The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1853-06-10
The DAILY DISPATCH.
RIchmond, june 10, 1853.
oorresPondeucc Of the nis,....

aeu this city to-day, and will
proceed this afternoon dswn the Ohio. w.
le,. h'chmoni Monday night and have hesn
'uo9ecled 10 thu most provoking DELAYS. W.
look the accommodation train for C,l
land at the Relay House on the p,o,n;.
tuesday, and reached that place in pooa e..
son. We there waited for the express train
as we could proceed no farther until tba, c.ms
on. AT two o'clock, A. NJ, Wednesday. Wa
were ready to depart, but the expires, train did
not arrive until o'clock, P. NJ. This del.v
was caused by the breaking of the CONNECTING
rod OF the engine on the up train, and COLI.
sion of the down train with stock train
which was on the road out ofits time. AT S
O'Clock we commenced again our long iour.
ney, and proceeded safely enough for dis.
| tance OF 45 miles. when the locomotive ran
upon steer that was on the track, and the
conclusion thus occasioned threw the tender
off the track. and we had to send back dis.
tance of 20 miles for locomotive to carry US
| on. ! his delayed US all of four hours more
altogether loss offull 80 hours We reached
| Grave creek, miles below Wheeling, about
| Ii o'clock Thursday morning, and there met
| the steamer Thomas Swan, on her way to
| Louisville. We took passage on her, and 80
did not go to Wheeling at all. The water in
the upper Ohio being low we had to proceed
very slowly until we reached Cincinnati, and
| the consequence was that we reached this
place much behind the time of the boat.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad is the
crookedest road, believe, that ever was built.
In Its construction obstacles OF the most serious
nature have been overcome. 1t is monument
| to the public spirit and persevering energy of
| the people of Baltimore. But its crookedness
and the heavy grades upon it must be last
ing disadvantage to Baltimore. In crossing
| one mountain it ascends grade of liz feet to
the mile for distance of Is miles No road
| in our State, in which Richmond has any in.
grades and ever recurring curves. If Balti.
| more, with all her Disadvantages, has accom-.
| plished so much, how much more ought Vir-
ginia and Richmond to have done?
The views on the Ohio river are both grand
and beautiful. | had no conception of the ad.
iCotuICS VI tue SHtlGc EOUtG uOWu Inc
Ohio to this place. The richness of the fo-
iiage is unsurpassed in the temperate region,
while the bold hills give to the adjacent coun.
try holiness that elicits the admiration of
every beholder. These hills are all verdant to
their very SUBMITS. Cattle are seen in the
forests of the elevated grounds grazing upon
the rich pasturage they afford, enjoying at
once the grass and the shade.
find that the country on either hand. in all
the Slates bordering the river. abound in
minerals, which are gotten out OF ,,.o .u..,.
near the shore, and poured into the freight
boats. Iconversed with citizens OF Kentucky
who evinced the deepest interest in our Central
railroad, and promised to Richmond large
trade in tobacco, hemp, &C., whenever we are
ready to receive it. They urge the completion
of the Central railroad to Big Sandy at the
earliest possible period, and promise to meet
ps. Their affections, they say, are with old
Virginia, ,and with her they mean to trade if she
will allow them. 81
have just read letter in the Baltimore pa.
pers from one Mr.. Bilbo, "of Tennessee" who
claims the entire trade of the West for Balti-
more-giving her besides, the States of Ala
bama, Mississippi, Georgia, the Carolinas and
Virginia He Winds up his grand picture of
this wholesale monopoly by Baltimore, with
the remark, that when Baltimore sees the Che.
sapeake and Delaware Canal constructed sshe
may plume her wings for an Olympian flight"
1t seemed to me that Mr.. Bilbo had plumed
his Swings for an Olympian flight when he
comme2ced his letter. If his letter be not
poetry, then may all the cities South of BaIti-
more, and Philadelphia, to boot, Immediately
give in-give up the ghost without a farther
struggle. For that is the comp lexion to which
he brings things. But Bilbo will find that he
is no prophet.
FROM RIo.-An arrival at Baltimore brings
Rio de Janeiro dates to the 9th of April. The
stock of -four was increasing, and was est-
mated at 10000 bbIs. Baltimore -four selling
At $14 90 16 90; Philadelphia at SIS 90 a |
II 90; Richmond at $22 Goa @ 90. The cof. |
fee operation have been restricted in conse-
quence offreer arrivals from the interior, and |
the increasing stock, which is held above the
views of buyers. Sales of some mixed lots
and good frsts and superior have been made
at 100 4H200. Exchange nominal, a, 27f |
2sI. In freights no transactions have taken
place for the States. Rates are nominally at
81 90 a Q 90.
I There was firemen's fight in the de.
lighuul city of New York on Monday last, in
the course of which William Leslie and Philip
Harkins were stabbed. They might die; the
doctors cou ldnt exactly tell, but thought il
probable.
LITERArURE.-The following is copy of
note given 10 gentleman travelling in the low.
er country, by an eccentric genius" ems
closed you will find Brother Let him
pass over the ferry free and charge the balance
10 me, as you deal with me and l. deal with
you, and when see you we'll settle." There
is no mistake about the genuineness OF this
production. go - Es9 rs
ExcHAsGE BANK The Lynchburg Vir-
ginian states that the president Of the branch
IN that city has returned from Norfolk with |
authority to sell the stock of the Exchange |
Rank If "a