The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-08-25
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New ORLEANS July 81 1855.
DEAa sIR: Names are somethine. .nd the nsme
g dlusu !. siven to the koekbrdse Acidnloa FeyyM.
ginors Springs 10 . misnomer, - It conveys the CT
id - that their medicinal virtues are chiefly
owing 70 the alum they sontsin whereas me ws.ef,
einsl substancs Of the most celebrated mineral
Springs Of Europe. Why not. therefore, give Il .
the word Aus asd call it simply Roehbridas wsssIl
The Tunbridse water may with ~ much propriety
be called table-salt water a. yours alum. Common
log to Tanbrides or Rochbridgs to get one or the
other. But the Tunbridge and Rock bridge waters
both contain number OF other substances, - pro-
toxide iron and the salts Of lime, magnesis and
soda, with more or less carbonie acid Bss'des
Ia Mug all thu principal ingredients found In the
Tunbridge aud Ba,h Mineral Springs OF England, 20
ailments your Rockbridge water agrees with that OF
AK Ia Chapeils. IN containing SLICE acid IL h.Idy
needs to be added that the water OF the AK s Chs
pale Sprnes, internally and externally used, mas
long been famous for the cure OF chronic rbe uma-
tism, The styptic taste, transparency and ioodo.
rou. character of the ssie uious OF
Rockbridse county, Va, attracted invslids to use
them ~ the sams sensible qualities In the BAN
waters attracted the Romans socn after the coz
quest of England. sf.g -
ALTHOUGH inodorous md transparent. the Rock.
bridge wster has blackish and rather repuiciys ~.
pesrancs 10 the Syringe Ia this it ssress uits the
esme out Of q mountain Of aailsr geological fer.
nation eth the mountain In the vicinity OF tne
Roesbritse sptoEs The s.gnsrss v.ssr has i1ns
limbs, y emphatic consestions, engorsements OF tns
joints. paraiysi. dyspepsis. chronic estarIh. s1d
In it that the eful analysts has discover!
ed in the Viche water. 1t contains less caroonlo
acid than the viohe water bit Il richer 10
bone acid srtifi csly If that were desirable. Tne
che water Il highly reccnn ended for enIorse'
diseases Of the tiineyA fsa, sibus, aud chronic
OF the p ssu.sd y diseased vacsra
The SPRING. OF Spa. In 0arths, 90 celebrated
affection, leuchorrhss viscersl catarrhs and debility
Of the digestive organs eontIu no other snbse
~ ~ is
prety be called dun Springs they hold in solu.
tion Q considerable quantity Of alum.
gestive m, and In the Of seorbutc Affections
viscersl gorsem sns, passive hemorrhages - me.
norrhssia piles. go hold 10 solution the suPhsts OF
dunn and the ,psrtexide Of Iron, Gil OF which are
found in much larger proportion.faiiy three times
sprines containing the iron IN the form If proosde
UGH nder and safer salt than the ptrtoade OF the
In truth know of NO wats1 In Europe or AnsIi.
ca so rich in medicinal substances as that of the
Rockbridss Springs My attention was f.ss attract
ed to It ..e h sesn ago oy os:sgse sns. Inc
composed of invads from Virginia, while those at
the other Springs were mostly from distant parts of
Most OF th-ss other Springs in the Virginia noun.
tains have desersediy high reputation for the ETH.
cscy of their water IN variety OF chronic ailments
but am xat led that the Rockbridge Spring have
not $ ct attained that wide celebrity they deserve
from the circumstance of their being regarded a.
merely alum Springs, instead of being seen in their
true Ii ss he richest of all that class Of mineral
springs the aedulos Jerruginous "a class Of
mineral waters to " hcn the most famous pfings of
the world belong
Respectfully, your obedient servant,
SAML. A CARTWRIGHT,
To VIM FRAZIER, Etq
Alum Springs, Woodbridge county, Va.
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