The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1851-07-11
MONTVALE CHALYBEATE AND
SULPHUR SPRINGS,
Blount County, East Tennessee.


Blount County, East Tennessee.
THIS celebrated place Of resort being
l. purchased last season by Colonel Asa
Watson, OF Mississippi, has for the ensu.
ing season been placed under the super.
nie ndance Of the subscriber, who an.
nouncs 10 the public that he will be pre-
pared by June next, 10 pay every attention
10 the comfort and convenience Of valetu>
dinarian visitors, as we'll as the travelling
public generally.
Since the present occupancy in October
last, Fifteen Acres Of ground surrounding
the Hotel and Chalybeate Springs. have
been placed under fence. cleared Of the
surf rocks. laid down in grass, inlersecied
with drives and planted with shade trees,
THE HOTEL
has undergone considerable repairs, and
been newly furnished throughout, 10 which
has also been added a number of neatly
finished and furnished sitting and bed
rooms. New BAH Houses have also been
elected, and Stables repaired and enlarged.
The Larders will be supplied with The sub.
81 anlisIs as we'll as The delicacies Of the sea
son. There will also be q CONNECTION
Room. for which, and the Hotel. a plen,i'
Iul supply Of the purest Ice has been se'
cured.
The celebrity of the Montvale Springs in
Debility, Affection Of the Liver and Kidney 5,
Cntaneous Affections, and general disorgani-
zation Of the system, 10 too well known 10
require comment. The Chalybsate Spring
is within thirty yards Of the Hotel, ind has
been pronounced by eminent Medical Men,
equal to the liarrodsburg Springs, in Ken
tncky. Its leading properties are EPSON
Salts, Magnesia and Iron, operating at once
as an aperient, diuretic, and tonic. Two
miles and a half from this, on the Maryville
read, is the Black Sulph Spring, highly eff.
fective in Cutaneous and other diseases. The
Hotel is situated at TIE base of Chilhowee
Mountain, upwards of 1000 feet above the
level Of the sea, and bounds the great South.
ern range on tie North. The atmosphere is
pure and invigorating, the scenery around
romantic and picturesque, whilst from the
summit OF Chilhowee there is one of the most
magnificent views in the United States, CON-
prising some SO or GO miles OF the great val
ley of East Tennessee, with the Cumberland
Mountain in the distance, whilst on the South
tier Of Mountains rise upon tier, forming the
most splendid ampitheatre. Nor will the ad.
mirer Of the grand and sublime alone be en-
raptured, the lover OF nature will find beau
ties TO admire, from the early Violet and dark
blue Iris 10 the lofty Magnolia and elegant
KaImia, whilst the Sportsman, with hound
and rife, may bound from peak to peak IN
chase Of the crested deer.
MoNTvALE STRINGS are 9 miles from Mary.
vile, the county town of BIount, l6 miles
from Louisville, on the Tennesse river, (where
Steamboats, from Chattanooga are daily ar.
riving,J 25 miles frou Knoxville, 90 miles
from Dalton, Ca, and 10 miles from the pres
ent terminus of the railroad from whence a
splendid four horse, tri.weeKly line Of new
Troy Coaches will run 10 Knoxville, via.
Maryvile, and from the latter place con-
tinuous four horse line to the Springs. This
line will be found unsurpasse by any other,
South Of the Potomac or West Of the ALLIE
ghanies, both rs regards the style and comfort
Of the Coaches, steatliness and attention of
the Drivers, and superior condition Of the
Horses,
The subscribers long standing rs Proprietor
Of the MaryvlIe Hotel, and the high reputa.
ton hitherto sustained by that Establishment,
will be sufficient guarantee to his former pat.
rOne, that the arrangements at the Springs
Hotel will he such as to give gineral satisfac.
ton, and that nothing will be wanting, that
can ADM mister to the comfort and conven>
fence Of the visitors.
The Hotel at Maryville, during the ensu.
ing Summer, will be conducted by a compe.
tent superintendent. The main building has
recently undergone considerable improve
ments, consisting ofan upper and lower porch
1876 feet long, and from IS to 90 additional
Dining, Sitting and Bedrooms, that invalids
wishing to change from Chalybeate and Sui
phur to Limestone water, will have an oppor.
tnnty of doing so, with facility and safety I.
Maryville being noted for its Limestone
Springs. and high and healthy locality.
WIN. M'TEER.
REFERENCES:
Hugh A. M. White, Cashier Union Bank,
Knoxville.
Dr.. +. A. Ramsey, Dr.. WI. Baker, Col. s.
R. Rogers, Hon. E. Alexander. Knoxville.
Col. Hugh L. McCung, Cashier Bank Of
East Tennessee.
williams g. Co., of Steamers Chattanooga
and Lady Of Augusta
Chandler, French & Co., Gaines 4 Co.,
Chattanooga.
Us. 4 T.. Bowie L Co.. Charleston, s. c..
T.w. Fleming, ESQ.,, w. Woodbury., ESQ.,,
Augusta, Georgia.
Col. C. T. McConico, Wilcox CO., Ala.
Gen. Cunningham. Aberdeen, Mississippi.
Col. B. Chars, Tullahasse, Florida.
Col. w. B. A. Ramsey Secretary Of State,
A. R. Crozier. Esq, Comptroller Of the
Treasury, Nashville, Tenn.
N. B.-For the convenience Of families
wishing to board themselves, there are 40
new frame cabins, with brick chimneys, to
rent Mt one dollar and fifty cents per week
and twenty comfortable log cabins al one dol
lar per week each.
Montvale Springs, May %, ls5I-tf IA
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