Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-05-21
WHY Virginia Suffers.

that very sens.ble Journal, the Efar-
risonburg Old Conan a,aaoeatth, the Rich
moud Dispatcfsays, hits the nail on the
head in telling why Virginia is not
more Justly commended to the world OF
immigrants as place that is inviting
for it's excellencies of climate, land
scapes, cheap lands, mineral riches, &c.
1t is, indeed, because EsVirginia has
been libeiled by Vifginians,p as the Ola
ConaDaQ,ss0eazfh says. It justly repre-
SCENTS Virginia az having Hundreds of
thousands Of idle acres, and at prices not
much above those obtained in the West.
| Our climate is ack nowledged to be more
salubrious, timber more plentiful, water
in abundance for irrigation or manufac'
turing, Yhile orr contignity to the great
markets is 10 ITSELF the n4Qat Important
| consideration entering into the question
Of general desirahi|ity to the emigrant
or settler"
And in the following paragraph we
have llicid statement of the aOhy:
i. during the past ten years there had
been no politics ;r Virginia-.if the Leg
! islature, instead OF originating and per-
petuating Issues calculated to engender
internal animosities, had devoted it's
eneFg.es &nd .Iabors TO recuperation-
how much better you'd be her condition
| to-day. The States poverty has been
! paraded on the stump and through the
press, when bright prospects should
| have been foreshadoWed. The Gevasta-
ting effects of the war have been mag
nifed thousand times by the harangue
of the denagognes whose political exis-
tsnee depends upon discord and dissen-
t;on. UiihearaLle saxatson has been the
cry when orr taxes are less than those
Of any other State ip the Union, with
tive, perhaps three, exceptions, The
impoyerishment of our lands has been
advertised as ali explanation of the ne.
cessity for forced REIMBURSEMENT, and yet
| we wonder why theimmigrant does not
come to Virginia. is sane 1ean eyx-
pected to bring his means to q section Of
self confessed ihipoverishiuent? VIII
he bring his family to community claim
ing &c 20 bankrupt? Will he come TO
buy lands proelalranq Is FFor,n out -
suredly not.
Virginia has been libelled by Virgin
ians.
To those who feel an interest in the
States welfare, who would rejoice over
her prosperity, we say, in all sincerity,
discard the garb OF tne men dieant, invite
the immigrant, not TO a famine but to q
teast;- aud when he comes among you
extend the hand of true fellowship
HOLD THE Eo4T. FL Everybody sings
"Hold the Fort" but few know the orir
Gin of the remarkable song. The Chica-
90 Inter Ocean gives the following:
tsThe-e was q fort at Altoona, about
eighteen miles fEarp HEenesaw Mounntai,
which was being badly pressed by the
Confederate forces. When Sherman
ssaal,aa 8enesaw be signaled to Altoo
--sish was commanded by General
na, ' = Tie aoFt, for aifi coming
Gorse, 'Ho.- -, -sea ana read by the
me message ts' was sna &c rsDlg WIS Pc
cessary General Corse ordered :.
officer standing near to send the reply
Wave the answer back to-Sherman that
we hold the fort It was easy to order,
but while tue bullets were flying thick
and fast several members of the signal
corps declined to signal, until General
Corse was impatient, when the young
officer referred to above, grasped the
dag, mounted the dangersous post, and
waved the answer back to Sherman
That Young man was James w. Nc
Kenzie, of Hampton, Iowa, and the war
records mention the brave and cool ACT
for which he was promoted"
The Robert e Lee monument, when
and in place at Lee Park,
late TivoIi Circle,) New Orleans, will
ne a very handsome ornament to that
,ity. The earth mound is to be 100 feet
diameter and II feet high. The base
which is to support the column will be
If granite, AZ feet square and u feet
Ugh. The column is to be Of the Gre
ian doric order, 10 feet at the base and
tanding. 60 feet high. The statue of
zee, to be supported by the column, is
# heroic size, Is feet high. When in
,lace the head of the figure will be 10G
eet inches above the level Of the street, |
nd conspicuous from all points of the
ity.