I need hardly attempt to describe
the valley of Virginia, but it bears
a striking resemblance to many val
leys in the west, but its surroundings
are most grand and picturesque. It
is fully 20 miles wide mostly flat
like prairie, and of a richness of soil
which will compare favorably with
any part of Wisconsin. Such fields
of corn 1 hardly ever saw on the
richest prairie of Illinois; and such
quantities of fat cattle, feeding and
rolling m Virginia blue grass, were
a sight worth goin g a considerable dis
tance to behold. One year ago, the
most of this valley was fenceless ;
almost every acre lying as open to
the common, as it did before the
woodman felled the sturdy forests,
or the fiandy work of the industri
ous husbandman turned a howling
wilderness into the garden of the)
Lord. Now it is fenced with the I
most serviceable material, and peace
and plenty crown the board of econo
my and toil. Homeward bound
we passed a number of beautiful
townsand villages, much injured from
the effects of yyar, but which seemed
to be arising fro,n a state of dilapi
dation to their former' beauty and
importance. Throwh, as we neces
sarially v, ere. ardong the most rabid
seceSh portion of \ irginia, we were
glad to learn, that the common peo
ple were apparently cured of war,
and we were satisfied if Rebel lead
ersand southern preachers were ex
iled to Patagonia, our nation would i
learn war no more. My opinion is,
the south will not soon again at
tempt to break up the American
Union ; if Andrew Johnson would
hang the secesh Editors and Preach*
ers our country would never again j
be disturbed by intestinal commotion, j
and threatened with national anni-J
hilation. The South needs men of
peace, wise anti discreet rulers, with!
a strict enforcement of national laws
and we should soon behold a nation
the like of which can not be found
in the annals of ancient or modern
History. Long live our country.—
One and undivided.
