, 1869-09-24
Sc4v Mouth FOR the mississippi EkIvcr
-tsrcnt AsattoMns Work Esropuscd-
Norfolk 10 BIC Nude I'M Important
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Norfolk 10 be Nude nm Important
Pert.
WasAi"gtoa ts*pl 9ol Despateh TO lie .Sts York
Ntr1ta
The ratnrGsly navisnble waters OF the Mlssls.
STRIP Valley spGreGnie Ecatly loo n1,ies. Water
hai Its currents, md 50 ms trade hut those OF
tie Inter do not ruu With The former; for IN Inc
mn,u the great outlet oi 1rsse is no. hea>t b. The
11e1 L. Es , Sans' ~ eas so instead Of sea.n
Mountaiss broad and deep 'ea eaousa' sa''n.o so
Chesapeake, no, Of wat~r, Of c0ur.e, Bat oI mo-
duce. The old James River md kauawha CANAL
nsrsauy cnished hall the I.stance-was to copncr,
~ila, 4 tributary Of the Ohio; hui The proLosel
Canal i 10 " q capacity equal at least 10 ihe
| w,,Ld open f,e why for TRANSFORMATION
w!thrnt tEAnsh:RmrDt between the ocean
and 1sut0 tuIlcs Of ALREADY navlcahlc la.ano va
ttis. The project Ii he brouast beforc Congress
tfis winter nni' II l. expected That II Sill l ptt-
t!ontd tcr y cItzcus o. eEssy part OF The Cnlon.
n.ercta4 hy1o.hesls Is The manner In Shch il
sora at1tct The grain ir;' resi- Of the West aull
\ by oh!cla! report OF rultel States Gu
gsneess charged With tnFseys, &c, Of PROPOSED
| shipments, The Leecsssty Of much ra!;roa,l car
rnge anil the closing OF nas!gas0n fret xelf: lis
Ol f.S NG6Tt INtlES IHC NGAFE N0il3 ~ the Ere
Canal, ii. maze the colt Of earr,sUg Western grain
10 TIC scal,osrl b5 existing routes cnor1no1A
For .1aa ple: 1t = reported that from Dubuque.
aM"urt to sisty-e,gnt cents q bnsheL @ .rse The
eject Of this is TINT hefore the producer gets 10
market he las spent the tula Of his grain
| iu paying the way. Oh tue other nand the East
efn pr1clases, Ut SeW Englana aI,i Ncw YorE,
has to pay whatever price ina demand imposes
ss,
sul aua!oeass antl oil other data That the sixty.
eight centA might he reduced hall. or even three
d, 50 ihas western era.a could % rcaeS es VIEW Sex
Io!k, hos.on, &c; through the port Of Norfolk.
The The rcdaet.on Of ssT,,rr cos. would Si na.arsy
fe y ,sq1 usS S iss me a
gct his bread cheaper tho Huese5c would sell hls
Whca: higher lnltan corn, nov unknown a.
our Iorc:en population, could tren he sent abroad
| chesti y enough to make It q preferred bFeadstud
TOT The rocr Of ChItsttnioT, with the r,1ec. o.
export thai might rival caisoa its.if III time as &
| source nj nnt1IAl ueailG. VIZ.
TOR % 1oase. from Mosiie " rp The " A!a6sms % 1.ves t
thence up the coosa River TIL wlIhia thirty mie.
ct tne toufh bend Of the TENNESSEE River
The Tennessee ain, It's longest hrapch. the Hoi
eton, to The tor.iers Of Vtrstn!a, ncAr Saity.lle
t.ou sa1tsilc to LyoehaarE ta'read5 stnver.ca i,
trtfctts, a1it1 at LyLchharE sinking tho Atantli
| Ma1er rnul. aforementioned to View rnTk.
The railroad Irart Is 17s nllea lang. all the res
Nutef This fuuta T0Gid save nearly 500 mile
OF the present tonte Whch cotton takes from 10.
cotton ceptrt.a In Ne@ York and the other c3tie
North. snd Blso the 'iarErr" OF 1he Florl,tA EryA
1 FIR witch Insurance alone - tw1 mad q hslf pc
CENT un ship md cnrEo.
TIE atlrocatr6ol Ihcse works works claim tina
they nre more tr1ly nar.on9l than tbt
I lnctnc rnilways Of which they arr IN,
! n.ceesary complement II, At half the thought
| Inl commercial Een OF Europe 1tar
tie tfatle OF The world "a to abandon the rou'cs Q
yasro de Gasrn att Magellan and cross The bosom
oi the great sepnhl!e, the proposed wa'er runt,
! from the ctL!M month OF t:e Chesapeake +
! on AHA, as le3st. or uptthwardty to the rerr lA*
! OF tic Rocky Mountains, wonid C1te the couutF
an advantage IN nbsos apR fne India trsde Of d
nations immensely greater than railway trans
| portattpp the whole O!itauce between the oceans