Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1831-10-13

| n1r edu nee no ANY 9th sariaut dagger
| II be dreaded. Who then would not give q
ecided preferences To that mode of eoavey amer
which would be ths quickest The cheapest. aud
The most exempt lrom danger
| But, snpnnsiag the road made. would il,
annual profits pay the intercst of the money
| appended ~ lis construction For. IL they would
no, we cannot expect capita i,is IN i0vest thrir
| n iney ~ Railroad stock. The firsi question
~, how much would IT probably costa ila To
| make the road This Las hecn estimated al
| fifteen thousand dollars though an persua-
ded TINS estimate Is too hi Oh. LIT US then see
II there - not "A reasonable certainty that each
mile OF the Ioai, II II were IN operation, would
weld yearly income Of u,ne hundred dollars,
whiGh is the hterest NJ SIX per cent on the
estimated sum OF fneen ihonsand dullars
opposing IL 10 cost that amount to make a miie
q tho road.
The FRS item OF profit | shall mention would
pe derived from carr ing The u. States mail.
int the railroad company would have n mo
aopoly of carrying the mai, Is n mater about
hich I tere can be M controversy, inasmUc b
: ~ would t1en he conveyed wlth much more
I'D as we'll as safety. than il is now done
Apuld thea be iran ported IN three DAYS,
- "A distance That oow requires at lrast ten
mi IN the strong box OF kal.road car II
wohh b'd defiance 10 all the attempts Of the
nj r'bhrr. Aid Ia TINS, thai II would not
III a be liable tn he DESTROY ID Ia crossing waite,
COURSES Il, now frequently happens. For uan.-
poftIng the mail irom Washington CITY 20 the
All,sissipp!, Il 10 believed, the United 5 a;es pay
apout sixtt dollars 0 mile on an average. Ihls
'isiie would pay the iHlrrest ON ono thousand
i3lars per nue expended la The construction
u tir rnai.
Tue nrx item shall menlinn is the freig
oil i.a'srn,ois. / Is rvd,nt, | think, that the
oont anpltta 3 rad, Il u were in operation,
you'd 'e travelled more than any other road
IN tn unted 5lafes--dnd parhaps | would not
,aY top.much | sad, more than any other
toad IN the world of is great length. Persons
attending 10 thu calls oil business -ptriuus III
search ut heallh-and persons in pursuit Of
pleasure would all make this road thorough
AZ. For one of the gTea, advantages attend
ing 1t "odd be, that IN It's whole length, u would
run thrOUsh markauly healthy region,
abonding with all the acc, S,aries and co nt1rts
III life, an even its Injuries too, II pare air aud
goo wafer. be considered iuxrurs, ~ matter that
Cal hardly be dbpu,ed In lie are no Dismal
swamp along its whole course 10 .enu th"Ir
loal mIasma-no tens nor marshes To send Iortn
Their bdneiul malarIa-nor any long -lealed
pinrS, trstJOned with p 'ndrut moss. calculated
o rem,nd,he traveller of the tomb. or make
him fancy he is already there. On the contra.
~ all tue unIry lhrough winch the road
abonnaIog win scenery the most beautiful and
toinsntic. Vino has not experienced the Ia.
iluenCc al surrounding scenery IA cheering his
sPnh-, rrrt1Ing his health. aud sha,lng away
tint t.Ui ii al. emu On the contrary, who
h > no. lrl rs blood ch,ltUti IA his veins, his
spirtts oppressed, aud his heart sink IN passing
through u1se che,Iless regions, " here he /,
cnnt'n tnily rrminded ot the d" valley aud sua,i
u" ui death I" Aid 10 all tins, that from our
l. a
onieupihed ruad, apd AT no great distance
foul are 'nnnnerable springs pouring torn
al Kinds OF medical aud hssiing ~airis. To
IN. 81 ,nul Aus at hedpu til nvaiis wOdiu
darA from All parts al lhs Unitel otaIes-iuT
VINO wuull have il sand, tnat he had mol had u
tri,, on the treat Western RIil-rhdd, ii tneIe
were bat tue shadow Of an excuse Tor making
II Ine Idhdtilanls OF tue sckly pats at Lou
islann, Mississippi, Alibami, Georgia. IL ,. Caro-
ill., Who are Obliged 10 have then loaes d. lug
lae summer monihs 10 csc pc from pestdence
md death, Nouli speni tao SiCkiy season III
uavelling along the kal-'odd, aud ylsitiag t1r
numerous watering places winch ab'und "A
ta1ng "ur nils aud mounthins. Instead oi
u tliS owu anu Saiatosd, the gted Western
ttli-rJdd, aud tue mr deal p,ngs IN IT'S VIclni-
J, would tlen he The res n oil beauty a"d lash
lot,. lniecd, many prrs"ns from the bti1ie
named places, would select sumnrr residents
thaf hOm tpence they could IA IA lew days vail
tnril plantations aud Their homes.
Non, to prove thai am uul mistaken ia my
Calruldi,un as 10 the uumD"r Ut tragriieIs who
would pass along aus rud |, ! vii again ASK
you to i0ok a, the map OF the United States, ana
examine tn gtograPhtchl situation oithr State
ol Ionnessee. lhr great rwer Mississippi wash
r. ITS whole western boundary. LIE waters o
iennesser, the Cumberland, Tue Onio, the Wa
1
,lolnt, bat little distant from It's norlh western
conner; aud the river 81. +IancIs, the Watt
river aud the Arknnsdw unite with the Ma
sissppl shuri distance below It's south western
cornet. Let any ole point out, II he Can,
another place On the map ui The United states,
o., II he please, On the map OF The world, where
ihereis such d meeting OF the gfeht highways
u nature Jan forming, as on or near the We
tenn boundary ot tue STATE o Tennessee. Sup
pose d X Ill. Dad 70 eAtend from tue city OF
Rlchunnd TO the banks oi the Mississippi, Al
SINE pom III the 5ta'e oi tennessee, and sup.
pose a traveller from Nsw OsIeans "isnes 10
y,,t Boston letal, object be business, OF pleas
are, or DOinj what oaleCts would lac wish 10
combine on hls journey Certlinly speed,
cheapness, and aa opportunity ot seet"g
Is many as possible OF the distinguished
cities aud cIliz OF the United State.
He would WIS.,, ny all means, ~ VISIT the sea-
Of tue General Government especially 10 the
winteI season. when Cungress aud the supreme
Court OF the United STATES would both be 10 ses.
siou.-ND lei Us see wit Their ali THESE objects
would not be attained more elfrcluaIly by the
pt oposed route tain by any OthrI winch the
traveller codl1 possibly adopt. Al all seasons
Of the yGar he could. toy steamboat. IN four or
FIVE days, reach the termination OF the Ktil
road Jn the banks OF The Mississippi, and IN
tine days more he would arrive IN Rcnm1n ! :;
IN one day more in Washington Cry by steam
boat ia SIX houis he Can reach Balnmole by
Inc sage; ~ less than twenty -iUur nous he
arrives IN Philadelphia by steamboat, or by
Stage fine river i, SHUT up AID nen the kdh
roaI from CamJen 10 AmOUy shall b. com
plelud, IT viii nike but "A few hours more 10 ar
rive Ia New York aud 10 Boston Will take
ltle more than one gay 81 that III less than
twelve days The traveller could 80 tom Me-"
y leans 10 Boston, or vice versa, aud oh his
journey pass through Nashville, Knoxville,
Abiugdon. Lynchbnrg, R,chmoni, Washing
ton, Baltimore PhiltdelphId, n. York, N"
Haven, and nulnoeI Of other towns aud villa