The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-07-29
THE WATERING PLACES


.ua JegPgRsos UoUvrY, VA,
July "a, 1854
"a au,,onaan Syringe -1ae Vaie of .Gooca
and He YaHey Of pirgaia-Pygssia
-Byeadsfu6s end Pyooisions-HGyp-
sr's Ftrry-No Choiera-Cnrious Facts
The Herald, &c.
The guests of the establishment desire Il to
be remembered among the summer recreations
OF The New YORK HERALD.
Here we are, on the instep Of the Blue Ridge,
with lofty mountains ia The rear and on either
side and with the winding Shenandoah river
In front, and the rich yellow wheas fields OF
aud green corn iolds of the Jefferson county
hyrpers beyond. Tom Moore says:-
There is moi in this vide world valley 20 sveot
As.n.e ssle In whoee boron the WIZ waters most
fOld Tom was describing certain vale M Ire
lsn3-"The sweet Vale OF Avoca'--wheh re-
cent American travellers have declared to be
DECIDED bumbug. Two dirty little rivers meet
there; and th' Sc are the Wild waters OF which
be speaks, and the neighborhood has been vast
ed by oppression, famine and pestilepce, with
the :, ST OF Unfortunate EriD--and suco Ia The
~H~ert vae of Avoca.n Old Tom was writing
FOR eject, and overstepped the yeracity Of ma
taye, Bus here we have a composition Of moan-
taipsshil v-)leys, selds, forest. and t1ecicar
winding riv, r., which wou'd have lifted Old
Tom rom his l-gs with rapture. Wonder way
he dd'ps make the tour Of the Valley OF v.f-
gin;a, while he was in This country, instead Of
running the risk Of the strangers fever, away
6ownin i.@
4 tho dismal swamp,
~ Wbero oil night loDg. by her flrehy anp,
Gh.n add. lg- hnr
We are within an hours ride of Harpar's
Ferry, the scene as which place, Mr.. Jefferson
declares. to the best OF his recollection and be-
lief, to be worth "trip across the Atlantic in
an old fashioned sailing vessel.
The waters of these springs are strongly I'M
pregnated with iron the air of these mountains
il cecil and bracing the girls OF these regions
are sweet as roses, and beautiful as any other
terrestrial angels; and, in spite of the agitation
OF the slavery question, and the fuT0rc which
kas been excited upon the Nebraska bill, they
are heart and soul, and mind and body, all Tor
the UnioD--for the federal Union, and matrimo-
NAL union to man. / have discovered, from
my own experience, that q hands ome, intell-
CANT IDan from the N0rtn u seirlfu5 ~
ssrd among the young bellies OF the Virginia
springs. And hardly know where, for urst
rate co partnership in all the essentials which
constitute charming and lovable woman, a nan
eau do better than in this bonntifnl valley OF
Virginia Rely upon it, sir, the most beautiful
Wsmen, and the most durable, are found in those
countries which, with pure air and pure water,
are blessed with an abundance OF the sabstan-
hal elements of subsistence. The brightest ard
plunpest Of earthly angels are among the
heartiest eaters. 1t il q fact--it is what Caleb
Cushing would call 4 fixed fact" as the guam
titles of mountain mutton, new potatoes, done
up in cream, and succa4ash, which they daily
Con- nme at this table, prove beyond a doubt.
Major Sapp,ngton is a popular host He
ought 10 be, with the most productive region in
Virginia to back him. Our company Ia agree
able though not 90 large as q few sucamers
ego, On the visit OF PresideH Fillmore. In
fact, from oil that can learn, neither Berkeley
Springs, below us, nor the Frederick White
SULPHUR. above us, nor the Cooper Springs,
over the North Mountain, cor the Warrcnton
Springs, over the Ridge, nor TIE White, Red
Black, Blue, Salt Sweet Warm aad Hot
Springs of Greenbrier Bath. and other regions
are as well attended as for the two or three
SUNNI rs last past
Various are the causes for this decline
Money is tighter and people from the dist ,nce
are afraid to ron the gauntlet OF the cholera
thopGh there is none here, and from all that
eA1 learn, there never has BEEN q case Of
shtfcra from this point mp this broad valley,
IL distance OF hundred miles, and over. In
1872 il came mp the Potomac, from Washing
san, feeding upon the Irish laborers upon the
canal, to Harper's Ferry, and there, and IN
esEe. of the villages around there, committed
sad havoc; hut il went no further up the val.
ny, although it rests upon limestone founda-
nAthe waters of which are said TO be. (and
appear to ne, from the mortality 10 other lime
stone -districtsl, peculiarly favorable to the
dieesse.
Hoping that this rambling epistle may be
considered worthy place in the columns OF
tte universal HERALD have only to eay tina!
If the editor, or travelling commissioner
duly authenticated from the HERAID Office
shall visit this line valley and these springs
- will be Hospitality received by the Virgn
xse, for the always CONSTANT course Of tho
pGper in defence of the constitutional rights o
NE South BLUE RDGE.
Cape Nsy.
Care Nay, July rs, 1851.
= a GaIoyy Of Beauty at tie Hotets--1siig &
x.,y Iycu,In~ yr,rnn..,xa, of y.,:.,.