Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1881-05-14


Il member Of Congress. has several fur
naces III operation. At CrimOra, which is
miles from Waynesboro', Donald & Son
have manganese works which do u heavy
shipment to Liverpool. At Rileyville, Ill
Page county, there are both iroE and man
ganese works ut Marksville, III the same
county, ochre works are developed by
Chicago interests. Near Front Royal, III
Warren county, engineering difficulties
begin. The country is billy and minerals
abound; vineyards produce abundantly
and apple orchards thrive. Between Iu-
ray and the Shenandoah Iron Works sew
eral trestles of unusual height and length
bridge immense ravines, lying east and
west across the path of the railroad. Page
county presents probably more varied and
interesting features than any other cOun-
" along the line. 1t is here that the great
est development is on foot, not only OF
mineral wealth, but of other industries.
In Page we find ut Luray, not only the
great caverns which have excited so much
interest, but every sign of industrial
progress pointing to Il thriving future.
The Messrs. Thos. and Il. +. Deford, OF
Baltimore. have invested $25O,0O0 i'll an
immense tannery, which they are building
to be convenient TO the bark which
aboInds in this region. The same firm
has also II large tannery ut Berkeley
Springs. They expect TO give employ
ment to scvera. hundred men ut Lnray,
and their enterprise is most valuable ac-
QUESTION TO the country. Not only tan
neries, but sawmills are being erected at
various points, and the general activity
and spirit of enterprise exhibited along
the entire line of road encourages every
body in the valley, as we'll rs the capital
isis who have stimulated development
with their money to indulge in the most
sanguine expectations of the future.
AGRICULTURAL PROSPERITY.
1t is pleasing thing to record also as a
significant sign of the times that there Is 4
disposition TO divide up the large tracts OF
land among small frCcholders. The COM
inc of the railroad has given AN impetus
to values, but there is 10 better farm land
i'm the United States, and every acre is full
. " worth the price at which 1t Is held.
One of the best signs of agricultural dcfel-
/ opment is the increase in the number of
large barns and small homesteadS; but
more of both are needed. During the past
fifteen wears Virginia has in various ways
. endcavOred To encourage the introduction
! of small frceholdcrS and To stimulate COLO
nization from the Middle States ana from
| Europe In various parts OF the state
there ar, settlements of Englishmcn and
: Scotchmen. | SAW in the llawkshlll val
lev. one of the most beautiful regions of
the Blue Ridge mountains, 4 colony OF
Mennonitcs who are thrifty farmers and
valuable citizens.
HISTORY IN \ NUTSHELL.
+ The "rcsourccS of Virginia." naturally
! suggest themselves i'll connection with
} this wonderful endowment OF nature, but
TO speak of the resources OF Virginia ut all
! is to employ Il phrase which has lost some
( of lis significance by common usage. But
when we remember what Virginia has
! rivcn. what it has lost, what it has suffer
ed and how vast the estate remaining,
! the conclusion is not far wrong which cs-
inmates its resources to he wcll-nigh mex
hauSliblc. In the brilliant past, Virginia
putriotically dedicated the territory of an
+ rmpirc to build up those pOpulOus States
which have since achieved distinction
worth ofthcir illuStriOus parcntage. In
the commissions of recent civil war the old
Safe WAS drSpoicd of third of the wide
domain which remained, and was LETT after
fine conflict crushed and nearly ruined,
her sons slaughtered, her soil drrnchrd
with blood, every valley blacHcnCd with
ruins. the land valuclesS without labor
and labor helpless without land, her peo-
/ pie stunned by the weight OF their calaiil-
tiles, the State overwhelmed with debt ana
every energy paralyZcd. Reluctant in the
first place to become party to the civil
war. she MAS made the theatre OF strife.
Opposed to secession, the whirlwind hur-
ricd her into the ''madncSS of the hour"
+ Having less need for slaves than any State
/ i'm the confcdrraCy, and disposed 1" get
! rid of 1.-The institution" entirely, she be.
came it's bulwark. 1t WIS in Virginia
alone that there were statesmen who be
licvcd if there must be Il c0niit II should
. be in revolution and not III secession.
How farSecing WAS this distinction Mr..
+ Yanccv realized when he sought abroad
. that recognition so essential TO the Con
fcdcracv ilr its struggles with the Tree
North. lin every court lie met with states
men who considered itdesirablc for Euro
pcan interests to cripple the American re-
public by keeping its warning sections
permanently aSunder; he everywhere
found some Willingness torecogniZe the
right of revolution, but nowhere a dispo-
sition TO acknowledge the doctrine of Sc
/ ceSSiou as a State malieuablr. When he
ronle back TO the South To die nc returned
with hopes crushed, spirit daunted and in
dismay, for he realized that the doctrine
of extreme States rights, OF which he had
/ been so ardent and brilliant an exponent,
MAS an impedimcmt to the acknowledge
mcnt of Southern independence then, a.
il lett no guaranty for future stability,
and was fraught with danger 10 the Con-
fcderacy in the future.
TIE MOTHER OF STATES.
+ In the DAYS when Virginia could bcstow
magnificent domains upon the Jnlon, ana
send hardy pioneers to found new and i'll
dependent States, and to furnish leaders
for the young republic, it Is not surprising
that higher cultivation should tend more
towards the current of politics than bust
ness. The temptation was allurnS ana II
led 10 ruin. The material which went to
settle Ohio and the further West was the
backbone of the old CommOnwcalth-th
sturdy veomanry who had given Virginia
the real supremacy which she enjoyed at
the beginning OF the federation, more
than the leaders she snpplicdin the earlier
wears of the republic. To some extent
the loss of these frccholdcrs was followed
by reconsideration of their small holdings
with large estates under the slave system
which the wealthy proprietorS introduced.
In fact Virginia not only gave territory
for the foundation % the tlouriShing West,
but started the tide of Immigration thith-
er. which has continued ever since. cX-
hausting the available material of the
United Kingdom, and now steadily draw
inc from those centres of restless popula-
ton in Northern Europe, which formerly
descended in barbarian hordeS into France
and Italy. To turn this tide of inmgra-
ton towards the South is the problem
with which the active business men OF our
I,,- mo n0,, fr,ntpl The North * as murh