Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1829-10-12

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Z" The Progress of The Hsa.''-rbi, h..
come AS common a phrase among US as a
march of mind" l, is 40 wonder tia, !, Toe
The extraordinary advancement of the ,sa; "
bordering the Ohio and its tributary sa,e,s ou'
only IN population bu; in the conyen,en,a, "''
HE. strikes us al so many turns, aud in 20 -. VI
ny obvious ways, thai we may be excused ~
some repeiitons on The subject. We ara.
sed by travellers oil harping iediously I'm ,,'
topic. Boi such has been the rapid chsnps 20
things ia the west such is the absoluie 30,
tfast between things as they are and lhinu, =.
they were that, without any excessive sb.s.
oil national vaing loiiOusDess, We tina, ysrv ~,
iaraily express our qualification, especially =,
we believe that a sincere astonishmeUt ,,,',
possess every one who contemplate the h,'.,
history of the prosperity OF the regions 10 ou.,.
ton.
We have been amused by reading in Pin,
hurgh paper an acc ant OF that place publish.
ed by Judge Breckenridge in a Gazette en-.
ing there in 1886, and descriptive of the towns
II was attbat time, and have been equally
edhed by companion piece, some edlIoti,
remarks in the paper first spoken of, desrrib.
ieg the town as il is now. The contrast bo,.
rows still greater force from the well know
fact thai like magical changes have taken ps,,
In vast extent OF country. Several HUNDRED
miles furt err IN tue :" western wilderness,
Cincinnati presents features equally aslonish.
ing al list Never in so briei a period have
=" mary soliiaiy places been made glad. We
must borrow from the Pittsburgh print some
Of the particulars of the change in that Town.
l., 1886, WHEN Judge Breckenridge wrote
IN account ofthst settlement, IL was fronep
vlilag on the ontermost limits Of civilized
population, Containing perhaps hundred bou
SEES N ~ il h1s more than two thousand, with
a populalion OF more than seven thousand sous
AID is surrounded by suburbs OF villages con
raiuiog seven OF eight thousand more. Thea,
II a the only newspaper inl.d west Of tie
AIeghanv; now, three hundred are printed IN
tne ,ame extent OF country. AT thai time all
the bar-ron brought tn Their was transported on
no rseback now Pittsburgh is called The Bu.
mmgham # A,uefica, thousands of tons of me.
tai are hlough u il, 10 be conyer ed into steam
engines, boiiei iron, bar-iron, anchors for thr
northern lake., aud sugar-miilS and sugar.he'
ties for Louisiana. Instead of a trade in which
four o. five tons ul lead aud turs We're eEchan,
ged for few barrels OF whiskey, houI mtr.
chandise, three hundred large and ua.
nv of them splendid steam boats are roo irrd
for the exchanges 81 that country. Among the
articles EXCHANGED are casting, nails, farming
utensi, glass and cotton goods manufactured
in Pn,sbutgb, which, forty years ago could ne,
manufacture the axes Tor telling the woods, and
imported lis window glass from Europe, but
now makes window glass for Boston and Maine
and decoretes with its fun, glass the table OF
the President. A boarding school now occu
pie the place of b. addock's defeat; old Fort da
Qnesne is now within the smoke of thousands
OF chimneys +; aud on the scene OF another
sanguinary battle, the Ionic columns of new
UuiTershy are erecting. II is important to
hose who are engaged i'll constructing routes
Tor trade TO this great western garden TO con-
fsider how vast potion OF this great and RAPID
prospe ity is ascIibebla 10 tue genius OF Fulton.
who has demonstrated that one single discovery
in science, one Improvement 10 the means q
transportation, MAJ, as il were, create an asi
ricutural aud commercial empire
Bait an.