Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1851-04-04
TIE GREAT WEST.

less subject himself the evils tha; afflicted Nj l!ieF VIZ
Il the wan, Of rua,c confidence while In 0!hct, ara HE
wan: uf public respect for the balance Of his i'.e.
i TIE GREAT WEST.
The Republic describes man. published at Cincinnati II
Williams lstcrn Plh. .fndtr, showing he various Iaircau
routes in Chio Indiana nod Hin s and afa views o shoS
in the Southern part OF Michigan and wisconsin, aid the
Northern teGer Virginia cn cc.ucy; n when re ns-
,irerh,d ,e railroad: which finished, nearly So ir''
those which are proposed and in process OF construction
According 10 the nnayss OF the Republic first is tie great
route which has been dcnomina,cd the Saight!nc loud
commences at Baltimore and hcaco through Cum
bennd, Three Forks arkcrs5ag, Belpe, Chii!conc Cn-
cinna FncenEes and ST. Louis to he western boundary
of Missouri whence il is expected ii not very renoc
day to extend Pacific. Thea there is the great Cen
trail route which, commencing with the Baltimore and ONO
road from Baltimore Wheeling via Three F"k7 rune from
Wheeling 10 GAINESVILLE; from ZanCsYe BY Southern route
TO Cincinnati, but by the great Central route to Newark,
where is nersected by the psbug from the eas;,
and the Sandusky from the north; thence 10 Columbus,
where nteseced by the Cleveland route on the one
hand Xenia the other from Columbus the Cen
trail route pursucs its by way Ufbana, Pqa
and Crcenville Winchester where # intcrsccs the Belle
fontane road and continues with it to Indianapolis aud by
.nolcr Dayton Paris Richmond, Csn'r:Yi!le, Cana
bridge kn;gh,stown, TO Indianapolis and here Ices
than roads concentrate Of which is the Central
which continues Terrc Haue. thence TO 'andaa and
thence ST. Louis and another Chicago and THENCE
Davenport Iowa. by route and by another the great
Central Illinois route TO Cairo The Pennsylvania and Ohio
railroad runs from Philadelphia Psburg and reaches
Ohio Wcsvile, whence it through northern Ohio
Fort Wayne, and thence Warsaw in Indiana, which is
far il s projected The present time. OF the
mencing further north, the gea: New York and rie
road, which from the city Of New York 10 Dunkk on
Lnke Erie, and thence communicates by with the
Cleveland and Columbus route and also with the Michigan
Central from De;Ioi. Chicago, thence Davenport
and with the Michigan southern route from Monroe via ST
Josephs Chicago and heaco Rock Island Davenport
Iowa City, Council BIuis &C., and tho Massachusetts, Al
bany and Buffalo road which o. the lake communicates ii
the saE:c manner with tic points.
/ We agree with the itcpublic that
Ne American ca lprk ii these p,uper!Dps wrrkanol
castles in tho air Of dounul exccuur but rhny h thar
completed and nj! n greater less Of progresson
and carried in great private enterprise
without feeling proud that he ~ American Thousands
und thousancs .: mics accomplished, millions upon nil
lions Of dollars expended and nyrinds Of stlwar
well as numerous intelligent mnda employed III This
great systcm Of internal improvements which binds
ederacv together with bands Of oa acd wi,h bands that
are stronger than -pn and Which time only stngincEsI
! community OF interest and community ui uricxampod
prosperity.
Bat have here the strongest argument against the
necessity Of the coup,ng interference by the Federal Go
I vcrnn,ent, with internal improvements in tho States2
WIN tneSc tnOusata5 mics accomplish
Cd" and "mIlions upon millions oil da!ora expended" by
Scte and individual enterprise why reso. 10 the Federal
Treasury :or tho wasstu and m:schievous expenditure
money raised By taxation the pcope OF a tho States
for sectional benefits but 20 pay the expenses simply
occessary 10 carry the Govcrnnen! We r:o:ce
these immense arteries OF Trade and travel stretching over
the aud-cad the rejoice them established
~ the energies ani OF the people Immediately
eotcd in their benefits While TIC various sections Of the
country ere thus boldly aud successfully pushing
great work. we hope to hear of applications the
Federal Government, now greatly too rnch centralized in
power. for aid il wild jobs OF Internal improvements Rail-
roads and other improvements will be built when the
sy OF :sda demands The exaioas Of States and individuals.
sILK-RAIsING FOR THE SOUTHERN STATES.
An intelligent American 10 London who avoraniy stu-
a;ed for nnr;uatoN writes Paris correspondent!
of the Rev York Journal Of Co.na,nrcc as fellows:
"u enormous excessive qucny Of French rood is
sumed in the United STATES The American would be n:-
onal benefacor who should direct the growth and nmnuac-
elsewhere. The South bc;ag admirably ndapcd SILK cn!-
urc this renders its introduction Important in every point
Of view. The railroads which penetrate s. W Virginia
open new field OF strong attraction"
The writer Ia little in advance of the times-housh
hope soon TO see railroads pencata s. ". Virginia. We
suspect that the SeTc enterprise in the United States thus
far, have not been rewarded with much success
BOARD OF TRUSTEES TO WEST POINT
The oowinei let of the nnca OF the gentlHracn in
ved 10 attend the examination OF the Cadets in Juno next
at the Military Academy at West Point:
Robert H. Gardiner Esq., Maine; William Dwight, Esq,
Massaehnset;si Professor ~ W. Saith, Connccca HH'
Francis Granger New York; Cen George Cad%asadoF,
pennsslvana; Gen aacs L. Ga::hcr Maryand Po: James
Philips North Csrol:na Col Nm p. Bowen, George; Az
hony H. DGnlevy, Hsl Ohio; Henry w Huntington bsf
Lonislnna DR.. Samue Brecb Aabana Hon 1honas Ran
DALI F!oiida Rev John 4. Lathrop Ii. d., Wisc1.sio
Gen. Jesse B Browne Iowa; Hon. Jefferson Davis, sSiS
! sippi.
The following are the Cadet appointments for 1881 from
Virginia. Conrad H. Powell 9th district; George W. Huston
I llth district; George Jackson l4th district
! THE DELAWARE NEGRO LAW.--Fhe Cent'e'ils
(Nd.) Times, rcmarking upon the law OF Delaware
against free negroes coming into that State, says:
sThis law will protect the slave property Of the EASTER
Shore very much Nearly all the of our slaves nave
been by the aid of free negroes through Delaware.
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Il NEw ORLEANS MARCH 271h.-Captan French was execu
rod near Durango Texas double crime OF murae