Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1853-08-24

WASHINGTON, Aug. IS. 1853

Mr.. Editor:
Dear damned, disrracting town." begins
Po pes farewell 10 LondonI than which know
no better SALVATION on my return to the FEEDER
al city in summerl A brief visit to the noun
Ia MS OF Virginia, taking Lyncbburg in the
wa y gong and returning has with the excep
ito of that "brlmstone" staging,as grand father
Sn ,allweed would say, afforded satisfaction,
pl easure aud pride. and per consequence de
ci,led Improvement in health and spirits. En-
tn usiastic as must be every son of Virginia,
whether he takes the map and beholds, at a
g ance. the pictured representation Of every
ariety and extent of climate, surface, soil and
pr oduction under one Jurisdiction or whether
he recalls that supremacy in the forum or the
fe Id that has confirmed her title of old
ID omnon. here must his heart swell as borne
on the ines of steam through hill and vale
he sees unfnlded in rapid succession the beau
ties that have dwrt in his Imagination and his
ar dent hopes, and pictures the tteming wealth
and multiplied happiness SO rapidly advancing
WHAT wonderful changes a few years do
make on the face of the material world If
s uch vast improvement il. trade and travel,
v1h its consequent effect on the character of
the people along the lines is witnessed berime
lt,1ey penetrate the crust, what may we expect
when the many roads, now projected Il IN rapid
completion. shall pour into the laps of our Eus
tern cities and towns the untold wealth Of the
Western counties and the adjoining States
The Pacific railway, now regarded as fixed
fact, must inevitably strike this middle line
the most beautiful arc of the great commercial
zone. How now must be regarded the miser.
able F"gles that Tor so many years did the
Legislation of our State: paid they thought to
discuss federal politics, and nurse jealousies be
tween the East and West Oh It's is glor
Gus sight to see the noble giantess shaking off
the dew drops from her garments, and resuming
the position in the great American column from
which she has been displaced by your scurvy
politician OF the four different railroads which
divide the honor Of safe and pleasant trip
to the mountains, it may perhaps he invidious
to paricuarze. Suffice it to say, they all have
kept pace with the improvements of The age.
save perhaps that recently introduced on the
northern roads Of killing their scores week.
That humor we pardon cheertuly. How
much of their iron is purchased in England,
you perhaps know. lam confident in knowing
how much ought to be.
Lynchburg is emphatically "a city set on a
hill, but whether in morals as well as in fact,
your people should of course enquire. A lady
however suggested that it was hard"
1t is pleasing to think that there is too much
wealth and entcrprizc already in Lynchburg
for it ever to follow the example of the many
smaller towns ruined by being brought into
Connection with the larger. Manufacturing that
builds cities amos; in deserts, must strength
en- by It's inevitable trade, and mako youro
great place. Ofthe very many gratifying i'm
provemen,s going on West of you. conspcu-
ously ranks he firm and fficient establishment
OF one of the very best Female Schools in Viz.