The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-10-29
DOWN IN DIXIE.
The Editor Of The Post De-
scribes the Points of Inter-
est Observed During His
Trip.
Editorial Correspondence.

Editorial Correspondence.
Fortress Monroe, Va, Oct, 2i.
READERS OF The Posr:
Having come TO the
Sunny climes of Old Virginia for
n few days rest and recreation the
writer Is not unmlndful of his read.
ers and his patrons. This saction
! of the country abounds profusely
with important history aud recital
OF the more important points of in
terest may not be out of place ut
this time.
Old Point Comfort, celebrated not
only for its natural advantages of
climate and location, but for its
great hotels aud social life which
attracts 80 many eminent represent
tatives of all classes, is the fashion.
able coast resort of the Old Domin
ion. Surrounded by the waters of
| Chesapeake Bay aud the Hamton
Roads, within the influence OF the
broad Atlantic, and in latitude in
suring evenness OF temperature, it
enjoys the double advantage of be-
ing both a summer and winter re.
sort OF undesputed merit.
Old Point Comfort is a Govern.
ment reservation, and conspicuous
among it's attractions il Fortress
Monroe, the largest and strongest
fortitication in America. The Ar.
tillery School ut the Fort receives
OF the West Point Military Academy.
who find abundant time outside of
their routine duties to enliveu the
social atmosphere of the Point by
providing eligible partners in the
dance and promenade.
The marine view from the ram.
parts of the Fort, embracing river,
bay and Roads, dotted with sailing
and anchored craft, is one to he re.
membered for it's beauty aud rarity.
The surrounding waters provide
ample recreation for those devoted
to sailing and fishing, aud in the
summer season the bathing on the
sandy bay shore is a feature OF out.
door amusement.
Hard shell road drives aud an cleo
trio railway lead to the old town of
Hampton, two miles distant, where
the Soldiers Home. Normal aud
Agricultural Institute for Culored
Cemetery are always pOiuts Of ut.
tractive interest.
Norfolk, Portsmouth, Virginia
Beach, Ocean View, aud Newport
News, are also Interesting places
for sido-trips from Old Poiut only u
portion of which eau receive our at.
tention in IN article oC this char.
acter. We Will couiinr our rernark5
more particularly to the points of
historical Interest concerning these
places. But befol g we leave the de
scription of the Old Fort, we desire
TO call the attention Of our readers
To the fact that il was here in one of
the casemates of the Fort, that JET
ferson Davis was onined after his
arrest.
| Portsmouth and Norfolk.
Upon few cities of the United
States has the mailed hand Of
Mars" fallen with greater frequency
or violence. Under the direction of
the Royalist Governor of Vagina
| Dunsmore) British man o'war
bombarded and burned Norfolk
January lst, 1876. Both Portsmouth
and Norfolk were partially destroy
ed by the British in l779 Ports
mouth was occupied by the traitor
Arnold and the British force under
him in 1881, and the British again
attacked Norfolk in the Spring
OF 1913, but were repulsed with
heavy loss.
ST. Pauls Church Norfolk, hand
some structure erected more than
century and half ago, stands sur
rounded by stately trees, its walls
covered by ivy, a connecting link be-
tween the present and the past. A
cannon ball fired from one of the
British ships in 1916 struck one cor
ner of the old church, where it lodS.
ed and remains to this day amid the
ivy, which has been cut away 50 that
the relic may be seen.
On the Portsmouth side of the
river is situated the Government
Navy Yard and the United States
Marine Hosoital. The industrial
development of these cities within
recent years is phenomenal. Their
miles of wharves are crowded with
shipping and swarm with busy men.
Hampton Roads.
These coasts were ravaged by the
British during the Revolutionary
War and again in 1918, when the
thriving town OF Hampton was laid
waste and the inhabitants subjected
to the most barbarous treatment.
During the late war Hampden
Roads was the base of operation for
some Of the most important move
ments OF the Federal Army. Here,
inst in front 0f Nawnort Naws oIi