The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-11-09
~, valley of Virginia.

-: aad ~, ~ "'e'
-, - r,n'I.r r,r'I Ridsr. Rockhriose county,
~ ,.,.-.r round. In sigh; a Wosre
~. 4. .,o o'G Timber Ridge FreSoyse.
-. .." uuit in 1856 on" hanored
~. ..y ,r,'> ago. Here lies al tnas
#. . ..., .a,lic> u those grand OLD VAL
..'., ......,-iac first whites who Srectcd
'.r TIE hili-lopS shining. and
q. ... ... Wiley from The red man.
gen .-..u. old structure, balit .;
III us nothing ornamentat or
. ....f i;--a pain stone buliding.
-. .... easter N.rd tmS grown Is nara
,... .f>,..--lhc plaster MADE OF ''the
..4, ,He hard limestone rock here.
.....r ra;isi OF South river, carried
t, ,r.. a.a,r women OF the past, on
~ .!t.>. while their husbands
,...,.-. .y.r- carrying the stone aud
Il. ~. .,urt.l. WITH rifle ever ready TO
,'-...ui work from the barbarous
,.I.s.st> 3.urcb-yard fad cotliu-
.,r5,,ytn SAB. which says:
III.
,.,:re.. Iy.>. TuE . iN'TAR'p. BoDY. OF /.
..m-r.ay: :nUD. uEHARrEp THIS LIFE. IN
l..,a DIR oyR .Logp. 1913 BEING THE
va. Of HIS AGE. AFTER LIVING a.
'...7.,,> .tiyE. 4 LIVING. FATHER. ZEN
~,ys>r. F.lTuFvL. FRIEND. .&c.
,,la,a0in@ thi, comes:
.rrv,>rrFH MAN, IS YoU rASS BY,
s.v.,, ARE NOW. 50 ONCE WAS /.
~, S,T. YOU SOON WILL BE,
NH!uANlEL GRAINS, BUILDER.
r.. "I1. Nckv." who sleeps his last
..,~tn.,0t> a.lct church-yard, Is the same
.... u N.y las now spelt) who came TO the
r....qHa John Lewis, "gentieman from
+, rt." .lr ancestor OF our present >ena-
e. ,,si, ard Achv arrived 1t Williams
.u-. ~ 1876. aud meeting John Sailing.
..,... with John Martin, first explored The
....ry.Msy. from Winchester TO RoanoSe,
~, ,,,-, .ag:uced by the Indians, but after
y....... ,.y,a,urcS rcieased.) were so carried
...r & his Glowing accounts Of 1.-THE
i.,,.ai yollty'' that they accom-.
-,,.,,; him on q prospecting tour,
;;-..,rg II the Rcckfi>h gap OF the
G.r Hal-.. and coming into what Is now
s.r,.4 -! the L" four Jacks" which the
T.i-y ,hsn "hcld.'' nothing is known OF
=. fJ,an Martin. John Lewis settled
.nr."B.r, Fonte" farm. now owned by
,.p snly ol Major John A. Harmap, de-
n,,I, two and half miles from Staun-
,a,.gr Lewis creek. where bis body lies.
II ..a, IN valuable lands, while bis
.--nl John Mchy "huntcd the deer and
ug.o" in roup4uy with him, and Lewis
,.,,.amr.lr nIovisi0n for his family-a trait
~. .tI iinuls. like "linked sweetness
,,, drawn OUT with bis descendant,
-.r worthy senator. John Mchy. the
"-.asnGrd hunter, first took up land
r.. Buti.!g Gap. in Augusta, but after
sad. moved 20 this section; ana thete are
l.v Nlr. rcar here a numerous ana hlShiy
.,.-e.abir rrumber OF his descendants. John
y .fg. 10. >tliy, as the name was then spelt,)
T.. 10 land, in the forks Of the North and
Jt.-, riyt5,. above Balcony Falls, and his
l.el4nt, Dr.. Joseph Z. Sailing, Of Mis-
.9uri. Wilmherit The original " Forks farm "
'LaI !;,e estate expires. de was origlnaiiy
non penu,ylyania. and, it is believed, dled
,.yr- waf!.. on yi-ii, or was killed at the
gr,a. Indian tglt that took place on Sal
l;., MOUNTAIN between Balcony Falls ana
IL Natural Bridge.
= much Tor. old John Meky," as he was
iaGaariy called, who "sleeps the sleep that
4.51s no waking" in the graveyard OF
"UI T.llhcr-R!tsgc church." The "tour
Jlcs," wno liI>l settled and held the great
Viz; air no more, tut tueir memories i've
u t.y hyars aud minds OF their descendants
q, Il
twill tc no news to your readers 10 te!!!
ia.@ HE valley sill "holds full hand" In
ii t.at !-t.4iu- to the material, social, ana
@4,.Halye advancement OF the State.
laid telore this was "historic ground"
2Lt Qay add CLASSIC, too. Right back of
H. pastor, house (the Rev. DR.. FL. Thomp-
>"I. Nlo Ia tor forty years filled the pulpit
-.:e "i,I aonor and credit,) stood the house
Ii %l!y4 General Samuel Houston, the
"Ia.lcr Of Texas" was born. Here are the
.t0guG, he played upon. and here are The
"gaG. sill standing he hunted in. Here he
!.2"yrd rom piUus parents the first Ieach-
!yI i!a! iaid the foundation Of all his great
L. and made hiln the .'llberator - OF peo'
F". Not far Of j the birthplace, the nome,
-al Il. crave Of Governor James Mellow
y, ard ncarer still the birthplace and
')aa Lctcncr. whom your people have
50 !r~.li,y and 20 justly honored at the
>a.g talg. Tie crave, of the Pattons, the
Acljuag,. Ii" LILIES, and others, known
:A Al. aIG story" lie here. Near here is
-. -. F,ia'ncc Of that representative Valley
'Is'u.au gcnteman John Gibson. Esq,
~ "hs>r no>piablc mansion have been en-
VI ". .a.H'1 lU passing 10 Washington and the
:, ,',0'al Bridge Lafayette, JohH Randolph,
S-'a,aE. Jr!iersou, Hickory Jackson, Mon
i'r' i,'. MADISON, McDuii=e, and host of the
...t ..-ot, o past days. | could enlarge upon
,.s IoeIn": but space and time forbid and l
VII! ttea.! these incidents Of the past to
~" you tins "nook Of the woods" is not
""0uW Interest, or a name, i'll the past,
""'L! 0! tie attention Of the hurrying,
fG.rr.''fS, .r stirring present.
4"e "0Fk on the Valley railroad along
-,', !, Progressing as well as could be eX-
.,s,5 t,s,5o Tor The amount Of money expended
F," 'H0hlh--yiz., $40, 900 for the whole
Ir ioh suunton TO Salem. A vast amount
S,lt 'Ag heaviest work has been done on Col.
a v. i!arman's work from Fairfield to
I,,. D2'cn, and he is still working some ,250
IH I'1'' Waite and. black, and will keep up
t1,, ,n 's'Ee ~ I'll Christmas. Captain c. r. Ma
rnG ,I " %. below him Nrom Fairfield to three
,T' w"I oi >t-unton) work 200 convicts, and
Nl,, h'tp up their work well. Captain
int, 4.Hoer Harmau, who has the three miles
N,1 s,a''hlon, has done good V work, and Is.
Nrvi iI5hins his force. Above Lexington
4 T@Aoh, Green L Co., Shanahan & Co., c.
sTe -aa'oN ,'%'1 d Sons, and Menehee s& Ballard
i n,I' "os"ihs smaller forces, but the whole
irrrd2 eiessing surely, il slowly, and It's
miFnoL ir'. by The contract time-three wears
'Jll =, August, 1873.
fulds - =, saio That by January /, 1876, the
b. we sS, u the Valley Railroad Company will
Ilial''ed, and that all depends on the
erT"ofe and Ohio Railroad (omnany