Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1845-12-11

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demand his elevation 10 that station lest his aor NAV
De eoucd III future c.niesS, IN which may br ueecssl.
~ Ia call his salnait arm again into rtquiSton lie
Wing members feel ui course very l interest in The
matter. be.ord desire 10 lave TIE Office ied by man
o character and talents There are inany serh in The
raaks OF the dominant party, and be hoped that in
then selection they Will not PASS by these for The subor-
duae and unworthy purpose Of rev aling mere poll.
zeal gladiator.
No indication has vet been given Of the tenncr If IL.
iegissiure on the subject OF internal uuptu, cment
hoagh, from the diversity Of views among the nembes
lavoFably Disposed towards that pulley, seriously 10
be aprrehended that nuthin. Will be done. The com.
hiiuee ei Roads has promptly commenced its labors-
and among The first subjects that has engaged lis alien
lion is the Southwestern Rod bill has already been
prepared, Proposing 10 commence the rusd al Buchanan,
10 ohich proposed In attach section permitting the
Lynchhurg and Salem Turnpike Company 10 Macad-
adsze Their road and Tor this purpose authorizing lhem
To increase their capital stuck $40 Geo. OF heh the
State Is to take sufficient amount 10 constitute il
holder ei three-iilhs OF the stuck (od well us new
1hs proposition Will require the State advance t92>
OlO oil the necessary Tor The uutpuse and leave only
81 $50 10 lie raised by the Company Al this stage OF
the proceedings. motion successfully made To lay
he bill and amendment The table. the purpose Of
determining another question: Il decision ot which may
havea material bearing upjH the Southwestern Improve
mentand ihat is Whether the canal shall be arrested
Iyntlburg, whether shall be Prosecuted 10 Bus
cl,anan-and this quts ilun under discussion wien
the committee adjourned this morning, 10 MEET again on
Tuesday next. The annual meeting ot The stockholders
oil the james River and kanswha Company will take
! place ON MonGay evening next, when. should aquorum
be pesen, the Annual Report oi President tsbell, Ia
which take IL for granted tins question will he tlabo
raeIy discussed, will be submitted What effect thai
(ancipa,ed) argument may exert upon the decision OF
The Stockholders aud upon the action ot the Legislature
cannot venture predict; but, thoroughly am co1
,nced that sound policy requires the abandonment o The
canal that do NOT believe Mr.. Cabell's ability is
equal the TASK OF svertng It's doom, Ia this opinion
may be mistaken, however. A lew days Viii deetn
niue.
| II Virginia intends 10 engage in well.digesed
system ofnteInal improvement The present Is nnqnes
tcnablv very favorable period for commencing the
work. Her lndth,eGuess, aier deduclng from the ~
mount of her obligations, the sum belonging to her. IN
vested in interest paying stocks, ls absolutely uIsIal
while under the existing moderate rates oil taxation
with which believe there is very general satisfaction,
considerable surplus ESTIMATED by The AUDITOR al near.
y $500 COO the close IT the present scal year. VIII
have accumulated in her trt ssuy Her 0biiy, there
fore, unquestionable and II Is equally manifest Thai
public opinion, except in those sections o' Inc STATE IN
which Nature has been prudgal at her gus as To rem
de- artificial lines Of communication unnecessary, de-
rnands that soneting shall he dane 10 arrest the dee
nlng fortunes Of the Old Dominion. But al ms point
rises the great fliculty W hat shall that scne Hng
be? Conflicting local interests at every step. aiIse, 10
prevent The concentration OF the public energies Upon any
enlarged Schemes and while all admit The importance -
opening great avenues OF irauspurlaou from tie sta"
beard the interior, the selection Ut particular route
cdols the ardor oi hose who decnsume Other preferable
pan While, the other hard, il the route deemed best
by dse.ntitnts lie substituted The advocalos Of the
original rtoIosIlirn assume towards II an Indifferent {"
hostile stlilude Such being the difficulties mIh which
the subject enyifoned. shall deem but little less tan
miraculous II any measure at all commensurate with the
OF The people and the resources OF the State, shall
receive the sanction of the present Legislature. hope.
however that the result may show that The obstacles 10
wise and patriotic determination upon tins important
subject are surinounabe, and that FROM the abors
OF the present General Assembly may date The resustl
taon Of the waning power aud prosperity OF the State.
The election of John w. Davis as Sneaker OF the
House u Representatives. not a standing his vote tor
the ep of the rule excluding Ambition petitions, cou
pied with the refusal Of House in which the Locoe
cos have overwhelming pieponderaHce, by very
decisive majority. 10 restore that rule, is naturally eN
citing some remark. When the Northern Wings voted
against the adoption of that rule, and subsequently, for
lis repeal assumed 10 be primd 'dcie evidence OF
their affinity with Abolilonsm, and South IN w higs
from this fact alone, constantly charged with act
ing in concert with Northern Fanatics-Yei, now we
see Southern Locooco members Of Congress elecllng
man. Speaker Of the House, who voted or the repeal vi
that rule, upon the maintenance OF which II was
alleged lie safely o Southern institutions depended, and
the rule itself abolished BY very large majority
of the Northern allies OF the Southern democracy, with
out nuftnur of plant, indeed, with strong marks
OF decided Appreciation on the part Of those who were
formerly thrown into very tempest OF passion by The
Efforts oiJ. q Adams and Gdilnes to prevent the a
doron Of this nerdc,. as they deemed H. OF ihe great
Right of Petition Il ought to be stated. however. that
one member from Virginia, Mr.. Seddon OF The Rich
mond district and Aessrs. Iarmans,m OF Louisiana.
Yaneey of Alabama and Holmes Rheu Burt, Sims.
Simpson and Woodward Of South Carolina, maintaining
their consistency upon this vital poutyial, mean,
The Southern Locos sincere IN Their former denun
cations OF the opponents Of the 25th mle,-voted a
gainst the romnee; and. his course that
question constituted their only objection 10 him, admin
lsteIed thereby singing rebuke 10 those more cOmpli
ani paizans, who, after denouncing Adams and Gid
dngs ior Mer strenuous opposition to this famous rule
IN the unsparring terms did not HESITATE IN obedi-
cnce the mandates of a caucus, themselves to vote for
another opponent of that very rule as the presiding
oilicer OF the House! The ac bears It's own comment
upon lis face. lie who runs may read and under
stand
The election of Messrs Richie s tIess as Printer 10
the House vi Representatives (and our last accounts from
Washington say that they have received the Illumination
of the Senatorial Printers Of that body also.
is likewise worthy OF remark independe lily OF the oh
vious objection the besowment of SO large stipend
upon the Executive Organ. How will huse members
no voted tor the successful gentlemen Justify them'
Selves when their constituents. told that the com
peiiios Of the successful candidates. Messrs. Fisk \
Dow, who also Iocoocos, offered 10 execute the
public work for from % 50 cent. less Than the pre-
sent prices which Messrs Richie iiess 10 re-
lceyr2 They profess 10 be the advocates OF economy
and retrenchment" and here, in almost Their first OH
cia ac. they absolutely vote 10 gee 10 the editors OF Tie
s Union sum perhaps less ihan seventy five thou
sand dollars per annum VIII the people tolerate such
an outrage On the part Of their public sersantsl II
they do is in vain hereafter TO expose 10 them tie
perpetraion of similar abuses. It party SPIRIT can be
successfully invoked, by those who have thus avsed
the public muney upon gentlemen, whose only claim to