The northern galaxy. [volume], June 18, 1845, Image 2

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RAIL-ROAD NEWS.
VERMONT CENTRAL RULROAD.
The Eireinser of tlia Fiichburgh Railroad
(s:it thc RniikerlHII Aurora,)haungreporl
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.I lo ihs IJnard of Diroctors in favor of the
Vermont Ccntral Ita.lroad. rrom Lo.mccti-
ciitnver to Lake Champlain. 'c 1
ciK-imnoflhc subi-ct for oue week. and a fnll
heari:i2 of the qucsihiu, the Board voted ,olh sidcsof iIuj Rivcr lo choose (rom, wc
Wcdiics.I.iy last, unani.nously, to accept said ; con,mcIIj hc imparliul lovcr of trulh for a
riport, and accordin;:ly recoinmcnd ths con-1 rue s(,iicmcni oflhc rcal difficultics to be
strnction oflb.it roal to the pnhlic. The, ovcrcorae in .he routc from Bellows Falls to
reasons givcn for thtid-'ciohi willbefonnd 111 , ,h(J mum f White Uiver. Thcy willlhcrc
the fallo'.ving. find itcmsenough of sdopc wall Iresllc work,
CIRCL'HR. 'slopcpiling, proUctionwalls, losaynothing
. ! ofthe tivo bridgcs across aportion of the
Gr.ru- Ce.vtr.ii. Hivrr.from Boston ( Connecticut at H:ns Island, to frightcn any
; 'i'c'JncrgJi, Keent and Montpelier to Lake , 0.1C blIt a Uoston Capitalist bent upon a good
dmutUiln, Xorlhcm Ncto York and Mon-1 worj i-or tic j,r0molioii of the prospcrily of
l.cil. ' 'Boston. lVc are willing to admit that the
The propos.1 Rai.nnd rontcs. designcd to ; S'tlta
C-OIKI
onwct thc rity or.o-4tor.wi.il ermum.
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cmmed wilh a view lo cnnceii.r-.Hc Vu.n. ,
opinion on onc rnntc. and iiisurc lts conipK-
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IHItl ..lltl ...1 W.lJ.- '.tJM..Ht
fil liarc come to thc cintlnsion ihst thc
ri!c:!inr?h. Vermont and Jlnssncbusclts.and ;
Ch;shireRaiIro:-.ls,v.ilhlh Vcriiionl Ccntral I
ilai ro:.d cxtecdiiiK ham thc Chcsbirc Rail- i
r l ..n .nn-u.ril.-iit rW. r. via Montpelier to I
H.irIiiiaton,tli3bcstamlmoMreaMMcroutc,,lll.inll)u,tll'u.e consiJcrit unfa;r t0 sclcct
a...l we iccommci.d ii to :htf puhhc for the ut aito.nr ,,e most a-rtilaproduclivcand
foMmviuarcasonj.viz: populoul imrlion of iheir rould fora compari-
Firit.' Uccatisc thc Fitc!iburSh Railrond is 0n lvith thc whole of our roulc, yct we arc
SiisW and insucccfulopi-ration ;the Stod; !lMn , ,,car thc comnariion. and our routc
ol thc Vcnnoiita:iJ3Ia;sacliuscttsandLIicsli as thc wholc, is the most populous, is mom
ire Railroads. (continuous lincs,) aclually protluctivC and morc fertilc than Ihe favored
subsrribcd, so faras lo ir.sure thcir comple- , por,joa 0( ticirs which lics in thc vallcyol
lion, aud au cntcrancc inlo Vermont, and un- ,no Conneclicut, and in thc Counly of Wind-
dcr the singix ciiautep. of the Vermont EOr. To supporl thcfc posiiions, we refcr to
Csntr.il tisilroad, the linc may be extcnded 1G Ihctsnsccrtaiued from ihe tas lisls of thc
trom such cnterance lo Lake Champlain. . Slatc, and Ihe ccnsus taken undcr the au-
fitcoml, Hecatne ihe CcDtral Railrond is . ihority of thc Unitcd Slales. It will thcrc
r.otf? nr-if!lrn!iln rniitr? lliroull Vermont. Im (imni! tb:it nnrli inhabitnnt ofWindsor Co.
liHijnc throush its who!e extent no gradicut
etcccdiii" fifiv fc2t lo ihs mile, while theso'd
ii ofsucha characicr liiat it uiay uc- con-1
strncted with more fccility than any othcr 12. That cach inhabitant of Rutland Loun
liuc, aud .it vcry moderatc cxpenec. ' ty, avcragcs in rcal cslalc, S2G0.0 J. In pcr-
mito:nh;slineisdcprced more ihan four
i i,,i cn, K.i. ti,P ltmtniis of tlie oihcr 1
Iiic3 snrveycd.
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Fourlh,
H.-r:iner ilip liuc trnverscs onc of
ihi moM fcrlilo and prodiuiivc scciions oftbc
villcvoltliaUiinnecticiit.alioumiinginwcaiiu,
nnaiifacturcs, and unoccnpicd watcr powcr. '
1'ijth. Rccanse it opniis in additiona largc '
a:i.l populous district of coutitry, alioundiiig I
m mmer.,1-, asnculturo an-i urtuainai rcsour-
ccs.
" IrS'llccausei.s routc. casy Kradicnts, '
m3dttratccost. and l.,rSe local tralllc, aid.ng ,
its tlirou:1! busiiicss,
iQt n!iri iia nitnn.
s:ou to Monircal. and sccure to
it the im-
m;u:e tlirougli liiisincss uctwccn loriuerii
Njiv York, canada.and Boston. which bids
fair to cxc.'cd thc IrafSc of the Wcslcrn Rail
road. Eightii, Bccausc the routc will opcn a
coinmiuiicalion to Boston without founing a
co nmnn linc tow.ir.Ij u rival markct.
Xiittli, Becanscils r.hartcris cqually favor
able to those embarkii) thcir wcalth in ihe
proposed ciitcrpritc, authorizing as it docs,
d'tvidends of ovcr ten pcr ccnlum pcr Jimuni,
ctcinptin; the stnck jnd propcrty of thc Com
p ".iy Ibrever from taxatiou, bcsidcs prcsent
inj olhcr importaut advantagcs.
ISecatise for the forcgo-Dg rcasons itis cer
uin the capital neccssary for its construciion
nny be casily obtaiucd, as it must prove onc
oftbc mast prodiictivcrailroadsinthecountry.
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Chnrlcs Paiuc
DjiiicI ISaldwiu,
JCIisln l. Jcwcit,
Commille of Ihe Fer
vtortt C. llallroad
Jninc; R. L'uigiloii,
Comimny,
The I'rcsident and IJircctors of thc I'itch-
burh Railroad Company, pcr
Jacoti Forslcr,
Ilor.ilin Ad.inis, I
Ilenrv Timmiiis,
Committec.
Abrll'hrlps
un.ler ihe auihorily of an unanimons voto of
thc Knanl.
S. M. Fclton. Lnzinccr F. Ii. l.
(!e;i. Iiiatinton, Dlr. Chts.Il.lt.
S. Lewis,
S. F. Ualknap,
Devid Lorins,
Winibrop E. Faulkner.
Isracl Loiigley,
N. F. Cnnniiiiiham,
Benjamin Tlioiiison.
REPLICATION.
Look at Ihc rcplicalion of ihe Cominission.
crs ofl'ne Rutland Routc lo thc above Cir
j
Wc thc Cnnimiss.i:incrsof thc Connecticut '
si.nl LV.fc Champlain Rail Road from a duc J
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ro ' ir J lo llic iilicrcsis oi uiat roan .uiu ira,
pu-'col'ihc vallcy of Lake Champlain in
t.iai l.L-lialfcnlrustcd 10 i.nnd .lo truth, lccl .
bjtvidto rcply to iherir.-niar ofChas. I'ainc frcight lo New ork, bctwccn ihcsc two
n.id olhrrs in bcdialfof ihc Vermont Ccntral points. or indecd betwccn a:iy Iwo poinls up
lUilroad ; Jacob Fo.!cr ahd othcrs in bchalf on Lake Champlain is so trilling as scarre
of ihc Filr.hl.urgh Railrnadand Gsorgc Hnn- !' lo bf "orth mcntionmg and that it ncvcr
tii"ionuDirer.tor in ihc Chcshirc Railroad ' can ntlcct its placc of dcslinalion. Insum
Cimt.niiv. Fimt. Thatilie Filrbbtiri'li mcrii would be much ncarcr thc Irulh losay
roadisin sucrcful opcration.th.it thc sinvk
o iheVerm.mi.MasKu-hnsctls 'and CiiCFhire
r wi, i continuous Imcs; is aciuniiy sun- ,
Er.ruicti so ns io cnsi.rc incir co:iij.iu;ioii :inti
n.i cntrance inlo Vrruiont' nreconnnon ad-
vinlacstolothorihe proposed rcuics Irom
B.-lluws Falls to Burlingioii Bellows Falls
is the eoniiion point ol'i'.i'parlure and in Ihcsc
ri'sncclsand in all oihcrs roiincctcthviih a
ommon point nfdcpartnro ihe Iwo proposed
roads sland on a Iwsj of pcrlect pquality.
Sccond, To thc pnaiiinn 'Ihat underthc
tinjilc cbarlcr ofthe Vermont Ccntral Rail-
r .td Ihe line may he exlrndc.l to Lake
Champlain,' wc rc Iy may it undcr the
einglcCh.trtcr of thc'Cnnncr.tirutanil Cham-
pl.un Conip.iiiy ai.l if dcsirablc from thc
s.is.ic point on the I'oMiicctirut RTvcrto the
ea.nc point on Lake Cbainpl.iiii. In ihis rc-
hjicct thca ihc Iwo roules are prnciscly c-
qi.il.
To thc nr-rond n.i ihir.i rtwsons givcn
Ihatlhe rnuK'snr ihc t.cntnil roulc wouM
not exrcc.I fiftv i'rvi i.cr mile aml that Ihcir
suuimit is di'prc'M'.li-omclhitislikc fuurhun- lon had pcr.clraled thcvallcyof LakeCham
!redfi:fl'hc!mv ihc stniiiuii ol iheConncclicul plnjn, and Ihat lo day nrontinuous road wa5
n.id vlianr.p!ainii:ic. wltilc Ihe chararler ol
Ihccoilis such thai il may hc conslrucled
liiih morc fiii-iliiy i!..m any othcr linc,' wc
rcply. th.it we nihxii ih.it lluir gntdis are
morc I'.ivor.iWcand prubably n i'd no: n.-ccs-
f-anly cx4-c'il liliy wi lo Ihc nuleanilih.it
ttPll roniiuccd th.il ui'h vcry trifling cxrrp-
tinns no crmlcs nfr.ver fnriy luct pcr milcwill
c roqmroil.
Ji-iiy Ihat llu: opinion os-
!.r-.icd in rcNjra lo sl'e rharacti'rofihe toil
llicirsji.i.i'ii ievi i w,n bc ncariy orquiicMur i nc ircc4iom irom inx.inou cnjoyeil oy inc j nas ocen unilcruiscussion bcroretheuircctors
hmiilrcd lcct lowcr ih.tii our?. c nuinit rcniral r.ulroaii only atiects ihe stockholders i of Ihe t itchburcb road for soine davs. but
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l.iai our graoc ovrr iiiuiiuhiiii.iiu wiii ouc- 141 uiiiiuiii. tn iiuuu 111 uiu ruaos wiii uie oeiiucr rouic nas necn tieuniieiy agrccu upon.
tvsarily bc sisly llcl j.rr niilr or ncarly ihat, slockholdcr out of jhc Stalc bc subjcct lo tax- j Yestcrd.iy, Judge FoIIctt. of Burlington, was
bul ihalfrarn RuiLiidla Burlington ucarc alion for his siock in Vermont. This boon ' hcard upon thc Rutland sidc ofthe niir.ninn.
h c.irrcct. Our m.i.1 as survryed U onc havin is usually worlh paying taxcs for.
imndrcl and fjuvu oiilei. in Icnglh the Wehavc cxamincd ihesc rcasons in de
t i;ii ti:i". ppc sh oi n siirvcycd I'lrludin-; tail. and in our judgeinent thcy wholly lail to
1 1 rui 1" 1 'i ll c mou:h of White Rtverlo juslify ijic conclusion drawn from thera, and
15. j! nv c l. i.H ntrvcyed by profcs.nr we'eeljustificd inr.haractcrii-ing thcm as bc
Twi .inir. sw! i 12 ncrnv.c iu:;id,-e.l and ing worlhy and only worthy ofthe peadiar
t'.i .y ii iTc, p . I.'ji.t iili lui.l it; the side cai lo orcasion ihr.t callcd thcm forlh as bcing the
1 mi'Ii V v ;ei.i .- Wcclaiinihalaslochar- rcsult not of an examinalinn but ol n. bargnin
uplt-r UJ :oi' ihw- b.i-n.icii; tij'c3 pfour;: lo itnd ns hea ing upon thcir face thc plain ear
grado is fullyas favorable as the bcstninpty
milcs oftlieirs; and ihat the remaining
twenty-six milcs ofonrs will not bc worsc to
gradc, upon an avcrnge, than the worst
nvcnty-six milcs oflhcir roulc. Itmustbe
borne in miml Ihat the inosl expcnsive part
ol ihcir roulc to grailc, wilh the exceplion of
a leiv miles. has noi becn eurvcycd eiricc
Professor Twiuing'ssurvey, and lo that sur-
xmiic u.,lcn ,fierc wereno rivnl roules,
1,,, vien the only nucslion wns whcre 13 the
. , . ,k rtinneeiicut and wilh
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routc wc rcprcsent would be twer.ly-cighl
route wc rcprc;
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rcspccuy reprccnt ihat it would cost
pninplliiiltr.
Tolhefuurth rcason gnen 'Bccansc tlie
(. (rivti
..r(ju(:,jvi,
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crscs onc of the niost lcrtile and
e scctions of thc illev o! the Con-
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in rcalcstatc averaga, S 109,03, in pcrsonal
nroiiCrlv lovcr and above ihe dcbt owcd) ,
t,J5,u,in llic value oi aniiuaiprouucis
producls, $11.10, and in nboul the samc ,
nrnnorliun. Ihis Euncriorilv will hold trood in ,
I Actui.-nti anil uiiiuendcn countics,cvcn ovcr -
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thc fuvorcd porlimi ol thcir route in Windsor
Counly and ihat portion oflhcir route not in
nmueui ui imttnutu iuuut.-, 10
ihese respccts as much bcbind Windsor Co.
as Rutland is bef'orc it.
We farlher claim that a Iargc portion of
inc pcopic o windsor uouniy we oci cvc a
nmjom y ra misincss iinu mauu anu u.ub
rtainiyol Ihosc who would producc and t
iruuui:c uiui '
portant 'particulars, dcsi.y o. population,
wenllli inrealand pcrsonnl csUitcand value ,
oi averaizeaiinuai prouuci. tuc ionnccucui
at - dLakc Champlaui ronle posseECs tlie .
arc thc sourccs from whiclithejaf .nOjto
ol a roail is cicnv'cu, auu locai tramc is '"e
mtther oriat dulcnds. j
To the fiflh rcason 'Bccause it opcns in
addition, alargc and populous district of ,
country abounding inminerals, agricullure
and indusirial rcsources.' Wc rcspcctrully
ask, in addition to what? If the answcr bc
to what our road would opcn to, wc dcny it,
and call upon tuc Iricmls ol tlie Uentral road
to pointout what country propcrly dcscribcd
as populojs and abounding in mincralc, is
opencd by thc Central road. which is not
equally wcll opened bythe Lake Champlain
road. All north and west of Burlington, on
Lake Champlain, is at lcast as well accoln
modalcd bythe Lake Champlain asby thc
Cenlral road. Montreal is as well nccom
modated Plattsburgh and Ogdensburgh
are as well accommnda'ed Northcrn New
York and Canada are as well accommoda
ted thc business of thc Ottaway and the St.
Lawrence and of Lake Ontario is as wcll
accommouatcu ; and il itis any advanUgc ;
lor all Uie vast accumulalion ol ireigtit na . ronte. We kate now good encouragement
passcngcrs liiat will be galhcrcd at thc eom-! that ,he stock wM be taten on ,he iatter routei
mon point, Burlington, to have atransit of j notwj,h,tandiiiS the innucnco thrown into the
onchundrcd and sixtcenmiles,instcad olonc Central. If both can go, most assnredly we
hundred and fprty four milcs.to anothcr com-1 ghoalJ be ie ,ast , Tl0 procced.
mon po.nt, Bellows Falls, thcn this immcnsc . hag rousf d W(slern Vermont to put forth
cxtcnlor country isjustsomuch bettcr ac- her ,vho,e strenglh) tho h it 1 be t00
commodatcd. late. We shall soon see. Thesamemovc-
To the six rcason 'That thc local busi- nicnt has wakcd up thc Concord and Lcb
nessonthc Ccntral routc is suflicient to cn-, aoU line. Hcre is a difficulty which may,
eurc thesucccEsorihcundcrlaking,' were- 0r mav not be overcome. Tho liability law
ply, Ihat thc local busincss on this routc ,vjji opcrate ajaiust thcm in Boston. That
would bc twicc andwc vcnly behc.-e four , roa, ,T; cost two millions to Lebanon, 74
timcsas much as upon that. miles, and throush a tcrritory far less pro-
To llic pevcnlh rcason nssigncd, wc an- ductivc ihan on Connecticut Rivcr The
s.vcr, Ihat it isas casy to conlinuc onc road Cheshire Cbarter cxlcnds to Charlestown,
to Monircal as thc othcr. J and thc mouth cf White Itiver maybcrcach-
Tolhccight rcason 'bccausc thc routc
will opcn acommunicalion to Boston wiihout
I forming a common linc townrds n rivM mar-
kct we rcply that m tho Fummcr, wilh
mcans ol rnmmunication as thcy now are, 1
that upon freightdcstincd to the'ciiy ol New .
X...!. i.ni..r ';illa .Kira.nn.r. l.nt..-nr... '
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laking it at Burlinglor, or "VMiitchnll, and.
that in fact the dillerencc in thc pnrc of,
that thc ce.Hral routc would opentoquilca
Uigctrart of counlry, thc mcans ofgctting
upon l..ikc oiiampiiu" iwui n imani uuu
tuciii.ua-in .oi.t-vii ntw iw i.u wiut
for thcir niarket that is now absolulcly and of
ncccssity rompcllcd lo go to Boston. In
thc winter Rutland the placc. on thc Lake
Champlain Routc, which is ihe ncarest to N.
Y-, is opc hundred miles ncarcr Boston than
New York, and cvcn ifa road wcre built to
Wlulchall. Wliilchall is at least fdxry milcs
ncarcr Bo"lon than New York. Evcn if ihe
cily of New York should cvcr wakc Irom thc !
lathargic Rlcop into which forcign influcnc?, ,
and an un-American fcclinghas thrown her,
upon thc fcubjcct ofintcrnal improvcmcnlB,
and thould slrrtchouta fricndly arm ofiron
lowards Monircal through the valleyof Lake
Champlnin il mnt be rcmcmbrrcd that ,
thc cniire counly of Washington, in ihcSlnlc
of New York, and cvery New Yorl; Counly
llmtbordcrs upon Lake Champlain wonld bc
r.itu-h ncarcr lws-ton tlian icw ork. But
snr.pojc New York with ihe fbrccast ofBos-
i
in succcsslnl opcraiion Irom Jlpntrcal lo
Now York would Boston surrcnder that
rich tr.ule Ibrever, or wonld shcboldly strikc
out and unitc hersclf wilh that linc and com-
pctulor thai tradc. Lct ihe spirit that built
llic n csicrn Kniiroau, iliclatc thc answcr.
waa givcn to thc cenlral road lo mnke up as
far as thc legislaltirc coulil,lor its s-parsepop-
ulalion, wanl ofmineral and othcr resoui ccs
for hcavy IrcighL Properly thatisworth
matks ofbeing just whaClhcy are, inpoiiilof
factanatiemptlo head.
TIMOTH V FOLLETT,
JOHNACONANT,
C5EORGET. HODGES,
LUTHER DANIELS,
CALVIN TOVVNSLEY, l
SAMUEL BARKER,
AV1LLIAM NASH,
A. L. BttOWN,
H.N. KULLERTON,
WILUA.M I3ENRY,
Cummr's.
OGDENSBURGH RAILROAD.
53" The projcctedUailroad from Ogdens
hurgli to Lake Champlafn, through Clinton,
Franklin and St. Lawrence Countics is at
trar.iing tnuch attcntion at the North, aud
tlie Bostonians appcar disposcd to lake hold
of thc matter wiiii cnergy. The Icnglh of
the Road is about 130 miles and it could be
built for about Sl,50O,0CO to $2,000,000.
Roads from L'oston to Burlington are cith
cr finished or in progress, and thcse
with the above proposcd road would givc a
dircct communication betwccnLakc Onlario
and Boston. Thc cficct thecomplelion of
this chain ofroads would havc upon our pub
lic works is a quuslion ofdccp interest. It is
contcndcd that ilour can be', transportcd from
thc West through thc Wfclland Canal to Og-
dcr.iburgh and thcnce by Railrond to Bos-
ton at about onc-hall thc tircscnt cost, avonl
ing by tbis roulc ihcpaymcnt of3o cents per
bI-,0"' ,' 'L10 E,rle CnaI- Thc lstancc
Irom Ogdcnsburgh lo Boston 13 about the
same as (rom Albany to BufTalo. Uis bc-
heved by the fncnds or the projcct that Wes-
'crn producc can be scnt Irom Chicngo,
Delroit, Clcvcland, '&c to Ogdensburgh at
but a tnfle more cost than to BuOalo. The
cflcctupon thc Canal rcvcnucs of such a
movcmcnt as this would bc disaslrous, and
should theresultf!proveasis;preeiclcd,acoun-
leracling change of somc sort must be made
"n theCanal managcmentor Boston wi!l be
tapping the tradc of Nqw i ork to a Krcatcr
exlenl Ihanshe did when tlie WcstcrnRoad
TIIE RAILROAD.
Tlie survcy of our'Railroad from Concord
10 nacrniu, is urawing to aclosc. A lcw
wceks morc will complcte thc work. Oncc
.-- unc-. .iiunuuu u
,!nno if ivi hn r..-n.-, .1 A l.l 1.
. iias inivcii . ui.iu morc iimc in ine nrsi in-
elance, it will be far bctter for all coneerncd,
ihan thc mere preliminarymrvcye whichare
usually mtidc for projeclcd Rnilroads. This
survcy is to be final. It will show tho cxact
post ol conslructmg tlie road, and will place
it in rcadincss to be put unJer contract at
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w , ;nrnpmn(.n r,m, .
SITX Uken
f , ,
cil;cs or SQ mucIl 0 nQt bc n
in the counlry bcforc that timc. We havc
an oflcrfrom a dislinguishcd Conlraclor in
inMassachusetls logradelhc wnoleroad;and
lake any amount of stock thc corporation may
wish in iiavraent. Tlie cost of cradiii!! will
probably'consu'tute more Ihan onc quatler of
uie wuole cost ot conslruclion. Thelaclsin
relation ts theloeation of this road, and thc
resources oflhc country are much betlcr un
derstood abroad Ihan wc had supposcd.
ISelknap Gazctte.
From UicKtenc (N. IL) Scnlincl.
RAILROADS.
l5FOur rcmarks bcing against tho diver
sion ofthe great communicalinn, from Rut
land to the Central routc, wcrc pieparcd last
week, im view of the vnppssition, rery gencral
heretofore, that bnt onc road eovld be built
an(j that, we thoaitht should be the Rutland
cdin 30 milcs at an cxpcnsc, estimatcd, of
butaliout 700,000. c shall know morc af-
tcr the rcsult of the various trxalsof 'strcngth.
II a roa'l is wantcd any wherc, the turmng
point is, to raise thc money to bnild it.
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EXTENSION OF TIIE CI1KSI1IHE
RAILROAD.
A mcclins tcok plarc on Monday cvcning
last at ihe Toirn Hall in Kcenc, of a Iarce
numbcr ofthe stockholders in thc Chcsbirc
Road, PiHNFHAS IlASPKRSO.t, Esq. in Ihe
cbair, to lake iuto consideration the projcct
of connccling ihis road wilh ihe "Central
I7nr..l' tn Vurmnn. .1. Mnn,n.i;,
Aftcra frec discussion, ihe followinz rcso'lu-
tion, prcparcd bv n Committec, wcrc uuau-
imously adoptcd :
Resolred, That wbilc as mcmbcrs of a pub
lic Corporation wc feel bound to do all prop
er thiogs in thc way of cxiendinp niiltray fa
cilities to our Nnrlhcrn fricnds in the Con
necticut Rivcr valley, yct we think, now as
always, that our mtercst tlcmands thc immc-
diate and most tirgent prosccution ofthe ex-
tension ofthe Cheshire JJoad through Rut-
Iaud lo Burlington, as originalIy projeclcd.
Hesclced, That wc can ccter into 110 com-
pact or alliauce incousistcnt with the spccdy
consummalion ofthisgrcat cnterprise.
liC&olveJ, Thai from linston toBurlinzton
we know of but onc slraight liac, and that
lics through Ml. Ilollcv Gap 011 the Rutland
route; that a Railroad conslrucled upon ihis
linc would posscss, in our opiniou, advanta-
ccs iinmeiiclvsunerior tn tlinscof anv olhcr.
and would lack none nccesary to rcndcrittbe
most productite Road in New Englaud.
Mostreai. Railroad. We uudcrstand
that wc wcre prcmalurc, at least, in stating
that thc Fitchburgh and othcr roads had ar
ranged wilh the Vermont Ccntral road to con
linuc that routc to Burlington. The subjcct
nucstiou
We wcreaware ihat ihe southcrn route was
slrongly favored by the Burlington as well as
he Kccne interest. A nnte from n geullc
man counectcd with tbe Cheshire road, states
ihat that stock was taken up wilh thc under
standing that thc roulc was 10 bc continucd
to Ottcr Creek. Boston Courier, Junc 3.
53 Henry Clay has rccently unitcd him
self wilh thc Protcslant Episcopal Church in
the cily of Lcxinglon. Mr. Ciay has for
many years bccn one oflhc most moral and
examplary mcn in thc counlry, yct, tn dc
spitc ofih.3, how fully and wilh whatwan
ton cruclly has hc been maligued by basc
and unprincipled men whosc grcatcst pleas
ure would seera to be to defamc those oftheir
countryman who arc most disluiguished for
Iheirpublicserviccsand personal n.cnt.
H3Thc trialofWillianiGoldsmith.charg
cd with the wilful murder of Gcorgc W . Hil
drclh, in Stow. Mass. in Septcmber last, bc
forc the Supremc Judicial Court,m session at
Lowell last week, resullcd in thc Jury find
in"him guilly of manslaughter, Hc was
Ecntcnced to thrcc day3 solitary confinement
and sevenyears hard labor in theStatc Pns
on. 1
Fi-oniDA. Wc havc glorious rcturns from
West Fforida, showingaimostaclcan swecp
for ihe Whigs,with a largc majori.y for Gov.
Call and a rcspcctable onc lor Putnam for
Congress. io usc, nowcvcr; msirioniiu
has ovcrbalanccd il, and giventhc Loco-Fo-cos
evcry thing by a majority far smaller
Ihan wc anlicipatcd.
Tejiperasce is Cos.necticut. Thc
Tcmpcrance Bill introduccd by Mr. Rock
well, by which ihc people of any town in thc
Statc that shall rcfusetolicensetavnrns aficr
the first of July will havc powcr to break up
all trippling-Ehops wilhin its limits, passcd
thc lower IJousc on Friday by a votc of 101
to 43. Thc first seclion ofthe Bill was strick
en out, so that any quanu'ty can be sold to be
carried away from thc place whcrc sold.
Thcpenalty is$10to $100. The work of
conforming our laws to thc advanccd slatc of
public opinion gocs bravelyon.
Wtscossis. The Loco-Focos hold a
Convcntion to nominale for Dclcgatcs to
Congress on thc 25th inst. MarshallM.
Slroeg (notMoses M. who dcfended Vinc
yard so famously.) Col. Hans Crockcr of
Milwaukic, and Morgan L. Martin are com
pelitors. Thc Whigs will hold ihcir Convcntion at
Madison on theOth ofJuly. Henry S. Baird
ol Brown Co..A. L.CollinsofMadison,Thos.
Wright olRacinc, and John H. Twcdy, arc
proposad.
Thc 'Journal of Commcrcc,' commenling
upon thc mad zcal ofthe abolitionists in Bos
ton, (a skelch of whosc proccedings may bc
found in anothcr colunin,) rcmarks :
'So the Rev. Joshua Lcavilt & Co. arc 'sc
riously considcring' the propricty ofemploy
ing 'cold sicel' and 'physical powcr' for the
Abolition of Slavery.' The 'moral means'
fiiction would begin the workbyputtjngdown
the Church and the clcrgy,'and dissolving
thc Union. Some ofthe 'cold stcel'party arc
also for dissolving thc Union; onc oftheir
leading men, the Hon. Wm.Jay,having pub
licly, ovcr his own signalurc, avowcd him
ecIi in favor of ihc mcasurc. Supposingbolh
parlies lo carry thcir objccls into cflect, what
thcnf Vhy,
1. The church would bc abolishcd.
2. Thc clcrgy do. do.
3. ThcSabbalh do. do.
4. Thc Union do. do.
5. Allhuman govcrnmenls do.
C. Wc ehould havc a bioody civil war.
In short evcry thins" would be abolishcd
bul Slavery: Uic wholc frame-work of so
cicty would bc brokcn into fragmcnls ; infi
dclity would sLiIk abroad, as in the days of
Robespicrrc; in short, those days ofhorror
would havc rcturncd.'
The Journal in an arlicle upon thc Orcsnn
Qustion, says:
'Letthcbonndary bclwecn Amcricnn anil
Brilish Orcgon hc the 49ih dcgree of latilude
from ihe Rocky Monnlcins lo the Occnn,
Icaving the wholc ofVanconver's Island to
thc'British, which exlcnds halfa degrccor
morc to thc Soulhward of that.pnrallcl of lat
ilude. Wc arc surc Ihat such a compro
misc ivould not bc dishonorablc lo us, neiticr
would it be unfavorable ; for it cannol be
contendcd that onr title lo Oregon cven as
far North as latilude 49 is complcte. On the
otherhand, thc Brilish title tolhe territory
North of49 is not complete."
Thc London Examiner in a very fair and
tcmpcrate arlicle, proposerafimilar compro
misc. FIRE ANOTHER OUTRAGE GR'T
EXCITEMENT.
Corrcspondcnce ol thc Tribune.
PiiiLAnELrniA, Junc 8 P. M.
A firebrokc out about lOo'clock Iasteve
ning in Wainwright's lamp-black manuf.ic
tory, cornor of Callowhill and Scuhylkill
jSTccond strccls, which was dcslrovcd, wilh
its contenls. During ihe night and this morn-
ing, ihc firebrokc out again amonglhcruins,
Ecvcral times, and thc.(lremen wcrc callcd
ont. The old difficulty betwccn thc Good-
Will Hoscand Fairmounl Enginc Compan
ies wcre again rcvivcd and a drcadful fight
cnsned.
Thc mcmbcrs of thc Iatter company wcrc
Ecvcrcly hcatcn, thcir apparatus taken pess
cssion of, broken up and thrown inlo Ihc
Schuvlkill rivcr. Durinji thc mclcc, all sorts
of weapons wcrc usc d, and il is said onc or
two pcreons were Ehot, thc lifc of onc bcing
despaircd of. A trcmcndous cxctlcmcnt
nowprcx'ails in ihc district, hundreds of peo
ple are to bc sccn in various parts ofthe tur
bulcnt ncighhorhood. A fcarful riot is nn
licinaled lo-nisht. A lar!c rolicc forcc is
asscmblcd to prcvcnt the samc, but I doubt
itssucccss, Ihc rcmains of tho Fairmounl
wcre btought to Mcnich and Agrcw's cslab
lishment about 2 o'clock this forcnoon, whcn
an old cnsinc was fiiiishcd for thc 'Fairy
boys' by Mr. Agrcw. A man namcd Wil-
bank isscvcrely injurcn.
FROM TEXAS.
Thc Stcamshin AnnM'Kim, nrrivcd at
I New Cilcans Irom ualveslon late at night
on the 31st ult. Hhe bnngs dcspatchcslrom
Com.StocktonforourGovernmcnt. Amoni'
herpassengers was Geo. W. Kcndall of thc
Picayunc, who had for two nionlhs bccn out
ona buliiiio-hunt on thc prairic3 of Tcxas,
and had great sport. Thcy were very near
a largc cncatnpmcnt ol Comanchcs, who
nrofrsscd prcat fricndshin for thc Tcxans
nnd hoslility to ihc Mcxicans,butare distni3-
lcu ny inc lormcr.
Anncxationis ofcoursc popular in Tcxas.
Thc Convention will doublfess acccpt thc
iiTms oflered hv our UovcrnmcM, and the
Tcxans will thcn send thcir Mcmbcrs of
Congress to urgc thc assumption cl their
Debt.
Com. Slocklon has run down to Corpus
Chrisli. Thercport is that ihe Mexicans
are about to sendastrong force across thc
RiodelNorle tooccupy thc country as far as
the Nucccs, which is the ancient boundary of
Texas, so as to hold so mucn in case ol An
ncxation. Thc Tcxans. who likc soldiering
betlcr Ihan work) arcprcparing' to mcet
ihemanddrive thcm back across thc Rio
del Norte. Com. Stockton ofcoursc is tolcnd
a hclping hand. Notliing elsc of conse
qucnce. "Welland Casal Tolls. Thc Boardof
Works, in Canada, havc made a general rc
ision oflhc lolls on thc Wclland Canal.
On salt and ivome olhcr articlcs, Ihc tolls
have becn slightly increased; while onlhe
merchnndisc and produce, it has bccn eomc
what leduccd. The avcragc tolls onthc
26 milcs oflhc Wclland canal i. now about
cqual lo Ihnt on 50 milcs of thc Erie ?anal.
Ojtrego Palladium.
A Mock Duel and Deatii. Thekecpcr
ofa hotcl in Cincinnuti, Robert Bland, was
shot a lcw days ago, by his friend and brolh
cr Englishman, 6nml. Pownil.who keepsa
variety store. Bland dicd of his wounds,nnd
Pownil was nrraigncd before aJuslicc on n
charge of fighling a duel. It appcared from
thc cvidence that boih had bcen drinking till
they were very much intoxiaated, whcn Ihcy
commenccd braggintr oflhcir skill inshoot
in" with fowling picces, which tcrnnnatcd in
boastinTof thcir lact and courage in fight
in dueTs. Bland, in ordcr to lcst the cour
age of his friend, took down two pislolsand
old him to lake hischoice, assuring lnm Ihat
botluverc loaded. Pownil, aficr examinmg
the pistols to asccrlain ihc fact ol thcir being
loaded, chosc a brass onc, and Bland told
him hc had chosen thc bcsU Onc llien
challcnged the othcr to goout into thcslrccl,
and decTdc the matter. Thcy went out,cach
expecting the othcr would back out, wheu
Pownil shot bland through the body. Pow
nil was dceply afTcctcd whcnhe bccameso
bcr, and during thc cxaminalion in courl,
went into the mosttcrrific convulsions, atthe
decil hc had pcrpetratcd,and ihe conscquen
cc3 attachcl., to it. A morc solcmn n-arn-ing
could not bc made against thc cvils and
viccs ofintempcraiice? Al Y. Sun.
NEWYORK COLLECTORSIIIP.
From the Journal of Commerce oj Monday.
'Ilumaredchange in tAc Collcctorsltp of
this I'orl.t is rumored that CorneliusW.
Lawrence, Esq-, is anpointed Colleotor of
this port, Hon. C. P. Van Ness,had previous
lysignificd to thePresidcnl, that whcncver it
suilcd .'he purposcs ofihc administration to
makc a changc in thc oiiice, his commis.sion
was nt Ihc PrcEidcnt's disposal, and that he
would byno means embarrass the adminis
tration in disposing ofthe appoinlmcnt. His
rcsignation will lake cllbct at thc timc above
stalcd.'
Capt.vin Kidd's VasEi Totbe pnssers
up and down the North river, thc diviugbcll,
the old horse hoat, with its black piractical
Hag, and the coucr-dam, half fullofwaterjust
above Cadwcll's Laiiding, are objccls of much
inquiry and spcculation. From the descrted
conditiou of the ncighborhood, we prcsume
that the projcct of fislimg up Captain Kidd's
long-lost trcasurc from the boitpm of the
Hudsuu, has bcen abandoucd. What a bub
blo '.Mirror,
Douglas Jcrrold is the writer of Mrs. Cau
dlu'sfamcd "Cuttaiu Lccturcs" in Punch.
EARTiiqUAKE. Adviccs from Meico stato
that during thc prcvalcucc ol the carthqnakrs
in that country last motilh, a little town cal
lcd Vnlle de Rio Blanco, in Gunajuato, was
eulirely snallowed up, Icaving only a large
cavcru where it stood. Upwards of 00 per
sons pcrishcd in this awful gulf. In Zacatc
cus, thc oscill.ition oflhecarth produccd thc
cxplosion ofa powder mill, which did con-
sidcrablcdamagc, bcsidcs loss oflifc. Onthc
lOlhult.. the capitalwasvisitcd with twoinore
shocks, which laslcd scvcral ccconds. Mcr-
cantuc Journal.
The Penny I'osiago, so succcssful in Eng
laud, has given risc to auothcr and importaut
rcform. I'arliauicnt has inlroduced a provi-
siou in thc charters of tailroad companics.
compclling cach to carry third class passen
gcis at a rate not cxcccding a pcnuy a mile.
Many of Ihe leading roads heretofore in
corporated, have taken thc hint and reduccd
ihcir fare; and now thousauds are in tbchabil
of visitinc thcir friends rcsidins nl a distancc.
secing curiosiiics and new placcs hitherlo
dcemcd inacccssible in conscqucnce of high
ratcs.
PlTTSnURBIt SnFFERERS BY Fire. The
numbcr of pcrsous ihat havc applicd for rclicf
as sufTercrs by the Pittsburgh fire is 1011, the
aggregate of whose losscs is 794,187. Thc
amount of donations exclusivc ofthe $50,
000 grantcd by tho Legislature, (which has
bccn dcclincd) is $134,301.
Anothcr fire occured in Pitlsburgh ao the
27th ult., dcstrojiug sixly or scvcnty houscs,
loss cstimatcd at S40.000.
Great Fire at Lafayette, I.ndiana.
3Vie American House lurned An tntire
Square in Iluins .' Wc have ihe paiufulduiy
to perform, says the Lafayct'c Standard (ex
tra) ofthe 27th ult., of recording thc most dc
structircand dcvaslaling fire ihat has cvcr
bccn witnesscd in Lafayette. The enlire
block of buildings on thcnorthsidc of Main,
betwecn Ohio and Wabash sts. wilh the ex
ccptions of those occupied by Webslcr's book
store, Olis & Co.'s, groccry, ihc Jlammoth
store, and Mccker cV Co.'s, isin ashcs. Tho
fire nriginalcd about 12 o'clock last night,
in tbcstables of the American IIousc, the
I1amc3iinmcdiatcly cxtending to thchotel.and
thcncesprcading almost ovcr ihc cnlirc block.
Thcre was quito a numbcr of horses iu thc
stables, six ol which were burned to dcaih.
Butau inconsidcrablc amount of goods wcrc
consumed, thnugh in thc confused clTorts to
protcct thcm from thc dcvouring clcmcnt.
thousauds ofdollars' norih wcre dcstroycd.
Thcre is little doubt but that it was ihc work
of an incendiary. The cntirc loss is various
ly cstimatcd at from ten 10 twcnly lliousand
dollar3. Insurance $2,000, on the furniiure
ofthe American IIousc.
HioUin Mihcauiic. Oursistcrcity of Mil
wankie has bccn disgraccd by a riot. or cxer
cise of " mob law,'' betwecn the East and
West Wards. A strong and incrcasing jeal
ousy exists bctwccn the two Wards, and the
ciiizens of thc West Ward havc donc all they
could to destroy the bridgcs thns prcvcutiug
thc country trade from cntcring thc city. Rc
cently an attempt was made to have the
bridgcs rcmovcd by Corporation authoritv,
but thc measurcwns not adoptcd. Hencc,
those intercstcd dasiroyed the bridgcs quict
ly in thc night the ncxt day busincss was at
a sland slill East Watcrstrect was crowded
by an infuratcd mob who louged to retaliatc
by destroying propcrtj iu the West Wanl.
But with difficulty thc peoplc wcrc persuaded
lolet thc law take ils coursc and relired to
thcir homcs. The Corporation took active
steps. and we lcarn by a private lettcr to a
gcuntleman of our acquaintancc, that Byron
Killjoiirn. an aspirant to a scat in Congress,
and proprictor oftbc Wct Ward, inlimida
tcd by thc oprnly cxpicssed threnls of thc
nopulnce, causcd the bridgcs to be rcpaircd.
ahhough, if reports arc correct, he was nncof
thc mstigators ot tlns Inst cdition ot mob law.
Green Bay Rejmllican.
The Mormon Trials.On thc 2lstult. the
tnal ol pcrsons chnrged wilh thc murder of
lliram and Joe bimtn, comincnccd at Oar
thage, Illinnis. The prisoners, J. C. Davi?,
Inleau Illinois Sentor, T. C. Sharp. cd'uor
ofthe Warsaw Siinal, Jlark Aldrich, Wm.
N. Grover, anil Col. Levi WiIliam3.compI.1in
cJ by affidavit ofthe partial manncr in which
thcjurors had bcen seleclcd, and praycd tbe
court that Elisors be appointed toselect aju
ry, which the coutt grauled. Tlie jury was
not entirely empannelLd at thc last accounts.
A correspondcnt of the Sf.Louis Rcpubhcan
says:
P.vi.n. thiiiz thusfar has bccn entirely quict
Ip.vct thcre is adccp and iulense 1
anxiety felt, which pervades all clas3cs ihc j
charactersof theaccu3cd,.the nature 01 the
charge asinst ihetn, and l.hepeculiar statc of
thc rclationscxisting bctwccji the Mormons 1
and Anti-Momons all conspire to makc tho j
prcsont 'rials ofdccp in'sresi to the old c'tti-
zcns of this country. Every boih almost at
teudiug Court comcs armed to the teeih, and
irequently muskets and rifles will be sen la
keu out of wagons with as much deliberalion
as if ihcy wcre attending a mililia muster in
stead ofa attending a court of jnstice. This
is a bad state of things, but extraordinary ca-
ses demand extrjorihnary remedie
ThoiMormons are said to baveexprcsscd n
dclermination to take rcvcnge, in case tbe
dclcndanls should not beconvictcd. bnt it ij
hopcd that more discreot counsels prc-
THE GALAIY.
Wednesday, Jime 18j 1845.
WE 3IUST HAVE TIIE RAIL-ROAD. RAIL ROAD CONVENTION.
There is no region in New Englaud which ' Agrccably to prcvious noticc, a large num
wouldbemoreadvantagcd by a Rail-Road bcr of thc ciiizcusofA.l.Iison County. nssem
. , ,. . t. i i hlcd at Miudlcbtirv on the lllli Inst, for the
than Add.son and Rutland Counlics. purposc ofadopting the most expedient a,,d
lst, It will advauce the price of our farms cllicicut mcasiircs to promole the interest of
from5totcn dnllars pcr acre. By a lettcr the contcnipl.ited Bail Road Route through
to a gcnllcracn of this town from a highly iu- Westcru Vermont, and t.i makc ihc necessary
. . . ., j- -. .i . ' arranginents for sccurmg snbscriptiouj for
telbscntgctleman,nKecne.,tappearsthat,sto(.,.;n c, and cWcltcut
farms on thc Imc ol thc Cheshire route have ( jf lr,r fa,7 jioaj Company."
advanccd twcnty-five per ccut ou the old val- . The CoiiTeutioii was c.illed to order by II.
.,-,: (Bell Esq. aud orgnnizcd by appointiug tho
U.IIIUH. r..n. rr.
rtl Pn. . .. i- x -i i
;u, x llt:rt: 13 no juriiuii ui ncn .iiQ.ui.ti .
whcrc the natural ndvantnge of a rail-road
the surprisiug augmciitalion of busincss
would bc inoic rapid aud astonishing
than on the Rutland route. Look at thc
watcr privilegcs fumished by thc strcams ' nalU Kgf of rjran.io,,. yr. I'almcrofHostoii.
gushing through cvery uook ofthe mountains' Messrs. Warncr.Bcll and Dcmiusof Middla
dircctlyou the linc from Bellows Falls to ! bury and Samuel Barkcr Esq. of Vergennes.
,. . n i - r . ' The follon-ing Rcsolution was inlroduced
Burlmgton.-our nour.,hinS n.anufaclur.us ( R o( Milt,eb alld a(Iopt.
villagcs alrcady surpassing in amount ofpro 1 c j
cceds all thc rcstof Vermont. Thclimcrock J Rcsolved, thit a commiltcc offive bo ap
aud marblc upon which ihe vcry foundalions pointed ilh auihorily to call meeting3 in tha
. ... , . , i i i i - i srrcral towns in llic comity and nppouit
ofour va hcs are laid, and thc nchorcs which . . . .
, towiicommittccsm thc samcio makc arrange
are embcdded in the bowels ofouriiour.taiu3. IIlcllI3 r,)rthe mcctings, ohlain subscriptions
In comparison nilh the Ccntral route it is (or stock and logctber wilh the county com
said that the town olTlvnioulh on Black Riv- 'ee conslitutc a complcte aud cflicieut or
, " . . rm cani.aliou to carry iuto ctlcct thc cntcrpnso
er, aflordj annuallj- agrcater amount of 1 on- r i-t....l
' j o . , m which we arc cnagcd.
nagc from its mineral resources cheilly, than j,, f this rcsolution ihe follow-
does tlie nughty town ot Alontpclicr. whicu
ihc Watchman ibiuks is so important tocon-
ncct wilh thc oihcr great cnpilals of New
England.
3d, It is thc shortest, and can thcrefore bc
coustrtictcd aud rtiu chcaper than any oihcr
road.
4th, Should he Ccntral route bc built, the
busincss ofthe Rutt-itid road of ilself would
rcndcr it a profitable slock, and it would rom
pctc for thc Canada and Wcstern tradc wilh
au almost dcad ccrtaiuty of success.
5th, Evcry fanncr and mechanic from Bel
lows Falls to Burlington who should take a
slr.irc orsharcs, would stand a fair chnuce to
save tbc oullay in thc profiis of labor, inate
rials and produce, to be fumished for ihc con
struction oftbc road. At least onc millibu
oflhc cost ofthe road must bc expcudcd on
this sidc ofthe inountaiii and $100,000 annu
ally in rcpairs.
Can any fanncr who owns o'ue hundred
acres of l.iud near thc routc hesilaie to take
a sharc 1 Can any mcrchant or mechanic in
our villagcs, inauy of which arc to be incrcas
cd iu butiness aud populattoa at least two
fold in ten years wilh a rail-road, or dccrcas
cd in thc same prnponion without oue, dc
cline his contribution ? Can our cnpitalists
makc a morc profitable investnient ihan iu a
r.iil-road to bc built nt a much less cxpcuso,
and travcrsing farrichcr porlicns oflhccoun
try than many rail-roads uhich now radiatc
from Boston. and whosc stock? arc from tcit
lo forty pcr ccnt nbovc parl
FRIGHTFUL!!
Upon thc imaginalious of many who havc
bcen solicitcd to take stock in thc rail-road,
no frightfut image sccms so vividfyiiiipressrd
ns that ofa certain Woolcn Factory in Mid
(ileuury, which has partially faitcl, notwilh-
standing, at thc linie its stock was rcprcscnt
cd 39 promising to bccome a most profitable
invcstmcnt. And slill thcrc arc no morc zeal-
ous advocatcs ofa rail-road than the cnl'ight -
eud yctsulTeiiu? members of that company.
They considcr that notwithstanding the failure
of prnlection which hroiight ruin upon ihem.
wilh the advnntagc of a rail-road thcy should
have had thcir works this momcnt iu succcss
ful opcraliou, aud are now looking tn this pro
jcct as thc only means of rctricving thcir mis
fortuncs. But if this sort of logic amounts
toauythiuc.il would frightcn pcople from ferr;sburgh ; Nalbari Claflin, Hancock; Eb
ct'cry humau cmployment. Evcn farming cnczcr Sawyer, Leicester; Ira Stewart,
rrJght be scouted into disrepute from thc inul-Middlebury; Elias Bottum, New Hnven;
titudes who have failcd of success in ihis jh JJ. New, Ripton; Washington Jliller,
primilive pursuit. If evcry continse"0 13 to SalUbury; Joscph Smith 2d, Shoreham;
bc first rcmoved, no cutcrprise nould cverbe j jjor;lCB s;,iisuurv, Slarksboro; Gcorge Y.
cutercd upon. Besidc. Wooleii FactoricS Grandey, Vergennes; Ncwton Rose, Walt
well conducted have bccome profitable, and,.
the one inqucstion wilh the advantages of a
rail-road communication jnay slill briug to
iho tockboldcrs a rcmuncrative price. At
prescnt no stock H more sought for than
rail-road. Of all thc dozcn railways rauia-, Hon. Davis Rich. of Shoreham,
liug from Boslon, every one is above par and jo:( Esocn D. Woodbeidce, of Vcr
some as high as forty per cent. No projcct i genncs as canJiJates for Scnators from tho
of the kind is now rcgarded wilh highcr an- Counly of Addisou, to be supported 4t tkc
ticipatioM ofa profitable investmcntlhan one ensujn.r dcction.
thiough Vermont. Conncctcdwith Montre-j On motion L. Deming the rcport of tha
al and Ogdensburgh it would indecd be the t Committec was acccpted, aud their nomina
grcatcst thoroughfarc in thc Union. Eveu ' tion-3 ajopicd .a3 the nominatious of tho
as wc anticipatcd, should two roads hc con- cnTCntion.
strncted, the slock oftbc Westeru route sus-, Committec onresolulionsroporled tho
tained by its own iiumense resources for f0l0wlng, which wcro rcad, and separatcly
frcight must be valnablc. But uo matter. a(J0p:cd:
The Middlebury Woolcn Company made a jjM0rt(;t
bad go of il. Ergo. the rail-road must follow TIlat Wiucs c renwm true to on
suit. AKillcnwillalwaysgothronghaholc rS
,rl.rn tJm c.nt trne. Quod erat Demoa-
strandum.
fjyThe County Rail-Road Conventiou
of which the official proccedings are givcn
below passed ofT vcry well. We can hardly
suppose it possible wilh the Tiews prcscnlcd
upon that occasion of the importance of a
rail-road communication wilh Boston, and
' ,I,C siaiemcni 01 lacts eiiiciiigihe probabihv
' fa profitable tiivcstmcnt iu tho stock, ihat
' any iutelligent man can wiihhold bis warm
all( jec;lIed approba.on of ,he fa
1 cuuicnipiadon. nor can wc doubt ihat tho
j peopla of Addison County will do tbeir
utmost by libcral subscriptions to tho stock
, to sccure the noblcst prize in a pccuiiiai-y
sense which has cvcr been prescntcdforlheir
compclition. If ihcy ncglcct ihe opportuni
ty to devclope the resources or thcir rich cnd
prulificsoil, thcir mineral weahh, aml to in
crcase and stiniulntc itiamtfjcturing'uiJuairT,
build up .1 hoine inarket, and placo Addison
Counly wiihin forty milcs of Boston, we must
suppose a fatalparalisi3 hasbecu preying up
on thcir faculties. Cor.s:dcrin; the little light
which has hitherlo bccu shed upon a subject
so new to Ihem as that of rail-roads, we do
not wonder ihat there is iu some a hesitancy
in rclation to tlio immsnse advantages which
Ihe advocates of rail-roadii claiin for thcm.
But thcir, iutclligcncc "ill not fatl thcm inlbe
cnd. Wc shall coiitir.ue to hope for a noblo
subscripliou in this County.
' luiiiiiiii'K ointrtrs.
Hon. S'AISIUEL SWIFT. Prcsiden!.
Gcn. tt m. Nasii, ,r.
Gcn. S. P. Stro.no. ( v ,ce
Prcsidonts.
(Geo. W. Gra.nof.v, Sccrctary,
Thc Convcntion was very ably addresscd
iliv G. W. Strone Eso. of Rullauii. J. A. Cn.
j ing gcutlcmeii wcre uppoiotcu.
llon. Samuel Swift
Iltiii. Uaivev Bcll
Russell ValietE(i.
Saniuel 3iorgan Esq.
Samuel Barkcr I'Uq.
Adjotirned uithout day.
TOWN RAIL-ROAD CCMJIITTEE3.
Agrecably to a re.'nluticu of thc Addison
County Rail-Road Convention thc ubscri
bcrs constiluliiip; llic Ccutral Cominitteo an-
uouncc thc appoiutmcnt of Town Commil
teesas follows:
Shoreham. ICent Wright, Silas II. Jeuni
son Clark Rich.
Bridport. Jocl Rice, Parii Fletcher, Cal
rin Solace.
Weybridge S. W. Jcwctt. L.D.firegory.
Ripton. Baniel Chipman, E. S. Piersons.
Lincoln. Wm. W. Pupe, Wm. Milcbell,
Doct. Kcnt.
Salisbury. Mnrthal S Dotv.W. Miller, J.
ar. Wceks.
Cornurall. Harmon Samaoii, B. F. Has
kcll. 11. P. llir.Rh.im.
If'hitintr. Jcseph Simocds, Lvman P.
WhitcJ.'B. Walkcr.
Bristol. Luman iMunion, Saml. H. Hol-
lcy. Ilarvcv Munsill.
- ... - , c ., r t
iSeic-Jlaren. ivm.liasu.octii L.angaon,
i P. Roscoe.
r. ttoscoe.
SA.MU SWIFT, )
IIARVEY BELL. .
RUSSELL VALLET, i '
Central
Coimniltrc.
WHIG COUNTY CONVENTION.
The Coureution of the Whigs of Addison
County was held at Middlebury on the 11th
inst., and w23 callcd to ordcr by G.W. Orais
dey, Chiirman oflhc County Comnnttco.
Samuel II. Iloliey was uoniiiialed anil ap
pointed Presideut jiro lemfore, cr.d l'hilip
Hattell, Secretary.
On the suggcstion of II. Bell ihe noraina
tion of olficers by Ci.mtniiee was diipemcd
with, and the gcnllcmen above namedonmo
tion. wcre scvcrally clcctcd Prcjidcut and
Sccrctary of thc Convcnlion.
On motion of P. S tarr, a committec of ihreo
jon rcsolmions wasnamed by the chair, tiz:
j petcrStarr, Hnrvey ."MmisilUaincsAl.Slado.
On motion of G. W. Graudcy.a cominitteo
of onc from cach Town repreieutcd wa ap
pointed by the chair to nomiuare Sruaior,
viz:
Joscph Wihnanb. Addlsou; John B.
lIuiitlcv.Hridi.ort; Barne Frisbie, Bristol;
. Samuel Evarts. Cornwall; Solon Blirroughs,
ham.
Aficr consullatioD the Committec irpurt
cd: Tho Committco on nontiiiations prcseut
j ,,1C mmes of
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2. That wc, ttii
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