The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-01-29
...-,...ors,u.. Of The richmond nisratch,

,.a>rA!FE> OF TNE IiIN'
.,.,rosgonar,gt Of The ntc'r.,nA nizHatch'
...,inp> Sn thc v!r~ ~inim N"unfai'ts"-'
,,,r,cu CoUu:s ,-esIa"sc AND S'aF"
,,,.,nf.i,...lus,iaa neutrality-suspicious.
.,c... or Shb's ynlicy-.-!tn sNt:acs
,.,c,..-Ru Ruri,,s s;arucM-.-A Lost Lake.
Sc. &C.
AMSTERDAM. VA. .}2ntrrv -. 1872.
.;., r.,,.,pr the slliircl ot my last letter.
..-.,,airr ..oiHg FROM Lebanon, III Russell
NY. Ia ,Er!!"c>'nrliI". The c"Gn'E-Sg'' O!
Il. ...y,..s, ! ,;ruch al once With rccG!Eilil
...,. ,an;.u,asii~ and knobs WHi"!l >urT"unU
. ..,, So, ~, a',pr"."h,'S and crosses the TaZc-
,.,... ti.r. Gi-.alla ridges Of limestone shoot
.., ,.ls r,.,,,-- from the very S9nnlt oi The
...,,,..,ip>. ana. bleak and hare, seem to
...ar the Nv. The>" extend. III some in
I'M, .... =. .s.aHv reds. coming to abrupl
. r,i.o,., ia DIZZY. inaccessible cii'l>. ana
....,r,.,i is... siriAiE,, FEATURES i'll Tie wild
..l go. .-. ,"aG>,uuc. Th" singular ap-
--,,.. If tr.,, Hu-3 rocks on one oi
... r...s.a';Iu>. hearing u resemblance 10
....... u.II f. large l4un Near By, has
.....r.l 'or il ;i.r tiinr-honurcd if not
.....,;;, 11..%. Of the "itu>i>c and Barn
.,.,.a3, This j. in Russell. Not fur dis
80. - :, spur l..iicti the p;iiuing-Lick noun
...., T'r origin oi tht irlllc is IN interest
... ....: Near - i M old derrick, which
81. ...,ar..s. do WAS iftQucntcd by these
.,..r.2< tni I'll ~Glt-ioliuG animals: While
. .,...,,rn, l,:-, face Of the ciitls Is adorned
s.. iua.ol isiuf.l@~ OF strange and ancient
....... IN raloyiug j, Of some red and
..E M, r! !. certainly Of most enduring
.,..:.", Is ibr oit,rel citizens have heard
? ... ire, r,j,rlo them as relics Of an extinct
Uu1 g.. tA,,1 paintings represents a
.-r", L GrJwlI low III the act OF sendin"
...,N iuto The head OF Il serpent at his
II 4ur.ncr Place the huge form Of
.. iu ,:tn - depicted pointing with out
e.. ,.i.-I arm u the ri-irS sun, and again
&auand>-a red and Il hlack-lic with
r ran.tS near each other. Tradition has
g, ....i i...-, rrr!c paintings were intended ~
g. 'si, written by one Indian tribe to another,
"a" hyr ais, some tIau>latiunS of the
. ...-,,nhi,., handed down to lis. For in
= .r....u utyilr Of Indians going on the war
3..... a.-,;n,; tn" ili!C ui SIiakc Indians j.
-.......r.i H. have i.niird tieir intention ami
..i The ryrnl upon record hy cati>ing
...l Nurr II paint the savage killing
+. snake. while one land Of Indians may
.,, intended hy the figure Of one Of
..;.ir race i,oi:ttin@ to the rising sun
'a ,ay - oiiar> following that they We're
n,r,,.u-t DUE. east. Again. the two diamond
E., -urc. i,ayr been thought to represent two
Us. and 10 intimate that they were ar-
@rtriML each othcr-whcthcr in friendly
VI, l.,S Ntlt - rod
..l yulr correspondent does not feel COM
.~i.l, t. express IN opinion on question
Il -Unn grayitv. TaZcWcil ahounds in In
,,.u r.lc, aud Indian legends, some Of which
..}r t,.";uc hi-loiicaI--'ur example, the
.,>asry oi Abl'S Valley. | visited this
'-,'ty 1it'ir sale, and stood, upon the spot
" .r."" IT," pioneer Moore aud his vile were
'.na.,awE.d. th,ir house burned. and their
.0utr,n lGTl!c cilhiyr-. somc OF your readers
,.sI &c ium!iiar with Tie touching narrative
s.. t3.. ,.tp;iyilv ui III" twn Moore cfiildren.
s.y,H l,> appeared in print under the tit!'
iIl. "Lart.vr> nl Abs Valley" Little
Nt;y Moore mad" the journey with the re-
=. attn- hluduf Indians IN the dead of viii
r. E. 1n.; un foot, 10 the ONO =; was uitcfWa! d.
"a 10 IN t'rcgcll in C;tlladp, ilu some Years
..vr raW>orrd i,y her friends; on coming t.
. ,u"Hhood married Il Rev. MIR. Brown, and
,,~lu" Tho mother "i five Presbyterian inil-
~. r.-ouy nf wH"m is ;llc popular editor oi
Is ,Nrrt',it religious newspaper published
}ntDi lily. But | lave Gi~TcS,cd. From time
IGr til.T' lliN" been tuhcn from tile caves
hlu'~ Valley hu!nHn bones Of remarkable
... i!l- region sccEi, 10 nave heclI once ILL
T.. nci ~ j giant rae. y 10 Used t.iC nttu-
g.. v,rr> ahuunGin- here ipr tilc seI!!ltl!rc
l:.ir dead. 4 Singular characteristic si
I'll, valley is &N underground creek, which
..r. o'ii there shows it>Ct IL the bottom Of
liz s.;sG G"prc-~iun-, furnishing the deu!-
~ .t~ ~th au abundance Of wafer for their
&, @at never inundating their fields OF
t.ri.A.: OF their property, It's Is the fashion
u VI.r l0wlaNd streams.
T,l~wcll is, ! believe, regarded a> tie best
ling county il Virginia Tie grass
tGN, here everywhere without seeding or
."H,vation. 1t i only necessary 10 fell
IL" timber, and the land is at once covered
H'h IN indigenous growth of the finest
.T2 gra-s, springing up everywhere from
J' lowest valley 10 the highest lnointain-
~. and furnishing l)aStlrnSc OF The 1!l2>i
i.s.Iiy 10 the thousands Of cattle, horses
lua males which fatten and are reared her,
ug districts less highly favored. The gl,Z!cr':
III" in IazcUril is one OF e;:>e and aDucnce-
,ut' more 80. Tie owner oil a few hundreds
/ r!ciI acres here need only 10 stock his farm
.,"p " lIis fences, mark and salt his cattle
now VIXEN and how to sell and buy, ant
+. may S!t at his ease aud live like a lord, fol
81. atncr thin-s that money can buy "wili bt
'.t,..,i unto h!u." Before leaving TazeWell
/. .WCyrr T, must give your readers some
eli. ii Bu:h's Garden, {prany description
iazewtii i !nvoinp npirtc without the Garden
II, generally called, being included. This i:
.!r}i T.,!!rr. or rather basin, OF Just l0,G0t
- 81 l4nG, iying II the eastern part of tht
.'It.ty. and enclosed by Il complete circle o
amoUu:ains ialnilariy called the "Garlcl
!aI;i.>.' The land is a. level as a prairie
s.rl.yrE!y very rich, mld very valuable fol
lug "r farming. There is only one wa,
III .1taG it and ono way OF getting out o
q. tt.;tra by l.clns of 4 ltlSS;Dlc turn
..... ro,u. which winds for many miles III
Io a.olmtain sides. From the eastern sum
!'i. view HAY be had Of the entire basin
every acre, every tree an(
..pU>e, and S.r,amet, and j had almost
'tsI r.cly human being, on the o,000 acres
ad singularly beautiful and captivating
u@.. picture il Is, worth 4 ride Of many miles
20 -cr. III the water IN the place collects III
= i:r,:c Geek, and rlsshcs through marrow
igH (its only outlet with 4 noisy whirr. us
. rE"rGt"laiing itself Oh escaping from its
1.aon. Very many hold the opinion that
- pretty basin WAS, centuries ago, n large
.hc, and that IN time the waters wore away
ne mountain 10 Il level with its bed, and so
implied itself. II this be 80, which, to say
Il" least, seems doubtful. it must have
""is long, long ago, for the country when
,lraoVcrcd was, and is stil'. much of it.,
~Fly timhCred. II wasa lucky transfoi1na-
81 Of the abode Of fishes and Waterfowl
.," thc happy home Of All hundred thrifty
f.'ri!ra. ready, rs far as my experience goes
IN one melancholy cxccption), to extend
..r righ;~liand of welcome and to share
,ncra'iy with the honest stranger the many