New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-07-23
Virginia Travelling and Hospitality in the
-oufh.
Correspondence OF The Tribune.

Correspoctence ot The Tribune.
WAAN SFAING5 Bath County, Va July IS lsf7.
Above you have my Vhereabogt which you
h,vs lish, b kuoE and 20 hs- q, L.-s igs, run
Your eye s.ong Tie nap from Baltimore down the noble
Chesapeake Bay tea miles vide and two hundred in.
l,nd until you open the mouth OF the Rsppshsnnock-
then ascending tia; beautiful River for enc hundred
miles cr more wssh1s The fertile shores OF Midilsssx
Essex aad Carolne ancaster Richmond Westnorelani
su- King George you fni yourself sg'in the line Of
Atlantic Railroad a. Fred-rcksburs Here We w-rs
met by two ssidl8horscs bic amiy coach. sud hsnt
wagon i0r baggase. sent down by friend some 90
miles q meet US his gives you A. once specimen OF
southern Hospitality aud shows how they stlll carry
th.lgs on ia the ola Dominion. Tue first night without
any previous warning wlatever. a. o'clock. beat
up the quarters OF ine venerable Col TH0T 81 Berry
Hill Col i. = of the fe TIA, cit Of the Old
school. gentlemen OF Virginia. Ike the Leaves Of The
Sipy- growing more precious As they diminish IN mum
b-r Ills courteous spirit AMI CALAMITY make you forget
his see, and az oncs persuade you, that With al
men wun- sni children four servants and six horses
your call Is considered. la avcrr,j a favor aud not
81 Intrusion. From THE Hil' caught in the dis
lance nest morning the nrst view oi the Blue Ridge
lis easy and unaffected kindness made Us regret that
could not accept his Invitation q proong our STAY
but departing sitter good odfsshon-i virinis break
fast passed by Cupeper Court House and after
slowly travelling up hill aud down dale, toward night
passed Woodve, sad just a. sunset entered through
mountain gJrges valley As beautiful the happy"
De scrocd Rasclas. 10 the centre OF this plain
Whicn WAS evidently once the bottom OF q lake on
beautiful mound OF about ten scres stands Montpelier
House the residence OF Or. Z IHOsNToN In the midst
OF LOO acres and lacking only water view 30 nske it
decidedly the most charming situation tor climate and
scenery that nave anywhere between tbs Ores
cent cry on the Mississippi aud the Nights OF Aora
ham on the - Lawrence. Under bis h0spita1le roof
three weeks passed hSe many days Al last tore
ourselves away, aud crossing through "ThOruton's
Gap" passed over into Page County by ns Capital Lu
rby. and crossing the Shenandoah We arrived At Nec
Urrkff the grgnf MaCAllmlLal Turn.
pike which leads from Winchester 20 stanton Here
detained two days. waiting for the very
tain chance OF three vacant seats Ia tue mail stage which
passes at A. NJ and aiI~r two seepess nights got our
baggage the stage and hired conveyance % Stan.
ton Newmarket being you must know an incorporated
city 10 entitled 70 passing notice IL consists OF two
opposite Of wooden houses, with very lew eXcep
lions extending fora quarter OF mile on each side OF
the road. without solitary tree 10 mitigate the fierce
glare Of the does any house appear have felt
the ghest impress OF painter brush tor years past
In taors shop is the Council Board Here the Fathers
of the City hold their sessions IN tue wisdom OF which
they have deemed that sbaU within It's precincts.
perform that OF the three cardinal duties which con
sists In planting tree have often thought that all
municipal authorities should make 10 penal offence 10
omit planting before your door, but here It Is r.
yrssly Orbddegsud for what reason do you suppose
ID We give itupf Because they say in case Of FIRE, the
rees gif % spredd llc c0ndSrailOa Most wise
and prOvdeut Fathers
The whole valley ofthe Shenandoah Is, you know,
a linestone region-renOwned for its fertility,
what apprehend beyond rs actual productiyeness, for
according to tho estimate OF the best informed persOns
ia average yield in wheat does not excel that Of New
York which shown by the state returns OF eio was
below fourteen bushels 10 the This valley seems,
too to be realizing the prediction of the fancfUl and
philosophical NOLNEY 10 the increasing liability OF
limestone countries to intense drOHh, Tor the tOgae
keepers said there had not been rain since the % OF
Apr 10 wet the earth the depth of two inches, aud At
Newmarket Post Master appointed as far back as oOl,
ami (beiug good L0c0 sui in Office, remarked that
now there sgns OF water where 10 MS OoynOOd
Lar IA IN e. furp uFutIl In
Faouler Raypahann0ck and Culpeper Counties, the
average product OF Wheat Is probably not more than
seven bushels 20 the yet that whole country seems
admirably well adapted - Grass and from It's high IN
duatug character 10 sheep husbandry nor can II be-
doubted that these three Counties would carry several
hundred thousand in addition 10 their present docks
Better mutton aud lamb Is not 20 Oe found In the world
than az the tables Of the gentlemen whom visited, or
the hotels on the route, but u IL only tor
sona and lamb throughout the season for their
own use that they seem T. look Sharp ss OF dEg dc
oourt Gosssd OF regular inspection OF their docks,
to select ha besttu breeders and 20 pick out and any
how get clear OF all the surplus before they get old and
defective they visit their sheep only as powerful Chr,
,i.n Nations do weaker oneG 10 shear them other
he s e; sud s e az hey want IN both ease
% bite the dust" while the most weakly and aruess
are apt 10 run and inpr0re he bred
The whole valley IS magnificent farming country,
ing in appearance II well watered any district Of
equal extent In the counry snd Notwithstanding its dis
lance from market and tax on its produce OF cents
per blshe tor every 10 miles Of transportation, over 40
excellent Macsdsmzed road the Prce 81 iaHd here has
been constantly well maintained, bringing from SO 20
$50 and even 500 One sufficient reason tor this
Is 10 be found character and hGbNs Of ne tdrnDs
who are amOs, universally plain, hard~Orkng econo-
mica men differing IA this respect from their TEL
low citizens on the tioe-wsters Of the state large
proportion OF them are Of German blood with but little
ides OF any cultivation except toe cultivation OF their
land nor Of any enjoyment Ike he pleasure OF accumu
laOn Their ruling passion may De SAID 10 consist IN
sort Of land slg instinct which prompts them 70
lay in la every brass isrthng they can scraPe
together ON which they settle their children around
them With such q community, alive only u such pro
D. nsites IN emnenty healthy district and whore the
Mahussn check stops the great work Of Nature
there no danger tnst land Will undergo any material
fall In price whatever limits We may extend our pos
sessions, Might ever has add ever VIII DO ~ tramp
linz on ight where Il do Il with ASSURED nlptnHy
But / rnust not forget that yours Is great city
newspaper. constantly throwing Oft bulletins OF the
price OF stocks and Of bloody battles Tor accounts OF
which the taste OF our Christian pubic - becoming
more and more | mus, therefore cut snort
tbs dull account OF the dull pursuits OF country life add
ing only that by special conveyance We reached stan
ton that ight from Newmarket Thence you depart
a2P lodge Clover Dale. and bless me hour inst
Providence brings you safely here the next morning
and puts you down sucd place TO breakfast ADD r.
cruit yourself And when say % breakfast oont
mean a wag0nsrs breakfast such 10 We too often meek
with a, stage isyerns where you are forced y steP snu
where YOU are supplied the presumption tnat munger
will gobbs down ans thing for the fare here al tue
Warren Sprnzs cal assure you, 10 as various, and as
exclusively uce Ia material and cookery as you would
exeet or could desire the very best hotel IN New
YORK or in Psris-wth the greater cariy " bread Of
the most superb qualify and moreover the nnest reHson
every day OF the bath, the scenery the ysitors &c
vii spe Ak hereafter. In the mean Time hope u VIII
not sggravste your sUfrungs-~hicn kno" 8 ntoier
able-to state that the therm0meier never fses here
above sO-rsrely that-alwsys falling a. nignt down
below a. lesst one blaHket. RAMBLER.
Clerical Protest against slavery.