The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1868-09-30
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CoLp SULPHUR SPRINGS, Va, Sept. 8, 1868,

At the koekbrldge Alum We met with
many of our esteemed old Virginia friends
whom we had not seen since during the war.
We had the pleasure of seeing our old friend
VIM. =. Newman, Of Orange, a gentleman
Of the old Virginia school and opo of the
most intelligent farmers in East Virginia
We met also with our old political and per-
eonal friends, Lewis e. Hauie, of Amelia,
and the Hon, Jeremiah Morton, and our
good old christian friend Rev. John Cole,
OF Culpepcr G. II. We were glad to see all
these gentlemen so cheerful under their heavy
losses and msfortunes for they too, like the
writer, suffered in an especial manner by the
desolations of the enemy and the war. We
thought Of antebellum days when we were
nil once happy free and prosperous. We
thought too of old Jnbal alias Gen Early, as
the boys in gray jackets used to call him, and
said to one of the crowd who was re9ugeeing
from sCulpeper with his negroes, stock &c,
whilst passing the generals Division:
where are you going, sir, with your
stock" 's'aeos3 - y 'a'5 off
Getting out Of the way Of the yankees, to
save my property" he answered. ~,
To which the general replied 'sWhy dam
Jon, thought you were going to look for
your rights in the territories"
We all knew the generals political status
before the war as a strong Union man but
when Virginia passed the ordinance Of seces-
sion he CALAMITY risked his future and cast
his lot with his dear old State. 7s7sl 'Iee
The joke is said to have occurred with
your humble servant and nay Staunton neigh
bors frequently ask me if have become tir-
cd Of irbf L.
but the joke is applicable to another, and not
to the accused deny it. m I'm r-f.
From all parts of the North and South as
obtained by visitors at the different Springs,
the prospects are bright for Seymour and
Blair. With the defeat of our opponents
and the restoration Of Constitutional Union
we may anticipate an unprecedented era of
prosperity and good feeling both State and
National which, with return OF peace unity
concord and State Rights, will greatly relieve
our financial and political status. VI
Sorry to see that Old Augusta has defeated
the subscription to the stock of the Ohio and
Seaboard Railroad. All, the other counties
on the line much less able, to make, the loan
= having voted it, Well the road will be made
at any rate, but am sorry that our great
county refused to lend a helping hand in the
completion Of the grandest line of Railway
in the world l am convinced that the sub
ject was not fully understood by our people.
know Augusta has been highly favored
compared to other counties in Virginia. I
know full we'll, too, those sections who have
lost least by the war are the most penurious,
for It is an old aud true adage, ''the more We
have the more we want" but yeti am still
Of the opinion, if as much time had been
devoted to the discussion Of this great prac-
tical question, bearing upon the great maateris
al interests OF Virginia, and especially Au-
gasta, as there was in discussing the Niger
and Sc:ilawag Constitution of Virginia, She
subscription would have triumphed, without
doubt. 4 .ss,es ...,, s..r;9j .-,ss ~. ..i 81
We shall have no election this fall by the
sanction Of the military power So, like
every thing else since the surrender of Gen,
Lee. all our efforts have been in vain, and ex-
hibits the monstrous farce of apeing freemen
without any one solitary beneficial result
With the completion Of the Covipgton Rail
Road to the Ohio River, and the Valley R.
T., from Harrisonburg to Salem, Va, we
hope to see 100 thousand people in the noun
tains Of Virginia, instead of or 5000
In. the great, cities of Chicago, Cincinnati
Mobile, New Orleans, st Louis, New York,
Philadelphia, Baltimore &C., half million
would not be missed. We predict 100 thous
and alone, at the White Sulphur, when these
great arteries of trade and intercommunica-
ton shall be made, connecting New Orleans
and New York, and New Port News and
Norfolk with San Francisco, California by the
way of the great Atlantic and Pacific Rail-
way. "MEDICUS."