
'imo' 'han II taken from ono point; and the OK
pence, OF course, much diminished. Richmond
must be more benefited by Railroad to this point
tnan IL can he on any point on James River for
the reasons stated above; and how much il must
DC injured by one from Norfolk TO Petersburg it is
Impossible to calculate Norfolk, VIC sec, and its
vicinity, are already stirring the question Funds
TO carry on the work may be, and have no doubt
Will be, even should Virginia refuse to take part
IN IT, raised by the citizens of Richmond and Bal
umoro' ana the intervening country, soon as
the books are opened. How much will the com
fort of the citizens of Richmond DO enhanced by
it. The Beach of the York furnishes tho most de-
lghtful salt water bath, which can be cnioyed by
her citizens without trouble, and with little cx-
pence-at the same time hor markets may be sup.
Piiod with the nccessaries produced on its shores,
and the luxurcs from its waters, that no other ri
yer IN the Union PRODUCES to an equal extent. I
know it is fashionable 20 decry tho lower country
ana Its productions, but it proceeds from tho ig-
norance OF those who do it. Our lands are as lit
tie known to most of the inhabitants of Rich
mond, and the country above it, as the same ex.
tent OF country in the most remote regions. They
form their opinions of the whole from tho strip Of
land they travel over in tho stages, which is as diff
fcrcnt from the land bordering on tho York and
its tributaries as it is from the lands on the banks
OF tho James. We will not shrink fror, q compa-
rlson with any country. 1t only requires to be
h"omh' u DC rlghliy appreciated ought not
York, instead of the entire neglect it meets with,
both from the State, and the United States, be
considered hallowod by both? Was it not there
that the Liberty and Independence of the States
were scaled! Is it not the spot, from which was
plucked, the laurel, the brightest and the best in
the choplet of her own Washington But it asks
no favors on this 1t is willing to stand on
its merits alone. 1t only asks the citizens of Rich
mond, OF Virginia at large, to examine its prcten-
sions, and decide accordingly.
Friend to the improvement of the State.