Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1858-06-08
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EprTon or THE e STAR. Tx - Sir - In
looking over the !. Starr several numbers
back. 4 vas surprised stseeing me places
which we're recommended byl Gov " ises
q the Committee appointed for the Pqr1
pose ofestablishing Ethe proposed Vests
ern Virginia Luhatid Asylum. III
Ii sfrery strange That the Governor
| should have recommended these places,
/ (which. ifI am not mistaken, were mac
feessible to him on his election tour, for
! the gubefnatorial chair. for the construc-
/ ton of such q building. .5,5.s
| In tie tirst place, lthe cost Of building,
would be very serious obstacle % these
places, On account oil their inaccessibility
/ TO materials which whoId BIZ necessary for
their. construction, aud which have to be
obtained elsewhere. And then, 4 think
ftheH are certainly the most inaccessible
places chat know, for gccnvsying insane
personsEso. which is a very decided OBJ
lection.
/ Think tEaswhoie community should
Ibe Interested about tlaa estaBlishmentof
this Asylum, in our county. twill GER
Itainly BE to the peclniary interest q
1.-THE farmer, merchant. mechanic, DC, for
Tall will reap some advantage from II /
lsupposeS5it will be built lis large as che ore
ut Staunton, which ac0ommpd dates some
three Or four hundred persons; tkese will
Ehaye to befsd; the building will have to
be furnished, and, / suppose our r1er-
lIchants can furnish such merchandise,
las viii be needed, as cheap, ifnot cheaper
THAN in any portion Of Western Virginia,
The construction andIIrcpairing. which
necessarily occurs to i building, can be
done hero as well as anywhere else IN The
State; lumber and building materials and
the facility with which they can be Sc,
cured, we certainly possess very great
advantages for.
Taking the position of Charleston,
which is the mosl central, with its other
advantages, Viz the COST oFbuilding ma
terials--lhe accessibility of The place
| from its being aIriver town. accessible to
steam boats n d fine turnpike passing
through tie place with h line Of sts9es
running from East TO Westr-the other
different reads radiatiughfrom Charleston
as the centre, to the Norlhernfand South.
ern counties, and its greatest adyah-
tages sof alb tho healthiness Ofthe place,
which surpasses, or is. at least, equally
free from all epidemics or endemics, such
as fever and agae, typhoid fever. pneu-
monia, DC, wlficlf are very fatal In the
mountain counties--its water and fuel,
(which last IS chiefly coal, are in
the greatest abundance and Of supe-
fior qualify.
\ These advantages, and numerous others
which time will not allbw meEto enumer-
ate, II shown in this, their proper light,
70 the Commissioners, cannot but help
having It's due weight. add if some Of the
prominent cflizeus will make ittheir bus
Einess to see the Commissioners, andlsei
forth our claims. twill aoa great deal,
for nothing never las been obtaiped with
out asking iorIit; and as HE sRying Is. "a
great deal lost by. not asking
And ! 40 hope the Star will CON
siantly keep Tue subject before The people,
90 al to interest them IN 1.-The advantages
/ such an Institution will be, not only in q
| pecuhiary sense. but as An ornament and
\ place 81 note, AndEI suggest thai
| some. two or three democrats. (real simon.
| pure democrats. no mengrels, address
like Governor on tile subject, setLing forth
| liz advantages of KanaWha, and also, 10
let him know that we ale interested in
Tits establishment here. A,