Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1841-11-26
DOMESTIC.
IMPORTANT MOVEMENT.

IMPORTANT MOVEMENT.
The Lynchbury Republican OF the 3th instant says
From an article in the Siaunton Spectator, under the
above caption, it appears that the people OF Winchester
are making q desperate effort 10 regain the East Ten
nessee and South. western Virginia trade, which now
finds its way to Gas market. With a view 10 this md,
the Baltimore and Ohio, and Winchester and Potomac
Railroad Companies haze made n proposition TO the
President and Directors Of the Valley Turnpike Com
pany to let plaster pass oyer thei road fee from toll.
The proposition was acceded TO blythe Turnpike Com
pany, with a recommendation 10 the Railroad companies
TO place salt on the same footing, which was agreed 10.
In connection nth ths, the people Of Winchester have
i in contemplation 10 's,abiish Immediately a line oil
TRANSFORMATION wagons 10 convey merchandise, NC,
from that place TO Sta union.
We regard these g. SIN oriant movements indeed
movements in wL,ch The people Of Lynchburg are
Immediately and d. ply Interested. We think, how
ever, it wall BE- IA difficult matter 10 convince our
friends in Tennere" and South western Virginia, that
il will still be dec isdly to their interest TO ship their
merchandise, s. :. 10 this place. In The first place, 1t
will be borne in mind that the distance is about l50
miles in favor Of Lynchbnrg. Freight, from Rich
mond % this pace, IL. only s1 aud a fourth cents;
whereas, from Wlnehe.ter 10 the Zig Lick, So miles
above this, where The. two routes meet, the freight
might be something l'kr 81 80 or 81 IS per hun
bred. Calculating the cost of transportation By wag'
CONS, from Lynchnurs 10 the Lick, at the high.
est possible rates, "the l,cedful argument" it must
be admitted, 4, sill very much in favor of this
route. Goods an lie. deiirersd at Lynehburg from
either Boston, y. lorA ar Philadelphia, for The same
prize for lchich they :sn Ge differed nj Ninehestfr.
Our South. western friends, we feel assured, will
scarcely be disposed 10 return to their old route when
we have satisfs d them by actual experiment that it is
to their ad vantage to come this way. Lynchbnrg, they
readily admit, is one Of the best markets for their pro.
duce in Virginia, which, nobody will deny, is another
very strong argument in our favor.
What signif,s the establishment Of the line of wa.
CONS from Winchester TO Stanton? DO the authors
- tb., ,nua,,apt tufand N frausnOrf nr0dnrp and
merchandise from the latter place 10 the former and
from the former to The latter, free IF Charge Ger
tainly mol.
We look upon The whVc movement rs a dying strug-
gle on the part ofour Winchester friends TO regain their
former trade. We certainly do not blame them for
adopting .all fair and honorable means 10 secure their
! object. But the truth i, friends, the location of Lynch.
burg, and its great fncilitics, Will enable it not only to
hold lis present trade, but TO increase it vastly. Our
town is on the hgh Dad 10 prosperity, and we feelcon.
fdent that il will iuirc much more important move
ments than those iced above TO retard its growth
Buildings arc ra gong up, upon nearly all its
streets, and its b hess population If steadily increas.
ing. These are sVchs which we consider ominous oil
our future destiny. As another evidence Of the grow
ing Importance Of our town, we will mention that fol
several weeks past, our industrious and enterprisine
Commission Merchants have been storing away goods
and loading wagons until the hour of midnight, SO great
has been The press of business upon them.
In connection with this subject we copy from the
same paper of The 9Th inst. the following extract OF
letter, which shows that the trade of East Tennessee
promises to be o finhni.e vulue TO Lynchburg at no dis
tant day. provided they can have the advantage of
good lcad, of which there can he no doubt.
Extract of a 'etA FROM "a gentleman in knorriue,
1t""e'''s' to e''''" Of a aSe4sszs a asfi 1s4,.
81 have always believed that tobacco would do vel
in East Tennessee, and this year made the expert.
ment. have succeeded well in n small way, having
made about 1000 lbs. TIE most difficulty we expert
ence here is our great d'stoncc from a good market
1t is true we are not SO lar from New Orleans, but then
the numerous shoals and falls in the river, render it al
most impracticable TO G., TO that market, and when we
do, the expense of transportation consumes all the pro.
fits. know this fact from experience. j sent TO that
market some time since, by a friend, some produce oil
easy carriage, which brought mt some S25, and, after
deducting The freight and other expenses attending
the shipment, it yielded me only S. 50 nett-nearly
an entire loss. ThfF we cannot stand. There are
great e~xeriions mi ing here to raise tobacco, hav.
ing heard Of the -" arices It brings in your mar
ket. Since the completion of your canal, the mer-
chants of this reign have nearly all determined to
ship their goods to EyncSburg, instead of Winchester,
as heretofore, and hey holding out the idea TO our
farmers to 60 largely the cultivation Of tobacco,
which can be taken-to your market in the wagons they
send for their goods; thus having a load both ways, We
shall be able TO get our tobacco to your market for about
81 25 or 81 so per Sundsed. In this way we could
realize a fair price for 'our produce; whereas, to send il
to New Orleans, nearly the whole sale Of the articles
would be consumed in freight, &c. In less than two
years you may looH out for hundreds if not thousands
of h~ogsheads Of tobacco from Eas, Tennessee. 1t has
been ascertained, by actual experiment, that We can
raise as fine tobacco here as you can on James River, il
not better. You may rest assured that the whole Of
this trade will find its way 10 your market, if you
will only give us good roads,"
TnE March OF lppnovEmssr.-A meeting of the
citizens of Hawkins county, Tennessee, was recently
held at Rogersville for the purpose Of adopting mea
sures to gel the other counties of East Tennessee &c
unite with them, in a Convention 10 be held at Knox
vile on the 22nd inst and TO get up memorials |,
heir Legislature. for appropriations for internal i'm
provemen,s, by McAdamized roads running in vari
Gus directions, and among others to meet any improve
ment Virgins may make a, the State line, in The d.
rec.ion o fAbingdon and tie Cumberland Gap. If the
contemplated Southwestern improvement should g.