Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1859-10-01
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.'loug. though no. many. .Asse passed since
breaihed my native atmosphere -bat each scene
Is as familiar to mo though 'swers YESTERDAY -
! The same widespresding tress. the ssaAs green
sward: the songs Of the same birds even. greet
! my return. % years ago they looked apon my de-
! par,ure.
We len Nsw York on Thursday evening last,
F, Jus, g. tho shadows Of night wsrs creeping over
The great city. We rushed through shs Quaker
city without stopping reaching Baitiasre in
time 10 GET dozen winks Of sleep before break
fast. comics. i, was with some trepidation
vcnturcj upon the streets Of the Monumental city
The horrible stories tina. had been tald Of muir
,lcrs in open daylight. Of sudden assassination. Of
rohbcries and pllage. had somewhat upset the
ordinary serenity OF my nature. Bit Am pleas
ed to say iha. escaped unscatl,ed. tFayerscd
the city almost from end to end" and came out
without broken bone. 50 far from seeing formi-
dabe arrays Of Plug tfglies and Tigers, 1 saw
" beautiful women aud fne-looking mon. The
trade Of Baltimore, was told, was never better
the hotels never more crowded with stran-
gers. All the hubbub that has been raised about
crime in Baltimore is a political device to break
Did you ever travel Mcssrs Editors upon that
beautiful sheet Of water. Chesapeake Bay? If
not. YOU have great pleasure IN store for you-
provided always, you en;oy travelling by water rs
much us do We left Baltimore ON Friday eve
ming upon the splendid steamer Virginia where
Of the presiding spirit Dorsey. is one of the clev-
crest fellows and most entertaining companions
ever knew. Year, ago when We were both young
men) knew and lowell u ,rsey and time has not
blasted the edge of my affection. In his pleasant
socicty--sailing down the Chesapeake the
home Of my youth rapidly becoming nearer to me,
there was a ,.leasurablc sensation which even the
rumblins If IL printing press could Pot have
disturbed. Let me advise everybody, who may
wish to dispa it of the blues, to take sail up
on the broad bosom If our beautiful Bay
or this portion cfihc State, you. of Piedmont,
Virginia, know comparatively little. 1t in unfor.
tunu,c that it is SO. A grand old Commonwealth
like Virginia should have no, only identity of in
terest but homogencty Of feeling in all its parts,
As it is, the commercial relations, and the social
relations also to extent of this section Of Vir-
ginin, arc all with Baltimore and the Northern CT
tics. lfyou look at the maryou will see the rea-
son Of it. From the Maryland to the North Caro-
lima line, the whole oflower Virginia is intersect
cd by broad navigabe rivers cmptying almost at
regular Intervals into Chesapeake Bay First the
Po,omao-then the Rappahannock then the York
with it's branches, the Pamunky and the Mattnpo-
nc-and then James and Elizabeth rivcrs--nll of
them nayi.able for long distance from the Bay
afford the necessary conduits for the trade of
this region, ard conduc; it eastward. according to
the Imperative laws OF nature herself. You should
set it down rs greatly to the credit of lower Nir-
gnin that her citizens submit overwhelmingly to
thu heavy taxation produced by our works of In
terual lmprascmcnt in other portions Of the Stat c
Nature has gwen them the easiest access to mar
kel But they are willing that art should furnish
facilities To their western brethren that nature
has denied them. You will find nowhere great
spirit Of State pride, and of love for the whole
of our glorious old Commonwealth than among
the people Of extreme Eastern Virginia.
1t in this spirit that Norfolk is gradually
drawing to herself the trade of this section. which
has thus lar bccu connected with other cities out
side Of the State onk forward to the day when
she will monopoise this trade, as she ought to do
now. But it tnkes long time to sever CONNER
cial rclatons that are once firmly established -
Until Norfolk appreciate her position and her re-
sources. and becomes the importing and export
ing agent of the whole State. Baltimore and the
Nurthern cities will con;inue To conduct a profit
able commerce with nll this portion Of Virginia.
The county of Esscx-trom which writer's mar
row slip of territory along the MARCIA of the Kappa
IL.
wide. Small as it is, 1t is 10 some extent histor
cal ground. In 1914 tho British sailed up the
rivor-burnt the town Of Tappahannock the
county seat-stole some of the slaves, and then T.
treated down the river This happened, think,
just before the close of the the war. We had NJ
force, and no guns, To oppose the enemy; and
they consequently did just what they pleased
This little county has also contributed some
men of note to the country. James NJ. Garnctt,
distinguished hteratear. agriculturalist. and
politician, was native of Essex and reposcs hc
meath its soil. Our present distinguished Semi
tor, Hon. Il. NJ. 7. Hunter isa native aud resident
Of this county. So. also. the Representative OF
this Dstrlcs in Congress the Hon NJ. r. II. Gar.
nett. She has furnished to the ,rcss u RircnlE
and to the Army Maj OF GARNET, the aid of Gen.
Taylor in his Mexican campaign. The Hon ii. {
Burnett. At present member of Congress from,
kentucky, is nstive of Essex also.
But, let us hare no sectional pride in Virginia
Except such pride as springs from contempla
ton of the past glory, and future promise. Of tbs
old State in all her fair proportions. Whatever
may be the sectional aninosties cngendered il
the Union, let US have none in Tirgnid. She il
magnificent Empre-g glorious in her people
her elimatF. her broad waters, her towering noun
tains, and her inexbaustble natural resources.