Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1857-01-31
THE RAILROADS.

Tiginia and Tennessee Railroad.-By
telegraph from Lynchburg we learn that
this road was opened through from Lynch
burg to the Tennessee line on Wednesday
last. The fact is quite triumph for it,
as it achieved what no other road in the
State did. 1t is, we believe, $50 miles
long, crosses the Blue Ridge and Allegha-
nies, and traverses "a region where we sup
pose the storm must have been excessively
severe. 70 cut its way so Speedily through
the difficulties the storm had in such Sec
tion piled up in its path, was great tri-
umph in railroading. Hurrah for Col GILL.
Richmond and DanuiHe Railroad. This
road was opened to Danville Saturday, and
the regular mai and passenger train COM
mence running this morning.
South Side Railroad This road was
clear On Saturday from the Danyille june
ton to Lynchburg
CenadJ Eai7road. ---fhis road was thro
to Gordonsville on Saturday.---Richas3ad
Dispatch, 2sth.
Virginia and Tennessee Railroad open
Cold Heather on the Line LYNonBURa,
Jan. "a. We got our road apen and trains
went through on Wednesday last The snow
was drifted in cuts from SIC to fifteen feet.
! The thermometer at Bristol Yesterday
morning, was Is degrees below zero. Brs-
tol is the terminus of the Virginia and Ten
nessec Road-half in Virginia-half in Ten
nessee.
ONCE IN A LIFETIME. Yesterday, be-
tween nine aud ten o'clock, we walked from
Campbelfs #harf, Norf5lk, across the Eliz-
abeth River to the Seabeard AID Roanoke
Railroad depot, in Portsmouth, Oh the. ice
held conversation with a friend residing
on that side, and returned to Rothery's
wharf
a friend informs Us that in 1915, he per-
formed similar feat, cur harbor being fro
aen' over, and repeated it in 1886, twenty
one years after. 1t is a singular coincidence
that it is just twenty-one years since our har-
Dor was last frozen, making the intervals
between those events the same. We were
an infant in our nurses arm. in 1886, and
therefore did not walk across the river at
that time. -Aortolk Argus, jan. %.
Caught in the Storm. On Sunday morn
ing last, Dr. James Bealc was called upon
by Mr.. Suell, to visit his lady, at MS rosi-
denee in ueurico county, short distance
east OF this city, and getting into his ear
riage with Mr.. s., started off Tie snow
being very deep, when the horses got into
the old field, beyond Mr.. Hecklergs place
they came To stand still, and as neither
force nor persuasion could get them to bulge
an inch, the Dr. and Mr. S. had to remain
in the vehicle all night Being totally COM
Portable, both of them fell asleep, and did
not wake up until about o'clock next morn
ing, when Mr.. S. fouhd that lbs hands were
slightly frosted. DR.. Beale returned to his
residence yesterday, ard appeared nbhe the
worse off for having spent night IN snow
storm. - Richnond E.co8facr, Jan. ~.
Frozen TO Demh.--AIr. james Sutton. Of
Hanover county, lost valuable servant
man, James, by the storm or last Sunday
night. The Dispatch furnishes the follow
irs particulars
Jim and fellow servant left their mas
tors kitchen after supper, to 60 to their
quarters, distance of three hundred yards
After getting short distance, the storm
was so terrific and the snow so Deep that
one Of the servants turned back and reached
the kitchen in safety, but Jim, being anx-
ious to get TO his mothers cabin, kept on
and when within about fifty yards of the
cabin sank down and persisted. The next
morning Mr.. Sutton and his servants turn
ed out to search for the unfortunate man,
but did not succeed in discovering his re-
mains until Tuesday morning.
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Three Men Frozen.--We understand,
says the Richmond Dispatch of yesterday,
on Sunday night last, near Cauthorns farm,
/ CD the old mountain road, In Hanover,
three white men--Leandcr Vaughan, Mills
and Askew-were overcome by the snow
storm and rer'steA4 oal'the roadside. The
gentleman who Brought the news to the city
says that he met the parties on Sunday eve
ming but short distance from where they
were discovered the next day. and that he
stopped at a house, just past by them and
tarried all night. The presumption is that
the unfortunate men becoming exhausted by
the storm, sat down to rest, and probably
falling asleep, persisted from the severity OF
the cold.
The Storm at Fredericksburg Freder-
icksburg has had the same experience as
that of all other towns in the State, viz the
q severest snow storm and the most in
tensely cold wind and weather." experienced
there for many winters. The suferings of
the poor would have been intense, as we
learn from the News, but for the exertions
of the Christian Association, which by laying
off the town in lots and visiting every part
of it, supplied the distressed and needy y
The streets were blocked up and the doors
Of the houses, communication with the sur
rounding country completely cut of, and all
business was suspended, 'except eating,
sleeping and making fires" On Monday,
the 18th, at 5 o'clock the thermometer at
the gas works fell to five degrees below zero.
Rich. Dispatch.
Lazy and lScgram Frozen. We learn
from the Marlborough Gid } Gazette, that
Miss Virginia Ciagett, daughter of Thomas
Clagett, Of Prince George, vas frozen to
death on Monday, the 10TH She was at
Mr.. j., ". BeFpys, Cher br5ther-in- law,
4 and hearing that a servant was sick in one
of'tte quarters s5.ac distance from the house,
accompanied by servant girl, she attempt
cd TO go to her assistance. She and the SER
want We're blinded by the snow and wind
and getting in the drifts were lost and frozen