Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1852-12-04
Correspondence Of The s.rlimian.

We have rccrivcd from fri nj 20" nah
ug a tour 10 The South-n c,tero States let.
Ter written on his passage down the Mononea
hrll river. dsted 25'h November. from wiici
We take the liaety ofiran.cri.dng the follow
ing extracts:
Since taking '6is route TO-
the South, from Baltimore, have been carr.
ing on in my reflection, comparison, or ralh
cr contrast, between tIr,. route aud lie Vi
gina md Tennessee Railway, Lyucbhurs'
great, wise and cherished enterprise The Bal
timore aud OHIO Railroad will b. complete
in few months. AMI, as II n deial c. Of IA
lures strongest and bigbcs, oittruerions, II.
energy OF the company Las carried the iraci
through and over mountains That 10 other iay,
would have laughed the liza ia scorn. lin,
and mountains have been brought low and
valleys exalted, in The language Of insIdra
tor 10 make way iuI The Stca,a-car with il
mnltitades e ira, olcrs AT ore place Oh hi.
road The track spans a deep aby<s, between
.t"" mountains, OF apparently three hundred
ice': aud If there b. danger on any Railroad
here ii must be-thc high sloue work forming
The bnse Of the supcrarructurc, and then tn,
elevat d tressellng above that, 10 receive the
rails. are well calca ated TO create the impress
SION that by and by this towering support, from
tie moving pressue that from day to day pas.
ses over II, will fail Of its great purposes.
When your Railway shall be completed to
Memphis, II must possess incalculable advaa
tagcs over this route, to Northern as well a.
Southern travel Hers; and yet there are here two
trains every twenty four hours we'll patronizcd
even at this season, by The travelling public;
although they hive to encounfer staging near
~ lalf The way, over mountains covered wi;b
snow.
Lyochburg should nave u,
fears about the large amount she has invested
in her road-it must pay well in few ears
and should it not, she will have This great ork
which is looking forward to such blight ia
ture, TO be her companion in the dsappoint-
ment and loss, when completed. That the Vir
gnia and Tcnress, ,oad mustbe the grcatcen
trail route is fact sustained hy e. cry traveller
who makes the bearing Of the improvement.
directing their courses e the Mississippi sal
ley, subject Of careful observation.
have been much Interested, in occasional
conversations, to hear of the growing mpor
lance your industrious Iorle ciy is Assuming
abroad. ltlhc spirit Of progress and improve
ment,wlich have characterised your population
for n few years past shall Continue, there can
be no doubt that onterpising men with capital
will seek the location, for. " Use aud profitable
Investments.
The "el-earned and celebrated superiority
| of Lynclburg manufactured tobacco is begin
ing 10 turn the attention Of dealers and spccu.
laoss in that article to the propriety of Wishing,
in person your manufacturers, far the purpose
OF making Their purchases. have conversed
with such freely, who have been buying in
Baltimore, and who intend to make The cxperi.
men, as | have stated.
GOLD ny rnE Ton, WITHOUT OwNrRs!-The
correspondent of the London Times, wiring
from Melbourne, Australia, sal s.
"One circumstance is not, perl apps, alo
gether undeservng Of notice. There is now
at Melbourne large quantity of gold which
was sent from the d'ggngs by escort and
which has never been claimed The amount
Is stated at eight fons, and these eight tons Of
gold are watched aud Warded bya Corporal
and FIVE men"
The same correspondent after noticing the
scarcity of means Of transport to and from
the "dggns" adds -
The last Government escorts of goll were
loaded IN bags on the horses The project NJ
railway to Mount Alexander has cen star
ted at Melboufne. The prclimnaries are se,.
tied, and great hopes are entertained Of the un
dtrtaklng. There are jus, now 10000 peonl,
AT the Mount. and The cost OF cariaoe f. fo,,
alone amounts to lfl20 600 per month"
Hon. w. f. Dcssaussirre has been elected
toserve as United States Senator from Sol,l
Carolira, ill the lth Of next NJ rch
1.-The quadroon balls at New Oleans," say.