National Republican., 1881-08-10
TWO SILENT CITIES.
UNION AND CONFEDERATE DEAS.
Graves Of Men Who wore the Blue and the Gray
Near Winehester-The Ashby Brothers-
Splendid Farms--The Products
Scenes in the Valley.
speaal to Tnr RrrunricAN.

Special to THE REPunLcAS.
WINCHESTER, Va, Aug. SIT is very
fashionable here to visit the cemetery on Sunday.
30, following the large crowd that was going that
way, your correspondentpNid visitto Mount Heb
ron last Sunday, Winchcster's beautiful buryiDg-
ground. This silent city OF the dead Is situated on
a gentle emincnce overlooking the town, and about
half mile from the court. house in southwest
erly direction. II isincoscd on three sides with
high stone wall aud on the remaining side is n
board fence. Its broad, grayeed walks, well.
trimmed lockwood hedges, and closely clipped
green sward showed that the place was well cared
for and not neglected, as many country cemeteries
are. II isindeed
BEAUTIFUL sroT.
Looking to the east and south, the Blue Ridge
Mountains are plainly visible fifteen miles away,
their tops, bathcd in azure blue seeming to touch
the clouds. Looking to the west and north, the
Luruy Massanutten, and North Mountains meet
the gaze. On clear day farms OH the side Of the
mountains above Front Royal, twenty-five miles
away, looking like the squares a checker board,
can be plainly seen. There are many beautiful
monuments In this cemetery, and IL IL well shaded
by tall cedars and weeping willows. Adjoining
the citizen cemetery Is the confederate, called
Stonewall Cemetery, where lie buried 1924 con-
fcderate soldiers. As many more are buried in
private cemeteries in and around Winchester. The
and II Is the intention Of each State TO erect q
MONUMENT TO THEIR DEAD.
Virginia and Maryland having already done so. A
wooden head board, with the name and rank Of
the soldier, marks each grave, as far as they nre
known. The Southern States arc represented as
follows: Maryland, 10; Virginia. 39S North Caro-.
lima, AS; South Carolina, 14S; Georgia, $50; Ala.
bama, 73; Mississippi, CO; Louisiana, 60; Florida,
3s; Tennessee, "a; Arkansas, 20; Texas, 10; Ken
lucky, 8; Delaware, L; unknown, 800. The Ashby
brothers lie'buried in one grave, beautiful
granite monument, In the shape of q sarcophagus,
marks the spot. 1t was erected by the people ofthe
Valley and was unveiled on the 9th OF last June,
confederate decoration day. The following in.
scHption is cut on the monument: General
Turner Ashby, died in battle June 6, 1862 Captain
Richard Ashby, died in battle July 8, 1861" 1t
related of General Turner Ashby that when his
brother Richard was killed he took solemn oath
on bended knee, with uplIfted sword, to avenge
his death, and TO never sheath his sword until the
hated Yankees had been driven from the sacred
soil Of Virginia. lie was killed in acavalry charge
at Front Royal year later.
INSCRIBED ON THE VIRGINIA MONUMENT
is the following "In memory of the 39s Virginia
soldiers lying in this cemetery, who fell in defense
| of constitutional liberty and the sovereignty of
their State from 1861 to 1865 A. d." on the Mary
land monument Is the following: " Unheralded,
unarmed, unorganized, they came for conscience's
| sake and died for right" On the monument to-
the unknown appears: "Who they were monet
knew; what they were all knew" Adjoining the.
confederate cemetery IN the United States national
cemetery, in charge Of Sergeant A. b. Drum. II
is surrounded by n neat stone wall, and is thckly
studded with shade trees and Towering shrubs
the tall, graceful cedar and weeping willow being
| the most prominent. II covers five acres and
contains the remains Of 4i62 Union soldiers, 23G6
of whom are unknown. A tall, graceful flagstaff
rises from mound in the centre of the ground,
from the top Of which floats the Stars and Stripes
from sunrise till sunset. The dear old flag that
these brave men died while defending now keeps
faithful watch and ward over them. New Hamp
shire has erected beautiful
SHAFT OF GRANITE
over the graves of her brave sons who fell here in
the battle Of the 10th Of September 1854 New York
has the greatest number Of dead (225) while Penn
sylyania has 100, and other States in proper
tion. Nearly every Northern State Is represented.
By invitation visited Belmont Cottage the other
day. 1t is situated on the Berryvile pike, about
one mile east OF Winchester. 1t is now owned by
Mr.. Evan Jones, formerly from Chester County, Pa
| He came down here and bought 400 acres OF land
| shortly after the war. The land was so poor wheN
he bought 1t 1t would hardly raise white beans,
and, was about to say, had been farmed four
hundred years; but It would be perfectly safe to
| say one hundred and my years Crop after crop
had been taken off, without pound of fertilizer
| going back to strengthen the land. The farm Is
now one Of the richest In the county; and to show
what Northern enterprise energy, and skill can
| do down here will mention some Of
THE PRODUCTS or THIS FARM
for the past year. Mr. Jones keeps dairy Of
thirty five cows Alderncy and Holstein. Ills but
ter brings the very highest price in the market,
and is handled by Pearson & Sons, Washington d.
q. The proceeds from this item alone were 81 800
last year, besides he furnished the town of Win
chester with 500 worth Of milk per month, and
ffom ten TO fifteen gallons of ice-cream daily. The
butter is churned and the ice.cream is made by
horse. power, and 1t is very interesting to see the
process, Mr.. Jones informed me that his farm
produced this year more than one hundred tons Of
hay, one thousand bushels Of wheat, twenty five
hundred bushels Of corn last year, and prospects
good for that much this year He also informed
me that the proceeds from his farm were nearly
5000 last year. After thoroughly testing his ele-
giant ice.cre and buttermilk, your correspondent
LETT, well convinced that farming does pay in the
Shenandoah Valley when properly attended to.
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