The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-06-18

vIR GINA.
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENTS oe rue ur,.,.

Noad-The Piedmont Countrv ~ v,s the
,r..,,. and the War-A tRcpub,;c.n
son,h-r. ~, iney arc Waking I'm the
-iho w omen of Wnrrenrou
"AaRksroS, Fauquier county Va IT,. :. 80
.,. A'0Aandria to Warrenton Va. some af,v "a,
'aelo 10 much to interest the historian. the no,,
.AA - mo and hunter. On the land question il NAV
DO SAID that TIE whole of Old Virginia or TINT sac,o
ying east OF the Blue Ridge chain Of monnt.,r, !; !,
the Market and that land are as anxIous "a %
no money -0o' anu
iAsio WAS large meeting Of these Virginia land
owners at Alexandria last night, Mr. j. S Barbour a.
INC ona'r the gis OF which may be gathered from ,h
preamble and resolutions adopted. to w.t.
ssr al n% i'm soil mineral
wealth. and %h Sn capital ne and develop
Rl Into smaller farms win afford faciea aI or a wi,
Resolved, That association DO organized il ,,.
farms and putting them tine s policy Of cutting
for the ale sgences In our principal nd l. aoa
Resolved That the association BIO called .hev Europe
@ sell 'sf the sn ann q
-nu Win n'ie ass'sto' ~, .a.n. ssponsibs men.
edOussisas DO given, yil = 49,. s,ro.m Of
. emigration from tho 80. -. - mis-
mr. p,dr. !. a., .ng country. Virginia, east Of the
.,ons ~ ,, .ided by nature into two distinct Sec
r.. c,.,. water section and the Piedmont section.
suus-.s comparatively poor in soil, the result OF two
,.h,- years OF tobacco growing and wasieful slave
49, but has the advantages Of the game, the ano
,tss crabs and fish Of the nsvgable rivers
and iuots smptyinS into Chesapeake bay The Pied
section, running along the flank Of the Bloc Ridge.
from HarperS Ferry southwark to Charlottesville end
below, elevated country from thirty nfty mlIeS
In width and charming to the eye, with its
varying combinations Of mountains hills plains and
Valleys folds and forests, fertile in SOIL with delight
streams OF sparkling. cool and delicious water, and
also In wator power without limit. This Is destined
become one OF the most famous regions of the world
for its beef, mutton WOOL milk, butter and cheese
ell the fruits Of the tenn perate
ing the Immediate valley OF tho Po;omao and through
the impoverished but s,il desirable lands Of Fairfax
wheat. approach from the plains Of Manassas tue
Piedmont region proper, along The instep Of the Blue
Ridge.
Around Manassas within thirty miles Of Washington.
largo tracts Of land lying waste tho fences having
far povsr shed replace them. The fields thrown
out however do no. g,aro In the sun with their naked
sod like fields left uncuitvated In South Carolina
and Georgia where The earth hot for grass but
al around Manassas for miles thcrs springs up sponta
growth OF white clover, furnishing good pasture
At Manassas Junction cheerful little hamlet has
from the ashes OF Joe ohnst,ns abandoned mill de-
pot and already reo.ces two hotels Beauresard's
fortincaiions shich he bes condition might have
been over by flock OF sheep are Disappearing and
rebel army villages Of log cabins around
Manassas, which IN the spring OF 1862 told strange
story Of General kcCc.ans smasleriy inactivity"
NO to be along the railway here aud
there hut occupied by some freedman's happy family
But a. Manassas and NJ Cxiles AMI Brislows Stations
Of collected for tho bone mills and
awaiting transportation, still testify 70 tue horrible
slaughter in these parts Of horses muies, cattle and
sheep during the How many hundred Of these
bosss have been carried away there no tollng but
srii great heaps remain.
The soil becomes moro fertile as we approach War
renton, and the fields generally under cultivation
with the promise OF abundant crops Of wheat corn,
potatoes grass and fruit No section Of tho South
ravaged and laid waste BY the this section Of
Virginia except ths shenandoah Valley, and con
in self supporting resources in Is productive soil The
people here complain that they are all dcst
tute, though they continue 70 live without depending
upon the Freedmens Bureau Northern contributions
With excusable pride they boast that though
hased and dospclsd by four years OF gunpowder and
tortured by years reconstruction, they still
and contrivs to supper, themselves thanks to their
never faiiisg SOIL IN It's crops o. bread and meat
Tho other evening (thc l0.hl radical meeting was
held IN this town, at which the chief cook ana bottle
washer DIR. H. G. Brown, agent Of the radical
Congressional Committed The meeting chiefly
composed Of biacks loyal league formed to look
after the rg sra,ioa and tho organ zaton OF regular
republican camp for eleconecrng purposes This plan
oil operations 10 beng actively pursued every
hole and corner Of the S.ate aud OF the south
Tho Congress onal Committee, the Freedmens Bureau,
and the army Of occupation In the i've mi ary
for the work. whereby the radicals hold such Immense
advAnta es that they will probably carry every stats
these meetings very quietly they brief ana Inn
tied 70 business de ais bat when they adjourn they
leave organized camp behind them against AN oppo-
sition without organization means or leaders
In travelling through the south the stranger but
little OF the ruling class Of southern women except on
sunday Al the churches They have moi vet learned a.
body, 70 cultivate the Yankees although the Yankees
have been snguarly successful carrying OF some OF
the prizes among these iasidlous ana ncorlgibs
rebel beauties They travel about very little, keeping
rss OF secIusion melting away The belle. Of toe vii
agc for instance getting again 10 the good old
ths The approach OF stranger suspecie,
aYankse. They really begin to think that an inya
sion Of Yankees OF the peace establishment would be
m on
Their Southern beaux wsucnton too has Its full
Of pretty women and In this fact We may have the score
Of its exemption from the invaders torch and
shell during s worst experiences Of the war.
whss They Archie FasauI.r Waite SUI
phur-A Ghassly spectaclc-No Hopes a
ssssaer Visitors frea tho south. hat (;rea
Expectafisss frsn the North.
rAuQurHR wmrE SuiPurR SPRINGS
Near wancntsn, Va. Juno IL, 1857 !
Like Beauregard among the debris Of Fort sumter, tn
traveller may sit among the ruins OF this once magnia
cent establishment broodns upon the desolstons an
disasters OF war. Tho armies OF Mcclellan, Burnside
Hooker, Meade and Grant, and the soldiers OF sige
especially, tell how this work Of destruction vi
brought about Over oil The wasted country. from d
Potomac the Wilderness, there shAstl
spectacle Of ruin and decay than thisip these smoke
and dinsy columns which mark the place whore ono
stood great temple Of fashion, snd 10 thsss rows
empty cottages wIndowleS sad dosfisss damp an
Wondering 70 decay. In 1850 are told here VET
many at once hundred guests Al mis- place
in 1867 The only inhabitants fec poor fszli.
who have found shelter here, VITA thsn rigs an
chickens. In these dapidaisd cottages AZ ia vas u
place. with iu Improvements, msg hare cost over
quarter q . million; a. they are these rslns- %
springs md she plantation Of seven hundred acres
ras Lands 70 which they are attached. a. ws learn
ssay all b had for any thousand dollars, on cas-
s'rnA me owner cant improve, has no money
I'd IL In The market win hundreds Of others in Easier
rsnia from Manassas 70 Charlottesville and below, on
Tracing i've hundred thound acres Of ths incest ana no
desirable farms and in one Of ths very heslshsst %
tons q ths United States - wen - one Of the mo