Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1851-01-09


"CANNrL Coal OF VIRGINIA The imme1.e valve
of 'te ral measures Of " e,tetn Virginia c5nno BIZ rsi
matrd, rnr vi 4 be real by the PRESENT een,r tpn
Bu' if iaclue. b. anded for expnrtirg il Est il NAV
roustttut" he fvalitn nrI OF The urean STEAMERS and
thus establish trade which vii be Of prt ut importance
W" Po',ess "a" tefl familiarity with the subj, ct Gl,
have hren fnmad Hat the Camel Cal Is the luo.,
Condensed form Of fuel known hh il is most favorable
Tor HE fmainn o ST am and that if arce-4 blt il would
be pref rrd by any nav in We can readily per-
celve TIA to steamer no Q from 500 10 1000 tons
oil col Tor trans Atlantic voyage, any saving IL Storage
n lue would be ." afed consequence 1t IS very NJ lin
that if The superiority Of be Vrg il Camel Col he
demonstrated TIM the Dream steamers Of he Uiiled
States won'd cosl at some Virginia put
we hook, h1wever. mote inmrd a'eIy t, The fnmen,e
demand which Is arising npon the Mississippi river and
rs principal ihhianss the immense nnnher uf sleam-
ats IN the lower rade has cons m I'd much of IN. v
upon the banks n he rlVtT thai it now very dear
many boats ara now fitting mp as e understand FIR the
use OF coal, vi III" prbahil hai it w brcome in
few yarS universal Jpn h. hyphhesis then thai the
camel cal f Fgnia is better sulled Than any Other far
s'am navigation, il is plain hat Immense demand
must gro" up the port If Nv Orleans and alo. r. the
nver. We observe thai The fame # The Virginia Gan
or Crl Is iasl sp .ad1g in ultrt lands aad haanp,s
he firm OF Mot1i TIT Turner s. c.. of New Ofeaus
adref iseS "Chsrbnn (Canne) Nrginie 'dps mines d
PeNtln." They have ha d 'un grand stick de GO
magnlfqne Charton.' aud ail N thai lies ppfsonnrs
q" fries de Charm ''lp de faren .qn4 :,
We have no doubt thai th- high ella actpr gsen this
excellent aIurIr will hr rea'iz d "
We take the above article from the Richmond
Wing, and think the conclusions of that paper
IN regard 10 this valuable fuel entirely reasonable
Col. VIM. NJ. Peyton, of Roanoke county, who
possesses immense beds OF this coal in Kanawha
county, is now actively engaged in drawing il
from It's hidden sources and conveying it TO New
Orleans and intermediate points. fit has thus
early, with all the difficulties which attends il,
transportation from the beds to the Ohio made
such favorable demonstration, it may be reason
ably exp cied that, when the connexion across
the State shall give means of transportation it
will be a source of incaculab'e wealth TO public
and private enterprise.
~ The great Tunnel on the Baltimore and
Ohio Rail Road. in Preston county Virginia. is
progressing rapidly. The contractors (Messrs.
Lennon, German, Clarke s. Co. work over
three hundred hands, and have penetrated two
thousand and four hundred feet, which is more
than half the length of the Tunnel when com
pleted. Ia describing the mode and effect of
the operations at that point the Cumberland CT
william says:
he whole work i eXperted b. completed by The Isl Of
june mkt. The stnprndons undertaking has caused he
village Il ''fIv lie Ia spring up in lis vicinity. which
Hlrrady boasts If 50 hons 2 churches 9 schools
stores and pus' office. The miscellaneous population
Il the rla"e is kept in order by ornament guard If
twelve "en. emply ed by the contractors and NJ armed
and 'qnpped."
~ We have received copy of Pamphlet
by Nloncure Daniel Conway, of Virginia, enti-
tied "a plea Of Edacation Virtue and thrift, Us.
Ignorance, rtce and Porerty Let there be
hShf = IN which The course of general system
OF Common Schools is ably set forth. The work
IS inscribed 10 the members of the State Conven-
ton now in session, and has an appendix which
contains letters from John II. Thompson, editor
of the Southern Literary Messenger, and John
B. Minor, esq, of the University of Virginia. en-
tireIy conclusive in their reasoning on this i'm
porant matter, and who also tender their appre.
citation of the effort which Mr.. Conway has
made for the diffusion Of education and knowl-
edge.
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