The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1854-04-26

here ana there raised Its X0nti0 neaus Anu
tile fruit trees displayed . few ssd looking
blooms, withered by the untimely frosts and
SHOWS. The country was beautifat-the land
fine--and We could but excisim: HERE'S land
60 be improved, TO be built upon, and those
who do II, ought to be happy, IT the bounti.
ftal gifts of Nature can make them so! .sa 81
We had the pleasure of a ride outside TO-
nd.fro from Staunton to Lexington, by the
side of that master of the whip and reins,
JACOB DULL. He is an old stager- and the
greatest of stagers, in their palmiest days,
could not surpass him in his easy grace and
self. possession, his perfect sense of his au-
thority and power over that noble animal,
the horse He is, withal, jovial companion !
he enlivened the journey with his anecdotes,
and INDUCED now and then a vein of wit and
sagacious comment that showed that his name
was altogether ironical. Long live Dull!
But let him not fail to say good word for
the Dispatch. se-sss ss.9 ~
A trip to the Valley Of Virginia is to the
writer ever a delight and a luxury. To him
its natural and incompatible beauties wear
an additional charm, because It is his native
laad, What country isit! Where on earth
is utility and beauty combined on SO vast
scale? There is almost every descript3on OF
mineral wealth-coal, iron, lead, salt anu
gypsum-in great abundance; and miherai
waters of every kind, including the most
magnificent thermal springs, OF various de-
grees of temperature. Nottonly are there
those springs known to the public and the
fashionable world, but the whole country IS
dotted with medicinal waters, many of them
equal to the most reputable, which yet have
only neighborhood fame. The proud noun
tains and lofty hills look down on delicious
and placid wales, graced with lovely streams,
that go on their way rejoicing, with their
merry tinkling sounds, which are part of
Natures sweetest music These pure streams,
which rise in the mountains and rush through
the vallies, are conducted with the greatest
ease along the hill sides, and thus made to ir-
rigate acres on acres of meadow lands, where
herds of fine cattle find the richest pastures.
These little streams so refreshing to behold,
perform other important functions to pro-
mote the comfort and the wealth of the in
habitants They furnish the motive power
for hundreds of mills, and could furnish it
for thousands more. Never failing, as they
are, and rapid as is their descent, overshot
wheels of from twenty to thirty feet in diam
ter, are supplied along almost every stream,
at short intervals, from the beginning to the
end of the year. These, with the advantages
| of salubrity and economy of living, offer the
greatest incentives to manufacturing, and in
| the grand future of Virginia, these incentives
will exert their proper influence. The mine
raj waters invite the stranger in search of
health, to this noble valley; the delicious eli
mate, and the picturesque scenery tempt the
seeker of pleasure and relaxation from close
labor or studyto linger there. The rich and
beautiful meadows, and the productive high
lands, amply reward the farmers toll the
Astounding minerals invite the miners enter
prise; and the water power, on every hand,
is ready for the manufacturer. Oh, happy
land, in which the useful and beautiful are
thus combined! If there is land on earth
of which we may say it, this is that land 1t
as "as a tree planted by the aeaters, and that
spreadeth out her roots By the rirer, and shall
not see uhen heat cometh but her leaf shall
be green, and shall not be careful, in the gear
of drought, neither shall cease from yielding
frait" 4e-s-s..'