The New York herald., 1867-05-26
EST VIR GINA.
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE OF THE HesAlu.

Cheat River Hamlct-The Railway Ride
from Cumberland Over the Allcxhauies-
The Wonders. the Resources and tho Draw
backs Of West Virginia Political Affairs.
&C." Hard Times and Worse Coming"
RowLEssuRG Preston county, W. Vail
May ~, 1857.
Down in green hollow, about mile square. through
which flows the coneecoored Cheat rivor abounding In
delicious nsh, 10 this little hamlet Of Rowlssburg envs
oped among the sharply cut ridges Of the Aleghanes.
IT, before Il done Brown, sight Of Harper's Ferry,
Jefferson had IT, worth trip the Atlantic
in sailing vessel; IL Trip from the Ferry 70 Cumbsr-
land, the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, covers the
most important events Of The rebellion, The move
ments OF the hostile armies Is equally true shat the
trip by rail from Cumberland over the Alsghanies ais
tho celebrated Trsnchman's ideas Of Niagara ralls-
is grand IL 10 cnarmanti is wonderful IL 10 magni
nquei By Gar. he Ia nrst rate"
Cumberland s dull The coal business from the mines
twelve miles back in the mountains suffers from general
depression in trade We two thousand tons Of this
coal pass down the road in Eve trains In the space Of
half hour: but both the road and the Chesapeake
and Ohio Canal the business 10 comparatively fat
Everywhere aud In every branch Of trade the people
TO be waiting for better times with misgiv.
ings that worse coming The idea prevails in these
parts extent that the exemption of government
bonds from taxation. while real heavily saxsd
10 ofvortng men OF cnptAi from Investments IN hnuB
and internal improvements, &c, 70 investments in gov
ement bonds and this other idea also Ia anoat, that
upon this question in all It's ramncationa there will
BE- reconstruction Of political parties which will shake
our financial system to It's very foundations beginning
with panic and general break down in the fall.
Az we ler Cumberland this morning the mountains
around that neat little sMountan City" green to
their SUBMITS in the fresh and delicate verdure Of spring
The morning cloudy with occasional sprinkle Of
rain but the sun al work. and passed up the
pretty valley Of the dwindlng Of the Poto
mac the mist from tho and ridges on both
sides rose like volumes Of smoke from many huge,
burning coalpits Al New Creek station We found .
ragged village commanded by redoubt convenient
hill and tho scene Of many q raid and sscrmmage"
during the war Next comes Piedmont, q village OF
machine shops, and where coal cropping out OF
the mountain sdes From this point ascend twenty
two hundred feet In fourteen miles, and reach the table
lands or sgladcs,n they called Of the Asghanies
twenty EIGHT hundred feet above the sea level
In appearance these tabe lands are low, na,
swampy country and ought 70 be rather at the foot than
the summit level OF the mountains but have some
evidence OF their altitude In the wnty aspect OF the
woods, gray and ifeess In February, the bios
soming wild cherries among the underground On this
plateau r. 500 feet above the SEAL hnd the summer
mountain resort OF Oakland, where they have nice
hotel and whore they say the temperature nevcr above
pleasant summer heat whore the nights are cold,
whore the air wholesome the water pure, cold and
soft the milk and butter delicious the mutton chops
magnificent We pass on by Cranberry summit which
is In hollow (grca country up hero for cranberries
and than begin the descent westward 20 Cheat ver
The oak woods soon begin 10 be ngsd with green and
hsS oosr spreads and doepsns ss we run down 70 me