Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1836-08-05

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NO' WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, July &c. 1888
To the Scnior Editor Of the Enquirer.
Dear Sir--Agreeab!y to my promise 10 you u'e Ias
time had the pleasure of seeing YOU was apoui Wv
Springs and Of the ladies and gentlemen Assembled
there but there are scenes and changes SO continually
passing before me- that 81 must catch the manners 'iV
ing as they RISE, and 60 more ana more INV ue'd' as
circumstances shall present themselves nsu I 5ans
hensire shall worry you and myself, before a Done
Well sir! arrived here OH the 9th OF july ana going
10 enter my the books, found 9ol names en-.
tered before mne And sald that tnefe were 'n
present at the Springs 39O ladies' ana seh,enel. ~
DAYS after, found 313 names entered on Inc ooons'
and it stated that there were 43O ladies' and gente-
men present, as it was supposed When arrived ule
company consisted Of people almost entirely fntn East
! or North of the Potomac saw 104 nsf.e som Inc
cite Of New York on the books the 9th CT July They
were fine fashionable peope-the gentlemen OF steady
abils but at the same time, OF alI-suihcleht
! We had the New England, Boston, New YORK; rhlIa-
dephia Baltimore and Washington CITY grace ana pea''
ryI There were very few Virginia ladies' who had yet
arrived at the Springs. downhearlcd IN conSc-
ouence of their absence that about writing 10 ynu'
and did write to friend in chnond, to Sena 'e 'aue
up to help the parsons often say Inc anes anu
.ren,lcmeu from the North continually calling up
N me- saving the beauty and grace OF tue ladies OF Va Is
u1overbial all over the United States, and we want 10
| see them bcfure 60 had heard OF The movements
f the Virginia ladies' and replied with great lie anu
:ur-thcy are coming ladies and gentlenien-ney are
! low on the wing! They replied, when and where
Al that instant coach aud four drove up from fch-
nont filled with ladies', and cried aloud-heIe li'' az
~ all that is lovely Immediately ol'er o'her iao!es
ann. I'm from Richmond Norfolk, Lynchburg. Peters
burg Fredericksburg Charlottesville: Sannon, the mle'
lie lower and upper Virginia. so that the Oo Do'''"H
was as finely represented could have been wishth-
Then there came ladies and gentlemen from tne west
.rn world: from Kentucky Ohio, Tennessee, a1aoana'
Iou, Orleans. from North and South Carolina, from
Charleston from Georgia, NC. &c. &c. | have seen
very handsone ladies' in Virginia, Washington Gi,y'
altinorc-tlIat City Of Beauty: is casitd-and !-
udelpa but here ~c have constellation OF Tile
md beauty OF the United States. ! can say, "hoGt
lie fear OF contradiction, that beauty, grace and gaah-
Try is local. but that it pervades the United Dates
. generally. -.
,cpt Sunday, when we have good sermon) Ne oa'!
room is filled to Overlooking with ladies' and genurinro,
both single and married We have gaming or drink
ng thai can sre for the ball room Is the place l I'''-
ersa attraction There is pleasant and friendly con-
est amnnr the gentlemen sometimes, about the LADIES'
rom the different States. Some nights fihauc'Pn"
seems to have the ascendant, then Baltimore srgha'
&c &c and nights there appears Pei'ect 'e'
But the last night there were eight 'lfg,h'a la1es ~
he upper cot!on; gentleman present observer 'haE
i was strange that the cotllion should CONSIST alone OF
Virginia ladies' and that it was wonderful mat 'hey
should all be 50 very handsome Virginia gehuenan
standing by quickly REPLIED that II was n".t' f.
nor wonderful; for beauty very eolnhn lhlhS IN
VIRGINIA! nt Justice requires Inc TO stale, thal most "a
The ladies from The North had gone away al mat tHe'
NAV have prepossessions but declare maze 40 PEE
udices whatever The cot!llon IS very nahaso'ne
dance indeed and is the danced al the Springs
but is danced what varicny in the different cities
of the U. States have seen some ladies' and Eente-
men walk in The coiilIipn slow as IT. they %ete going
10 funeral Others the time womb dance WIN
real life and agility Side side. some back TO oack
and some face face, which il, tie proper mode; ont II
any difficulty arises in line collon the Virginia reels arc
called for, which always 60 oiinely Inc waitzes were
danced al first BY the dics with ore another but tina
vas soon found not 10 answer the az Of the gentle
men was then called ia. have always been some Is hal
repurnant TO the waltz but ii is now danced WIN So
much grace and Graacy by the ladies', and oy young
Sn,nish Iady from the taraanah and Tie gentlemen
that am really app,chpnsive, that all ny preindcrs
| arains, lie waltz wiz be remo9ed! thlnk that The
Virginia reels are gaiEng grouha 'eiy ias', a. tx
Springs. The other evening. piTcel OF aueS an" esn
lrmcn both sing and married, danced the old 'rg''i
rel will, jph rIee and i.went of in hig. stats, Eors
In The satisfaction and pleasure OF the company, iai
any other dance. There is more lie anc'artty IN INC
ViTqna reel than the coLon and II Is not so oihcu
In execute a well made, ha3Gso'ne FArginis SeAte
man rare one evening some fine specimensot tie olS
Virnna STYLE Of dancing, particularly the Chcken'hnl
ter and the Pigeon wing, &c, the hantSonsSt steps la
| we're ever nyentcd-L remember, II you 90 mol, ina
n. RanusIannock ladies' ard gentlemen, with the 20
and gentlemen in The world that u.s. to say, our "oIIu
that match was La:.e up at fredericksburg who co:i1
dance the best After each had given specimens OF In
finest steps lnag:a6! Il: vas me h'eest p".rs u. n'1
world to settle who danced hest. a genlcnan stano
inc he cried on, 10 one Of the dancers-Nnw give Ei%i
Chicken Hut,er and the Pigeonwlng and the oter gen
eman was beater, hollow las 1t was then caen hstah'
". Oh! what las become Of the dances OF our lore
thsrs n. GOOD old mnuct with TIE triangle cock d hal
,hc minuct De La Cur, with all It's variations he
The country dances, why dOut yon hunt The Squ'rrst,
the Passby the Congo, Rigadoon GiIie csankey, Nan
cy Dawson, Jack inthe Green, od Rogers hho al s'h
ike our fathcrs--except the Virginia reels!
On! the day. .v!rl. was young, when l., &c.-&c..
do not wish those dances should come in exclusion
the modern dancers, only for some small patronage,
ihev were the delight Of foresshcrs.-l have bee
Ia,c for three summers or geasons and have got az
nn,inted with thousands Of visitors that attend u
Springs from the Southwest an! South-hentuckS
Tennessee Alabama New Orleans, Nozlh ana Soul
Carolina and Georgia. and il has always gwen me ID
E, nln,surc 10 hear Item speak with So much aiecto
nj V;rqin;a They :ll trace up thei ancestors TO ll
third and fourth generation, 1t they came from
vprilv believe liza. there would not be so many Vs
OTIS to the Springs, ;E!hey were not IN le ea' q,
r;nia |, nppears 10 me, that Virginia was once Oh
treat plant patch from whence the people OF te 91ale
! have mentioned, iasc been rropagated; aha' "i'en
hear the people from the North joining WIN me Poop
from the South anh. West, p:asns LIE 'hg'iNa's =,
heir heated bland manners, hosPilaIt,
'hs;r ,r cr;na,p soil. and Virginia Springs cann'
eP =. na, r.?ive land how 10 the good and wiae, 49,
{. INV I,.rpy c!ns and countless blessings p'lzc
met gentleman w,,o had baen from one Oh t''s Sptlas
IA the ni,e Sulphur Springs and on ms return he a
clored to me- il was like coming out OF aIaFe c''y II"
e'a eeuntry village Sight ten sages and aeeG IN
coming H. and t gSins ss so the as "
ono Ig . S1 !cry PSy
Oe,ehes and carriages bat coming in from ever
State amos. in ,he Union Abou, the last of July ar
s Isstd frs. Of August Tie great press have sec
for time, seen coaches anu hH
Dvc their chmea& the White Sulphur Spring
IIev would nger in the reishborhood and make Use
,h. waters unit! tl:ey could be accommodated Ii