Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1851-06-26

1910 to 1920, 80 Az
1890 to 1880, " 81 80.
1917 to 1880 80 ~.
Ay. for each 10 years, 50 as.
The proportionate advance of all the
States has been, from the census of 1890 to
that Of 1850, as follows:
n Hampshire, 12i Pennsylvania, 43s
Massachusetts, I62 Delaware, 50
Rhode Island, ll3 Maryland, 81
Connecticut, sc Virginia, 81
Nec York Sl1 Nortb r,,o,,, o.
New Jersey, ZIG South Carolina, 1873
GEORGIA, Lola.
If extent Of territory, or more rapid ad
vance ofpopulation, entities State 10 the
name OF Empire, certainly Georgia de,
serves 1t over that of New York.
(These facts and figures will do nor,
with all intelligent men in the non-slavc
holding States, to correct false impressions
about the influence of domestic slavery. on
industrial progress than all the toncoolery
o. Southern dcclaimers, about the political
benefits Of slavery, could effect in an age. \
APPoMATTox RAILRoAD.-Tbc follow.
ing is condensed statement of the recciprs
and disbursement Of the Appomattox Rail.
road Company for the year ending the SOIL
April, 1851, taken from the report of the
President and Directors, made to the Com.
mon Council of Petersburg on the I'd day
OF June, 1851:
Receipts from I'll sources s26.6fi %
Expenses 1890 33
Clear profits lOseO oG
Paid interest on corporation bonds 6.26j 50
Balance on hand 30th April $3.50 i6
The South side Democrat, abiding &c
the gratifying exhibit ofthis company, says
under the admirable management O
the Directory, the City Point Road pay
It's current expenses, the interest upon it
original cost, and still leaves considera
bic surplus. This Is the finest specimen
Railroad in the Stale-thc whole line i
land with the best L. iron, and every thin.
about 1t is of the most substantial MIXTURE
the City Point Road is so produc,iv,
now, what will be its yield when the Soul
side Road is completedi Its next ahnua
report will tell us"
(This is the old City Point Railway, re-
generated. Over this Road, wcprcdict, vii
come avery large proportion of our import
trade when the South Side Road shall, a.
1t Will In few years connect, it with tho
Virginia and Tennessee Road. We vii
venture another prediction; If the Jane.
River and Kanawha Canal Company shall
persist IN the attempt TO exnct the present
excessive tolls, the export trade will take
the same directiou)
THE SorTnsIDE RAILRoAD.--1'hc en-.
bankment of the Sonthsde Railroad Is
now ready for the supcrs,ructurc, and Mr.
Jones is about to begin the work of laying
IT. The calculation is, that two thousand
feet can be laid day. 1t is supposed that
the Road will be in operation to Notlowav
Court House by the end Of the year PEI
Int.
The miners at the Blue Ridge Tunnel
have now penetrated the mountain about
five hundred feet in all. On Que side they
have struck veins of pure white limestone,
which is very soft Should much of the
same material be encountered, their pro-
gress viii be much more expeditions than
heretofore.
FIRE ASNiiiLAToR.--ftis stated in the
Washington Tclegrap h that a number Of
wealthy gentlemen are associating togcih-
er for the purpose Of obtaining the Amer
can patent of the Fire inrihilofor, and
that an agent will soon be authorized to
proceed 10 London to open negotiations,
and to pay any pre- not exceeding a mil
lion of dollars. The New York Times,
speaking on this subject, remarks that if
the information we have from England
respecting this invention is CORRECT, we
may as well abandon our fire engines and
adopt it at once. The new extinp,tisher
Is represented to be nearly as portable as
"A ire bucket; and the article used, "anti-
conclusive gas," (carbonic gas we sup
posc,) Instantly chokes and puts out the
hreccst flame. SO say the English pa
pers; and the fact that a company has been
formed for the manufacture Of the article,
that II is rapidly growing into general use,
and that the members Of the cofrpany are
sharing handsome dividends, are certainly
f7tnaa fac'e evidence that the statement Is
true. The queen, the nobility, and many
Of the great manufacturers have the ma
chimes in their palaces, mansions and fac
tories. The officers Of the navy and Of
the merchant service recommend the in
vention, and Lord Brougham Is anxious
for the passage Of law prohibiting yes
sells from going to sea withoutthc machines
on board. At the express desire Of the
royal commissioners, they have been in
into the Crystal Palace for the
protection Of the articles collected there,
and the whole English press, without an
exception we believe, pronounces the Fire
Annhilator" one Of the most important in
ventions Of the age. And yet here, where
fires are SO frequent and SO destructive, we
know nothing about the article, cxccpt
from hearsay. Viii not some publc-spir
tied American, now in London, send us
over specimen, SO that we may judge for
ourselvesl We take from an English paper
the following, from an extensive manuiac-
turing firm in Manchester:
1--WE consider the anniliilator will be A.
bic to put out any fire that may hereafter
occur. One that took place in January
last was put out in about FIVE minutes ~
three charges. talthough it spread with tic
rapidny Of gutpow der distance Of 100