The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1868-02-21

ne reporter Oh tlle hnC'"''ner newspa-
per tai"ays say HTo"' newspaper
y ohh NJ. Dahiel always SAID 1t, and it
t'ckies foliafd' sounds Dig)' arrived
mere IN the cars. Iiat won { do-a man
ought never TO can hlmseif reporter
start again. sg..Ht sHf aI ....at,r ed.
Your especial correspondent reached
TINS beautifnf and fiourishing mountain
city Wow I'm doing NV it) in the
magnificent, handsomely embellished
ana rapidly rolling cars OF the Orange
and Alexandria Railway. "Railway"
is better than railroad-more English
seldom used in this country.
Hot Wihskey punch is mighty good
mighty-send Tor more-fnlsh this in
fernal letter and draw on Pollard for
sou. In ont.lr5baglI .! hrEr -.
All this pitcher is better than t'oth-
er. Wish to gracious this table would
keep still. = y @A5A o. sa
Iynchbirgis. pleasantly situated at
the confluence of Tom and Jerry with
the toll bridge leading into Amherst,
which is on the top of several hills. -
The Virginia and Tennessee Railroad
depot is hard by, and is noble struc-
ture, reminding the European traveller
of the Rialto at Venice, or the Egyp-
tian pyramids. A creek called the
Blackwater flows at the foot of the city,
(got a mind to call it a village and make
the people mad,) and from the colour of
the creek Judge it to be egg-nogg
made of bad eggs. The James river
runs under the bridge, and is very wa
terry. The town, from these splendid
streams, rises higher than kite, until
ii. is lost in the cupola of a Courthouse,
which is so elevated that it can hardly
be seen with the naked eye, and has an
eight day clock in its imposing facade,
which enables the people to tell the
time of day with the aid of a twenty
foottelescope. The effect is sublime,
and the. scenery viewed from the Pied
mont House is the grandest in Amerl-
ca. 1t is like looking up from the bot
tom of well, and it is the d dcst
steepest town outside of h, the high
lands of Scotland and Abyssinia.
g The chief attractions of the place are
Lawson's, Baily's, Heydenrich's and
Peter Wren's, grandson of Christopher
Wren, the great architect-a multitude
of tobacco factories, where the glorious
Highlander and the immortal Lone Jack
are made. Also, the water-works dam,
built in imitation of the Horseshoe
Fall at Niagara, by some infernalfool or
other. Also, there are some churches,
built in the highest style of art. and
two newspapers. edited with marked
apiiity' dishity' Vigour OF research ana
tfehciiahey Oh letymoioSicai, philologl-
cal ana etceefologlcai power Dy GLASS,
and sutton, ana Allck Mcdonald, De-
sues Jop ONCE OF que proportions,
power, style ana pathos Dy Schanter,
Vleueed gooa ieiloW) ana ahotiler
newspaper IN the early uterus OF COM
ing events by Ned CHRISTIAN, old Wad-
dlli ana ooiohel hooert "lshers, which
Is destiiiea 10 pe 4 powerful organ OF
popuiaf sehtimeht, oaste' virtue, ialth,
nope ana charlty, IL the type ever comes
to hand. A ." ri a... '
NOW, II these Lyhchourg edltorsaint
pieased with that, they may Just go TO
-bed, ana dye thelr toes with ped-bug
poison, and die there, for In bent ON
having their good Will, they being the
fightenest editors in this country.
Boy, tell Peter Wren to send me two
more pitchers ofpunch, for it is very
fine. Make it stiff. .r
Now can go it.
The geology of this portion of the
State Is very remarkable. l observed
in my rambles Il haven't been outside
the town since came herel some ad-
mirable diluy;an remains, the principal
of which is a market house, found here
.by the first settlers a few centuries ago.
The timbcrs in this edifice, its elevation
above tidewater. and the incrustations
on the butchers, blocks. attestits hoarv
ontiouitv Tha hest biblical students
are a creed that II is A distinct and lin
cal relielS of Noah,s Ark. and it is with
in eosv reach ot some of tho host drink-
ino-bousas IN town Tba hill op which
this very interesting and instructive
ruin stands, is called, for some doc
trinal or historical reason, Jake Knoll.
Think-lll step out now, and see if / .
can't get drink somewhere. No; I'll
finish this. BY Jove! it is raining,
and sleeting, at the same time.