The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-09-02
finest bright tobacco in the world. and
where the skilful husbandnian Is always
liborollr ropardeH

!, finest bright tobacco in the world. anu
where the skilful husbandman Is always
| literally rewarded.
| More recently was called to pass over
the entire length of the Chesapeake aud
Ohio road from Richmond to the White
, SULPHUR Springs, traversing the rich bot
toms Of the numerous rivers along or over
which It passes into the great grain coun.
try OF the Piedmont region, crossing at
StanDton the upper part Of the Shenan-
doah Valley. aud penetrating through the
widest scenery the eye ever beheld to that
country so Glowingly described by the In-
: dian chief Chunoluskec when he aStonished
Gov. Spotswood and the cavaliers by reci-
tai Of the charms and natural advantages OF
the then unknown and untravcrscd wilds
Of the Blue Ridge and Allegheny noun
tainS.
"The Wales beyond those mountains"
said he, care my native war-plths, and
look back TO them with tho same sort OF
pleasure which you remember the scenes
OF YOUR childhood. II is the most glorious
land that ever the sun shonc upon. There 10
a valley beyond those mountains almost
pcrfect terrestrial Paradise, Astounding in
deer, elk. hmflalo. and game ofcvery sort; the
! land tceming with wild fruits of every kind,
and bright with the purest fountains OF wa
ter that ever gushed from the solid rocks.
Z mere arc tttl sgt III souA
Excellcucy NAV cook an egg, and others,
the medicinal virtues OF which are so great
! that even the deer and buffalo visit them
constantly. Indian tribes from tthe mouth
! Of the Mississippi on the one hand and the
: lakes on the other, visit them in the hunt
inc season, bringing there the lame and the
blind and the halt. just rs | have read was
the custom in the Jewish country
! He told his auditors also Of the caves, the
; Salt Springs, the Natural Bridge, and spoke
! of other curiositicS, which, while they en-
tcrtaincd some. only excited the irony ana
sarcasm of the doubling.
! Under the care OF man and the hand Of
art, the wonderful waters here mentioned
have been improved, and the grounds so
bcautircd that the Indian chiefs who held
sway over them, or paid annual visits TO
them, would never recognize them as the
same. Lister still. took trip down
! JAMES RIVER,
whose banks wash, and whose trlbuta-
RIGS reach into some Of the most fertile
lands of the State. We see on our trip
down the river some of the most magnih-
cent estates in the country-lands whose
productivencss equal that Of the western
prairies, and whose soil is apparently ex:
hali>tless. We pass by the small fruit ana
truck farms of the lower james, where
thousands Of dollars worth Of vegetables
and early fruits arc annually sent to the
colder climates of Baltimore. Philadelphia,
ana New York, and rs fur north as Boston,
Beneath the waters over which our steamer
sidcs so rapidly and smoothly are the finest
oysters, crabs, and fish which ever entered
the mouth of the epicure. Ind now an
writing from
LoUDoUN VALLEY,
1on
literally FLOWING with milk and honey"
q land so rich and inexaaustibie that
the greatest skill Of the husbandmar
has been unable to discover the ex'
tent of its productivenesS; a county in
which more wheat was raised in 1860 than
in the States Of Massachusetts, Rhode Is.
land. and Connecticut combined, and
where farms are held in such high esteem
that they readily sell from $50 to Sl0O per
acre.
-! In reaching this grand old county we ere
carried through many poor ana Worn-oui!
lands. hut there are otherS-2S Caroline ana
SpotSyIgania-whcr the corn is promising
and abundant. We steam up the Potomac,
the nohlcst liver in the country, passing
Mount Vernon and Fort Washington. and
within sight Of the national capital, ana
oiScmbark at Alexandria. Thence, by way
OF the Washington and Ohio railroad, we
20 through some of the best lands OF the
old county Of Fairfax. Around the villages
of Vienna and Falls Church there are few
better lands in this whole region.
in LouIoun the drought has seriously
affected the growing crops, but there " wii!
be plenty and to spare" Further on, cross
ing the Blue Ridge ut Suckers Gap. we
enter the lower valley Of the Shenandoah,
into the grain and grazing counties oil
Clarke, Frederick, and Jefferson, where
the crops this year are very ight. i ne
drought which prevailed on the east OF inc
mountains has affected that portion OF the
Valley also. And now go over THIS state,
visit its mountains filled with ores and
precious metals: pass through its low
lands, and Zee there extensive fields OF way.
in. Grain drink from those lealth-.lvln1
waters, ever flowing from the mountains
side, giving renewed life to the sick ana en-
eruy 10 the cnerv2tcd; sail over It's broad wa
tiers, and take from It's rivers and mountain
streams the finest fish that were ever eaten
extract from the waters OF the southwest
the salt. and there, too, see the cattle grazing
con a thousand hills" feeding and tatten'
ing for the eastern market; 60 IN the WIN
ter on the "peninsuIa aud shoot wild
geese ana ducks to your hearts content,
and Kill the deer that abound i'll that re-
zion see oil this and more too there Is he.
: side. and YOU vii! agree With me that 1.-THE
hall has not been told )" that, lying in the
same parallel in which lies the lands of Ju'
dca and Palestine, we have q greater diver
sity Of climate and is great fertility OF soil
AITCH.
| FLOR .he-Iichn.ond Diepht'h
letter fro,a Richmond COunty.