The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-05-03
Letters from the People.
FROM GREENBRIER CO.

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GREENBRIER COUNTY, W. v, ii
.n..d.t n! /, y April Is, 1866. 81
Editor Of fhe Register: -
I embrace leisure hour to give you
some items jotted down in q journey ON
horseback from Parkersburg 10 this
Lart of our State. $50 a. ia
My route has. been through Jackson,
Fayette and Groenbrier, and / propose
to travel through Monroe, Mercer and
Raleigh before return. Many points
of interest, both. historical aud local
were passed during the trip FROM Far
kersburg to Lewisburg, but as they
are we'll known to most of your read
ers, I will not refer to them particular
w. In passing up the Kanawha river
to Gauley, was struck with the marks
of the great freshets that occurred du-
ring the latter part of the winter, and
the damage of property wrought by
them. The bridges across the streams
have nearly all been swept away, and
the roads in many places have been rem
dered almost impossible. II
The scanty yield Of wheat last year
prevented the seeding of large crop
last fall, hut the fields sown sre now
green, and the prospect for IN abundant
harvest is, at this time, hattering. Corn
and bacon, am informed, are very plen-
tiful in this county, and but little de-
mand for them. Could the surplus pro-
ducts of this and its circumjacent coun-
ties be exchanged for greenbacks, great
relief would be afforded the people who
now need funds 20 pay their taxes.
Great anxiety is felt by all the farmers
with whom have cshvcrsed as to the
manner in which they shall raise the
money to pay their taxes next fall. Mich
has been said about the disioyalty of the
people in this part of the State, but
candor cOmpells me to say have not
witnessed disloyal act nor heard q
disloyaf sentiment expressed, In my III.
tercourse with this much abused and
greatly slandercd people, and 1T '"Ow
Arthur" would only deign to leave the
chair Of State for a short tine, and
mingle with them, he would have
his mind so disabused that in
his next message he wonld refrstin from
indulging in terms of bitter vitupera-
tion OF them. Lean assure him that he
need have no fear to go among them.
They arc neither the cannibals nor
semi i-barbari.,ns he has doubtless imag-
ined them to be from the false represen-
tatious that have been mede to him for
sinister purposes by designing and
wicked men,, "A more srefned, intelli-
gent and law-abiding people (saving
the few Radicals among them) are not
to be found in the State than are the
people of Greenbrier, | was informed
by AN intensely "loyal' landlord in
Fayette that the Union people in his
locality were in great trepidation in
consequence of the discovery of con-
spiracy of the rebels, as he called them,
to massacre indiscriminately the loyal
citizens. He declares that it was "a
well authenticated fact that President
Johnson and General Grant were at the
head of it, and seemed to I've greatly
alarmed. Iendeavored to quiet the fears
of this ignorant and credulOus man by
assuring him that no such conspiracy
was ever thought Of by those charged
with it; but. he would have it, that the
Conservatives Of the United States
were preparing to make war on the
Radicals. 1t is by the fabrication and
circulation of snch absurd and ridicu-
lous reports by the leaders of the Radi-
cal party iu West Virginia, that their
ignorant followers are kept in constant
excitement. In this way, they expect
to so embitter them against the Con-
servatives as to prevent them forever
from cooperating with thom. Ignor-
ancc aud its' coneomitant, crednlity,
constitute the cohesive power of the
Radical party, at least, in this part OF
the State. .
But must close. In my next, Twill
give you some account of the mineral
resources of this part Of this State.
RAMBLER.