The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1853-08-01
Editorial Corresps ndcuce.
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, July IT

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sveled 10 at least 1000. | cannot but regret,
for the sake of invaids every where that the
means OF reaching the Virginia Springs gen.
erally, and these in pa ticular, are not more ell
fsctnal than they are al present. few years,
however, will make. great alteration IN that
nsrticulsr. | said, in my last, that were the
contemplated railroads through this country
once finished, there would scarcely be any
possibility OF estimating this property at it's
true value. In the first place, lis medicinal
properties, with all the discoveries of late years.
have never found a rival. Other and valuable
Sulphur Springs have been opened to the
public but there are none, so far, in which
the ingredients that compose the mineral quail
ties of the water have been so happilj mixed.
This would make them, under all circumstan
ces, a place of resort for invalids, who had it
in their power to get here but that power
MANY Of them, al present want. In the second
place, let us take into consideration the vast
country which the contemplated improvements
will render tributary TO il. | know not what
number ofpersons annually pass up the Mis-
sissippi liver, on their way to more congenial
climates, nor how many persons there may be
among the crowd, suffering from diseases OF
the liver, brought on by the climate in which
they reside. | should think, however, that
there ale enough, every year, to constitute
large city. Now suppose the road from Mem.
phis to Lexington to be established, and that
from Lexington TO Big Sandy TO be in full
communication W it'll the Covington and Ohio,
and all of them TO be in full operation. Can
YOU form any conception OF the numbers that
would resort TO place so celebrated as this is
for curing the very diseases which naturally
belong 10 the climate from which they would
come? How many thousands would Louisi.
ana, Mississippi ard Alabama, TO say nothing
of Texas, send here, If they could only get
from Memphis in twenty-foar hours by rail-
roed Then there is the Intermediate coun-
try, Tennessee, Kentucky, Illinois, Indiana,
&C., all of which would send their representa-.
tives. From the East all the way to Savan-
nah on the one side, and at least as far as Balls
timore on the other, We should have swarms
by the Central, the Orange and Alexandria,
and the Sou,hside Railroads, with their con-
limitations. Cheap travelling would bring here
a description Of invalids who heretofore have
never thought of coming.
You are well aware that the high character
of the waters, the balmy air, the charming
scenery, and other inducements, have caused
many persons to erect cottages here for the
purpose of spending the summer. Among
them are several whose names are well known
TO the public as, for instance, Hon. Andrew
Stevenson; Col. Singleton, Col. Hampton and
Gov. Manning, of South Carolina; Col. Per
kins, of Boston; Mr. Rowland, of New York;
Gen. Ridgley, MIR. Latrobe and Mr.. Bonaparte,
of Baltimore. l mention the latter gentleman
last, though, as you may well imagine, he oc-
cupies much larger space in public curiosity
than all the others combined. He is here at
this time, aud have had frequent opportuni>
ties Of observing him very closely, while, not
knowing me, he was perfectly unconscious that
any person was taking notes upon him. If
the bus,s and prints of Napoleon do not lie
beyond measure, this man is tine very image of
him, so far as personal appearance goes.
saw him once before, about twenty years ago !;
but ct that time the likeness did not strike me
half as much % il does now. The reason |
can very readily comprehend. The licensees
of Napoleon, which | had seen, were copied
from busts or portraits taken during the latter
years Of his reign, when his face had become
fuller than it was when his fame, as the gen.
eral OF the army of Italy, first rendered him an
object of interest to painters and sculptors.-
With my admiration ofthe great Corsicar, you
may suppose that have watched the notions
of the man who is so nearly related to him,
and who SO closely resembles him, with great
curiosity. His motions, and attitudes, which,
were he other than he is, would in all proba-
bility pass without observation, resemble those
attributed to the Emperor, in the most striking
degree, and his character for plainness and
simplicity is such, that am compelled to be-
lieve them natural. He has the same habit of
walking with his hands behind him, one
hand graspng the wrist of the other, which
was SO common with Napoleon, that Doctor
Warden, the Surgeon of the BeIlerophon,
says, in one of his letters, he should have
known him from that circumstance alone,
the pictures ofhim, in the London print shops,
all agreeing in assigning it to him. He
has the same shoulders, and his head is set
apon them precisely after the same fashion,
The forehead, the chin, the mouth, The nose,
are all Napoleonic, and the clear outline COM
plexion corresponds with that attributed to the
little corporal" by all who have sketched his
portrait with pen and ink. A farther point OF
6embiance consists in the hair, which is
lrown, almost black) and as soft and sill.
all appearance, as that of an infant.
the other evening, returning from
p an open carriage, and could not but
bf Napoleon returning from Elba, Jus,
me when he dashed in among the sol.
Mcdonald, in IN open barouche. with
twenty horsemen following him. and
instead Of firing on him, the troops broke
ranks and crowded around him with the
Il tremendous acclamations. There, ws.
~ 10 difference, however, that whereas by The
emperor was seated rough old warrior (Ber.
randl who had seen FIRE in forty pitched bs,
al