Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1852-12-21
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TUNNELLiNe or THE ALLrGuANY MouN4
TAlNs.- -Onc Of The tunnels on The AlIegha.
ny Railroad, now constructing, is to be 81
67O feet in length. lis area a, the wides,
space within The lines Of the masonry will
be about "a feet, and the spring of the arcii
will begin l6 fee. from The crown of Tie
arch. The arch itself of The tunnel will be
rather Of an oval form. ore of the mosl
beautiful curva.dies which Comic Sections
can afford. The grra,er pan OF ihe vas,
archedtexcayalion will be inlaid with strong
|alid subsMnEiai nsaSpAf Nf0fb thar hale
't1|k II3ssQ1l IS + IS " 81 e&6H z.3h1
AIs laid IN hydraulic ebbieni: Ind tho re.
msindef NilI be bard burnt brick This
whole masonrv val Bs 2e inches dick
The Tunnel passes the AIleghahy Mountain
ln Sugar Run Gap. and lies purify in Baif
county, and partly in Cambria counly.-
Taking into account The length Of the Tun-
mel, and its interior breadth. and The quonIily
and soIidty Of its masonry, it may be To-
garted as the larges. work of the kind In
the United Stales About 400 men are en-
ployed upon il.
MARIETTA AND CINCINNATI RAILROAD -
The Athens Messenger says:
We learn that Messrs. Gushing, Wood &
Co. have ordered another locomotive to be
placed on the line of our road east of Chill
licolhe. They are determined 10 complete
The road 10 Tho coal mines, in the shortest
possible time.
FINANCES OF VlRGlNIA.--The Auditor of
Virginia has made repor, Of The condition
of The States finances, from which il APP
pears that, during the year ending the lsl
inst. the receipts into The treasury amounted
TO $1,279, ,527; making, with large balance
of $30,474 on hand at the time Of The last
report, total of $i,3lO,00l The expen.
dilures during the year were $1.272 1878,
leaving on hand on The Is. OF Oclober last,
1877 ,628.
The Cumberland Journal states that The
Cumberland Coal and Iron Company are
now building fifteen schooners, of 400 IONS
each, 10 transport their coal 10 New York
marke. by sea; also forty scows of 200 ions
each, 10 navigate The Chesapeake and Della
ware and Reri,an canals. by means Of steam
tugs, for the same purpose, TEey.con.em-
plate business next season Of no, less Than
100000 ions.
In 1910, there were 15,Ol7 slaves in New
York; 792 in Pennsylvania; $40 in Con-
nec.cul; 208 in Rhode Island; 235 in lndli
ana territory and "a in Michigan territory.
Tea PREVENT We OF ScRoFULA.-Prof.
Sigsnond says: III think tea of great i'm.
porlance in The prevention Of skin diseases
the removal Of all glandulur affections.
think Scrofula has been very much dmin-
ished in this country since tea has been so
largely used, and for those classes Of society
who are of sedenlaty habits, and exercise
The mind a great deal, and whose nervous
system is much acted upon, consider tea
Of the utmost importance"
There are nineteen plank roads in The
State Of New York, costing $3,990, ,2s8, OF
81 ,633 per mile. ,..
Over Twelve hundred SQUARE miles in Ohio
are underlaid with Iron Ore. The Whig
policy is 10 dig ii out and use ii; the Loco
policy is, TO le. il alone, and send 10 Eng.
land and buy there. Which is righ,l
FERRlPoL1s.-The Ironton Register says
this is the name which has been fixed upon
for the town heretofore known as Ca,lelIs.
burg, situated al the mouth Of Big Sandy,
Greenup Co., Ky. The same paper says
tha. d. D. Geiger offered for sale d humber
Of lois situated just below CaIleI's Creek,
Immediately adjoining the old to~n of Cal.
eusburg. on the 25lh ulI., and all the lois
offered sold at an average Of $29l.
BREAKING TELEGRAPH WIREs.-NaIhan
Smith, charged with breaking the telegraph
wire few miles below Marietta, has been
commiued and bound over in bonds Of 5000.
EARLY IN THE FIELD--The Yves, Baton
Rouge (La.) Vs.a-Vis has placed The name
of Winfield Scott ut the head Of its columns
for President in 1885, Brownlow's Whig
does the same for Mr.. Fillmore, and the
Romney (Va.) !lntelligencer proposes the
Hon. A. II. II. Stuart, The present Secretary
OF The Interior, for Vice President, on the
same ticker with Mr.. Fillmore. A Wing
paper in Berks county, Pa, has raised The
flag or The Hon. Ed. Stanley, of N C., for
President, while in several quarters we no
lice that Ex-Governor Jones, Of Tennessee,
is suggested as the Wing standard bearer in
1856.
TELEGRAPH LINE in INDlA.--A line Of 7s
miles of telegraph Hhs been constructed in
India, and it is proposed now TO connect all
the important British possessions in India in
the same manner, requiring 1896 miles Of
telegraph TO De built A different mode OF
construction has been adopted in that affair.
An iron rod. fve'cighlhs Of an nch thick, is
substituted for The wire used in the United
Suites, and is laid par. Of the way under
ground, in d ccmenl Of melted rosin and
lead. t4.t -t
CoLD WATER AND CHoLERA,--lI is stated
in the London prints that during the preva.
ence Of the cholera in The Polish town OF
Koval, lhe worst cases wero quickly cured
by giving the patients copious draugh's oi
cold spring wafer. 81
Five hundred and twcnty-eigh, marriage
licenses were issued by Judge Warren, oi
| Cincinnati, week before last.
/ j. b. Booth, the celebrated tragedian, died
on board the steamer J.S. Chenowelh on
her passage up from New Orleans shor'