Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1851-01-13

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the Virginlan worthy representative of the
town aud of the Wing party, all unite in calIipr
for the proposed improvement Though it has
subjected Us to . considerable outlay of capital
and will very materially augmen, our current
expenses. without any corresponding increase Of
our terms. yet we have mol grudgngy made the
one, nor tmorou>ly incurred the prospective in.
convenience Of the other; for apart from tho
pleasure of anticipating the wants of our readers
we take comfort in the hope that it NAV moi
prove 10 be an unsuccessful business operation
We hope 10 be able 70 make the promised i'm.
provement early in February. as by that time
the materials ordered will probably arrive Re-.
lieving that an apprecative public will be di,.
posed to reward the enterprise with liberal IN.
crease OF patronage, we respectfully solicit new
subscriptions.
%. We can assure our hieni OF the Rioh
mond Times that in chaacterzing his paper a,
the "orgln' Of the James River aud Kanawba
Company, we meant 10 use the term neither Of
fensivelv nor discourteouly. The Times has
been thu, regarded in this section for the reason
Of its being usually selected for the publication Of
Just such articles as It's eNp'anaon Of the causes
which led 10 The destruction of Judith Dam and
Tor ITS admitted Promphtnde IN defending the acs
OF the Company. We certainly did not mean to
charge 1t with blnd devotion |" the cause, or q
passive SUBMISSION 10 III 'o"P""y' Tor we be-
heve il incapab, Of either the folly of the one.
or the degradation of the other sort of organising;
out It's UNIFORM anu independent support OF The
canal noicy' lis general endorsement Oh 'he acts
81 the Company, and the 'zeH with which II
performed these several KIND olilces' gave some
.planSbiify 10 the inference that ITS g'vIng' out
were at lelSt oil sem'-oiils'A character The
LINES assures us however 'n'' II does not I'M
der>tana thR business Oh oe'h9 an org OF any
SOFT ana certainty does ao' emulate the d'Shnc-
oon % oea',o5 '''' 'e''''o' - '.'e 'an'S NVeF
ah' ha"aWh' company ;, ana we 'fe' oou"''
- e''' - '''N'A''''e' ut
s''',
'"' contemporary . 1'''' ''''e''N'' ~ ''P'
p's'n1 we .oe'I ~ - III source d gu, 'n'',"a-
toh IN regard 10 'h' Piao OF t'e WORK ana It's
lam enlable miscarriage fof we nave never seen
the Contractor and d., not know even whether
J. f, a.. i; t., ;,.o, :; 10 ,L;.
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certainty ne has not sought 10 impress us WIN
the belief that censurr Sh ,nd fail On the planner
ID 80, ,bo o,,oo,,,,r Of tho wor,, ,, W.
az" u.s. '
thought II due TO JnStce taat the Pnphc shpua
unde rSland that neither he nor the assistant en-.
-, ;,,, g.. ~. .,.; I..,,
5''''0' ''''"'' 10 'N'> - '' '''N va
as they were both acting nader superior orders
and the Chief Enrinepr nipht well decline there
faro - o,,or,,,o,,t Of ,ha ,,r,;,br,I,o,.
o'' ~ Il" ''S ",'.'''9''' VI '''
'ot the contractor II Is true he expressly reieY-
ed hun of responsibility aud ali we did was 10
b,o,r tho ,s,a1;, g, inf, Lolaor ,;o,
Lake TIE Times, we loink the Suhiciehcy or
=, ho mammal inf, b E,oa;,,cre ro.bor tb,, h,,
Editors oi newspapers and we VIII cheer'ul'y
unite with il in lending our feeble influence to
,,,o,,ra tho ,,,;shmaat of, "C,,rt Of [,ou;rvp
Tor the purpose.
j Since writing the above we have met with the
clI,;,,, oIso ,,,os,;.,s M, h ,,, as,r,, E,,Io
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paper iie richmond DlSPatch, Whlch we lhlhh
entirely pertinent to the main question and We
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"Qucs,ios connected ,rih,fhe fH ofhe Jnddh Dam,
.t'r mr. con@deraho" q ihe james href company
dam WINS the cans Of the damago how is that nndnish
ed state at this Of the year to be accounted fr
-. Wa there not m'St'ke OF X'eeo inches IN I09
81 ~, da,n was w. f., f;sbeJ 40 :, nr,va H., t
refnpn uld not fl Nv back far enooghlo permit