Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1854-02-13
corfespondenoe Of the virginian.
RICHMOND, 9th Feb.

| railroad bill by the House of Delegates, the pat
rons of The larger bills now pending have become
exceedingly restire. AMI indicate want OF con
ilence in the Legislature, respecting the uiti-
mute success at this session of theif cherished
schemes. The applications for aid to the Orange
and Alexandria, and the Petersburg and Norfolk
roads. have been laid over at the instance oi me
particular friends Of those works. Douptiess
they calculate upon a favorable reaction IA the
disposition Of the public servants, that Will con
duoe to their advantage by little deiay-"hiis'
to press their prospects. or even to submit them
to the final ordeal now. would be To ensure de-
feat.
It's proper to remark in this connections that
the position of our section. and especially Of MI.
Deane. has been the subject Of animadfersion aud
gross misoonoeption. Actnated by desire to make
the covinaton and Ohio road-(an improvement
that will exact heavy contributions from the trea-
snry of the Commonwealth great state work,
commensurate IN its Importance and benefits with
! The immense outlay it, construction will create
| that gentleman has advocated with distinguished
ability. on several occasions, as he did in the
outset. the five foot guage. But the opinion OF
the less intelligent, upon this important question:
prevailed and the broad guage was lost Under
such circumstances, he has felt it his dnty TO op.
pose the road. and consequently any expenditure
of means, which would not be justified without
adequate protection, confident assurance thai
other than Virginia cities would mol reap the adj
ynntages sought to bc secured to the great inter
est of the State by the construction Of that work.
lis course, which has been dictated throughout
4 III nj
the soundness of his well balanced views on these
questions, which have 50 long and 50 intensely
engaged his thoughts, is now the subject of de-
nuneia,ion; and old charges-stale and t cad bare
a. they are. rejecting only dscrodit upon those
who endeayor TO give them an existence again,
which are known as 'tht sei6shness Of Lynch
burg" are exhumed, and that city is sought to be
presented as desiring the lions share.
Surely those who deal in that game know bat
little of the past and present position of Mr..
Deane or his constituency in regard 10 The great
internal Improvement interests of the country.
They forget that the delegate from Lynchburg
in 1870 voted for and effected, to great extent,
the construction of the Central railroad West OF
staunton. Did not Lynehburg too relinquish
early opportunity of railway communication
to the valley Of New River But these facts
have been 50 long familiar with tho readers Of the
Nirginian that ii Is useless to go over them noas
but they come up naturally when such manifest
disregard to the truth Of history is persisted in.
Equally surprising is il IL hear Mr. Deaue repre-
scented as having ialtered in support Of "a wise
policy of internal Improvement, or having c2hib-
tied disposition not to appropriate means Tor
I
am certain, who have listened attentiyely TO his
remarks in the House of Delegates, ut different
times, when these petitions, either directly or in
other why's cnme before that body, will mako such
| a charge. No report Of bis remarks in the Leg
islature has contained anything 10 justify it, and
it is the more surprising that such uniounded nj
legations should have found lodgnent in tho
public mind.
have observed Mr.. Johnson, the accomplished
Senator from Bedford. occupying the Presidents
chair several days past This is complimentary
in the highest degree to That gentleman, when it
is known that this is his first service in the Leg
islatiye council Of the State.
The Joint order for the election of the base
mept story officers, Public Printer, &C. being
made for to-day, the ''hdfmoniouS" proceeded to
It's Imminent alu succeeded, WITHOUT making any
change, in retaining the present ncumbents, only
| placing Mr.. Clutter in possession of the vacant
| slippers of Mr. Johnston, First Auditor, until
they reached the office of Superintendent of the
Penitentiary. Mr.. Garnett, of Essex, proclaim
ed boldly, that the present incumbent, Col Nor
gan, had exerted himself to procure executive
clemenoy in behalf of tho the notorious Red
Boot Smith Such conduct deserved the CON
demnation of the General Assembly said Mr.. C.,
aud he could not, as party man. "A Nirginion, or
citizen of the South; eountenance, in any way,
such reprehensible conduct. The order there
fore in regard to that officer postponed until
next Tuesday, and in the mean time II special
committee were appoinedto investigate the sub
! ject, and lay the facts before the Legislature
! Throughout the whole scene, the Wings, who had
about as much interest, ut least were consult
ed as litte,as a Sandwich Islanders in the affair,
of the country-kept "A provoking GOODNESS, ano
seemed To watch the progress of the family teud
as outsiders and as those not invited into thu
ring. What pity that among all the patriotic
Democrats who willing to take office, few
names cannot be found in Sardis who have no
defed their garments, cun stand like Caesar
wife, above suspicion. So we go
observe quite number of our citizens in
and passing through the city. j. c. $.
ILLNESS OF Mr.. TuNsTAIL.-We regret t,
learn that W. L. TuNsTALL, Esq, President o
the Richmond and Danyile Railroad, is very low