The New York herald., 1845-07-13
DuMrnrrs. Va. July 4. l045.

traveller is SO seldom seen, that native would
mount his horse and ride five miles TO hear the
news. The personsl Of this section from the Poto-
mac 10 the mountains, are the descendants Of the
original settlers, with sprinkling Of the poorest
class from Maryland.
The nearest approach to agrarlanisn, Is seen here
the plantations are small and for the lack OF fcnc-
ing, they have substituted dogs and guns-to-day
your crop of grain promises you reward for your
labor-to-morrow at dawn, you will find fifty head
of cattle and horses in II, and Its consequent de-
strucon. Horses. cattle end hogs, are raised by
persons who have not an acre OF land IN cultivation,
hut who depe nd entirely theft and spolaton Tor
their raising The poor brutesare contnuallyn dan
ger of being killed by the farmer, who, with his
dogs and guns, mount guard night and day. Sheep
cannot be raised in this land OF equal rights Your
flock returns every night from the grazing with
loss OF one or two until they are all gone. umay
be sitting your door next morning, looking down
the winding path which leads to your log cabin,
thinking Of your lost sheep, when, before you are
with long beard. souched hat or cap, fitted jamb
to his small head under the visor OF which peeps his
sunken, rogueish black eyes, dressed usually in tight
pants, and scanty short, round Jacket stands be-
the news :" "Nothink, Mr.. A., ony dat saw one
Of your sheep dead down in de bottom, just cross
de gut" Ibid you skin it,. GidP' eyes sir, !
got il in dis bag" swell Gid, you're good fel-
low, and may nave ue meat come IN anu take
whilst he well knows his quondam neighbor, Gid,
had the meat safe in his lub Every one, white and
black, keeps dog, and some, half dozen; they
are never fed, but run at large, and when hungry,
will prowl around sheep pen at the dead hour Of
midnight like wo, es, and satlate their appeutes by
KILN: several sheep and sucking their blood
friend states, that after long watching, he killed two
dogs in his pen, who belonged two miles OF. These
dogs had killed in about ten days, dozen sheep
They would stealthny creep to the pen, and the ap-
proach of any one, was the signal for escape; and
my friend was obliged to lay concealed from sun,
down until daybreak several days, before he killed
them A sheep-killing dog Is a valuable acquisition
to one of these squatters
In the fall OF the year the woods abound with
hogs, ranging about for roots and acorns In No
vember they are driven to the pens and fed two or
three weeks, when they are killed tor pork Il Is no
uncommon case for one neighbor to find his hogs in
anothers pen and like Mr.. A., Is satisfied to put up
with it for fear of sustaining greater. II one IS
found with the property OF another, and Is fairly
caught SO that there is no mistake, he straghtens
himself, and with many oaths and in voice of
thunder proclaims, that any man who dares charge,
him with stealing, &c. &c-and that he is able and
can pay for the property, but as the owner was so
he might get his pay Hy the on Se Sen
competitor, always having the greatest number OF
friends, especially he is thriving and well OIL The
lawyers have often been known to take fees from
both sides, compromising suits to the advantage OF
pride of Virginia, are, with few exceptions, con-
roled by the constabes, who for the most part, are
chosen from among the cunning, cheating, buleying
class Their will is the law, and if they do wro. g,
the remedy is, Sue beggar and catch louise =
The anecdote of Gen. Jackson, when Judge, ia
king refractory offender by descending from the
bench and mingng with the posse co,nitatus, sinks
to insignfcance when compared with the monthly
glon.
This county is 80 miles long by medal breadth
of Is, or $50 square miles, and contains little over
6OOo inhabitants, black and white, or eight persons
tanning about 900 inhabitants, reducing the num-
Der to 6 to the square mile-consequently vast
waste of uncultivated barrens, covered with dense
growth of pnes and through which no trace or path
is TO be found excepting those of hogs cattle or hor
ses Wild turkies nearly asplenty as tame ones
account of the numerous rogues who supply the
hucksters. Partrldges. pheasants and ducks, IN
season, innumerable. The woods abound with per-
pins and cherries, apples and peaches, grow wild in
those barrens. This IS really the poor mau's coun-
try the land of equal rights, where means OF subslst-
ence SO easily obtained that very few work
more than the savages of the far west.
The inhabitants of this REGION. although unedu-
Gated, have much better knowledge of the causes
and effects of the American Revolution than the mad
fanatics of the north The anniversary Of indepen-
dence is always celebrated here in the ancient form
of mastering the militia, at which place the old men
meet to eat and drink and tell tales Of military life
in the Revelation and last war, and the young to
dance and frolic under the booths erected on the
muster-field, madeswith forks, poles and bushes.
Varieties.
The annual commencement of Dickinson College
at Carlisle Pa took place on Thursday the 10th inst
On the preceding day addresses delivered before
the literary societies of the college, by the Hon. b. f.
Butler of New York. and w. S. Waters, Esq, of Cen.
reville Md and poem by Mr. N. c. Brooks of Balti.
more The Rev. Dr. Durbin having resigned the Presi-
dency Of the College for the purpose Of entering upon
in thaI mir
Philadelphia, the Rev. Robert Emory unanimously
chosen to supply his place
Elizabeth NJ, daughter of Mr.. John Spencer, OF
Cadif Onondaga county was killed at that place about
O'Clock the afternoon Of the 4h by the discharge
of cannon. The waddng broke her arm and entered
her sde causing instant DEATH She was years of age
Ex-Presidenl Tyler was invited by the consttu
ents of Hanover to Virginia bsrbacuc at Atkinsons
Spring. but he has declined the honor.
The friends of Law and Order in Rhode Island
have presented Mr. H. B. Anthony editor Of the Prori
| dence Journal, with service of plate.
A part of Capt. Fremonts expedition have dis
banded themselves. Ten of them have returned to st
Louis account of their having been required to de
military duty.
Perkins and family, recently members of the Methods
mission in Oregon at the Sandwich Islands at tho
last dates and expected to sail for New Bedford in the
ship nez in March last Miss Goodell and Mrs. Dibblc
of the Sandwich Island mission, were expected to leave
in the same ship
About week since Mrs. Chance, of Burke
birth all Of common size and perfectly formed. Tr,
united from the dria, armpit, to the upper part Of M
nip bone. The union is perfect One child is living the
two which united survived their birth short time
only and are in preservation.
| monument is shortly to be erected near that o
Kosciusko at West Point, to the memory Of the gaan
Major Dade, who fell in Florida.
The annual commencement OF Rutgers College,
New Brunswick, will take place Wednesday, the 23t
instant The address before tho literary societies will
| be delivered by George b. Chcever, d. ID.
Long Branch and other watering places ou
Jersey shore, attracting the usual crowd Of
visitors
A remonsrance against grog shops in Phadel
phia signed by 5000 ladies' has been presented to thu
| Grand Jury.
Hon. John Iceland, of Amherst, Massachusetts
has given $1,000 to the American Board of Foreign Mis-
| sions.
| Two thousand three hundred carriages visited tn,
| Greenwood Cemetery lat month
Virginia and Tennessee contain over filty-eIgh
thousand persons, over twentyone years of age, whs
cannot re ad and write.
| EXHIBITION THE DRAGooNs.-We have alrea