The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1867-05-01
EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE.
A Trip to Richmond.
RICHMOND, April 10, Is

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bound for this sRcbel Hole" as the yam
KEGS elegantly call it. Nothing unusual
disturbed the monotony Of the trip, for
Captain Richardson usually takes his train
through 'son time, " and, though Charlottes-
vile is big town, he only stopped there
long enough for us to learn that Southall,
of the Chronicle, had "gone counting"
or to see about that "boy" Little. Of the
Fredericksburg News, says he 'took to the
Circus!'" A glance atthe University, (the
Dome Of the Rotunda seemedto have swol-
len with indignation at idea of "Medical
Consolidation. y and a side view of Char
lottesyille, convinced us that it would ri
val (Southall has travelled" and can give
the nancy some great foreign place Of
learning and medicine, some of these days,
| i the Rivanna becomes nayigable stream
and "Shadwell Mills" sport of Entry"
| But for John Richardson's everlasting all
aboard we would have been able to send
you the exact number Of idlepeople around
the Depot. Slaughter Ficklin was there,
talking to about dozen strapping fellows,
about "Norman horses -maybe- and
what they could do, never once thinking
he was keeping that energetic squad Of
farmers" the Chronicle often alludes to,
from balancing the "rider' to rail fence
apdoverseering long cared mule, hitched
to "shovel plough" We also saw an
omnibus and four negroes recklessly lift
ing one small trunk to the top Of it. The
handsome railroad agent smiled benigiiiii;
on US from his box, reminding us of a good
dinner he gave us, onceupon time, when
"Jubal AZ wanted "all the cars in Lynch
burg, d-aqaich." Our parting look was
given to the only handsome woman, at the
! door of the room the Charlottesville ladies
crowd to see "who comes on the cars from
Staunton." Ifshe was the girl that kick
ed Southall, we can account for his Bit
terness against her sex.
| Charlottesville. the handsome lady, the
railroad agent, the idle people and "Nor-
| man Horses" are soon forgotten as the train
approaches "Shadwell." On one side you
| are pointed to leg house that Thomas
Jefferson was once said to live in, and on
the other, an imperishable monument to
Virgiuia's energy and enterprise rears Its
roofess head, and is humorously called
:'Shadwell Mills" New Gordonsville, with
its neat, comfortable look ing Hotel, kept
by Mann, comes next. Chicken legs"
asplentiful as ever. painfully reminded you
Of ''severial" old veterans you "chawed
on" in the grand old days of the war
Don't laugh, for even "chieken leg" can
bring up recollections Of the greatest and
best Of men. Especially "Old Jacks de-
feat" his 'sutterrout," the day heattempt-
ed to flank war worn veteran Of the Cor
) louisville Chicken Leg Brigade. There
he was conquered and only there We
hope Gordonsville will appreciate the fact
that we have handed it down to history,
and give 'our daily as many subscribers as
it did 'Dabney's Life of Jackson
Louisa Courthouse, frederick Hall,
Beaver Dam, and Hanover Junction are
passed much more rapidly than even the
s'foot cavalry" marched to Richmond, when
Sup't. Whitcomb played the old game of
"ride and tie'' with his cars, to throw said
cavalry on McClellan's left falkland
here we are in Richmond.
!. We have seen the Capitol once more
and have found the St. Charles all that has
been told u.s. This house was once great
favorite with our Valley people and should
continue to be. It's well arranged, neat
ly furnished and itstable can't be surpass-
ed The gentlemanly clerks, Mr. Booz,
lateof che Norvell Heuse, Lynchburg, and
1t. Dickerson, Of Caroline, (who gave an
arm to our cause,) are only equalled in
their endeayors to make you comfortable,
/ by the ready and polite promptness Of the
servants in carrying out their orders.
Two years ago We stood among the ruins
Of Richmond, now, walking along the
streets of the nblrnt district" we can hard
| IL believe we are in The same city. Instead
Of black. med and totteri:ag walls, palatial
business house. give Broadway appear
ance to Main Stree and every part OF the
city shows what southen..n energy can ac-
compl;sh, under the most IL, 'lhs elfeuln@
stances that ever prosecuted p. oPie
Business is dull, duller than at any IT, ne
since the war, but the merchants are hope
full. The Legislature is hard at work and
many important bills have been passed
The consolidation of the N. &P., S. S. Va.
I. & Ky. Railroads has been accomplish
ed, after hard fight Our Valley uem-
bers voted for it and our people will sou
be convinced, by the speedy construction
Of the Valley Railroad, that they acted
right. They may count the Valley Rail
road n fixed factnaxu ;f o,,r :, |