Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1852-06-07

at our Sanctum we viii pin guide board to
their hats CONNIE nd them 10 Southdown," and
trusting to their native good sense they i'll he
able 10 discover there are SOME good spots TO
grow wool besides
"Ot de place nicre de mool orcht 10 gyo,c"
And after their rcinrn from journey through
the counties mentioned. they viii be ready to
sing,
d, % e,,vy,qe fqcl t,iola ragtni4,s
and carry their hocks it'll them. But " de-
Tain our readers from our correspondents let
q. ter, which he heads.
Virginia and her Prospects.
The first number of your very cheap, and
must say valuable periodical. have perused
with much pleasure. Such work. and at only
.ftiy cents gear, should be taken by every far
uier in the United States feel it duty
owe the cause of improvement in my own
State to exert myself for its crculation; for
this reason. with many others, that you fire.
q,enty notice the present hattering prospects
Of Virginia; your paper is viewed with great
favor among us. and might with little exerlion
be made to circulate to the extent of many
tn ousand copies in the State, and vast a.
n.ount of good.
] Il may not be out Of place here, while speak
ing Of Virginia. to call the attention of North
ern and Eastern emigrants, ard all others seek
ing new homes and new enterprises, to the
many advantages offered here to the farmer,
the mechanice, Tire manufacturer, and the CAPT.
tah,t OF whatever description. While these
advantages exist, no doubt in all parts of the
State to great extent, | shall con6ne my re-
marks Ia this. the south western part in which
Five, because from long residence am better
acquainted With it. Until Within the last few
years ills portion Of the State has, it were,
been asleep. We now Just waking up,
aud engaged in applying the means to speed
our career Of future greatness. Some two
Years ago the project of a railroad from Lynch
burg to The line of the State of Tennessee was
started, since which it has somewhat aroused
our people from their lethargy, and awakened
them to the great and ncalculable advantages
bestowed upon them by nature. A conside.
rable portion Of this road is nearly finished,
and will be opened in few weeks. Its length
will be upwards of 200 miles in Virginia, pass
ing through region Of country not surpassed
q 4. the world FOR its agricultural, mineral. and
manufacturing Resources. The States Of Ten
nessee and Kentucky have already taken up
this line ofimprovoment, and will extend it to
Memphis, on the Mississippi river. in one d.
rection, and 10 Louisville, on the Ohio, in ano
b other You will see, then, that this valuable
section Of our State is about to be brought into
communication by railroad, with the East, the
South, and the West. Other railroads are in
a course of construction leading from Norfolk,
Petersburg, Richmond, and Alexandra, all
= taking their direction into the interior of the
State, and will not fail in their progress to
develop the heretofore hidden treasures of Vir
ginia. Now is the time then for investment, in
SIS our lands, while they are yet cheap. BY way
Of giving direction to the inquiries of persons
wishing to remove to this part of the State, l
will designate a few counties which in my
judgment offer great advantages to the man Of
enterprise These are the counties Of Nelson
Amherst. Bedford, and Campbell, Immediately
around Lynchburg. and at little distance
southwest of us, the counties of Henry, Frank
lin. Patrick. Floyd. Carroll, Grayson. Wythe,
Washington. &c. In the last-ramed counties
land is exceedingly cheap lowing to the alb.
sence heretofore of roads Of almost every des-
cription.) and the climate and soil are well a.
dapted to the growth Of all the grains. to stock
raising. haymaking. wool growing. &c. For
sheep raising. these Counties worthy the inn
mediate attention Of the wool growers of Penn
asylsania. New York. and the New England
States. see by Government statistics that
the Importation Of wool into the United States
At this time amounts to about tmcaty millions
ct pounds per annum This Should not be-
We should by turning our attention more to
TINS business. not only arrest this importation,
ont become exporters of wool to large ex-
tent. Why should We not furnish wool as well
a cotton to other portions of the worldl Mr..
Randall, your celebrated writer on sheen bus.
bandry. estimates the profit of wool growing
at Is per cent. on the capital. exclusive Of the
mutton, lambs, &c. This calculation is made
to apply of course to the Northern States,
where your land. at an average value, perhaps
Of $50 an acreforms by farthe larger portion of
this capital. How much greater profit then
would the business yield in Virginia. v here in
many Of the counties named. lands may now
be bought at from so cents to 50 per acre.
which would answer admirably for sheep pas
turage. a4Is .s4aa1t SHUTDOWN.
.sLynch6srg. January 10, 1852.
NorE By THE EDiroR- --'' This Should not be."-Ths
would not be. if there my other country on earth
which could produce cotton, which could be imported
into the United States, like WOOL free Of duty and ab
s'rafay-aot uuly--cheaper than it could be produced
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