Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1854-06-06

We mako the following extinct from Ieigih1
and interesting account. by the accomplished
editor Of the Southern Churchman, Of bis yisi
to and sojoirn in I.ynchbt re, delegate . the
late Episcopal convention:
anvil myself of a little leisure TO note down
some reoolleetions Of the excursion from Lynch
burg ON the Virginia and Tennessee Rail lsond'
which our Convention was invited TO make on
| Monday, the 22d alt.
may begin with the remark that this invita-
ton from the President and Directors ofthe Vir-
ginia aud Tennessee Raj Road forms quite an era
| IN the history of the times. A good many years
ago J attended a Convention of the Diocese al
Lypehburg, ,sheifthe delegates very generally
found il most convenient 10 make their journey
thither either in private vehicles or ON horseback,
and accommodations, not only for nan but for
horse, were greatly in demand when the Conyen-
ton came together. Five days was about the
necessary allowance of time for such travel IN
those days from Alexandria to Lynebburg. We
still keep up an impressive mement0 OF the good
old times" of the past, in the rough road and
tedious stage transportation from Charlottesville
10 Lynehbnrg, which still makes the direct route
from Alexandria much longer in time than the
circuit bv Richmond. On the completion of the
Railroad from Charlottesville TO Lynchburg by
the extension of the Orange and Alexandria Rail
road, tho same journey will probably be made in
six or seven hours.
But the contrast between the past and the pres
ent is most strikingly manifested in the cireum-
stance that the Convention was invited TO make
an excursion of96 miles and back again TO Lynch
burg, with an allowance of IL hours for the en-
tire Journey, and that it was easily accomplished
in that time, the company crossing the Blue Ridge
and Allegheny mountains, and enjoying a rest or
stroll Of two or three hours MS best suited each
one on the banks of the New River. One gen
tleman of the company had left Montreal in Ca
NADIA on the preceding Monday, arrived at Lynch
burg, on the first day of the Convention, aud af-
ter attendance of four days upon its proceed
ings and services. which we believe he regards
rs among the most interesting circumstances III
the condition Of the Church at the present day,
he found himself at home with wide circle of
friends upon the banks of n river, whose waters
find ther way into the Ohio and communicate with
the Mississippi and the Gulf of Mckee, The
work of completing the Virginia and Tennessee
Railroad to the Tennessee line is comparatively
easy, and will probably be accomplished within
another year. 1t is to be hoped that the extern
sion of the Orange and Alexandria Railroad to
Lynchburg will soon bridge the rough interval
which il is to span, and then from our city TO the
Gulf of Mexico itself, there will be an unntcr-
rupted Railroad communication for those whose
business or pleasure may lead them to make the
immense and rapid traverse of this route.
The New River, which the cars of the Vir-
gna and Tennessee Railroad reached on the
I'D nItimo, for the first time, is beautiful
stream. Taking its rise in North Carolina, it
finds It's way through the passes of mountains,
and meanders through the valleys which lie nj
their base, until it uniies with the Gauley River
and bears for 30 miles the name of the Great Ka-
nawha. Its entire length to the Ohio has been
estimated at 80 miles, while McCulloh, counting
all lis winnings, makes it 400 miles. It's tor
tuons course and rapid descent, in one pat 252
feel in 10 miles, render it unfit for navigation
aud keep II free from subsection 10 the conyen-
fence or interest of man. There is something
grand in the idea of such IA stream winding its
course with its rapids md falls thus freely aud
b Idly, sdaining every obstacle, through soil
tary forests, and along the base of mountains, m
tllits wildness subsidies into the even flow of tho
nayigable stream
The Virginia and Tennessee Railroad will fol
low the course of the New River southery for
four miles, where it will cross by bridge al
ready completed and the road thus far is ready
for the rails or nearly The entire length of
the road to the Tennessee line will be 20l miles.
a lateral road has been surveyed in an opposite
direction along the New River to the projected
line OF the Covington and Ohio Railroad. Dis
lance from the New River to the mouth of the
Greenbrier, 714 miles. The friends of this road
are DESTROYS TO make this route the medium of
rmlrond communication from the Ohio to the
chesapeake, whle the Central Railroad proposes
the Same object by different course.
The Virginia aud Tennessee Railroad is one
of the best constructed in the country, runs
through most fertile region, anl is well provi-
ded and managed for the accommodation of pas
sengers The same may be sald of its continue
ton as we may call the Orange and Aexandria
Railroad Ito Lynehburg) which seems to call
forth the admiration of those who are most com
potent TO judged such matters 1t seems to be
universally conceded that in its location, con
struction and arrangements for the safe and rap
I'd conveyance of passengers and freight tits
nowhere surpassed. This company has, also,
exercised much liberality to the Convention, in
taking at alfprice those delegates who have
chosen to take the route of their road to Gordons
Vile.