The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-01-12

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- Nsxrns, rxxs, Jan. ist, 1859.
TAiskluS psshaps 90 account Of N! Trip 20 80"
pJace mteke not b untntsres.fne, - 49, sss 80
II yosr radon venture 70 give yos ''''' -
Nsvtrs "a sdIsu 10 numerous friends and The
f,,a YoiSs n Home aud rsceded fhe.r parting
bsosdictlous, oar party, whica was CON oseo o.
a ~ q Thursday, the 3oth day Of Decenser last,
80 soon oar native hills received In the Distance
~ n 8 sAors time after changing cars at the
iupceson, werssoou on our way TOWARDS Lynchourg.
fNses 10 not much to interest the traveller be-
tvssa these poiats, except the Nigh Bridge across
TIE Appomattox, which 10 Id feet high, and up.
werds OF 800 tsss long. 1he commons In the val-
ley below, which supposs ere Ave feet wide, do
skss csssslsg. Il sisoss makes ones Ssad siddy to
paos over Is bat On credtbiy Informed that eincc
Il be- bssa escently archsd, II has been inspected
~ Two Of cur most skiifai engineers, and they
proneencs Il perfectly sscure-indeed. say that
ssea s,sssnas' piece could b taken out and is be
From the buiidIngs going up In FsrmvilIs, should
5u6Ge thas city vas pot yet finished. The lands
aioug the line Of the railroad do not seem very
fore rsAchiug that city, where the5 very fine.
After esstiuE cur dinner at Lynchburg, We took
tbs Va Tenn. Railroad for Bristol, passing thro'
sosns Of the hnest country have yet seen, and
ksevn :: the Valley Of Virginia; give me farm sa
ehoose. ] vas greatly surprised at the neat are
ranesnsat aud system 10 which these farms are
eulHvAted-ths neat and tasty residences, &c, oil
Of vhish ! he'd mot supposed to fnd up here. l
al not 80 any OF the mountain scenery aiter
posing Big Spring Station, ~ night bore closed
the bseatifal pAsorama from our view.
On arriving 81 Wythevills We found our host had
been anticipating our wants, and had very stump
teoas supper spread for N, which We partook of
nth hnnPfy R00d Niil--amo0Raf tia delcariaa
provided Tor as, was one had not supposed to nd
hsee. What do yea suppose It wass Why, oysters,
ffeeA and nnes whether these bivaives abound
here, did not learn, - we eat them without ask.
70 tax them may have induced them to leave their
Quist beds on the Eastern Shore, and emgrate
West Satisfying our appetites, We resumed our
ssats inst - Cur conductor shouted 'ail aboard"
end started again for Bristol, which we reached
By l21x o'clock, A. n. We had all procured
thrsugh tickets, and consequsstly thought our,
solves secure from the annoyance Of checking and
eranaserrfng baggage. We did very well until are
irving here, whom We had 20 stand very nearly or
quite IN honr pressed and squeezed, waiting to get
car baGeage and have IL re-checked on the East
Teas. va. Railroad. This road and the East
1snasssss and Georgia roads are the only ones
that havs given us any trouble-and as / sm crel-
IDLY informed, tho only ones preventing coutin-
oss throughcheck system.
From the delay in "re-checking." We were
thrown one and half or two hours behind time,
Knoxvilis, but did not. We had hurried break
fast, such a. Il was, at "Mossy Creek"
The lands 10 this portion OF the State Of Tonnes.
see, and In the vicinity Of Knoxville, seem to be
quite fertile, bat cultivated in very siovenly
manner; they seem to try to make crop with the
least possible labor At Knoxville, we took the
East Tsnnessee and Georgia Railroad for Dalton,
Georgia, whore We arrived at o'clock, z. 81. Dali
ton 10 . small place, and from the appearance Of
the building, seems to have been built long
while.
Here We took the Western and ATLANTA Rail.
road TO Chattanooga, where We arrived to supper
~ o'clock, it being night. We could soc nothing
ofthe place, save the Very large aud commodious
Hetel. The road from cleveland, on the East
Tennessee and Georgia Railroad, to this place,
makes very acute abgle-the poiat being at DaIs
ton; bat there to now road under construction,
and In operation part Of the way, cutting across
this angle, from cleveland to Chattanooga, aud
when completed, will shorten this route several
hours.
At Chattanooga, we had quite crowd Of passeu-
gers, and had TO put on several more cars l was
greatly surprised ut the number Of through pass
sengers going West aud South this route from
Richmond to Memphis, but unless there is some
better system adopted in regard to checking bag.
gage, fear the great bulk Of travel will be driven
on on other roads, as there seems to be unusual
complaint on this score.
At Chattanooga, we made our last change of cars,
and got on the Memphis aud Charleston Railroad,
and right glad was of 1t, there is nothing
annoying to the traveller than this. We saw nos
thing Of the country for long distance, as it was
night Nor did No see much to interest US be-
fore ~ o'clock. Next day, ~ our conductor in-
formed us, We were 30 much behind time that we
must take breakfast and dinner at one neal, which
We did, thereby damaging our host to at least
double the amount charged Us for Cur meal, rs we
we're all ~ hungry as wolves
Al the grand Junction Of the Central Mississippi
Memphis and Charleston Railroad, We one of
those great prodgies Ia nature, which she IL often
won't to do for her own amusement; this was q
hog, four years old, weighing 14l3 pounds, and
another, two and half years, both pigs of the
same mother, weighing 81 pounds. The largest
hog, was credbly informed, by persons who
knew the raising OF it, would girth longer around
than the largest horse in Hsrdiman county
We have seen good deal Of poor land in Tens
nessee, Georgia and Aiabama--yes, old field pines
and broom straw-and he who starts for this coun-
Try, sxpseting to mud perfso. Eden, will be sadly
mistaken.
Dy o'clock We run into Memphis, and took
4uartsrs ct tho far famed Gayoso House, having
made the trip Of $40 miles 10 little less tnan GO
hours. We felt much pleasure at the pr aspect Of
getting good nights sleep once more. G.