Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1830-11-11
For the Asartin,burg Gaeetfs.

Ms. EyANs:-Ht the columns of your paper
Will net be too much crowded with mere va
liable matter, | ask the favour Of you to pub
hsh the following brief sketch.
Some accosait If the Ycllc,s Springs, IN Green
County, Ohio.
The Yellew Spring is situated in Green
county, Ohle; GA miles north of Cincinnati.
and 2 Miies west of the falls of Little Miami
river. 1t is a copious and constant fountain
issuing from strata Of limestone, Immediately
IN roar of a cos1medious boarding house,
which has been recently established at this
delightful place. at bursts out near the sum
init level of that quarter, but is soon precipi-
tated into a wild rayine, more than a hundred
feet IN depth. On its way thither it has in
the course OF ages, deposited Il great bank of
reddish yellow ochre, which is ntermixeJ
with twigs and leaves Of trees. The temnera-
ture Of the fountain is $50. The water is
transparent, does notsparkle, and has a slight
chalybeatc fiaver. After the water has ielt
the aperture from whence it issues. a portion
efthe gas combined with it escapes. and a
part OF the oxi1e of iron passing from the
brst to the second degree ofoxidation, is de-
posted, constituting the ocreeus sediment
spoken Of"
The locality of the Spring is pre- eminently
calculated to afford pleasure 10 tae ~yisitanf
beng IN the midst Of a picturesque and fer
NE country, and possessing that essential re-
quislte, a good boarding house. Art has
done much here, but Nature still more it
seems as If here she had been wont to sport.
But to proceed in order The traveller after
pursuing his course several miles through a
country as remarkable for beauty of scenery
as fertility of soil, arrives, almost before he is
= at %Ia koard.c- lu. rt.l
tasteful and colnpodious building, painted
white aud surrounded by numerous cottages
oil the same colour, intended as lodging rooms
for the boarders.
The 'teut ensemble is beautiful: the build
inss present The appearance of a small white
tewn, situated in the midst of a lawn and
surrounded by lofty forest trees of the richest
foliage. The proprietor OF this establishment,
tMr. NILS olTas a large portion OF land sur
rounding the Spring and has spared no pains
nor expense TO make it one Of the most de
iighdul watering places in the west. The
houses arc furnished in a supurb manner. and
lhe gardens and pleasure grounds laid of and
decorated with a taste and Ingenuity that do
credit to the proprietor. A short distance in
rear of the lawn, flows a ~rivulet, which at
iords numerous beautiful cascades, several
large basins in the solid rock, and s'its mar
gin Is fringcd with q variety Of beautiful
shrubs, whose broad and heavy foliage al
tords an agreeable contrast With the slender
ieayad cedars that adorn the cliffs of arena
ceous limestone rocks above" Nature has
formed these rocks into fantastic shapes, SEINE
OF them rose milling statutes, and with the
AID Of fancy, q counterpart may here be
found For almost every species OF the animal
creation. There are several praifies : short
distance ncrth Of the Spring, displaying 10
The ~splendour and variety OF their summer
loea, enough TO Delight all who have a taste
ioF tic contemplation Of natures fine arts.
Another attraction when this Staing POS
sesses, is its proximity 10 tie fails OF the hit
lie Miami, which are about two miles distant,
and very justly considered a curiosity. The
water IN the course Of a mile or two, fails
about GOO feet; il is compressed 10 a narrow
space, and precipitating itself from table "a
table with hsadlong impetuosity, finally
sweeps IFS course with abroad and Iapid sheel
towards the Ohio.