Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1869-09-02
Virginia.

WHtATLAND, LorD"uN CoUSTY,l
VikdiSIa, August 2oth, 1853
IL is 80 peasaht 10 40 hoihihg aier year
wnfk tnal nave put On "fnihS 10 Tue v MMhh'
cI IL much longer THAI xptclpd. l came here
this wear hv n different = mn. from that have
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hi'hr'" l'"se'eu W 'e'eu 'nis "eieet,o'e iauu'
took through train from wilmington to
Washnutun md thence p,sspd hy steamboat Il,
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a" ""e WIN w.. -
the Altxa'inrla. LGudoun anu iiampshHe htlir"hu
for Hamilton the present terminus of the road.
Tn alx,udri, met Mr.. N Huyps. The sup.riu
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tendent OF the road ana was P'eassn 70 nae w
him former resident of Wilmington He IL n
h,,,,her of NJ, Hayrs nj ihu D,.not and r
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'iay's' !" Wv o'""H"''"' o''''S'
Ills road i, oho thit was commenced before
the war aud completed MS far us Lrrsbarg but it.
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It whs some Time beinrc Int company couiu re-
cover and put the old portien al the road IN
r,nnin,, nrd.r aud xt.nd II from t.rshurv m ms
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present terminus. II ID n,tihlateiy ihtehneo 10
run it to tn. Hampshire Hills, where an excellent
o,.litv nf q ,al l. f,nnd. Several Wilmin ,tnp
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u'p'N'''e "e'e y" "ii' ,se' ee'su 'n y, ~ "
present, l believe, Colonel McCOmb Is the only
Wiluinytrnian boldiny auy If its stock. 1hs
rood i. .,r,,.,,,y ,v.,i min aud ,c,nnn,c.l,,,
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IN 'uugrd Inc cars nre sut,stuutlai and mort
able, thnugh not elegant, aud are hnit Ia the
Cumpan, g own shop. The locomotives are from
fsunL.,Ii, NJ .ssachlI-uIts.
rlrre il III, iniinedintc aspect nf the extension
of thu. rond beyond Hamilton nut there Is scarcely
room t., doubl that If xteudrd it could beop ra :
I'd t prutii. IL Is not dtcid, d, either, precisely
in ah II direction tue extension will be NJ .Ge INT
il is quite possible that IL NAV c,ilie uear thi-
ying, and cross Short Hill (Which would b.
called a mount Ia ii IL werc fuithtr from th.
Blue Rftiet) at the tap iu which the pleasant
lit IL village # tiil-b 'ruugh is situated. Sh-uh
it do this IL will fuow almost exactly the route
Of Brndluck'e Road - the road by which Brad
dock aud his ill-fated soldier. marched westward
through here. a hundred years ago
London Valley ike eyei Other place almost
is ruify ring terribly tram the drought Corn il
mi red badly the fields ARE no longer green but
Il rusty brown aud the mills are running at inter
yaIs, having d, stop every few hours 10 gither IL
supply of water ut their dams. On Noniay md
tuesday of this week r,t,idiy gathering cloud.
following the terribly hot DAYS preceding. gave
prolni Of ii good soaking rain bur the cl ,uiis
are now dispersed, and t,,-day u blazing suu is
10 istiny the parchei earth
Itis almost TIN ll,t 10 Talk politics, hut feel
b. u,,d To rive brief SUMMARY Of the situation /:
aln In dali, CO, t,et with the hest aud st unchesi
Union men Of ihr most loyul lart Of The Old
Dominion. and tiud the almost universal senti.
uvpt amongst them is that Walkers triumph
was rebel victory. Oae of the Walker speakers
nj Lpeeblrr. said. .slf We win this election we
regain wllat we lost on the heights Of Grttye-
biirr.r Another said. II was a seccssionist sty
yeats agn ard | stand on the same platform t,-
i VI" while Governor Walker. VII claims 10 be-
the embntii,ront or ali the true R.pub!icans,n IL
V,rrio.a, aya,n aud agai throng the campaign
~, mistd his sppp. rlers th L wien H. pot D, 4
rps,.un Of lpr State government once iii V ii ud
liter the cDnstituti n to suit Themselves. d ID
Ibis the prcyailiuy iie, amongst the few rebels
with whom / cnu,e In contact. rode several
miles along side of Il, stranger the other day WIN.
white uyuwiI,p I,,t such i, pl,rl ,sp. seemed yry
angry at Inc irD.u. CT Of C,nrr.ss ipterf. rim.
Ai,b the result of tl,. late rlectlvn, He thDopb
he Sonth was being badIy treated. I wa. com.
prllrd ut last To reuli,d hin that il wis moi hi.
Side which won in The late uuplea,antuess. !"
and that meyer ia bi.try had treason been SO
lipbty puni.h,d. Jbs snbi ct uns doabless a
ia, ,l,snut ON, tb,n the drought as he drUpued
il aud to k uu the wrllb r.
lem. here much pr,iuiiced against Governor
Wells. and beli.ye that M INV In thr north Ell
trrtuiu similar feelings. | mn unw I'D 10 bt-
Iieyu that u,ueh ~ Ihs pr.jndicr Ia dine Il, The
ucr,isteuce nf renei Iyi,p. ii, .,Cnnsrrvn;iy..,'
ir,r,y here k,,ovi r m, wrli as their nurthern ro
,diitors itat A liz well ,,,lcL T., ia nbout us rff.
ty. as the t,uth. ttirk il very urob nle th,t
y more popular nomination might hnyp hre,,