The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-05-19
Republican Convention In
South Carolina.
THE POLITICAL SITUATION IN LOUISIANA.
ARKANSAS INTOLERANCE kND NECESSITIES.
&c. &c. &c.
vIR GINA.
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE OF THE HERALD.

nttie moro tnan TWO years and how different the
sDsne from that which here presented to-day. Then
she whole world moved by various interests regarded
WITH almost undivided attention the were here
sransprng Tho important occurrence was herald
Cd far and wide. Now the most important 10 hardly
worth the telling The shock of arms is over The
shesrc OF war has become the common abiding place
paoo and dulness II is Of the advantages active
warfare that II 10 dull, whatever may be
and is TO tho disadvantage Of peace that cannot help
being 30 At times, with all Its blessings 80, II the
Petersburg OF to-day In the ENJOY Of peace ia
% ~ the cost OF being stupid. Nothing this world
wholly pleasing, seems, and gladstone pc ace after
ysan Of cruel war, brings with IL q regret The only
interest attaching to the place OF what
has been. Already there Is numerous class
Of cseeroni, eager 10 show the lines who
rccite the visitor Incidents the war magin-
ay or real with great voubility. They have shown
ssmarkabe apncss In acquiring the tricks OF the tribe
and mako the most OF their stock IN trade There Is
not Insignificant OBJECT that not In their minds
Important assocaionA They pretend moot exact
Information, and will point skeleton OF a horse
among the scores that bleaching tho works
Veil you whose IL and how he rider came to
thcir end. As likely not you will be shown the shell
thai did the Decd although in the narration you have
been told the shell exploded Such difficulties as
these nothing TO enterprsing wonder nopgers
u for them 10 reconcile Inconsistencies You
nay do that II you please, but they have gained oil the
satisfaction they DESIRE beyond the peeunary oonsdcra
uon, when they see thai you listen to their story with
nmazeme Among the curious facts collected these
ptaoments is 10 the effect that thick the
Ssaden hail in front OF some Of the works that bullets
coming from opposite directions met In midcourse and
bong welded together by the shock Tell to the ground
and 10 fact coroborative testimony you have placed
N your bands balls thus closely united
Tho proprietor Of tho land where the is
tsd has forbidden trcspassng his place under the
penalty Of tho law has put up toll gaze at
convenient point OF entrance and there sells permission
20 rass o. twenty Eve cents head He probably
Me cultivation Of his fields He displays objects made S
- the clay from tho mne said 10 be clay OF . very
pure quality, and BY the sale Of them. adds something
- HIS profits But the crater and the mine be-
coming unrecognizable The old works, more In
situations than In others are losing their defined out
huce by the action Of the rains Although ages will
pase away, and there viii still remain mounds OF earth
and . uaceable line Of entertainments, even now they
fns becoming Invested OF all character II is
Ger ot speculation already where this embrasureS
where stood that gunf Was II here that received
sne attack OF tho enomy that day. is yonder tho
reint2 20 have these deenccs lost that figure
and form which knew well, and come no
fast becoming oberatei by the cavins OF the earth
shove H. AMI It's will b. told by the broken
surface Of the ground alono.
On other paris OF the line not 10 much exposed to
the effects OF the rains hcre forts and other works
very well preserved ana FOR long time 70 come they
Shoy resist very toeraoy tho OF time and the
weather and arc altogether too extensive TO be attacked
~ the hand OF man - he presents himself now IN the
capacity OF cuvator Of the soil portions Of the
packet lines alone have been dug away all further dss
Euction being the work OF the elements.
Visiting these immense and long impresnable works.
saco the Of much activity, devoted 70
hvie ard decay, hardly credit his own recol-
iectons Was this now lonely nsId once populous
woopsi Behind these mounds Of earth, that struggle
crowded he lines OF two hostile armissf 10 Il here,
where quietly this little stream, the only thing
Mat uers sound in all the soeneis this little vale
Shat Was In fact vale Of death, and here.
where the dim of battle ncrocss and oftenest
appalled, the ssr' I. 10 dinicult 20 become
character. Ono either doubts his past experiences
fancies that II 10 momentary illusion that presents
mont the armies win start into being the works DO
sfrve with their defenders and all ths dread crcum
This city doing something In the way OF reconstruc-
non; but entirely In charsctsr-Quits drcamiy. rhoy
s.nnos for Inc ,s .. Aem 40 s but ds
lost its SAVIOR and not puassnt The papers Of rebel
assceut conservative reconstruction" do not %
happily vituperas the journals elsewhere published "
vs4i,ca proclvities Tho cpths. weak, and there
evidence that the power of ui,cnng them In those
come OF the los, In Petersburg On the other
hand there 10 NOT much excitement awakened
: rpsshesn CUB; Sa. no, 20 m"cn = 70 s b
expected The republican club Of The organizations
teal the requirements q the EovsrnmsnI = Of moro
importance than half dosen persons whose name and
SsvSShcsns : more shsn iiisiy shsy hsvs no more
sepubcaaisn about them than enough obsain
.he nssros. i . Ssnsssvsy shown W., 70 mi: cry s.'
sAas party and their interests IN rs measures This V
more likely 70 BE- the With The negroes 10 visisa
sonal contact with Northern and have formed
tachments and besides there has been well directed
Sns, think, suiciess % explain he feeling here,
nad ~ the same time. not enough 70 force ons 10 The
ssselusic, that ,ns issss a.. :.ms among the ne
nay, grown daily moro apparent that TO become &C
ssAintsd vith the purpose Of tho newly snfranoAissd
requires moo study
narper's Ferry Before the War asA since the
War-seas latersssing Facss fer Nsrshsrs
Men Of Capital asA kaserprsse.
Harms faaav, Nay ~, 1857.
Cse John Browns engine house and The ruins OF the
DATED states Arnory stretching aoag ths Potomac
nigh. and the rains Of shs Armoy works along the
Shenandoah len, with the sksleen Of the little
Episcopal church Bolivar Heights and ~ graveyard,
sAsins down upon and thsss bold and rugged noun
sasns which look dowr this dismal forksd dene
On sides suggest abundant materials for years Of labor 70
p's' painter and historian Harpers Ferry that re-
MAINS yet only the shos, Of the HArpers Ferry that YEA
only Visible means support now are the droppings
"e DA'umors snd Ohio railroad A hotel, and fsw
soessor, ss'Aeshmsnss have been revived since the
v ou' shetavelsu who SOP 10 explore these ruins
y" Ts nos many and their suay u brief The citizens
however nave great srpectanons'' OF full tide Of
euroeiy hunsergand Northern sp~cui.tors during the
ssnmer and % they waiting the rosssins heats Of
July and August when the s~arm,ns cities Of the Norsn
vin b smpsied upon the seahots and among The noun
ssiss snd over the battle asds Of me sou,s
small party OF us, like the Ara scattering swallow,
shas sivs notice Of The coming spring eanvsA,.d tho
sswn sAh nonins u . Sleepy Holls~ drusr.d n . =
profoundly ssIssp New rovtsr saavs.iss 4 slo.s
vssA certainly ~ down and 20 sssp himself Or :.
"a vish the blues like narus from NE ruiss Of Car.
sAssa Looking aown shs stream, through the shssu
n Ne Blue Ridge nsuntain chaiA where The united
Potomac and shenandoah pss out II this valley 10 M
So and from the point whore the rivers united In
Abs holy bonds q mssn.ssy, the view is fair End beau
ufsl - before the var The Potomac, surpid and
Dvcilsp from The recent rains In The Aeshanies eome
Acvs cs the lsft while NE shsaandoah, clear ana
D.ss, sos being ssssrssd BY sny hesv~ SSs sp ~