Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-03-30
WASHING TON NEWS AND GOSSIP

Alsxspdna lit il sincere TO Be boped
that the current project Of re-cpening the e1.
sennrs Locomotive and Rail Car Works in
the neigbborins city Of Alexandria va may
b carried out The abandonment of the on
sfations Of that establishment three years ago
compelled some three or four hundred indus.
txious mechanics and laborers Of that town
With their families forming an s9eee.ts nor.
alation Of a thousand souls, If We are not mis-.
taken, to seek homes elsewhere. 1t was. for
The most part, the result of the fac, that ca.
Establishments Of the kind had outgrown the
wants Of the country for the time being. The
great subsequent demand for locomotives and
other railroad furniture has made the bust
ness much better than at that time; and in il.
sen assures the success CT the projee; of re-.
opening these works, if carried out. Few
class OF the population Of Alexsndria, In tbi.
country, have more real available CAPITAL for
conducting such an enterprise while still
fewer possess more sterling advantages for
manufacturing on a large scals-rsnts, coun.
Try provisions, and store goods being remark.
ably cheap tAore, while its position on nayi.
gable tide water, with a railroad connection
with the Southern and Southwestern interior
the regions for which i; should rishifulIy man.
stAetars such things especially, embrace a
guarantee OF the success Of the enterprise. II
the capital to be invested IN it be prudsntly
managed.
~ the by, either Richmond ID Hourishlns
beyond psrsdTenture, or there IL screw loose
among the AlsIandris dealers in domestic
produce. The latter are giving 50 much les.
tos corn than |, will bring in Richmond, rs
"ss me farmers IN that finest agricultural
region the sun ever shone on-,hs Piedmont
country through which the Orange and Alexsn.
arfa failrosd Iuns-Irefer to send their. IN m =.
former city, Notwithstanding the necessarily
greater freight and charges upon II when sent
mere II l. not possible that TIT merchants
OF hiehnond can buy corn proftably for .h,r.
nsnt through the James river, at higher rates
loan those OK Alexandria con be ju,tided in
paying, Fer shipment via the Potomac -cos,.
Wa and foreign freights being lees from Alex.
aaans thar from Richmond. /; mus. be the
acme demand which jus.ifss The higher pric.
gwen in Richmond, If the Alexandra mer.
nsne are paying fair prices for the st spls.
" nave recently heard complaints Of the
saunss ct trade 10 Alexandra, and fa,cvx.
We 0rsin Of this state of things to
me fscs, that, not being able 70 cell .s proi.a.
Oily IN Alexandria (hsir natural ma,..n O.,
elsewhere, the Piedmont farmer, Ca, ., -
there, dresding lest what they connects. a. y.
tas disposition there TO make uudue n,os,, =.
them in p1chssing what they raise. nav =.
carried out 10 selling what they mus. I'm,
We know that this very natural rea.opjp,
u fsIlacious In this Gaze, Though those Who a.
no+ know the trade Of Alexandria Of cour.,
think otherwise. The only way in which tn,
budDess men Of Alexandria can drive tina. i'm
preston fr m the minds of the customers I,
whom We refer, is TO compete with Richmon.
n The purchase Cf produce seeking a msrks
over the Orange and Alexandra railroad. 1
N high time that AIsxandfia was alive to tn
importance Of thus checking the tbrsstenet
dirersion c: uuck &C It's moot valuable com
nsrcs.
<o0ioie ftevs.-We iId In a late nun
0sf OF the K:cbmcId Erg4sysr the foIIowin,
fsnee'iors ufon tie current slavery coutro
versy which are SO full Of .ound tru.b. an,
Information generally, upon that subject. tia
should be thoroughly c0mprsh.nd.d By all
I" that We give them a place in the .st.,
.iAosgh cur columns are jn.t now mere crora,5
than ever before:
'"0ur Onion IL the sinirailau and ~o,,, .,
Of the world. And though We regard IL =,
scmethibg sacred, Is lorS as Il answers IN,
pafposss for which it was devised, We canno
sencaf In tbs opinion that severance 81 th,
so0sAssA ron The Northern ssssss would b,