The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-08-04


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report went abroad on that anxious Saturday
that the President had been shot down at the 20
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/ THE Shenandoah VALLEY RAILROAD Ext
TENSION INTO NORTH CARoLINA-The Clark
Syndicate Of Philadelphia, which boughtltheao
Atlantic, Mississippi and Ohio railroad antfaf
i converted itinto the Norfolk and Westerns
figures largely in the Philadelphia Nogtts~,
american Of Wednesday,. The following is
Ffrom the Anserscaas s article 9ie 81 }agss102
/ 1.-THE new protector the Clark Rollins Tylerfso
4 syndicate is an extension, of the Shenandoah
/ Valley, road south of the line of the Norfolk
and Western. The Rocky Mount branch, az
surveyed, leaves the Norfolk trunkline at Biggh
Lick, where theg Shenandoah Valley roaelsls
meets it, crosses the Blue Ridge in the 5yaeya
of one Of the tributaries of the Staunton river,
and follows it to Rocky Mount about thirtyds
miles distantLalong a very easy bgrade.u TheaQ
| right of way is obtained under the Shenanans
doah Valley roads charter, which includes the ),
| privilege OF extension to DanVflle.. It is adj
mitted by the friends Of the company that tlissh
is not necessarily calfeeder only, sbut Gtheni
/ beginning ofa extension which may, las buso,.
| mess opens the way for it, ultimately reach Q
into the undeveloped regions of North Caro-
lina,s and bid for the north bound trade iof8s
other South Atlantic States. The local .husi-sts
ness which it is likely to secure will be amply .
/ sufficient to render its operation profitable IN
| the mean time The narrow-gauge conneet9q
ing with the Virginia Midland is full of heavyo3
grades, and there is more magnetic iron aadaa
manganese ore IN the neighborhood than it,,
can carry, A futule extension Of tie Shennaan9siq
doah Valley road still further to- Dahvili
| would reach additional iron ore lands in Heiiew
~ and Pittsylyania counties, and some rioh,a
| beds OF steatlte OF soapstone The adjoining
/ counties OF North Carolina are also possessedts
! OF much mineral wealth that is worth deVelousG
ing, and tits probable that the, Shenandoahxs
Valley Company intend to build on till they.
| reach some Atlantic coast outlet of the Louis
1 vile and Nashville System. The undeyelopedoS
| resources OF North Carolina haveI been so litsis
| tie discussed in the newspapers that very little
| IS known of them outside of the particular !,
nelghborhoods possessing these attractions for
| capital, but the Shenandoah Valleys ultinlatejS
intentions involve the bringing of q great deaLs
OF future trade from that prosperous section,
| to philadelphia. V4S
| nfllE7 -e- ~ y. IL a'.Ia Ga-g haa ,.sass
| In all political movements the strong sundersw
current OF sentiment lis represented gbys>thevs
| thinking silent men---men who make up, their
opinions from calm review of the situation,
| and conscientious conviction of their ownn
| duty IN the PREMISES These loud nlouthedya
| superficial blatants who are continuously givsss
| ing forth what they are pleased to term "Opin-
| IONS" represent only about spoonful ofaa
BRAINS and parrot-like Reproduction of what's
| their bosses have told them. EaAnd yet thisss
| latter, class are continually coming to the .
front; anxious to see their names in print and
to be looked upon as the refectorsc OF the real ~
sentiment ola community or section 47sgeaS a&s
-dtlas - TET- u -aaE sa9sEae
Capt. Paul, in his remarks at Harrisonburgs
last week, stated that the debt question was
the supreme and all Important issue IN this
VVosco 81 That Mo-,
says it is only asecondary issue. bCapS. 4aGlss
was addressing an audience of Democratic am,
tecedents and identity. Gen. Malone was
speaking for the Northern ear, if the report of
what he said be true. Circumstances and surzq
reundingss alter cases as well as poieiessJoa ssss
stA4 10 u-sogqssi vita
-slas 1.-The Late Milhonaire.bas .aassss
For the V5tzgey aVayhasamg ssls ssat sesussa ri
MEssRs. EDITORS lit would seem ssthanksas
less undertaking to attempt to sdlspel Ithea
glamour of romance which has been thrown
around the origin and birth of the deceased
Louisiana millionaire John Burnside rThesi
writer of the article in the N. O.sPcayamess
quoted in your last issue, seems, in his, .stateza
ments, to have mixed in most incongruous
confusion both his geneaology and geography
| There is q Scottish family residing in Mon4Ss
roe county, w. Va, of the name of Burnside
who claim that their original name in Scotland
was wallace" but that that name became SO
numerous in Scotland it was necessary to dis
tinguish the various families by some speciala
appellation, land the fact that, this particular
| family lived on the side of q brook, called in
Scottish dialect a ''burn, gave to them the
appellation of "Wallace ION the Burnside. ms
For the sake of brevity, and in accerdancex
with, q very common custom in the. Old
Country all OF the nam name was dropped except
Burnside" and by this name alone are@
they now known in Scotland and sirls thiels
country. bssuffl sgs Assa sa,so slmausfy s.k.x
| John Burnside, the deceased millionaire.a
was not q Scotchman but an Irishman. He
emigrated, when boy, from the North efs
Ireland to- Virginia, and was first er1ployedinss
the store house of James Kyle, an Irish merrg
chant in Fincastle, Botetourt county, Va.
Andrew Beirne, Sem, was at this time extern
sively engaged in the mercantile BUSINESS mi
several counties in Southwest ViFginiasoiInh
passing through Fincastle, bis, attention was
called to the business qualities of young Burn
side and he rendered him a clerkship int ahisa
store house in Union, Monroe county. which,
was accepted. latter remaining for some
years as a clerk he was received as partner in
the house. Subsequently, finding tie fieldsofz
operation too contracted for one of his businesaa
qualifications and ambition, he proposed To.
Andrew Blerne, Jun, also partner In the es-
tabishment at Union, to go to New Orlea,Ss0
and open dry goods1 house, which pronos,='
ton WasIacceded to and Andrew BierI,a sInn,n
ana J9hn Burnsde became the foundersof.thes
noted house Of Bierne & Burnside II NJ
Orleans Sometime after the fountfin 3 .5S'th.ge
house, ANDREW Bierne, Sen bought tbasi,,s -
est o. hls son, Andrews, in the New C,rlass.S y
business Nl tor the benefit Of his. younger So
Ohyer who thereupon became connsetsad 20 asA
Senior partner with the house 49, ssS r. y
Just before the commencelaent Of the late
war, John burnside turned his. attention -
gIicuislIlGa! PURSUITS and purchased the Pres
eon plantatlon, In Louisiana paving {1i,e tnflts@
lon uohafs eash as the purchase price asssgs !.
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