Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1853-09-20


the bright glorious sun came out and the blue
top. oil the mountains stood up against the clear
sky. the beauty Of the spot was enhanced
Thousand fold And then. as the sun went
down. and brilliant stars began 10 gem the great
archway above. and the moon threw her soft
ened beams over The picture spread before The
beholders. stqnding in front of the ''Colon
nades," on The brow of the hill-fhere was a
glory and heauty abroad over the heavens
and the Garth that utterly defy description
Lovely place il this On the continent, | very
much doubt whether there is spot that com
bines SO much OF beauty as the White Sulphur
Springs. This sweet valley-this fountain oi
health, with lis tasteful temple reared above IT,
and Grow ne ! with n statue Of the goddess Hy
geia, the presiding genius of the place-these
noble old trres-this elegant lawn, and these
many coorr1 mountains will long linger in the
store house Of memory. linked with associa-
tons, pleasant and joy giving 10 the soul.
ask Ossan's pardon.
And now word about the company pres.
cnt, al ihis time. The season.as il is reported.
has been prosperous one for The proprietors.
The crowd was very great during the summer.
AT present not more than 200 remain but we
have Very select company. The mere but
terflies of fashion have flown. The cornorant
swarm Of "blocklegs" that always float along
with the crowd. and hasten from Spring To
Spring, in pursuit ofprey, have disappeared.
The Ball room was pretty well filed at preach
ing on yesterday; but for the last week there
have not been enough Of :" the light fantastic
toe to get mp collIion. The room has been
| regularly lighted, and The music has summon
ed the lovers "f the dance To its spacious and
hr Mt 20 A in Tbn
ed. and the birds have sought another cline.
There has. however, been one visitor here du
ring The season " no has immoyfalieed himself,
and l.ii a name that shall live rs long us sign
lizards can pe'petua,e his lane ! aIlude To
! Mr. Rhctt Of South Carolina. ex-M c., Of nul.
4 LITIGATION memory. Mr.. Rhe,t, it seems, is at
present a wid0wcr. He has had the good for.
rune, ho"ever,at least partially to recover from
he stroke which laid the wife of his youth in
the dust During his sojourn at this place.
! there "ns beautiful widow. whose enchant
ing smile and tie" itching manners-I say
nothing of her wealh-whose sivcry voice
| and graceful. gazele like movemenisby some
means, found an unguaide1 avenue to his
heart; and forming exception To vid0,cerS IN
general ~ he fell in love He seems TO have
been most desperately smitten. What he said
TO his lady,love on this subject. and hat she
said to HIM, may be inferred from the following
strange and Romantic facts and incidents, which
are now public property. violate no conf
denco or proprcty in giving publicity to what
follows:
Mr.. Rhett turned eng inc, r, and laid off a
beautiful walk. winding round the hill, amid
he trees OF the deep unbroken forest on the
North of the lawn. He employed hands al
his own private expense, and prosecuted the
work OF grubbing, excavation, cutting down
rees, rolling logs, removing rocks, &c, &.
and constructed we'll graded turnpike. on a
small scale, sou e four or FIVE hundred yards II
length, The main portion oi which he dcdca
'od to D!rs. Dickinson, the object ofhis almost
idolatrous love-
This walk is approached al the upper end
ofthe baltimore Row" Itturns off obliuuely
from the road leading from that corner of tn,
! rounds TO Dry Greek Hotel" As YOU enter
h's quiet sequestered path, you are struck " i'll
il sign board, nailed TO a tree with this inscrp
ton. in rather inelegant chalacters--"MRs
DICKINSON WALK" Proceeding ALONG il,
winding course, directly you hear the low
.rowsy murmur of the waters rising from the
Ease of the hill and gently stealing upon til,
ar. Through the clustering trees that az,
firmly rooted among the rocks upon the pre-
lpltous steep below, you can catch some
plmpses of the flashing stream. as It praitles
Yer Its pebby bed at the foot Of the bee,line
e'ghts on which you stand. And just here a
: eminent If gratitude spontaneously arises II
ne g mind towards the man, " hose folly fur
.ished such deghlfulwalk for the visitors tt
he Springs. But we must proceed on this path
M find lis termination. A little beyond the
point at " hich we pause |. we reach spo
where eral seats are arranged against the
rees, and beneath their ample branches, fol
he accommodation IT visitors TO this lovely
onely retreat. On board that meets the ev,
As you approch this spot. you trace in big let.
ters, "TRysTING PLACE" And there aboy,
your head, facing South. you lave another
, sign'boaid, with the word SADNESS" emilia
zoned on it. Fronting this board there is an
/ other facing the last mrntoued. some 20 feet
distant, =" ilh the word "GLADNEss" inscribed
upon 1t. From these seats and mid av be
tween the trees on which the last named
boards al e nailed. there is a path that winds
down the hill, beneath the empowering fpres,