Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1855-09-05
Correspondence OF wheeling 1ntelligencer
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, Va, Z
Angus, 81, 1865.

| WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, Va,
| August 81, 1866
EEa7 isonburg--!ShGWnton, its "pprar1nee--tinmuge
from 'Uater--Insune Asylum, Institution fer the
| Deaf, Dumb and Bhnd-Se.
left Harrisonburg with peculiar feelings oil
blended pleasure aud regret. Fourteen years ago
my hume was there! and whem look back to
tIuse oiden times, aud remember the bright and
beautiful castles that built III my young aud
joyous heart, which long since hav crumJled away
before the devastating grasp OF time, | feel that
indeed hope is but tickle mistress, and life a
pathway filled with pits Of sad Disappointment
And who That has lived score Of years has moi
felt the same!
TIL distance from this village to Staunton is
twenty. five miles, and if you should be us for
tunale as l. you woule get the ground in about
five hours. The road was excellent, the stages
very comfortable, and filled with Us clever party
OF fellows as you'd meet any where. Night is the
best time to tIavei by coach, for then you do not
suffer from the heat aud dust, nor do yon become
so weary, for every one will leep away part Of
the time, and when morning comes, one is sur
prsed 10 fnG how much space has been Travelled
over. AT O'Clock A. NJ, reached S:aun;on,
aud went quietly TO bed in very comfortable
room in the ''AmeIican," where l slept very
nicely and arose with some considerable appetite
for tue nice breakfast placed before us.
This is quite an old place, believe, and as yet
does not number more than three Thousand inl.abi
| tanIs, il even so many. II may, under favorable
circumstances, be a pretty Town, but at the time
Of my visit the streets were filled with mud, and
the side walks almost washed away. A ,remem.
nous shower some time before had nearly flooded
the place, and nearly raised the foundation from
some Of the best buildings. a Lulhe1n church,
that had been b"ilt at considerable expense, and
was really q handsome affair, had its towels so
shattered as to make its future safety doubtful
question. also observed on one of the principa
streets an office winch had been built OH brick
foundation, nearly demolished. Wo.kmen were
striving to support the remaining portion on props,
aud the loss in valuable papers &C., was very
considerable.
Staunton is celebrated for its Institutions for the
relief Of the insa e, deaf dumb aud blind
Through the kindness of a minister was enabled
to visit each OF these, aud was really delighted
with the perfect arrangements for systematic train
ing and care, as e&hbtedin all. We first called
al. lhe Insane Asylum. The grounds in font of
the building are quite extensive. and afford physi
cal employment for such Of the patients as are
able TO profit byt. You go up to the front through
flowers and shrubbery of the choicest kinds. and
enter rhe main building by porch running the
whole length of it. AT the door we were met by
superintendent. who after registering our names
Immediately showed US through the whole estab-
lishment.
The kitchen INFO which we first went, is very
large, aud arranged with steam fixtures for cook
ing. Every thing about it luoked very nice and
cIeanly. From there we were shown into the cells
of that portion the patients who are not consid-
cred too boisterous; aud we were not little
amused at the different appearances of the great