, 1873-07-28

1e uonsoAt - Hu HIitt untot s.sstui.
over acrue'pno plain. ofapparontly iltt'e va'no
beyond tint OF growing early Vegetables, but, aa
! NO hoar
tho land eontana moro clay, mud tho forms look
more INVITING; no5 some aitenco ~ We W wind !S,o'hg
Chesapeake Il Ohio Canal. onr arrival nt tho
Fe1ry yas too 1nte 70 Hco moro tlan tho outlines
Of !llo hlls Of blno trap and silran Bltaes TINT
wall III tho Upper Potomac and Shenandoah, that
hore moot ant. flow on together a Is tho Potomac;
| WEDNESDAY, July 10. =, Tho Bun haa
t!!o rnrty woro astr' ana, undor
| tho g1idance Of Hovoral OF tho otizons, ttioy
wore climbing tno hllls1soa1nto H. attor botanical
spooimonB, Homo fQr bugs, nut tho creator n'l'l-
-. JOHN nnowN's nh1D,
and tho aconos Of hts oxploltn, worc pointed out
y those Mho wore porsonanY iafaillar VIII VIII thon
1no g1ntemaa saq ng IL t1ot a 10y 'cne Mno noa
Tor scooHsion, and that 10 was moet aEnomli.,,
ionsly betrayed BY tho Yanke1 achooim9ster and
oae1a bat ote1s @ claim M tss h3s Rt Ratne r wero t
a9sss Lis S0e ooodnsprssos vS who sp
wrocltel tlo whole pan. Wien We look st tlisaas
atronghold that Tow mon could deIohu anu
from. Whiot tlloy could aaliY lnto tho rl9l'ehs M
81 gas oyep aoa safnff af thu
If not tho tlmo, was %oll-choseu.
. Thoao riyora % nro dH ene through naTfo" , forso
| IN tho fooks fnl!g boo 1eot ucnp. LHo ouenn-
roako i Ohio Canal is ont n tho rock along tlio
oast sido Or tho Iotomao, whllo or lo1to on aos
aouthwestorly, up tue bhennntioa,n Yallo5 ,or ~
miles to staunton, wl,ilo tho = pa!tlnore nl ohio
tatlroad oontlnuoR towarIa 1ho :Ohlo: Aater
walk, Up tho poton,aop, along tho foundations Of
,,. \ spIrrpID wArrn-rowEn
as this now ao s matter ~ stood OF enr sur;
Tho ovorshot :. wnter;,wheola are rotting
down in tho plts,, where they once aidotl
tho busy workera lin tho timo Of peace to pre-.
paro for var Ihe daln on the totGmao, nnilt
with copper bolts, il yet In good condition. as Is
tho canal that onco lod tho water to tho buny
whools. Tho valley fs but Q gorge aud Il the work.
along tic narrow path TINT loads up the shona.,-
doah. Tho whole picture Is. Wild and romantio
in the e1tromc, as vol aa boin!g nled with STIR
ring events in our history, Tho Nator-pow9r 10
tho busy workers will como back to repoople tho
valley, not perhaps Tor the manufacture OF arns.
but for articloa Of r1ao aud beauty.
Tho botauiats camo back loaded with plants,
Nc.o- Yorker, had q store Of bugs, whilo Tim
Dunlor lad decided upon tho best point from
which to atocs tho riyor with fish, and tho artists
had not boon idle with their pencilH. Tho 1aQieH
had Ell excellent appotito for breakfast, for thoy
had aacondcd to tho top Of Jefrorson Rock, and
had Heon the sun como up from behind tho
| ri rf
1t 8o'cock lie special trau startod on itg puig-
sion up
TIE SHENANDOAH VALLEY,
by tho Baltimore & Ohio aud tic Viirginia Md
,snd Railroads to nsrrisonbu5g. Many ciszons Of
as u fag ra od Gas5 pone1 m
0 party. and and among thoso wore SOW w
oral 1ebel-oflcorn, who pointed out tho
In o. o pspS wore twa officers Of to
Enlera] army. who Ind spent nearly tho whole
neriol Of tic var Il, Virginia beginning with Bull
hun and euding ut tho laBt Eight at Waynos-
tho ront at Nav Market, wLoro shoridau turned
thom back to MectaniesyIl1o mud won tho day.
'iTho ride was fourteen miles from Wincllca-
ter over tho solid turnpike that leads from IIar-
for Bi1 miles tho day was hotly contested. All
of this was recountod, and point after point was
shown. as lilo train rolled along at an oasy rato.
The hills mud outcropping rock arc Of ST.
lurinn limestone in many ttacoB quite plonty. It
makes m oxcellont building stone. and il Dolug
quarriod at several points.
Charlestown, whero Old John Brown WAS oxo-
cutod. IL beautiful village IN this charming
ono Of the best agricultural districts in tllo
world. To our loft riso tho mountains Of tho
Appalachian chain, with tho blue 1lidgo in tho
| diatance.
At Harrisonburg wo take stage to Stannton, %
miles further south. Tl1reo stages aro filled with
our party and their baggage. hnyo called this
so11p T1nSrihs I
forit ia auch, and 40 solid that, during tha war
large number Of engines wore stolen from the
Baltimore Ohio Aauroaa, S.oa,,hn,I s,a hnu!eu WITH
teamB on this Ioad from stEaasoute' On
their own w. wheels, ana .,., not aont inaae
In tho tur1lplko, Which r. :, is mado Of
this silurlan Limestone, thht had been
broken 1lno for the mailing OF tho road-bod. No
wondcr that THIS valley vas so Vigorously f' a.
fondod foras waa tle great Eranaty q tmo an 1one
ion,-a valley l2o miles long a ant se prong m
probably the best Wnoat alStfice III ING 9tates, II
not in the world. IT Ill tho Wheat or tnla gal!o5
: more and Richmond.
All points oast OF the mountains nave snIGte =
/ with tho dronghti yat neTa the "heas anu my
crops aro gooa. Wills '1e l'a7tut"So Aau splAne
crops have suffered.
We 600 few tine orchards, ana no" ana then
farnatoad with ts sroos ana 1a@1,. snhs glY.
unmibtakablo sgns Q! "oaltn Ana .aa1e pus tns
| majority OF t1I1IH BLOW nttlo Laato To-