The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-11-26

Hctu tHChsou ilfSis LOO th'SH' "Soe iAoh
Richmond, one at Jackson's river, and ont
west OF Allegheny station, not far from thu
White Sulphur Springs. AT Cady's tun
mel the water was so high on Friday nigh
that the express train could not pass east
and remained at White Sulphur.
On the western division-between Hinton
and Huntington-there is no break OF any
kind, and the trains are running with thcil
usual promptness. superintendent Nal
lory, OF the western division, photographed
morning TO that effect, his message goins
around by Cincinnati, &c. This is probably
the first time that the western division ha
been unframed in case Of food, and th'
officers on that end are now quite 1ubilan
over their good fortune, having their part o
the line exempt from damage.
MOVEMENT OF TRAINS.
The express train due here on Saturda,
morning at ! o'clock, not being able TO pas
the breaks, went back to the White Sui
phur. .1
The mail train which left here on Satur
day morning went as far as GordonSville
and returned on it's usual time.
The accommodation train is running 4:
usual.
No trains were moving on the eastern
division-bctwccn the White Sulphur ant
Charlottcsvile-on Saturday.
The express train did not leave Richmond
on Saturday or Sunday night, but may leave
tonight. The mail and accommodation
trains will run, as usual, as far as Gordons
vile.
Two special material trains left here OF
Saturday evening with Superintendent
l., cyh p1x
OF timber, DC, to repair the damage to the
Rivanna treStllng.
4 special passenger train left Gordons
vile yesterday at 4. NJ. and left Rich
mond at 4 =. NJ.
WHEN THE ROAD Will. BE OPEN.
1t is expected and confidently believed
that all the damage to the road will be re-
paired by to-day, and that tonight or
Tuesday morning all the trains will be rum
ming on their usual time.
AT THE CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO wHARvEs.
Az soon as the information OF the antici.
pated high water was received here Mr..
Dunn went down to the James River
wharYes, where vast quantity OF freight
was stored and directed the removal OF all
the freight and lumber which might be car.
ried away il the river rose above the dan
ger-iinc. More than one hundred freight
cars and u sufficient number OF locomotives
were DISPATCHED to the wharvcS, and the
hands were kept busy during the night in
loading the freight and moving it away from
the danger Of being washed away.
IN MANCHESTER.
The rise in the river did not Interfere with
operations in the mills and factories along
the watcr-linc. They continued to work
until O'Clock L. M.-the usual hour for
work on Saturdays.
Everything movable was taken off OF the
lower floors and put in place OF safety.
With the exception OF 4 new house on
Sharpc'S island there is nothing OF value on
any of the islands OF the james.
\ large quantity Of drift-wood, few
chickcn-coops and pumpkins, floated by on
evening. Persons having boats
on the river took them out or had them Sc
curely locked.
At the Westham Granitc-Works prepare
tionS were made for the reception OF the de-
youring element. In October, 1870, Mayo's
bridge was carried away. The present
structure is several feet higher than the one
then swept away, and the iron arches make
it heavier and not so easily washed away.
The water at that time came up to the cor
ner OF Hull and Third streets. The entire
city north of Third and east Of Hull street
was submerged, and communication was
only had with the city by means OF boats.
TIE ArPoMATToX RIVER = :, +
Our Petersburg correspondent, in his let
ter on Saturday night, says: ..
The AppomattoX river and the streams
this section are much swollen in
nF +ha
of the past two or three days, but no dam
age Of Importance has been reported.
THE DANvILLE OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
The Danville road, it is believed, has sus-
tanned no very serious loss. About O'Clock
Saturday afternoon, in consequence OF the
washing away OF an embankment just this
side OF Staunton river, the telegraph lines
were broken down and the communication
in that way interrupted. After that tele-
graphic messages to and from Danyllle were
sent by way Of Lynchburg. But no addl-
tional disaster OF consequence was reported,
and I'D to 10 O'Clock Saturday night the Of
ficers OF the company here were under the
impression that their loss was but slight
compared with other roads.
The embankment near StaUnton river
can, it is believed, be replaced in two or
three DAYS. The train south did not leave
Saturday night.
Colonel Talcott thinks that even il the
bulk OF water coming down the river IS as
great as in 1870 the flood will not be as dis
astrous nor rise so high here, for the reason
that the Dutch-Gap canal has since then
been greatly enlarged, many OF the oD'
structions in the river removed, and better
outlet thus given the water. lie remem-
bers, too, that in 1870 on the first day OF the
freshct there was an EXTRAORDINARY nlgn
tide, and that both on Saturday and Sunday
easterly winds were blowing, which backed
I'D much water. Without these winds. ana
in the improved condition OF the river, ne
believes it impossible for the flood to reach
the marks Of 1870. .t.
The stone monument in front OF the st.
Charles Hotel commentaries, and the arrow
on the metal plate fixed to it marks eXactly'
the highest point reached by the water IN
1870.
OTHER RAILROADS.
The heavy rains have not damaged the
Fredericksburg and Potomac
railroad. The Potomac river ut Quantlco
on Saturday morning was higher than 1t has
been since the erection Of the WharveS
there. The high east winds from the ocean,
with the heavy rains, no doubt caused thls
rise in the river.
There was nc damage reported on either
the Richmond and Petersburg or Richmond,
Y ork River and Chesapeake roads, but the
Y ork river boat did not reach West Polnt
on time Saturday morning, being delayed
several hours by tic winds and storm on the
bay. s-' '..', ..,..
A MIDNIGHT SCENE.
At12 O'Clock Saturday night representa-
tive OF this paper made tour along the dock
and through the streets bordering on
Sheckoe creek. The scene was one OF de.
cidad animation Tn MANY reSDects it re-