American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1858-10-08
From the Virginia Weekly Star.
GREAT HAsTERN AND wHs-
= w TERN LINE, IA

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THE Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and
ats connecting lines for the Vest and
South, piz.-The Central Ohio, lit
tie Miami and. Columbus and Xensa
and Ohto and Mississippi Railroads.
FROM WEST TO EAST.
Travellers from st. Louis for the East,
may avail themselves of the Baltimore and
Ohio Route by taking either of its conncc.
ting lines, viz: The Ohio and Mississippi
via Vinccnnes and Cincinnati, or the Terre
Haute and ST. Louis Railroad, via Indian
opolis and Columbus, Cor Cincnnati.)
kirst--Takc the Ohio and Mississippi
Kailroad at st. Louis, and travel from
thence to Sandoval, at the junction of
the Illinois Central Railroad from Cairo,
thence to Vincennes, (Junction of Evans.
vile and Charlottesville road;) thence to
Mitchell, (Junction Of New Albany and
Salem roadO thence to Seymour, Junction
OF Jeffersonvillc road from Louisvilc;)
thence to Lawrenccburg, (Junction of In
dianapols and Cincinnati roadO thence to
Cincinnati, $50 miles from st. Louis, with.
out change of cars.
l AT Cincinnati, take the Little Miami
and Columbus and Xenia Railroad, which
IS acknowledged to be one of the safest,
speediest, and best roads in the Union,
and travel to Nenia, o., (JuDction of the
Dayton and Belpre and Indiana Central
road;) thence to COLUMBUS, 100 miles
from Cincinnati, where the traveller will
be transferred to the Central Ohio Road
actMoW change Of cars. From Columbus
to Newark, (Junction of the Steubcnville
and Indiana, and Mansfield and Sandusky
roads;) thence to GAINESVILLE, where CAPT
Radcllffc has bountiful repast prepared
for ALL Here the road connects with the
Cincinnati, Wilmington ands GAINESVILLE
road. Thence to the City of Bellairc, 500
miles over the best of roads, and through
one of the most beautiful sections of couh-
| try in the United States, with only one
change of cars from St. Louis--at Cincjn-
natl 0
AT Bellalre passengers are transferred
(by steamboa) across the Ohio rivet, to
the baltimore and Ohio Rdilroad, and
tho traveller is now on the road that leads
through the most delightful scenery in the
world. Eight miles from Bcnwood is the
great Indian Mound, visible from the cars,
and thence the road passes through one
continuous chain of mountains G5 miles,
where the road strikes the Monongahcla
at Fairmont, one mile above which place
an Iron Bridge, GIG feet long, spans that
beautiful river. Thence up Tygarts VAL
ley river to Grafton, (Junction of North-
western Virginia Railroad) where an ex-
tenslve new and superior eating house is
kept, 273 miles from Baltimore. Nine
teen miles further is tho kingwood Tun.
mel, 4,4O0 feet in length, we'll arched with
stone and iron. Thence to the Cheat river
region, where the most stupendous engi-
!, ncering and bold scenery is presented to
the view that was ever seen. The Hon.
Geo. Bancroft thus beautifully pictured
the scenery on this road III his speech a.
Cincinnati in 1857:
, "Our coufSe to this city has been by the Way
of the thrice admirable Baltimore and Ohio Rail.
road. The scenery through which it makes its
way has character of grandeur of it's own; and
in the wonderful varieties of forest and lawn. OF
river and mountain; of nature in her savage Wild
ness, and nature III her lovcest forms presents 9
: series OF pictures, which no well educated Amer
can SHOULD willingly leave unvisited. We cross
the Atlantic In quest of attractive scenes: and lol
we haze at home alongside of the great central
iron pathway, views that excel anything that cai
. be seen among the mountains of Scotland, or in
passes Of the Apprentices"
Passing thence to Altamout, 223 miles
from, and 2,700 feet above Baltimore tho
! traveller has beautiful view of the cotn-
try: From thence to Cumberland (aroa
ther dining place, and station for Bedford
Springs) the traveller has view of the
distant mountains, which will we'll pay one
tor his journey. At Cherry run station,
view OF the ruins Of Fort Frederick on
the Maryland side of the Potomac, can be
seen from the cars. At Harper's Ferry
this road connects with the Winchester
road, 50 miles from that place. Here a
view of the Potomac river and Blue Ridge
Mountains is presented. At Mohocacy i
the Junction Of the Frederick city road. -
Nine miles from Baltimore is the junction
of the Washington Branch of the b. and
O. Railroad.
Travellers from Cincinnati, Cor st, Louis
DC, through Cincinnati,) may take The
foregoing routes, via Columbus and Bel.
laire, or they may take the moro Southern
line, connecting with the B. and o. r. r.
at Grafton, and proceed by the Marietta
and Cincinnati Railroad. Between Gin
cinnati and Ioycland the track of Little
Miami Road is used by contract. This
road passes through Lovcland, Blancbes-
ter, (Junction of IIillsboro road, , Green
| field, Chilicothe, Hamden, Zaleski, Ath.
ems, to SCOTS Landing, a miles from Ma
rietta, where passengers are Transferred to
a steamboat and carried eight miles on the
river, to Parkcrsburg, the point of juno
ton with the N. w. Virginia Branch Of
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, From
parkersburg tho road trayesses through a
deligbifal country TO Grafton, and makes
cfosc connection with the MAIN STEM of
the baltimore and Ohio Rood The Lit