Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1854-07-17
LYNCHBURG VIRGINIAN.
MONDAY MORNING. JULY IL, 1854.


We give place to-day to communication from
"A Citizen of Richmond. in reply TO the article
of petersburg" which appeared in late issue
of our paper. We have no design TO enter into
this controversy. Each and all of the cities
named We look upon as "leagued together as a
band of brothers"-not for purposes of enmity
and not for aggressions against any person or
place, but for the prosperity and commercial
splendor of Virginia. No just rivalry of interest
exists in conflict with such an alliance. But at
the same time cannot grant, though we will
not give provocation by discussing the assump
tons of " A Citizen of Richmond in regard to
the liberaEty of that city, particularly on the
question of the guage &C., of the Coyington and
Ohio Railroad IF Lynohburg and Petersburg
tersburg, aided the Covngton Il Ohio Railroad
scheme" in '52-53 was il TO give to that road a
guage which would to certainty, deprive this
city and Petersburg of all Gifts trade and secure
il in all human probability, not 10 Richmond but
10 Baltimore Was it not reasonable TO sup
pose that even Richmond would advocate no
such proposition, against one 1.-THE adoption
Of the feet guage) which would throw the
barrier of break Of guage between our own
Sea Port towns and Baltimore But are
told that Richmond through her represen-
tatives ntimaied her willingness 10 submit
to the FIVE feet guage, if that could carry the
improvement True. And graceful subnls-
sion it was After the battle had been fought
after she had been defeated in the procurement of
what she held sine qua non oil her assent to
any appropriation TO that scheme ; after prejud
and enmties had been engendered which it
was impossible to remove and commttals had
been made which nothing could change, will
lingness is expressed to accept guage that
would bring Western trade by Lynchburg rather
than have no road and no guage at all Mag
unanimous indeed But we say no more.
ARMY MOVEMENTS on THE Rio GRANpE FRoN-
TIER.-A correspondent of the New Orleans
Courier, writing from San Antonio, furnishes
some information ON the subject of military oper
atoms in that quarter. The Indians it is sad
are all troublesome the Lipans being particular.
ly so. Wild Cat,the noted Seminole chief, seems
quite conspicuous character, and is endeavorng
to combine all the tribes in war with the whites.
Several posts have been abandoned and their gar
rsons transferred to other stations Four com
panies of the Rifles 60 to Laredo, under the com.
mand of Col. loring; two companies go to Ring
gold Barracks, two to Fort Clark, or Las Moras;
two to Eagle Passthis arrangement, breaking up
Forts Ewell, Merrill, and lnge Gen. Smith was
to leave in few days for FL Paso with an escort
of ninety picked men from the Rifles commanded
BY Capt. Walker with field howiizer command
ed by Lieut.. Jones, of the Rifles. Sickness had
been very prevalent among the troops; and some
of them were suffering from scuryy. 1t is added
that large increase in active troops is demand
ed ON the Texan frontier and unless it be sent
soon much property and many lives will have
been sacrificed before a satisfactory state of
things can be restored.