Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1854-11-06

All the mineral aud agricultural products II
the country are being transported along 1t. Inc
income OF the people has been increased. The
prospect Of wealth enlarged, aud rendered Ger
tain. Their activity and energy stimulated anu
inyigorated, and their labor employed IN the
cultivation of crops that hitherto had little value.
From their rcmoteness from market, and want
of labor, their pursuits. except 81 far as was NJ
cessary for subsistence, were pastoral. The
best lands, and largest estates were surrendered
To the OK, the horse, an1 mule. The smaller
tracts were purchased by graziers whose capital
enabled them to pursue the only occupation
which gave pecuniary reward. Their former
owner, we're thus induced tn remove, and their
places were supplied by tocks and herds,-the
profits derived from such pursuits poorly com.
pensating the State for the loss sustained in its
power aud wealth of men and numbers. The
entire lands of the country remained at low
prices, and the profits ON all less than usually at
tend agricultural pursuits where markets present
themselves.
A single year has produced IA marked change
in the condition and pursuits of its people.
The grazing lands are beginning to be surren-
dered to the plough for the cultivation of wheat,
tobacco, corn, vegetables, and the attention and
labor of the country directed to agriculture
This change of pursuit, arrestlng, rs 1t has ana
will, the grazing ON the level lands best suited to
the plough, will transfer the grazing to the Sc
cond rate lands of the country. They, although
too steep for constant tilllge, are rich and adnpt-
ed to the grasses. The tobacco crop WHEN re-
sorted to for Il year or two, will remove the forest,
and IN the operation afford n profit, leaving the
lands in the finest condition for the grasses
The herds and hocks take the mountains and
hills. The valley aud plains are devoted to the
labor of man in the diversified crops of wheat,
corn, and vegetables.
But again, there are those mountains that thus
far have only impcded mans progress. or ares
ted his career. He has approached them with the
hand of industry and labor, and crowned them
with vcrdurc. Upon their brow and around their
sides "bleut tlocks innumerable.n In his power
and dominion he has only appropriated the things
on the earth.-llis authority is 10 subdue it. lie
obcys the command. He drives into the mountains
and there IS revealed 10 him the object and reward
of the Injunction TINT is upon him. There he finds
in the gypsom as YOU found in the marl-beds of
the east, and element aud an agent for the reSto-
ration Of his soils, exhausted and impaired by the
years of cultivation to which he has subjected
them. No scrnping of cities to Northern IN tnn.
features made up and shipped round with the bill
ofcosts, freight, insurance, commission, eXchan-
ges,-'all accurately, y professionally prepar-
ed, ~ ''on reasonable terms" land the shortest
notice for the southern trade" No, gentle
men, bat prepared III purity and abundance from
the beginning of time for the noblest and most en-
during of all arts-the art of agriculture. Phil
osophers and chemists may be unable to under
stand, OF account Tor llt llinntT u IT'S uCtlp1lS.
The purposes for which il was designed are ap-
parent in the living yerdure in which it clothes
every spear of grass, or of corn, or of wheat, or
tobacco on which it Is deposited.
We anticipate important advantages from the
formation of agricultural societies in Virginia.
We congratulate each other ON the success that
has marked their progress,and we confidently re
lv on their influence and power.-lhcy are I'M
portant and valuable agents for the attainment of
our objects. Their influence will be in proper
ton to their extent and general diffusion.
trust they may enlist in their service, every
energy of our State.
On what do we RELY for the fulfilment of our
hopes and expectationsi Can we reasonably eX-
pect to find in our associations those, who from
distance and want of cheap and rapid modes of
transit, cannot reach your assemblies ! Will
they come to increase their knowledge, to stlmu-
late each other, to exhibit their specimens of to-
hacco. and wheat, and corn,-their implements
of husbnndry, their mechanical skill and inven-
ton, their live stock-at the cost of time, tron-
Bile and money, whose interest will not be pro
NOTED by what they see, and hear, and learn. 1t
is in vain to hop" for it.. To improve your agri
culture, means to increase your wealth. Your
society would be limited in its numbers, its intu-
ence, with the benefits it confers, unless the
means are afforded of rapid and easy transit of
your members, and their contributors to the
Capital of the State.
Il utSt IbduS anu thnhlN tilhb ~ l'h'AihtihS
the State in every direction, are powerful, and
commanding agents in the Improvement of our
agriculture in Virginia. They are the agents
that have rem Tered our organization 50 successful.
They have opened the ponderous gates of the Blue
Ridge aud the Allegheny, to close no more.
They are weaving us together III Il strong and
and durable fabric of interest, OF power and ma
terial wealth. nay more, they are strengthening
the chords of confidence, of respect, OF affection
those bands stronger than iron, those moral ell
ements that bind the world together.
Look for a moment at the proofs that are before
us.-See that noble OK with his glossy coat re-
il%ecting the sunbeam like a mirror. See his small
limbs, his developed body, his deep chest, his full
ribs, his delicate neck.h his clear bright eye, chew
ing his cud in tranquility and rePose, amid the
din and hustle that surrounds HMM all the per
fections OF his nature, ready tor the uses Tor
which he was designed, alas! unconscious of the
sad fate that awaits him tomorrow. He has been
with n day or two Of alarm aud watchtulness.
transported perhaps from the Shenandoah, or
from the luNuriant pastures on the banks of the
tributaries of the Ohio. He has been borne a
cross the mountains though the extent of the
State, and now rests on the banks OF the 'James,'
almost in sight of the Ocean, without fatigue,
without injury, without loss.
But for these improvements he would not have
been here. He would be struggling amid storms,
q rains, x SHOWS, for some thirty OF fifty dayS.to
reach a market at Baltimore or Philadelphia-ex-
hausted, impaired, reduced in value. in quality,
in beauty-the profits of his rearing greatly
diminished to his owner, and his value greatly
impaired to the purchaser. But further, when
we look upon this immense assenbly-when We
reflect on the influence that ''association and
combined effort" have eXerted over mankind-on
the good they have effected when we remember
that our association had it. origin but recently.
TINT IL. div II nuYnhar- in ~. r,pks thnnsuuls Of