Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1846-09-19
Rambics I'm western Virginia.
GrkNAS SETTLEMENT. Preston Co,
SAINT llh 1919

They arc engaged in the Carding and weolen business. ]
am glad to see this. There is room for moro. When the
country becomes better opened there must be done here nc
ordinary amount OF this Kind OF manufacturing. The coun
try is emincnty suited for IL. There is no region 50 wei
adapted to the raising Of sheep and the production OF wool
II the farmers would more generally turn their attention &c
this subject 1t would be both wise and profitable TO them
The hnest native wool ever produced in this county came
from Western Virginia. There was not half the attention
paid, either, TO the growth Of the sheep from the bodies Of
which Il esme, that is paid yearly to their sheep by ali the
wool growers Of New York and Vermont. This fact alone
speaks volumes In favor OF raising sheep, and Of the besr
quality too, in Western Virginia. I would say TO the peo-
pie OF this region of our State, as the good seaman's poeI
said to the sailor. "There is hope for thee yet" Improve
your advantages, and strike while the iron is hot, and your
influence and prosperity will in a few years be ten times
greater, as well as that Of your State and your whole coun.
n.y. Look to II that you are not betrayed by men who are
solely seeking their own interests by pretending to be the
special friends Of yours. If many of you are not to be
grossly wronged by these political aspiiants. you have no
hh in your river. But you shall understand me better as
l so along.
The nme having arrived when / was to take leave Of
many cherished friends, we all cam together and took the
parting shake. Our first rate friend, franklin Leonard of
tho Valley Hotel IAN excellent housed mounted a, into a
Jersey wagon with old and young "lssses," and off we
started, SIX miles down the river, To meet the friends in
whose private carriage we were, with hem TO wend our
way 10 Winchester. IL was a pleasant company The
town has more beautiful women in It than any other pl,co
tor Its population | know OF in North America. Take that.
girls II IL Justly due 10 you. As 10 the men, both married
and single, l can pay no such compliment. A heap of ham
py days for these young mouniain maids Consideuny
their opportunities, their Intelligence will comparc with
youns aides any where on this continent. Many will de-
serve n better tate than l fear wall bcfall them.
Fun maEy a flower is born to ,ia,h un-esn,
And waste it, swcetaess on the desert air"
we remained here until morning, whom We seated our
selves AFTER oreakiasiin the carriage with u young Jole Elle
aud her aunt, aud commenced our long and weatisom, ,opr
ney. The morning opened very pleasantly. The roais
were iolerably good until We reached a pace where il f,rk.
shout eiSai miles on the way, called 'BuzzIrd's G!ury' The
place Is SAID 10 have taken its name from the poyerty of The
soil and 4 lazy descendent of Japhet who resided ~ :,
His hocks, small a. they were, were so Door thar the R,,-
tards were always hanging around them, and when one
kicked The bucket he was most usually half eaten up be-
fore life had fed, by these winged hyenas. Our course b.J
been all day up Leading Greek, a fine stream. on which,
might be carried on, and no doubt WILL some d-zsn mills
and manufacturing establishments. Leaving IL. howey.r
70 the night, we wheeled about aud pushed up the Laurel
Hill Mountain. The road over this mountain was a lit,Io
better; and well il might be, for 1t was almost perpendicu.
lar but alter that, there was : disasreeable change. For
SIX miles We were compelled 10 follow the bed Of Clover
Creek as the only road, over logs and rocks. Such a tum
bling rumbiing, gnmbling, see-sawing and gee. having
no one perhaps ever heard or saw before on one road, for
so short a distance. We averaged but lrle over a mile an
hour. Had not the driver been a first rate one, some Of
our bones would have been broken-ss it was, our carriage
gave way and left the ladies' 10 mediate in the woods on an
island IN the Greek, while tho driver and myself .ot tn
work 10 repair the broken parts.
Having accomplished this job as well as We could. VIC
reseaied ourselves, and continued down the stream TO 4 Mr.
Parsons. He is a fine man, Jack of all -trades,"-and
among Others, = blacksmith. No one could have been
more acceptable. lie fixed up cur carriage in less tme
than you could say Jack Robinson" We here refresh-
ed ourselves. Mr.. p, though living apparently in regions
uninhabited by man, has a very intelligent and interesting
family. Were the country opea, population would soon
establish Its dwelling places here. They spin their own
wool, the growth Of the country II is a rich and splendid
article. Western Virginia has received, in the late tarifE. n
blow which will knock the breath out Of the nosuls OF
that Ep-loving agricultural party, 50 far as her wool is con
cened. / asked one OF the democratic wooLerowsrs IN
the West how he felt JUS; now towards his inends, in pre-
ieHins foreign WOO. 20 Ameueanl He was intelligent, and
SAID, 81 ieel,-l ice.-l don't want TO say anything about
II. i hope We viii get along but Idon'f see how There
are many VINO are now ." between a sweat and a chill
over the tamil o! &c, and some Of them will bolt when the
packet nsrue becomes seriously affected. There are many
with whom IsympaihIze IN their adherence 10 the party
men who / believe are honest aud udly sincere. There
are others, agsin. for whom | can have no such feeling.
After our horses had been fed, we started again down the
creek, passing along some Cy good farms. Two miles from
this We came 10 4 mI4-Ihe smales, thing Of the kind /
ever saw Ten men would till it up. The owner, w. ].
Harper, i the oVerseer Of thIs-to say the Instantaneous
road. lie holds the credit OF the station, without ever NJ.
tending to IL duties. The Attorneys and Grand Juries Of
cur counties are Tar too remiss ~ bringing offending over.
-eers OF roads TO Iustcc. These oyerscsE have the power
to call out the people twice a week, If necessary. 10 keen the
roads IN order. Our state - renowned ir bad roads. One
OF two things Is incVItabe FITst, our people delight IN
this GI-gace; OF, secJn.ly, they ATE interested ia screen
log ot.ndoFs for lear they will be revenged by forcing them
10 WORK a huIo oiener. Wherever bad roads exist, you
may put II down that the people who are % be benefited
by them are without pride, zeal or 'Aste. Good roads add
to the value OF mems property, open the county to mar.
keis, and create wealth and population. No one will ira
vel along this Clover Creek road without being compelled.
Col. Golf could no: do a better act for Randolph, than in
compelling these ovcrseers Of the county TO do their duty.
Il will make outlets to markets, and I'll the county with a
denser population. We held on a steady tug for four miles
farther, and brought up for the night at Mr.. William Ew.
ings, at West Ford. Just as we arrived, q country parry
Of the %neighbors were dispensing 10 their homes. How ac-
tive these mountain lasses arc! They can make 4 leap
from or on a horse in one bound, striking clear Of every
thing near them, with extraordinary deIteniy.
After supper, Mr.. Ewing and myself got into a regular
squabble about the Right Of Way aud a Convention
He Is a delegate 10 the Weston Convention, called for the
purpose Of agitatng 10 the West the right of way for The
Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road. The Baltimore Company,
while they profess to be satisfied with the McConnelsyile
line from Piits5urg on TO Cumberland, are still excl
ting tho people in the West against their government, 10 a
state Of madness and frenzy that hiss no comparison. They
arc leading the people here to hold up two alternatives to
the Lcgisiatufe-eIthe TO give them this Right Of WAY.
or divide the State. I tried to reason with him. that tLe
people in the counties advocating the Right Of Way were
opposed by people in other counties equally a. numerous.
II not more 80, aud vino paid more revenue TO ;he State
that while they were 30 divided among themselves, they
could not expect the Legislature Of the State to discriminate
In favor OF the smallest party, and al the same time do On ir.
reparable injury TO their own public improvements In which
they had invested many millions yf dollars. besides confer
a benefit upon Maryland and Baltimore, which neither
Maryland nor Baltimore would yield to Virginia or any Of
her proud cities. The claim is eStrayaglnt; and in addL
ton 10 this. Mr.. mcLane. in behalf u the Baltimore Com.
pany and the State Of Maryland, asked for the upb, Of
way TO Wheeling, which the Legislature not only granted.
but on their own orms-tho bill which passed the Legs.
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MCLane himself. The contract was a fair one; and 90
long as the State hos no desire 90 annul the agreement.
Mr.. McLane or The Company should not. The attempt,
then, on the part Of the Baltimore and Ono Rail Road TO
intrigue with and stir up Jealousy, dsirnst and hatred, in
the minds Of the people IN Western Virginia, towards their
Eastern brethren, who are to share a common destiny with
them. - a. act waning In comfy and good ncizhbOrhOod.
! do not charge this upon oil the parties in tho Baltimore
Company, Or the people Of Muyland-fOr that would be
iDly-bUt upon o]steEsibio SCENTS Of the former. They
first amuss Pennsylvania and then Virginia with falacioua
promises. Tic scene is DOw shifted 70 Virginia, and all
this il.i and winter tho West is 20 keep up a regular b!us-
ter. ] ind a large number, however, even in these
disahecied counties, who believe that the grant will
be Of small Importance compared with the fuss msdo over
It, and the hazard they may run by defeating other i'm
p~foyementB they now moro urgently stand m need Of. The
people Of Lewis, IN which county this convention is 10 be
held, have a majority opposed to this right NJ way, as it
must destroy their road leading 10 Stanton and Parkers-
burg.
The most Of the more reasonable Of those who desire q
Convention, would, with the East, be able 10 form a com.
promise constitution without much difficulty. The evil
heroI BE- principally with some Of those six penny lawyers