The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1862-03-14
Ow Srmg Correspondence
LETTER EHOM TIE J5TII.
GRAFTON VA, March 1. 1862.

Ems. TRIBUNE:
"a rol ling stone gathers no moss" is
an old aduge; another, perhaps of equal
antiquity aud possessing an equal amount
of truth, is found in Poor Richards Alma
nae, which snys, "that three removes arc
us bad as &C."
Especially is this true if it is ones mis-
fortune to move every time just on the
eve Of snowstorm or rainy spell. This
has been our lot and portion nfallbly.-
Although fortune and favor have been
ours in an almost unbounded degree, yet
when we have been called upon to "pull
up" and "strikc" for another peint, n
special providence favored us with in
clemcncics; and but the announcement
of a removal'was indicative of "spell oil
weather." sure precursor Of trough
sta" On the 18th, we were ordered 10
gather up our traps, quit the pleasant,
romantic and beautiful valley of tho Poto-
mac, where sublimity seemed perchcd up
on its surrounding submits, and its wales
were joyous with the vibrating of the
drum and bugle, take leave of its antigua
ran endearments and retrace our steps to
Grafton. This strange move must have
meaning, but to us, as yet, its ultimate
object is as dark as the jungles OF
Asia.
We reached here about 10 p. M. sleepy
aud iatigued. Our ride though long, was
u very pleasant one, the weather being
mild as autumn, which made it congenial
to all TO take a passing survey of the
country. Our route lay over part OF
the most mountainous portion of Va, and
you may judge that the Seneca county
boys who had scarcely ever been out OF
sight of the Sandusky bottom, nor per-
haps ever saw greater elevation than
Co lcge Hill or ravine deeper than
Spring Dale gozed upon the lofty peaks
that reared their towering crests and lofty
submits hundreds of feet tbovc us, and
tho deep gulches and percipitous sleeps
beneath, with awe and wonder, and
graspcd with eagerness and solicitude its
wild enchantmehts and luxuriant embel-
lishments.
Atevcry advance during our avel new
and varied objects would appear. At one
stage we would be rolling along at a
rapid gait 200 feet above the CLASSY wa.
ters, while above, far almost as the eye
could reach, might be seen towering
cliffs and crpeey stccrs. Tue sight
was most grand, affecting and impress
size.
The fearful and rugged dcclivities
below were covered with verdant foliage
of cedar and evergreen, and their bases
washed with the clear, sparkling waters
which flowed down their sides, and their
SUBMITS decorated with tall pine and iir
in fanciful mosaic of winter and spring
oEerhanging our passage were hugo
masses OF rock, torplirg frcm their aere,
and ready, as it seemed, to fall upon and
crush the thoughtless victim.
| thought how easily could band of
traitors sever the brittle thread that holds
this ponderous supcrstruoture in Nature,
and hurl a thousand unsuspecting beings
into the abyss of Eternity, To an admi-
rer of the works of the Creator, these
mojcst and eloquent exhibitions of His
power are grand in the extreme, and
while recounting them | confess my n-
adequacy in attempting description of
their grundure and subllmlty. 1t is a
theme worthy the Poets pen or the
Painters easel; but as this is not my
province in this letter l shall forbear.
| have heard and read many pleasing
tales of the "Sacred Soil of the Old Do
minion"-"the land of our ancestry
"tbe birthplace of Presidents"-but,
whilst viewing these time e-honorod me-
mentoes and relics Of "departed glory''-
the heights and beacons from which once
flashed the beams Of freedom and Haunted
the banner of Justice; where perched the
Eagle of Liberty and the shadow of his
wings overspread and encircled a band of