The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-01-17

The following extract from MT John
| Mitchcls Paris correspondence i pnngcnt
| hit at that class of philosophers who consider
! it triumph Of human reason TO die like 4 dog :
| There i, however. 4 powerful ana /
| think Il growing, Republican party III inns
| country although the Emperor is rising in
! personal popularity. Every circumstance mat
! takes place i sure 10 he laid hold of 10 make
| a sort of party demonstration. For example ::
Alexander BiNio died the other day ne was
| an old Republican: he was wounded IN PARIS
in Isis ne was much connected with The anti
Papal party in Italy. and was lamliI%Ily
known 10 leading literary people IN this com
| try Further: III. BiNio WaSa steady atheist,
he and his friends made his death bed scene 4
species of auti-rcigiouS manifesto. lie dlcd
without priest. without prayer or JUNCTION.
and neither he nor any Of his "nll@hlrncd
friends around his bed made III" slightest al
fusion TO religion or 10 = future life. Ihls was
considered capital, especially aS The l1lhrfl
newspapers paradcd that scene in its mlnltrSf
details. Here was the death of Nirtuous man
and true philosophers Here was Socrallc
death bcd--la mistake, this last alluSloh. lor
Socrates sacrificed a cock 10 EsculaWnsl-a
rs for the great merit OF dying Without re-
ligious consolation. the Liberals lurGct 10 al
vert 10 the fact that dogs die 50. however. Il
great funeral for poor VI. BlElo was dcicrmined
on . il was to be- regarded. in som" sort. ~ Il
parade Of The Republicans II WIS IL mean
Italian unity, and no Pope, auda protest gene
rally against the Emperor policy, II not
the Empcror's amiahlc cousin. Prime" Ma
polcou. would NOT fail 10 attend IN t1cl. hN
made long journey 10 Paris. and II was an
nonc"d that lac had followed the body OF Nj.
BiXiO from the house The whole WAY 10 the
cemetery on foot Not that h" loved VI. BiNio
more, but that he loved his cousin less: and,
if the thing va, 10 spite III" Emperor little.
hc was very certain 10 stand hrchrad"d IN a
damp cemetery - long - required Tor the
purpose.
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in point OF magnitude and mechanical skill,
will compare tayurahly with the most >iupen-
douS human undertakings that have arrested
public attention in ancient or modern times,
and which. if brought 10 a successful tcrmlnd-
ton, will take rank among the wonders OF inc
world, was recently naugurated by party OF
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the great iron ore producing region OF the h"N-
stone State. The PROJECT alluded TO Is me con
Struction of 4 spiral railway, leading from Tie
base TO the summit of the immense IRON ore
mountain at Cornwall Commencing ut the
level of the Cornwall Railroad II winds around
the mountain with 4 gentle incline, now pass
Ing over 4 high embanlmcnt with fearful
precipicc on either side, again creaklng over
nonderuus tres tlcwork, built across Il raHlne
which ylwmS several hundred feet hencatl,
anon ratting through immense cuts in III"
solid bodies Of iron ore, ascending gradually
upward mtillt aCCompilShcs the greatest anu
tude of the mountain. The task is hcrcule;tn
one, but the inCalcullDlc advantages which
will accrue from lis achievement Will COM
pensate a hundred fold for the money and
labor expended. Already 4 great portion OF
the route is in readiness to receive the Sils and
the work is being vigorously pushed forward.
The entire length Of the railway, when FIN
ished, will be something over two miles, ana
Il work the equal of which l. probably 10 be
found nowhere i'll the world The progress #
this gigantic feat is regarded with the greatest
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turns ont as faVOrably rs present indications
warrant, the projectors, i'll anticipating the
great work of nature and art combined at
Cornwall, will furnish u standing monument
10 the infinite power Of the Creator and the
genius enterprise and skill of the American
people. -LOuiSrWe Cuurier.