The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-10-11

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT sTREETs-y1sITT TO
ruE LADIES, FAIR "A GREAT ENTER
pR,sEGNoTEs ON ROH-oRE-PERsoSAL,
&C. -
| rcorrespou dcnce OF the Richmond Dispatch.l
LYscRBuaa, october 0. 1870.
| our DAVIS travel was about forty miles
through country OF lovely views ana oy
rich low-grounds, and not few Well-cultl-
nn,ad hills. When the boat lcftthe canal
For The river we had the best opportunities
~ seeing the picturesqueness OF the sur
ronndinos. At I've river and JudithSs
dom especially are lake like pictures as
charming as any conjurnG OF poets
fancy or artists dream. In the New.Rlver
country. of which much has been lateiy
written, the scenery is OF Daroarlc sPlen-
dor. Here it is altogether different. IL Is
Quiet. restful, and hope-insplring so tnat
we inyoluntarily pick out sites TOT SUMMER
seats, and find ourselves plannln
yocotions to be spent here in the contem-
,,Ia,;nn and endowment OF Natures rich
bountes. lilo
MANY OF the hills-mounta'nsm more Ike
contain vast beds OF iron-ore. Dir. L. Z.
Iones. who was long connected with the
Westbam furnace. and / believe yet re-
mains in charge OF that property, and VINO
;s with us. says that it is of very superior
quality. Professor Mcdonald, in his re-
mort rs to the section along which we passed
to-day, says:
..Tbe James, as il conscious Of the fu-
ture. at Mount Athos turns aside from us
direct course to the sea lo offer its vast en-
ercics to the work OF development. for
thirty miles it rolls its rapid tue, DV iuf-
mace site and ore bank, willing servant
waiting to be harnessed to VOL worthy OF us
powers. Though now condemned TO lsne-
HE tasks. the time will come when it will
supply the motiye-poWer TO huhoreo pros
porous industries.
1.-THE single element needed to unite in
the James. River iron belt all the most favor
able conditions for the establishment or
vast mining, smelling, and man ufacturing
industries is A CHEAP MINERAL FUEL.
when the cokes and the Goals OF the
Kanawha Valley can be laid down at the
furnaces at the lowest prices possible. then
this Valley OF the James is destined to enter
upon a career Of prosperous development
which we can now but family imagine"
At number of places we saw the iron
ore iutting from the rocky hillsides within
fifty feet of the boat. Many mines had
been opened and abandoned, but now capt.
talists are looking al them again, and, rely
y
Johnston soon TO complete the Clifton
Forge connection, are ready to make pur-
chases and erect furnaces and give TO this
valley the hum OF busy life.
THE WELCOME.
We reached Lynchburg Just as the sun
! was setting, when the clouds were gorgeous
and high hopes swayed the breasts Of all our
company. AS we neared the basin seven
teen guns were fired from battery station.
ed over the aqueduct-a welcome to the
Governor. The hills and streets were lined
with people, and as our good packet was
made fast TO the wharf there was lively
cheering, and the band played Hail to the
Chief" Dixie" and other inspiring tunes.
Upon landing committee took charge OF
the Governor and his companions and led
them TO carriages and drove to The NOrycll
House. There a great multitude soon con-
gregated and loud calls were made for the
Coy ernor. lie came upon the balcony, was
introduced by Mr.. c. W. Button, Of the
Iirginian, in handsome terms, and made 4
speech which was heard with profound at
tention and was Justify cteered.
THE GOVERNORS SPEECH.
The Governor said:
Fellow.cit:zens Of Lynchburg,-I thank
you for this manifestation OF your regard.
With some other officials OF the State and
of the city OF Richmond have, by the kind
invitation Of the president OF the canal, I'M
dertaken trip along its line and the
line OF the projected railroad 10 Clifton
Forge. have done so that might see to the
best advantage this great artery OF Virginia,
destined at no distant day, in one form or
another, to oren up treasures unsurpassed
by any portion Of the world.
/ am glad to say have so far not been
disappointed; the outlook has surpassed my
expectations. In fact there is no part of the
Commonwealth where l have travelled
and at one time or another in the last few
wears have been over nearly its whole sur
face-that do not see evidences OF growth
and prosperity. II is wonderful how The
State has risen from the ashes OF the war,
and, clothing herself as with the garments
of new era, is now preparing TO run an
other proud career.
do not treat lightly the grievous troubles
through which we have gone, and the enor-
nous losses that our people have suffered.
I cannot overrate them; their deep and ugly
scars are still visible on the State, and will
be for generations TO come; the millions OF
property that We're swept away, the sever
ance Of her territory and the DISCRIMINATION
OIL UeT SOCldI arc hulSu "SlC
fearful to contemplate, and which only Il
brave, true. and hardy people could have
endured and continued to live.
And yet see what has been done since the
war closed, notwithstanding those losses.
Richmond, the metropolis Of the State, the
capital OF the Confederacy, and the very
heart OF the great struggle, so much of
whose property and so many OF whose citi-
zens were swept away, has outstripped any
city along the Atlantic coast; in material
and solid 81 owth has more than doubled,
and is going on rapidly to treble its popu-
Iation, until now it is almost unsurpassed for
substantial prosperity and real beauty.
Situated as am, have the opportunity
OF seeing and talking with many strangers
| passing to and fro through our State, and
they rarely. II ever, fail to express their
surpri>e atthe wonders that have been ac-
complshed in restoring the te-placeS
lett by the fearful strife, and their admlra-
! tion of the manner in which energy. enter
PRISE. and taste have combined with the
wealth OF natures gifts to make Richmond
Que of the most beautiful and attractive
cities on this hemisphere.
And Who can fail to be struck with the
country of the James-River. Valley through
which the canal connects this city with
| Richmond? How bountifully has nature
shed through its entire length her choicest
blessings, on the surface and beneath the
| soil. agricultural and mineral, awaiting the
| ,.l l,J>or RI cpriofr intp active hp3ltbV