Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1855-08-10

Having exposed the absird.;y ut the nonresident
private corporations twaddle nbOut "cOa II Mr Ger
frnmeH,' We propose To examine liz equally rldcu-
lous assertion, thar the punctuny OF the old route
has been OF the miracles of the age We learn
there SIyErYSIsE failures in six months noted
i'll the Department against this pTnctual rai!road
Who does not recoilect who tfcqucned the Reading
room during the winter months the almost daily
notice the black board f"No Nortlcrn mail To-
day and hnt the Northern mail missed fire often
rs the lock of II workout blunderbussi Who does
not know that the .NJTttsra route WIS then n bye.
word and Il rcproach, ani that il WA. cursed black
aud blue by the mcrc!an;s,.nd editors n this city =
Who does not rccucct the frequent anl nelanclinly
tales about Ice in the Potomac" Fog On the
rivcr anh similar accidents. THIS talk about punc
uaiity," with "SiSErY-SISE RECORDED FAILURES,
strikes us lonkiu. very suspiciousy like The non-
sense vi second rhildhond. IL Is simply ludcrouS.
3.-"PcBLIc CoSvESIEHcE.'
lfit were possible consistently with truth, TO pro
n"unce charge OF the Aquia Creek road more abb
surd Sroundcss aud udicrous than another should
award the palm tu what has been said about "pubc
convenience" The Alexandria AMI Orange aud
Central road passes through Il much larger, more
iere and popuous portion al Virginia than the local
brlte.paii 10 Aqua Creek. |. 10 Il land route, aIl
n.nr.io mail Iactes 10 lar.cr portion ut the people
"l virginia. We might iIi,tlurr Alexandra. War
r1hto!, Orange Court HOUSE, and many villages,
besides large number ot counties w:ln5c claims are
us great II" those Of the SIX thousand Citizens Of
Fredericksburg" to mu;! facilities.
w Ho -, HOWEVER, RE>POSsiBLE THE AL
LLGED "iScOTvESIESCE Who Is the utfrnde.-
who merits the skuiugs Of the .Nrws arI tho heavy
artillery 0i the National american! Not the Pust-
mnster Gcrcral! nor tho POST Dlics Department.
for the President of tho RObillsunian and Aquiu
Creek Company admitted in u published letter mar.
Grd by cou-ld'rutlu degree Df imeill -ibiiiy that
the Postmaster General had offered he little company
ZONE HCSDRED AND FIFTY DOLLARS PER MILE tor the
local mail between Washington und Rlrhmvad"-
that mail upon which the "cOHrsnrRcs Of the pnGiir
WHY ytinf A.
Jr tbs convenience Of that "pubr." II Refused the
generous offer Uf the DcpaI with scOrn and
Tempt, us everybody knows.
IV.-Tng SOLICITED INTERFERENCE OF THE BOARD
or PrBLIC WORKS.
The State, il will hc rccu!l"ctcd owns Mrr".ftt7s
u the stock OF the first uan.d roads, and ORchf ot
The -ocl of the lit;e local road which To- P":"-
nac mud Tat. And Ms Star, MrOv1h h'r D0ard ~
PH6ic Works. Is caiird ypOn 10 sustain loss t.c0
r~ids an TAIch she omnS M,ec-ftthS GJ !Ac stock 10
help "a rOdd an TEch she Oniy 0wnS ORr-ftW II M
SOck. Ii this j. not rank, clear stark lunacy, ask
for specimen OF genuine madness.
But the unqussflunable insanity Of this company
will be rendered still more apparent by recoicciug
that tho organs, oiiciIs and newspaper u the COM
pany have declared that the great Southern mail
vice worth rorhimg-or "dJom as much as ma
| nuyr'--to the Aquia Creek road, whilst IN the next
breath they Ask the State 10 sacryfcs her interests IN
iwo great r0ak t ca0Jie the Aylta Cre.k ROAD to get
hack 0gHin perfectly r0lm!sSs maH srrrc", is GER
| However mnch the Aquia Crock road may attempt
to work upon the sympathic6 aud political prjudces
OF Know. Nothing Richmond, the property holders OF
the city will not forget the fact that the Central road
is worth more To the city Of Richmond than ten thou
sand such abortions rs the Aqua Creek road The
future greatness Of Richmond, we all know and no
one denies, depends in part upon that vast trade
which th" Ccnra road will pour into the city AS fur
us the future is concerned, the Aqun Greek roud is
of no more consequence To Richmond than Is tho old
Plymouth road of Massachusetts, or Mr. ALLENs prl
vate track Mt CIarcmont. Iii was to 20 down to-
morrow, all Broad street, from Screamersville to
SrEBBISs china shop, would send up shout Of JOY,
and thank God for happy deliverance
| No incident in the history Of It's management has
ever won for il friend III Virginia. Ii curnbers Nr.
gnia soil, but the master spirits who are known 10
control its operations supposed 10 reside ON the
other side OF Mason aud DXon's line. Whilst on
other railroads, have been again and again manifest.
| ell II generous and honorable interest and exhibited
u uudabc generosity 10 the agricultural interests OF
the State the history Of this dlapdGtcd and selfish
corporation is not marked by solitary generous ac-
ton that recOllect OF at this tne towards the
farming interests of the State An instance oil tine
| may be recuectcd in connection with the late Agrl-
cultural State Fair. Its bitter knowNothng appeals
to the Virginia people, it's groundess charges asa'nst
the Post Office Department. its greed ana sciisiicss
have rendered object of de,cstation with ninc
tenths of the citizens OF this oid Commonwealth.