Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1881-06-18

4 lady who visited HagPcr's Ferry on the
S0th sltim0. and whom our Senior had the
pleasure of mocting and to whom he seems
20 have made himself agreeable, writes from
Washington City 70 The oxford Press, pub
lished at oxford, Pennsylvania. We APP
pend the descriptive portion Of the letter.
The intense heat that poured down upon
oar crowded t~horougiarcs made many seek
the hcaith-giviug hreczes Of river or noun
tain. free from the dust and din Of paradcs,
Harper's Ferry with Its combination OF at
t~ractiye scenery aud historic memoric-
doomed mp with more than ordinary interest
that threatened % exhaust means OF trans
portation. Two hours ride by the Point OF
Rocks route. which q greater part of the
way winds along the Potomac, brought Us
t0 our destination. Smiling villages and
CHEEKY farm houses dot the landscape along
theway. bctokcniug q thritt readily account
ell for-Local Option prevails in Montgom-
cry county, through which the metropolitan
road passes. Nearing OR destination the
train paused on the beautiful railroad bridge
that spans the r,,Cr 90 allow those who
chose To- oisembgr5, thus ahorling a charm
inc view OF that stlpendcUs scene in ma
turc which Thomy Jefferson declared well
worth q VOYAGE acrtss the Atlantic 90 wit
ucss-thc passage of the Potomac and
Shenandoah through the Blue Ridg" noun
tainS. But he train passes onward and the
beauties OF Island Park are open 20 view.
This /, fitted mp in accordance with modern
eXcurSionist taste. the waters OF the P0t0-
mac no low tide purliHg gently over itSrocky
bed and mountain brccZcs SOughing through
the pines, lending q fragrance 20 the air. y
more charming trySting place could not be
conceived and here % priceless acquisition
o. our party WAS rcccivedEome native
Ni-ginians familiar with every toothill and
raviue and mountain path. Among phep'
wa, Mrs. DR.. Van Camp of Washington.
\ ncicc oil Mr.. Isaac FOukc.-Lds. +. ~
"a lady of culture. 90 which Is lded q store OF
information from travel, having S%Qjourncd
wears abroad I'm South America and IN the
various South SEA Islands. while her has
band was L. =. Consul to the samoan group.
Interesting details of dinner parties ENJOY
ed with auative King inprimitiye attire and
accounts Of the customs and costumes Of
the ISLANDERS before their native Innocence
and simplicity was moved by civilization,
were listened % with great irtercs-; but OF
the mountains that environ Edrpers Ferry
we now would speak. leaving Island Park
and following oar guide up . mountain
path 90 Bolivar heights new scercs 81 erau-
Is opened % our viev,. Below vas thc
junction ot the Poton,~r and Tire Shenan-
doah. cntolliug the dreamy Village of tiar-
ptr's Ferry ia their vatery grasp-bcyond
and above arisins IN majestic proportions,
London Srl MARYLAND heights, while fur
ther on the blue hills of Maryland and Nir-
ginia smiled rs peacefully as it the demon
civil war had never rcsoundei Ulthiratricl-
DIAL strife throughout their borders. Saun-
tering onward we came upona lovely noun
tain hamlet. the town of Bolivar. On the
highest pinnacle of the hamlet % motley as
scmblagc WAS maSse0-neavirg which, We
learned tiat tlt commencement exercises
of Storer college for colored students
was i'm progress. and that Fred Douglas
would discuss the virtues of John Brown.
Here wc had another interesting addition
to our party, Col. Gallahcr. the senior edi-
tor of the "NIRGINIA FREE PRES, in
whom we found an encyclopedia Of current
events in the Old Dominion for more than
half a century
The lady writes a good deal more, in a
kindly. complimentary way, of our Senior
r|ecouuting somcthiGgs related by him and
misapprchendiug others. Barring the uu-
intentional, but quite cxcusable, inaccura-
cies the omitted portions of the letter are in
teresting She dignifes our Senior by the
title Colonel" We never knew him to be
a Colonel except on ono occasion, when the
celebrated Beau Hickman surrendered 20
him. Beau sought an Introduction for the
purpose. Of course. Of initiating hin-fce
"only q quarter He was then Colonel
Jenkins and Colonel Fuller within a
half hour, very much to the mystifcation Of
Beau. who thought the two Colonies resem-
bled each other hkctwins. Whether he has
been Fuller since, or Col. Jenkins-this de
ponent saycth not. lie may have won his
spurs on sauguinary dcids-such as Elito-
rial excursions may have afforded. Wenow
call him Colond-revc~nty ~ IS from
home
No,t-r.u Irc, aIaiiou~ hilcken ,hc teeth and