New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-12-20
UESTERN VIRGINIA.

SIR; CeiedO, the ne anhec LOWE pihutou .! NV
Hon. Eli IBsyer the bank Of the OHIO River. fivs
milo, ron TIE mouth Of tie Big San'y, in Wayne
County, Va, ia going vigorously forward, sni, con
sidsrug the many obstacles and imPe 'iments which
have been in tie way, Cercio Las proved ersst
suoosts.
Had NJ. Tiayer, However. commenced std carried
on bic enterprise 10 neielt maaner, ii certainly
would have been attended With much iess trouble and
labor Wayne County was much more 10 need OF
nj. properly b till her rich soil than people to build
q village. Had Mr. Thsyer, al the beginning, put
and good fauneis INTO Wsype Coua'y, Ceredo
would have become wide awake, growing village,
without the large expenditure OF capital it has ie-
CURED and vii stiN require before that ed j. accom-
rrshco. Ceredo contain, the best hotel | found IN
Western Virginia. 1t il built Of brick, and is roomy,
convenient, wel-aranseI holse; and could they p!y-
cure goOi butter cheese AID abundance # good mix,
tn table would be considered excellent Bot not~itl-
STANDING this Is OF the iiclest agricultural coun-
ties OF the State these indispensable articles are not
t. be bad IL any considerable quantity.
The mills wien compile al vii be-, By fay the finest
in Weston Virginia Thu village contains 1t present
ebout iwtn'y dwellings, and there sre sa'en more IN
To BIG S1SDr RIVER s the boundary line between
Yn MIA rid Kentucky and cue 81 toe largest ard
most important streams in this section OF the country
AT high water il is rayigable FIR 100 I,iles and s
banks tre txceodrgy uch in irOp ore, 81. 4n1 Va
riety Of vauabs timber. The ad up the Big Ssniy,
on lie Virginia side, may be cynsliered eAe7in Tor
Uus II YOU trust yourself tu b" CsrTeJ on the OacK
ol ihe.e sure foo ted animals for riding in any sort ut
carr age i neXr 70 impossible. Above the pont al
which turned oil from the rIvtr, about III niles. was
inf I'm. the ROAD in Inuch better CONDITION, nav
i,g been lsey gradei and worked into respectable or
GER Tire valley Of tbs stream lI exec dfgy fertile.
and 10 many places tie bottoms are "lie upon
each side Of the s'resm. Only few of the farms
STOW signs Of coed rn'esge0ent, but occa sonsy you
will see something W ch not ouly shows thriit, and
Eoovlfge If kO1 IL do H. but practical, living C1aul-
pie Of how il should be and Is done.
In passing along my attention was arrested By
neat tidy, comio.t sble-lookSg place, which wa, so
dicroI nom anything around, ons could bariy pass
without observing 1t. The hog-pea was Hpt between
TIE ROAD and the house; the fences were no. tnmOlne
down or scattered ol the ground; the windows were
not 6.sheured with Obi rags AMI hat Crowns, but tue
little cg house To- ked trim and ny, grass plat en-
tirely surounC ed it. aud everything appeared whole
some ard comfortable
"Who lives here p inquired.
CHR nati.s Nrealani ~. lie MARRIED
Prrl,ps csnrot give better idea Of The practice,
resources Of TINS as well as many other paris u vi"
GINA than by the follow log n .ioei;
noticed m6n WAS bll'iing bu'S mouse, tle
brick for which were burned within ten rods oi Inc
location Of the house hole dag IN the ground ser cl
the purpose OF lime -k'n whore the lime reqnrei had
been burned tie lumber all cut upon the land near
the house, and sawed at a mi thin SIGHT. ,
If there are places where BRICK houses can De OiI'
At a cheaper rate than tnis should Ike 10 near oil
them. -,
WAYNE CousIr contain. mach excellent land H. It
Is lev, o. neary 80, nd easy oi eu.iiVraai ~ py
iar the lager portion l. quite hlly. lh- hiLa are
more abrupt AKA cons ike tran Ia msuy otner col-
lies IL Weitern Virginia. but even on the hi hest Of
these hills The sCil Is eXcefVel! rich al prrinct'e
o. the very Top OF OF the highest hIs IN wayne
County was !a.iod this season - fne corr 81 so" IN
Virginia TIE bsst Use, however, to which these
ii ii hills can be put to ia to the growing o. ffuit.
saw ~id erap5 vines tLree nches ia DAIMLER ~ Ne
brse, With branches earning t. tho very WP ~ -.
1 nh.
f,tits On the Lils willie the bottom lhnis Afe &c,
s'onalv visited With frosts wich Interfere with the
success m guilty alton Of yarols kiGts az rus - AZ
n,rtb, ajapte 10 this soil and climate. L. alIee-
res hsve alres dy been planted which are dong ex
ctedip-ly well. But little has been done al late 10
the way Of peach growing, though every .not II tns
iue has proved a CREST success. The J cen CT
from cue OF hali sod last year On the trees Tor
$1,000
From Cerelo passed Mp the Ohio to PaIkersbnIg:
and on t. C,alk sbug by RAILROAD, from which poct
rode back into the county, mahioS fuitaer extl-Inh'
tioDs.
CIARKsBrRc. tie capital Of Harrison County, is
ore Of the lsrcost ard most import ant villages N
northwestern Virginia bat It contains more "esl'h
ard r,spectsbity then turn a,d ente,pnse. me me
budil "a are mostly built Of wood very oil, aud sady
/ in need Of paint.
lilly, but t. so is excellent, and coal abundant.
Tie price Of land is too high lis inmed Ne wen
ty Ia much induremeut TO emgrents, except tho37
who would Ike to buy improved farms, 10 WIN IA oas'
Inv can be bcuLt al mucA irss oric, than they
easily BE- mad to b. worth, with TIE proper manage
nett.
. the country from ClagkstuIgi one macadamLed
tUruyke q Weston, the Capita OF l.e"ls C,uniy anc
thence on to Beverly, through tpshar County
another, partly naca1aInized turnpike to BleAna.'
uop the Cspital f Uoshur, new county, ';t on ~
1853 from Lewis and Randolph CouIties, ana eIA'IS
/ which j lid not travel.
|. wcuId Occupy too much space IN the slsays
, crowded eolnmn, ii THE IuiBt 81 TO speak VAN a.
much detail as would like Of this ,ctOn OF Virginia.
must centt nj myself therefore via treating tie as
Ger somcvha' in .,,cc..sIal terms
My impressions are mncb more favorable 70 this
pai O; Virginia than any other have seen, a. bein9
The bes, fitted and adapted 10 Northern emis rtion
some re ssons for which will give briefly;
/. TIE climate though not 90 mid ss in Southern
sn0 Soufh-N stem Virginia, is quite enough so Z
suit large majority Of oar Northern p ople, sn1
beyond al question is one Of the most healthy 10 the
/ United States.
,. The face of the country il not broken ~ high
ABRUPT conc Ike hills such found els here and
there is but little wsse land of any kind except N
. few locations
2 Thorgh al throughout Weston Virgins the feel
! 1g decidedly favorable 10 ee.Lsbor Emigration, il
is mole 70 ere thsr In most other locations The peO
pie here are not only well disposed ard favorable TO It
: tnt the prominent ard weakly men Of the country
will 60 so.nt thing with their tine al money to aid
! The surplus products of this usgon Of country
viii hpd ,beii market on the Atlantic seabosrd.
j. L. easy sLd rosdy OF access. II - ho1rs a!tel
leaving NsR-Iofk Sca can reach locations where the
view Set. y lend car be hal in small quantities, a
from 8, 50 20 81 per acre.
Yhis regisu Of country Is better adapted to s,ocl
rAsirg srd tie dairy bu-iness than anything else an
sr tles- psrpcses il has 10 superior, Il, indeed, i,
. equal Al he found.
| Trsir, County viii be to this portion of V-yni.
/ VIA Orsrce .ni Duchess Counties are 70 New York
| hut men VINO know hos a. manage = dsry farm anc
wone, v no suow low to age the dairy il Elf 81
rsesessIy be,re tsis csn b. accoTIh.-ei. On
fsr0er n % ~ Comfy sou Ion tis 'iTin OF ."
.c- y $40 worth If csttls last ye,r be-dl c0ns lr
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