New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1855-10-04
LETTER FROM KENTUCKY. ]

7~s w w EsriLL SpRIHas, Ky, Sept. II, 1885.
watering place the and possesses ali the
means and spplianoeEn Of retreat Already
sesorssd to y large numbers # ne gallant and
summer am pleased learn, become tho fvosite re-
treat Of many families from your section 70 fact
imagine why 6outherners prefer Northern watering
places which they momenty liable to insult aud
contumey from this anatiois Of whites the nsolsnos
and desirable this open for their reception such
cannot be the much longer The tide of Southern
trare y sresdy turning and ere many years
South viii Hend to these Maecas Of pleasure and fash
on without any desire to cross that Rnbicon Of Northern
dsvouty to be wished. Y s law i
Esttl is terrestrial paradise Nature seems to have
breasted 1t IN Of hsr happiest moods On the edge
tho mountain distrct Of Kentucky 1t 10 surrounded on
every side BY gentle and unduaDg hills spurs Of
mcuntans upon whose brows the Of winter ngsr
rays OF summer's You approach with an image
oil that 10 wild and beautiful ii jour thoughts
city from your feet the accidens Of steamboat and the
cindsrs, and sannoyancss nnumsrablen Of railroad
travel orgotton and in the good old fashioned stage
coacha rect Of the pasyou breathe the pure air Of
country, musical with the glad shout OF mountain
streams and psrfumsd with the scents Of the rpenng
drops 81 the garden Of the Wsst.n The adjacent
scenery is exqustsiy beautiful too much 90 In sct 10
seem the accident Of nature The atmosphere Is Is
clear and brilliant q that q Is e cool and bracne
would like To essay It's nrst flight, invalid receive
into bis diseased lungs the hope and expectancy Of
and mountains are bold and marked, their broWs now
covered with tie foWn Of suen darkness and anon rad
concssins thsr bases and he next their sum-
mits revealed In blaze Of yived Light dancing frrm
gently rounded hill to the Distant mountain peak OF
alternately amid long ridges Of verdurs and wide
expenses Of sopng plains. Embosomed In these ncun-
ains the most pleasant portion Of tho beautiful piano.
is shield d foliage almost mpsnssrahs u Tie saasss q
From Louisville the routs Estlvsrd ia thus defined
D-f - N n
a. NJ. Stage at half.psss p N ARRIVING al Rohmond
at Pm After good supper Of the Webster House.
app Brilliant house yocaiisstion nnsausisd retired
early oommuned with the choioe spirits of the Bour-
bon nation kept bottled In the Webster for tbs
Bourbonism in our midst Wei aired sheets little
sssp haunted BY the murdered ghosts Of Rossin Bini
and rutheesy called rc tb II resting places
by the aforementioned Early breakfast
commend Webster to travellers. Stsge at 8 New turn
pike, Reached Estill at meridian. That FIRST appeal
which Is to the eyer prepossessed at with the
gsntlemany proprietor Mr.. Chiss the very model Of
Kentucky gentleman with large fund Of frenkness good
humor and animal spirits than whom none know better
4 Speed the parting, welcome the COMING susstn
Under his guidance the various attractions the place
soon became familiar as household words y,
arrived after the fasbionabe and found that
fashions rule here, elsewhere alike arbitrary and
senssless The gay fashion and pleasure had
winged their flight The ballroom was deserted Its bright
garands faded and the muse Of the many tainklink
fest had gone with ths 70 this fair at Lexington and
FAITH Ine aGHeInDiaE8 ietE shou2h f0N,7
posed mostly Of Southern families Who tired Of the
tnkling brass and sounding cymhal right msrrily
enjoying the passing moments psting old father Time
with rose leaves mortyng him with sush pastmss
reading, flirting. fishing or hunting
The hotel at Estl large and commodouA building Of
two Stories with galleries extending thousand
feet There also several Of cottages The ball
room 100 feet by 49, and the dining Of the
dmsnons At The end Of the western gallery of
situated the principal spring the White sulphur
whose waters closely resemble those Of its renowned
saksin the mountains q Virginia The neighborns hills
tiles Among others Inotced the Red the
main building, with Avenue Of young poplars,
three hundred feetn length beyond this is the Black
Sulphur Spring The Ghsybeate Spring very attrac-
tive and romantic place OF resort Is four hundred
west of tbs White Suphurhe walks to this spring
other hne Beyond this Lovsrs
amphthester Of SURPRISING beauty surrounded by
msnss rocks, nphssvsd BY some terrible conyuson OF
nature 774s ss@ s18 dse6fs We "A
Connected With this beautiful retreat Is wild Indian
legend, which many lover, "sighing like furnsss,n
breathes in impassioned strains into many willing
but which must for the present remain unsung To
81 solitude this place presents special
Il is almost In its primal ststs in its the Wild
deer makes his haunt and amid the dark shadows of s
foliage Of sunshine the song
'snce which has prevailed since the morning sung
ogsthsr Esl this favorite sumner resort Of Henry
clay This was for his favoriss retreat
p traversing its beautiful and shsdy walks, almost
realizes the spiritual presence 81 the vsrsratsd ana
ameped Sage Of Ashland. Their silence Ia vocal and
heir solitude populous with the thick coming faAcss
u the patriot statesman, whose namsis ia SD 4
sa One Of the few, the immortal Names
~ That were not born to die.'' - ~
Among the visitors here 10 Mrs c. Of Louisians one
the and msrriest Of that happy class shunnsd
~ the elder Weller, with sg H
s' = u 90 face az fair '&gs i
~ Assysr made lip of heaven @tNet
@F9 &Fs Falter mid its music praysr;n @si
he and -ofvn ais Il