Cheraw gazette. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1835-1838, 1836-01-05

spirit of flle age and the WondeIlul du'ttilCG'
nlcnt of human enterprise! Five years
; ago, men of intelligence spoke of these
thincs as chinacras, the dreams of the VI
s;cnarv. But the vivid reality now startles
the Imagination even of the most sangulne
OF those who gavo willing car to the ea,'
lest inquiry. -.
In ctiectins her public improvements, N.
York has borrowed nearly thirty millions Of
dollars. Such of the bonds as have be.
como due, have been ,pct and li4',idated by
the receipts from the works cons'ructe,d'
Those which will be due, at future periods
will he more easily paid than the first; the
receipts on the works, the bonds tor the
construction Of which have been cancelled,
will be sinking fund TO aid the tots recolv-
Cd from other Improvements in settling bonds
payable at future time.
The State of Pennsylvania stands by n.
York in public enterprise Her filth is
nl.lsed for more than twenty millions, and
on the progress of her system and the pol
icy Of its adoption, the fixed opinion Of the
State. founded oil reason and experience, is
unanimous. Her canals, embracing the
main division, the western, the SuSIuc!tan-
nah, the north branch, the west branch dlvl-
sio1s, together with others. extend dis.
tancc of six hundred miles. The most i'm
portant of her rail roads which arc compile
tel, extend from Philadelphia to Columbia,
upwards of eighty miles and the Allcgha-
py and Portage Rail Road, which passes the
Allcghauy mountain at point Of grca'cr
ascent than any that woul be OVERCOME by
the roads which are spoken Of In the bill
presented by the committee to the House.
Besides tlnsc, there arc twenty other rail
roads constructed or in progress, constltu-
ting Chain Of communication which
brings cvc.v citizen Of the Stat, within
r.ach of the benefits irs ended to be confer
rcd By systcm both comprehensive and
efficient.
Among the most important Of these last
works is the Central Rail Road, which com.
mcnccs near Pottsvilc, and extends to Sum-
bury, opposite the Susquchannah river, and
to Danrillc, making the whole distance fifty
one miles. The Philadelphia and Reading
! rail road is of importance also, covering
distance Of fifty-cight miles, and intended to
connect en- extensive anthracite coal lnlnc
with the city Of Philadelphia.
In New England the same spirit has ac-
tuated public and private exertion. In New
Hampshire and Vermont number OF ca.
nails have been constructed; and i'll the lat
tor State two rail roads arc in progress, the
principal Of which is that from Whitehall to
Rutland. In Massachusetts, there are scrc-
raj canals in ≻ the most extensive are the
Nliddlcscx, the Blackstone. and the Hamp-
shire and IIampden, in l.ngth one hundred
and fifty miles. The rail roads arc nuner-
Gus and rapidly increasing. Those from
Boston to Worcester, from Boston to Prov
idencc and from Taunton to Lowell, and
several others are completed. Many moro
arc projected and in progress, including
line which is to be carried through the States
of Ncw.Hampshirc and Vermont, passing
near Plattsbrg, through New York to o.
densburg on the St. Lawrence.
Maine, Rhode Island and Connecticut,
have also been ulivc to their interests. The
former exhibits considerable progress in q
work from Portland to Boston, and arrange
ments orc in advance to connect Portland,
bv rail road, with Quebec. Rhode Island
and Connecticut, though small IN territory
and population, have constructed several
improvements the most important are the
rarmiaeton Canal and the Stonington and
Providence rail road. Many other works
urc in progress in these States.
New Jersey, country not remarkable
for the fertility Of its soil or the extent OF ITS
resources. has completed several canals and
O. still greater number of rail ro;, IS. Ot
the former, the Morris and the Delaware
and the Rar;tan canals, embracing distance
Of one hundred and forty four miles, arc the
most extensive. OF rail roads. that from
Camden to Amboy, q distance Of s!xty.onc
miles, ard the Jersey and Wes:-Ierscy rai!
roads, the ono extending from Brunswick
to Jersey city, opposite New York. the oth.
er reaching from Gloucester on the De'a-
| ware to Salem, orc, perhaps, the most I'M.
porant; though many others of great pub
| lie utility arc in progress OF projected. De-
lawarc, too, has a canal from the Chesa-
pcake to the Delaware, and three rail roads
COMPLETED, from Newcastle TO Frcnchtown,
from Wilmington TO Downington, and from
Wilmington to the Susquchannah. Even
this little State has had the spirit OF ln''
provcment march onward.
If VIC cast our eye to Maryland, we dis
cover q hundred and ten miles Of the Ches.
apcakc and Ohio canal completed, and some
smaller canals have been long time in use.
Rail roads, however, have in this State de-
! monstratcd, as they have elsewhere, their