Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1831-04-11
THE VIsHGINiAN.
,IyTRNAL IMPROVEMENT.

1T !, has nevertheless effected great deal
-. ,ban is predecessors for many years
=, and very much at which we ought TO re-
100 We hail it what a. favorable angury Of
-, may be expected hereafter. when de-
...looemsn, OF the benefits OF well matdred
-,so, oC Improvement ehall be Immediately
>een aud felt.
Among the works authorized, in which Inc
.oole of this section Of the State are deeply
,utsrested is the bill, directing the to"-pa'h OF
he Blue Ridge Canal 10 be ~idened-And 1t
,.annot. We suppose, be necessary 10 urge mp
n the Directors of the Lynchbutg and Blue
Ridge Turop,ke Company the great impo'-
tance ola speedy and energetic execution Of
Hi, dates The completion oftheir iash will
,r.a,lv enhance the commercial prosperity OF
,,chhur,. and contribute to the convenience
Ola large, populons and wealthy section OF
'n.n,ry. To this consideration they are rs
,.,,,,ch alive. doubtless, asw are; and, as a
.e.,;og has been called by the President of the
aa,,d 10 be held on the 1911 inst. we may
,,,,iepate that it will not be long before they
lit eominenae their important undertaking
II. aoo,ner column, we have copied from the
Lexington lntellsencer, an article, showing
,bst,ne turnpike from that place 10 Coving-
nm has been already commenced with spirit !;
,ybieh furnishes an additional reason, If any
acre wanting, why we should proceed, forth
.,ith to the consWuc ion of the Eastern termi-
n.tjon OF the road. That Completed. and
lanes River rendered Bavigable tor steam
A 81 ,ho
,ect thoroughfare from the sea-1oard to tie
Western waters. And il tho Tennessee cotton
III ready beginning 10 fad an Atlantic ma, kei,
BIZ fae way Of James River, what may we not
cancel when the means OF communication are
Isodered SO much more sale, expeditions and
ssrlain
Another bill, in which this section OF coun-
&, is deeply interested, is that authorizing the
construction OF a Raj TOAD from Lynchburg
10 some point on New RIVER. This project is
regarded by many as chimerical but we can
not look upon il m this light. The want Of
capital here to undertake il, Is certainly for
,nilsbIe ohjectiou-and at FIRST sight appears
TO be all ,nsurmountabls one. But, there is
spfofus,ou OF floating capital in the country,
seeking profitable inyestiture ssd the threat
ened CONNEXIONS OF the European world are
daily adding TO the amount. The holders Of
stocks there, becoming every day more doubt
ml Of their security, are selling out 10 A great
extent, and sending over their funds 10 this
country, II be Invested in American stocks.
Convince The northern aud foreign capitalists
bat the contemplated Rail Road Will yield a
air rate OF interest, and the stock will be taken
Gsoon as the books are opened. In order to
.stsy them Of this, ii is, we think, only nf g.
avtO make known TO them the immense
wealth and capabilities Of the country through
which the Road must pass. aud the incalcu-
abe amour OF trade which 1t would create
especially il il should hereafter, as il doubtless
would be, extended to the Tennessee line, and
probably much farther ultimately AT all
events, let US not riIicuie the schsnle as some
persons in this ease-IoyIng Commonwealth are
100 apt TO DO whenever gigantic undertaking
Bproposed, nor throw obstruciIons IN the way
nl IT'S contemplation, until its impracticabity
shall be clearly and decisively demonstrated.
Competent judges have declared mol only that
me scheme IS itself feasible, but also lbai il
will b. highly profitable. Let Us not, then,
listen to the too cautious counsels of timidity,
a'd towhrdly prudence, which, had they heen
uiead.d 10 by The great benefactors of the
world, would have s,rangled every great inyen-
lon, and checked every grta,impIovemeut of
The as onishng age in which il is our fortune
obe actors. Had they not been disr-garded.
sie.d. Steamboats, had never superseded bal
'eAui-Loui,viIle, Pulsbure- and Cincinnati
would have been mere country villages, in
et"u Of vast coDmerclal emporiums-t he
s'eal Canal Of New York would not have
called INTO existence the numerous and ihriv-
hs 'o"ns and cities, which, IN the course oil
s"en'y ,eeis, have sprung up upon its borders,
rs II Fnm The touch Of the enchanler's wand
anu hAi' Roads would have been laughed at
s'he c6'nera ola disordered brain, instead
fng IN the full tide of successful expert
s''"' Let us despair of achieving nothing,
'n'i we are satisfied either that i, is beyond the
s"pa'' vi our ability, or that, in accomplish
s'' We shall pay loo dearly for the whis-
ir.p
''"o ho' know tina, we can better conclude
=" h'"c'e man by copying the following in
"'s 'e"er, 90 this subject which we fnd
- 'e h'ehmond Compiler Who, after read
70 - Ga" doubt that, BY rome means, the i'm
' resources OF Our Soutwesthern Counties
0"' 'o' want. not Of a market, bu, of the
.,,s. e. se'hg to II, are now completely lost
A. ee' should o- brought into action
''ey are No, forever TO remain 9 m bosom
eu VI the earth, and ia os ue,, 10 be condo mn.
i, "a poverty while surrounded by wealth,
,s.u wise policy 10 endoa,or to draw
Min. WI o"" doors. by furnishing them
u,.,a s''" road aud cheap and rapid trans
mil. ~, ready market? The question ad.
4''' oil but one answer;
Ts,y; teller rom ciiisca orMe South