The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1868-01-22
Letter from Charlottesville Sharp hits at
some Folks.

Letter from Charlottesville Sharp hits at
some Folks.
CHARLoTTsvILLE, Va,
January 18th, 1868.
Editor Virgin,an Last August, l
promised to write word from this place, and
no doubt.you have been expecting my letter !;
but the truth is, [ have been SO much en-
ployed siuce then that have not had time to
write.
OUR EDITOR.
Charlottesville is one horse place, in every
respect, and can't afford respectable letter
writer.
We have the ablest editor in Virginia or
might add, in the South. james G. Southall,
IS one of the most polished scholars l ever
met He is deep thinker, and his little
paper speaks for itself. | heard that he had
been offered FIVE thousand dollars year, by
the proprietor Of leading New York paper,
to take charge of its editorial columns. [
can't say how true this report is, but con-
slider him as able as the ablest writer in New
York. He is too lazy to own paper. [
mean he don't take enough interest in its sue
cess. For instance, he cares nothing about
local items; never publishes SANDER reports
never attends public meetings or places OF
amusement, and unfortunately has no local
editor, the very life Of local paper. sup
pose he, like all students, haees business
Poor fellow ! we sent him to the Convention
l suppose he will return to Charlottesville as
soon as Mr.. Tukey succeeds in getting him
out of that interesting body, give his paper
to some FRIEND, and then hire two of the mean
est men he can find, to take him to the dirti-
est mudhole in the county and hold him un-
der until he is dead, dead. dead
THAT RAILROAD.
have seen in your paper that Staunton is
quite city, at least SO far as the shipment OF
freight is concerned 1 don't wonder at it
because you have the advantage Of Rail
Road. You may think this curious remark
but l will explain.
Charlottesville is the junction of two roads
Va Central and Orange 4 Alexandria.
If want to go to Alexandria, must buy
ticket to Gordonsville, go to that place on
the Central train and there change cars
You must not forget that both trains pass
over the same track to g..
If want to 50 west of Lynchburg, can
buy ticket to Ii, and will be obliged
to get another for my destination. IF I buy
bill of goods in New York or Baltimore, my
goods are stopped at Gordonsville and kept
sometimes three weeks.
The secret is, the Va G. R. r. has no good
feeling for this town and county, and won't
let pound Of freight come to this place, ex
cept in the cars of the Co. I have thought
over this subject and a notice in one of the
Richmond papers suggests something. This
notice states that freight from New York o.
any other Northern city, sent by vessels. t.
Richmond and intended for any Station or
the Va. G. r. r. will be stored, carried anc
shipped by that R. R. free of charge. This
I is very clever, but then it takes long time
for a vessel to go from N. Y. to Richmond.
To force merchants to ship their goods BY
this line, it is necessary to throw obstruction
in the way and SO the o. & A. r. R. mus
deposit its freight at Gordonsvile This lit
tie operation cuts off quick shipment in thai
direction and sends freight around by way
of Richmond. The Va. G. r. r. thus gets
the freight from Richmond, which you will
see by the schedule is quite sum. This plar
also brings vessels to Richmond and they
take freight on theirvreturn trips, which alse
passes over the Va. G. r. R.
To sum up and explain then; the Va. G
r. r. wants to carry all the freight from Rich
mond charlottesville and there is bu
one way to do it; namely: have every
thing sent to Richmond by vessel, thus cut
ting the O. & a. R r. out Of that amount
and securing it for herself.
Our merchants believe that they can gel
their goods quicker by the Richmond route
than by the 0. 4 A. r. R. at least so long az
this narrow-minded, infamous policy is per
sued by the managers of the Va. G. Raj
Road. By this policy, the interests of one
of the most important points on the Road are
sacrificed, and Charlottesville, with greater
advantages than many cities, remains at 8
stand still, while other towns around are grow
ing in wealth and prosperity.
We hope for the time, when the 0. & A
r. r. will have it's track and be indie
pendent Of the twenty mile nuisance between
this place and Gordonsville; and then fare
well to the New York, Richmond and Va
G. R. R. fast line, and Gordonsville quar-
antine R. S. NJ.