Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Wayne County, Ind.) 1831-1837, 1833-11-09

Iments the still Patapsco rolled With q
fearful tranquility over the last survi-
|vor, AID not one VI the brave Brstons
lever returned to tell Of that dread
\ nights disaster.
MAD RIVER 4 L. ERIE RAIL ROAD.
j The ". r. Americas states, that books
were to be opened in that city. also in
Albany and BaGaIo, on the l4th ult. for
subscriptions Of stock to the above road,
TO the amount Of $500, OOO.-
! New York u alive to her interests, and
We have no doubt she will, it necessary.
furnish the means for constructing the
works, without other than Legislative assis-
lance from Ohio. Suppose . Rail-Road
from Dayton to Sandusky to be comDsnc-
cd in good earnest, how long will it be be-
fore its cemPlstios, AID how Isag after it,
commencement before measures will be
taken for its extension westward to this
place'
Those only who could have predicted the
unparalleled improvements and increas-
ed population of the miami country in the
last ten year,, can answer the question.
We cannot even by comparison with the
period j6st named. from any calculation Of
the future, As that has no affinity with
former times in this respect. Ed.
From the .Nesc York American.
MAD RIVER l. LAKE ERlE RAIL
RoAD.-The facts and reasonings oil
the annexed expose by tide Con'mis-
sioners Who are here to superintsnd
the opening Of the books for subscrip-
ton to the Stock of the Mad Riper aud
Lake Erie Rail Road, cannot, we think
but have the effect Of recommending
the enterprise to the capitalists Of this
city:
In presenting this road to the c'ti-
zens Of New York for patronage and
support, it will be expected that the
Commissioners offer to those who are
asked to invest their funds in its stock,
some evidence Of ITS probable pr, due
|tiveness; together with its utility and
importance to the public, as thorough
fare Of travel and commerce.
The connection of the Southern bay
|of Lake Erie at Sandusky, with the!
Northern bend Of the OHIO river at
Cincinnati, by rail road and Canal, has
long been looked to with interest and
solicitude by the people Of the West;
and has struck with great force. all in
telligent travellers that have passed
from one to the other Of these points,
as work in every way worthy Of the
patronage and support Of the citizens
of New York and Ohio, whose inter-
ests it so indissolubly unites. The Ter
til,,y Of the country through which
this connection must be made, its uni
form soil and even surface, With its ad-
mirable adoption to the construction
Of a ra,l road, point to it, as one that in ;
ia few years must be as productive as
any work Of the same character in this
or any other country.
Compare this with any ether route I
in the United States, and then ask I
yourself, where it is that you intercept
as large portion Of the travel from
the West to the Eastern cities, as you
do by this contemplated rail road.
u it not BY this route that you tap
the great artery Of the Western travel
and Western commerce, at its most ell
igible point, and BY that means at once
throw your merchandise int the cen
tire Of our population, and agricultural
wealth at the city Of Cincinnati; which
Is now and must ever continue to be
the most important point in the valley
of the Mississippi.
Cincinnati at this time concentrates
nearly all the travel from the mine wes-
tern and south western States, towards
the Atlantic cities, and hence the great
importance Of uniting New York by
easy and expeditions conveyance with
that place. Construct this road to-
Lake Erie, and your Utica and other
roads, and you have accomplished
your object BY opening an easy line Of
conveyance, that never can be sup
planted, either BY route from Balt,- {
more or Philadelphia, acrsss the Al
leghany mountains. nor BY any other,
connecting Lake Erie with the great
valley Of the Mississippi. And the
traveller from the far west, instead oil
having to pass through Baltimore and $
Philadelphia to reach New York, as