Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1834-10-02
Itam lle RaAimnLe Amelitan.


| Thai the spirit OF internal improvement 10 active
in the South we have had lauoty uneqllyocal ev
dcncc Already has the South Carolina rail road
travcrsing that State from Charleston 10 Augusta
! in Georgia, gone into successful operation. This
example has done much To rouse the hitherto dor
mant energies of the Southern people thoy are
now fully alive 10 the vast importance Of adding TO-
and rendering more available, the natural facilities
| afforded 10y their many rivers, by artificial overland
! ommuncalio.s We have before gwen accoun,
OF the projects for rail roads in Georgia ard Ten
nosseo and have now before most ln,crt sting
paper relating to great scheme of ln,crn,l improve
ment. II IS letter, published in the National In
lelligcnccr OF yesterday, and occupying mn entire
page of that poper, from General +. Z. GAINES to
the Governor Of Georgia, the snbjcc, OF raj
road from the Mississippi 10 the Atlantic, to pass
! through tho states of Tennessee Mississippi Ala
bans, Georgia, and South Carolina.
| Memphis, on the Mississippi, IN the south wost
| cerner Of Tennessee, Is TO be the starting point
Ah,r running abou, seventy miles eastward with
slight southern inclination, it is 10 pass into and
| cut of tho nerth cast corner of Mississippi, by n
| route of thirty or forty miles, enter Alabama and
| by the way of Decatur traverse the northern part
of that State and finally after getting into Georgia
| brsnch of into two divisions, one to proceed IN II
north,rly direction through Athens to Augusta to
| JON the South Carolina rail road, and the Other
10 Il south through Mllledgevle at or near which
it is to branch again, one branch going to Sayan-
nah, lhe other down the south western part of the
] State, TO open a communication through w est Flo
| rda with the Gulf of Mexico.
| The distance from Memphis TO Savannah would
be ncarI, SIX hundred miles, and General Gaines
represents the track peculiarly favorable to the
location of railroad. lie estimates the ma ximum
nor p1ilp n ri oh MI a. T.,
TINT by the construction of this railroad the price
of transportation would be reduced from thirty dol
| lars n ton to one dollar Besides the great staples
of rice, tobacco and cotton, many other articles
woutl be transported lnlarSe quanu is such as
tar, pitch, turpentine and stone, ali of which are
much vented in parts of tho Mississippi
| General Gaines cwels upon the vast,impol tancc
Of such n chain of railroads in a military pont
ofview, as affording facility for concentrating, at
| short notice, large bodies of troops on tho sea
board
II this line of rail road be made, and the plan Of
one running cngthwise through Tenno ssee TO com
munca'e with others proposed in North Carolina
| and Virginia, be carried into execution the little
town of Memphis will have populous prospec,
before her, and probably attain the circumference
OF her old Egyptian namcsake,
Specie.-The Poland has on board $l2 $50. I2i5O
five franc pieces, 1000 francs, and bbls. specie.
The Montreal has also 90 boxes Of gold
The Sy lsia do Grasse, from Have, brought out
IN francs and gold abou, 100000 dollars,
| ~ y Ga<.
Norh Carolina Gold Cotm.-The Corol,oians
have c'ntrived TO put their gold ,noa shape 10
pass ~ tale Several sklltuI ussaysts have estat.
l'shcd themselves IN he gold regions, and have
acquired SO much reputation for accuracy that their
pieces OF gold marked I" FIVE dollars" pass every
where as half eagles. II ia kind OF inspection We,
think Il NAV Guallu ma We .sa..LIs - L..