Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1850-06-28
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RESOURCES OF THE SOUTH.

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ment of the resources which has avished on her with
bountilul hand and the consequent strength ana spirit
which it will impar her and the respect that must
h, rendered TO her increased political power and social nu
en,e The late movements in internal improvements IN
VIRGINIA destined to connect the Atlantic with the teemng
store houses of the Wes-ii coupled viii direct steai'
communication with the vast marts OF rope poicy
which all should cherislmust nusc new lie INTO our leo
pie and furnish them with strength and inducements
10 command Justice the hands 81 the other sections OF III,
cooE,crocv Our peope must have their ondEess for emf
Grafton checked by the attraction of enlarged area oi bu
sncss facilities ut homeland if the contemplate, schemes
are carried out the desired advantages naturally follow lhc
co,neton of the Railroad to the Tennessee line will he
one If the ninin elements OF this realization o Virginia
hopes The results OF that measure, when carried out by
Tennessee can he guessed at from practical experiment
which has lst occurred in Georgia The Augusta Constr
nationalist publishes letter from Aalanta in that State
describing successful shipment Of bacon and hour from
Indiana the far West 10 Alaana in Georgia The bacon
and flour shipped Lafayette On the Wabash thence
down the Wabash into the Ohio thence down tho ONO 10
paJucah thence around the Muscle Shoals The railroad TO
Decatur, thence up the Tennessee to Chattanooga and
thence over the State Road to ATLANTA
In spite of these various shipments, the owner reaizes
handsome per ccutn some instances nearly loo per cent
If in the language OF our Augusta contemporary "a route 81"
nents can be .d protaby what may we noteSpec' from
the lines of railroad that pass through Tennessee ana
are TO pour large volume of their tlade into Virginia by
the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad T!
Rut il is not only the immense trade following free IN
terchanae of the products Of the different sections win
corresponding increase of travel that we aust ooS of rom
this erca, highway the Fesi. The interest OF the people
Of the Northwest nearly allied with that oil the agrcul'u'
raj States of the South and The effect OF uniting them 10 Us
v the strong cords of business and travel VIII be ~ secure
their sympathy and aid in defending the constitutional rights
of the South This is the least Interesting speculation
growing out OF this important subject
The immense resources of the South may DC judged from
the glowing sketch OF one single State Georgia. presented
n the House by Mr.. Stephens few days since lhon"'
unqucs,ionabv in advance Of all the other South
ern States in works improvement she has no greater
advantages States among them Virginia,
and will be their fault entirely if they do not eaten h' IN
the race of Improvement Never it 80 important for the
South 10 be aroused her interests and to put forth every
| energy To increase and consolidate her power.
Mr. Stephens said
She has her beds Of coal and ron her lime gypsum and
mari her aIaries of granite and marble She has ucx-
hasble treasures OF minerals including gold the most rre
cius of metals She has soil and climate suitable Tor
The growth and culture of nlmos, every product known To
husbandry and agriculture better country for wheat and
corn and all the cereal plants, say nothing o cotton anc
tobacco is be found in equal space on the CONT
The fig with forests of oak and pine sufficient to build ana
mast the navics of the world She has mountains for graz
ing rivers for commerce. etc, WATERWAYS lor lacnoiy !" ~
kinds without number. Nor have these great natural al
yntagcs and been neglected Young as she Is
she is the first cotton growing State IN The Union
Her last years crop will fall far short OF six hundred
onsun bales if il docs exceed it, She has believe,
hirty-six factories IN opcra'lon and great many
more fastening compeon-onc OF them has or soon VIII
have ten thousand spindlcs with two hundred looms caii-
he of turning eight Thousand yards oil cloth per day
He yarns acady finding their way TO the markets Q!
the North and foreign countries ana the day Is not distant
when she Will take the lead in the manufacture well a.
The production of this great staple She has also her flour
mills and paper mlls-her FORCES foundrics and furnaces
with their fires eNngGshed as the gentleman oi rem
syyana said of some in his State; but in f blast Her
exports year less than thirty millions OF dollars
equal to- if not greater than those of all New England to-
| .ethcr.
hc has six hundred and vy miles of railroad in opera
ZION AZ cost of fifteen millions of dollars and two hundred
more in progress Of construction g energy and en-
erpse she has scaled the mountain carriers and opened
hc way for the cam ear tom the Southern Atlantic ports
10 the waters of the great vai'' OF the west But tins :
not ALL She has four chartered unvcfses-nay i've Ter
She has one devoted exclusively the education OF her
daughters She the first State believe I" establish
female college, which is now In tonsns CONDITION. anu
one of the brightest ornaments Of her character She has
four hundred Young men pursuing collegiate course; Il
greater nunper believe than any Stat In the Unon III
proportion 10 her white population You VIII ma oa no,
ony these things be So but n you also what yon VIII mol
find You will find any hey in the State begging bread
or asking aims You will find but few paurcs You will
not find forty thousand beings pnched with cold ana hanger
demanding the right labor, Us saw stated 10 be The
case, not long since in the city of New York
Much sensation produced New Orleans by the sus-
picion that muskes and other military weapons obtained
from the State arsenal bond given the If the
Legion found their way Cuba in the hands of the
dton Five names the bond of public officers who
ID not belong the Legonand the newspapers insinu
ate hard things against them. The irr' not fully
deyeopcd before the u Commissioner, or the cSanina
zion was stopped before him and transferred TO the Grand
jury.
CITY COLLECTOR-The City Council have reelected
John Wight Esq., collector of the taxes OF Richmond for
The nresent wear The vote Stood Wight s, scattering s.
The Cholera has made its appearance at Nashville There
wore sir cases and three deaths there Wednesday last