The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-02-10
.rnE DAILY DISPATCH.
-sArURDAY- MoRNlNo. FEBRUARY 10. lass.

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pun1lc Works on the BLUE RlpGE.--The
,aitor Of the Charlottesville Jeffersonian
,ives an interesting account Of visit which
10 recently paid to the tunnels and public
works now in progress on the Blue Ridge |
railroad. He states that the eastern end of
he tunnel has been cut through the hardest |
kind Of rock, between 1900 and 400 feet; no
water Of consequence has been encountered,
so that the work here is not impeded on that
account. The western end Of the tunnel, he
says, has been cut through to the depth OF
1880 feet, and he passed over the whole oft.
some portions of this tunnel, he states, has
been arehed with brick, and the roof sup
ported with very heavy timbers; large
streams Of water have continually arrested
the progress of the work. 1t is now thought
all these difficulties have been overcome. and
greater progress win be made, although some
considerable arching win be necessary in the
centre ofthis tunnel.
THE intermediate tunnel" says the Jeffer-
sonian, +" about 500 feet, is the most difficult
and dangerous work on the mountain, owing
to the nature of the rock, which crumbles on
exposure to the air mas ses from one to ten
tons come tumbling in upon the work and
workngen The eastern portion OF this tun
mel, for 500 feet, is supported by three rows of
FINDERS, three feet apart the timbers being
eight by ten inches wide. The whole tunnel
is to be arched with brick FIVE feet thick the
arch is an ellipsis, similar to the Greenwood
Tunnel Fears are entertained that the
whole spur of the mountain will cS1le in ere
the arch is completed. At the NOUN of this
tunnel land slide of more than half an
acre took place some months since, carrying
with it immense rocks, and trees, and al
though the earth has been removed to the
south.side of the rail road track, it continues
to slide down the mountain towards Brooks
vile, telling trees, and covering up the soil
Cor considerable distance, sliding EDWARDS
every day On the surface ofthese mountain
spurs, the rock is very hard granite, yet that
found few feet below the surface and OF
which Kelly tunnel is composed, is soft and
crumbles when exposed to the air. In eigh-
teen months from this time, the whole work
on the Blue Ridge, will, in all probability, be
completed, unless it is stopped for the want
of funds of which we were sorry to learn
there was some danger. Col. Crozet, and his
assistant, Mr. Slanahan, Mr.. John Kelly and
the other contractors were actively engaged
at work, and have as many hands employed
as they can find work for. This great State
work, when completed, will be the wonder
and admiration of the age, and proud mo-
nument for the Old Dominion
The day of the editors visit was very
cold and boisterous one, but the temperature
in the tunnel was very comfortable, causing
perspiration to stand upon the brows of the
workmen. There is no necessity, he says, as
is the case in summer, to force air into the
tunnel to expel the smoke and purify the at.
mosphere.
YANKEES IN THE South AND NIRG1NIANs
IN THE YANKEE STATEs.-We observed in a
communication by Virginia correspondent
of the N. Y. Herald the somewhat singular
statement that there are more persons OF Vlr-
ginia birth residing in New York than there
are New Workers residing in Virginia. Upon
referring to the Census of 1850, we find, not
only that this statement is strictly true, but
that the number of Virginians residing in
the free States is much larger than that of
natives of the free States in Virginia. The
total Northern or Yankee population in
Virginia is as follows: Natives of Maine, GIL
New Hampshire, 239 Vermont 23l Massa
chusetts, 1913; Rhode Island, 100; Connec
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1l,447; Pennsylvania, 6,323; Ohio, 5000;
Michigan, 80 Indiana, 288; Illinois, l26;
Wisconsin, IL. Total, 28,958.
OfVirginians residing inthe Yanke e States,
there are in Maine, 94 New Hampshire, As !;
Vermont, 81; Massachusetts,, 1885, Rhode
Island, 1911; Connecticut, 228 New York,
3,347; New Jersey, 628 Pennsylvania, TO-
40; Ohio, s5,762; Michigan, 1904 Indiana,
41,sl9; Illinois, 24,697; Wisconsin, l,6ll.-
Total, l71,1e6
So that it seems there are 28,958 Cyan
KEGS in Virginia, and III, l66 Virginians in
Yankee" States, being one hundred and
fory-two thousand two hundred and eight
more Virginians among the Yankees than
there are Yankees among the Virginians.
The inter migration among the States, and
especially between the North and South, has
undoubtedly exercised powerful influence
10 strengthening the ties of the national bro
therhood. 1t is impossible to make a sec
tionalst of a man who has lived in both Sec
tions, and hence there are no more thorough
going Americans than the yankees, in tbe
South and the Virginians in the North.
The STETHoscoPE.-We have the Febru.
airy number of this journal. 1t has a litbo.
graphic portrait of Dr. b. K. WELLFoRn
Professor of Materia Medica in the Medical
College of Virginia. The likeness is good
The Stethoscope has its usual amount and
variety OF instructive articles, and no.
tees of new modes of treatment. AMONG the
latter, we observe one ON the use of cbloro.
form in Whooping Cough, that orprobriun
medieorum. DIR. JAMES GERARD. of ENGLAND
states that he has employed chloroform with
great success in that disease. Fora casa of
very violent character, he added twe,ve