The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-05-19

beautiful valley rolls IN IL volume from the right,
making line Of division In the united streams as DIS
tinct that between the yellow Of the Missouri
and the green Of the Mississippi q their junoli And
the mountains fresh and soft in their spring
But turning back upon the town, what change 1t Is
beehive robbed OF It's honey anthil despoiled OF
IT'S treasures Il Is even more dismal than Goldsmith 3
deserted village. The few blacks that remain are,
evidently the veest and happiest OF the population
The white men move lstlcssly and lazily about as II
they had nothing to do and plenty Of time do 1t
Their household duties, to be still wearing the
clothes which they had before the war.
Union resident who had stuck through all the
war, and another who had been taken prisoner by old
.onn brown, ana one Or Two other old stagers IRON
OF the talk with Union will perhaps be interest
,ng TO the readers Of the HERALD:-
swell, how are you all getting on heref The town
seems 70 be dead, and you all 10 DO asleep Are
you waiting for something TO turn upS"
Eyes SIR; that's It. We are waiting for the Govern
ment 10 reesabsh the Armory 70 sell out Its rights
here along these two rivers with all their water power
around this point so that we can bring Northern capital
Yes that for four I've miles along this river
1.-THE Systematically you have ten times the water power
Of Lowell and that for several miles along the Potomac
any number OF mills may be set up"
"You right, SIR. The Shenandoah falls from
entyhve to hundred feet In i've miles here, and you
from the works had here what this place was
before the Here, for instance, the OF Mr.
Herr's Touring mill and cotton factory In 1880 that
mill turned out two hundred barrels OF -four every day
Of girls and boys Look at 'em now"
"But after al, your main reliance was the government
Armory."
1T was sir; and It gold mine to Harpers Ferry
Before the war II gave employment and good pay in
bard cash TO I'VE hundred men ana most Of these men
other officers had thor quartersa those houses the
hiIi-and they we're always making improvements here
that ga work 70 hundreds of masons and carpenters
Before the war; sir, had sometimes pretty near i've
thousand people here, and all hourshing, tor they all
had money 10 spend Now we have about twenty tive
hu drcda nd 4 a raj dal
but the odd five hundred Of Us would have TO leave"
"And you say you have an idea that the government
will re-establish the Armory after a while. You must
be- then all right reconstrucionfo
1--WE ali right sir because ara in Wcst Virginia.
Virginia; they do But Harper's Ferry now 10 West
Virginia and she you know, was all right from the
jump and she expects the government TO keep her in
possession because is her right OF way and this Is her
only the seaboard; and because West Virginia
did much for the Union expect the govern
ment something for her. In setting up Armory
here gain in turning over its mill Htes and water
power to Northern capitalists.
'But suppose the Armory is rebuilt the rebs come
down again and gobble IL upf"
''Bless your SOUL sir, isn't slavery dead as a door
nailf and what else have thcy left to Sht for2 and
there in Loudon county, just that ridge and they
will tell you they have had enough Of rebellion TO last
'em hundred years The starch s taken completely
out OF EN- and the government needn't be the least
mite afraid OF their brstln' up again. II all about
niggers and they'll all feel better when they
stand how much tho loss OF them niggers helps their
country
you think so. But how is it with real estate around
hero ~
'why, sir, bad NJ are fixed in this broken down
town. lands around here hi2h before the war;
and higher too; $50. SIS and 500 in some
But the ridge there in old Virginia. where
they not reconsructing Them you get bargains
and further up this valley when you get into the old
State. We are in Wost Virginia. and all right,
you know"
And on, for hour. We leave this place with the
Impression that Harpers Ferry Is site for manufac-
uring city Of i've ten times the capacity OF Lowell,
60 rccreating the South under the dispsn
ation.