Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1853-05-12


being detcrminaie cnterprize,ss we conceive
the only point remaining to complete the as
surance 10 the Virginia Company tbot III. con
dillon oftbeir contemplated undertaking vii
be fulfilled, Is that it should be agreed that tn,
Knoxville road shall pass by the Cumberland
Gap. As we cannot imagine any obstacle tt
tins arrangement we regard The connection oil
our State with Virginia and her sea board
through her Southwestern system of railroads
as an event that must be accomplished in We
~ short period. The obviously easy practical
ollIiy oil the enterprise, 10 say nothing of its g.
qually obvious advantages to our State and CT.
ty, commends II so impressively TO our pub.
llc spirited citizens as TO render any advocacy
oil it little short Of supererogation. Tho
Times calls upon the citizens of Louisville to
embark with their warmest zeal in a prompt
cooperation TO promote the scheme.
There can be no reasonable doubt that this
enterprise will be successfully and speedily
carried into practice. Its advantages to the
State of Virginia, and especially TO those por
tons more Immediately interested in the Vr.
ginia and Tennessee railroad will be Of map.
probable importance. Estimated in connec.
ton with the New River Branch it will make
our road one OF the first lines of transportation
and travel in the world,and Lynchbnrg com.
mercial entrepot and distributing point un-
surpassed by any interior town in the whole
country. We can scarcely trust ourselves to
fIn ,C Il II
these connections. From Lynchburg a stem will
go out,whch in It's radiating lines will touch an
elipse sweeping from the Gulf Of Mexico round
and up TO the lakes aud embracing the whole
valley OF the Mississippi
The Immediate and apparent benefits of the
Cumberland. Gap connection are well desgna.
mated by the Richmond Enquirer. We con-
cludc this article with extracts from its edto
rial on The subject: The great results, says
the Enquirer, which must necessarily flow
from the completion Of this work, will i'm.
mensely benefit the STATE, whilst they will add
to all the local interests along the
line. IL will give 10 Virginia the means, where.
by she can and will become an exporting State,
10 supply the wants of her neighbors. Her
unlimited minerals will find by this road a
ready means of transportation to those local..
ties, East and West, where, being scsrce and
difficult ofprocureme they will be valuable
and bear high prices.
THE Gypsum beds ofSmyth and Washing
counties, would of themselves furnish freight
enough TO constitute a material item of prof.
n IA trna a. l..
known that even the fertile lands of Kentucky
are greatly increased in production by the APP
plcaIion of gypsum to the crops Clover. so
essential for the raising ofther hogs and mules
and cattle their chief staples, is nearly doubled
IN quantity by tho use of plaster.-The iron
mines, which we understand TO abound in the
counties Of Scott and Lee, as well per,ap az
IN the mountain region of kentucky, aolacen,
thereto, will find at Louisville n ready and re.
muneratng market; so also will all the pro ducts
of this yet virgin district. This city, in tam
would be essentially stimulated in her great
interests,b this new and lucrative line Of trade
The salt OF Smyth and Washington counties
TOO, would find ready demand in Louisvill,
and Cincinnati for the purposes of packing
beef and pork-whilst that article would fine
the readiest access to the Atlantic by this route
The fact We believe is not generally known
that the purest and best salt in the Unite,
States, probably in the world, is manufacture,
IN the counties of Washington and Smyth il
this State
The capacity of the Preston and King sal
wells for production, is Unlimited, and Their,
only needs market to absorb the article {,
run up the production to ten times its amount
No impurities of any sort are found in the wa
ter. which is altogether inexhausabe Tn
water has the farther peculiarly of being per
tectly saturated with salt, and consequently O
requiring less fuel for evaporating large guam
titles than any other waters yet discovered.
The immense gypsum beds lying but on,
or two feet below the surface and reaching
down INTO depths, as yet unfathomed are cas-
~ workod,produciug the best and purest pas
ter, and in any quantities which any exten. o
market may demand. These facts show tina
the facilities ofegress afforded by the contem
plated road and others connected with it, will
unlock and open up large sections Of the fines
country in Virginia, now almost wholly un
productive, and render material contribution