The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-04-19
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Tre Central Rstlrsad.
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safss of Trorellers-In Pres'dsnt ana opc0s.
,.. ..,,,..a Yesterday The fact that the whole |
No.. ~ mi, road 10 now laid with heavy rail- the
-. MICA 81 Dat rail having been taken up be-
go, cobbsm and Lindsays, In Albemarie CO.,
-, .,uce and that by the time the Spring ira.
-, eommences the road win be completed to
,sulboro,. In Bath county. This b . matter Of
nube oongratulstion. and II afords as another oe.
s.sop Of awarding . need Of just praise to the
Central Railroad Company, its indefatigable off,
GERS aud its sagacious. enterprising and indomita-
bic President the Napoleon Of the Railroad presi-
dents, Col +. Fontaine. When we look back and
think of the old stage travelling between Rich.
mond and Staunton; nay. when we come down
even to q later period when this great road was
but the Louisa road, ending, as some one said. In
the woods and when we remember the obstacles
and difficulties Of every kind which this Company
have encountered. till they have finally, under the
conduct Of their invincible chieftaiu crossed the
Alps of Virginia, the Blue Ridge, and thunder
ed In victory through the beautiful valley beyond,
we are filled with admiration and pride Of virgi-
mia enterprise and Virginia energy Take the
work Of the Central Road as It now stands, In.
GLIDING the beautiful and luxurious cars, the
splendid locomotives, the heavy rail. the massive
and magnificent track over the mountain with
the wonderful engines there used for drawing
their heavy burthens over the Blue Ridge, and we
defy the whole country to present q more COM
plete and remarkable railroad. The splendid en-
cheering skill of Eilet. whose daring genius has
thrown an iron track over the Blue Ridge as safe,
sure and solid as any ever constructed upon le-
vel plain, and the unfailing tact, buoyant energy,
and inexhaustibe fertility Of resources, which 80
eminently distinguish Colonel Fontaine, have
achieved in this Central Railroad monument of
enterprise and public spirit, of which any State In
the Union might well be proud.
The speed of the road Is fully equal to that
which any prudently conducted road should desire.
None of the failures which recently occurred in
the mail connection were owing to the Central 1t
was never behind its time. Yet what precautions
taken this road for the travellers safety +
Notwithstanding the neglect of the last Legisla-
ture to provide means for pushing on this great
and most deserving work, the company, as we see,
have persevered in taking up the last of the fat
rails, thus avoiding all dangers of snake heads
and have absolutely taken down the beau tiful iron
railroad passes, and supplied their places with SUBJ
stantial wooden ones, solely to promote the safety
and security of the travelling public Wsshould
like to know what railroad in the North, the boast
ed land of railroad enterprise, would have taken
mp fine iron bridges and substituted wooden ones
for them, Just to avoid possibility of aceidentf
The season for the Springs ia about to open,
and we heartily commend the Central Railroad to
the travelling community. 1t leads through one
of the most beautiful and romantic regions of Vr-
ginia. The stranger who travels by 1t will not
carry away an impression that Virginia is nothing
but scene of barrenness and desolation He Will
behold succession of smiling fields, fertile val
leys, majestic mountains; he will pass spots where
nature has displayed some Of her widest and most
wonderful freaks, and others which have been
consecrated by some of the most memorable char
acters and events in the history of the country
He will find comfortable cars and conductors
whose poteness and attention to the travel
ling public are not exceeded, if equalled, on any
railroad In the world In this delightful manner,
and upon this smooth and solid road, he will be
borne to the healthful breezes and fe-giVing wa
ters of Western Virginia.
Western Virginia When will she enjoy those
railroad facilities which are so common In the
East How long is she to be denied all com
heavy stage coach and numbering wagonsf-
How long is this richest portion of the grand heri-
tage which the God of Nature has bestowed
upon Virginia to be locked up not only from her
own people, but from the whole worlds Let US
hope that the day of Its deliverance is at hand
Let us hope that the steam whistle that will soon
be heard at Millboro will prove the bugle note of
an advancing march that shall not stop till breaches
the waters of the Ohio. Let the next Legislature
but show that liberality to the Central and Gov
inpton which tn cir merits demand, andin five more
wears. Virginia will have tapped the great valley
of the Ohio and her future independence and pros
perity will be secure. Such work will do more
for the preservation of the Union than all the pat
rotc orations that could be popped out from cham
payne bottles, from now till the crack OF doom.
That this grand achievement, sooner or later
will be completed, it 10 impossible to doubt. When
1t is contaminated, the Central Railroad will bear
through the Blue Ridge such treasures as never
mountain before gave forth to the Open Sesame
of enterprise Should grand railroad connection
with the Pacific coast ever be established the day
will arrive when the wealth of California will be
borne on this magnificent highway of trade. We
wish the patriotic President of the Central could
live to see this reward of his labors but whether
he does or not he will attain the ordinary age
of mortality, ere his noble road, with double
track the Ohio is pouring into Virginia from the
youthful and vigorous West, stream of life blood
that will I'LL all her veins, and make her cheek as
rudy and her arms as strong in the palmiest
days of the Old Dominion.
Aunt Harriet Again.
1t is said that Mrs. Stowe, authoress of Uncle
Toms Cabin, is about to publish a work illuStra-
ting the alleged degradation of the poor white po
pulation Of the South If 1t contains half as much
falsehood as her former work, il will be an unne-
cessary illustration of her own degradation.
The English Opera.
The Pyne and Harrison operate troupe will
likely excite the same general admiration in this
e,tu that thew have done every where thew have