The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1854-08-25

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abose threc miles distant from the . Hot Springs
Il = eifuatcd Ia valley somewhat like the Reck
bridse Alum" but its situation 10 much more pic
turesaue and romantic. The Cold Chain, known
:. ss Warn sP5 s and os ps.s. do pro
their hesds skyward on the other, rise mp before
Tue scenery around Jon in every direction is
wild and grand. Nature has here decked herself
in robes Of majesty; and one who loves to con-
template her mighty works. feels that be stands A.
Il were Ia the immediate presence OF Him whose
are The everlasting hills.- The most wonderful
sores are told Of the asouishing curative qualities
Of the wster. especially In I'll kinds Of cases OF al
the impression that the virtues Of the water were
Of recent discovery, but since my arrival here
have learned from An Idshman, (where is not Pat
foundi who has resided In the vicinity for q mum
her of yean past, and from an old mountaineer,
whose home Il close BY, that they have been known
In this region for fifty or an hundred years past
They both Informed me that persons had been
brought to the Spring utterly helpless. and In tew
weeks have gone away leaping with joy. The
water il used externally and internally, and appears
20 me 70 be different from any have heretofore
seen Il seems to be very soft and oily. but when
you attempt to use 1t with soap becomes harsh
and stiff.
The proprietors are projecting and carrying on
extensive improvements. They have already a
considerable number of neat wooden cabins bathing
houses, &c, and have erected large brick build
Ing with dining room attached, capable OF seating
at table, at one time, some 400 or 500 people.
was much surprised arriving at this wild place.
apparently In an almost uninhabited region, to ind
dinner table set out which would not Disgrace q
we'll kept hotel in our city, and to find It attended
by a number OF well trained walters from Rich
mond. The whole scene appeared like magic.
When the grounds shall have been Improved and
beautifed, and the accommodations completed, !
am inclined to think that this Spring will be largely
patronized.
ought to have informed you that a substance
called inoes settles about In the water, which II
applied to sores, and is very healing In its nature
The common belief here Is, that when It thunders
this substance disappears and after while returns
again.
There are now some GO persons here most or al
least many of them, 'lame, halt and blind" |.
scrofula and diseases of the eye, the water and
said to act with almost magical effect, and
do not doubt they really very valuable in
the cure of such Ills plumber of the visitors here
at the present time are suffering from the diseases
last referred to- Among the occupants OF the hills
and vallies around the Spring. we hear OF Bears
and Wolves. and occasionally Panther, and plen
ty of that dreaded trbe-Rattle Snakes. Two Of
the last named had the pleasure u of seeing yes
terday-one alive-the other dead. hate them
with perfect hatred, and have, heretofore, con
sidered their bite almost If not quite fatal but
those In these parts who ought to know tell me that
their bite is easily cured by whiskey or the green
plantain boiled 10 milk. All these and all other dan
gerous occupants will of course disappear from
this, as from other places before the tread of man.
and leave him monarch of all he surveys" and the
place whence write will ere long "blossom as the
rose." might 20 on-but lest weary you, for
bear. A.