Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1851-11-19

STAUNTON AND VICINITY.

The editor of the Richmond Dispatch has re-
Gently paid brief visit TO Slaunon, and seems
! highly delighted with his trip. We make the fol-
lowing extract:
| From the mountains to Staunfon our route YVES
undressing, because altogether in he night. BY
early dawn we were up, and looked from tho
windows OF our room upon town we had never
seen bu in the first of The seven stages VI human
life, before memory had arranged in our mind her
dagueneotype apparatus for receiving and retaining
the impressions Of things seen with The eyes Born
IN the adjmning county of Bath, where ouI ances-
tors had long lived, we never saw thai ans The
town we were now in; butiin infancy yet, as we
grew up, We drank in with delight The legends and
descriptions Ofour native land from the Hrs pf those
to whom it was dear slmos, as life Strange were
the feelings with which we looked for,be frs,
time upon The happy town of SIauD,on, enbosonr
ed in of the most beautiful yaIlie=ih ~. void,
| We wandered DER, lis hls'with delight, and re-.
garded every rood Of ground as peciils as lsonrt
il were carpet Of gold. We were LOST 70 ibe ad-
miration of the towering hills SO finely cultivated,
bounded by the tall mountains that seemed as cuE:
tains dropped from Heaven to shut out HE rude
gaze Of the world from this peaceful vale! au
Here, too, we saw signs of the labor OR lhe Cen
tral road, a work We begin TO regard with the
| warrfest attachment, because it connects Richmond
with The glorious lands we have spoken IT. Siaun-
ton has the appearance Of an industrious and TIM
perae town, and there were, in all directions from
it, those marks Of economy and good lusoandry
which betokeued thrftiness and comlurt. The adj
jacent hills are adorned with some handsome resi-
dences land the institutions for The Deaf and DumJ
and Blind, and the Lunaiic Asylum, which may
wei! be The pride ofhe State are provided with very
noble ejIfces that bUrTow great beauty from their
picturesque localities SiaunIon is quite seat of
learning. Her schools are numerous and good,
and her professional schools are IN very high re-
Pute. The Stanton bar has for many years been
distinguished for its great talent and learning. So
ciay, for the affsbility and Kindness ef lis people
and The beauty ofits fair daughtefst is most at
tractive place. s1fo
On our return, we gazed with delight upon the
valley in our route TO the mountains. We could
spin out full column more on the feelings that
filled our Sreast-( God forbid We hear the kind
reader say.) There is much TO adme-the hills,
the farms the fine cattle-tbe pure air and very
clouds which hang about the mountains and pre-
sent so many delicate hues, all fill the observer
with pleasure.
There is great difference between tie habits
and feelings of the people OF the mountains and
those in the lowlands The mounianeers are
lar WOIo ecOnOnIicdI anu lhIlHy People. mere Is
more industry and less idleness, and Of course less
vice and dissipation among them. Here our whis-
kered and moustached youth lounge away halfa
life time and fortune upon fortune, at the Hotels.
playing the gentleman Of leisure and dignity
There you meet few who are unemployed. We
trust that when we are placed in close communion
by the Railroad, we may, by intermarriage and 4
more active commercial intercourse, become indoc-
trnated more fully with the good habits of our
brethren. t.-h