The Port Gibson herald, and correspondent. (Port Gibson, Claiborne Co., Miss.) 1848-18??, 1851-05-30
From the Hirids County Gazetas.
The Railroad Mania.

a community without leaving a trace behind it.
We find that In almost every State, works of
decided importance have been commenced, and
| are vigorously pushed forward 10 compile. |
ifian.--As an evidence of what has been done
within the last year or two, and what 10 now
under way, we invite attention to tie following
| The New York and Erie Railroad was opened
on thesl ct inst.s to its terminus, at Dunkirk,
| fourishing town on Lake Erie. S ,
! The Montgomery Alabama, and West Point
Rairoad--ninety miles in length--was TO be
i opened on the | st inst
l. Chickasaw county. in this State, has decided
by vote ofthe citizens, 6o4 to IS. to subscribe
S 10000 TO The stock Of the Mobile and Ohio
4 Railroad Company. !
|. A meeting of the citizens of Madison and
\ the adjacent counties of West Tennessee, was
heldat Jackson on the l4th nit, for the purpose
| of taking such action as might be deemed ne
cessary and expe5ientloT the purpose Of securing
the construction Of the Mobile and Ohio Rail
road through West Tennessee. The meeting
WAS very large and enthusiastic, and the best
/ feeling prevailed throughout the entire proceed
ings. a correspondent Of the Nashville Wing
writes: "Eeery one retired with the conviction
1 that The grand eHtefprse would be carried ont,
4 and thai. TOO, speedily. You may set,it downass
certain, that the Mobile and tlhio Railroad will,
j be copstrueted through West Tennessee" -
The Portsmouth and Concord IN. Fl ! Rail
road is Progressing rapidly. Tie grading is 70
81 be completed in six months. - =
\ a petition iste be presented TO the Bext egis-,
lature Of Connecticut for The charter Of railroad
from some suiiablepoint in The town Of Stoning.
to1r,i to thereby of New London fts'
Il 1t appears from the reportvof the Chief .Engi-
A .neer that arrangements have been made tecom-
lpete the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad to Wheel.
ing by the LIST January. 1853 The distance
lfrom Cnmbef!andis is zoo miles, all Of @tichfis
IInderco coRtractand in-pragsessse constructions.
Six miles OF rails have been laid-west of, Cum-
berland, and the irenswiil now be laid down as
fast as ii can be transported to The points where
tits needed. There are now four thousand FIVE
j hundred men and 800 horses at work ol''thel
Il linz, being twenty-five men and four horses per
mile. -. ,4.,
II At a meeting at otsego. New York, on the
Cd ult., company, was organized to construct a
!, railroad between Albany and~Binghampton on
/ the New York and Erie Railroad, feFanthrongh
the valley oftbe Susquehanpah by the valley of
, tIhe Great Bend .t....s.
The Pennsylvania legislature, al its late ses.
sion. passed bill authorizing the connectioRqof
; the Cumberland Valley~and Central Railroads
The connection, tits believed will be Of inn
: mehse advantage to Pennsylvania, by bringing
the iron and coal interests Of that State IN COM
petition with those great interests in Maryland.
Il The people of Memphis and Louisville are
alive To the Importance of a railroad het geen
Il The ts~u ciIles, fsasrrIE. a memorial from
: Memphis. on the subject has been laid before
the city authorities Of Louisville and by.them
!. feeferred 10 committee who have senta rePlysto
the Memphis Committee, in-whicll they say:
Fl The ppople Of Louisville are fully alive to the
Il Importance Of fnakinga railway TO some point
!, south on the Mississippi river; and '~elthnk a
healhfui spirit is sprineiHg up in the Kentucky
counties between this city and. the Tennessee
line. You may rest assured that Louisville Will
suly perform her part Of the work k; and her aid
. and example will give tone, activity and success.
i 10 the enterprise. Ii Tennessee and her cities
shall do ihe;t part as well as Kentucky and the
II city OF Louisville will do theirs, the work will
/ soon Be in successful progress.
RI The railroad !rSm Wilmington, North Cares
| ! lima to Manchester South Carolina. by which
: Southern travellers will be enabled 10 dispense
! with the present disagreeabIe voyage bysea, be.
: tween Charleston and Wilmington, is rapidly
. I progressing towards seompleLieu. It is l62miles
long and connects At boht ends with existing
RI lines OF railway. The etripshstweensN New Or
!. leans and New York will, by the eqnstsnetion
: ! Of iLis road, be'shortened abduttwo days
. The Charleston Conrier. learns from Tie. an.
nual report that the present amoaSt of ca pital
III in The Naskville Chattanooga and Citsflestoh,
!. Railroad, is 50 560,765, of which 81 100000
e has been paid in. The Courier ssyss.S-s
81 Nashville and %CharIsaoR have subseribed
: S50o0oo each, and he Georgia Railroad Com
L fns)k n IL ar od fbofe fu
G miles Of road @ih be finished during tie pres
lent yeaf.1 The stIccess of this great work w
give tn the S6atlsern staiestite carrying trade
of.the great salley of ahesH,esis heretefVre mo
e nopoiized by Northern lines The reportesti
! mates The cost of completing the entire. lH'
e | ffonr Ghafleston TO Cairo, at the coHfuenfe o
. ttes Mississippi and Ohm less 1haH eei
'.l million dollars against forty-6ye miiiolis--ib'
2hf teast cost at which any Of The northern, eitie
a J, can approach it-with the addiiiona advantag 2
e in fapursof our city. of 800 miles less dstshc
hsi from the desired paipt.' - = s'.'ssf - =
'df tine af The rfiost. .siupendousaT
nj is, from Baltirnore 10 the Kapzas liver, On th
d western frontier. Of Missouri. It's length wi
be j 400 miles, rommencfn9 at Baltimore an
of running 10 Pafkersburg eItbe Ohio. in Virginis
Y tEfenee 10 Vincennes thence to- ST. 'beuisissil
rs thence to the KaHzasss itis to receive the nam
"a OF tire Straight Ise Road, since Inc dtFeIgehc
" fram straight line befyeeh The two points i
N said ~. be butsI5 miles. sIt sssaid, also sths
or there ism polntsns the whole route, where t
at eIeystan.w1I xceed.twosfeet to the mile; thf
'n part passng through The state Of llfineis, Ii
a mites; viii be. only 90 feetia tie vhSe diFtaIr,
'nl The worksofisy wing Ihe itack 1T tiies0 0Ainan
IS .Pennsylvauianirailrnad from Piusburgb toshla'
3 eilion, distance of LOT miles, has been aottel
ed IF here sheald be no delay 10 the delivery OF u
e. materials, The track Il 70 beslaid IRON Alleehai
as city III New Brighton bs the fisstsefsJoyi %
nd llsaee, at the inierseetion with The eeFelar
railroad, on Ibe Isl pf October; and 10. Massile
!. by the. Ist os No9emher Of 1his years .s... !.
IN cHoalL ExA AmiS ArIoS.--A schoolnastt
C. anfonaced- 10 his pupils thai an exatnin'
20 ton would soon take place. - 4 =
ae ss1f Fousare examined ihegeography,
4: said she,ssyou will surely be asked Wh
= is the shape The earths and If gous sheul
ly mot remember Just look at me, and 1 w
$; show you my snuf-box to remind you tn
= lit is round,n' So ....-sss g Ase,.
XII Unfortunately the teacher had two snu1
l...-... .-S..v,d or,os u,hich ha nFIv i1Sf