Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1844-12-23
EDITORS CORRESPONDENCE
RICHMOND. Drceu,bcr IL

He|hhoNO, ljtctIhcT Is, IIi
The most iaporani subject before the JIuu,e If MI
gates TIA week has been bin ronccrnln, deed. 4
nsi. wbirh prpvIdes that all such dees b.r.,i,, ,,d
hd The hIn"e III giving preference CT prioyty to any
pr is1n shall hefWlIress ennTr pro sua TO the bcnrl
ct all just creditors The mskcr of the detd-esery NO
To- the vender If property The lien which he holds unJ+f
eNis'ing staales he bIll also provides that trus-..
shall be allowed the cumpersa lion M is a,v cd h,
In" I" commissioners making sales under derrrrs "
c'ahccry, unless Specific agreement 10 he inserted
Inc decd te nade or greater or less sum- The DE-.
fence OF the bill has tsls far rested on Mr.. Wnch,r
whe Yesterday made very able and inpenns arennrn,
IA lis 1ns"r, and In relly 10 Mcsss. Pits, Fulton ard
oilers, by whom II had been opposed. He fdoy.
I'd by Dr. Piiis in very cr-diahe ehrt; and To dsy
Nj Preston Of Montgomery delivered an ei,q-e pe,cs
IN opposition 10 the contemplated innovation M
"a tchtr has the 4 mr fn Tomorrow
he tecfIt discussions ia the annual mee,iny of Tho
DANES River and kanawha Company have attracted 10
usual attention 10 lis ahairs-and the enquiry is heard
on every hand what ought TO be pursued? Shall
The legislature continue To make appropriations fur h.
prosecution III The work. through the agency Of the Com
panyf shall II take The whole work on State acoun'
tsr tH al permit the present Company to manage the
line To Iynchburg, and the State undertake ie COO.
Slruci"s oil the remainder And in either Of these
1lnnrnces, hal shall be the mode of ,pproyrpani shv
lnns aurg canal, lock and dam or raj. road2 Or G.
"a Nv shall the completion the Ohio river as VI
"'laGy contemplated, he reinqnshed as task too N.
rnedH tor The res'srcrs and energy OF Vroiniaand tho
~'ofk he stopped at l-ynclhurga The present Ieax,
lure wiz aot think, Is, far can Judge of the So
ir'n's OF members,) ds'ermne finally either Of ls
lGnfsuns. II, huweyer. il ehall be determined that ID,
improvement. as far as fhe mouth of North Rivprst
be completed upon the Ian preferred by the CumIan.
IL seems 10 NE nut loaGinIi Ct question that sMua
tie ohe at once. IN order In prevent the decay and dl
dalton OF The works that portion .f the line upon
which 'heC"mpany has already improvidenrly e1EeN
ded some $1uo,0Oo-wnrks which. long as they con-
'ihne III tl'ir present unfinished Condition. must becoms
annually less and less valuable-lhe injury for ihe pa
year being estimated .at.no less a sum Than 800,
bu' u sdne other mode ut improvement should be Jug
ed advisable -pariculnrly il Rail Rad should W
deemed The better SYSTEM many persons contend
-ihrn, longendeay might be deemed judicIous. II s
manifest that public opinion is very unsettled on tbs
question 81 preference between the two systems, mol '
y IN reference TO this particular improvement, but mn
ia"tn 10 great lines in other portions ui The oil"
States and in Europe. A letter from Philadelphia, ma
New lofk paper, now betuIc me- Fl r example, sfeaN
ing oi the internal improvemt system of Pennsy ana
says:-'ifler internal Improvements never have, anu
PROUDLY never will, pay more Than the cost OF IelaN
and collecting tolls being cLcjly canals which are W.
ing daily snppanted by railroads, whose superior pow
er and,energy are giving them the ascendancy hfVD.
out all F.ur1pe as well as America. The Enc ca'F
oi New lork, passes over level country, wei va"
'ed. But every canal in Pennsylvania is on n"e"
IAN stream, or ted by mountain streams, IA
which Will De eqally true e the james River ahal
'er rasses Lynclbnrg;) and safe IN assfi,
that The expense Of repairs has equaled The os"
cost Eight millions Of doars have been speo' W.
"lhe Ellie and SchnylkIl, (which four millions as ~
repairs. Nut only is The stock nearly worthless n w.
all This may be swepi.aGay by the torrents Oh ", n.
sent winter. This has raised that proud monane" lam
Reading lail road, of the nobiest works o, u,.
times" Again: In the last Annual Report o. ne
dent s. Directors uf the Baltimore and Ohio Kan n ,,I
Company, fluid the must decided preference eve" ,e
roads over canals, as thoraughiares for hnrhe" ,,
as fr passengers. 1t states iha, "wihln 'M J
twelve years little if any capital has been e" ',,a
led in The construction of canals either ip. this c"'. c
Sin Europe, except perhaps when necessary ..,s,b.
otsrncions in navigating rivers, or to unI'e ,n
waters for the purposes of conlinuGrs NJ ,vd
while, during the last 60 years, in con'ur ,ais has
"rerfcug system Of railways. AN expena" ., o,
heen incurred egnai To. If exceeding me o adds
''Ife canals existing in b,th countries ~" sn.ht
SIN every instances in which they have PEE" ~ ,opu
and jodciahsly adapted TO the STATE Of trace ,ni
'ia'ion, and .have bten econo'-lcallT -e"'s''''''