Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1847-07-30

I The following can be from the zen oil n1i'
other than our friend j. S S. OF the Farmers ~
brary. Wing as he is, we can excuse MS ,''''.
his. in consideration OF The attractive sKelch "
The most Interesting portions oiFirsinia. a 'a0'
sequcn. letter describes The company al '"'1
Springs thai ",lelishlfu resting place. wheie' W
side The most delicious bathing, and iaie " saws
iy the most las;idious, the company, ''hc .''''
which is always found in old Congress Han al
Saratoga. is of that intelligent, quiet and G0hseS's
kind, which Ter me has the strongest a'Iac''o'''
CORRESPONDENCE Of The N. Y. Tribunc.]
INIA-TGAVELLING AND IlOSPl-
TALLY IN THE SOUTH. ~
WARM SPRINGS, Bath Co., Va, July 10, ~.
Above You have my whereabout, which you
have RICH, 10 knew, and as 10 1ofr 4 gsf ae'e'-
lust run your eye along the map IRON baiii'noie
down the noble Chesapeake Bay, len miles VICE
and Two hundred inland, until you open inc
mouth OF The Rappahannock-then ascenains lna
beautiful river for one hundred m,ies OF mere,
washing The fertile shores OF MiuuieSgA, EsseA
and Caroline, Lancaster, kicninono, Ne WE a;n
land and King George, you find yourself again
an The line OF Atlantic railroad al FredeiicEs'
bnro. Here we were met by Two saddle-ho:ses,
his family coach and light wagon for our pas-
Gage. sen, down by friend some sixty miles 10
meet us. This gives you at once specimen y. "
Soulbern hospilalily, and shows how they sun
carry things on in the Old Dominion. The iirsl
night, without any previous warning whatever
at 9 o'clock, we beat up The quarters OF inc 'ene,
rable Col. Thorn, al Berry Hill. Col. l.. Is on'
OF the few that are elt Of the "Old Schoof gen
lIemen ofVirclnia, like the Leaves OF The Sloyb
growing more precious as they diminish IN mum
Der. His courteous spirit and sallanlry mast
you forget his age, and a, once persuade you md.
with all your men, women and cniluren, loui
servants and six horses, your call IS conSiaeled,
as he averrcd. a favor, and not an Intrusion
From this "uill" we caught in The distance ne1l
morning the first view Of the "Blue Ridge. -
His easy and unaffected kindness made US re-
oret that we could not accept his invitation 70
prolong our say; but departing, alter soou
old-iashoned Virginia breakfast, we passed oy
ling up hill and down dale, toward night passed
Woodvillc and just at sunset entered through
mountain gorges, A valley as beautiful as The
thappy" one described in Rasselas.
In The centre Of this plain, which was evident,
" once The bottom Of a lake, on beautiful
| mound OF about ten acres, stands montpelier
House. the residence Of DR.. 7. Thornton, IN The
midst Of 1000 acres, and lacking only waller
view TO make il decidedly the most charming ST.
| lualiCn ior climate and scenery that nave seen
anywhere between The Crescent City on The MI
| sissppi and the "Heehts OF Abraham ON the 81.
Lawrence. Under his hospitable root three
weeks passed like so many days. Al last we tore
ourselves away, and crossing through "Ihorn-
| IONS Gap" passed over into Page County, by lis
| capital, Luray, and so crossing The Shenandoah,
we arrived at New Market, 4 central polnl, on
The great Macadamized Turnpike which leads
from Winchester 10 Stanton. Here we were de-
tanned two days waiting tor The very uncertain
chance Of three vacant seats in the mail Stage,
which passes at l A. NJ, and after two sleepless
nights, got our baggage on in The stage ana hired
a CONVEYANCE TO Stanton. New-Market oeins,
YOU must know, an Incorporated ciy, Is enlllieu
10 a passing notice. Ii CONSISTS OIL TWO opposne
rows OF woo.cn houses, with very lew exceptions
extending ior quarter of n mile on each side OF
The read. without a solitary tree 10 mitigate The
fierce glare oil the sun, nor does any mousse ap-
pear 10 have .cl The lightest impress 81 4 pam
leT's brush for years past In lai!ors shop IS
the Council Board. Here the Fathers Of The VI
~ hold their sessions, in the wisdom OF winch
they have deemed that no man shat, within lis
preciucs, perform that one OF The three cardinal
duties which consists in planting tree. nave
often bought that municipal authorities shouiu
make il penal offence 10 Om1 planning trees De-
fore your door, but here it is expressly forbldden-
il up? Because, they say, III case oi fire, inc
trees might se,pe 10 spread lie confagraf'on. Most
wise and provident Fathers
The whole valley OF the Shenandoah is, as you
know, limestone region-renowned Tor It's ier'i,
lily, somewhat, apprchended, beyond lis aclua
pruducliyeness Tor, according 10 the estimate OF
the hes, informed persons. lis average yie,u 10
wheat does mol excel that Of New YORK, which,
as shown BY The Stale returns of 1913, was below
fourteen bushels 10 The acre. This valley seems
100 to be realizing The prediction OF The lanciiu
and philosophical Volney, as 10 the increasing IL
ability Of limestone countries 10 ilishM a'oha,
for The toll gate keepers said there had not been
rain since The I'd OF April 10 wet the earth 10 me
lep,h OF two inches, and n New-Market fosl-
Master appointed as far back as Io0i, anu loelns
4 good Lccc,l still in Office, remarked that now
there are no signs OF water where in his boyhood,
there were streams large enough TO "tuIn MIL"
In Fauquier, Rappahannock, and Cuipeper coun-
ties, the average product ol Wheat IS proDapiy
not more than seven bushels 10 The acre, YET lhal
whole country seems admirably we'll adapted TO
Grass and from lis high, undualing character 10
sheen husbandy; nor can il be doubted, ihat lhcsc
three Counties would carry several hundred lhon-
sand in addition to their present iiocSs. bes'er
yon,,un aud lamb is mol 10 DC fonrd IN Inc Wo.iu
Than n The tables of the gentlemen whom VISIT
"a ar The hotels on The route but is only Tor an
occasional mutton and lamb throughout The sea-
con for their own use, that they seem to look on
Shesp as OF ann account! Instead OF regular
inspection OF their tlocks 10 select their oes! lot
breeders, and 10 pick out and anyhow gel ciear u
all The surplus befo,c they get old ana detective
they visit their sheep only rs powerful! Christian
nations do weaker Ones, 10 shear lheni, OF olhel-
wise help themselves 10 all they want. In both
cases The sloctesi and most vigorous are most apI
to be made 10 "ble The dust" while The most
weakly and ariless are apt to run and lmp7ors
| Tie brecd.
The whole valley is 4 masniticcn! farming
country cquaing in appearance, il well walcied,
any district Of equal extent in The country, and
1 Notwithstanding is distance from market and
tax on lis produce oil cents per bushel for every
10 miles OF transportation, over an excellent Ma
cadamized road, The prccoj land here has been con-
SANITY well maintained, bringing from S35 10 so
and even $50 IN acre. One sufficient reason for
this is to be found In The character and habits Of The
| Farmers, who are almost universally plain, hard
working. economical mon, differing in this respect
| from the. ieow-ci;izens on the waters 81 Ire
| Stale. a large proportion Of them are OF German
6cod, with but iyiic idea oil any cultivation e&-
cept the cultivation OF their land, nor oil any en-
| ioymen like the pleasure OF accumulation
'fher ruling passion may BE- said to consist IN a
sort OF land-m0nse,ing instinct, which prompts
them to ay out in terra Erme every brass iarthln5
they can scrape together, On which they settle
| their children around them. With such COM
MUMMY, alive only to such p.oreDsiles in an emf
nenily healthy district, and where the Mailhnsian
check never stops the great work OF Nature, there
| is 10 danger thai land will undergo any material
fall in price, Ia whatever limits we may extend
our possessions, as Might ever has and ever vii!
60, by rampling on Right, where ii can do il with
assured impunifu.
Blu, must not forget that yours is great city
newspaper, constantly throwing of bulletins Of
The price OF stocks and Of bloody battles, for ac-
commits OF which the taste of our Christian public
is becoming more and more ravenous ! must
therefore cut short this dull account OF the dull
pursuits Of country life, adding only, that by a
special conveyance we reached Slaunton that
night rom Newmarket. Thence you depart Al ?
P. M, lodge at Glover Dale, and bless The hour
that Providence brings you safely here The next