Richmond Indiana palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1837-1839, 1838-08-11
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CINCINNATI AND CHARLEsroS Ran Ro,.
We find the following letter firm Gen. IL
President OF the company, to +. 5. Thomas =
I" the fost OF last evening. |, cvnssi... Is;.a. +
interest 10 our citizens.
CHARLESTON, July 81, lsas
''Saoh has been the impulse given 10 IN.
nc msnd here. within the last few YEAR,
IS I he spirit OF enterprise excited. especisn. :
he prospect opened to US, of extending on, :.
necIions by a direct trade, 10 Europe: and 4, -
roads 10 the 'rest, that nothing seems now "a -
neartcn Us. Our burnt district, even a, his =
sun of the Year is covered with workshop -
buildings are going up IN every direction, AMI :
a very short time. not ycstaue OF cur los. =
rema,n. BE assured that Charleston Is desc,
lc r,se like Phonix from her ashes in unaas...
strength and beauty and be assured also ~
with due encouragement from our rfs.ers -,
rem, we shall never stop short of eonnect.n, =.
selves by railroads with the navlgahlc wa,e,s
the west. and At us many points NAV be e.
therein.opcn to US. We fear no competition i.
other cities on the Atlantic coast In the -
trade which will be poured from the ter,s -
,'opuous regions of the west, into the ..hrnaa 4.
lantlc," there will be enough for us all, Csene,,,
bernard in one of his reports. aments tina; ,hs..
were SO few practicable routes for rail- roads -.
canals across the Allie ghanies, that in the sov,
II time they would be found inadequate In Il.
! wants OF commerce. Our passage acsoss Il.
mountains, Through the valley OF the Fr,,eL
Broad River.) IS the shortest and best vel Jise,,
cred. We shall probably effect IL wiihoa, a s,,.
&c inclined plane, by overcoming clovas,ens no,
/ exceeding twelve hundred feet; and from the sun.
NIT OF the mountains westward, We have almost
IA level PLAIN 10 Knoxville, the head Of sfcalnbsa
navigation on the Tennessee. The aid Of Ikea
mel n extended tn ns u,l ,niy
the road to Lexington; aud from thence. all lhe
proposed lines To the Ohio will sooner or late. /.
filled up. So that we look forward with sssi
hope to u .consummaiion SO devouiiy TO be wnA.
ed.''
at was necessarily our first step TO push =
from the ocean; and here finding road reaA
made TO our hands, have awaited ourselves
It fo. 81 miles of way. From this poas
(Branchvlle, on the Charleston and Hameu.
road.) we hav @ laid out the road 10 Colimba, aha
IS mles-havc made all The contracts, aadsr
proceeding rapidly. In the meantime, General
Hamilton has gone to Europe to effect hand
100000 for our company, on tho 'redh Of h
State of South Carolina. We hope 10 put ta
Southwestern Railroad Bank in operation ear
IN the winter This institutions especially shouA
Kentucky concur in the charter will, under sus
cesstul management, make the road; and hoF]
non NAV live TO see tho realization OF all VOC
long cherished hopes on this SUBJECT
..We have meeting OF the General Board Of
Directors at Lexington ON the 18th Monday u Aa-
gust. and of the Stockholders at Ash'ie, AZ
on the nth Sept. shalt. on my route. examie
The Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road, aud take In
cinaati in my ray to Lexington, TO view the VOC
ders of western industry, and TO exchange ven
with You and other friends to tho great canss q
nuhjic inuroy cment. hope you will he at hoas
! an the 2Oth OF August, when l expect 10 be
Cincinnati"