The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1871-07-05

pamphlet bearing tho foregoing
title, issued by Born, Dearing Il
Co., giving II large amount Of sta
tistlcal information touching tho
cost Of construction, cost Of opcr-
ating, and comparative merits of
this new departure in railways.
AS an illustration Of comparative
cost, estimates arc given Of tho
cost Of Superstructuro of tivo diff
tercnt gauges for single mile Of
road, as follows: The cost Of one
mile, Of 4 feet s! inches, being
$l0,37T ; the cost Of i feet 6 gauge,
will be S6,89S 20; Of 3 feet gauge,
S5 794 70; Of = feet inches, So
00G 90; and Of 2 feet, $4,05l 20.
Tho monopoly Of large corpora
tions owning and operating large
lines at extremely low rates for
through frcights, and very high
rates for local frcights, rs monop-
olics, promises that narrow gauge
roads will, ut no distant day, play
no unimportant part in our rail
way economy. AS feeders to
main lines elsewhere, narrow
gauge roads arc already being
brought into use, and tho inpcti-
mcnt as to transfer to connecting
broad gauge lines overcome by
the construction OF boxes which
readily admit Of being placed upon
platform cars OF tho wider road !;
and also by adjustable aXlcs.
The opponents of narrow gauge
railroads maintain that while
they may answer for short branch
lines, they will fail for trunk
roads with heavy trade. The
Government Of British India arc
about testing this matter in Il
practical manner. Its first cxpcr-
lmcnt is TO be with line Of moro
than thousand miles in length,
reaching from Kurrachcc TO pcsh-
awar, from tho scacoast, West of
the mouth Of the Indus, almost to
mountains on the Northwestern
frontier Of British India. The en-.
pacity Of such a line is estimated
so high that it is con,cndcd that
in ono week twelve thousand men
could bc carried from tho sea to
tho frontier, fully equipped with
arms, and tho necessary compile
mcnt Of guns, horses, stores, fol
lowers, and rations for n month,
without any more rolling stock
than would suffice for the 0rdi-
nary traffic. The economy OF
such line is evident from the
estimate that at least one million
pounds sterling would be saved in
tho nero construction, whilo tho
cost Of maintenance and opera
ting would bo corrcspondingly
diminished. The results Of this
experiment will be looked for
with deep concern in this country,
where the question Of narrow
gauge railroads is attracting tho
attention Of all men engaged in
the improvement of tranSporta
ton facilities.
The sacrilcgious outragcs OF
the Paris rcvoIulionists arc hor-
riblo in their details, accounts
Of which now como to hand
through correspondence. When
the mob Of National Guards occu-
pied tho Church Of Nolrc Dame
DIES Victories, thcr first act was to
cXpcl, with various insults and
foul abuse, the numbers Of people
who were saying their prayers
then they arrested tho clorgy and
some Of tho nci ghboring inhabi-
tants who camo in TO protest.
Tho doors were shut, and the
prisoners wcrc informed by an
officer, in pompous speech, that
tho object Of tho visit was to "sccll
for corpscs in tho name Of high
morality" The stone pavement
was pulled up ; the treasure Of the
church, which was very consider
, blc, including gifts Of precious ob-
Jccts and Votivc offerings, worth
moro than $4,000, was soon dis.
covered in cellar; but the search
for ''corpscs" was less productive.
1t was not till late in the evening.
whom the diggcrs got down deep
into the old burial ground, that
skeletons were found. During
tho night, the Guards, Of course,
got drunk: in tho intervals Of
their work they put on tho vest
mcnts Of the clergy, and executed
dances and sang obscene songs
before their prisoners. The orgic
went on all tho acXt day, the
church being dcspoiIcd Of every
thing, tho Guards paid out Of the
votivc offerings Of money in the
! cash-boX, tho old monastic vaults
! opened and the bones used as
drum sticks and the skulls stacked
like cannon balls. Tho consccra-
ted waters were dispensed in
mockery Of tho Holy Communion,
to crowds Of gaping gamins, and
every sacrilcgo which foul minds
could conceive was pcrpetratcd.
At the now Church Of tho Trinity,
1 tho Guards brought out the mar
bic statue of the Virgin, gem Of