PROSPECTS OF ALEXANDRIA.
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PROSPECIS OF ALEXANDRIA,.


/ Extract Of letter from, a gentleman in
Virginia to the editor OF the Alexandria
Gazette. Il r.ei4 alftrp SEE e


\ 81 hope you may realize all you hope
for, by the retrocession Of Alexandra 10


Virginia. do not believe that our legis-
Iature will ever grant the tight Of way 10
the Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road 10 Par


kersburg, and r feel equally confident that
The company will never accept the wheel.
ing route, Ths being the case, Z should
be pleased to see scheme startedfor rail
road from Alexandria TO the Ohio river. be
lieye itintirely practicable, and sure Of a
vote large enough to carry il triumphantly


through the legislature. The Valley and
'Wssiern Virginia, and especially North
Western Virginia, would give ita strong
vote, and certainly from your own section
Of the slate commanding vote might be
obtained Would il not be great moye-
inent for Alexandra, calculated 10 build up
around you a large, populous, and prosper.
ous city, riyalling in its trade the city Of
Baltimore Surely, your shipping harbor,
and other natural advantages, are superior
to those of Baltmore, and such road once
opened, would cause any amount Of capi-
tai to Aow TO your city, Manufactures
ought to prosper and flourish, around and