Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1850-11-12

.rc.srs Editors The article Of Enterprise in your pa
rer Of the 9Th inst, suggesting the porrlc,v OF Fcs
lie Legislature 70 give lc Inc ol vessels
@ or s,caIn) brtween this cry and such port IN i.uo,
y. Inc Common Council may designate l. worthy -
,n .ideration and prompt ard enerle' i'u"h 1.ual
l,e,dv contributed largely 10 tie James River Iuha''
,d literally 10 the Danvir R:ilIoad She VIII coh'l4U ~;
IN small way the Central Railroad. ana also 10 INT
nj, and Tennessee Railroad II will he S'a, bccasr sue
~ nnv able 10 do what she really desires tor those i'"1
t,t il will come from generous ea. = ana our iiietI
nIrtIy take the will for The decd II ! 700 rue e. 80
IA BIZ Enferpri.e that Railroads ana 'ahas l ho ~
here 10 purchase goods unless our city merchants
hive them 10 sell, and 10 S on terms as lavosDe' ~ H.
the country purchaser, aS lac con'i pro- u'e e. -
b 10 effect this object, il must be made an ai'i ~
INV. Tho civ is Ia derive the bcnel'; ana the che'l'
~ impors ami exports be made IA ana if"" W.: w,
d. more commerce will concentrate u i7 poll anu ,r
,,,n,ly The more rapidly population, we" ana f'"'
!, accumulate Ry aIopiin. !le proposed measure, w.
M Greatly increase ability 10 pay ilr debts oil e cry
ool 10 derive our just qlahtu'h Vi o'"'''' ~
All Canal when completed r.. , h;,,. ,,o,s
raying the inlrnse benefits 10 be derived " 's ="
Vest and South, by proper Improvements III
n, the one hand were 10 sweep me ono au "p. @
W -; f,re and nj, and on the other hardly enouIh COT
-, hemp or tobacco II BE- leii IN me lci ,! -
t Cumberland and Tennessee for home conshmPoh' anu
Il 10 be naid for Richmond IN goods Jas aiIuIa ~
aa bottoms fresh from The shops ana mus " &
e. our foreign imports have beautuy diminished ana are
o. ling smaller every year 80 iar rom h'l''u"s =;
Ennis from the far South West ~ purchase S"o' ~
y ,hnnnJ we cannot command The patronage o mos III
a- own State hali the distance our Improvements 'f
AZ completed. Why, them talk Of making k'loaus VI "a
n.s TO enable Richmond TO become an importing GU! ~.
lie cnn carry horse 10 wafer bal who can make MN
d.nk? Now The Legislature has done much Tor heioho'
and there is great anxiety every where 10 ouid up Id %
commercial civ in Tie State, wherein foreign u"de may
h. carried on upon terms equally a. advantageous as inc
North or the South IL il due 10 The people OF me Htae
that Richmond should not be liz" horse when ,einses 70
INK when the pail oi is put 10 his nose why does
the legislature build up Railroads 10 carry produce ma I'm
vel around Richmond. On The North ana me 9,9'h De-
cause, il Richmond will mol import pooa's a'A"i''a'
Petersburg or Norfolk will
Ne should see ourselves others sec us Congress ap
nropgiates money build cu>tan'-oi,e IN cincinnati
city o00 miles in our rear and nearly 5oV9 s lo'r US
ant by water from the ports OF Europe Than h!Hioha
and vet the idea OF building cusIum-house In Richmond
probably entered into the dreams OF any member VI
Congress. Thus the country which we nave long 'lhe'ea
ourselves would be tributary 10 our importing merchants
will unless promptly in the premises soon rival Us
in the supply o foreign goods, in the centre oi our own
STATE Wheeling, in town meeting lew days ago, unahi
nusv aped 10 contribute sSQ0U00 the construction 81
ne Cnral Railroad OF Ohio Thus Baltimore al one end
and Cincinnati the other OF limo OF RAILROAD cufNng
r,und Western Virginia. and both importing cities the COM
r.on suggested is inevitable Why should Congress pro
,de or building cuStonhorse in Cincinnati ana mol III
Richmond The answer is obvious IN il9i me ineish
imports in Virginia amounted 10 s2lsoo9o; in i7-l' :"
q ms OOO and in 2g S24 9}5whle in The last men
roncd year Virginia exported o. domestic produce no less
man s. 1863 422lhus proving 10 Tie understanding VI eve
70 budy that she aspircd higher condition III the COM
mecia world than that Of retailer pedar or drveeI 10 Tie
enterprsing Staes and, therefore, she needs no custom
house Ohio l849 exported To foreign Countries OF DO
nestle produce sli91i and imported s499s Of foreign
poduce exhibiting disposition u import TO The extent 81
| her exports /,
There is IN example record worthy Of imitation by
Richmond After opening vi the Railroad from Charles
Tan S c. through Augusta into The interior OF Georgia Il
was found that trade Of the latter town declined rapidly
and ruin stared every in the face The citizens OF Az
yusa finding that the question: was TO BE- or no' !" D.
with gre Il Immunity and good sense resolved that Il was
better 40 be-" They employed Engineers to ascertain The
praccabiy Of subJectng the Savannah 10 the purpose
and 10 build up in their own domestic
manufactures equivalent their losses BY reason OF tn
Railroad They found the scheme practicable and ut cos
of 100000 they canal T. miles long feet deep anl
an average of 80 feet wide conducting the water 10 convent
emf par Of the and working il over on three falls
thirteen feet each. They have now in operation WOODEN
cotton Touring and mills; and The Town is upon arm
or basis Of prosperity than ever before.
If Richmond would do much 10 establish direct trade
rs Augusta for manufactures she would IN HE mann
effect her object, As 10 The manufactures IN Richmond pr!
yate enterprise will bring them ont III few years
'"'' MANY CITIZENS.