Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1857-05-01


per cent, the other nj IL.
There many points to which the attention
Of the public nigh, be directed with advantage.
We eon6ne ourselves. however, al present. To the
enhancement of value in counties trnversed by
the Virginia and Tennessee Ral Road. We
annex II let Of the counties with their percentage
Of Increase:
Bedford 81 per cent.
Roanoke 81 g"
Montgomery 80 +" "a
Pulaski 81 " 4"
Wythe 46 "
Smythe az /"
The effect of the road upon tho value of
lands in some of the counties adjoining tho u
bove,and within the influence of cheapened trans
portntion is not less remarkable. Thus we find
the increase in
Tazewell &c per cent
Carroll ~
Floyd Is
Gratifying rs these results re--couiirmatory
ma ,hey are Of all The predictions made by the
friends Of our gtod work, they are but promo
uitions &C the enhancement of value which We
,hall soon The Road has been in "rera.
ton throughout its whole extent scagce six
months.
one fact more Tie aggregate increase of
value in the lands of the seven counties trnvrrsed
by tho Rad Road is s3,520,lOi-n sum much
hrger than it cost 10 build the work We do
not assert TINT there would have been no increase
lad the Va. Tenn. X. L. never been made.
bat that "A very large share Of this enormous I'D
dilion to the wealth of Southwestern Virginia is
attributable 10 the work we entertain doubt
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Massacre of French settler. in New Caledonia.
The schooner Black Dog arrived at sydney un
the ; of February from New Caledonia. bring
ing int.lli genoe ofa shocking massacre of the
French colonists lay tie natives. Eleven Euro
pcans aud fourteen or fifteen kanakas in their
service had been murdered. The Sydney Nor
ming Hctali gives the following account:
...fhr township of Morari is distant from Port
de- France about seven miles, Mt which place
eleven Frcuchmen aud number Of natives from
the Sandwich Islands were stationed Tor the pur-
pe>e of obtaining sandalwood. About the 10th
of January the New Calcdouian natives made an
attack upon the settlement, aud savngely muir
dcred all the inhabitants; so DISCRIMINATING WAS
thrir onslaught that not II single individual
lcti to tell the particulars of these dreadful muir
ders The bodies of II white men and II or ID
islanders were discovered accidentally by par.
tie, proceeding from the township. Among the
victims of this savag attack is NJ. Berard, at
taehed TO the firm OF Vial d'Aram & Co, of this
city, aud who WAS formerly an officer in the
French navy. The Julia Percy, schooner, pas
Sod by the scene of the disaster during the con.
summation of this fearful tragedy, and observed
un unusual movement on shore,on approaching
which the natives were seen to retire, but she
Was compelled to stand off again
The sydney Empire says:-
The cause of this atrocity can only be CUES
ecd ut. I'nppenrs clear that there was nothing
in the conduct of NJ. Berard and his white com
pnnions which could pallia,e it. The natives
|, were treated by them with great kindness. aud
/ expressed for them the warme-t friendship.
Tho crime WAS consummatcdh by the natives mp
! proaching tn. settlers in small parties, with their
! accustomed pretences of friendship, until large
| party had been elected, when the work of mur
! der was commenced in cold blood. 1t WAS not
| fight, for the settlers were set upon when. with
1 out arms in their hands, they were engaged III
their ordinary avocations.
AS the bodies were not eaten, (although the
| natives of New Caledonia are cannlba's,) the act
was one of vengeance. In all probability the
| New Caledonians were G>pleasei with The intro
! duction ofnniveS from Vale or Sandwich Islands,
tome Of the New lIrhride-,j whom they look up
/ pom with hostile feelings. 1t may be. too. that
the fact of the settlement having been made IN
| this quarter with he permission Of the French
! QoeaD government. instead of under the author.
ity of the native chiets, induced the latter IL
! slaughter the settlers.
Capt. Levi. believes the disturbance has
arisen from refusal of the Fteach settlers 10
pay the same price for land : the English"