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Statistical gazetteer of the state of Virginia, embracing important topographical and historical information from recent and original sources, together with the results of the last census population, in most cases, to 1854 . it is carried in the bulk, and the same number of meas-ured bushels are delivered in New York as are received on boardthe canal boat from the shipper. The lard, pork and flour fromthe same region are taking the same direction. Last autumnthe rich regions of Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois were flooded withthe local bank-notes of the eastern States advanced by the NewYork house
Statistical gazetteer of the state of Virginia, embracing important topographical and historical information from recent and original sources, together with the results of the last census population, in most cases, to 1854 . it is carried in the bulk, and the same number of meas-ured bushels are delivered in New York as are received on boardthe canal boat from the shipper. The lard, pork and flour fromthe same region are taking the same direction. Last autumnthe rich regions of Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois were flooded withthe local bank-notes of the eastern States advanced by the NewYork houses on produce to be shipped by them by the way ofthe canals in the spring. These moneyed facilities enable the packer, miller and spec-ulator to hold on to their produce, with the opening of naviga-tion in the spring; and they are no longer obliged as formerlyto hurry off their shipments during the winter by the way ofNew Orleans, in order to realize funds by drafts on their ship-ments. The banking facilities at the East are doing as muchto draw trade from us as the canals and railways which easterncapital is constructing. All the lead from the upper Mississippi now goes East by 19 ~ 146 PORTSMOUTH BUSINESS RAIL ROAD CAR WORKS,i^ortrrsivtoxTTia:. fmimz Fiisii§is .i^]Nrx> EXPRESS CARS, giirkotj Oralis ILiMimalboir & Msiinidl (Dsii^^^Manufactured at this Establishment, Of the best material, and in the most approved manner, witheither Plate or Spoke Wheels and Axles, of Salisbury or otherIron. TRUCKS FITTED UP, OR am m wheels separaieli Will be furnished at the shortest notice and shipped toany part of the United States. Having extensive arrangements and superior facilities for Manufacturing at this establishment, orders will be received and Contracts made for Equipping Entire Eoads at short notice. JOHN A. GREEN, Proprietor. GAZETTEER OF VIRGINIA. 147 the way of Milwaukie. But the most recent and astonishingchange in the course of the northwestern trade, is to beho
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