Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1890-01-07
The SUNNY SOUTHLAND.
NJ. ~.
smrnlr, Va, Dec. n, isso.


mostly In Washington County, where
the King we'll. are. Gen. Russell having
dIei, hl. property adjoining the well. de-
.ccndc,i io hl. wlir-who Was the widow
~ Gen. william Campbell and sister %
l'airick Henry her heirs, Gen. Pres
ton and family. sank q we'll Into that
same hidden .tr-sm or lake ~ ALT water,
In Smyth County, and herr "Grandp,"
roston met hls death from pneumonia
while working these wells.
\ new we'll Vas recently sunk, ani al
though ihl. land was one, offered for a
pony, birdie and gun, u !. nov hand
iy pufcha.,hle. The north fork of iIol.
sion River formerly Furnished an outlet
to the western ularket, aud the brine
was plpel to the hank of the stream ani
manufactured on the spot, ani being
packed Ia barrels. an immcn.. coopcr4
ing establishment VAS characteristics of
ih. lower .slt works. The eastern trade
vas carried on by wagon Ia buchanan
ani l.ynchhurg; hut burly teamder. no
longer enll,rn saltVllle With their rows,
a. ihcy an PRIOR o. -.
The railruai superseded the ante-bel-
lum day. ~ drays AMI waterways, ani
an extension u -oon to D. built up the
valley to rlssirtburg; ani " requires
but flft.cn mlie. of rad, over cs.y
grade. from ~sltSlllr to the Cove. and
capital should, aud will soon, assist IN
unlocking natures grrat .iofchouse ~
wealth. 80 .trongly bound by Rich Val
ley. rock-ribbcd sides.
~ to gyp.am. IT. deI,o.lt. arr hr.t
panion ~ sali. at the extreme southern
snd ot IA. valley, al ssltyllle, whcw II
!. reached AZ some depth anil ". bi.e
.oon Penetrated, helng conhn~i to mar
row trrni by rotten bastard limestone,
snd uilN~i With rel clay which greatly
lmpairs ". commercial value ani make.
Il expensive to mine.
The flr.t hsnk of note I. the old Pear
son deposit, fiS- mile. east ~ Saltvillr,
near the mouth ot Beaver Greek. AZ
ris.t.fbufg. The rock be,wc.n thee
place. i.a dr,aying Limestone, making
the inierineiiti. plantations and farms
Immensely fertile. but abo,c iIccVcr se
leave the bastard aud encounter the harl
llol.ion arr found great basin. - purr
gypsum With over - per ccni fertilifins
properties.
III. writer walked many = muddy
mile 10 raine,l that dhy'l to Bape.'.
eight or niue mile. east II ~,ltVill~,
sli.rr a iO frst above water-leycl. aud
half mile north ~ lloliou l. the
.es,nl great deposit, discovered four of
I've year. ago, ani bslng nov worked
and hauled h-fv. 4 shaft sixty or ssv.
,niy feet dc-p IA. h-cn sunk AMI several
tilou.1nii tons TAKEN out. Tie lump. or
usks arv VERY soft aud easily crushed,
grouni aud prepared Ia plaster form.
I.ocusi Cove Greek has u. mouth In
ia. llolston. mar Bsruc.', and IT. .ourc-
AZ The gypsum fl~li II same name, spar
htci from ilolston hy Rn Intervening
ridge. llerv. ftie-n milr. east uf salt
vile. upon level plot, about ihr~--
fuufths hy QUE AMI one-haif mile. Ia ex-
irui, running from the hasc II Bushy
Mounialn to thc rtigr, !. sall Ia h. the
most extensive drpo.ii ever dl.cu,rfy,l IN
the country. showing - per cent purv
plaster. having bcen mlnei for cvniury
nud h,ul-,i away Ia wagons. nlrfr arr
handrvi. ot openlng. from ~ to Cp fcct
deep, none ~ sh.ch exhausted the sNp-
sum or I-snstnte,l the base. \ curiosity
- The hasln I. the gr,at shaft, sunk by
Jane. Mex. just prior to tho VAR. Ia
scaf,h ~ ALT. II u ~ fr-i square ani
81! feet d~~p, Iasslng continuously
through .olid plaster without reaching
bottom.
S,li,lllc I. al the tcnninu. ~ branch
rad nearly ulne miles from Glade
Spfing, aud situated on the line dividing
Washington aud Smyth ,ouuiiss, the
former tl. hrst .p0t 20 earth nsme,i In
honor of thr Father ~ hi. Country, tl,c
latter not nam~i for John smith ~ colo
hltl lame ani I'oSahontas salvation. bat
for gentleman Who u.s,i a ''y'' la the
middle of hl. name.
Having written .o much ~ the crle-
bntsl salt Valley aud Rich one, III
leave u on . hunting expedition to roor
VALLEY. a plcturr.qar snd rough region,
parallel to Rich, bat q. opposite ln
nan,e a. nature. VIII soon write from
other held..
southwestern Virginla !. Indeed "a
Yor'i spot, pp..c..ing . .oil adapted io
the luNufinst gro~th ~ all the gris...;
all the crrcal. cloihe the hill. Ia "ll,ing
grr.n" ani the valleys With rip-B-l
grain. In their .elson-herr the apple,
pear, peach, p-rslnm0n. quinc.. cherry,
gripe ard ali small fruits. hnl the con-
dlti0n. essential to their abuniant
groSth ani hlghr.t development.
The climate, too, I. exhilarating and
lnyigouiing- With little morr ~
energy aud q little le.. ~ some certain
spirits, this country could D. converted
Into .mlllng havana. ~ hspplne.. aud
heslthtulne...
ia. people arr pl-s.an, and agrccable,
the colop-i population not numerous,
sni gooi feeling seems "a cxi., b.
tween the uc-.. without doubt,
though, thousand. of negrOe. ~.r- dis-
franchl.e,i az IN. late election In some
sections, by b.ing dropp~i from the
li.t., delayed at the poll. by dilstory
prOc...e. from morning until night clo.-
,si xiih their ballots stlll unca.t. The
white. are determined never io bc dom
mated by the ''darkic.". They claim
they are superior, the negro Inferior, by
nature, And-sell, any white man In
cline. to think .o, too, after q short stay
among them. Hut thi. !. no excuse Ia
deprive them ofthclr Jusi rights; though
Z, l. claimed that the negro and colorcd
court. never would give the white.
Justice. that has never been tried. Hut
We must remember the origin ~ the ne
gro la .a,agcry, hl. degradation In .lay-
ery. and consider hi. pre.ent condition.
Verify the race problem !. a yexaiiou.
question, aud IL. solution I. not yet be-
gun. AL that soatheper. .ay they
SEEK for !. time to solve u aud to h. let
alone until u I. accomplished. Well;
but ccr,ainly u can do NO harm for the
general government 90 control Congre.-
.lonal elections: aud II shoald be done
In all sections, .o far as IL necessary to
secure the equal rights of all, white or
black.
EuiIoJu.
Lemon psrtlc. are becomlng very pop
ullr In william.port: II l. presumed
that fh.F.. A. /. deal az .auseying .t .uel