Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1831-07-11
I'AaEI VziElsaISaAN.
LYSCBBUaG. JULY II. 1891.
INrEhNAL IMPROVEMENT.
REQUIRES Of The South Western Count

and. in publishing them, we must express n
hope tina, the proposition Ter Convention OF
! Delesate- lrem hose sections OF country inter
es,ld ia that greet work, 10 be held at Ab,ug-
don, On the 25,h OF August neA', will meet
with a cordial respnnse here aud elsewhere.
II Is onIy by Concert Of aci on that We can
reasonably expect 10 mature any gre eat scheme
add pro seoaie il successfully ami this concert
Of ac,lon can be efltcted N ~ other way so
satisfactorily as by snch Convention as IS
proposed
/ We observe in one o! Inc South Carolina PR
! pers, letter ron Mr.. Horatio Allen, the So
/ bmeer depu,ed BY Tue Charleston Raj R,aa
Company 10 at end tue lde Convention at
| scott court-honse, 10 The President vi lnat
Company. III winch he speaks quite conhden,-
y OF the esrsdtency OF making Charleston the
emporium aud outlet oil The trade Of Iennes
see and South western Vnglnia, the induce
nents TO winch the saSe) have been much un-
deIvnIued aud the difficulties as much. if mot
more, exaggerated" For our own parts. we
regard this idea as exceedingly chi.nericaI;
yet II may be practicable and unless those who
are Interested III The success oil the james River
improvement 3" Ill ACT with the proper energy
ami zeal All manifest becoming decree o
confidence both in tho ptecticabi.Iy of our
haI ltoaI aud itiyer improvement, and IN
"u' ABILITY 10 accomplish 1t, thI, scheme viii
'a"' iafai, zns influence, by detachlng
''"" IT, "irh OF e"te'pfze, WV, psrceiving tue
! necessity OF Soate Improvement. vii aba,don
''at "hI1h Is lnoat feas,ble, Oh accoun. Of the
'""clvty OF ITS friends, and unite ia tua,. which
P"o"'7'ng !" be less advantageous, IS yet GER
tam to Dc p'oseested with proper sp,ru.
Charleston and Norfolk are The CONNIE II.
tors for The immense uada winch will he cat,
ed into action by the completion Of ei he,
p'an OF Improvement; yet, strange to soy
whe Charleston is al alive with the MANI.
tude Of the subject, Norfolk is silent and mac.
i've IN suite OF the appeals which have been
made alike 10 her patriotism, her pride. and
her interest. In natural advantages. No,toE
has decidedly the advantage of its rival bu,
natural advantages soon cease to be valuable
nnlrss they aie improved /; for ii is n law, from
"hch there Is no exemption, that the slusgard
snail be STRICKEN with poverty and wretched-
ness, ilongh he be surrounded by all the eIe.
'"thtS 81 wealth 6nd grandeur, white enter.
ih'ze aud industry shall draw fertility from
the sterile rock. and i" make The desert blussom
"s The rose" We have, on more than OF.
"cca'o', m'Hed tue atteation oil the Norfolk
t1''i'ors 10 tvs suffice, bat ii would seem that
meg are either unappriacd or regar bless of its
Importance 10 TIE fntnre pro. pcrIty OF heir an
cieGt Borough. We would once more epdca,-
oar 10 awaken thee, 10 the deep Interest they
Lave H'stske N the resait ofthe Struggle whicn
Is no" being made IN lhfee several direction,
tor the trade OF the Southwest; and to iinpress
upon 'her "nots ihe necessity OF Urging their
claims 10 it, and oil uniting with US in that ell
"gttc action which is alone necessary TO
ensure them success. As We have had occa.
sI"n herrioa's Ia Iemerk, JImes Riuer is ,hc
nai"r"i channel, and .Notfotk the natural.ou,-
| let of thai trade and II it be lost TO them
II VIII be the consequence Of a most shameful
apathy, aud the criminal iatihercnce OF the
James River country TO It's dearest interests,
eWealth ofSoath Western Virginia, which
no" lies embosomed in her mountains and
values, perec', ustless /. tue proprletors, and
adding not particle 10 the power aud not
cent to the Golfers OF tue commonwealth, is
iuhuItely greater than has ever yet been ina
gined 10 say Lotbing OF the products o, the
| SOL, common 10 other sections of cnunt,y
| which would be cultivated in great abundant,
II market cohld be opened 10 them, i, abound,
/ IN mineral productions of almost every de
| NoiIpt'oh, and IN ineShaustbe quantities We
| ave now before Us specimen OF C0gI touud
| in U'onniain in the immediate neiuhhc rhood
OF Ch''Shansoafg, (Aontsomery county,
which Is superior 10 great deal that we have
seen used in Rchmon tom the best mines in
the neg hborhood of mat city. We arc as
sured, too, by tue gentleman who gen, il IN ne
'hot u Is Jar sample. lie fuItAer observes
Go ! was knows 10 eIist in thea n,onn,a,,o ,
many years ego, bu, was thought OF iiule val.
ne. htcently however IL has excited nnre
enqn'fy. The mode OF procuring il, is, to
Commence at the base OF the mountain. and
advance horizontally mo il. In one foo, Won
come to Coal. tbe1e havs b.en probably |
Io"" bushels taken out lie pit, of which the
'""p'e taa' SEND you Is part, end the ca.
caVa''on IS only about eight feet horizontal
AMI eight iee' perpendicular, no, yet having
cou'e 10 nm arch. The gentleman TO whom |
al" '""'o'ea Tor the sample" Continues our
cofrespoUdent,) says that he can with ease
dig one hundred bushels per day, and deposit
~ ready 10 be thrown into wagon. |, is
S'so DIS opinion, that as progress shall be
made inln tie .l.uuIlinln- III Il nr. NINA .ha