The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-10-11
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the Engine at Might.

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TunneI-HintOn-N River-O.
the Engine At Night.
Mr.. Little, the versatile and accom-
plished editor Of the Fredericksburg
Neus, in his last letter from the Whit
Sulphur Springs, gives the following
interesting sketch:
The city Of Rouceverte That is ths
name the Jesuits, VINO explored thls
country in the year -. gave to the
Greenbrier river. ltmeans Brier Green
! suppose. This place was formerly
called Edwards Mill" At the White
Sulphur l felt much interested in the
p cture of the city of Ronceverte. !
dwet, figuratively speaking, on Railroad
avenue, or on the more retired suburbs
OF Pocahontas avenue. Then l was in
doubt whether Monroe avenue OF
Greenbrier avenue were not more
desirable. Ronceverte is peculiarly
arborious and fruitful Of streets-on
the map. There are Walnut, Locust
Spruce, Pine, Cedar, Maple, Cherry,
Poplar, Birch, Vine. Charming, amt
they? do you understand trees9'
said Goethe. Ronceverte is certainly
very mposipg-as picture. Ii imposed
on me. That picture may be birds
eve view" OF what it is 70 be, but no
prophetic bird ever saw it look that
way. When we arrived one asked,
How do you like RonceverteY "Where
is it?' | inquired. There it is." A
depot and warehouse and two or three
unfinished houses, and two saw mills a
mile or 80 out OF sight2 Oh, Ronce-
verte, what have done that you should
20 deceive me. 1t was like a young
mans whiskers-largely laid out, but
very thinly settled. For 800 a lot was
offered me-lots Of them. Not being
in the Lottery business we didn't take
ticket. Any one green enough to buy
in Ronceverte will get stuck.
1t won't do to stay at this charming
village. A big puddle near it reminded
Que Of the party OF place where it was
so damp he had to hoe his corn with a
dipper and dig potatoes with hook
and line!
Our next visit was to Anderson, in
Monroe county. The population is
numerous. No census has been taken
1t has improved 600 per cent in six
months. There are ten to twelve houses
going up. The chicken legs, &c. re-
mind me OF Gordonsville. All the
chickens on this road have az many legs
as a centipede.
All along the journey remember that
the mountain scenery continues to be as
l have attempted to describe it, and far
surprising anything my poor pen can
picture.
The next object Of special interest is
the Great Bend Tunnel, one and a
quarter miles long, the longest com
pleted tunnel in the United States. |
travelled through one, years ago, in the
south of France, between Marseilles
and Lyons, which was three miles long,
but this is long enough. Charles John.
son, E.q., OF Richmond, is the con-
struc or, aud he 81 ems TO have done his
work well. The tunnel is straight, and
you can always see daylight in the dis,
lance, if you are under ground. / pre-
fer to be on top, as tunnels are nc
favorites of mine Moving slowly into
this gaping cave of darkness, one sees
the small lamps fastened to the caps
O, the darkies at work, fitting about
like uneasy demons, the glare OF the en-
gine's fire, while it snorts forth its vol
umes OF smoke and sparks, and the
shrill shrieks OF its steam whistle re-
vertebrate through the b'ackuess, and
make the sulphurous smell more vivid
all combine to suggest the lower re-
eions. We were reminded Of the dar-
KEY who fell asleep on the cars, and
woke up in dark tunnel, and thought
the old boy had her sure Her mistress
tol her 10 hush up, when she screamed,
"Oh, mistrs, | know | Am in hell now,
TOR knew you would be sent there y
Hinton-Is that Hinton2 "I never
should have known it," as the little boy
SAID when the letter "a" was pointed
out to him. "Is that A? never should
have known it"-even if you had given
me a hinton it. 1t has six houses. four
OF which are bar-rooms. The other two
belong to the Chesapeake and Ohio
Railroad Company. 1t is forty'three
miles west OF the White Sulphur. Here
the Greenbrier unites with the New
river, which is wider, some 1000 or
1900 feet in fact, and the scenery be-
comes, il possible, more beautiful. The
mountains are more distinct and indi-
vidual. The river is shallow, and the
water moves along as if whispering to
the rocks, and ripping into crests o.
foam like gentle waves, laughing as
they kiss the shore. ,
Went down 10 the end Of the track
where hundreds of hands are working
with a will.
Returning we dined al fresco with
Mr. George Thompson, chief Of track g.
laying department, who was very kind
and polite, and whose beef was exceed
ipgly tender. We made good time
coming back. The ride through the
mountains on the engine at night was
a novel and agreeable variety, and ex-
ceedipgly comfortable in the chill night
air. The wild country was in abouuds
in bears, wolves, wild cats, deer, DC.