The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-04-30
letter from Huntingdon

Correspondence Of the Richmond Dispatch.l
HUNTINGTON, w. VA, April %, 1874
I regret to state that the Ohio river and its
tributaries arc again very high-at least
TWENTY-FIVE feet above low-water mark at
this point. The theory that the cutting OIL
of the forests
plAlSIsHaS TIE AMOUNT OF RAINFALL
certainly will not hold good. During the
uast winter, and SO far this spring, there has
been an uninterrupted series Of high waters.
The river has not been down to loY-watcr
mark since last November, and we have
had at least three extraordinarily high
waters, when Gallipolis, Pomeroy, Point
Pleasant, Parkersburg, Marietta, and other
places along the river were partially over
flowed. There has been no high water in
forty years that would reach the level OF the
lowest part Of Huntington. In 1851 the
water was little out OF the bank here, put
reached only to the lowest floor OF an ola
house on the river bank which Is used as OIL
fees for the telegraph and railroad compa-
mics, This continued high wat VIII Gount-
less swell the Mississippi, and increase Tue
trouble in Louisiana. Arkarsas' anu 'iiss's'
sippi.
CELEBRATION BY ODD FELLOWS.
Yesterday yeas gala day here, on account
| thn Odd Fellows celebration, which con-
sisted of Il parade, an address by Captain T..
| Gihsop (who was member Of your Con :
| ,,on.l and u masquerade ball at night,
which was largely attended by 1.-THE beauty
and the chiyalry."
| A SERIOUS AND FATAL ACCIDENT
took place in the adjoining town of Guyan'
dotte yesterday Afternoon by when Dir. Is
n. Lee uayslip, deputy postmaster, lost his
lite. man named Smith had had a quarrel
with another man during the DAY, in which
pistol was drawn which Smith took away
from his opponent. lie went to the post
:, office. and was explaining to Haysip how he
took the pistol, when it was accidentally dis
2 charged, the ball entering hear the heart
| killing him almost instantly. MIR. HaySlip
, was editor OF u little paper called the Echo.
:, He was euterprising and deserycdly popular.
Some persons accuse Smith Of having shot
q him Intentionally, but | have no idea that
; was the case.
4 IMPROVEMENTS.
nj Parties have made some progress in get
ting stock subscribed to an iron blast-tur
mace and rolling-mill here; it is hoped to con-
b pletc it this year. There are undeniably
i great advantages in manufacturing iron here
= The Ensign Car-Wheel Works are in ope
ration, with q limited force, turning on
twenty wheels per day of firstrate quality
Captain Ii. c. Parsons is erecting on hi
IS place large establishment for woodworking
,e machinery. He procures the engines fron
, your city. Major w. S. Downer, formerly O
:, Richmond, furnished the plans Of the build
y. ings, engines, NC.
II There are fine opportunities for invest
mcnt III this vicinity in coal and iron land:
k There has lately been discovered r fiye-foc
. vein of good coal within three miles
Huntington and a mile Of the Ohio river.
~ is a curious fact that Notwithstanding tn
er improvements that have been made here, Ii
Sc country in the immediate vicinity is terr
4 tncogntta as TO the mineral deposits. | hay
- do doubt that when it is fully explored
= will be found surprisingly rich in both co,
~ and iron. Yours, y.
). recon. Con-" is the Ohio way Of sayin
il constitutional convention. That raili-fa
e theory is unphilosophical, and therefore foo
Vt ish. 1t is simply impossible that the cuttin
down OF forests should diminish the rain
fall of the globe. The more evaporation
+ the more rain; but the more forests, the les
s eyaporatiOnl