Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1841-12-11
WESTERN VIRGINIA..
THE BURNING STEINGs-VlIE kANAwHA
NALLLY-SAIT-TC1I EWlNG--AOUN.
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b ,,Ee1t N1p1ula Valley. writes .s1u Cllr,sfpwr
"a inc 'H'NIsg account ui what ae hls sD,u au.
heard 90 the Hlr,fal Review
Our WY lay along fla bottom Of me Great Kan.
VIVA through mWen-c fields ul corn ct most ,uA u
rant g5owih-Nu observed srae stake twenty eve
r feet high. anl fields of ST.. acre. which averagcJ
hiaon feet aud the produce OF which this season
Wiu not De less lhlu so bushels o. tie acre. Ahou
-ih miles from Cu1rlc.ilWn we pissed vineyat,
'' some thirty acres. containing every variety Vi
.l'pe hu'vI az the Ei,G o. stopping % lllS "a
o. the owner with iaai gu,ICuCss ard hosr.tflify su
eIaucier, sic Of this pasi of tc country invited D.
'n aIicht aud on complying Se had an opaorttutt.
o., rrca.'u- ourselves ,ih the lschela-M .lri-F-
Aluse1Iiuc-Ali 5pnri--Siack C.iavha. ami ar.t.
varieties which DO not now rec,llcri This vino.
yard was commenced about Eve years ago and ur,y
yields one hundred b,rrels OF wine annually The
new o,iect OF interest Was The burning spring c.r.
mites irvm CharlCsiCWu. II dry Whom wu 90
rived. On sioppug t. cnguir, f,r irs where bra,e,
H"eiy yoang negro w,thou cNiuya-nut t.s. llg '.
Noy.and most civil how yuNtraI hie services 90
show rs the tiCn We oguI ili1 hr rectangular
hole aug IA a sort OF yc,.oWish earth. which. ht
oi barring shaving being thrown therein vas M
sl2uily lighted with q bri .iIu, lame ul deep co..
unge color Tins c1rft1ua Go 1Iru with r-gIt
VividIess and brill ancy during The whole time Ne
, rem1.nCl, which might have been hl.fal hour or
more. Our guide ir1.HlI us tili when once light
ed nothing would O1,u-ssh she blaze until % hop
pens 20 be- blown ont hy lIc wind n j. SAID th1i
Con. Washington was ,Ha first white nan who dis
covered ,his remarkable pheaomsuol--lnd the We
~ s11, d pI.aicd uut Jew rods from the sprnE
where be CuclnDrd or ,ac might WHOM visiting ,Ic
valley OF iEu Great Ram NhI o. survey tie lands
which hal brca granted o. him 1v TIE croyu si-
Iss good c'ailrI a. 8nllIrk', defeat. rs camp
hre' were lighted iu lIc vicinity Hl ,Ie spring. and
mach % als su.psis o.. oas rived l1i ihc Ores con
Iu."- ip aurH 40 .gr i.a i.Cl VAS c0rsu ned. lie
..F Hr.. d.
Csc might o. ulygigca, some future period. con
yea uur acre containing tine spring OBJ ihe state ul
/ Virginia which s.U retains tlc tIf.a-tui hl, .l-
/ CLOSED iue ground with substantial fence. Tho
/ country through which We pas. cd aADlais IN bate.
90 nous coal uI the very best qualify aud ggp.y.s
s,-gss Uf sa't wafer.
! Tue sa't springs oa lIc EsnavShl cx.enI twelve
mlIsson blIa sios OF ,lo river. Tlc wafer BE-
raised from wells 300 90 500 feet iu drph blythe
means 90. seam-t D. tlHu bodied De crsl irll pans
twenty iyc feet long by six and hnlf wide. ulcrI
over furnace - 20 100 lcet JIicu-;l. o. lrIug
HuisI thu water Iurus red aul is drawn oHlut1
urns 'rHIgs o. eco. aud settle; 10 o. Then retained
60 iue gamers ia wh:ch % IS blllod down INTO salt
and then put on platform l1r the purpose OF draw
ius oil iae nGTiIJo cd Iu- pr bitter voters as ihC
Nor,meu call .t 3UJJOGO bushels og sail are ma.
EuiHe.u51d 90 these works annually the brine
yelling one bg,Uyl OF -Ii, Co - cal ols OF waier
10 Was 90 lhcss WORKS Mr. Ewing, IaIe Secretary of
e
ior, Afterwards as Oycrseor / conycrscI with Nc
Charles Brown tho gentleman u ullse employ A,
worked, lie informed tue that Tom" comm need
cEi'ng WOOL Tor him al one dollar Jos dly: after
working ten hours lauhisily ha would spend
great portion Of hisnigl,s iu pouring over his book
II lcig;h h.s Industry and sOaT.eiy induced Mo
Brown % give him The situation OF uycIsecr; IN this
capacity Alr Ewing served hiia Tor several year..
until hc took Ihc works C Mr. Brown on his own
handel paying him real ceru.u number OF bus /
hc.s ul sIis annually. TIKI, urrlsstmeul proving ,
lucrative 20 I4r Ewing ~ ID as tI Isa owner he /
"us enabled o. give up work and devote bis iim. .
exclusively o. l- siuU.,s Mr. BrUl lost siru. Of
hn iof several yc-rs; aai heard DO mlIc OF Tom 4
until o. some public Isl'u hFniaslug O. baa q /
iAe coGu house q, CL4r,cs'u,yu Ma Blown st.y h.
"'t wo1dcui,cr engaged iu making asleech. II, !
listened 90 Giin 900 utter ar.'-u-t.; 90 length o..
la- unable io contain H.msr longer, ifa cxr.lngd
30 as o. Ha audible throughout ila uId.ue-. TeU I
done, Tom. Wei! done. Tom" WHAT au csling.. !
is bias Co ,he yoUla OF "aT country. aud what ara \
tus'a'o" II. Of 'he perfect equality Of our sys-
iCm.
But havcda,ayed zoo long among ihesalwork. |
nud mus. hasten on, irsi rtutrAiug Iual the moun.
,arns cu each SIDE %! ,hg river contain ih-ea LAYERS
90 veins Cd coal running horizontally aud lying par
a!.el o. "nr another. Toe seulcrauI the s4lt byi.
er, iur cabin .ui ias mandatory, are alike sup
Fcd ell the cost aud lrol5ie OF procurug 10 being
hands.
We stopped the frs, uiga, n Point Creek 30 |
miles from Char.esiowr; lodging GA board "a Store
boat m'oTcd al the shore The country about here
d rough w.th population 20 match. The night
before cur aIriya. white man met a negro In Inc I
road near where we Stopped, and without The least
prpvgca''11 stabbed him ..ai he died ohscr. /
we'd jhe affair dIi not create the same feeling a. 10
would DO with us alihe Fest; those whom heard .
talking about u seemed % think ac would b. hung
% he could upi raise $40 e. See "a particular lawyer
Perhaps the feeling would have been a. .r,uf bl.
lHc murdered man aai been nr-rr. although the /
laws maar up distinction. Qli.e O. eight TOOL, place I
on board OF abe Hl, during tGa might. butt was sid /
sleepy G'a E't Toxic much ustIcc of o. { heard
900 'Ht mom iuut one Capt Rhodes had hern
terribly cat Iu tIs vory apartment in which / was /
sleeping.
We stopped to mex, night nj Gaulay Bridge
near he rIsi!.ruce ullre New usl GIuf-. R.ypf-
w.IeH form luo K1uawUa From Point Creek ip I
.Ils place iho scene is maaUIiu-Uu The traveller
winds along among ihc mountains, az one place \
creeping under tremendous I4u!ug preciaices lbrrg.
igurg every instant CO. crush him. then DIVING f1i,
ine very depths OF lbe valley. wijh fine b.,l.r.-
ascending 10y udrGat slope Oh each side ofaIr, /
crossing 1nu.cy Bridge, wc pissed ug ilp north.
/ bank OF New River, continuity a.ccnl,u, .gI a.
c1s.ouai.y winding through tie tees ei.muses oil
ih'i rude "nd turbulent stream, lIe moro 50 per.
uIps OF any uI iuIs continent ride OF three g.
brought us i' path leading towards the rIypr- i
We here niI-IeI. aud tying orr horses 4, ,b. /
branch OF Uog, followed the path for distance of
some iNc.V" or Ui.aau rods. when le.Il,,Es1rsf'
scene wholly unique, uHI sIrpa.slayiu wild MAJ
H'ti,eHrc any iIug uy eyes over behold bYrsI lrr
p" "'. '.'I i'f severn. minutes mute with ,,yrr
't'. surveying lHo sublime prospect. 20. psa~.I
cd ihe pa.uter. or ils pen OF ibe poet can alone h
justice io I1s cls'.e ol1aiurc. Picture O., yours r.
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