Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1831-08-04

II arudeutIy atiensed 70 AZ ~ oSeP mn,
Id, of lis former travel IS iei''o ms ana me
ihus IL nov suffering the consequences of
eopn.. i;,soce and want Of forecast. Caravans
Us ~ and proper y that once peopied and
OF P..ad his channel the supply of whose
tn,,.e md demands constituted home market
ha,sver the farmer and gfazisr could
~ are no longer 10 be seen hey have gone
I.,all the multitude ofiraveiiers and augment
- amount OF transportation on other All Nor
W routes the greater natural difficulties Of
nas;eh have been overcome by skll aud iadus-
Try. .,.o, -, e..
.a,s mast. far.ning aud stock growing counties,
~ raise tobacco, of superior quality, TO con.
.iIersbls aud increasing e1tent--besidss wheat.
ssnn. Indian corn. &c. The other eight South
VS., counties OF Virginia are principally occu-
.iss IN eraziog but their soil is fertile and
iii adapted to tina culture of wheat, tobacco,
ssnn and all other staples Of middle Vrginis-
.sere is probably no dner wheat country on the
globe.
.nd territory for several others recently aeqnlr.
"a from the Cherokee Indians aud already peo-
lied more than half engaged in farming
Ind raising stock. of hogs, horses and black
.at,.e. Their -four and whiskeg, snn,etimes
eo,n. Cad markets in North Alabama and
their stock in Alabama, Georgia, Carolinas aud
Virginia The residue are principally occupied
IN plapting RI sing cotton. portion OF the
latter comparatively small, (perhaps 1000
4. 1aIes) is hauled in Wagons to Baltimore, more
than six huuured miles. The balance 10 taken
In fat boats 10 New Orleans, when the food
ate of the river admits their passage through
,he Shoals dependence which often subjects
them to grievoas disappointments aud heavy
iosses The climate OF East Tennessee is truly
excellent; the soil fertile generally, aud in the
values remarkably SO. Tobacco, wheat Indian
corr, hemp, fax, &C. grow luxurisutiy, aud
would be cultivated TO great extent. provided
the expense OF transportation to market could
be DO ne, They send o Eastern markets,
because these tcles can bear The expense,
considerable quantities OF tow.linen, hsA-iinen,
feathers shoe thread, taIiow, beeswax, ginseng,
&c. Tba enquiry with them being not what
they can RAISE far market, bat What they Can
get TO market Wah.
Bat much OF thar country is richer in Nine
sal., Metals aud Fossils. Wyihe and Wash
inetoa, ". aud Carter Sullivan and Washing
ion, IenU-ssee, abound in iron ore, Washing
tou, Virginia. affords the pure5t and strongest
call water mud gypsum IN quantities, !"
commercial sense, qaie inexnaas, iUie. Wyihe
cvataIus also lead ore Of the richest quality
likewise copper ore. Montgomery IS supplied
win coal IN va,ops places with zinc and
Spanish brown. Ora, sou has non ore and II
10 behaved oside a. ,ion. Aud kassei mas "a sal.
DcThpunuHHCc VI uulH W h'tC hhu va 10
gated.
The iron y orks of the counties Above named
Including ihose oil Col. fa.i near the big
Lick IN Botetoult. naw manufacture annually
between til, co rn1 four thou-and tons CAT
alone contains about twenty iron establish
anents, OF ." onHf-s. fuInhces a0d iorges. Bun
tie numbrr OF woTAs erected and he quantity
OF metsiInanuihei1red fuIDish very IasNeq natr
syidenve Of the capacity OF the cou ny Ia this
he tlItti tttlttas spu0lup metals In
market AMI expense OF caruage are 50 tor a ida
lie as 10 deter my but the most eni,rpcizug Il
nersesering from emharking ~ continuing IN
me nusmess. II has 10 be 'tauled in Wagons
% the East aud West, North AID South, at Az
expense vary lag trom $40 to $50 per ton
.,i the roads Had water cnnrses often he
ynlly iinpassaoie ior Wagon iftnce ,ney are
either iotc rti ont of malkel ~ the competition
OF those " no have better facilities OF transport
tion or cDntinne the rug sle under very disad-
vantaseous terms II assuming tue character,
in the latter event. of specui alton, rather tOdn
of regular puIsalt. The con,eq '.Hy rea-
d,lY be foroscen; but two facts Will show them
more distinctly The propretors oi he works
~ Carter county, except one of them, will not
o6iigale themselves TO pay their iauorers la
money. but IN iron these, seeking markets
far tbpnseiyes, usually barter their metal, at
law rates Tor uecessalIes for their iamilieo
and thereby destroy The limited marXet ui ihr
cont. uvus country. But Wylhe furnishes
commentary myre instructive. In that COUNTY
. alone nlne iron establishments, 10 wit two
boomaries four FORCES aud two furnaces. have
discontinued operatons, (0esIdes Two furnaces
commenced ana Abandoned fore compietion)
mot for tue want OF are, tutl, " water power
but solely Tor the wnnt OF facilities VI ttsuSl OF,
taton to market.
Ii is thus that the hAfuraI res ourcps OF NIrgi-
MIA remain dormant oiinas Of wealth unoPen-
ed ard the splt OF enterprise depressed bu
more adequate comp nsstion,i Is feHsona6l,
to hope. wdl ere long reward the skertio"s OF
those whose en- argy o. character mas ted them
10 grappis With these Diff cUliies and sustained
fnem in he unequal struggle.
The Lead Mines o: Ntthe ate IN n similas
situa,Ion Without the slightest Geic' ny III
qpahty or quantity o. Ore, or any essential IN
conveniepce III woikingu, theit operations have
been dis ;oniinued. Tbe propIIe ors, with a.
bout four hundred toys on haud and 40 oppot-
sunny OF eettins II 10 market on terms JHs'IiJ-
ine co.npe ition With those having The i.hpt".ed
facili,ies furnished III other States. had 40 Otter
alternative but 10 dismiss their hands aud stop
The works.
The accounts kept at the Sal, Works in
Washington do rot show the quantity manufac-
,nred in a given period, except as II may he
gathered from the amount sold or sent of 10
difrere.t markets. The amount sold ssd sent
ca from SaI'viie last yeas exceeded l4'',ooo
bushels which supplied the demand: uore
would have been made IL more could have been
adyan,ag-ousIy sold. There seems TO have
been no test Of the capacity Of the Brine-i,nd
which defines the lu's they may not pass
and the data do not indicate ali inability to
supply any demand likely TO be made on II.
The strength and puri Of the brine, and cheap.
ness Of fuel and food, enable tue propr'elors
10 produce n on YER, favorable terms. And
shets are many reasons in support OF the opin-
ion, entertained by them, that II situated on the
sea shore, they could; with these advantage,