New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-06-20

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who can count back Tor iOTt! OF ui! !e''' W "0'~
struck with the examples they I'VE Of tAe 'nieiio'
means Of CONVEYANCE in our country 81 'Aa' Penoi'
- -,r,,,ot,r said one 'when Philadelphia then
ruch le finest snd largest city in the United o'i.eS'
ubsd iust two hackney coaches - when went .
...loo, At Porder;ovn, on the Delaware thru! mics
from PHILADELPHIA Il took Us two days 10 20 IN D NV
.er..loop 80 said another. third said: Less tnan
. forty ye,rs ago. when lie Travelled the road from
..PbijsIclpbia to New York the entire numoef OIL
messengers in tie United States mail-coach' Tue
"oply CONVEYANCE between these cities, Varieu ua"!
-. r,o,n two 20 four individuals" These single incl
dent. and many more of similar import seem .nc''u'
bic when We lock at the present resources u
in this country The PeriPatetic philosopher oil an
.iouity was of sect apart lie walked as ne 'housH'
ard talked. Now we all initiate the perpate'lcs'
We are ever on the move. We are as the planets
re.,less tirelees. onward. The immobility OF
rurcn,sus in general il unknown to Us. DE Iocque-
Vile sreaking Of tie transmission OF the mails IN
the back woods says there is more intercourse in the
,rmcyal forests of America than in the most settled
ssrts of France This single statement conveys with
force absolutely tremendous the progress and gran
deur Of democracy. One such phrase is library of
demorstrotion
Whatever signs of travel there are from and to the
metropolis at other periods of the year than this.
they are row much greater when so many recrea'e
Themselves with summer rambcs. 1t is now mark
Of fashion or wealth TO leave the City for such pur-
pose. A week or two's wages will allow the me-
claric to see life at the Springs or at Niagara for
few days; and nearly all now can go thither And
this ability to travel most marks the American from
the European even in Europe. \ short time ago, OF
some sixty persons sitting down one day to table
d Lote in Geneva Switzerland ffty-odd were found
TO he Americans. The increased disposition and
means for travelling in the summer have 70 the same
extent augmented tie number of agreeable resorts and
improved their accommodations. The attractions Of
tie sea-shore are of course paramount. Nothing 80
sublime as the ocean; nothing luxurious IN the
sumner ss 20 dash among its waves and be borne On
their buxOm crests The gymnastics OF this exercise
are all that hygiene sigh for the purity OF the
layation all that water-reiormers can ask the self
reliance of the swimmer the best lesson in persistent
courage. No poetry which gows over this privilege
living almost at our doors can be extravsgant.
All other summer recreatOns appear tame, il not
exhausting. along side of the eXtacics OF ocean
bathing The means Of the chief bathing places are
alreadv great and some Of a colossal east are prom
ICED. We hear Of some mcditated for Cape May that
will render competition difficult At present New
port may be commended for its attractions. \ beach
OF every possible resource for bathing and horseman
ship: good drives in the neghborhood; ample hotels,
and the dolce far nene to him who will practice it,
Newport is much affected by sayants AMI literary
men. Some ornamental cottages of the place are the
last effort of dainty elegance.
The SPRINGS of Virginia are renowned. There
the Warm Springs, the first on the route. Here are
the means of taking the most lambert OF delicate
sWms, at temperature OF about 20, and scenery as
wild.as the Alps. Seven miles further on come the
Hot Springs, where great reservoirs OF water at -
and 1919, promise to mend rheumatic joints and
backs wash out blood impurities, andwork other mira
clos A days drive further come the celebrated
White Springs, where the water cen be drank-sufi-
GENTLY nasty to be good aud medicnal-anJ the whole
set OF with an afluence Of fashionable company in
the lotels and cottages. The cookng-but here we
will be to their faults little blind-as they make up
the difference in hospitality Whose would be healed
and learn Virginia politics should resort thlther.
Some twenty miles further in the mountains come the
Blue Spr;ngs-where iodine mystically mixed by ma
ture is said TO assuage human infrmties. The wilder
sports Of hunting open to the traveller in this
nei htoItood; and jolly good landlords are devoted
TO their guests. Sometimes rival candidates meet at
tie Court Hourse hard by the Springs and there dis
cuss-''each limited to four hours day'-th coming
Presidential question This stumpng is a very racy
phase OF Southern lite
Pennsylvania contains one of the best Medicinal
Springs in the world-the Bedford-thOugh not
much known some others. The Yellow Springs,
near Philadelphia, are among the most inygoratng
of punges, surrounded by captivating scenery The
magnificent susquehanna-the poetry-sanctlOned
Wyomng Nalley-the glorious Alleghenies-the huge
railroad cuts, and sinuous canals-the generous rO-
nance of whole regions yet unsung. oier unnum
bered inducements to the summer traveller.
Twenty-six hours will now carry one to Ciucin
natl, though twentysx days would not suffice 10 do
il q few years back Thence is fresh point OF d.
vergerce through noble country. North and South.
What wonder to find the rapid whirl OF civilization
face to face with early nature-to rush in rail-car
through forests thick as when Indian sReaked and
scslped there, and when plow had not carved the
earth into plenty! Once at Cincinnati and the trav
eler will learn of routes and pieces almost strange TO
the East-native curiosities as great the Mammoth
Cave-sanitsry points as wholesome the Hot Springs
Of Arkansas.
Or let the traveller go further north and following
in the wake of the just completed Railroad Excursion,
ascend the Upper Mississippi the grandest river Of
tie world, flowing for thousand miles between
shores of Incompatible beauty-the boundaries OF
States destined to wealth, population and power al
most without rivals in the Union. At this season,
before the later heats Oh July and August have rem
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