The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1857-05-13
Correspondence OF the Register.
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cursions of late in different directions
through Allegheny County. and though
we do not pretend to be amateurs in the
art Of observation or narration, we pro.
pose TO give a short account Of those
things to which our Vermont eyes were
unaccustomed.
Following out from town the Fourth
Street Road we came upon one OF the
most solid, and substantially construct.
cd turDpikes 10 the country. 1t is little
used now, but was formerly the great
highway from Philadelphia and Balti.
more, to the west. Upon such road
we wete not long in passing from city to
suburbs. and from suberbs to open coun.
try. Once fairly away from the neigh.
borhood of the city, we began to look
around for that view Of meadows and
wheat fields we had promised ourselves,
but few hills were yet to be passed, so,
before stopping to enjoy the scenery, we
patiently trudged on up hill aud down,
not minding the toll al the road was al.
mirably graded We worked on leis.
urely, mile after mile up a long, long
rise, this side Of which not a level aero
was to be seen. Yet time brought us to
the summit, when my staff laying down,
/ seized the opportunity to make an OBJ.
servation.
Eight miles from the city Wilkins.
burgh Hill rises so as to overlook the
surrounding country, for a long distance
in every direction. Facing the west l
discovered at the right, tho clear waters
of the rapid Allegheny to the left the
moro sluggish, yellow coloured Monon-
gahala, and 10 the distance at their juno.
ton, floats that pillar of cloud, under
which the Pittsburghers arc ever doomed
to eucamp, Under the hill on the latter
stream, a railroad now cuts through the
rolling mounds Of that battle field where
moro than a Hundred years ago Brad.
docks pride and assurance were SO sadly
humbled. And there is the further
bank, to which Washington conduo.od
the remnant Of the army he had saved,
from utter ruin. \ number OF house
with a few princcly mansions along 40
banks, still hold the name Of Fau-
docks Field"
nv SNShSiJ hoo 4uitc
forgot for time that this 70 'no MI,
at whoss base my Juney h. pictured
extensive level lands, SO Using asing 10 one
accustomed to all the i;'gu'ar''ies Of
mountains with none oFheir GRANDEUR
or sublimi,y. But was In vain to
look for anything liz a PLAIN between
or beyond these Wis. On every sac
the intermnabls lis rise and fall In,
tcrsccting each DER at oil angles p,'eu
on one anoihe, in every shape they
stretch from Il far off channel OF ONO,
to tho low be lins of Chestnut Ridge
barely yisile in tho eastern horizon,
leaving ony narrow strips of even land
along ibc .Lousaud creeks and runs.
But these same halfcultivased
LOOKING hills lies the wealth Of Pennsyl'
v,uia Part way up the silo Of every
one - dark pile Of earth, with black
ro.d, bed TO the bottom-each marks the
c,,rance to coal mine The beds OF coal
arc always so far as have seen on level
milo isbasaeTss%P .s tasf r. IN 5 10" BILL the
while in higher elevations it is mid way
from top to bottom. The strata of
Goa, is about seven feet thick, and is al.
most without exception opened from the
sides. Mines near the rivers, and rail
roads, are fast being exhausted, yet the
surrounding country holds SO much in
store, that for generations the supply
will equal the demand. Tho cheapness
of the coal causes j. 10 be used every.
where with great extravaganza. OAs
wood fire in Middlebury, costs sufficient,
think, to supply five fires in this city.
|, is not however the amount alone, but
the character Of the coal consumed
which makes Pittsburg smoky city"
When taken from the mine it bears con-
siderable resemblance to the anthracite
of the east though softer, breaking read
lily with regular sides after short eI
posture to the atmosphere, it soils by
contac, nearly as muck as charcoal. 1t
is excessively btuminous, and whom
burned gives a brish. fame and dense
smoke filled with little fakes which
pours forth from tn, chimncys in i'm
mence volumes, not only blackens but
greases everything upon which they fall
After resting while upon the sum.
NIT Of the high point bad gained-tak-
ing up my staff passed down tho eastern
decliviy. noticing many thingsof which
| cannot speak Of at present,