Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1850-02-25
vol. XXVll.--NO. III.

TONS of pnr alhers have b.crme uhs .Ieis Their ideas
ARE growing antiqua,eJ. W. only the past Tor
the works Of genius which it has transmitted 10 ns-
Our literary genuses ara engaged IN the great stf. fH
wealth. aud in that contest pr dacli,as Of The mind
below par. Our sweetest ,e ia a mercantile clerk -
Another IL the ednr nf parsm enspap-r. They
have chung their hatps upon the willows" and have n
dopted more lucrative calling hey eng ,ged in the
great battle Of The age.
The convenences Of life. which satis1e the VI
our fathers are repndated. The pln-val frests.
which furnished them with warmth. are discarded nav.
We have holiot material. Guo-nowder gives place to
gun colipu-he extract f whales buhb'r 10 the nven-
lion u the ohonisihe mnnus rays 10 the brilliant
liah ri gas and sme invention To mitigate The rgrs vi
winters eo'd and summers heat. are MT beyond tho
b,nods ot impfoablliy Judging from the sirpend us
snhenes aud lrrcn"an tasks which have had their in
crpton and complo"p in our time. Nay, the vrry sun
himself may b, dispensed with by Improve.
ment. We nIe almost led 10 exclam-
"1ris well that he is placed high,
Or sine tetHming ess
Would anon attempt to take him down,
And light ihe world with gas ~
II the theory of Kukwood be CORRECT. that our While
solar system included IN The diameter of the
and that all the planets were nrmed bv successivs
layers detached ffm this body. and ergo the will
u,lly be us u up and converted int, worlds. mSn
KIND neel not be IN the least alarm. ~ prospect Ut tho
lss of lhr gfeai dispenser of light aud heat stuck
cmpany would s,an b. larmcd in the N"th 10 supply
his place. aud. liberal profit furnish light aud heat
/, all creation
Yrs. the great stfe Of tho aye il fr money. Go
walk onf improvements every where meet our
eye. We soc ai every turn. s,me new invention, some
hrte nnhparI nf nosiunn, f The Of all dis, ase.
thai flesh il her Ia, some new swnding cmitvancs--
nnovaItn upon innovaion pruv"nent upon improve.
prnt ENpedens h'iore nnh.atd Of for the ANA sin!
# wealth developed every Ia tunes past. ihs
dausense at theatres, who clothed herself with the
fly leaves aud could make the greatest ohusr m lle with
her efntnl exehtea. drew d,wn the loud VI thunders
fnppRns", aud pcheled the gfe,est amount o filthy
ucre. I}n aley. even hnt has been Fund noi sufh-
riently Attractive, and max wnnrn hllsi; We shades
of nnrcsols are exhibited at fashionable thea
rc deco ael with all the fa-cinallon IN which nr and
skill eaa clmhe them Avarlee my hav' existed IN
every eye but has been fully Developed IN. and
IL nora especially rlafac'rs'ie ' the times IN which
we live--lor the gren battle Of The aye is tn ",oney.
Ga walk upn our rvre - bus IL, activity energy.
haste, enterprise. every where NEE, view. thou-
sand vehicles moving Ia aud fo; ih usand 'nen
hnyng along. asi life short fr the
pshnenl OF iheit designs,
Nsii nut Atlantic cilies, whose white winged mes
sengers If commerce plough every s'aw'ncss lhe bu.
tie upon the whatves. the hum and -trrg no'e ot bsi-
moss. Every works a # his very life depended
npn Tho exeftlm. of the day Traverse Tho avenue VI
ira Ia
walk slowly through the crowded street.
Filed with an ever vatyng train.
Amid the sound oi sens thai beat
The murnurIug walks like autumn rain"
There you in b,se every thing in mo-
ton all bu4e. activity. and lite. There yu
n,us faces and brpws. old aud young, strong
and weak mlnglng in Wild nusion an istling each
other the busy throng, all actively engaged IN the great
81 f.
Money il the puerd,n nf he b,iils Of Tho age-tbe u
ympc wreath. Tor which eviry faruy IL exrr'd and
every nerve strained laurel crown. for which life
and limb r'sked upon tho wave and upon the land
All classes all grades have ens ed IN the ces The d
Withou n his beloved ,ck t., thu
hands o Strange shepherd. whenever e may be callrd
tn a more niiul part of he ris vineyard; hs, t~. ~
engaged IN the great battle. The por man leaves the
land winch aiT ried his fathers O. nfmtable subsistence
to seek a soil which shall yield bonntilul reward
10 his labo,s The young man. raised in nflnncs. yet
dissatisfied with his pternal inhetiiancp snnders all Ties
which bind him To ho aud kindred, search for un-
told riches in the "dglns" of California. This strife fr
better things has kept population sur4lng like
mighty ocean. lnwnrd the west f,r fifty years past.
The uiimt Hle has been ,e,ed AT last. California il
the only place where the of westward lo! is not
hoard. The enlerpSng ppneers who have heen weep.
ing down the forests, farther aud farther To the west.
must there stp for the which received from its
Creator the injunction, " thus far shalt thou e, and
farther" now repeats the same command 10 them.
We murmpr that lot has been c,st in siicIi
age II is al tines hitter reflection, that for acquiring
respect in clely and for the accomplishment of many
1T le desirable objects, talent and learning fund
ting when weighed in tho bance with wealth, and hat
these desirable posse valued by their owner
" in proportion their importance allies in the great
strife f a lenoe; yet when look around us and 500
what has been accomplished. aud think what is likely 10
b. p-hed IN mes are stained u ,a,n-
ess thai II is great -'ur hearts swell within os at
the thought thai enabled 10 act part IN II. and
is scarcely dampej by the reflection, thai the
prime moving caiee which has brought about all these
wonderful things, is a thirst for wcalih-and the grand
handspring Di the whole Is money.