The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1857-03-31
CAMDEN soUTH-CARoLINA, TUESDAY MORNING MARCH 81, 1851
5gre Glue ridge Railroad.

Vein Ike the following extracts from an
intefesHn letter published in the Edgc6eld
AdssFtise, The letter isolated al pickens,
'GsorsEolyer & Co., the present conlrac--
tors attt Stump House Tunnel, have about
two Enhted hands at work, by relays, day and
night ]ore than three hundred feet Of rock
,haye.bee. excavaleo at the Eastern end Of the
Tunnel. Al the Western end, tho workmcn
have .goe into the rock about fifty feet,
though ts tunneing here is not quito down
to grade, There are four shafts, No. |, count
ing fron e East, has to be sunA ISL feet ;
No s.2B.s.et; No. g. 2l3 feet; No. 4, lS9
feet. NpH is sunk: deep enough for the miners
to cotnalnce, tunneling; this gives two new
faces gph4which to operate. The other shafts
caabeisbk to grade in the course ofa year.-
AtS9ek nd8ef lhe Tunnel 30 feet month Can
besSeasateas ~ the contractor, and 20 feet a
mestlcan be completed in each shaft; cpnse
qnel,y the work is now progressing at the
rated 100 feet every month. As each shaft
is salk to grade, this prngress will he increas
ed by 40 feet per month. Collyer has two
steanengines and one horse gin at work; and
thersis another steam ergine Of 10 horse pow
er o! the way from Philadelphia. Those en-
ginetare used to draw rock and ,wator out of
the bafts
Tie Stump House Tunnel is mile 572
feetions, l6 feet wide and 20 feet high. This
Tunnel is u heavy jb, but it can undoubtedly
be Ini$hed in the course Of three years. Indeed,
,Coyer has contracted TO complete all the work
in wo and half years from january, 1857
an, l believe he can DO it. Virginia has let
da, light shine through a mountain barriers no
les formidable, than that Of the Stump House
maintain; and with this noble example before
tier eyes, our people. cannot hsrbor such .
thdght>as failure. The importance of the
Ble Ridge Rail Road to tho Cityof Charles
tor. .aad to the State OF South Carolina at large
caniIardJy be over estimated. The 'eeming
Wet stands ready to pour the contents OF her
oyeaowing graparies into the lap Of Our Coni
metcial Emporium, so soon as the locomotives
car. Be madeto scale the heights Of the, Alleg-
haiiies. The heart Of the State being enpiched
BY this vast influx Of trade, the glow and vigor
Of an unwonted prosperity will be forced, out
u tle very extremities Of tue body polite:
Il, seems to be the general Impression that
lhe commerce5of the'great Mississippi Valley IS
aBpk sufficient to build up all the sea ports
ensthe Atlantic coast The cities Of Boston;
New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore and other
sea board marts. doubtless impressed Widths
baiief, have cut their way through the noun.
taiuS after the gli.ering prize held cut sby the.
West, al an expense which almost exceeds be-;
lief The New York Central Road cost S2S,.
sasa NE sSss RssS ss!sss eee
o1weS 1 3ond aebtof sss;5 600 90. fIBaitiI
liseie m Ia EO Ohio.cost 2S, QUO md ores near
iss Ri ist llsaiil at q
libers estimate tof Z: :frss class Sreat sa cost
IT, sssl be sees bty this tafeaie.ss tfiat sonr
greSt sbfafe viii be .comI aratisel q
clesli strastpse; here is another adsantagss,
on tihariaa Is Deafer ibsn any
hsrsisa 10 E,iiicinnst d, tie great eo5HnserciaT
ceiitss 6 The And sset, &c TO say.
the afslas lsiise Railroad Conf have met,
With ttie ernest opposition AZ sety period
1f siifir afrasstlsent. atS
to Gle eililssaiilY of tssmoaa.aias aid tiesseaz.
board isicrisis is past, ai,d Road IS Red
fuct 81 the Aet .ofs 1854. gapting Mtl the
clsnfafN The Canptrolier General was 5iree
ed, &hensoile mifion of d, IT'S Was su bsefib;
.dstsths srapiai stock Of The Company ahg M
liSidasls or eosAorationss sni,scIibe Hye hum
irediho1saaa dollars on Asllalf Of thess State;
Iud when tie further sum offse hundred thou
and he subscribed, by individuals or
,orFcsfs ttiiahs, the Comptroller General wasdi-
ecssa 20 subscribe,h further sum Of five han-.
lied dttttohssnd collars on behalf 6f Tho State
77TEa fsst Subscription was obtained, bus he
ecoa ustaIiaentcoald not be procured, be-.
assp the Subscription bS inaiyidnaIs or cor--s1
,ossSjsds gas desciebs s22beDe AT tile sns.
,esss6nof Nessfs. VILLAIN, Il !. II Sloan, of
tndkrsafi,i HI was }deteraiped some time III
'aaiary last, bysibe DTecsSrs OF the Compa.
II hat eff6tt should be;plnde 10. procure tsia|
eqtsile subscriptions. That effort has been
roSned with success. Chit Seten subscribed
al ,eeo; Andsrson District s3e 900; ePickins
200Do, tAnd. Rsbah County GaMs M ao,8oe.
'he Cyflpany now have the control of 81, ,Ge9.1l
0Q exclusive h,e amount already eSpesid
hsse ample meaus ensure the vi orqjs flose
uHon ,tba @orky to Il ,states bai diiess,
t-i Ssssll thass sj,t saat .hIori
age 81 Dan ib;essinaas aiiitb ssi tfI ~ Iha fsaI
pssiaetsah apd per ssapii iipn,sds slsssI
.osd. &: s.i y 3, lss iI
MoaToN, ThG CqMPAsIos opsDa KAysl
ne nahie of WIN, Morton viii no. denbt bel
lliiiafIo alLwbo have read thsaccouft of the
lstss stfctic expedition, under the command Of
q slaMented Kane. This gentleman saiIedsspJ
sig iane with Drs Kane aud dtheheest 4 lasSfa,
3l now aece,iassiiies Tie rsfnaif,f$ ts IShilsdel
ks Nlr Morton was s:born in Ireland bpt
''ltbtsaative lind atssser& early age, and
NJ uow,been iii, a.Afherica about seyenteenj
ssirG He s6rssbeeabe acquainted with Del
,abe iasC California; aid afgr one Yogase Id sE6s