Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1830-10-07
COIIU NICAFION-F For Ii, Yvginiar.

COW III EICATION-F For Ii, vsrginiar.
| A fer0 deslitorv remarks on the Internal Re-
sources Of Uesiern Frginid.
| II is much to be regretted that so little is
known of the Internal resources OF This part of
| Virginia Was Eastern Virginia well aranain-
! ted with the wealth which might be drawn
/ from this part ofthe domain, she would not
! long remain ia her present situation.-rhuse
! two sections OF her territory would moi much
longer remain without n most intimate c0nnec-
ton, by fine roads across the mountains Mt
various points, aud by making the navigation
Of mes Riv r. (the main artery Of the State
sufficiently good. to be hoatale Al all times
also opening u for steamboat aavigaion as Gar
/ as Lynchbnrg, which is perfectly practicable.
! The internal resources Of his State are nj least
eaual 20 those Of New York. One raft Of that
part of the State beyond the Blue Ridge, is AS
fine as sny country under the SUM- for raising
cAlte.--I am informed thai eeen nam from
FIVE to ten thousand bePves are driven 10 mar
Ike; annually from Ibis part nf the State Sup
pose 1--WE thousand To he driven 10 market in
other States, aud to sell At fifteen dollars per
head oyer and above all expenses OF diving 10
market this would net 70 the droyers anl t.
+ tie STATE seventy-fve thousand dolals.--A
great par, If Western Virginia S excellent
for the cul yainn ofthe various kinds OF grain
j Of the hest qnality.--lu Western Virginia, an
, immense quantity OF the best sal', OF the kind
can be made vt very moderate price--ii pro-
perIy protected, sufficient quantity TO supply
/ the whole State could be made 50 tHat ope c. at
need no, be sent out of the State, tor this most
necessary article Of living. This part of Viz
GINA, in common With mtny other psrts, affords
every facility for manufacturing on an extern
! sivs scale. IL is fine country for raising
rse-wooled sheep. especially west Of the
monntsias. hesitate moi TO assert, TINT he
who is an enemy 10 home manufactures, and
To internal Improvements, mean by the
Slate,) either is ignorant Of our true policy,
is an enemV 20 his Statr--On this ground alone
he ought not to be supported for auy office OF
trust or profit within the gift Of the people.
| Another. land at some future day, if properly
managed, agreai source fwealth 10 Western
Virginia, are the Mineral Springs Already, If
am correctly informed, they annually bring
about fifty thousand dollars in cash 10 the pro-
pretors. Were the facilities afforded, which
might aud ought 10 e afforded 10 citizens from
the North East and South, two huadrei thou
sand dollars would not he the amount which
would be realized from this source, 10 the 81 II.
So valuable a watsr rs the White Snlphur, is
not 10 be faund on the face OF the globe.--At
this watering alone place there ought Ia be ac-
Communications for five hundred persons. which,
speaking within the bonds of reason, is not
more persons than would visit this wat RUG
place very summer, provided the accommo-
datious were good Upwards Of two bou-
sand persons annnally sill the Balsion and
Saratoga waters. which hear no con parison in
point OF val1e TO the Virginia Mineral Waers.
| AID wh. not two Thousand visit the Uhlie SUI.
piur, II it b. so naiudbie Why. for This very
plain reason, because OF the bal roads aud bad
accommodation. Instead 81 fffy thousand dol
lars being ear, led by visitors and leh al the
various watering places nn1ta1fg, there would
he one hundred HouSanG dollars left annually
AT the White Sulphur nione. These are no
exaggerated tales--fhey are perfectly reasona-
bic conclusions drawn from facts already
kanWn.
The counties in which those Springs are. and
the adjoining counties, ara beginning to appre-
ciata them aud are connecting them by fine
roads, made at about one nali the price at
whir similar roads nre made on ms sns the
mountains. The average price for making the
road which is now in progress, from the Warm
Springs to Cdiingh1n's. IS eight hundred dol
lars pr mile--rhe road Is thrown up aboni
twenty two feet vide, with an elevat oa IN the
middle of about Two and Que half feet.-It
must, 4 kept in repair, be always fine road
in the simmer-it is not paved. ought to re-
mark here, that unless good roads across the
mountains he made. and the navigation oi
James River improved still mo<e,a great pro-
portion of the trade Of Western Virginia Will be
diverted permanently into another channel, Ell
Their East or South.
Instead Of five thousand beeves, as before
U,entisned, there will, in less than twenty
wears from this time, be hTenty thousand
heeyes driven 30 market. which would nett
three hundred thousand dollars Eastern FT-
ginia ought either TO raise her own horses and
hogs, Oh obtain them rom Western Virginia,
iastead of kenmcl<,, Tennessee and Ohio
This would, however, accord with the IdrD
and American Sydem, and no doubt would
meet with violem opposition feom the enlight-
ened politicians of f ,s,ern Virginia. -Anoiher.
and the last source of wealth which shall
mention, is the mineral treasure contained in
the bowels of her mountains-trom thu, I'M
mense wealth will ne drawn at some future
| aay .-Look at Sweden Nwhat wealth does
she derive from her minerals
! Virginia, without doubt, possesses internal
sources of wealth equal to those ct any state
10 the Union-but hitherto she has improved
them but little. Her resources are such as,
| if property managed. would make her COIN
pleteiy independenf, or At least centre, upon
| which the states around her would feel great
" dependant.
Rehabilitation of The sources Of ioeahh an
| Western Virginia ;-t'rom stock OF different
knls, $3.50 000-Mueral Springs, 600, 900
Mineral Ores. say S50,g0-makmg In all
S400, 900. This calculation may be taken as
the minimum. Saving 10 the state, produced by
a proper Management, Of her resources, may
be estimated at about $5OO,0Oo. According 10