The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-08-02

Or vii BE- iudustrously applied to manufactures,
snd such ascenc Of beauty, ,eeKance. aud
busy lifs ~ will grace and animate its course can
not be excelied In the Union. We foresse these
things As sure 40 the sun rises upon another CEN
tury, this picture will be realized.
with regard to the beauty Of the New River,
feel utterly incapable of giving ron AN idea Of IL.
sm completely lost myself In contemplating the
varied scenes each turn in It's graceful curves
presents TO the passenger. Now, IT'S rich ard
tseming low ground--uow ,its vsrdant hills dotted
with fins cattle-now, its iuxuriant corn fields
which wave upon high hills with as rich green
al our allasiai lands can boast-now its overhang
Ing and towering cliffs and now its rich foliage
Using MP its steep bluffs from which peer the fan.
tastcal rocky towers like ruins OF ancient castles
whose sites are grown mp with trees. Every turn
brings new picture, which is rounded OF BY the
hills, between which II again gracefully bends its
course, still further ahead. As we neafed Major
kESr's the other evening, We enjoye ed . scene Of
rare beauty. We were passing between shores
graced by a cliff on one side, crowned by richest
foliage, while on the other the margin was stud
ded with the noble trees of the "horse-shoe." In
the middle was small island covered with green
from the waters edge, aud adorned with . few
graceful trees in the centre. A"warloon" Ia large
aquatic Bird Was disporting himself near IL,
shonting his shrill notes that were echoed by the
ciins. For some two miles in advance of US, the
surface OF the proud, clear river unrippled by
a breath OF air, and lay like mirror reflectinx
she surrounding scenery. The sun had gone down
o'er tne ioIty mountain, and purple lfUc shed its
son innnsnce upon the view before US. II was q
scene never to be forgotten by man whs has the
slightest taste for the beauties OF nature.
The atmosphere upon This rivsT IL 6hgularly
pure And gratefnl to the senses. There are no
bogs, no malaria about It. The water sheds no
odor that is dot pleasant When il flashes in your
face 1t has the freshness and purity Of rain water
The heslthiness of the shores is proved by the
longevity of its Inhabitants and the absence Of
chiils and fevers. We couversed with q venerable
gentleman, in his seth year, who was industrious
" employed in gathering hay. His step was as elias
tic a. that OF youth, and be was as cheerful ss If
he had long years in his life yet to enjoy. His
father died. he said, when he was Young: but his
mother lived to "tolerable old age''-seuenty fire,
AZ long as Is my letter, cannot refrain from
giving you one OF the incidents Of our voyase,-
Opposite the sborss.shoe" we deserted upon sand
oar spinning wheei. A friend remarked that il
vas type OF the yarn would spin of the trip.
regarded 1t with melancholy interest. Yea
representative OF purer and better age, when our
Erandmotbers 80 gracefully went through the
forward and back to thy busy hum They
had the roses Of health on their cheeks; they he'd
unaffected modesty in their manners, and sinceri
ty and virtuous simplicity In their cheerful coun.
tenances. The inventions Of the age have ban.
ished You from the homestead, you are stranded
on sand bank, and that noble class of women are
fast following you. giving place to afectation pre-
tension pale fices, feeble frames, and those ap5l
ances OF art which give rotundity to bodies, which
the customs of the age have deprived of it, -
Farewell, venerable relic. Farew we'll, happier age
A. b. C..