Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1842-08-16
To The Editor
TO NC TsHIUT.
NRrn SrIpiIItn SnRIHGs July 90. lSID

CRED SULPHUR STRINGS, July 30, lS42.
"When left Richmond OIL the 9Th inst, nncertaln-
ty existed with regard TO the extent OF injury done oy
the recent flood Western Virginia, and 70 slight ap-
prehensions entertained for our watering places
am happy to find that serious init ry has been sus-
tanned by any Of those Establishments and that moot
of them have escaped altogether.
"The first marks Of high water encountered al Tue
Limestone House, were between warm ana io' spring.
but winch being slight, easily repaired From
the Hot TO the White Sulphur Springs, The road along
the water courses very seriously camaged-aho l
am Of opinion, that inclusive OF the bridge over jack
sons river and several smaller the repairs rs lar as
Greenbrer Bridge wall n { cost ets than Sl0OOO. The
Greenbrer River was but partially swollen Towards
creek was very high From the White to the Salt
Snlnhrr with the exception Of Towards creek there
i, little injury done TO the road The head waters OF
Indian creek when they reached the Salt Springs were
furious and did considerable Jury to the line mendows
Of Hlessrs Erskine and Caruthers but the beauty oil
the grounds around their Spring is very little effected
by them The storm extended no farther IN this d.
recton There was, indeed, heavy rain at the heo,
but nothing unusual This lace has entirely escaped
From the reports which had reached Richmond before
left it was questionable whether the roads would be
p,,.abe for some weeks. The main object OF This
commu ncaou, is to al!ay any such Apprehension.
met with no difficulty wlaever-the roads were every
where safe and but seldom dsogreeaby rough. They
WILL of course be daily getting better In consequence
of the cold and damp weather in the tidc-waier region,
during the month of June, and the greater part OF
JuIyVsuperadded 10 the scarcity of money, and more
recently to the ravages of the frcshets the Virginia
Springs have not been us numerousy attended as in
former seasons but even now, We hope our claims
will not be overlooked, and that the ensuing month
will bring US up again. The following were the num-
bers rcpor,ed 10 me on the Goth Warm Springs %
Ho, 35 White 200; Sweet 90; Blue Is; Salt 20;
Red 20.
81 found here DR.. John SWEET OF New York, Lee
turer on diseases OF tic chest, the College Of Ply
scians and Surgeons Of that city Doctor SWEET makes
this visit for the purpose of teslIng,by personal obser-
walton, the claim set up for THIS water IN pulmonary
diseases 1t affords 10 the Faculty, throughout the
country an opportunity rarely presented OF ascertain
ing the Justice of those claims, by sending Their pa
tents 10 use the waters, under the inspection OF gen.
tleman so highly distinguished for accurate dagnesis
by stethescopic Indications
Yours, very respectfully, &c."
TP The reader will note, that the above was written
two weeks ago. Since lis date, there has been con-
siderable accession 10 the visitors at all the Springs AT
the last accounts understand there were more than
300 at the White Sulphur Springs-and at the others,
no doubt in similar proporon-and the tide was still
swelling on. Al the Fauquer White Sulphur, from
which, being nearer we Of course, have later and more
frequent accounts we understand that there were on
Thursday last 25O-70 others had gone onand others
have passed through this city vending their way IN
that direction. It is estimated, that there are now
probably more than 400 a. the Fauquier.l