Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1834-11-13
INTERNAL IMPROVEMENT

appeal to the people of that city relative :.
prosecution OF what II emphaticaly STYLES a ~
sreat tcgrk the connection Of the Atls,,,o 30
the Ohio by means ofthe J,nes River & K,n.a
ha improvement. The Enquirer calls io,n ;.
Commissioners 10 reopen the books in Ricbnon''
and to convoke public meeting of the citizen. g
the purpose of adopting the necessary means 10 y
cure the speedy commencement, the energetic NJ
sccuton and the successful completion Of Il.
schctnc.
In other sections of the country, magn;s....
schemes of improvement are pro ectcd, the m,.n;
Judo and Importance OF winch IRE veil calculaio.
to arouse Virguiaps from their too long indasss
aud fltal lethargy, # any thing can excite them
vigorous and weldrected action. Among lbc,.
is the project, of which we believe Gen. Gam. :.
the U. 5. army is the originator, and which bs :.
urging upon the public attention with unws,,..
zeal, for uniting he Mississippi river viii IN.
Chesapeake Bay, by means Of double rail. ,oa|
,assing through Tennessee and Virginia, The co.,
of which is estimated by Col Long, of the u 3
Typographical engineers, at between twenty mi
thirty millions Of dollars. This is an enlarssm.n.
of the Neo Rivcr schemcuf Improvement, pr,ioo,
ed in this State few years ago, the subs:upo, y,
which WIS eltered into with 50 much spra ,nd
alacrty, and the abandonment Of whci-gse sh,u :.
ycr re gard as most bind and fatal measure
Another scheme, Is the organza ton Of comm,
ny in New York, for the pu,pose Of Carrying ~,
trade between that city and Ptsburg, ira the D.,.
aware and Rartan canal, and tho Pennsylvania
canal and railway which, Il is said, is ren Ior.1
expedlent by The fact that The PennsyIsania canal
opens from six to eight weeks earlier IN the Sprny
ihan that OF New York.
a convention is 10 be held in Baltimore on,b,
8th of Deccmbef, 10 be composed of delegates from
the counties in Virginia and Maryland interested
Tor the purpose of devising means of COMPLYING
the Chesapeake AMI OHIO Canal.
The Portsmouth abroad (says the Enauire,) !,
advancing in its eo1summa,on, and the first slrok,
is a3out to be struck upon the Richmond, Frsd,
ksburg and Po,omac rail
Thus, all around Us, the spirit of internal in.
prosementis advancing with rapid strides while
zoe are literally standing stin, with ldcd arms q,
il we had nothing to lose by or strange apathy
and indifference. Ought this so TO be Viii nx
Hercules laugh AT our petitions, when too late We
| are made ensible of our error aud call upon him
for assistance 2 Are we not like the fooliA
beauty, gszing on his imasc in the stream ia,
flows at his feet, losing the only opportunity
tina: may ever off itself /, or z asp, OF main.
aiming our present position and of improving those
great natural advantages with Which PtJf ,sase
mas blessed Us
gr Since The foregoing was written, we hus
received tho Richmond WING Of Saturday / St
containing the following letter from Joseph c. Ca
bel, Esq. the great champion tho Jane, and
kanawha improvement, to his friend IN Richmond.
CHARLoTrEsyILLE, 9Th Nov 1884,
Dear Sir-Thc Country Subscription TO Tia
James & kanawha Stock, East of the Ridge YOU
may rest assured, is perfectly safs.
| Fearing deficiency at certain poin, Of the liz,
OF Improvement of 10 Shares, made a Journey IA
the last Canbetland court, and there with tho MD
! OF friends, obtained Is new Shares 10 Supply n,
aPprehonded loss. Recently, have discovered, las
IN the heavy subscription of n neis eorng coCny
there may be falling OF of 100 $50 shat,.
asd on Monday, came 10 Al)emarle Court 10 10
quest The people Of this coaty TO make srpp..
mantary subscription Of eqlal amount U =ur..
ly, here, as in Cumberland, political discussion
batIl;d ny purpose Of addressing the peopsM
large. Last cvenns being the 3 ! day Of lie COQu
! explained the purpose ofiny Vi il to small ,o
ton OF the people Of the county, and | am h.pg,
to nf5rm you. that we ooan u a new suJscf,lol
! of 100 shares
| The Professors Of iha University, most Of whoa
| had formerly subscribed hearing that the amount
called for mght be required 10 fill the subscription
of the middle country, decided 10 support the ma.
o"'S anu eoHtio'Ncd nv III Inc one HunurtG
Shares II was d ms IL the most delicate and bt-
eral spirit, and reflects honor upon tho noble in,
stiluiion OF which they are the worthy members.
From the feeling disclosed upon this &C aston,
am convinced that if could have addressed nv
| explanation 10 ne whole holy of The peopl. Of Al,
bemarlc on Monday they would have r, ably sub
scrbei 200 shares; in Cumberland, also, i'll could
have made statement TO the whole body Of the
people, think double amount would have been
subscribed. No blame attaches TO he gentlemen
who conducted the political discuss on In each
case public notice had been given of the in ended
discussion and delIcacy forbad, ME 10 in,.lists
think the ad thus contributed by the counties Of
Cumberland and Albemarle will cover the whO.
ground indeed, indulge the hope that the posn
indicated will, IN the end, not require the profcya
aid.
Since the date of my last have had further,
out partial accounts from The west, all of which
are favorable. You need not fear for the west;
they arc steady people. They do hateverlhcy
say they will dot gives me pleasure 10 o.my
predictions fulfilled, and my confidence in the solid
ny OF the subscription thus far justified In June,
we were told That the Corporation would do no
'hing. we applied to them, and they proe,6,
anu hohofabiy confirmed their subscriptions. No.
inc coan'ry was to back out. But the country iss
'ne corporation, is acting with good filth. Now,
inc rdmor is, that the individual subscriptions the
Chy VIII be withdrawn-b but that also. in its tmn
WIN DC made good some part of the Original no
oouol' VIII be lost But you will do as zoe aredo,
'oS an Inc country ;you WiU make IL up F@
question stands in a different posture now, from
.tat IN which II stood last winter The subscribers
IN the CITY, then doubted our ability to advance 10
the point to which we have now arrived. They
no'o see that the scheme is sustained by public O.
pinion; and they will act as becomes candid and
reasonable men. For this reason, am pleased
.hol INC question VIII not be stirred among them