The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1851-06-27
MONTVALE CHALYBEATE And
SULPHUR SPRINGS,
Blount Countv, 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.
intendance Of the subscriber, who an.
nouncs 10 the public that he will be pre-
pared by June next. TO 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
sdrf rocks. laid down in grass, interested
with drives and planted with shade trees
THE HOTEL
has undergone considerable repairs, and
been newly furnished lhroug hout, 10 which
has also been added a number Of neatly
finished and furnished sitting and bed
rooms. New BAH Houses have also been
erected, and Stables repaired and enlarged.
The Lsrders will be supplied with the sub
81 an,ials as we'll as The delicacies Of the sea
son. There will also be Confeclion
Room, for which, and the Hotel. a plenti.
full supply Of the purest Ice has been se'
cured.
The celebrity Of the Montvale Springs in
Debility, Affection Of the Liver and Kidneys,
Cntaneous Affections, and general disorg2ni-
cation OF the system, is too well known 10
require comment. The Chalybeate Spring
is within thirty yards Of the Hotel, and has
been pronounced by eminent Medical Men,
equal to the IIarrodsburg Springs, in Ken
lucky. Its leading properties are EPSON
Salts, Magnesia and Iron, operating at once
| as an aperient, diuretic, and tonic. Two
miles and half from this, on the Maryville
read, is the Black Sulphur Spring, highly eff
fective in Cutaneous and other diseases. The
Hotel ia situated at TIE base Of Chilhowee
Mountain, upwards of 5000 feet above the
level Of the sea, and bounds the great South
ern range on the North. The atmosphere is
pure and invigorating, the scenery around
romantic and picturesque, whilst from the
summit OF Chlhowee there is one ofthe most
magnificent views in the United States, COM
prlsing some so or GO miles Of the great val
lev of East Tennessee, with the Cumberland
Mountain in the distance, whilst IN the South
tier Of Mountains rise upon tier, forming the
most splendid ampitheatre. Nor will the nd.
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 to the lofty Magnolia and elegant
Kalmia, whilst the Sportsman, with hound
and rife, may bound from peak to peak IN
chase of the crested deer.
MoNryALE SPRINGS are miles from Mary
vile, the county town OF BIount, l6 miles
from Louisville, on the Tennessee river, (where
Steamboats, from Chattanooga are daily ar
rivng,j 25 miles from Knoxville, 80 miles
from Dalton, Ca, and ~ miles from the pres
ent terminus of the railroad. from whence
splendid four horse, tri-weekly line of new
Troy Coaches will run to- Knoxville, via.
MaryviIle, and from the latter place con-
tinuous four horse line to the Springs. This
line will be found unsurpassed by any other,
South Of the Potomac or West Of the Allie
ghanies, both as regards the style and comfort
Of the Coaches, steadiness and attention Of
the Drivers, and superior condition Of the
Horses. ..
The subscribers long standing as Proprietor
of the MaryviIle Hotel, and the high reputa.
ton hitherto sustained BY that Establishment,
will be sufficient guarantee to his former pat
rons. that the arrangements at the Springs
Hotel will be such ms to give gineral satisfac-
ton, and that nothing will be wanting, that
can administer to the comfort and conven>
fence Of the visitors.
The Hotel ut MaryvilIe, during the ensu.
ing Summer, will Re conducted by compe-
tent superint endent. The main building has
recently undergone considerable improve
ments consisting fan upper and lower porch
I DC feet long, and from Is TO 90 additional
Dining. Sitting and Bedrooms, that invalids
wishing to change from Cbalybeate and Sui
phur to Limestone water, will have an oppor-
tunity OF doing so, with facility and safety.
Marvville being noted for ito Limestone
Springs, and high and healthy locality. =,
WIN. M'TEER.
REFERENCES:
Hug A. M. White, Cashier Union Bank,
DIFF. A. Ramsey, Dr.. W.. Baker. Col. S.
R. Rogers, Hon. f. Alexander, Knoxville.
Col. Hugh L. McClung, Cashier Bank Of
East Tennessee. ....
and Lady Of Augusta
Chandler, French Co., Gaines Co.,
Chattanooga.
ISL L. Bowie L Co.. Charleston, S. C..
T.w. Fleming, ESQ, w. Woodbury., ESQ.,,
Col. C. T. McConico, Wilcox CO., Ala.
Gen. Cunningham. Aberdeen, Mississippi.
| Col. B. Chairs, Tallahassee, Florida.
Col. W B. A. Ramsey Secretary Of Sta,e,
A. R. Crozier. Esq :, Comptroller oil the
Treasury, Nashville, Tenn.
| B.-For the convenience Of fam'hes
wishing TO board themselves. there are Az
new frame cabins, with brick chimneys' to
rent at one dollar and fifty cents per week,
and twenty comfortable log cabins al one dol
Mpntvsis spring., May %, lssl-H i44