The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-08-24
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WEDNESDAY MORNING. J. AUG. "a. 1850
Correspondence Of the Richmond Dispatch.

WEDNESDAY MORNING. J. AUG. q, 1850
Correspondence ofthe Richmond Dispatch.
Oalittad--frossfag Of the Baltimore aud Ohio
Railroad orsr The Attsghaag---Enfsrpriss Of
Citizen Of Richmond Martin sbnrg--Reco
fteas gf Gsn. Lee--An Extract from has VIII
Pri,attics Bafhiag-Cumberiaad, Md.--Brad-
doek's Defeat, ge.
OAKLAND, August 18th, 1852
This place Is in the heart of the famous
glaties OF Allegheny county, Maryland. 1t is
2:Sy miles from Baltimore and is elevated 2,7UU
feet above tde-water The Baltimore Rail-
road crosses the summit of the Allegheny
Mountains near this place at an Iteration high
than arg crosssd4by any other RattToad "a the
Uaited States. The ascent up the road from
Cumberland is very great especially for the
seventeen miles up the Allegheny Mountain,
between Piedmont and Altamont-i. e., from
the foot 10 the summit OF the mountain. Very
powerful engines are used upon this section,
and the road is constructed alongit with great
7 strength. In ascending, you have the raVine
on your right and often look down The steep
sides for hundreds OF feet The scenery is
! wild and grand. and daring indeed was the
enterprise that conceived the practicability OF
such u route for railway. The triumphant
genius of man is seldom more emphaucaily
| illustrated. The work OF the road is never
theiess easy, and in no place could II be more
| safe because the precautions for security are
as perfect as possible.
| the rayne aw-mills, raii-tracks for timber,
| cottages, &c, which are owned by your towns
| man, JOSEPH X. ANDERSON, and which con-
| stituIe part OF the estate purchased by him
/ from Governor Thomas of Maryland. II IN
| cludes about 10000 acres OF mountain land,
| 4 good deal of which is fine timber and graz
/ ing lands. Away up on the mountain sldes,
| we saw cultivated fields and cottages that
! seemed more lit Tor an eagle eyre lAaii Ine
/ habitation of man.
The entire route of the road is along line
| ever productive of things in Nature TO ad-
mire; while in the road itself, there IS the
| neyer-ending herculean labor, and bold aud
| cousummate engineering TO excite the wonder
of the traveller, and TO reflect credit ana honor
! upon the energetic and public spirited COM
| munity who built it. Leaving Harper's Ferry,
| the road withdraws from the Potomac into
! the upper part OF Jefferson and the rich coun-
ty of Berkeley, both of which are a part OF that
| garden spot'' of Virginia to which l alluded
| in IL recent letter. 1t takes Marilnsburg, the
| county seat of Berkeley, in its way, and soon
returns to the river leaving the rich limestone
lands, and running along the slate cillis OF
Morgan county. After traversing these Tor
some time, looking down the While into the
! clear and rapid waters of the Potomac, which
begins to grow very small, the road crosses
| over to Maryland, where, after pursuing It's
| way over less rugged but very rolling coun-
| try. it finally reaches the ancient Town OF
| Cumberland. From this point TO the foot OF
| the Alleghanies, the road follows the course OF
| the Potomac untll it dwindles into Il very ut
stones which it has borne away from the pa
rent rocks of the mountains. We traverse
some rich low lands; but the ravine Dgener-
ally very narrow and heInned in by noun
famous activities.
gIGrfinSbnrg has population of 5000, and
some very remarkable old buildings, among
which is the old Court-House, built a year
after the fei nation of he county, which took
place in i77S. Braddock's army passed near
The town IL its unfortunate expedition. Near
Leetown, how in Jefferson county, but then
in Berkeley, lived, after the revolutionary
war. no less than three General officers OF ,he
American army of that strnggle: Alexander
| Stephens, Horatio CAFES, and Charles Lee
| Gates was suspended from his military COM
mand until 15S2. the year after the peace,
| from the time of the disastrous battle OF Cam
| den. where was singulariv verified .he pre-
| diction of Lee that his Northern idnrets would
dwindle into Southern triHOtcS. Crates was
one ofthe cabai which endeavored TO snpplant
| Washington; but did justice TO his character
before he died. %s
General Lee was the bitter enemy of Wash
ington. He was not i'll active service after
the battle of Trenton, owing to his strange
conduct there. He published pamphlet tin
ed with abuse ofWashington which provoked
a challenge from Colonel Iaurens, one OF
Washington's aids, and duel ensued, III
which Lee was wounded i'll the side, after
which he retired to his estate in Berkeley, "to
learn to hoe corn and tobacco, which, obsery-
ed he in letter TO a friend, with sarcastic
inuendo at Washington, 'is the best school TO
-
cry l. have lately made" He led Il hermits
life in his retirement, his dogs aud horses be-
ing his companions. His house was a mere
| shell, destitute of comfort and dconveniences.-
| There were no partitions in it, and the parts
| allotted TO different purposes were marked by
| chalked lines on the floor. In one corner was
| his bed, in another his books his saddles and
| harness in third. This, he said to friend,
| was convenient. because he could sitin one
corner and overlook the whole house! His
| prejudiees We're exceedingly strong, and he
! was a disappointed and bitter man. The
| country abounds III anecdotes OF him. 1t Is
| said that, seeing some one he did not like ap
| preaching his house, one day, he wrote upon
| his front door, ''no meat cooked here to-day"
| and retired by the rear way. Hearing that
| Congress proposed to dismiss him from the
| service. he wrote that body a most insulting
| note which induced them to do what possibly
| they might not have done dismiss him from
the army. This was i'll 1880. In 17c2, wearied
and broken in spirits. he went TO Philadel-
| phia, and died in al obscure public house. His
| last words were "Stand by me, nay brave
| &renadiers ~
| sage which, as some of your readers may not
| have seen ii, copy below:
II desire most earnestly that l may not be
| buried III any church or churey-ya or with
| in a mile of any Presbyterian or Anabaptist
! meeting house, for since have resided in this
| country, have kept so much bad company
while living that do not choose to continue
| 1t when dead.'
| Its certainly bad to be i'll bad company
here or hereafter; but il is least debaIable
! whether the old warrior or those whom he re-
| pudated had the best reason for desiring to
| keen a respectful distance between them after
| death. But of course after death this little
| bitter dreg left by the ebbing current of the
| old soldiers life, inspired no bad feeling and
| excited only amusement lie Showed much
| humanity in providing for his servants, one OF
whom he feelingly styles his ''old and faithful
| servant or rather hrmtie fYiend.' His will as
| to his burial was disregarded by his relations.
| and his remains were deposited in Christ's
| Church. Philadelphia.
Tween ty -eight miles from Martlnsburg is
| Sir Johns Run, where passengers leave for
| The we'll known Bsrksiey Springs. at Bath,
| Morgan county. The chief attraction there is
| the excellent bath. The water is light, spark
| ling and tasteless and is from - TO "a fah.-
The town OF Bath was incorporated in f776, was
! laid of in lots n l777, and among the purchas-
ers were Gen. Washington, Charles Carroll
of Carroilton, Horatio Gates and other per-
sons of distinction. Originally the bath was
large pool dug in the earth, sheltered by Il
screen of bushes. which was used alternately
by ladies and gehtlemen A horn was the
signal for the ladies' hour, when the gentle
men retired beyond certain bounds. The
scene was that of camp ground and the
amusements We're suited TO the times, including,
besides dancing and revelling, gambling ant.
horse racing.
There are now elegant bath houses built by
trustees under State law, lis at Capon, the
water belonging 10 the State. The bath fees
are employed in keeping the baths in order
The gentlemen's bath 6u by % feet, that of the
ladies, 80 by 16. There are also numerous
private baths, including spout, shower and
warm baths. The water is highly commend
ed from actual result in cases of general debili-
ty, skin diseases, dyspepsia. chronic affections
of the mucous membrane, gravel and rheuma-
tism.
/,ol John STRoTHEg q real old "snafIle- bit
yireinian, rs Col North would say, is the
host of the principal hotel which occupies the