Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1835-09-28

burg.
There is tide" which, taken a, ii. turn,
" leads ON 10 tortune"-oncc missed, the place,
and the parties, who eventually become the victim,
OF neglect and inattention, find in them II source
OF rreparablc injury. To such, regret is onl, left,
and that is unavailne.
Many wears since, Antwerp yielded to AmSter-
dam. What are now their respective positions
Let us apply the lesson. 1t is not three wear,
since lynchburg promised To become one of the
great pvots, on which the trade of the mighty West
would turn, aS we'll one of the immense aud un-
measurable channels, by which il would pass, RIA
Richmond and Petersburg, To Norfolk. But, in an
evil hour, the Abingdon Rail Road was abandon
ed and now, al the very instant that il is ascertain
ed that Cotton can be carried from Nashville 10
Philadelphia, and throuel, all the windngs of Ca
nal and River Navigation, Rail and Turnpike
Road, for ono anil Il quarter cents per H., and nj
the very instant, that we find New Orleans is sur
veslng Road to Nashville, which can be travel
led IN two DAYS and hat-thuS, rendering il GER
tam that, II the Road be continued ria Lynehburg
from sly 10 ten DAYS will he the extent of the time
IT will take to convey Cotton from New Orleans
TO NorioIk-at such PERIOD do we see Nrpn,
putting the cart before the horse and dreaming
about River communication, which it will cost
millions to complete and wears to perfect; whcn
by heartily entering into the plan OF a Raul Road
from the James, al the head of the navigation, or
at Lynchburg, to the llol>ton, and also from
Lynchburg to Richmond and Petcr,burg she
might, in an infinitely less space OF time and at an
infinitely less cost, comp ctc, and be the means ol
completing, a Rail Road, that, in all human pto-
liability, will not only occasion want of the Rrv-
or Improvement, but lessen the charge of lis con
structlon; for the Rail Road would almost mme-
diatelv furnish funds, and add a value to property
winch would make II the means III supp, wing othnl
funds with hdT the case, and to d0ubtc tie amotat
more easily than the mocty can be- Produced at
this instant. Take the cost of each of these works
at 100; or, together, at 200. 1t is more dian
probable that an execution OF the Rail Road in
fdhtef, and an expenditure OF the 100, will, both
directly and indirectly, lessen the charge of the i'm,
provemen 10 5O--lhus saving Is per cent OF the
capital whether furnished by individuals or the
public.
The necessity OF promptit,ulc is urged in Rich
mond, PETERSBURG, Lvnchburp, &c. by the conduct
OF Baltimore. However, to do away with all doubt
rs 10 the facility of the Road between Nashville
and New Orleans, will quote a few word, from
an address 10 the citizens of Mississippi, Alabama
and Tennessee, by the agents of the Road from
New Orleans. " The cost per mile, at which tn
Road can be constructed will be less than one h If
lhan any other road 1t is now we'll settled thai
all Rail Roads are profitable when passengers are
numerous; and in that particular, Road can
compare with lli which will connect New Orcan,
with the Western Country. But, il will not be
confined to passengers from the Western Static
BY making Nashville the termination Cat prcsenD
of this great work, that place at once becomes the
focus, at which will concentrate the business from
the East, the " est aud the North. At the mode
rate rate of 10 miles an hour the whole distance
will be travelled in Two days and half"
Now what says Baltimor to all this " FROM
Nashville to the Virgin, line, active prcpar tons
are making for the survey; ami sufficient iniorma-
ton has been collected to determine its practica-
bility, at AN expense entirely Unsuitable, when
compared with the advantages which it will drvcI-
opc. From the Virginia line Eastward To Win
chester" (mark tins, Lynchburgers y "sevcral
Intermediate surveys have been made /; and from
Winchester to Baltimore we expect to have duIing
the next year Rail Road in active operation; 50,
that We find preparations are making for a contin-
uous line Of Railway from Baltimore to the Mis-
siSSpp'
And, what SAYS Mr.. Cabell, in the Norfolk Boa
con audc TO IA continuation of the Norfolk
and Portsmouth Rail Road to Nashville, which is
little if any farther from Norfolk than from New
Orleans; and, if the facilities Of transportation are
the same, let us submit To any practical merchant,
whose Cotton was AT Nashville, which way he
would send it, To New Orleans or Norfolk 7 |
conclude il would be worth more in Norfolk than
in New Orleans, by very near the amonl of.
freight and insurance from New Orleans To the
batter port (or rather, llavrc or Lverpool)
Let such communication be opened, and
conclude that Norfolk would be the market for the
Cotton Of Tennessee and Arkansas, and part of
that from Louisiana, and much OF that TOM N,si,-
,ippi, and even Alabama. Nay, it would hardly be
rxtravagan To expect even the Molasscs and Sugar
If Louisiana by this route rather than by the dan
grrons and tedious voyage round the Cape of
Florda." dangerous, indeed for fully $3.50, 900,
an interest on S5.OO0,OOO, at 5 per cent. were
lately lost there in specie, in :" little month -
and not less than 81 to S2,O0O0OO are annually
destroyed, to say nothing of the loss of human life,
on the Capes of Florida.
Such i, prospect of what can, and what, per-
hdpS, is to be done, and what certainty can be a.
chiered. What is it that Sec or rather what
we do not see, in the Western States, in New
York and Philadelphia, and perhaps Canada may
be addcd--all of them opening Roads and clear
ing Channels, whereby the produce of the "grcat
West" may be induced TO flow to their respective
tF,mini-hOpng to make them sources of wealth
and power, well springs whence will flow
mercy and intcllgcncc-and all united tending to
heir country's veal Thus repeat it, do we
see them all in active pursuit Of what must
tend to the public good, and add to the public
property and public prosperity. And see, wi h
I satisfaction. ! cannot describe, that the paltry,
pcttyiogging, penny system has ceased in Vir-
!na and that she has employed the justly celebrated
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