Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1853-12-20
FOR THE yIRGINIAN.

Mn. EpToR.-I have been very much enter
tanned at the pernsal of your recent articles ON
the Southwest, and particularly gratifed at the
exhibit of It's agricultural and mineral resources.
| have been somewhat disappointed however af
the fact that you have failed To notice another
department. in which the enterprizing citizens OF
TINT beautiful region are represented to have
made most remarkable progress. | aude to the
MANI featuring art, and especially To the article
of Iirginia Jeans. Rumor has il that both you
and the staid and experienced President OF the
Railroad Company, aud in inct The mhofe Direcfo-
~, with one exception, were enraptured at the
wonderful display in this line which greeted you
on your recent tour So pleased were you at the
superior beauty and finish of the MATERIAL and its
singular oheapness, (Sl l2d per yard) that You
were induced to purchase largely The accom-.
plshed Chief Engineer regretted TINT he had not
embarked in the trade more extensively still, and
the member of the board who failed to purchase
at all is neonsoable, and refuses TO be comiorted
for neglceting fair AN opportunity to show oil
his fine figure in this splendid specimen of Nir-
glnla talent and enterprise. The merchants OF
Lynchburg are reported to be alive To the sub
ject, and are running crazy ut the attractions
which that favored region is SO rapidly unfolding
to their view.
Now do let us hear from you. Some evil min
ded persons, prompted doubtless by an unworthy
jealousy, are suggesting that it is all a hunabug
that the Editor and the Directory were most
glorlously quizzed, and that the Plus ultra of
Virginia enterprise is nothing more than an or
binary article of caeshmaret of Northern manufae-
ture or importation, which has probably received
the dust OF "A hal dozen years upon the shelves of
the merchants of Abingdon, and which is sold in
Iynehburg at the price of 62 cents per yard
These are most uncharitable suggestions, rehec-
ting upon the manufacturers. the Judgment of this
most intelligent company and the Keen peroep-
tons of yourself, Mr.. Editor. 1t throws a shad-
ow over the most charming picture yet presented
OF Virginia ingenuity and progress, and should be
promptly met, and Indignantly repealed. Come
out then gentlemen in your new and elegant at
tire and close the mouths of these enemies to the
manufactures of the South west.-And, in the
meantime, hurra for the excursion party, and
VIRGINIA JEANS.
4. ). Can II be true that the said jeans"
was purchased some years ago in this cityl Ru-
NOR so has 1t. 1t even msinudtes that it was
then purchased from most acute and worthy
Railroad President-was carried hence to the
Southwest and has since lain there, "A latent
resource" until recently .'developed" by the ma
gic presence of himself and party. 1t is further
confidently believed-for you know the reliability
of 9nid nuncs about these matters that the said
resource has been so long shelyed in the dark
that il will blush most beautifully in spots if in
delicately exposed to the sun What rare ma.
terial Let us have the facts, Mr. Editor. They
respect an important branch of home productions
and will not only interest your local readers, but
particularly the renders in the Southwest of
V. !.
VIRGINIA JEANS is Enthusiastically inqnisi-
tive. We shan't answer him. We refer him,
however, to the next Annual Report of the Presi-
dent, or more particularly that of the Chief Engi-
neer OF the Va. and Tenn. Railroad. They will
doubtless contain elaborate statistics of the
Southwest, embracing the information he seeks.
II Virginia Jeans" is particularly anxious to ap-
pear himself in those beautiful spots" perhaps
these gentlemen may also accommodate him
But we shall not be questioned-and don't mean
to tell tales out of school