The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-05-25

follows the meanderings of New river.
gives to this county some seven y-lVe
miles of railroads. larger number OF
miles than has any other county in the
State. Along that portion OF the railroad
lying within the borders of Favette, the
railroad company has located some eigh-
teen or twenty stations. Of these Quinne-
mont, Fire Greek, Sewell, Hawks Nest,
Nu:talburg, Ksnawhs Fails, Loup
Creek and Others, are either now, or
will be, important shipping depots
for coal, IRON and timber. The soil OF
the county is quite varied rs to produc.
tiveuess-much of 1t being easily titled
and yielding very abundant crops OF
corn, wheat, rye, oats and tobacco other
portions are barren and too rugged to be
arabic. Throughout the entire county
there are hundreds of acres OF mountain
land, covered with al abundant growth
of very fine timber, and these mountains
are thought to be the deposltsries OF in
exhsustible supplies Of iron and coal.
The principal mountains are Gauley
IA continuation of the Cumberland
mountsin), Big and Little Seweli.
The James River and Kanswha Turn
pike passes over the tops OF some OF these
lofty mountains. On the very SUBMITS of
these, in portions of the county there are
extensive bodies Of good, arabic land, par
taking somewhat Of the nature OF the
prairies of the West, and these are called
by the people gLddes, as, indeed, they are
in Nicholas and other sections where they
are found. In point Of natural fertility
and adaptation TO the culture Of grain,
grass and fruit, these glades are thought
to be even superior to the best OF
the soil East OF the Blue Ridge, in
old Virginia Messrs. Miller and Lewis,
of Charleston, own 5000 acres
in this county. The climate OF the coun-
ty is proverbislly heslthful, the air brsc-
ing and invigorating. Fayetteville, the
county seat, is situated 10 an extended
tableland, some six miles to the south Of
FAY cite Station, on the Chesapeake and
Ohio railroad. 1t is distant from Rich
moud, Va. 326 miles; from Cincinnati,
267 miles; from Charleston, w. Va, 80
miles; from Baltimore, Md, 800 miles;
from Washington, d. C., 326 miles 1t
Is village If some one to two hundred
inhabitants, and contains stores, shops,
schools, churches SC, in as large num-
Der as is needed for place of its size.
A tobacco factory located there is said
to manufacture an article Of tobacco
equal to any that is put up in any
Of the larger cities. Fsyette is said to
BE- one Of the largest tobacco growing
counties in the State.
The editors OF the Enterprise, tie
weekly paper published there, seem to
be Jealous for the development of the
resources lying within the borders of the
county, and we anticipate for them sue
cess in their work. The old turnpike
leading from Charleston, on the South
Side, to the Red Sulphur Springs, in
Monroe county, passes directly through
the village.
The county Is thoroughly well watered
by New, GauIey, and kanawhs rivers
and by some thirty or forty creeks and
branches Tributary TO one or another OF
these three rivers. Chief among these
are Loup, Armstrong and Morris creeks,
flowing into the Ksnswhs river. Bell,
Scrabble and Twenty Mile, flowing into
Gapley river, and Wolf, Fire, Meadow,
Keeney's, Laurel and Archer, flowing
into New river. New river flows through
the county for some sixty miles; Gsuley
river for five miles, and Kanswhs river,
after its formation by the confluence OF
New and Gsuley rivers, for some ten
miles.
On New river, within ten miles Of its
junction with the Gsuley, Is the Hawks
Nest, sometimes known as Marshsll's
Pillar, in honor OF the famed Chief JUS
tice who once stood upon its fearful brink
and sounded its depth to the rivers mar
gin-ssid to be some 1000 feet. One of
the singular characteristics Of this won
derful precpice is that one may stand on
ITS very edge, and while looking over It's
sides, the rivers width, diminished by
the great distance, will seem to be only
q silver thread between two borders Of
velvet green, and appears as if it were
washing the very base Of the cliff; yet II
requires a very powerful and skilled
thrower TO send stone into its waters.
On Big Beaver creek, IN this county,
are still TO be seen the remains of an an
cicnt ratification, which occupy an area
of about twenty five square rods. The
walls were built OF stone. A plan of this
WAS some years ago furnished for the
american Pioneer by Alfred Buckley,
Esq, OF Baleign county.
Kanswh2 Falls ia q village Of some
100 or 200 inhabitants, and Is situated
Immediately On the line of the G. " ..
K. K. There are IN the place stores,
hotels, shops, school, and some fifty
dwelling houses. The depot, at this
place il the point from which the
merchants of Clay, Webster and Nicho-
las counties ship their produce, and
where they receive their supplies ofgoods.
More goods are received at t1is point
than at any other between the White
Sulphur Springs, in Greenbrler
county, and Charleston. The viii
lage has most attractive and pictur
esque surroundings and most splendid
facilities for bass and other game fishing
are furnished by the large and deep basin
Just at the foot of the falls. Excursion
parties from the Springs, for sight seeing
and fishing are not unlrequently gotten
up during the summer, ana lGey Always
return we'll pleased with the fine scenery
and the gleeful sport.
A few hundred yards above the hotel
here is an old double log house, with two
rooms, connected in arcade style, which
was used during one winter of the late
wsr by General r. B. Hayes, as his head
quarters.
Just now the removal of tho Court
House from Fayetteville to some point
on the railroad, is agitsting the minds OF
the people The two points thst seem to
be most zeslously urged by their respec-
tive friends for the honor are Ksnswha
Falls and Deepwater-the latter situated
near tie mouth of Loup creek, on the
banks of Kanawhs river. o. CT.