The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-01-13
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Tie baltimore and Ohio Railroad has been 4.
often described aud panegyrizsd, that I NAV b,
spared any particular acc ,unt Of IL. Eyerv Nod,
Knows that beginning at the Relay IIouse. t.a
m'ies shs aide Of Baltimore, cit connects nj, mart.
OF the Esss with all parts .f the wes,.-a, is.,,
90 the Guide Book says, which the Companv ha,
kindly furnished 10 ell travellers who thread A.
ttoa labyrinth between the RELAY Honss ara "A.
ehs OF Wheeiias. II 10, also. according 20 the
high authority, very properly called ..Ths Gre,
National Route" 1t 10 $40 miles in lens,h oo.,
more than thirty one millions Of do,lars va. br,,,
maia'y by Baltimore enterprise, aud wa, begun a,
ume when the entire valuation of the re,i aud
personal property Of Baltimore was less tn n
twenty seven millions. Itis marked throu Sbop, h,
prodigies OF engineering skill, and leads throuch
scenes OF Alpine ~ildness aud grandeur / had not
supposed there was any part Of the United Ststss
as detiShtfutly savage as some of the rugged and
.eso,Ats passes through which this road wieds in
the Northwest With precipitous rocks rising over.
hesd, little Cascades dropping down almost upon
tee ~heesof the care, rugged mou utains bri,tiipo
with ieioles, and solitary. cheerlese I, oh iu1
siens. The Guide Book, " in giving the dis.
ttncrs ANA the names OF the stations obIi.
gingly furnishes the traveller with part;cn-
iSrs OF local interest attaching to the objects
which he 10 privileged to view Thus thsra
10 "the Great Indian Mound. MoundsvilIs. twelve
miles below Wheeling" concerning which ws ara
Informed thar this Is the mound UPON which pro
iessor DE iaas road an Interests Ok paper before tb
ttsos} meeting Of the American Association. tor
tns Advancement OF Science. Ii has also bee n
visited and examined by Geo Snrsr Geo R.u.
croft, aud other historians This s all that i, satd
ald probstty known of the ''Great Indian Mound ;,
but It 10 edIiyiug to to hear that Prof De- Hsas
held torth upon IL, and that SQuier, Bancroft 4
Co. visited It, won d have visited It m self bn,
had MT fina Tha aS
gentlemen above mentioned are, however s,i,l
visible, unless thty Snave been washed out .y tina
heavy rains. In this neighbcrhood a very impr,s
sise landslide vas gotten up for the benefi Of our
| company. IN the shape Of ton or two of rock
| which cstne tumblibg down upon the track, a
short distance IN advance of n- aud gave Us leisure
fr al hour or two, beiure 1t VAS removed, TO 10y
| The sceuery The stations and towns on the fund
are all conveniently labelled, with Conspicuous
siSn boards, that the trsye Ter can ways Know
where he 10 Il, IN the wider parts Of the rou, e.
the direct-rs of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
| could secure the services of Billy BowIrgs, aud q
| select company OF rcd men, 10 art suddenly Uut
( cm sUms OF he rsvage fsstEesses aud diseuar ss
flight of arrows AZ the cars, it would be iu keep.
ing with the general aspect OF nature, aud add
materially 10 the ordinaiy psrils Of Railroad ira
| vel.
| Four mi,es below Wheeling, at a poiut call d
BeEwuod who're factory cbir1neys SIN ,ks like a
Gu eli Of Saclens, the Baltimore aud Quo Rail-
road delivers tide of Western travel to ferry
boat. giving Wheeling, which had labored ~ hai
| for THIS great work, Complete Z, by wherein
| they are shsked across the Ohio, here about as
wide as the James at Rockets. to BeilsTe, the
| terminus uf the Central OHIO Railroad. and the
| c., vsiaud Railroad The road Cleveland,
before it dverges to the West, for some forty
! miles siong he margin of the Ohio river,
through q barrow strip Of fertile country, bound.
sd on the west by q long range of high hills Ia
this region be found some OF the smallest
aud drtest towns in the world, at one of which,
Steubenville, the locomotive ran gsinst . msgis-
trate, T. pew kind of railroad collision, but one
not TO be dtspised. IL seems that the engineer On
3 former Tip was 50 imp. uous Ne TO Iuu over a
msns COW, aud the propriei ior OF The spilled mi
was the look cut for him led through,
ming him TO discover ii he did run al more
rapid than the ordinances of the great city of
Stoubsuviie permitted. Cnuckiiy, the train was
not slow enough for Steubenville, and the Mayor
of that interesting metropolis arrested the e6g-
neer, took him bodily Cff the track aud Kept US
all waiting for two hours, or just time enough to
lose the next conuexion. Our eugine, The
Comet" amused itself during the detention by
runDing up aud down tue track and snoriing out
its Contempt and ndlgnstioD, while the train Law
like stranded whsle on the shvre, aud the STEM
benvlians came down in great numbers TO smile
at oUI trIbuiatop, and exnt in the possession of
functiunary who could say even to a railroad
train in this age of progr ess "Thus far shalt thou
go aud no farther" Having duly tried our engi
neer and tued him ffty dollars, they let ps 90
aud we departed with intense admiration OF tho
sublime reverence for the law which prevails in
these border Ohio counties when their rights are
trespassed upon.
Cleveland, the Queen City of the Lakes.