South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1876-07-21
Sheridan and Hayes.


: The Valley Virgiaian informs rs thai
the people in the nsighborhoodo f Day.
ton gratefully remember Gen. Hayes
for cndeavoring to miti9nte the dis
tress incident to Sheridsn's burning.
We give the substance and not The
words Of tho paragraph, which has been
mislaid.
We were not aware that Gen. Hayes
figured in this performance. His en-.
deayor must have been light or influence
scant, from the burning ruins which
marked the path OF the IRE fiend on
that cyentful day, when this beautiful
Valley was wrapt in sheet OF fame
from Sheridan's torches. Within an
area of two miles Of Dayton, We are
Informed by the Circuit Clerk, who was
there and knows, thirty.two dwelling
houses, occupied, many the finest in
the Valley, and among which was the
magnificent residence erected by Judge
Daniel Smith. and where he spent the
latter period Of his life, and raised his
family, were burned. Wcgive a partial
list as follows-and MANY OF these
buildings were hard by the town Of Day.
ton:
Newell Rogers. house and barn ::
John Herring, two houses and 2 barns !;
Lewis S. Byrd, two houses & two barns !;
John X. Moore. house and barn
Jos. Cotiman, senior, house and barn :;
Benz. Wenger, house and barn; Mrs.
Miller, house and barn: Jonas Blosser,
house and barn; Abraham Blosser,
house and barn Joseph Harshbcrger,
house and barn; Rev. John Flory,
house and barn; NJ. Shank. house and
barn; r. G. Wenger, house and barn :;
Miss Salima Sunnyfrank, house and
barn Daniel Bowman, house and mill !;
John VI. Kice, mill A. Paul, barn
Henry Pctril, house and barn Mrs. Jos.
Cotfman, barn; Geo. Hall, house and
barn; VIM. Shaver, house and barn !;
Christian CARRIER, house and barn
Daniel CARRIER, house and barn.
If General Hayes had the power il
would have been but n proper act to
have saved all these properties ofprivate
citizens. burnt contrary to the laws of
war. If he saved but one loaf OF bread
or one granary, we however thank him
for il, for even so small an act would
have been charity in the midst of such
NohbNtioh Va 40 was lJtaCttCCu ny SncEIuanS
raidere. Sheridan exultantly represen.
ted in his report the desolation 30 com.
plete, that crow flying over the Valley
would have to carry its own rations.
Will the editor Of the Viryinian
inform us, by authority, if Hayes indoors
cd the idea of Sheridan, that the peo.
pie Of Louisiana should be treated as
banditti. We inform him on strong
guess that Sheridan will vote for Hayes
We inform him for certainty that
Sheridan, nor Belknap. nor Babcock,
! nor Orville Grant, nor Boss Shepherd
will vote for Tilden.
We correct the Tny'nian i'm the
view that the death of Lieut.. Meigs,
who was killed, between Harrisonburg
| and Dayton. in a square, fair fight, as
soldier by y soldier, was the cause of
this burning. 1t may have been the
preteXt but the malignity and cruelty
of Sheridan was most probably the
cause. But we had desired to avoid
an allusion TO the events of the war,
to throw a mantle over it impcrvious 10
any gaze, and to discuss this campaign
on present. conditions, and future results
Will not our radical opponents agree to
fashion this campaign, so rs not TO open
the old scars, and reconcile themselves
TO the demands Of reconstruction and
peacc?-Pirginia Herald.