The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1838-01-16

,o.r,s IF the contemplated Rail Road through the
,,alIios of the Connecticut and Passumpsic Rivers
The favorable opinion so often expressed by intel
ligent gentlemen abroad of the advantages Of this
route and of its unquestionable feasibility will, we
doubt not tend enlist enterprise and capital in its
behalf. Tho result of the late survey, under tho
patronage of the State and enterprisng citizens,
demonstrates this route to be one of the most egl-
BILE for rail road of any IN New England of equal
length and obstacle but the arrangement of the
financial affairs of the country nterposes to prevent
early operations with a view to the construction Of
the work It's all important to Vermont, particu-
Iarly to the northern and sections, that this
enterprise should not be abandoned. We intend
hereafter to lay before the public further in
formation relative TO this subject.
VERMONT VALLEY RAILROAD.
We have been favoured by Mr. Erastus Fair
banks, of the firm of Il. 81 L. Fairbanks q Co.,
one of the commissioners for Inc survey OF the
above rail road route with the reports OF the
commissioners appointed by the General Assem-
bly Of the state Of Vermont, accompanied WIN
the survey Of Mr.. A. G. Twinng, civil engineer.
| Detailed estimates are made of the whole con-
templated route, extending from vermont OF. inc
line dividing Vermont from Nassachusetls, ana
running northerly through the vaIiics oil the Con
neccut and Passumpsic rivers to the river ot
| Lawrence 10l SO 100 miles. a continuous llhe
| is also i'm contemplation from Vernonihrough me
state of Massachusetts, and from thence cont'h-
ued so as to unite with the rail road from New
Haven to Hartford, for which there mas peen
grant by the legislature of Connecticut about
one half of which is already completed ms
will form a complete unbroken chain OF railroad
from Long-I slaud Sound TO the River 81 Law
renee over three hundred miles III length. 4 rom
the Vermont line to Springfield Is ABOUT oo mics,
from thence to Hartford 26 miles, and from Hart
ford to New Haven about 40 miles The accom-
plishment ofsuch an undertaking Will justly rank
among the greatest of the age An IheohceWa'
BILE impulse will be given to a great population
whose enterprise is spell pound, for want OF
the means communication. Internal improve
ment is destined to their relief. Let not folly, IN"
fatuaon delay pro ect so noble 1t may al
be accomplished without a dollars expenditure,
OH the credit of the states through when II Is m
tended to pass. The income in q few years WIZ
discharge every responsibility. Agriculture Will
revve,--hs and vaes along the line will be-
come cultivated water privileges will become
valuable, and new ones will he muiuphed,-
w orkshops will be erected, and immense tacto-
RES will spring up as by eQchantment and
where solitude now prevails, cities and villages
will arise and commerce will interchange and
disseminate her varied comforts, her wealth ana
her abundance. The increased production OF inc
states in which the Improvements are made, VIII
very soon more than equal the cost and the lands
road T" cf equal extent.
Imagine this line once completed, and the
modites, moving from the great sea-shore to the
great river of the north, and from thence 10 the
sea shore again, with all the benefits from the
Atlantic mark cts brought as were at almost
TO their doors,-what compensation, think you,
would induce them to relirquish these privileges,
81 again TO their former pent-up sequester-
ed condition, for single year? After three years
enjoyment Of its pleasures its conveniences and
profits the whole cost would not compensate for
years deprivation. And will they now hest
and halt when
for going on? Will miserable cowardly
oiny, hold them in check 1t is not a new cXpc-
riment. Stout hearts and firm nerves have
opened the way, aud established by facts that
cannot be gnin-sad, that national prosperity and
internal improvement go hand in hand. Every
years delay is Il sacrifice of all that it will cost
when fairly in operation. The number and
character OF the populaton-the fertility of the
soil-the unbounded water power-the various
resources from cultivated fields, from quarries,
mines and forests, with such long connected
route, cannot fail constantly to accumulate in
creaslng loads at every stopping place. To deny
lis productiveness, would be to set at nought an
alogy, and to pronounce experience useless.
Those who have taken the lead mus, perss OH
they must arm themselves with tacts,-preach
and publish,-enlis. fresh auXiliaries.-atend
every legislative session in every state through
which 1t. passes, and inform the ignorant,-
strengthen the week, and inspirit the timid in
short, leave nothing undone until it is determin-
ed upon and the work is under way. They
should work MS tor their existence for it is only
by internal Improvement and domestic manufac-
tures that the ingenious and enterprising popu-
lation of New England cnn he retained. Con
tinually drained of her best blood by emf grafton
she must degenerate, and finally be left with an
inefficient sparse population Of drones, without
respect and without power Selfprcservaon
demands New England to put her industry in
action, increase her productions and internal i'm
provcments, give new life and action TO COM
nerce, and thereby check the depopua,ing man
ia that pervades that interesting section of the
Union.
From The ". Orleans Picayu,,e, Dec. 81.
Loss OF THE BLACK HAwK-The steamer
Black Hawk, Capt. Taylor on her passage from
Natchez to Natchitoches burst her boiler on