The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1852-09-06
TRAVEL AND RECREATION IN THE
VALLEY.

TRAVEL AMI REChEAIION AN AHA
VALLEY.
The Fincastle Wing states the travel through
that place the past two months exceeds tna'
for the sumo period Of any previous year.
There IRE four stage routes concentrating at
that town, and the travel upon all is unprece'
dented, according to the Wing. This travel, oil
course, consists almost wholly Of persons who
are seeking health or pleasure in the noun.
tains and vallies of Virginia. The attractions
are yearly increasing in that region Of our
country as we'll for the seekers of health as
of pleasure. There are new springs almo st
every year brought to public notice, while
improvements are added to those long known.
The value Of the property Of watering places
too is yearly increasing, as some recent chan
ges in the proprietors Of some Of them very
clearly show. These exhibit astonishing ad-
vances in the estimated values OF those places.
This enhancement of that sort of property is
owing to the increase of visitors to the springs
and to the anticipated effects of the extension
Of our great Railroads into the Valley. They
will increase the number OF travellers to the
mountains in manner that we can at IN s time
form no conception of. No section of the Union
30 greatly abounds in mineral waters as the
Valley Of Virginia. Almost every variety that
the world produces is found there, including
Thermal Springs of indescrbably grateful as
well as curative influences upon the body
The temperature is the most charming and
genial to the constitution that can be found;
while the scenery adds its captivating charms
to lure the traveller thither, and to detaln him
when there. Before the days of splendid steam
boat travelling and of railroads our valley was
about as accessible as most places, and was
perhaps more resorted to by people of all sec
tons of the Union than any Other part Of it,
After these great plans of locOmoton had
been brought to their grand perfection, the
travel TO the Virginia Springs became irksome,
tedious and repulsive. Other fashionable and
more accessible points rose in public favor and
the currents Of travel became very much
changed. The consequence was that the
springs and vallies of Virgi nia did not COM
mand the attention they merited, nor did they
flourish as they would have done, but for the
diversion of the public, occasioned by these
powerful agents. Now, however, Railroads
are to be made tributary 10 their prosperity
to bring travel within their precincts, and the
effect will be magical. The Valles of Virgil
MIA and their Springs will re-assert their supe
riority. The means ofpublic accommodation,
comfort and pleasure will be extended-the
hand of improvement will be seen everywhere,
and art will vie with nature in giving one OF
the loveliest and most delightful regions upon
earth additional comforts for the invalid, addi-
tional charms for the traveller. The throng
that will be annually poured into it " i'll exceed
the most cxagg erated estimates, and the gene
raj prosperity and improvement of the whole
Middle District of the State will be both graft
flying and surprising 10 every Vrginian.
ANOTHER STEAMBOAT ACCIDENT.
We have to announce another steamboat &C.
cident, with its loss of life and its dreadiulin-
iuries. Among the victims are some of our
own citizens, one of whom-Mr. T. J. Barnes,
a very worthy gentleman-we are panied to
learn Is Qe0us " tIuSt tuc OtuCIS Will ICChf-
er. The heart sickens at the sad details of
these oft repeated steamboat disasters, which
destroy so many lives, and so horribly wound
and MAIN hundreds that escape with life
And the involuntary inquiry of every reader
ofa newspaper, as he glances over the harrow
ing narratives Of these events, is, how long is
this course of things TO continue? Is there no
way OF preventing such accidents? Is the
travelling public of this greatest nation of
travellers on the globe to be forever liable to
the awful consequences of utter recklessness
and disregard of life which mark the conduct
Of proprielors and officers of steamboats, 7 Ii
does seem to US that there is an extraordinary
apathy in the public mind on the subject
How whole nation can view the appalling
steamboat tragedies which are constantly oc.
curing, with. as it were, folded arms, is more
than we can divine.
POSTAGE.
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