Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-08-07
Letter from, West virginia.

CorrespoL .uca Of the Al,XatCria Gazette.
CRAIG COUNTY. Aug 5.-No Gee can CAIN
to be we'll acquainted With the State Ct Virgiois
uOtil be visits the Southwest. This magDi6-
cent mountain region is surely ons OF the mos
favored sec;ioes Oh tic broad couioert. Roar
oke cUuaty i, ST the head Of the Ealty, and
about one Thousand feet abose the level of tie
Sea. immediately south If IT, the Blu Il dye
aud y eghsDts sppcar TO come together snd
treak 10 10 cju!usiou. Chris s1burg. which,
as II Is claimed. Is Gu The top Of tho Aleeha
nlts aud ct 90 ELEVATION OF Two thuuAad feet
above lido watvr, Is not, as might BE- supposed,
located on some steep mountain side, but on
broad plateau or iab'e laud, DOT more rolling
Ridge ard Bull Rue mvuotsios. BIacksburg,
being in the dircuiou OF the New RIVER, j.
probably not SO high, although near il az We
IS Ut ChIistIaosburg, The waters divide est aud
west. Az iutcrestlug rrsiou 10 the traveller is
the Sinking Greek Vail y 10 Craig COUNTY
lying D0rthW west from Montgomery. The oJL-
formation is Remarkable.
Snklog Creek. So called because upon lis
approach 10 New river it siGks iu the sumner
tine out Of sight, and fGds lis Way to the river
by scme subtcIrs0ea0 chsnuel, RUS sCuhwaId
for over thirty miles between two ranses OF
mouoains 90 both sides Of which two other
streams t)w 10 tho opposite direction. These
tho watersheds loterstot, aud within few niles
OF eHuh other aro three streams of cODsiden bic
slz', one coursiue rapidly TO the Gulf of Mexico
by Way OF the O1lu, aud the Others hastclirg
to the Chesapeake Bay by way Of the JANE
river.
A tide Up The valley Of Silkiag cr.,k il
thlrg long IL b. remcmborcd At every rrn
10 the WiuGlrg road s1mo new sceue delights
the Eye. !hc Cleared land is ono vast g.aznp
ground. Blight emerald fields are mapped I'll:
by Will kept ttIc.s, tree from rrltls III d ugdlI
growth, whose sJber CulOred liGes uuuIra,t
sgrreat J with ha p7cvaIiiDg greco. No Won
on! He'd. uncGQeu AID uuusrrd Tor, msr tie
scene. U J tho s;eep mOuu,alo aides the fields
tX:cnd Ike faula,l1 Ia clwGrk. ard the stated,
mou1lnlns Them selves clothed TO the top with
dense rcA hu;d iolc,ts. seam TO shut 10 the
favyra0 reGlJc II N the cJuatr7 below. s.
clear is the atmO,ph.r re that tho cloud, up.
pear pear at baud AID lirger ljvIogy on Tie
uouo'a'os era they pass blJw tho ho.iz d.
SgW ino!: cG'ie, HOSTS anu SHEEP, ID q
day Tide tGaa l lad hshcid for m0utLs 10 the
tobacco reClor. ihs irh .biiaots NJ this valley
cile uu niue loi appC araCcGS. III m)..pun J.
commonly Wye. \ couG;y osiJal a3Ic TO give
o icrty thousand dollar bood. nsy live 10 q Log
house. Tney sre law aiding, Independent
people. 1t is sad that the present Treasurer
OF Craig rsiy. VIM has 5agu IL the Otfc5 ior
SIX years hGs uerur had cyclsiDo u j! proper
~ for .axes
But cn9 msu has been sent to ihs pe.itsu-
u.ry, aud that Vas last Year.
The SOL - lot 50 purely lin? stouo as that ia
the ' alley. l. % aa!0uu SID f:aestppe shay out
near together
Cora rarely srO85 above mau's head, aud
!hc ear tdrm= near TO the grauud. The fodder
raised per ace Is mach lesa thau that 10 Pied
mont, Va, ku: tho yi.ll Of CJfn Is probably as
hish.
Bars aro plentiful 10 snmo p0r.ioEs Of the
c>untY, ADD rattlesuakrs too.
Ezcapt in eases 81 accj.nt doo!ers have lit
tie 10 do. Sald une to tho ~ri;el, "a bottle OF
Gnln'nc would last mg ten year"
. y It n!uyh Interest seems to be taken 10 re
lglou. The propOr,io" # Gou church members
Is very great. Said tle decor hbl7o Hired
10. ID dry sort Of way cur psonie are pretty
muoh cor;ented vita IF. IS they Fl ID it. They
have not given nGci aitenton to roIisou yet"
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