Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1851-04-17


Great and Mighty Wcst!--,he City Of the
Future, peopled BY the imagina'ion--ihe
Mart OF Hope, sustained by speculation
the grave yard Of mems bones, the burial
place Of fools dimes--the home Of yellow
fever, and the banquet halls of Rum and
Ruin! Who has no, heard offkis CHA
CITY that sprung into existence in day
to hive an hourt Dickens. il he sIandcred
America in his anotes," did no injustice TO
Cairo in the gloomy picture be drew Of IT'S
desolation; for here the the Gcnius'of Des-
rair and the Spirit Of Gloom struggle'to
the mastery over the half-a-dozen rcpie-
scntatives from the land Of the departed.
who are still permitted to remain as monu-
mcnts Of Deaths mercy, and sluggardized
specimens Of Incidence and Disease.
Wen, this City of Silence, it seems, is to
be again peopled with an active and busy
population, and its streets ornsmentcd with
gorgeous aad magnificent palaces. We
Rad thought that all hope of rebuilding II
had been abandoned, but il seems the food
defying and death-despising owners are
s,iIl bent upon accomplishing their cherish
ed purpose of founding city and--"put-
ing money in their purse Il is undoubt-
cily ore Of the most admirable sites for a
city we ever saw, situated asst lat the juno
,,
tion oi TWO ihost inaSta"ceul Ti'ers'l ana
commanding a larve and extensive country
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"usui f'assS" III ieieu'y anu Pi"u"'uoHs'
that could not fill Ia nor- an unEu1iteI
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itanuty ot Wsdi'n III Tue 'aP VI its lhiabi-
tauts II inhabitants II could ever keen: but
,.f.,.,,,,.a,,l,, .,, loJ, r,,, Mr. ,Inre s,a
II Will DE seen from the sub1olncd article
,,.b;eb ,,.o e,d IN Tho Ncy- York Courier
49,
and enquirer, that the owners nave not
,,c, J,s,,,,roJ ,,f',naLinf :, b,I,,,ahL,
SairO'
We have just returned from the famous city al the
Seuth,the centre OF the American Republic and the
future eonmcreal capital OF the Mississippi Valley.
We pleased TO say that the s.embankmenfs,
aud levces for shutting ont the water. and protect
ing l- site. upon which tie city has been engaged
during the past winter,arr now completed, the hands
cnpoysl upon the works were discharged and re-
c'vcd their pay during my visit. aud most eiecttil-
ly and thoroughly do they answer the purpose loi
which fhrv Nere designed.
wide embankment twrniy-eiE hi feet ri the base
aud eighteen nj tue tap, extends from the mouth Of
tie ONO upon close adhesive soil, far enough dis
TINT siIun the sands OF the river banks for three
mites up the Mississippi. by daily driving over it
with teams il has become perfectly hard aud settled.
IL hi Ies
water mark in 1914, the greatest food ever yet
known in the a. States, and ut the point five feet
higher than it ever known before, since the rnen-
,4y Of mnn. There can be no doubt that il is ;uf-
Il ,icut protection against any intimidation which III
ever viii the valley Of the Wc.i. WHICH has ever
devastated 1t in days gone be IL ycnr the sides
oftiis dykc viii be osersrownby thick grove Of
cotton wood (ihe old lcsec il now sl.rondcd with
iham) which Of itself - Ill PRESERVE tue erection fran
the WEARING eject % eurcDi-, should they hereafter
surround il, as in 1874
The Ohio l,n9c extending one nlilc mp The North
bank of he mobile riy,r. Is now completed. II j. two
three feet higher than the miginaL All the tu!-
lirs aud creyicct elected Ly malicious hands ard
past floods are neatly and thoroughly repaired,
aud fcr bin half III distance il Is beautifully
graded from the highest point o the lcvce the
waters edge 1t Il that portion designed fora steam
boat landing commencing Al the lower point of the
Mis.i'sppi cnibanki n"n, aud is capable Of suPply-
lns the wantl ami accommodating as many bottoms
81 ns much tonnage as the hnfhor ~ ri. Luuis'
he company VINO. al inis tl'n'' are the owners o.
III site OF Cairo design Increasing the wldih OF tii
levcc one hundred ond my ieeir iiroush IT. eihir'
length aao ty tbs means forming the hasis OF long
tine OF infge business houses ana edfhcea We are
iaoFaird that the work VIII he commenced the pre-
sent season, and prosecuted with vigor. until CON
1'leted, that stone cuiyeris VIII be Constructed
t''rongh the wrolc mass, terminating on the rive
site with east iron sei-pr"teetios iooo-sh"s tth'
same hind now IN successful operation tor the pro
t"c,"na Holland citics) "hirh WIN during ihH nv