PROBABLE TRADE OF WASHINGTON. 73 
dred miles. This would be coming very near 
to Staunton, behind the Blue Mountains, and 
which is on the high road from Kentucky, 
and from the new state of Tenessee, to the 
city of Philadelphia. Frankfort, the capital of 
the former of these states, is nearly eight hun¬ 
dred miles from Philadelphia ■ Knoxville, 
that of the other, seven hundred and twenty^- 
eight. Both these towns draw their supplies 
of foreign manufactures from Philadelphia, and 
by land carriage. Supposing then that the na*> 
yigation of the Shenandoah should be per¬ 
fected, there would be a saving of four hundred 
and thirty-six miles of land carriage from going 
to Washington by the Shenandoah and Pa- 
towmac instead of goingto Philadelphia; such 
a saving, it might be imagined, would draw 
the whole of this trade to Washington. Whe¬ 
ther the two western states, Kentucky and Te- 
nessce, will trade to New Orleans or not, at a 
future day, in preference to any of these places, 
will be investigated presently. 
By means of Cheat and Monongabela rivers 
it has been shewn, that an opening may be 
obtained to Pittsburgh. This will be a route 
of about four bundled and fifty miles from 
Washii }gton, and in it there will be one port¬ 
age, from the Patowmac to Cheat River, of 
thirty-seven miles, and perhaps two or three 
others; but these will be all very small. It 
