The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-09-06
INTELLIGEeCE BY THE NAILS,



Notes on the Road from Bedford and Bath.
win the exception Of the FauquIer Springs,
every summer in this part of the country has
been abandoned Bedford was deserted a week
ago, and very few persons remained at Bath when
le't' on saturday At Fauquler Springs a sort Of
tournament takes place so-morrow. and that closes
the season. Atthe North 1t Is customary to leave
the watering places about the first of September.
but the people of Maryland and Virginla.should
extend the season at least three weeks longer. az
at the places to which they mostly resort, Septem-
Der is one of the peasanest of months and, in the
cities, the most unhealthy. At Bedford, the sea-
son should continue till about the 10th OF Septem
ber About Bath there are no attractions but it's
bathing. There appears to be total absence of
energy IN the people, and the accommodations are
not good; The water affords most refreshing
PAIN Inc place was resorted to by Washington
~, oi many years, ana many Vlrgnans are attached
TO- on that account Some imagine that the wa
Ter gives peculiar soness to the skin but This
can scarcely be- as the countenances of the inhah-
tants DO not exhibit any extraordinary emolliencv.
but rather the reverse, as far as nv Observable,
extended. o'A'A
There is no portion of the country more inter-
estlng than that which one traverses in reaching
bedford from this place. Along the shore Of the
Potomac-altematelyl In MARYLAND and Virp,nia-
the road winds with the vertebrn of the AIleehanes
"a giant wall-bOundng the view. now On ono
side, now on the other. In time, these monn-
talns must prove vast mine of wealth. AS vet.
the outer covering, the vast forests of p,ne and
oak, and maple, still remain. In less than cen
fury, however, this outer covering will disappear
Bridges and dwellings will be no longer construct
ed OF timber, and the people, quanying for stone
that building material to which every country
comes after emerging from its infancy-will dis
cover the riches hidden in the heart of these noun
ttalns For miles one sees beds of slate which
have never been worked, and masses of limestone
WI IN any other country In the world, would
IN the present alarming failure of the potato, it
Is worthy OF note that according very authentic
statements, the wild potato grows in some por-
uons OF the Alleghanies II has been commonly
believed heretofore, that the root, in it's natural
state, Is not found north OF the Sierra Madre, on
this continent; but | have heard il confidently
stated by those who have given much attention to
the subject, that 1t grows among the mountains of
Pennsylvania. The Farmers Club of New York
should turn their attention to this subject To
those engaged in the culture of trees, it NAV also
be interesting to know that the larch which is not
supposed 10 be native OF the SOL of this region,
grows among the Alleghanles, although, Imagine,
sparsely, as have seen but few specimens
Even so near the centre of business as Is Cum
berland, 1t Is impossible to conceive the deporable
state OF the mails In the country around People
have learned to be quite content if they receive
them at all, even though 1t be In an indefinite pc
rod after they are due. 1t Is mercy that this
state OF things cannot last longer than March next
There Is one thing which must strike every per-
son travelling in Virginia, that is the injustice one
does the people OF that interesting State in Judging
OF them by the cringng, fawning, slavish, merce-
nary wretches, who come to Washington for the
purpose OF sharing IN the public plumber. There
cannOtb be a greater mistake. In the course of nv
soourn at the Springs did meet with one who was
not wellbred, courteous and warm-hearted They
all concur IN representing slavery as terrible lncu-
gngit down from its natural position in the confe-
deratlon. They do not, like the South Carolnians,
seek justify the institution, nor are they merely
content to condemn it in the abstract; they say,
ly curse to them, and they pray Heaven to rid
them OF 1t as fast as possible; but, at the same
time, they cannot fail to see that every fanaucal
movement OF the abolitonsts and their coadjutors,
serves but to render the day of their deliverance
more anu more remote. GALvIKNsIs.