Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1839-09-26

and iis main street !, long a quito compact. ba
more Quiet than the streets OF OF northern
and western ciiles
t The eily IS very web hl.ili. and its situation u
healthy and coHinlas'uins. The Capitol oreupisi
The mos conspicuous iosiliae and the view from It
ef,lle SURROUNDING ceuntfy. IS comprehensive. am
IN same points very beautiful. The Capitol y
I plaiu boncsi story building. every body knows
With doiie poriica the front cod, and entrances
on each side The Hall Of the Assenbl, IS s'i1al
room the rear. and the Senate Chamber - direct
Nv nrer IL in The second story. The corresponding
rooms a fpni are room, Tor the Executive and his
( Council and Library. Ia the centre of the build
ing Is an rsccllaut marble statue Of Washington y
eeuted IN Paris. and bust 81 Lafayeiic. Ohicefs
! ~ TIN basement. Mr.. Jefferson sent tie model oil
/ this edi6ce from Paris. The Gourt-iiouse IN the
trar Is a beautiful building II much better taste
There is commodious house In The adjoining
square exclusively reserved for the use ofthe 90
srfnur ] lie nubie buildings constantly guard
ed by patrols with musket and military dress. j he
State employs standing army Of eiehty men TO pro-
iect The public properly. aud to OVetanc insufree-
non dc. The ethrr public buildings are the Pen
1euiafy. Aims Hoase, Museum. Acadeny OF Fine
Arts, Orphan Asylum, and an old Armory. Some
of tic p,isae DIV ollings the hill elegant, no
doubt The abode of refinement and hospitality.
Richmond inay reasonable aniic pate higher des-
Tiny Her commerce aud manufactures already
extensive. destined 10 increase Greater facll.
ties for muulacturug purposes could scarcely be d."
sned. She has the finest water power, sbnudanee
of building materials coal mines, n'suty Of iron
within her reach. aud SOL CANDLE OF producing
baeco, cotton, hemp, mn,licaulis, wheat corr and
cattle, and besides al Ihtse convenient Quiet TO
the sea. few years hg1, it was caleuaisd that,
tho number tfvessels engaged annually 10 the n'de
Of Rchmvd W. i5ouf 90 ships, 90 pugs 800
sohoontrs md Shops. and 80 steamboas. The STA
ls,los OF us p pulatIon exhibit fapd Increase
In 1910 II was s35. II 1920 IL, 067. In 1880 l6,
I'D 4 4 M NanN
sing people ere engaged in improving the most yau
able OF the water privileges and bere are already ~
the fall tide OF the largest Touring
mills Ia the world. rolllg asd Sitting mills, nail lac
tories, machine shops. large cotton factory &c
There are also iuttates IRON Ioundfes BRICK kllns
, aud preparations for Smelling copper.
Chcvalie's great -Four null which sends out the
celebrated sGafIero" brand. is worth y visit II IL
| il treme ndons Lnck building, Which cost 40 GOO. -
II employs y Of stone. Wheat ~ pouring in
from the u'per country on one side, and the barrel
led -four passing tspdiy of un the Other. 1t Is
lhtowr INTO hoppar--then taken To the top Of the
buiI.1ng aud elcaned-hen IL goes down and
sgiound-tl G 4 ur nd The bran separate-the for
,i,f Is taken again by elevators 10 tho upper part OF
The building aud cooled, and IS at last poured down
INTO all by machinery, where II is inincd
arly shovcllrd into barrels. packed weighed headed
up branded, and rolled oil. In tins way hoy can
make 600 barrels day, worth sc 50 per barrel
Ills flour IS all exported and has the reputation OF
oil being The best -four that is made. There afe TWO
other Ia re f5ut mills IN Richmond, Mr. iIaxals
having l6 run Oh stone Richmond is of the
greatest Of our nonr mars-nedr 100000 barrels
and hall banels had been inspected he year ending
June 80.
The Tredegal Iron Company IS anothsr large
establishments where iron Is snelteJ rolled, cast and
worked also into machinery, The history ola BIZ Of
iron, from the mother ore, 10 the shaft OF steam en-
glHe. is NJ interesting one. The capital employed
IL. Bn ma
iolled 10 = week-hands working SIX hours n day.
There are nun ben of Tobacco factories-thc
most extensive, We believe, in the world IS thai OF
Mt. $. :. Myers OF Richmond. lie uses UP 400
hogshcads OF tobacco IN year, employing Ia the
process over 100 hands, principally uegfo boys
Oar Of fhis number Of no. sheads there are manulae
iured about $4,000 boxes, worth 500 to $40 per box
Total value, as Will be perceived, nearly million Of
dollars. The process OF manufacturing tobacco is
very slmp'e 1t comes itom the country, the Sc
coud year after growth, packed in large hogsheads
The production Of each lbelng twisted ut one end
so as 10 form What IS called hand. These "hlnds"
ate opened, and the leaves spread out-then tho
stems are tern from the eotre length of the leaf
then II Is rolled by the hand twisted like ropes by
a Ittle wbeel--then these rolls yarns are twisted
again into a mass, shaped according 10 fancy or
Paching-tllen those masses are nattened undcra
sefaw pTessure--lhen they are packed In boxes-tbe
boxes placed IN solid cases aud put under the most
tremendous pressure which canbe applied BY a screw
The boxes are nailed up, aud those Containing the
poorest tobacco ATE placed in apartment heated
by hfe, aud Stcdted. The first quality undergoes
no sweating process except such may be stimula.
ted by the heat Of the sun upon the attic room
where the boxes ale stored. There is no extrane-
ons substance applied 10 the tobacco rs is generally
supposed--the moisture IS difIused by pressnte.-
he different QUALITIES Of tobacco arise in the field
and ate not owning To any process of manufacture
lhe terms "pg-tad,' "cdsrndish,n &c. apply pm
elpay 10 the tam IN which the weed is sent into
marhet Tue stems Which are torn from the precious
leai, are by no means sacnfced-they are manufac-
tuted into snuff
Virginia will have raised more tobacco this wear
than any State in the Union. and it is Of great va
ine. The crop Of 1888 amounted only TO &c 600
hogshcads-ths yearlt is estimated at A, 600 hogs
heads. The entire tobacco crop of Virginia, Ken.
lucky, Maryland and Ohio. for this year is estma-
led al J. 10000 hogshrads. Last year twas only ~,
900.
Bnumous coal occurs at intervals over n section
OF IS miles, tom South Anna fivef near its mouth
To the Appomauox. In some places the coal seam
rs found 40 feet thick. 1t is found in abundance
within 5 miles Of edmond in llenreo, in Ches-
tcffeld, IN Goeehiand ~ Pc" hatan--on James Ri
aud on tie Tuehahoe. At Midlothian tlt, in
Chesterfield county, shaft has been sunk 720 feet
below the surface. aud seam OF fine coal has been
penetrated ! feet.
Iron Is found in abundance in various parts OF the
State. There are seren mines of It in Spousylvania
near the Junction OF the Rappahanuock and Rapidan
river.
OF tn" eota miaes, generally less valuable than
ron We learned but lnlle, except that there are .
gold mines in Gooohand county-l5 IN Orange
II IN Cnlpepper-26 in Srousylyania--lo IN Stat
ford, aud IN Fauquer Total gold mines, eigh-
~,
There are also re copper mines in Fauquier com