The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1853-05-28

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| ders,ood in Loudon1 Where was the sanctity
Of married life ever so openly disregardedf--
Ho~ many children did the married Duke OF
Wellington have, who were not the children
of his marriagel What man Of fortune is
there in London, who has not some particular
hearing of ears polite From the midst of
that immense brothel comes this libel upon our
countrymen.
GAUGE ON THE COvINGTON RAIL.
ROAD.
The Lynchburg Virginan of the Goth, in re-
pIy TO the letter of DR.. Graham, published in
the Enquirer, in which he stated that the
gauge on the Central Road is the same with
the gauge on the Kentucky Road, says:
The foregoing, which was addressed to
| gentleman in Staunton, we take from the Rich.
mond Enquirer. There are some very Impor-
| tant errors in it, DIR. Graham states that he is
| in favor Of uniform gauge foT the Central
| and the Covington and Ohio Railroads from
| Richmond TO the Ohio river, and gives two
| reasons for his position, on both OF which we
lake issue with him. He saws that break of
gauge is equal to so miles OF distance. Now,
we assert on good authority, that the cost Of
| I, anshipment cannot exceed cents per ton,
| which is equivalent to only five miles OF dis
| lance.
| The learned Doctor states that the gauge of
| the kentucky roads is the same with that of
| the Central Road of Virginia. This is a mis-.
| take. We can state the following from posi-
tive and reliable information. Some time ago
the Maysvile and Big Sandy Road fixed upon
| FIVE feet as their gauge, and the Covington and
Lexington Road did the same. There are two
other roads projected to start from Lexington
Northward-one 10 Maysville, and one to Big
Sandy.
Comment If break in the gauge is only,
in the opinion Of the Virginian, equal to 5
cents a ton and miles in distance, it seems to
US to be taking a vast deal of trouble for
very small matter. But the truth is, 80 we
learn from authority, is fully as good as any
the Virginian can produce, break in the
guage is equal to fully fifty miles. With re.
gard to the Kentucky Railroads, we beg leave
to call the attention of the Virginian to the fol-
lowing extract from a letter, written very
short time ago. 1t is from Thomas B. Steven
son, President of this very Maysville and Big
Sandy Road, which the Virginian learns, from
"positve and reliable information" has adopt
ed the five foot gauge:
| What you tell me as to the probability Of
extending the 4 81 gauge to Big Sandy, is ex-
| ceedingly cheering, because the utility of the
| best Kentucky feeders of your line will, in q
| great measure, be Influenced by that gauge
| If you charge TO foot gauge, as Col. Gar
nett, (of the Southwest Roadl who is in Ken
| lucky now, intimates TO our Chief Engr eer,
you will, in my judgment, greatly impair the
| value of the connections TO Doth Virginia and
Kentucky. | hope, therefore, the 81 gauge
will be adhered to.
| Now we hold MIR. Stevenson to be as relia-
| BILE authority as it may be possible to quote,
| upon this subject at least. The only case in
| which the FIVE foot gauge has been adopted,
SO far as we have been able to learn, is that OF
| the Lexington and Danville Railroad, short
road, very little over thirty miles long. The
object in selecting gauge of five feet for this
| road, was to make it correspond with the
gauge of the Southern railroads, all of which,
we believe, are of five feet. The road is the
commencement of the great road from Lexing.
| ton to Memphis. None of the others have as
yet adopted the five foot guage, and if the
| Board of Public Works shall decide in favor
| of the AS gauge for the Covington Road, none
| of them will. That the Board will adopt it,
| we have every reason to believe.
But if a break in the gauge is only equal to
| FIVE miles in distance, and five cents per ION,
why should the Virginian care aboutit?
| RENCoNTRE.- learn from the Alexan.
| L. nlooo
King street in that city on Thursday afternoon
between Mr.. ]. NJ. johnson, and Mr.. E. l..
Brockett. owing TO a publication made by
| Mr.. Johnson, in which the father of Mr.. B. was
thought to have been misrepresented. Mr..
Johnson cut.Mr. Brockett on the cheek and
right hand both of the wounds sligh however.
Several pistol shots were exchanged, none of
which took effect. Warrants were placed in
the hands of the officers to arrest the parties.
INTERESTING TO SEAaEN.-An order has
been issued from the navy department to meet
the difficulty in procuring seamen for the ma
w. 1t states that bounty of thirty dollars to
each able seaman, and twenty dollars to each
ordinary seaman, will be paid to such as may
enlist for the naval service on and after the first
day of June next. The usual advance of three
months pay will be continued, but no payment
on account either ofbounty or advance pay will
be made until the recruit shall be received on
board and duly entered in the books of some
receiving ship.
| REDUCTION OF FOREIGN PosTAGE.-The Post
master General has issued an order, reducing the
rates of postage on all pamphlets and magazines,
mailed within the United States, for, or received
from any foreign country except Great Britain, to
two cents an ounce or action of an ounce instead