. Book of the Royal blue . our years, thedamage to the buildings of the city wasnot as much as would naturally be church and public building, whichhas stood .since 1864, has been used as abarracks, hospital or stable. The CourtHouse was continually occupied by troops,and many valuable papers and records weredestroyed. It frequently occurred a changeof military rule would happen in the cityseveral times within a day. One particularinstance was when Hampshire Brigade,under Jeb Stewart, numbering about 3,000cavalry, came into town in the morningonly to be driven out at noon by Gene
. Book of the Royal blue . our years, thedamage to the buildings of the city wasnot as much as would naturally be church and public building, whichhas stood .since 1864, has been used as abarracks, hospital or stable. The CourtHouse was continually occupied by troops,and many valuable papers and records weredestroyed. It frequently occurred a changeof military rule would happen in the cityseveral times within a day. One particularinstance was when Hampshire Brigade,under Jeb Stewart, numbering about 3,000cavalry, came into town in the morningonly to be driven out at noon by GeneralKirkpatrick. In the evening Kirkpatrickwas dislodged and forced to retreat acrossthe Potomac at Shepherdstown by the Con-federate army. After the war was over Martinsburgagain pursued its even tenor. For yearsits population has remained in the neighbor-hood of 10,000, and it has devoted itselfalmost entirely to manufacturing: hosierybeing the principal product. The town isone of the strongest factions in West INDIAN SUMMER ON THE MOUNTAIN. .lAMKS MIKKIS. lirii;ht l);miHi-s in j^ ilisjilayAre riiii}lini; and waviiijj;, th()u;;h marked by decay;The forest is teemini^ and .s|)arklinji; with i:; lidugh bearing natures autuiiiiiai emblems;The mountains and valleys liewilder the sightWith the beauties of autumn transcendently bright;Each tree in the mountain, each bush in the glenForms a picture unrivaled by ]>encil or ])en:The towering chestnut outlined on the skyIs bearing its banners in triumph on high;The stately (dd oak of ancient renownr>ears proudly its banners entwined in its crown;The gum and the majde their beauties in colors of crimsom and gold;The walnut and poplar, the .sycamore, in the pictures presented to view;This fairylike scene on which we now gazeIs mellowed in beauty by the airs dreamy \s onward we pass this scene in eye ever meets features (juite new;Here and there amids
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