The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1859-06-14
The subioined items are from the National Int

| The subjoined items from the National Intel
| hgencer of yesterday
| THE ALEXANDRIA, LOUDoUN, AND HAMPSHIRE RA1r
| RoAD.-Our Virginia neighbors below are about 70
| open another line OF railroad. Already the rails
are laid upon the new work the Alexandria Lon
doun, and Hampshire railroad as far as ARLINGTON
Mills, a few miles from this city. The new road
passes some three miles to the south of the Dis
trlct or Columbia and it is proposed to connect
with the District cities by branch road crossinp
| the Potomac Aqueduct at Georgetown Survpvs
nave been made upon the whole line which passes
through some of the most populous and wealthy
counties OF the Old Dominion, and terminates in
the centre of the vast mineral region covered bv
the counties of Hampshire and Hardy: and the
grading Is already completed as far as the town of
Leesburg, in the county of Loudoun to which
point the road will be opened in the course of the
summer. To the energy of the gentleman whom
the stockholders have unanimously chosen for sew
eral years President of the company the work owes
Its present advancement. 1t promises when com
pleted to be one of the most valuable feeders ever
opened to the business of the cities lying upon the
Potomac.
The adjourned meeting of the Stockholders of
the chesapeake and Ohio Canal took place on Sat
urday last at the City Hall. There were represen-
ted the States of Maryland and Virginia and the
cities OF Georgetown and Alexandria.
The report of the President and Directors of the
canal Company was read and ordered to be printed
The principal points argued and defended in the re-
port are the policy Of the maintenance of the tolls
ou the canal at tneir present rates and the indis-
pensabilty of the loans made by the Board for the
repairs and works on the dams, &c. The meeting
did not go into an election for a Board of Direc-
tors, but adjourned to meet again on the 2lst of
july so that the present Board holds over till then
at all events.
After adiourning this meeting the three Commits
| sloners OF Public Works of the State of Maryland
viz Messrs Reynolds, of Baltimore, Schley, of
Frederick, and Lankford of Somerset county, who
had represented the State in the stockholders meet
ing above-met at the National Hotel and proceed
ed to the election Of ten Directors for the State in
the Baltimore and Ohio RAILROAD. All the present
Directors were reelected, with the exception of
two These places-previously occupied by Dr.
Orr, of Cumberland, and Mr. Bartlett, of Baltimore
were filled by Messrs. Smith and Whitaker, of
Baltimore, respectively.
The canal is very busy, and is in perfect order
| throughout. During tae week one hundred and
six arrivals took place at Georgetown, of which a
large majority were coaladen, and some thirty or
forty OF them are yet to be discharged of their car
goes The receipts for the up trade were 1887, for
the down trade S4,364 in all S4,75l There seems
to be very few coal vessels at Georgetown; there
must be much need of an increase of them for the
coal is accumuating in great quantities on the
wharves and every available space Thousands of
tons are there waiting transportation to market