The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-07-25

whistle that reverberates along the delle. Inc
messengers are merry with the gay rae tney
rock and reel, and now And then sH.ne ~ !. 8
Hera. but none seem alarmed. ny -, - ~, =
nertsctly safe from the care observed py tne
engineer who has entire control Of the "steaih
| horse frntber hackneyed--fne NAME not ~
horse: for ne never can become hack.l auo
the track is built with admirable accuracy
and security. .,...
There is q happy blending OF utility with
neauty along this pretty river. Its rapid fall
affords fine water -power, In It's entire route
after the railroad strikes III ana we nave sue
cession of neat manufacturing villages, Eli
colts Mills being the most extensive; wnsre
tho busy hum Of industry keeps alive the
echoes that slept for SO many ages. and where
every thing wears the cheeriuiHess Oh thrHt
WenlI thai could see some Of our own
bear1iiinl rivers adorned with such bright
scenes of energy ana successful manutactu-
ring enterprise, giving occupation to thousands
and swelling the general wealth of the State
The railroad engineering along the Patapsco
is very bold There Is much cutting through
fine iron bridges. The passenger is struck
with the difficulties that thus opposed the en-
ergies of the Baltimoreans at the very begin
ming of their enterprise, and that foretold the
appalling barriers that yet stood in their way
10 the Ohio.
The summit of the elevation between the
Pa.apsco Valley and the Potomac is at Mount
Airy, ~ miles from Baltimore. In this dis
the first view of the Blue Ridge mountains,
that dear feature of our own State, that every
Virginian halls with delight and yeneration.
Their cerule tops were among the first objects
my eyes beheld, and have often thought 1T
would be grateful to take one last lingering
look ut Them when these orbs are about closing
forever.
Descending from Mount Airy, we soon
reach the Monocacy, whose valley is remarka-
BILE for its fertility, and has given the yenera-
Bile county of Frederick, Maryland, q fame for
abundance and hospitality. A large portion of
the route in this valley is through the old Car
roll manor track, left TO his descendants by
Charles Carroll, of revolutionary memory
1t is exceedingly fertile.
Seventy miles from Baltimore we strike the
Point Of Rocks. on the Potomac. and here we
enter upon bold scenery indeed. Here, too, are
brought together river. railway, canal (Chesa-
peake and Ohio) and turnpike. A fine bridge
spans the Potomac at this point, which is
crossed by a railway that terminates on the OPP
posi!e shore at very extensive iron forge in
the midst of an immense deposit of iron ore in
Loudon county. Virginia.
The railroad from the Point of Rocks to
Harper's Ferry is stupendous achievement
Ii is cut through rock, in some places a hun
dred feet deep, along the face of the mountain
that bounds the Potomac, between those
points and through the solid walls of which
the river bursts its way just below its june
ton with the Shenandoah, making the world
renowned gorge that has rendered the scenery
of Harper's Ferry so famous"
Here / am. Bear with me in this long talk
about the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. l
have my object, which is, to impress your
readers with what has been done here, and to
do what can to arouse Virginians to gen.
erous emulation of our friends and neighbors
of Maryland and Baltimore.
l will give you another epistle about Har-
pers Ferry-(I think l hear reader say,
" Heaven foreiend - TRAVELLER.