Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1833-09-13

ia. provided Ms outlets Tor dlem, our productions whether
manufactured or agricultural, ore and must be limited to
continue to be the case until the country becomes aroused
TO the necessity OF following the example OF our sister
communities. la opening additional and much nee ded lines
Of commercial intercourse.
Had nature been even more honntitul than she has TO
dis favored region, still il her gifts are neglected or un-
improved, no benefits result 10 the con,nnni,y Sueh is
10 iart me condition o' Western Virginia. We possess
natural advantages in abundance, every thing Tor skill and
enterprise and Industry 10 work upon, but no correspond
Ing results, such as are else wlsre exhibited, are any
where seen.
This tate OF thugs merits IN attentive consideration
sm' demands an adequate remedy. Let the citizens OF
""s'crn virginia arouse themselves anu tremendously
unite M efforts TO improve their condition and bring into
active and profitable exercise the numerous discovered
and undiscovered sources OF wealth with which our coun.
Try abounds. - Rdndohd Bonner.
ARIRDs.EyEv rEw.-.The Rail-ro4 al from wincbes,cr
IN Virginia, 10 Harpers Ferry, will be uuder con,rac, The
whole distance before the lst January, 1884. in small di.
visions, so az to insure a speedy completion of the road
Before 1t is done, the Baltimore road Nil he at uarper's
Ferry, and 20 will the canal from Washington. In the
same line the road from Washington 10 Baltimore will he
W '"ii "ias'' IN the same time, the rail road from Balti
more 10 Philadelphia will be travelled the whole distance
ny locomotives in six hour; in the same tine, a rsi,-rosd
ana canal communication will traverse the Allies hanv, and
connect Philadelphia with Pi;sburg; in the same time.
TIE Boston nd Providence road will he co,nplet.ti.
the Fredericksburg snd Richmond will follow. The
KIP Van Wrinkle of the South is walked mp, has rub
bed her eyes, aud will carry out the line from the
Roanoke; through North Carolina, 10 The South Caro-
h"h road; and active exertions, - now being msds,'
IN Georgit, will connect Augusta with Athens From
noIon' New. England enterprise is travelling to Port.
lara In M,'ne, and the MAine folks will go farther
'uoN" east" In the mean time, all the Atlantic cities
are looking to the great west, The garden Of the world.
Do'ton Is carrying out a line of road to Albany.-New.
orr w ms same lime, will have another string 10 her
gov, ny q railroad through her southern tier Of counties
striking lake Erie farther sou,l, than does her canal. PhiIa.
ue,Pma Is already. as we have said, within striking dis
lance oil her eldest and most fruitful daughter on The Yves.
'e'h walers-Me city OF PittshuIg baltimore il yoioc
wes,-she cannot exactly tell yet in nhat dirscfion
Richmond is moving all Acheron to touch the K ,n,wha
avn tnttlsetOtl. IN SOnth laroltp mill -,,.t -. an 4. -
ROAD passes Camden and reaches Cheraw. Aud all This l.
:. "a commencement hundreds Of lateral roads will
get'ng better; deserted plantations will revive as if touch.
eo ny a magical ward; the increased value of prope,ty in
mS ne'g"norhood Of any road will be equal to the ex.
pehse OF constructing ii. The union will he hound by
"'he bands ct a man. the inter. communication will he
'"P'I-iocai interest AMI %prrjudiccs dissipa,ed-nulii6ca.
'on o"''e" IN some OF the 'deep uts'-and the bank dc
posiies quickly and safely transported; and This yyoui,
ave some OF our good friends so much anxiety, that il viii
be worth all the trouble and all the EXPENSE n, al, H.,
'"'us'-H winchester pirgininn.
Tho absolute certainty of The speedy conoencamo,, 81
operations by the Winchester and Potomac Rail Road
Company, ha' had The effect of arousing the spirit of en-
terpriSc in this quarter from its long and drea,nIess slun.
''r' me project OF forming a joint stock company, with
a capital OF $4,000, to erect q Macadamized turnpike
rom 'hs place to Winchester, was set on loot a few DAYS
ago ny Richard ". Barton, Esq, one of the deIega. es cleo,
20 'oe STATE Legislature from Frederick county, and we are
h"ppy IN being able 10 state, that tie scheme has so far
u""o' o'Vha', when the importance OF the proposed work i
property understood aud appreciated Ivy the farming com.
nunity, very lew will he found unwilling to lend \ helm.
ING Maud TO the enterprise. MIR. Barton has been warm.
y seconded IN his laudable exertions by Philip e.. Jones
E'q., che OF The delegates from this county. who il nm.
ce's'ng In has eno'ts 10 induce the people TO coutribu,,
'hef ad III advancing the proposed scheme. We Yere
nor among nose who voted for MIR. Jones at the late elpc.
,ot' nut we are constrained, from the honest zeal which
ne manlieS's in a cause so intimately connected with the
u"e interests oil his constituents, 10 congratulate the conn.
~ upon the choice il has made. The activity and zoaI a.
present manifested by Messrs. Barton and Jones ia a rre
sage o! what aay may be expected OF then in the LIE
gislature.
me spirit OF internal improvement is abroad. and we
would respectfully call the attention OF our farmers IN tho
arguments oil "Chnton," in the succeeding columns in
'Avor o, the proposed work; and they will confer a narti'
GUAR tAvor on us, and a lasting benefit upon thcmselyes
ana ,hsir posteri'y, il they will not lay the paper dowr
unfI they have coolly and dispassionately weighed the
7uoJect IN Their minds, and resolved 10 aid in maxine The
proposed turnpike TO the utmost OF their pecuniarv abiIi.
ties Woodstock Sentinel. "'"
L'oerdfty Of the SOnRh.-The rail road from Charles
on 10 Hamburg, in South Carolina, is one hundred an,
"ry-,wo miles long. In its course il passes through som,
Va,u'pie plantations, and consequently through some very
valuable Iani' The proprietors of these lands did mn,
way. "' HS"t U
we are told that the Chesapeake and Ohio Cana, Com.
P'hy h'd To pay Seventy-fve thousand dollars for fourteen
m''eS' on 'he line oil that WdShino fOn Examiner