The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1867-07-04

White House" we are "sWingin around
the circle" with this difference howey-
er that we are doing so orderly, and
not dcnouncing the friends of our
country and of mankind as traitors.
In company with friends with whom
we had been soienrniMg for several
days. we left the. mountains of West
Virginia on Monday the l7th inst. TAX
ing the cars at Martinsburg. for NASH
ington, at noon. 5
NAnFkNSBURG. ....
Now "a village of about 5000 souls is
pleasantly situated in the Shenandoah
valley, near its north end.
The foundation is good for city. as
the greater part of the surface is solid,
limestone rock, and to obtain cellars
the hole or excavation has to- be made
by blasting the rocks. Tuscarora creek
affords fine water power which has and
still is being improved. The population
is considerably m'red, and still you hear
no whining Copperhead remarks about
the ''nigger" rs we do at home.
Extensive Railroad buildings are
erected here, and still more building
1t is estimated to be place of some
note. During the Rebellion it was the
centre around which revolved the two
contending armies of the valley, each
in its turn driving out the other. Some
evidence of the bloody past still remain,
but, generally, fences &c have been re-
built and other damages repaired
Land is selling in that vicinity at from
$50 to 160. per acre, and is rapidly in
creasing in value.
HARPER'S FERRY,
the objective point of John Browns 5
Raid" was the next place of interest OH
our way. Here the evidences of the
Rebellion are more manifest. All the
Government buildings-hundreds OF
feet in length, still remain as after their
destruction by fire, only more dilapi-
dated, and will not be rebuilt.
At this point, from the Virginia side
Shenandoah River enters the Potomac.
and, united, both pass at once through.
the blue Ridge" which here is very
high. For boldness of outline, and
beauty Of river scenery this point is
not surpassed east of the Rocky noun
tains. No wonder that Jefferson said
that it worth a trip across the Atlantic
to see it. Crossing from the Virginia
to the MARYLAND shore as the west side
of the Gap we pass under massive and
projecting or overhanging rocks 140(
feet above us! This mighty barrier i
the south end of Maryland Heights, Oh
the top of which Col. Miles surrendered
to the Rebels, I think in 1868. lie
however, soon after paid the forfeit o
his treachery, or cowardice, with hi
life. A true man, with 1000 brave boy!
in blue, could hold those heights agains
million men unless starved out, ant
could rain down upon them iron hal
from those giddy heights like stream
! of lava from 1Ftna or Vesuvius!
ELLICOTT;s MILLS,
on the Potapsco, with their spindles
burrs, machinery, dams, rocks, and hills
is truly a lovely place, and some da,
will become more famous.
RELAY HOUSE,
ever to be remembered by many of on
brave boys of Upper Sandusky, ant
Wyandot county, is romantic spot.
MoNoCACY BRIDGE.
BY the way forgot to speak of thi
as one of the "battle fields" of the wal
Here it was that our boys, too, fought
and to be able to fight another day ha
to run away, or be captured. The bloc
house has been torn down since I las
passed before, but the once bloody flat
and bluffs are still there to tell of deed
of blood and rebellion.
WASHINGTON.
At about o'clock the beautiful dom
of the capital, in that city of agiticen
distances" loomed up before us. How
different now is it all when compare
with 1862, when was last there! The
all was war, now peace. No bayonet
now glitter in the sunlight; no thun
dering guns are heard; no clankin
sabres in the streets; no sentinels &
every turn, but the Goddess of Libert
erect in peace, crowns the nations caL
itol. Freedmen's villages, white rs tn
tents Of 1862, have now taken their .pla
ces, and dot the brow of .Arlingto
Heights" the home of the rebel Lee
All over the city vacant places are be
ing built up under the spirit of freedom
and the city has nearly doubled its POI
ulation in seven years, under Republ
can wisdom and Northern energy. TT
voice of treason is no more heard in til
streets, Git died with Andy's speecl
? Feb. %, 1861 but in its stead the vote
of Africa's sable sons, as they press up
the ballot box, cheers the heart Of a
who were once in chains, and call tt
rest of mankind" save rebels and col
perheads, whose hearts and hopes gro
weak and faint. while those true men
the Republic take the place of disfral
chised rebels.
But with all this the heart grows Sc
OH entering this city, when we think
the murdered Lincoln, and of those wi
saved the country, by one who. no
holds his place, and whose treachery
no less criminal than the act of Bootl
We spent nearly two days at busines
sightseeing, &C., visiting the Patel
Office, jackson Square, White Hou
Grounds, Smithsonian Institute al
: grounds, Potomac wharves, Capitt
, Navy Yard, &c. &c, We paced tt
deck' of the rebel ram "Stonewan
now sold to the Japanese Goveramel
for 100000, but still lying at the Nay
, Yard; examined with some cnFiosi
several monitors, with their turrets ba
! tered by rabel balls, and, for the fil
; time. looked with pride upon the star