New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-10-14

charges are very moderate We usually paid Is cents
per head for such dinner have described; and the
amount for the food Of horses But you can
not often get oats, and the is dangerous to
horse flesh.
OF the traveller picks out the largest house at
which to stop for dinner and thus you the best side
Of this country life The little log cabins at the roadside
belonging to the poorer sort, are utterly oheeress
Usually they stand plump the road, and have not
the pretcnse Of dooryard. Your approach Is an
nounced by o hound two, whose bark brings out
troop of children with the whitest heads you ever saw
whs peep around the Of the house at you
can get look into the back door, you may see the
mother nursing baby and you see the father ne mas
probably gun over his shoulder, and no game IN his
hands at must be hard thing to be woman IN TINS
country" said to native seeing bedragged motner
working around. "By dash, Sir" he REPLIED Sharply
ats dashed hard thing to be man In this country
too the women have tongues" was very GLAD 70 near
1t; and wished to mylsou they had claws as wen.
The main road from COlesmouth to Kanawna rams neS
almost constantyin sight OF the railroad and frequently
crosses it, and thus we had opportunity to see the
condition Of this work. important to all THIS region
The grading is completed, with few unlmpor'an'
breaks the Fas the ties are either laid or al hsnd
and all is ready for the iron. Tho work has not been
very heavy so far, for the country is comparatively
easy Tho mountain torrents. which pour into the
Kanawha have made necessary good deal OF masonry
and 1t is very plain that the Companys Chief Engineer
Major II. ID. WhitcOmb, has known how TO select gooo
nasons The high stone arches bridges, and cuverts
are admirably solid and the sandstone Of the country
has been laid so workmanke manner that our party
often stopped in admiration of it. do not know OF
road in the country whose stOnework will compare with
that Of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad so far as
have seen it.
At this season the mountain streams dry, and we
usually rode through the high stone cuvers II the road
crossed the railroad. surprised at one OF these
points, to hear countryman that the Railroad Com
pany building roadway the grade, near the
arch %" should think you d prefer to ride through
here said l. is the easiest grade" he replied, You
do Mt know this country Sir for nine months you might
ride your horse through here dry shod but when 1t has
raned for day. could MT get horse through mere
not Of yOu had forcepump," said he, emphatcAuy'
An old resident Of this region told me that IL only
about years since the peope here began to use the
coal which abounds in all their hill-sides TIL then
they thoughtit useless stone, and did not know that
would burn
The geological fOrmatiOn-or rather the position OF inc
strata this regonis singular. For the last 10 miles
in fact since we left the OhO-we have seen no up
hoavals The belts Of rock lie fatty as when they
were deposted: and Il Is evident that the rivers and
smaller streams have worn or cut their way down.
hundreds of feet through the rock, slate and coal
this Is true 1t would to follow that here Is con-
siderable region which has lain quite untouched by con-
vulsons which upturned the rocks either side OF it.
This popularity must, should think, be great advan
tage to those who will mine here for coal when the
railroad Is completed. II they open seam on the
side of a mountain they have Only-uness there arc
faults withn-tO dig in level and are relieved from
expensive drainage works had not, however, the op
pOrtuuty TO ask any experienced miner If this sup
position proves correct In practice.
CHARLES EoRDHoFF.