New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-03-23
FROM CINCINNATI.
csr,spo,asece Of Tue N. Y. rnhans.
CtscrssArr, Saturday, March II. 1855.

Oos A. the csuss Of the 6uaacisl embrfk ss meats
NOT Az rrevs,eps. and from which it viii take the
pn,,v .oae tune TO recover has doubt been the
.,ornt q cs,it. inve. ted in ,ilrosds For .
sesrcrtuo psst. the people OF the Wet have been
.r,,;,, villa with a railroad mania. Scvcely is ess
rosa half mpleted ere smother is talked OF % n
vel-sn airline" or "short-ine, runnins nea'iy
parallel TO II, Every village containing five huadreA
Inhabitants must have It's Railway. or 80 manage -
20 ,,, one of the great ces 10 mske il stopp ng-
plsce or IFS route Railroads psper are isid ou''
NJ Sing through all sorts and sizes OF country towas,
running ia every conceivable direction, and crossing
,,ch Other AZ al possble State CAPT ais but the in-
~, an, Question ia ~il these rsirOs's osyl SDne
# those vet unfinished will, no d'uos, when COM
nlete0 be amply r-uuuerat'pg-such ~ connect To-
-etner ereAs mS,s % commerce, ani are OBVIOUSLY
r,msrd,S bv the necessities of the country Slch Is
be Ohio ard Mississippi Rnrosd, destined 70 c0nuecs
'hb city With st Louis the eastern a0d western p"r-
.iots OF " hch have besu finished sDo give eV-rf a
surspce by their thus FAR tnH vas, an ,as
If bush must be transacted by the entire line shen
In operaicn. Such, too will De tee iosi iron TINS
plaoe TO Chicago but psrt lly completed 81 yef ana
sboripg under temporary endorsements, but which
will eventually become great business route, tne
terminus each end being such as TO give the most
substantial support. The limos Central Rslrosd.
reaching from Chicago 10 Cairo, on the Oao River,
nesr its moutn sod completed in January ls'i win
hrer CD foed to GaeHa is also great work demSn feo
ny ne present ard prospective wants OF commerce.
The Central Ohio RAilrcsd. from Columbus TO Wheel
pe lately finished meeting "a IL does with the
Bel more Ohio Railroad, thus completing con-
uection by raL between Baltimore and Cincinnati,
NUT owing TO it, connections prove successful line
of road. The success Of those raiwsy which have
Ne, for some Years in operation between the larger
cities of the " est settles the poiui that such lines.
built as the country neecs them, profitable The
Little Nismi ard the Dayton Railroads. at this plsce,
the Mcbil al Central and Meclissn Southern, the
Cleveland end Columbus, and others which
mig hi be mentioned, have been doing well from the
lin, they were opened FIR travel increasing their
ceipis end profits steadily from year to year.
But II is obvious 10 intelligent men ths, many ofthe
railrosds row IN progress projected will not be
needed by the business OF the country for yesrs to
come ard are only consuming capital which - 70
CURED by Other enterprises, both puoc and private,
incident to community growing az rapidly a. ours.
table lately published gives the nsmss on niaeteen
railroads, finished, commenced or projected center
ing at Cincinnati, in the hdtcrcle 90 the northern
side of the river excluding several butt or coutem
| plated on the Kentucky side. Ii cannot D. said With
ruth that there will be busioess to sustain one half OF
these CT, If constructed, that even third OF them
will ever pay six per cent on the cost Of their con-
structoD. In addition to the three now fnshed and
doing a good business, three more may be needed,
and will probably DO built connecting US With impor-
tant points of trade, and these with our ie.uboAs
the Ohio, will be sui ceat for tbs necessities Of osr
! con nerce for many years TO come.
But railways nportant A. they ere are not by any
means as ndisI sable TO the interests Of cities
our uavigable rivers Though navigation on one Of
them is bin0ered much of the ms by ice or low waer
they are after ell the msin-springs Of prosperity.
Those places have been most successful both re-
yards CONNER cisl or manufacturing enterprise which
are situated on the lakes or large rivers. Certain 1t
is that this city would have attained ythipg
like its present position but for is adorable location
on the Ohio II was this tina; laid the ouno atoms Of
her greatness AID las been the means of bringing to
her the trade and travel VI the East and West Rail-
L.rA lnaIlA -
| augment a trade already well established. Colum-
bus Day ton ard ndanapolis, with all their bossed
railway connections, can never rival Cleveland,
Chicago st Louis or Cincinnati, or become cities Of
the first class. II is esse Of access by water. that
builds Dp great city. Large cities may bs built Tar
from the ocean in the interior Of continents, bat
they cannot ekist far from navigable waters.
1t is supposed by that the artificial rivers Las
RAILWAYS are sometimes called may divert trade from
! natural channels, and carry it on new routes; but
this IL 8 mistake. Railways simply afford facilities
for carrying persons ana produce to and IRON ths
coasts of the great rivers and of the earth The
shores of the Western rivers like the COSTS OF
The ocean, and a steamer at ST. Louis or Cnc,nns "A
has 30 600 miles of coast within her reach without
touching the ocean. The State of Ohio is trsversed
by mum. canals ana railroads, and yet these, so
far from diyerting trade from the Ohio Valley ana
River have increa cd it by increasing the facilities
tor reaching them.
The ice has entirely disappeared from the river:
the water hss risen ten feet or more and Is now Ia
! 9bsfves crowded with boats from all quarters,
snd business il more lively than it has b'en for q
wear. tn the steamboats, going West seen nu ner-
| ou- em grants many OF whom, learn, are bound
for Kansas. party forming to leave this city for
that .rrtory, composed OF industrious and enter-
prsiDg men of various trades and occupations. They
nte nd forming colony and providing for themselves
the privileges OF education and religious Instruction.
SEE By the papers that the Eastern Emigration Sd
ciees have begun sending out parties for settling IL
Kansas and expect to send out frequent expeditions
through the spring. This ia the true plan Of action,
and much better than crOaking about the encroach-
ments of the Rveholders, and giving all up ID them
in despair Let the Free States pour Ia q constant
tide OF grants OF the right stamp, and whatever
| the resut may be il We fail it will be in the dis
charge Of our duty. Kansas, it is plain to see, must
he the battle ground between Slavery and Freedom.
Let free soil be secured for that, and II vii be So
cured beyond doubt, for Nebraska, which is more
northtrIy and less fertile. II emigration OF the right
kind goes forward all Of this year. with the aid OF
the Congress- all may yet turn out Tor the best
slave case has been trial 10 the Superior Court
todsy. Two slaves were brought here, a lew days
since from Wheeling, and brought on shore for the
purpose Of shipping them on another boat To inc
South, writ OF kdt'ds corpus Vas imme didteiy OBJ
taned and the men lodged IN Jail for two days TO
await the arrival Of witnesses for the owners. The
case has been ia progress to-day before Judge
Spencer. "
The case Of tbs mulatto boy excluded from ono OF
chr Public Schools, has been again brought before
the school Board. II being stated tia. the descent
Of the boy vas such that there was scarcely any
black blood in his veins Committee OF Inquiry ~@
appointed and instructed 10 report a. an early day
silthe facts in The case. This report has not yet
Teen made. Yours truly, p