New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1842-08-30
Ner.york and Erie Railroad.

| New. u 0rk nnd HHlc k&aflFO0us
Messrs. Editors: heard an argument to-day,
in favor of the New-York and Erie Railroad, which
should have great weight with your citizens. 1t
wa. simply this and is bat the first Of series of
the same kind of arguments that will be brought TO
bear upon your business interests and which, if not
needed soon, will ere long deprive the city of New
York of the proud and cnvous appelaton she now
bears" The Commercial Metropolis of the I'm
| ion."
One of your citiaens-an intelligent and observ
ing gentleman, by the way, distinguished both as
lawyer and as politician Of the Loco-Foco
School-in returning froma Western tour, passed
a few hours in our beautiful and thriving village
He stated that on the passage up the Lake from
Buffalo, the steamer stopped for an hour or so at
| Cleveland, O. to unload goods. He noticed that
the first dry goods box landed was from mercan-
tile house in Boston. Being somewhat surprised
| at the circumstance, he was induced by curiosity
TO watch further proceedings, and was astoRished
and thunderstruck to find pile of boxes and pack
ages as large, as he expressed it, as a common
sized house, directed TO the merchants of Cleve-
land, were all from the capital of Massachusetts.
Many thousands of dollars had been paid to the
merchants of Boston for these goods and the time
is not far distant, if the New ork and Erie Rail
road is not completed when .he trade of the bound
less West including two-thirds of the State OF
New-Y York will be directed to the same point. This
will be the inevitable consequence OF the madness
and folly of your citizens in Withholding their aid,
and thus preventing the completion of the New
York and Erie Railroad. You may mourn over
such suicidal policy when it is too late, bur you
| will mourn lie vain.
As soon as the Canal closes for the winter, an
enterprisng merchant, say of Utica, will take the
Railroad for Boston, and almost with the rapidity OF
thought will return with afaw bosos of choice goods
| His next door eighbo- not to be outdone, will
follow the example. Another, another, and still
another, until the whole trade is supplied from the
same source, will follow in quick succession.
Boston, anxious encourage this trade, will sell
goods at a small profit. The Utica merchant will
purchase small stock in Newly ork in the Fall, if,
indeed, he goes there at ell for the reason that his
assortment can be readily filled up from another
source, accessible at all times daring the Winter
months. What will be done at Utca-for example
is contagious-wil be done at Syracuse, Rochester,
Buffalo, Cleveland Detroit Chicago, and other
places until it shall to pass that the trade of
the whole West is turned into the same channel
Such, feebly expressed, are the views entertained
by multtudes of intelligent and we'll informed men
out of your city. 1t is to secure this rich prize
that Boston is struggling with giant energies, and
weil-teunded hopes of success; and she actH Sc
cure 1t, as sure as grass grows and water runs, "
unless your citizens awake, and that speedily. to
the importance of completing the great Ncw-York
and Erie Railroad. B1NsHAMToN.
A SHOCKING DEATH.-A young man, named
William Shoemaker, of Frutstown, Columbia CO.,
was, as we learn from the Danve Democrat, kill
ed on the 18th inst, in the following shocking
ner:-He went to the stable after dinner, for the
purpose of Harvesting the horses. One Of them
being of unruly kind, tits supposed he had some
difficulty in bridling him, whereby his foot became
fastened to one of the traces. The horse then ran
out of the stable, dragging the unfortunate young
man after him at full speed for about 600 yards
before he was caught, over pile of logs, posts,
Sc. fracturing his skull, and decorating his face
in dreadful manner, so much SO, that he never
spoke afterwards, and expired in about one hour
His father and brother were witnesses of the scene
The NEWPORT RslN.-Captain Fatio, of the
revenue cutter stationed at Newport, intend. to
make excavation to-day around the old stone
mill at Newport, fer the purpose of ascertaining
If any foundation exists, or other evidences by
which the original design Of this remarkable struc
ture may be ascartained. Just about year ago
We published a long article, prepared with some
care upon this subject, in the course of which the
writer investigated the claims of this structure to
Scandinavian origin, and TO antiquity high as
the twelfth century, TO neither of which we could
assent. Captain Fatio has theory of his own
upon it, and has determined to push his investga-
tons with the spade and shovel Prov. Jour.
CANAL ToLLs.-Tolls received on all the New
York Canals to the 22d August:
1859 1870 fSt1 1912
April. ...... sl0s.ols se4sss ssl,24s sl2l,IIs
] hiay.......... s0l6ss sA,2I9 SNs76 8s 2s6