Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1841-11-04

not long before | began L. be initiated INTO Inc n.y.
teties Of currency. | paid my fare and. IN - dong
WIS compelled to change atwe.''y dollar nose =
tho Farmers Bank Of Virginia add IL return vssses.
/ ell flood OF shinplasie,s and three deIjes oeee
on the Bank Of West Unior. Ohio, no, worth shs
light II would take To sci II On fie aud u wss nosny
disposed Of. in the vicinity OF West Uasoe. ess .
breakfast Of about par value with ITSELF 3usa hse
the name.
Liberated from the little | os,, and freed from the
safe keeping OF these three dollars could 0Ot help
drawing comparison between the brpsd naii6nai
currency, which is equ, TO all our wants, and the
issues OF This little bauh whose notes ara not current
among it's officers and Which are pal'ned of upes
the norant aud uns spcteus, and asking whethef
II not lar better Tor the interest OF tho thzh9
that they should be paid lheir dues 10 the cussesey
Of national bank, than be forced to take ouch aoiee
IN payment for their manly tod.
llowey, r. II will do 10 dwell too long on thie
matter, ior am forced 10 visit Tennessee, snd taAs
my course thtoueh The settlt ments oil Kent ckys
finding my way the the towns and villages ~ the
three chops OF The sides OF the trees. and dragging
my teet thfous mud and mire. unit u was the nap
pest feeling 10 behold tho hu nble cabin OF the har-
dy pioneer, aud saaie ny yoracious p,'ee on ME
homely fare.
Bnt 1t not long before left the wood-chopa
per, and found my way 10 high life aud FeDnessse
money. There received note on the State Bank,
OF one hundred dollars, aud returning into kenuc-
by, al no great distance from that i'm ,gnavy Inns
which DIVIDES tho Two States, | realized the Effects
"l local currency, by being enforced I" exchxnkS
the one hundred dollar bull Tor eighiy-egh d"Ilsss
ii kentucky money; and with this dear moaey IT.
tempted 10 return to my native rlice, but ] assure
YOU have met with much difficulty. IN Vmg,nis
aud Mary land have been compelled 10 deposits
five times the amount Witch was due, and have ices
detained Tor The purposes OF exchange.
Al Msysvc | attempted 10 procure Virginia mo-
ncy, bur tailed. At Wheeling second attempt was
made, bot IL proved unsuccessful. However. fsss-
my thai the Kentucky money would not ~ much
further. exchanged fifty dollars Kentucky for the
notes OF the Northwestern Bank Vi Virginia, and
some other small bills, which pad my way until l
reached F,edetickiown, Maryland. Thr,e ! met
",Ih difficulty, for neither The Wheeling money nor
the Kentucky m,nry was curreni but, as great
layo, The landlord received a five dollar bill Wheel.
~ fur my breakfast and diuner, and gave me the
change IN two one dollar notes f some PenDsylva-
n,a bank one dollar Baltimore aud Ono Railroad.
aud lhr bala zee Good SHIN lasers-ail, ac-
cord ng 10 hi, So current, but not one huuded
ward. from the door, al, except the rail DAD money,
was refused Al the rallroad oIct; bot, having ans-
ther fifty cents of railroad scrip, found ny way 10
natpet's terry. But there the Northwestern Bank
was IN even worse ,epute than IN Myand, aud l
placed IN the hands OF he age $40 rs drposne, aud
was carried 10 Wmchrsei, NJ which vas detained
TWO da,s-in getting shaved X rntueky money ~
twelve per aud Noahwes I'm d ,nk al trn..
These things forced me to the conclusion that
ths Lttai country is d. serving Ola better and moro
honest currency, and that those Who have received
our COZ idenec ought 10 give II, aud protect Us in
our rights aud the en- ,mcnl ol our properly
These thIugs are hafassng he p opr, aud gradual.
~ undermining the conf leGce which they have
reposed. And II ihIs state OF ,lln.s is not stayed,
does uet qute much philosophy 10 divine the -.
suit, When the law sleeps, physical io'ce has Ms
course; and amid Us acts 81 justice - coms
mingled much 10 make the heart slrk and tiembe.
A FARMER.