The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-04-30

PREACHING on OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
NENTs COMaENCED-PEAKso OF OTTER.
correspondence Of the Richmond Dispatci.l
LIBERTY. BEDFORD COUNTY, VA,
April 24, 1877. !
The Presbvtcry OF Montgomery closed It's
sessions here on Saturday night after har'
monioyS. pleasant, and useful session. On
Sabbath the list, Baptist, ana Epls'
copal. IL well as the Presbyterian church,
were occupied by Presbyterian ministers.
Other ministers went home on Saturday or
IN other places to preach. The kindness,
courtesy, and hospitality OF the people IN
Liberty deserve more than formal nc
Acknowledgement and vote Of thanks. They
will long I've remembered, and the agreeable
associations Of the occasion will be often
referred TO. Dr.. ShcpperSon, the pastor OF
the Presbyterian church, gladly welcomed
his brethren, and his entcrprislng young
members did all that WAS necessary TO make
them comfortable. while in the families
where they soiourned were found social at
fractions sufficient to have detained them
much longer. The Christian pollteness anC
cordially OF Rev. Mr.. Suter, OF the Ep!sco'
pal church. was Very agreeable to the mem
bers OF prcSbytery.
Liberty is adorned with handsome resi-.
dence. and large yards and gardens. The
new building for the graded school IS an lm.
posing structure. 1t is fitted up III good
style, and freely patronizcd by people OF all
classes. Mr.. Guy, the popular and success
tui principal, has several assistants. Mr.
GUY also edits the Bedford Sentinel.
The population OF Liberty is more than
two thousand Its trade, especially in to-
hacco, is rapidly increasing. Forty thou
sand pounds OF this commodity were solo
by the warehouses on Saturday. Some o.
the factories manufacture half a million o!
pounds in year.
Four trains for passengers pass daily or
the Atlantic, Mississippi and Ohio railroad
The country around Liberty presents
beautiful landscapes and line roads. The
Wheat-Gelds and the agricultural prospects
indicate industrious farming and the prom
Use OF good harvest this year.
Bedford is remarkable for its wide, eX
tended views. AS the roads gradually de
scend eastward from the Blue Ridge tn
country, though not mountainous, is so ele
waited as to afford prospects OF the land tina
extend over many miles.
The Peaks are reached from Liberty by
road ten miles long, three fourthS OF which
is mostly red clay, hard and smooth in dry
weather; and the other fourth, being tht
ascent of the mountain, rs rocky as any
sight-seer may desire. Having iolted ovel
the stones Of all sorts and sizes, the traveller
may refresh himself before he begins the
ascent OF Otter at one Of the finest spring,
in the State. 4 graded road now enables tour
lists TO ride roughly quite to the Peak, where
also a house OF refreshment has recently beer
rebuilt. The enterprising liverymcn O!
Liberty are always ready TO convey travel.
lers to the Peaks. but their vehicles must
be constructed Of tough wood and iron
The fields at the base Of the Peaks (where
tobacco is raised protita6ly) are so covered
with rocks that there seems to stranger
hardly to be a place for plant to be set
Certainly the weeds have not much room II
grow. Two distilleries in the midst OF thi;
magnificent scenery are sufficient to remind
the observer that though rising upward to
sublime elevations and beauties he is still
10 world OF sin and sorrow. ssMan's in.
humanity TO man." &c.
corps OF United States engineers not
long ago left their camp here, where they
had remained two months making obserya-
mons. 1t is said that they discovered that
Flat Top was higher than Otter. Their
mission will be more gratefully remembered
than that OF General Hunter, though the
signal lights thrown UP by bis men from
Offers Peak are said to have presented to
The citizens below, barring the associations,
aspectacle Of exceeding grandeur and beau.
.. TUcKAHoE.