The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-02-03
THE DAILY DIsPATCH7.


THE DAHL I DlCT n r -.
1900 ss.rutua. FEBRUARY 3,s1s3!.
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fyemmeSce as,wcen the West ana ING
apsake 49,. a.fe., If
Although osea disappointed % ,s,,,-sd ~.
f,yor,,e schemes-sishoush we n..s - ,f
m sdirec,iou of the lines OF $3.50
T.. energies Of virginia, We have new. :.
and even now. when the ota'e ' 80
.,.nd,po still and pretty heavny uAea, '.,.-
,h., bsr bright future, 80 nspreo'c'eo' H'' 49,
o.f This Covipgton Road nos go'ns 'un'
Canal tha. creates. OF all onr improvements :.
s,onned-yet there are other INES IN pfos'e'' oe'
of The State, which, 10 another oFeoaon' arc
oneuiug new connections anu ne" HA"e i''
Virginia. .
our virginia and Tennessee Railroad-one Of
our most important railroad iines-is comp'e'eo
20 Tennes see. Tne East Tennessee and Virginia
Railroad viii meet 1t there the present yesr-pro'
baby In Augus:. There are forty miles OF tna'
road to flash. The iron Is conveyed now TO DOM
ends of this gap. and the work will go on a. DOH
ends and be completed, as we have said prooao'y
10 August. The Charleston and Memphis ha''
road ia finished. save gap of tTsn'ye4gAs miief'
which will be completed by the first CT May. 30
that when the Tennessee Road is finished, we shah
be In Communication with Memphis BY this con
neeticu with the Tennessee and other hosds' VIC
may expect large accession to the trade OF fhs-
MIA, and especially Of this city. An interest,"
ing fact has just been brought to our no''ce
which we mention in support OF TINS ssS'f ''oA
Since the completion of railroad coninanio"''oA
between Tennessee and Charleston ana esVAh-
nah. THE article of wheat which was never oeiore
taken for sale to those cities, has become 10 'nem
an important item Of trade we learn 'na' tney
my, receive about two millions Oh DusneiS per an
nun. With the advantages OF TINS eHy ior .ne
~,,es.,uro Of FIour-with the high reputation
., our brands-and its advantage OF temperature
,dhos,,h at the season of greatest activity In
the wheat trade, we may reasonably expect
i.r,e mart of these two millions of bushels, and
npch In addition from the country lying upon toe
,,,an,ohed line Of the Eas. Tennessee and Virgil
MA Road 1t Ia also reasonably calculated 'hat
c,usi ,erabie trade in cotton will De opened TO os
There are besides, conveyed to Savannah ana
Chnrleston since their connection with tennessee,
sbout $4,000 worth Of copper ore per annum.
The Weld Of this is constantly increasing, ana
may we not look for q share OF ~ Add 10 this
the product Of our Virginia mines, ana WY may
We no. estatlqh & smelling furnace heFe' ana
TO ON immense manufacture and trade in
sonperl Certainly we may look Tor vast !n'
orasso IN our commerce, and in travel for own
rosds. from these southwestern connections
which will ere long be extended 10 New orleans
snd Texas.
Tive nrosperI,y which these accessions will give
cur roads, and The increased wealth mat must
.,,rre N the State, will be so much added to our
,oasns end inducements to complete our impor-
,o,t Iiaes in another direction, from which must
In al
hy coi H. c. CABELL, of this city, at the Savan-
nah Convention, this subject is discussed with
h,ovap. tone as well as with practical good sense
We conclude this article WAN an extract from II,
=, which we invite attention:
yrba v;rr;nia cities are now we'll nigh connected
- nit,oads with the Egyptian named city on the
J;s,;asppi whose valleys tar excel In fertility the
fsbIed lands of Egypt. Before the completion Of
tIsr var ge feel assured that these connections
iii Ia made aud we shell then realize more |
th.n was promised By the sangulne projectors of
80 ror5s IA the ubstan:al realities of commerce
aysr exceed the feeble estimate OF speculation. The
Srsts NJ virginia has since 1855 added over thou.
ssuS miles of railroads within her hmits-accoH-
nIi,bi ~ more in the same time In proportion to pop
p,it;oo and wealth than wss done In England, which
proud cation found herself well nigh bankrupt when
her systsm of mpIov emens was In ie4f. nearly
n,nuisrsd virginia has three important railroads
Intending 70 the North Carolina line two OF which
ar. nov. snd the third probably will be extended
into and probably through lnaI ota,e me thslnls
and Tennessee railroad now cotnp!eted TO the fen |
nes.ee line is being extended Southwest into Geor.
ola Tennessee and Kentucky; ard various States
extending their connections still further In every
,irattion From the Ohio two lslir~scs extend over
tne Northern portion Of the State to car Atlantic
towre while through the central portion OF tha
state with gnitcsnt canal and railroad extend
inr over tie Bue Ridge to the base ct the ALE CHA
ney, Virginia has row abundant resources from which
to provide for The eXerson OF one or otner OF
ths.e improvements to the Ohio, to complete her
stem Of improvements, and to place her IN the po-
sition she before occupied, OF being the fore
mos. State r the Union in point of physical aud ma
tsrisI prosperity With this central improvement |
liuished Virginia will not only regain from New
York that portion of her territory that s now Claim
ed 70 belong to the bssn OF trade OF New York, but
w | enlarge thu Virginia basin of trade until 1t ap
prosches If does drsin the cities on the north
western lakes.
with this ma puifcent prospect before US. no enc
will doubt that this connection will be speedily msde
With internal Improvements already costing from
fifty to sixty millions of dollars nearly ell of which
promise in short time TO be profitable, no one can
doubt tina. the means will be raised to complete
this central line The completion OF this Will cost
less than one-sxth Of what has already been accom-
piished and by the increased prosperity pIoauced IN
great mart from hsr completed improvements, these
tso hundred miles of road y i'll soon be made Con
nsctons OF similar character are on the eve OF com
pietion between other Atlantic cities and the
Gulf OF Mesco and various points the Mississippi
aud Ohio rveis where, mesting with 81 0Oo miles OF
water communication railroads can also comfnu
picate viii other lines leading South. West and |
North It is computed that the value of railroads to
country 10 thirty times their cost. 1T this be true
and of this, general rule there can be 20 ques-
ton the following surprising results are deduced
The State of Virginia has nearly completed $40 |
miles OF railroad Computing the ccEt Of these rosds
at $40 eco per mile, and we have the large sum CT
$50 COO GOO the OF tue roads, and the large sum
sf 500 eco eco of value added to the wealth Of the
State by her Improvements.
The Tower of En5ei.
The press generally, ours included, has given |
place to police of the discovery by Monsieur