Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1866-05-11

server Having risen from a really re
freshing sleep in the car devoted to tina
purpose, and finished my ablutions an,
toilet, [ was seated BY the window gazinl
cut upon the sublime mountain sceDer1
through which we were passing, when
was joined By a portly, genteeI lookint
: and intelligent gentleman of perhaps six
f ty years of age, who remarked that tn,
sight was particularly grateful and re
freshing to him, for though raised In ,
! mountainous region, It was the frs
sight Of the glorious old hills, the delight
! Of his bOyhOOd, that he had enjoyed fol
{ more than a quarter OF a century. From
some unmistakable peCuliarities of his
7 languRge-such as mo for more. BaItfmo
for Baltimore, tharfO' for therefore. 4
liberal use Of the term : / reckon for I
1 guess, / presume, l calculate. etc. and
an occasional reference to the Jeemes
river :, peeulIarities ACQUIRED by early as
sociation with the blacks, and which I'd
a greater or less extent adhere to All
} countFy-raised SoutheTners, and esDec-
tally Virginians-I soon became satisfied
be was born on the sacred sOiI'' of the
NJ Old Dominion, and was not surprised
when he formally announced that he was
a VlrginIan by birth, a MissOurian bv
adoption, and with his wife, after an ab-
/ sence OftWenty-slK years, was with rail-
road speed being " carried back To old
Virginia to old Virginia's shore" where
they proposed exploring the haunts of
4 their childhood days and hunting mn
I what can be found Of the assOeiates ana
/ associations Of =" days lang syne. NV
new made acquaintance Informed ne that
! he left central Virginia for the West with
! but little means part of which consisted
of slaves, and hence he sought a slave
State to emigrate to and decided unnn
Missouri On arriving there he entered
l60 acres of government land and went to
raising tobacco This he shipped to New
Orleans, and for the first few vesrs
cleared about 81 goo on each sueeessiT-s
crop, which sum he invested Ii Ian1s
which enabled him TO Increase his nro
ductiOn, augment his profits, and enIargo
his domain, as he continued to invest k7e
surplus funds In lands rather than IN n
groes as most Of his neighbors were do-
ing Finally he had SO large body oPI
land that he gave each Of his four chill /
dren plantation and retains for himself
400 acres ln enc body Of as good soil as
the sun shines on. The war found him /
with about fifty negroes, most of whom |
speedily disappeared, and from the fre- /
quent vlsltatiOns Of fOTagers for the Union /
forces. and still more fredueRt calls Fror,
rebel guerillas, his valuable stock of boT-
ses, mules, cattle, hay and produce gen-
orally was pretty thoroughly cleaned ont
for all Of which he had not as vet received
a single cent nor did he ever expeet to
He felt pretty bad at being thus preved /
upon, but could not help himself and
submitted with as good grace as he conId
He thought emancipation would prove
anything but boon TO the negro but ID
regards the States of Virginia and Mis
souri,, he had no doubt they would he
vastly benefited by the change. He had
40 objection personally to emancipation
Dut detested the manner In which II was
accomplished. A year ago he would have
gladly taken $50 per acre for his land
md might have accepted S15. but now NJ
lsked $50 and was rather Indifferent
bout selling at that price. He has re-
tocRed trIs plantation since the war, and 1 Z
"a starting on his present journey put II
n charge OF a number of his forD3ar f
laVes, telling them he was going avvav 10 I {
emaln nc knew not how long. II mipbt e
e SIX weeks, SIX months or a year. and G
7hen he returned he should expect as his
hare half they had produced during his Is
bsenoe. +
While the train halted at Harper's Fer
7, and we were gazing at the surrounding
aims and commenting upon the costly
lcrlhce made to the rebellion BY the e
OVernment IN destroying the extensive
I'D valuable structures and machinarv il
evoted to the manufacture of arms and
unltlons OF war IN order to prevent their v
lling into the hands Of the rebsls . c.
andsOme and Intelligent looking ladv of l
bout 80, dressed IN deep mourning HAVING 4
card the old gentlemen referring to ViT7 | u
MIA, took a seat in front of him. intro v
iced herself as VirginiaH, and en- ol
glng IN conversation, 1t appeared she 70
as from that section Ofthe State he was st
ing to. 1t very soon, became manifest q
e was an inveterate rebel. and She "a \
3de no effort to conceal It All" said to
e, you should have returned before We
e war. 1t has left its terrible marks G7
d scars all over the State the breast oil
our dear old mother has been saTIv Be
'erated and torn nearly all our fami-
s are IN mourning for one or more lost
mbeT, sacrificed for a glorious but Pa
It cause We are sUbiugated but not es
lquered the fire is smOulderipp bnt ev'
quenched, and may break out again vel
rlghter day is in store for us, and Is Gee
1iously looked 4orword to. Glorious ted
rglnia she has made a noble record. 4
We all feel proud that we are her chill lea
n. Her eyes flashed and her liDs ou1
Vered with emotion as she gave utter sliI
e to these sentiments, which seemed can
lrely too strong for the Missouri GEN pee
nan, who subsided to quiesence and L
I'd lntently out the window, while his Gle
; diligently endeavored to turn the rio1
yersatlon into another channel and ler'
lly succeeded, soon after which TIE hal
lnlne rebel returned to the seat be- spa
her husband she had shortly before 1 -
tied. This was clear and indisputa- doo- iS5o.
case OF an uncOnquered and unrepent- MOI
rebel, but 1t Is In charity to be hoDed que
an exceptional one. It is easy. how we
: to discover anywhere in this region cum
aims ofthe leayen ofrebellion, of which
II relate single instance A well n
sed young man who got on the train 4Fep
cumberland and stopped at a preten- Ter,
.o,r+,vz 2ba5 II III; b5 -ili1SI n O1O III fatho
Q paper. He engaged in conversa- bo 10 n \
with several young lady acquaintap- stan,
md on opening the package to show decei
them, 1t proved to be a large Iftbo his fl
no portrait of the rebel General MARI
I. Lee, mounted on roller after the tl ellal1'
of map, which he was taking home tIli,ig5 IL
We as parlOr ornament in the fam dav- i
anslOn. His lady friends were per for r
enraptured with the picture and to res
VACANT IN their Communications oft cIoth'
not a few of the passengers mapifes- wher
-elr feelings by significant scowIs 6aaS7
Impressed murmers of disapDrObs [ a17j +
the scene. in vi
derrick is a handsome, compact and death
uilt city of about 10000 7nhabi- a Cap
beautifully situated in an extensive lefI nag tE
49, ,t 9 80 y siii'y' livery where
4IS ~ HS9o anu clSdH appearance, it witt
ltA sOOu drainage ana an abundant 1t may
of pure spring water brought from nOthif
Duntains some five miles distant. Il stance
rerbial for salubrity of climate and could
aaItbv IocaIitv Tbaro is ,--4 suit 10
TgeoItl =, ~, v,I1.a - - a great distres
15u 1Ae eoan- ily ha
in the State, it exercises an ID,5ogT- The
duenee in public affairs, and has meetiI
led number of the most 6iSfiD which