The New York herald., 1850-10-08

Ian Dss cent DeysAas - Monday, tAs M inst We
are iafsrnsd tlst tAis bsah Ass psd &iviasnds in
slu1ins TIE present one, 70 the Of ISsx per
cent iss capital ssesk, since Its Incorporation
BY some mint arrangement, Holland hes dsprseiatsd
The value Of her Eve and ten gudsr pieces snA thus
ssnt them to seek foreign market; and - they do
not net - In minting quote the ten guildsrs
At - %, and the nvs guildsrs ct 81 o.
Coatxsots have been for building that division
Of the Chissgo and 6alsns railroad lying between Esin
and Bslvidsrs 1t Is expected that the road win be
completed to Bevdsrs BY the 25th Of Dsssmbsr 1851
Five thousand tons Of wsloh rail have been pur.
chased terms highly sstisfsetory to the company
One thousand tons have assdy bee, shipped and the
remaining four thousand tons have to be delivered en-
thssesbosrd In March and April next. The iron IL to
be laid down this side at little less than s3s per
ton, duty paid.
The Mobile and Chicago Railroad Company hsvs, BY
sst Of Congress, been plsssd In possession d sst
nate sections land for SIX miles east and west Of
road along its entire length and when such cannot
be found vsesnt within these limits they may be ta
kan wherever they bs found, within hfsesn miles
efths rosd, on either side. This ensures the com
pston OF the road within reasonable time opens
markets fer the vast extent Of rich and fertile
try through which it will pass. Congress has soasi
dersd this great national work and has wisely
tended such aid VIII guarantee its speedy eonstrus
tion. The annexed statement, giving condensed ac-
cunt Of the route, &C., is from the st. Louis RepubA-
con- and viii DO read with interest in all sections Of
the country
MoBnE AND CHICAGO RinRoAp.-rhe best route for
this great improvement has been ascertained by Ella
borste surveys 1t passes through nve States fol-
e2h miles In Alsbams. 271 miles in Eastern
Mississppi 1lSk centrally in Western Tennessee 0x
nois-making the distance from Mobile TO the mouth
Of the Ohio 492 miles, and the entire distance from the
raj course rom Mobile to the Ohio river is sshtly
west Of north, thence to Chicago about the de-
gree east Of north 1t crosses no nsvgsble stream,
great small In its whole extent except the Ohio RI
at Its mouth It s average distance OF
70 miles from the Mississippi river aud less than
hfty miles average distance respectively from the
Illinois and wabash rivers Unobstructed BY the trbu.
taries OF the Mississippi on the west 1t Is equally
rivers ON the esst Tbu, In its eourse nearly due
north and south, 1t occupies belt OF country almost
entirely destitute Of natural channels Of commu
ticn and forms at the time the most direct cheap
and durable trunk line OF railway that be project
ed for the great valley Of the West In lengtht is
cendng gradient stee per than 30 feet per mile, and
going north 40 feet per mile, and Its highest
tO6 feet It's position for the Intersection Of other
diverging liner Of railway is at all points
favorable, to vitons bu ndred and twenty miles from
Msbile In Clark county Mississippi, t will the
Vicksburg and Montgomery line; one hundred aud
fifty miles from Mobile in Camper county, Mississippi
IL will recsive branch line from the coral fields Of
the Black arrior Valley via which branch
may eventually be extead.d to ii huntsville, Alabama.
In Tshimingo county, hss it will connect with the
line Of road from Memphis Tennessee, through
North Alabama to the Georgia railway, at Rome or
Chattanooga By n branch road % miles long, i will
intsrseet the Tennessee river below the "Great Bend
shcaln 246 miles from Mobile. This branch extended
through Columbia and Nashville, Tennessee, to Louis
vile Frankfort, Kentucky, and thence to Cincin
natl fof connecting line OF immt nse value TO the
States Of Tennessee Kentucky Indiana and Ohio and
to the several railway interests leading from these
etstes tothe Atlantic cities At Columbus Kentucky
II will receive branch from the St. Louis and Pacific
line via the Iron Mountain Of Madison county, Mis-.
souri, About co plss Of St. Louis il will interssct
the important line from that city and Alton to Clio.
einnsti and Louisville Still further north, and halt
way between the Ohio and Lake Michigan II will cross
the very direct eastery line from Springfield lneis
to 1 ndis nj polls, Columbus and Baltimore At Peru
the southern terminus Of the Illinois and Michigan
the trsc Of the Lakes and the Upper Mississippi and
finally be extended northwardly TO Lake Superior.
The total present population, white and black, Ia
counties to be mainly accommodated By this road 10
not lees than oO0 with aggregate export and
import tonnage Of 10000 tons The entire present
population OF States and parts OF States, whose
feis are and will continue to be, chiefly At the Gulf
and tonnage OF eos 900 tons while the whole
present population Of the Mississippi basin nclua az
the western portions Of yirgnis, Pennsylvsnis and
xs;h yhS M Be rsS sc9pSes:a Ji,h The GIL lib, ,.
than by any other avenue Is s,co0,oco.
The total cost Of this road from Chicago 80 Mobile
s67 miles constructed with ahesvy Iron rail- 65 lbs TO
the yard and fully stocked With machinery for its
opening business In proportion to the extent and pro-
ducveness Of the country will net exceed $4,000 per
mile aggregate Of SlT 600 less than half
the amount already invested In railways By the city Of