The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-06-24

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gainst the sscsss'- a days gone BIZ, and Unionst
peakng " . movements In tho outset, said, In |
we're 81 me national cemeteries South, that they |
o. ..oqsent monuments OF Southern bravery, and |
led to remind Southern living men Of their heroes |
naturally enough, take melancholy pleasure In their
offerings Of flowers in honor Of the memory OF their
Confederate heroes whose lives were sacrificed in their
lost cause Lately there 10 fusion OF the North
and South in The sanctuares OF Southern society,
except in those cases where love, who laughs at lock-
Smiths" opens the door TO some victorious Yankee
which was closed against him and his tribe The simple
truth is that the great body Of the Southern whites
rule of hostile people bound to submit to the fortunes
OF war; but not bound TO recognize "the Yankeas as
brethren Of the same family, Ut least IN their social
homes Of the south which materially cuts down their
wonted hospitalitiss the "Yankees are neverthe
unwelcome visitors, il received at all.
southern reconstruction therefore, must be work OF
Time viii require strong infusion or Northern CAP
ita, immigration, intermsuiages and enterprise TO
remove those Southern barriers OF excusveness raised
by destructive upon Southern property Southern
society aud Southern institutions and ideas they WERE
Meantime, this existing confusion nhe South before It
Is remeded is likely be made from this srre-
pressble connct' between the enfranchised Southern
blacks and the disranchised Southern whites. The
struggle Tor existence has far been the controlling
question among the Southern people that they have had
time spare for political agitaons but with the
wolf removed from the door, with the harvest being
gathered IN or ripening, and with the developments
OF reconstructon expected from Congress we may look
for political agitation which will lead TO extensive
exodus OF the southern whites to fearful collision
with tho blacks
The splendid Shenandoah Valley Through its
Whole Length Of One Hundred and Thirty
Miies-Iis Ripeninx Wheat Crop the Most
Magnificent Spectacle Along a Line Of Three
Thousand Miles OF Inland Travel-How the
Valley has been Rcsnscitated-Ifs Indigenous
Grass the Basis Of It's Rccovery-Whnt the
People say Crops, Politics, &C., and
What They Doing In Re9istrntiOn-The
state Going by Default.
HARrgs's PERRY June 90, 1887.
BY stage smooth rnacadamized road from
Stanton to Winchester thence Harper's Ferry
by rail- have just tavcrsed the whole length OF the
Shenandoah valley. in round numbers hundred aud
thirty miles The valley lies between the Blue Ridge
Mountain chain the east and the North Mountains,
drs tier OF the main Allegheny chain in west and
the distance liz from twenty twenty-five miles,
the valley itself being country of hills and valleys
infinite variety of combinations. By several sharply
cut parallel mountain ridges, running for distance
OF forty miles or so in the heart OF this
valley, s divided into the valley Of the north and
valley Of the south branch OF Shenandoah and the
intermediate valley OF Passage creek but all these d.
visions line from Strasburg to Front
Royal, where all these central mountains abruptly
inmate in bold and picturesque group where the two
rvcrs unite. and where the valley. from mountain TO
uiouHtshn, eApouus W Wfuiu o. twenty i've mics
The main rivor above is the south branch running
along the flank Of the Blue Bdgc but the main valley
from near Harrisburg down srasburg is that the
north branch and down that have made our Journey
And the wheat crop along this route is sight glad
den the eyes Of tho farmer any other with a
family OF consumers. In detour OF three thou
sand miles, more or less, through Pennsylvania, Mary
land, West Virginia. Ohio kentucky Northern Ala.
bama, Georgia. south and North Carolina aud vir-
ginia, we have seen nothing that begins approach
TINS rpenng wheat crop Of the shenandoah
N aA Wh hat
wheatheds are mere chld's play compared with the
truly glorious fields OF the Shenandoah valley For one
own and Winchester these wheat fields on the right
Ind left before and behind u.s. close by and miles
md miles away in the plains and the valleys along the
hills and spreading the hillops constantly Ia
light in hundreds or thousands OF acres. And as the
;entle winds pass over these gorgeous fields Of grain
hey roll and shine IN the like the svery Of
summer This wheat stands high the eight
owed Indian corn when full grown In Northern New
FORK and IL 10 thicsy in the that one would
blink strawhat might be carried BY the wind on the
eads Of the grain, IS on the swell OF wave,
hundred acre ield These valley farmers OF
nraptured over the prospect Of unprecedented har
est but still they quality their calculations such
emarks as Wcil IL the rust does not come, If the
Insects &c, into IL shall have great CROP "lhat
ieid, one would say, sought to give thirty bushels
he acre. and another would "think there will be a
'rety Offensive average In my county OF twenty-five
ushels TO the acre ~
And how has all this been donor General Sheridan
evasated this valley In tho fall OF 1884, In the desruc
lon OF its mills, and in the sweeping OF its stock
sy this military stroke to starve rebel army two
thousand barns destroyed and Touring mills by the
core in Shenandoah and Rockingham counties. Aud |
hen, apart from this particular experiment davasta
ion, the soldiers OF both armies Though the natives al
Vays charge their damages to the Yankees, had for
hree years been consuming tho fences of valley in
cooking their rations But mills by the Dozen Two
placed hundreds Of miles OF fencing restored
seven eight and ten rails high, and only inter-
vas in this valley above Ncwtown. do we SEQ q field |
without its fencing as left By the war;
Between Newtown and Winchester, where the main
body of the Union Army Of the Valley had It's winter
quarters In 1894 not only the wooden fences but
stone walls along the road for miles removed and
he woods were cleared away for military uses.
extent that desolated expanse OF country
between Bull Run and CuIpepper Court House
which in IT'S fencelcss and deencsess condiron to-day
has the look Of forsaken prairie But how, the
wonderful extent have Indicated have these damages
Of the in the Shenandoah Valley been repareds In
ls65 these people without stock grain fences
their fields were on the verge OF starvation,
Tor some months greatly dependent Northern SUP
plies In 1857 they are sending relief to Georgia how
has this change been brought asoutS
In this way. Tho farms Of the valley are mostly
small and tho owner and his Tor other white mem
are generally the iaborers They the ground,
and work Their fields without fences
WITH their indigenous grass supported the
horses and cattle the farmers managed 10 to
buy; and thus these natural grass OF valley
were the basis OF Its speedy restoration abundant
crops Of wheat and corn. "oar grass,n says
our stock ull We had replaced our fences
aud raised a good crop Of corn Now they say,
win me promise OF the best crops OF wheat
aud potatoes and other vegetables and with our
numerous orchards spared by tho loaded down with
fruit we expect 70 take start in the world this
fall on the high road TO prosperity We are not troubled
with many negroes Most OF what had up the valley
before the may now be found in Washington. Our
labor therefore, mainly OF white directly interested
IN the SOIL is reliable. and does its work efclsnty.n
At Winchester We found the registration going on and
- At other places, the blacks, though q decided
minority Of the population, far ahead in register
Ing. The state 10 going radical by default The great
body OF the whites involved in their lost cause" do
not like this registration business. They have become
Indifferent about II since they have been
given to understand that Attorney General Stsnbsry's
opinions are 70 be upset by . July session OF
Congress- The oath required for registration too. in
requiring them 20 swear afrm that they mot
DISTINGUISHED for participation In any rebellion civil
war against the United Statesn and that they shave
never TAKEN an oath 70 support the constitution" &C.,
and afterwards engaged In instruction rebellion
against The United States" 10 exceedingly dstastefui
70 mem az y involves the recognition Of the war 1
rebellion on the part OF the SOUTH while they held
hat was war on the basis OF their reserved constu-
onal state rights They that agree the has estab
shed the parsmouns sovereignty Of the United States