Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1830-11-29
VHE1VEREENiAs.
LyNCHBURG. NOV. %. 1880
INTERNAL IMPROVEMENT.


ty..aa h.sn favored with ths following
interesting extract. relative TO tho fr"c''c'"'''
~ advantages, &c. of the proposed ha'i hoa'
from Lyncbburg to Ne" kver
r.,.,,, ofa letter from citizen Of he soaf
A'1 ma foa citizen of LynchbWg.
:. III. .,,,t for Internal improvements il
Eh W-stern section Of this State IL
>uoo tfube opinion does not seem 10
o., on any particular Improvement 10
- . az most beneficial. The idea OF u
,.,n;Ls from Salem TO the Tennessee line (by
u,na,aom,ry court house. Wythe cohrt house
W., ah;ngdon) has been long entertained; the
a.. of railway from Lynchbnrg to New
Dr. !, new 10 the people of the South West
.,,,Iic Attentions has beea more generally al
,,ao,.d 70 a connection, by CHnai, OF Ne"
n;..r wi,o Roanoke, and, if possible. connec-
- Roanoke with James Rivel. II is obvi-
'o ',. ,be oulcy OF the South West 10 form n
o'sy ..,;nn with James river aud trade 10 its
towns -, p...,.,,,.
...,Io;pIU practicable (seP report Of Engineer
40 IN the Legislature, session 20 and ".
Trom nav per sonal knowledge OF the country,
,,;.vs tia, New River and Holslein can be
,,,,ed by a canal per aaps short r'ifohd
,you,d he necessary near the summit ievei oe'
,u.an Reed Creek anu iBOlSae'h' I" 'S'''e'
~, River navigable for common Keel boats,
I.'.oh a. are used On James river from short
I,s,.oce above the falls OF kanhaws 10 the North
",ol;,. line will Lot be dhrut. his iall
-, Nav River was one foot lower than u
avor was before known to be by the oldest in
b.b;tant.. a keel boat, bull by subscription, de
sc.nded with considerable load RON the
o,th of Reed Creek to "A short distance of the
Calls without much difficulty. Aud other boats
ars about t. be built for the same purpose"
as io the beuefs which would Result from
,he accomplishment oil these works, 'heIe cam
mo, he ,wo opinions. They Womd afford an
;uiond communication from The Chesapeake 10
N, Missouri. The extent Of country directly
;n,or..,pd in Them is very considerable | mean
tho nina south western counties oil tnginih.
,ooether wiih parts Of Tennessee ana North
Carolina. The character oil the soil aud its pro-
,h,ct, are various there IS 40 hner wheat conn-
trv on earth Tobacco is now raised in con-
siderable qnansi,e. aud OF very superior quail
~ in Montgomery and would succeed equally
we'll in all the other South Western counties. #
they were not too far removed from market.
yts character as a grazing and stock country
i, well known. And In mineral productions 1t
"a surpassed nv few countries. / ne salt works
IN Washing ton county could easily be made 10
suppiy as much sat as is consumed III one
tonrth OF the Union-fennessee, Alabama,
parts Of North Eastern aud Southwestern Vr-
gina are now supplied from thence. The
single county OF Wytbe conId supply lron sum :
Gent for the consumption oil several Stiles ;
and that mineral is TO be found IN quantities ap-
parentIy inc haustibie throughout the whole
,.es.ro section of the State. he manutac-
lure of lead in Wythe county WIS formerly
very valuable to the prOprietoTs OF tue mines.
who made (ortunrs by hauling II IN wagon 10
BALTIMORE, over the present "retched roads"
ia now less valuable because of the greater Ia
cility oftranspor taion from Missouri. But the
ora is now procured with greater faci'ty 'ah
ever and the mines are beiieyed 10 DC ihekhans-
tibe. gypsum (Pas,er OF Paris) can be pro,
cured abundanity in the counties oi Nyihe and
Washington. with ittle Iabor m raising II from
ouarr,es near the surface. Copper ore has
been discovered in several places IN N'he
county and is said to he OF goodqhhiry, thonSh
no extensive experiments have hten maue
ZINC Is said 10 be- found IN Montgomery Ok
yde OF iron, which affords coppefas, Is SAID 10
De abundant in Gray son.
The Spirit of France. THAT the late French
Revolution has not eyen,uaied IN a manner TO
suit those who instiga'ed il, and most largely
shared in its Communication. is very evident
and 10 this cause may be dscrieed lne frequent
agitations which disturb the public tranquility,
and to represss which reluiies the interpos'-
lion, not only of the laws, but oil the armed po-
lice of the nation. The trial Of the Ex-Minis-
tiers will, in all probability, bring about an im.
portant crisis in France. II the Government
be really ANXIOUS, as we doubt not it is, 10 save
Polgnac aud hs colleagues from The guIilotIne.
their efforts cannot fail 10 produce state oil
eIacerbaiion among the people OF Paris who
loudly demand their death, that may involve
the Ministers who may then be in office, in the
same destiny which in all probability awaits
those whom they are now endeayorlng TO res
cue from the punishment which popular O.
pinion has long since awarded to their crimes
Disconnected, too, from other causes, they will
make this The rally wing point of all tie dlsahec'
ted-of the few but intrepid imPerIat'sts, who
hold in deestation the very name ot Bourbon
and who put no faith in the fair and specious
promises Of King, who, promising to remodel
the government in way suited to the spiri
ofthe times, signaIize the commence ment o
bis reign by the appointment of that srch-hypo
critic Talleyrand, the trusted and the betrayer
Of all dynasties, tothe most important Embassy
in Europe-of The more numerous aud NOR,
influential Republicans, who have seen thei
brilliant dream Of a tree representative gov
ernment vanish away, and behold the People
King, dispensing, al the point of the bayonet
the popular Clubs and Societies, to the tolera
tion Of which. during the reign of Charles Y
lie owes his crown-ani Of the Ultra ROynlisi
who would league their fortunes with the blood
les, demons OF the first Revolution, to achiev
the downfall OF those who have proftcd by Tn
last For our own parts we confess the Gil
asen King has not equsled our expectation