New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-07-09

vocssd by Col Benton the central rOass TO the P,a
The other points the Canadian river and the Absaa-r
one route through Santa Fe advocated by Mr. sa and
the Memphis Convention Whichever rSu,s nav h.
adopted for TIE National road the Missouri Company claim
70 be on the track.
The present of the Company stated II corsst
Of 81 subscribed stock $4,000 900 loaned By tAs
State and s50OoO Of land nslsnd Is est ns,ed
will be worth, in few years AFTER the road Is completed
nire ten millions Of dollars. As loosl work.
without any connection With California il !, believed that
il viii he good dividend paying read IL nsde the lins
California It's stock must be very valuable. especially
The lsnd grsn which costs the Company nothing oads
more than half the road.
The 100000 Bonds TO be sold are secured By
frst mortgage on the south western branch and
million acres Of land and by mortgage the other line
subject to the prior lien Of the State for such State Bonds
IS msy be loaned to the Company Two hundred sni 6y
thousand acres Of lard progresses set apart 10
aid in meeting interest The Bonds convertible toto
lar of the Company any time but IL the bnnthodsr
prefers he can, within six years convert halt Of the
Bonds into Stock Of the Company t par and receive
a bopd fer the other half The Bands bear v cant
interest payable semi sppusly in the CITY Of New York.
and twenty Yeas The lands s-e Informed are ID
vsred character many Of them containing extensive do
posts Of copper IRON lead and other minerals shie wear
" all Of them tiable Agents are examining the
lands with view to making full schedule and desc-'p.
ton Of tract in order that they may be CLASSIFIED
snd prices affixed they placed sale in exchange
for Bonds the Office Of the Company in this City and IN
St Louis
Missouri i. slave State bit yet is not so deeply in
volved As the move Southern States.
The following comparative table OF few OF the State,
is from the Census of 1880:
TstaI Peyslatoa s'ares. Total Pop.laiieA Ssse
Missou'.... ss2o4s 81 1s North Carolina sSs ss ssnl
south Carolina sSssoT ,sisss IOsssa,... SITS9 as
The ratio tf increase of the white population Of Ms
souri, vastly greater han that OF the black Her white
population is now advancing rapidly, and is esmstsd o.
nu1v aafth a lava alta
are ahesd Of her in white popsaon viz virgiois Ken
ucky and Tennessee and abe is probably destined very
soen to outstp them AL 1t is also worthy Of remark that
ouly SIX Of the free States have population ex esdws
that of Missouri viz Massachusetts, New York, Peunsyl
vans. Ohio Indiana and Illinois
In varied resources as fertile soil genial climate mineral
deposits ster.power and river navigation perhaps no
State excels Missouri Al present hOsever she second
in The production OF hemp third in wine dhh IN tobacco:
and sixth in Indian corn Her wheat ur have aimed
high reputation for their excellent qualities and in the
Production If live stock aud in mining she Advancing
70 the front rank About one halt OF Missouri supposed
Ia coal field The camel coal measures OF the Osys
snd Missouri valleys perhaps the most remrkaoie IN
the world at j. stated that Of the veins % camel
coal arr seventy feet thickness The Iron Mountain
and Pilot Knob slso described natural wonders-ths
former berg mountain o. almost pure iron and the later
unsin e steel in quantities enough to supply the
world The immense OF which these are indlca
tious us now be fully developed by he projected
railroads snd population and industry will doubtless be
greatly and rapidly increased
Mr. Robb of New Orleans President Of the New Or.
Europe tomorrow upon business connected with his road
This road connecting New Orleans with Nashville aud
thence with the whole Northern, Western, and Eastern
portions Of the States by roads completed and being com
pletsd is Of immense importance to the first named
city. As Mr. Robb IN his report justly remarks
New Orleans which is separated by great distance
the Of the great population Of the Union has
ed become thst resort which nature and position IN
tended her be- Intercourse beyond the annual visit OF
those who brought hher by the demands 0 business
and commerce il .nsidersbe The attractions OF her
rnuf. MIN mo h re
70 h,r citizens aud the most absurd Impressions pre-
vail abroad the unhealthness OF her position The
fscihe. of railroad communication will change all this
New Orleans has been among the last of the cities Of the
[ mon 10 Join the railroad movement but she Ia
my with the needed energy The charter Of this Company
was approved the I'd April 1883 II fixes the capital at
OOoOCO lives perpetual existence and exemption from
ion The subscriptions {" thu stock Ut the road reach
-. - 10000 including S2OOOO0O by the City OF New'Or
aus ana . 600 600 by the State OF Louisiana The sub
srpton OF the city /, by tax Of y cent per for
x years the real estate of the citizens and this tar
WA approved the real estate owners by vote OF 29Ot
o 5oa II is assessed s7O0OO0OO of real estate Tns
progress Of the different corps Of Engineers has been
! srrex.d from Mr. Robb's report
corps Of eDg organized under the direction
Of Col ". ; Campbell In june, ISL and IN that month
,onmeuctd examination and survey Of ths country DO
tween tbs Ciy and the Stae line which, owing % the dit
fulis Of penetrating unbrokeD and cypress for
ests consumed nearly year to complies IT, Mr. James
O. IKE IN August e52 entered on duties rs Chief En-
g Of the Southern Division NJ your road commencing
tl city sDd extending 70 Canton, Mississippi corps
D
ion Of Mr. A Winchester and we're instructed 10
vty direct line Of from Canton Aberdeen This
survey has been completed and the result Of t1e exmini
ton MADE IS highly satisfactory Mr. James II Grant
pp.o ntd IN july lsJ2 Chief Engineer Of the Northern
Divsn If your ROAD which embraces the line bstween
Canton ara e Tennessee RIVER and under his directions
corps engine have been empoye for nearly nine
MOI tbs making examinations OF the country bsfwesn
Aietdstn aud Nashville Tenn. Mr. Grant has made no
rsp,s other than by letter and verbal commune alton
His examinations far made have b. highly salts
factory while maintain ing straight line Of road from
Abere.en north fr considerable ds,uce he reports
N xnum grade # thirty eet h. The mile easily att,nsbls
an informed by Mr. Grant that 80 miles OF his division
viii be ready for letting the LIST Of June and hs
marder between June and August"
Two charters have been granted by the State OF Tennes
zee for roads to Nashville With this road The
in Iotanoe VI aching ths Tennessee River the point
ss interrupted by sbssls and bars has been over
looked snd cannot BE- too highly valued when consd
ersd the produce o the Valley Of the Ohio the
lectures Of Ptsburg Cincinnati aud Lon ye that enter
30 eaten svey into the ptDD OF the agrcui aud
plaiing population will be brought In larger qu tnss by
steamboats, far distribution Ia the interior by mean. OF
rarosds and the augmratiJn contraction Of this i'm
portrait traffic VIII depend the absence Of distractions
ia the ntvg alton 81 the Tennessee River which in.
comfortable below Cbick8 and, without any ertsn-
zion e rread communication beyond the river thi, road
ard Ascending irsvs coming 10 and returning from New.
Oresn and the ~ above the mouth IL the Ohio RIVER
Tie Cor pany have purchased ten thousand raj. Al
- @ 3d. n - 100, deliverable in Wales
The rectpis OF the road estimated II three millions
Of dollars, AS follows
5000 through sad way Passesssr, averaging
80 eco Il o0u, u % v bse ....,........ g0Ooo
ATcuhufsi and MIea predictions u VIZ MA, reunes.es
- AID h.I,sssy &c. 100
ioT.,s Nn.e, sue s.'sp b. 10000