Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1873-08-30
UP THE KAMA VIVA RIVER.


Gallipolis. We lefl this place onptbc steam
boat Daniel Boone," sbout 12 o'clgck Sunday
night, August 3rd. ior Cbarcstown,' 'the 0abi-
talo West Virginia, on 'hd kanavha rivSf.
This river Is a clear, rapid stream, perhaps
not more than halt mile wide any wbcre,
and generally much narrowef Some parts of
the river between Gallipolis and Charl, sit3yn
used 10 be unnavigable, bui during theswar
channels were dug out at these points, 50 that
small steam Boats can now run in all sessons
oftlhe year This was very important chan.
nefin the time Of the war, ,,fer the Transports.
tion OF supplies Tor the Northern troops. eT
One of the first battles was fought in West
Virginia, on the banks of this river, nj u place
called Scary. We passed ibis point about12
o'clock on Monday. II was here that ibe
Chesapeake & Ohio railroad runninr rom
Harrington 10 Richmond first touches the tiv-
er, and from here it runs along its sile US far
asthe river extends.
al Scary, widow lady landed from our
boat who came up With us from Gallipslis.
Tbree weeks precious, her husband was out
hunting with double barrel gum. He bad
discharged one barrel,and was blowing il out,
when his foot accidentally eaughtTthe ham.
mer OF the other-blowiug off the Top OF bis
head, and killing him Instantly.
On board the boat / couversed with very
intelligent colored preacher, Of the Baptist de-
nomination. He is now engaged in establish
ing missions for the cnlDred population. He
appears to comprehend. clearly the condition
Of the colored peoplr, and 10 be aware OF the
vast work 10 be accomplished in clevaling
them - the plane OF Intelligence and virtue
He tried to illustrate their ignorance, supersii-
tion and foolish extravaganza in religious mat
ters, by relating scenes and recilals OF expe-
riences which haye come under his own OBJ
servation. Among other things, he told OF
colored man who gave him his experience
when he was CONCERTED He said hc lay on
his bed wide awake, under deep conviction OF
sin. A being in the image OF man, entered
the room with large knile in one hand, and
pull of clean water in the other. n With the
knife he cut him mopen and washed his heart
with the water aud healed him up again in
stanllY, and he was thus maue as clean and
pure as the angels. Such is The superslitioIs
ignorance of The coltrtd people OF the Sou.hl
The ride up the kanawha river To Charles
town. is very agreeable one at tbs season of
the,years The natural Tsccncry is similar 10
that on The Ohio, but there is not SO much i'm
provcmenl along its banks. We passed good
many old log cabins, occasionally some small,
frame buildings and a lew old brick ones. The
mountains, in places, are rich with coal-ihe
mouths of the mines are seen in their sides,
and the shoots stand l,y the riytr side for the
loading OF barges. ~itt Il ~ z
The steam boats on the river are small, bu:
they travel faster than tue larger ones on the
Ohio, and appear 10 he doing very good bus
iness. They run TO shore almost anywhere, il
any body halls them, to take on passengers, ol
10 discharge or take ON, freight
We reached Cbarlestown about O'Clock
p. NJ, Monday-G distance of 65 miles from
Gallipolis. As / before stated, this is the Cap
irai Of the new State Of Wesl Virginia. 1t is
very pleasantly situated ON lhe bank of the
river, and contains about seven thousand in
habitants; a good share, however, are colored.
The city, on the whole, has u very old and
careless appearance There are some good
buildings, hut mostly they are old aud dlapi-
daed, and good many oil the buildings that
III coIored people live in. are hardly iii for
hog pens. Many of the colored inhabitants
are very degraded !. they appear TO be living
more like brutes than human beings There is
but one, that might be called a business street,
! and that runs parallel with the river, pretty
close TO the edge OF the bank. They are build
ing few new brick stores, and some good
looking frame houses. saw the State House
only Al a distance, and concluded 1t was only
a small affair. passed by the jail-a small
stone building; there appeared TO be good
number OF inmates. Some were making a
loud noise, which l suppose they called sing
ing, but il was more like the braying of mules.
The general appearance of The city, and the
manners and customs ot the people, indicate
that they are behind Northern civilization al
least fifty years. t.s
On the opposite side of the river from
Charlesiown, We took the cars on The Uhesa
peake 81 OHIO railroad, ten minutes alter sil
o'clock, P. M, on Monday, :or Kanawha falls
SO miles up the river. The cars run along side
the river all the way. Ii is only navigable
twolhifds Of ilhe way from Charlestown To
! the falls, The SCENERY ON both sides OF The
river Is truly beautiful; the mountains are
regular but not very unifOrm, for as tie river
dminishes in size and depth, they increase in
hight and relative proportions. & The inter
spaces between the immediate edge of the riv'
! sr bank and the base of lbe mountains is cul
tivalsd, and here aud there are very comforia-
BILE looking farm houses, and some small
settlements, which dot the landsespe and COIN
plete the panoranlma.a 81
| Along this part Of The river, on its immediT
ate banks. are good many salt wells. The
water is pumped from them by s,eaIn engines,
and cyaporaled in large iron pans, by ire sun'
ming in long fiues, under them This salt \
celebrated lor its purify il bears about ths
same price now vs. the salt we use in Ashsabu
| la county sil t8ss5 ahI
I We reached the falls ftfteen minutes after
] O'clock. the same evening" There Is new
hotel here. and ten or Twelve small private
houses and TWO drip kiHg saloons, which seen
| to Dc doing . brisk business Here we had y
STAY all night, aud until half afler two O'Clock
mex, day-..s the cars did not run any iirlhei
| until thai Time. M fsis y'ni,
/ Next mornipg- August oth-7w'
walked from tie hotel 10 ,lhe iallsrTs aislsnc'
i Eof sbou, ksll q spsjs-Aad bstbsd u tha clear