Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1831-11-14

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marketable commodities. The consequences s
that there ARE more sellers tnen rurchasers.--=
! The latter will, therefore, regulate prices ~
THAR own pleasure aud every day eHhibils
the spectacle Of people coming from the cpaa.
Try 10 our villages. with their gTan, thar butch
ets meat, Their poultry, aud whatever elss
their farms afford. hawking their a ticlcs about
the ST. eets mud ASKING always moderate
price for them. while the tavern keepers. aud
Others, hang back sod refuse to boy. until they
bring the country man TO Their own terms
Would this state Of thi0gs continne, II We had
our railway Certalnly not. The vehicles
which are employed on these contributions
are OF such capacity, aud strength, IA 20 haar
vaat loads along them. The speed with which
they travel on the smooth metallic surfaces
from which they derive thair excellence. ohen
exceeds twenty mile. IN an hour B0t, al
lowing Tor the delays which may be produced
by casualties, mud by waiting NJ certain points
tor thu reception Of ,hel, freight ten miles. for
each hours travel, may be counted On, wiih
cerlainis. The machines CONTINUE their pros
gress, day, mud night, and viii, therefore, pass
over two hundred aud forty m'les, 10 iwsnt.s
four honis the reduced expense for when
| every thiag saleable. and trRosportable. might.
! by these machines, hf conveyed to Lynohbnig.
| Richmond, aud other eastern towns, would
enable our people 10 place thcir commodities
| on Ihs tal-NH1 ~ anu UNIV 'n'W ibl SAFE ~ a
market where they might obfain n tar price
This ,hoy could nllora 10 atteup even whtn
the quantity which they WISHED 90 dispose Of
was MOI large. Very litilG arithmetic viii
shew that ware not makfng w,Id calculations
! The toll Tor tai, conveyed easiwardig. will
not exceed sif cents aud one nurth, FOR zach
mile, A farmer has three az four tat heeves
or two or three dozen mutons, which he eau
snare. II will be IN hts tavor 10 aend, or car
~ thsn. by the railway, deaf, or awe "a hts
co0 veaieuce. or cno,ee, may prrsc,ibs. lie
may reach Lvnebbptg, from Knoxville. within
ior,y-elght honfa. aud nom Abingdon, within
Nv env -fonr hours lie will rarely he detain=
cd lunger than two or thrre days, perhaps, not
none tnan QUE. aud msy i,npediatcly return IN
his nome, nnd his business, iOdh he CASA IN
ms pocket, To twice, or THREE, Iha amount Of
what he could obtain ~ bis own neig bbofhood'
10 tue wealthy pta5aoer. the advantage. would
accrue, IA the satno proportion rs 10 MN whose
yearly ptodneip are not Ia'gd. When the
tavero-keepers, ani other purchasers. ON the
roads, aud IN our villages, shall have perceived.
experinentally. the effect of the slender phi
cos witch they have been IN the habit of pay
log 10 the people of the country, for their pro.
| ducts and thai i,ese last avail themselves OF
! the rnil Iond 10 hnd n distant maIket, better
thun that nfaT Their own doors, tue cur ain
consequence will he, n far rise OF price, equal
TO what can no oblalnrd At The disthnt market,
with tho DIN irenee Of c'Ir'ge oa,y.
II would be supeflnous 10 ocolpy much
! time IN taking view Oi the dilhcuttes which
ARE TO he enumerated, untc, the present Gu
cnmsinnces, when foreign o,arkeii sought.
That trade must DC directed, G,ihes 10 tns c,Iies
on tho Atlantic. or to New OrierDs. II 10 iho
lo,mef, the dlslanoe aud he expense oi trans.
poftatIon, BY tdnd are SO great, ~ 10 reduce
the SUN received by the producer, so low, rs
10 afford him little, ur 10 profit, add, someinIrs
eveu 20 bring MN IN debt. II New Orleans -
made the pace Of destination, although the wa.
ter cafringr nny be had hum nigh polnts On
oar western streams. yet, the inprdlnenls
aud dangers Of navigating tue MIis,sippi, tho
Immanse length oil voyage down that I'VE
aud Its branches, make tho undertaking, el,
ways hazhrdons aud often unprottibr. r.
sides New orltans, cannot 90 reputed 81 good
"A market, tor most productions, articles OF
provision excepted, as the Gltirs On oar eastern
Coast , because, all those comuOdilies, which
are intended TOR iha European trade. arc re
ceyed there on deposii, ouly, and are shIpped
th.nGr, by u long, cIrcutou.. aud perlloas nav
igatlon. 10 these same eastern oities, where
they ara aold, or re.shipped tor Europe
Let US return 10 the rad foad. lie rapid,
safe aud cheap conveyance which IL will pre-
sent will not constitute all the benehs taai
whose eIperionco Inns enabled them To iof,n
correct opinions on the SUBJECT, have rehhfkeds
thai Ia AL Instances where raIl-~ays have been
eslabl shed, innnmerable advantages entirely
, unforeseen previously to their construction,
have arisen. Many article, before deehrd
useless, or Of little value, mud u prompt snle.
Tue facilities which they nhord for travelling
induce many 10 visit dis ant points, aud 10 sn-
prrlntand thrr own business, far from homr.
..,.tI. tgIa ~ gpE
have left lheif own re'sdes. Intercourse, ths
certain parent OF improvement, ~ promoted.
Refinement Of manners and character Ia pr
duced and the moral as we'll rs the comlner.
cal results, are incAlculsble. The scien'i6e
journals have Justly hailed the introduction Of
locomotive eUgln.s on rail roads, rs n new
era ia the moral aud phliict history oil ia
tons. In our widely extended country, IL is
i'm ossihle TO ennmeraIe the immense sdvnnla.
geg, which will flow from this mode 0f COn-
veya0ce, impaired TO every section OF il. The
connection of the OCEAN with the great lakes,
thro the Slate of New York; of the Che,apeHke
| with the western rivers nv the BALTIMORE and
Ohio rail road ; of James River with the Ien-
nessee, by that now contemplated oil Charles
ton, with The upper country OF Georgia, by the
rail road to HambuTgh, on the Savannah kis.t;
| of that which unnes the lakes with the OHIO
| River and many more which will 0e else. here
constructed, must give 'hIW 10 cominefce
10 agriculture, aud 10 science, heretofore un.
known n our land. We cannot hAiier our
selves, that the United States will by any
course OF policy, however wise or just, always
AVOID the evils Of war Whed that calamity
shall visit us, our interior GonIaU Dcations, by
rail roads and canals, viii place us van
tage e. round, enher Tor annoyance or defence,
winch will be unlimited ~ ITS eKieni, and OF
which AN enemy cannot deprive US, even
though possessing greet naval superiority "A
superiority, OF whch, III the two wars between
tue United States and Great Britain, our expe.
rience was severe. and by viii n our sutfef-
iugs were depIorabir. ResorIing 10 the expe-
diuous movements, wbch the machinery OF our
internal improvements will place ~ oar hands,
we shall always be prepared 10 msrt a Re,
| whatever point oil attack he may choose, at a
short warning or. We NAV often bring an as