Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1855-12-05

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| TgE REIGN or TERRoR.-Alderman Durell, the
! Chairman of the Finance Committee, was night pc
fore last about 10 O'Clock, grossly nsuted, while at
| Hollis on Graver street. where he was IN company
| with DR.. Dalton and another friend, by party oil
scoundrels who pointed him out as id traitor,
who had deserted their party and voted the Demo
cratic ticket By the advice of his friends, Mr.. D..
left to 60 home, but was followed by hercuteah
fellow who after passing the jewel coffee house,
felled him to the earth by blow on the back OF MS
head with slung shot. He fell against the curb
stone and for time lay insensible. He slightly
injured in the head and was taken home bleeding
RAILROADS IN FRANcE.-A friend has left with us
several numbers Of the New Brunswick On. J) FIRE
DOMAIN" containing series OF letters from dilferent
cities in Europe written by Mr.. w. p. Burrow, son
of Mr.. B. Burrow, of this city, which are highly
crcdable to the genius and intelligence OF the wr-
ter. 1t always gives us pleasure when we near OF
Young men, natives Of our city, bringing themselves
into favorable notice abroad by their talents and
good conduct, and we are proud to say that such in
stances are by no means Of rare occurrence. Young
Mr. Burrow was sent to New Brunswick IN. J.) to
learn the art of engine building, in which his rapid
proficiency and the proofs which he gave OF his IN
genuity and skill, together with the uniform excel.
(cncc of his conduct, recommended him to favor
that ere he had attained the period of manhood he
was advanced to the responsible situation of Engi
neer on board the steamship Hermann, running
between New York and Hamburg. DC
His letters to the New Brunswick paper, though
his favorte topics-steamboats and railroads. In
one of them from Eavre, there is a description OF
the way in which they construct and run railroads
in France, which, though not new to the better in
formed class of readers IN this country may be so
to the masses for whose benefit transcribe it
promising that too shall be glad to receive letters
from young men who go abroad, whether on
business only to ''see the elephant giving us the
results of their experience:
The railroad system III this country, without
single defect, holds out an example to the world
Their regularity, safety, and comfort are without
parallel Perhaps a few lines descriptive of tins
system would not be Objectionable. The roads
universally as solid and permanent material and
Workmanship ma Ike them. The Silis or ties
laid on substantial brick stone foundations coy
cred over afterwards with the bottom of the
rail with q cement, which when matured is as i'm
pregna ble as granite. Covering the woodwork, it
excludes the air from it and lasting it does for
ages it has not that for settling which
ions so man irregularities along the line of of
our best roads in America. Along the line eth
er side planted trees, arching and forming
most delightful shade. Fences, too extend along
the entire route, which prevent any possibility of
cattle being the road. No one is allowed to tres
pass on the road, there being heavy penalty on
such as do. Their railroads all have double tracks
Along the entire route placed signal or hagmen
within six hundred yards of one another space
short enough to allow them to examine infinitely
every square inch of their beat. Running over
under the various highways, there is no danger Of
any obstruction at road crossings. The engineers
these roads carefully examined TO their
qualifications standing in society, and judg ment;
and in short, there means minute,
which conducive to safety, that not employed.
But to the ntodus opernndi We will suppose
train starting from this city to Paris you will un-
dersand that in every ten miles the route are
station houses with telegraph office attached to
the same.) 1t is telcgraphed to the next station
from here that the train has left the conductor of
said train receiving at the time, way bill,
stating in the handwriting of the agent here at what
time the train left, and in this way the agent the
next station knows at what time expect the train.
When it does arrive the gives the agent
his way bill who sets down ut what time he arrived
and at what time he started, and on to the next
station, where the routine of operation is gone
through with. The clocks at every station by
the telegraph compared every day, That there may
be chance of differing.
Now wish to know where the danger is
road conducted in this manner. To be there
may occur sometimes breakage in the train or en-
CINE, which might cause accident. Owing to this
fear the trains and all the machinery apperaining
thereto carefully examined station and
their speed being limited only twcnty-t miles
an hour, must admit that I see, even in using in
tense scrutiny flor you will understand was very
minute i'll this particular observancc) fear of
cident OF any kind these French Railroads.
Their accommodations ant. comfort, in conclusion |
will say, are as good as ours in America and with
practical use if only Onc-lialf the precautions
these roads adopted our American roads
there wond be this winter chairs drawn around
the tircside of many homes in our loved country
fathers, mothers, brothers and sisters
whose countcnances and gentle voices have been
would be less children answering to the name o: or
phanS and less number of widows to claim our
not too freely given sympathy"