Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-06-25

fore resisted the force Of the
waters, and the mill sustained no
injury.
CHURCHES.
The Episcopal society have with
in a few years past erected several
beautiful houses Of worship: one
at Berryville, one at Millwood, one
in Winchester, (the latter truly
splendid building, with first rate
organ. and another at Middletown,
which is also a beautiful and chaste
structure, and is truly creditable
to the society. The writer heard
minister of the gospel express the
opinion, that it presented to the
eye precisely what q church ediiice
ought to exhibit, j. e.. a ray Of
truth. The Roman Catholic So
ciety have erected chapels in
several places. They have built
superb edifce at Harper's Ferry,
with a beautiful pulpit, with the
image of the Virgin Mary with the
infant Jesus in her lap.
HARPER's FERRY.
1t is scarcely necessary to inform
the reader that this is the location
OF the L. 5. armory, and in the Sev-
eral shops are generally employed
about three hundred first rate me.
chanics, engaged in the manufac.
tory of arms for the purposes OF
war. There are annually made
about six or seven thousand mus
kets, two or three thousand rifles,
beside an immense number OI
swords, pistols, and other side arms
The government employs at this
establishments superintendent gen
eral, a paymaSter and n number oi
clerks. The quantity Of iron, steel
brass and other materials annually
wrought mp, is immense. \ yasI
number Of strarg gers annually viSiI
this place TO crafty their curiosity
in seeing and inspecting the public
works and great mechanical opera
tiOns, so extensively carried on
The machinery of the musket fac
tory is wrought by the waters o
the Potomac, and that of the riff,
factory by the waters of the Shen
andOah.
The site for the public works It'll
said was first marked out or recon-
mended by the immortal Washing
ton, and is certainly evidence of hi
superior skill and judgment in al
military matters.
A railroad from Winchester t
Harper's Ferry has been lately col
structed, which has rendered VIII
chester a place OF deposit for tb
vast products of our valley, but Iii
tie inferior to some Of our seapOT
towns. a turnpike road from VIII
chester to Parkersburg on the Obi
river, distance of about two hur
dred and eighty miles, has latcl
been finished; and another McAda
mized turnpike road from Winchc'
ter to StauntOn, has just been pa
in operation, and it is almost incOr
ceivable what vast quantities {
} produce, now find a ready way (
. Baltimore from the increased facil
ties of our improved roads to tina
: market.
An improved road from Staunto
, across the Allegheny mountains,
e now going on to Petersburg, whic
: will still add great facilities to va
ley trade and greatly enhance tn
value of real estate in Western vi
! ginia. There is also a turnpik
from lIarrisonburg by way of til
) Warm Springs, Hot Springs, an
White Sulphur, across the Allegan
5 to Gunandot, by way of Kanawh
. Those several turnpikes are pass
bile at all seasons of the year, an
greatly expedite the passenger
= Journey from east to west. The
5 several turnpikes have been ma,
f at vast expense to the state an
|. stockholders, notwith standin