Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1853-11-04
STATE AFF AIRS.

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! ii..;,,ea i, ea,nphlet form. We have not copy
/ = ia. re,art before u, but make the following
.o,,s.r, from the details Of the report as gwen ny
a.. p,t.,z har, Express. At the last annual
,5,estin., the fund. Of the Company were eAnhus-
I'D The Directory were clothed with autaofi-
/ +. tn issue and sell coupon bonds to the ailoan'
/ ofs .Jl0OO This, they declined to do. III ','
! meantime the President was authorized ps he
Board to make temporary loans to meet 'he l'fess
! ING demands of the Company. lhIs was accom-
! pIished with some difficulty but the credit Oh the
/ company has been sustained ana MI ~ ''''
promptly met.
Early in the session, application was made 10
tbe legislature for loan of SSUO,0OO, to be PAD
| in monthly instalmcnts of SSO.OOO. The bil ne
came a law, and eight in,talments have bcenreg-
| ularly pad, leaving two yet to be drawn Tor
Tie President regrets to be, under the neoessi-
| ~ of reporting that the High Bridge Is not
/ vet completed BY arrangement heretofore
existing, il was to have been done by the FIRST OF
! last August Owing to the misfortune OF one of
the original contractors, who was prosecuting the
stone work il had Ia be taken off his hands. 1t
is now in the hands of Mr.. +. Carr, who is press
ing it steadily forward to completion.
The bridgewll certainly be in readiness to
pass the trains over by next Christmas.
The road is now completed to the river opposite
Farmyille. The piers of the bridge at that place
are also completed, and the superstructure will be
put on without DELAY When this is done, pas
sengers will be taken by Railroad from Farmville
to the High Bridge, where there will bea short
portage by stage or omnibus to the regular train
for the east.
From the large force now employed on the
western division of the road, which has all been
let out, there can be no good reason to doubt the
completion the road to Iynchburg in the course
of the next summer.
1t l. stated in thcrcport, that the present funds
of the Company are inadequate to the completion
Of the works.
By the last estimate of the cngneer,t appears
that there will yet be required about S25O,O0O To
complete and stock the road.
From the chief engineers report, learn
that the business of the road, although yet linn
tied, has been steadily on the increase. The re-
eeipts exceed the expenditures of working II by
~26,20l %, and if the earnings of the trains Tor
transporting materials for construction be added,
the excess will be $40 100 50,
.'When the connection shall be consummated
with the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad and
the james River and Kanawha Canal at Lynch
burg and the road shall be prolonged to City
Point, ii will unite the extreme Western portion
OF the State by continuous railroad connexions,
with her nearest shipping port; and from It's easy
grades and shorter distance, must be the thor
onghiare of trade for large portion of Southern
and Western Virginia, and will be enabled to
compete successfully with other roads for the
commerce the West"
REsIGNArIoN.-C. O. Sanford, Esq, has re-
signed the office Of Chief Engineer on the South
Side Railroad, and -- Gordon, Esq, has been
appointed in his place, Mr.. Gordon has been
employed on the Road ever since its commence
ment, and will no doubt prove himself in every
way worthy of the trust conferred upon him.
T. S.=Sinee penuing the above notice, UNI
derstand tibet Mr. Gordon declines accepting the
appointment rendered him.-PeterSburg hhHi-
geneer
\ NEW Town N NRGINGA.--Itis stated that
certain capitalists have purchased some eleven
hundred acres of land just below the Guyandotte
river, in Virginia, for which they pay Sss,00).-
They contemplate laying off a portion of this
tract in town lots, which are expected to sell
well and readily, Guyandotte being the focus of
II grand system of railroads.&c..
CHICAGO AND GuYANDorTE.-Th Guyandotte
Herald intimates that public attention will soon
be called to the Importance of constructing an air
line railway from Guyandottc Va, to Chicago,
ILL.,, rs Il great trunk line to be fed by the nu-
merous short roads that cross that line in almost
every direction.
\ NEW lIorEL.-We learn that Mr.. Ballard
of the Exchange III Richmond has already COM
menced operations on his new site opposite the
Exchange, whore he intends raising a magnificent
building.
The Beacon office in Norfolk was fired ON the
night of the Both ult and the upper part of the
building much burnt. The materials were say
ed.
The schr. II. Fowler, from Portsmouth, Va,
for Portland, run into on Friday night by
brig and lost all her forerigging.
SnoWs.-1hc Richmond Enquirer says the
Agricultural Fair is but one of the exhibitions at
present at the head of Main street The outsi-
ders have there at least half dozen other shows.
VIZ: The big mule, the double-headcd caf-the
hye-egged calfthe mammoth gir--the whisker-
ed lady-the giant boy, &c. &c.
TROUBLE AMONG THE CAMpBE1LIrEs.-Th
followers of Rev. Alexander Campbell, Bethany
Va, have become dissatisfied with his teachings
on the subject of slavery. To remedy the evil,
they propose calling convention at Cleveland
ON the second "Wednesday in january next Mr..
{. IS in favor of the gradual abolition of slavery
Allegheny county, Va, has voted against a
subscription of Sl5,C0o to the Virginia Central
Railroad.
FINE YlELp.-We have been shown by Col.
j. NJ. MoGue of Augusta who is now on visit
to our Agricultural Fair, Il diagram of 40 acres
of his land which produced eighty three bushels
OF shelled corn to each acre.-R. Mail.
Rev. b. NJ. Smith, of Staunton Va, has been
elected Corresponding Secretary of the Presbv-
terrain Board of Publication, vice the Rev. Dir.
Musgroye signed.
CoNyIeTEp.-CharlesP Plat has been convicted
IN hPa e,