The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-06-11
Our Maryland Correspondence.

FRASKvlIIE, Nd, May 2S, 1855.
Trip from Frederick to Frdnpiue- Scenes a: Harpers
Ferry Compared Politics Against he Pulpit I'M
mense Operations Of Join. steele Company Timber,
Minerals and Agriculture - Railroad Routes Coal
Production = Hint to Emigydnts An Iron Mining
Compaay-The Slores.
After leaving Frederick, where remained night,
pursued the uphill track Of the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad Harper's Ferry and Cumberll nd and after
the exercises OF the Sabbath find myself at almost the
summit of weary travellers ambition, the top Of the
Allegheny mountains The mountain scenery, its pure
water and invgoratng air. have already lifted up TO
appreciation of the beautiful and sublime nature.
Mr. jefferson has said that the scenery at Harpsr's
Ferry is worth voyage the Atlantic but that is
it happens to be in Virginia but here the
merry is lar superior partakipg of all that grand and
fubin while il comparison Harrer's Ferry is but
step Above the ridiculous 1t is to nature and scenery
what Wise is 10 Statesman Z" small potatoes" There
is by the bye, ruch interest and excitement 81
through this region OF country, at the election
news from Virginia, coming in that the sermon Of
yesterday scarcely listened to, and 1.-THE stated
preaching of the Gospel" seemed suspended for one
Sabbath at least for the pressing and important
Of the election or defeat OF Henry A. Wise Co
Of Virgins
This place is the first settlement. tract OF
City thousand acres owned by the Montivue Mining and
Manufacturing Company, originally owned by exGover.
nor Francis Thomas, who hrst explored It's unbroken
wids and disclosed its immense OF mineral,
manufacturing and agricultural wealth. The Legtsa.
ture OF Maryland passed special law incorpo
rating the proprietor and his associates iato
company for the development of the
Of this tract of land. ! have been bewilderei
and amazed at the N sgntuie OF the enserpsise--st
the immense forests of white rock oak, white and
yellow pine hickory Wild cherry, maple, chestnut and
nemlocs with which this tract IL covered The actv.
and labor of hardy men, horses and oxen and
mills and other machinery for miles in extsnt,
through the trect on the railroad has feeby sged
thus far 70 let in the sunlight to soil unusually rich
and susceptible of being made 70 produce with very lit
Tie trouble crops o. wheat, rye, oats, corn and Pc.
any other State The land is well wa.sret with
never iaiisg streams, which, with scarcely any
of manufacturing purpose. Indeed ] have never
large a domain, so rich IN timber and minerals,
surrounded with cities and markets, accessible by rail
roads in every direction, inviting espai and enterprise
with such immense and certain proits this tact
and under the liberal charter by the Legislature
to the Montvue Company, OF which Hon Francis The.
is the President.
The Connersve railroad from Pittsturg, connecting
with the Bsmpshirs ana Alexandria railroad, by the
Montivue railroad will make this the centre Of
hnitable amount of travel and transit, crossing
the Baltimore and Ohio railroad ct right angles at
near this place. These several roads partially
p,eted and all under contract that short time the
produ ,tions OF this Montvue Man nd Mining
Company will be pouring do timber It's coal and ron,
it, hay and grain and cattle from thousand hills, to
the cities Of Washington, Alexandria, Georgetown Bait
The eminent engineers and biologists who have
mined the country estimate the coal alone this
ut seventy two millions Of TONS while the iron is mex
hauetible.
Think OF that, ye Master Shadows on the seaboard
with your lands and beeves neagre and atinted ami
lean as "Phsraob's lean kline" For OF limited
ans, but with practical common sense, and desire
70 emerge from dsnse and degener ate populations 70
where pure air. wster and morals, With Moderate In
dustry will yield them abundantly more than they
expect to reap in old out countrythis Is
the plas for them 70 come to.
Fast Of this at Cumberland, thirty four miles on the
railroad, there Is also old and well known company,
knewn the Cumberland Csal and Iron Company, dong
very extensive business and ut Piedmont eight miles
east OF this also the railroad, there IL the Georges
Creek Coal and Iron Company, also long establissed and
doing immense business at that place.
Although in slave State, there Ia none o. the black
vomit turn the sensitive somschs Of Northern
aboionsts in the aspe.ts and atmosphere which sur
more OF the character OF Yankee peyhborhood, where
free labor and the OF the mill dro even the
voice OF the slave There are no slaves hereau
is free az the air Is pure and ipvgorating.
the thousands Of mechanics and aborers out oil EN-,
ploymen in large cities and waiiog like poor Mcswber
'for something to turn up would but take the at
Baltimore and here In day, and go TO work, they
would be idle OF In want again. Jehovah reigns
here and the landlords and tenants are on par snf
subject TO his will X.
The schooner Experiment capsized near st. Joseph
Hsrbor, Lake Michigan, the 1st The Captain (Jes
nipee) and two were drowRed The wreck, bot
tom up discovered next day and In choppng hole
into the cabin Mrs Capt Napier Of 81 Joseph, with Il
her SON. aged Is and the mate rescued. They bad
been 10 hours the water up 70 their waists. An in