American telegraph. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1851-1851, 1851-08-22


settle in the land Of his fathers, and there
Under the fostering influences Of that Chris.
tihnity and culture Which he has received here,
to become ga nation great, mighty and popuu-
ious. E'G ,.l..a.MLlLl.-l
Correspondence of the American Telegraph
An Attractive Terminus OF Trave1.
WINSTON, ALIEGANY CouNTY, MD. ,i4a1
II" A2s..f LIZ y ss.tstl. Aagust1 18, 1851.
After pretty extensive range Of travel one
of the well -wisAers of the Telegraph is desirous
OF making it's numerous readers acquainted
with the facilities of reaching several Of the
watering places Of the South, by which we
mean those within the States of Virginia and
Maryland. .I q Go ltaiasa lia ahI9'l -lsas
This is best done by simply indicating the
routes and manner of reaching them-all with
in the short'space of fortnight. In the morn
ing the ears are taken at Washington, which
you leave at the Relay house whence you are
conveyed by the western train to Harper's Fer
ry. After midday the Winchester train is
taken to Charlestown, some eight miles from
the Ferry, Arriving at Sappington's hotel. you
are ut once taken by stage to Shannondale, At
ter enjoying the beautiful scenery, and par
taking of the water, you return to Charlestown;
and, by the Winchester train, you are conveyed
to Stephenson's depot in the Valley; from, which
q stage takes you to Jordan's White Sulphur
[Springs, distant 0 mile and half When ready
to leave, you have but to return to the same
depot, and be carried by the train to Winches-
ter. At this point. of the route, you have the
| option of a line of stages running from Stay
lor's hotel" [now, Sewalps,] or carriages, to
convey you, to Capon Springs, which, being
| some twenty -four miles above Winchester, could
be reached, before midnight, the same day you
leave Washington, and at a very moderate ex-
lpense. .tgA3 ,abGgcq f,s8bnnd as.sial gn,fvi55
li4o From the throngs Of persons YOU meet with,
on account Of the, facilities of reaching those
Enoted watering places of the Old Dominion, our
tparty thought 1t best to send to Sappin gton' 5
for carriages, to take US across the hills and
mountains beyond Romney a place so named
by one Of the descendants of Sir Thomas Fair
1 fax, who led the armies of the British Common
| wealth triumphantly against Rupert and Charles
the First of England. The grant was for, the
"northern neck of Virginia :, and, though this
portion Of the country was last settled, to say
| that 1t Is magnificent is to convey but q faint
idea of the degree of pleasure it affords the be-
| holder 1 A a
| pair of good horses, with strong carriage,
and the necessary apparatus for checking the
| rapid descent ofthe high ridges, enable the trav-
eller to proceed in the most comfortable manner
by the well-graded northwestern turnpike to
| the & Mountain Retreat" kept by Mr.. Edward
Towers, and so highly extolled by Lanman in
| the columns Of one of our District prints last
Spring The extraordinary beauty of the sur
rounding scenery, with the mountains as it
were, fencing IN sort Of rural paradise, make
4 the spirits bound with joy to have escaped the
dust and heat the crowds and hustle of the city
and even of those places where fashionables
"most do congregate,n y that one must needs be
i allowed to- dwell a little ON the terminus of the
Summer route. Winston, which is q post office,
is situated on o beautiful slope, through which
| the turnpike winds its way up from the north
| branch of the Potomac. This attractive house
is surrounded by about sixteen hundred acres
of good land, thre hundred of which are cleared
and the few cultivated spots in the contiguous
mountains look like little garden-spots in the
distance. "The Glades'' are seen from the
road about six, miles north. w w. Seaton,
esq, is the owner of this beautiful estate in
Allegany county, where the weary eye of the
man of business may rest on surprising scenery,
and where the lover of sport may hunt the deer,
4 angle for the trout, or shoot the pheasant. The
stage conveys passengers from Paddy town, on
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, to sundry
places near, and at this post office; and we
learn by some of the engineers on the railroad,
that ere long the road will reach Oakland, which
is about Fifty miles above Cumberland. Thus,
when conveyance Of ten miles shall be effected
by stage, or, by private conveyance, in thirty
six hours on invalid may be borne from the
sultry heat Of the city, where the thermome ter
ranges at ninety, to the place where it is rarely
above seventy degrees of Fahrenheit Much
Il has been done here, but much remains to be COM
j pleted, when this mountain retreat will be as
much sought as the famed White Hill Of New
Hampshire As we drive up a winding slope of
the road for a mile---which for upwards of
seventy-fve miles averages about three degrees
| Of inclination--we note the coal " cropping out
from the bank, in close proximity to the north
branch Of the Potomac; and when, in addition
to the chalybeate springs near the surface, IL is
lapparent that iron also abounds, the coal has
hut to be changed to coke, and what a field Of
enterprise as we'll as Of rational pleasure is af-
forded by such spot! Il ,4.a
. The railroad would find it, perhaps, to its in
tcrest, to afford through tickets to Oakland
when the road shall have reached this point
| aE.a ..... Yours Il.
4 ua MoNTRRAL, Aug, 18.--The Boston Railroad
Committee arrived here on Saturday evening
!, The municipal authorities received them, and
4 grand entertainment followed "A large delega-
4 tlon from Montreal viii attend the celebration
i in Boston, appointed for the 18th September,
4 On Saturday q passenger train was run for the
frat time over the Chafnplain and st, Lawrence
lrailway. which completes the communication
between Montreal and Boston