Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1859-09-02

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ssrs ssasss ths increase wss i2ol ~ Per cent. Al
The aame time the former gainedSn population
Il. Il pss csnt.. and the latter 46.22. Tho total
eoss Il The roads up 10 1859. auosnssd TO 1885,.
81 90. Of which large sum 10 l. supposed one
third has bson wasted In condensation; yet by
shsly inHaeoos lands have bsea advanced 10 salae
asd The sped 81 Internal communication greatly
augmented and the whole country bsnsaiied.--
Thsrs srs u this time $4,000 milss Of finished
rosds IN the United Ssssss, sndabest 10 900 miles
either sndse construction or protested. requiring
500, 00o, 0o0 for their completion.
Il b sssimated. however. that many years must
s,Apss beisrs sue;sut capital can be diverted from
ssAss objects 10 carry Thorn through. In the
meantime. many projected In spirit Of rivalry TO
oshsr roads win BE- abandoned. Il 10 calculated
sAas 10000 miles u railway sro salksisn. to do
ell TIE business Of the country ct the present time
and that 5000 miles have been constructed.
in pan 10 rvairyof other roads, which have proved
. dead loss 10 stockholders, and in the main will
Pass into The hands Of the bondholdsrs. The nv
ersge cost Of railways per mile has been s36.32s
In the Middle States, $50.oi9: In the Southern
States. So. o06 and in the Western States, $780,
33S.
The reason assigned for the cheapness of cot.
strustion Of railroads at the South 10. that they
were built 90 the cash plan. Among tbs net car-
nines the Panama shows the largest returns, be-
ing 81, 564 per mile; and those earning the least
or nothing 10 stockholders, were found In Maine
Vermont, Mississippi. Missouri. Iowa, Illinois,
New York, 10. The list Of dividend aying roads
comprises rs; among which two pay an annual
dividend Of IL per cent? nine, ten per cent; two
per cont; ton, per cent; six per cent? thirty
per cent; Ave. s per cent; ono. por cent; one.
p per cont, and one, 2 per cent, Tho list Of do.
linquent companies on stock or bonds amounts To
80. The total bonded debts Of the American rail-
ways, all Of which mature between 1859, and
1874, amount to SAIL. 19O.702.
Tho total debts Of the States, including NIL lia-
blities. direct and indirect including debts to
railroads and expenditures for canal and banking
purposes. amount. according to NJ. Stoves state
mont, to about s29l, 1896, 600. Many Of the liabil
itics incurred, however. for canals, and banks.
caunot be considered In tho light of any direct
charge upon the people. As they in most cases pay
their interest and sinking funds to the State, and
in soms cases they yield a surplus revenue to the
New Jersey hos no direct debt. but
indirect liability on account of canals aud rail
rosd bonds of some seven Millions which furms
no tax upon the people. Connecticut. Delaware,
Rhode Island, aud Now Hampshire have no debts
ut ALL neither direct nor indirect.
The Bayou Sara Lay Ledger, states that the
slaves Of the Carney estate, who were liberated
and sent from East Felicinna to Cincinnati few
months since. returned on the steamer few days
ago; they prefer slavery in Louisiana to freedom
In Ohio. ssa
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The PittsburG Post--the same that nominated
Mr.. Buchanan for reelection, isin favor Of chang
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