Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1855-07-28
correspondence Of wheeling Intolligenoer
Cars NaY,,j6iy q, is.

h Cars MWIJ0ly 81, 1885.
Aflera fide from your city 10 BdIIimote-thence
BY steamer down. tho Chesareake-tL" cats 10
New Castle, aud The Philadelphia packet down
Delaware bay, weale al last on Cape Island. Ma
ny causes ccnsrired ,otender our jnly iaunttolhe
Monumental City zone Ofninglcl diScomtOEtund de-
lebt, Accidental tleIenion--a mountain rEOme'
made made necessary by Tho fallen lunncl-N beau'
liruI brunette complexion acquired from dust anu
Smoke-nnl excessive heat, were decided annoy
ances. hut tiny were aIIeyiated aud almost for.
gotten IN contemplating The pleasing cascades aud
numerous watct(llIS--lIIe delightful landscapes
that EhrIl so much grandeur aud Romance iIOnl
Nature, thai are found among the wild hills OI
Western Virginia. We have often heard thal
train Of cars IN motion and q storm arouse tue
feelings Of subllmIly, and depth .und darkness
produce conceptions Of The sublime, but night
view Of the deep Cheat Valley from cor window
during heavy shower, proves concIuSveIy That
lie united influence Of oil these gives Use 10 ve'
~ different emotion. 10 The attractions Of IhIs
route oft hos added nothnsi neither by present
maenifCsnce nor interesting ruins. No"mOnIdrE'
lug SrOw.cupped towers peep Though The Ivy" ut
The paSSct.by-bul tue little village with lis one
story houses pnd The sleep. toOttL @iswan Of LIE
Iaload savage, convince lie Traveller that want
u energy .AIgS like pail over this lair poFlIOn
Of our county.
We neal enjoyed moonlight excursion on The
Chesapeake. lOOr Luna she came ncar laiIlng
10 fulfil an engagement, which boat ulveFtAe'
llen! llutl made lUr lcr, hui Appeared with Iucnl
cOuMienancG above US, Smiling sufficiently 10 Makr
tho darkness prfCGptibIn. The lightning SlhtI.d
in the distance till The bay was innnrtl by III.
c,sSant flashes in their 2Ie2Ig course Though The
heavens. Aud then there was music
"A thousand heaIls beat happily anu when
Music arose with Its vOlupluOus swell,
Soft eyes lOUkCd love TO cyG4 that spoke again,
And all went merry as marriage bell"
Then carIe the dance,
UA LOFTY jumping ainl leapins round
Wien arm aud arm thS dancers are enlwlncan
II was Truly place Of ninth andylodnesS. The
moon aud siornI-tlc music aud the dance, TO- say
nothing Of MI extensive ballroom beowl-unItcd
10 contribute excitement and enthusiasm 10 lie
Sceuc. The vessels sailing up aud down these
bays from Philadelphia and baltimore TO The ocean,
nrc objects Of iiEsI interest 10 an individual OiC
lng ~ The title Of "senllemin from the Vest
hv begins 10 realize what was fancy LeiOrc--to cx.
pelenCe fist the queer Sensations fIOmI tossing
Ship--lO gaze entapluIed INTO the blue wa'rTS.
hut we have almost forgotten Cape May-tIIe
most fashionable watering place in AmetiCa-wlth
from five to ten thousand Of floating population
all in search Of health, pleasure aud "Otium cHa
tEgniiate." Here ore.city cxqulses in EtOIusOn
The young lady "who values So diYinely" is
galIanIed by the young gentleman with "dem
loinu muStaCle". Here is the business man ex'
hibliug his sagacitY by taking necessary FeIoAa.
ton flom his laboTs-anl the invalid who has come
hther 10 icngthen his existence, and swcetcn The
cup Of his d. cliHiRs years. There arc many mOre
"SweIIs" here than the SwellS Of the sea-and
description OF them would only cause yOn 10 Ia
ment that you aud they are OF tue same lace aII'l
OF one common humanity. The hotels are Oi n"
most incredible musntude-One when completed
will accommodate 1900 perSOnS-the dining room
is like ruiltoal ,pot, with other things in pro.
portion. Eleven O'CIOCk is the fashionable bath
ing hont--One OF two thousand Of all ages, sexes
aud conditions, and arrAyed in robes Of every iua'
ginabIe hue, sally forth together. The ladies' far
outuuInLel the "Iorls Of crGaIiou'-and this fact
will partially explain The SplaShing aud strieking
consequent on such occasions.
And what mctaMorphOSeS, Ioo!-the fall Of Sn.
tan is but slight transition, compated with that
undergone by belle when size t0ns the oliOus
tel WOODEN bathing dtess-bnt will reserve, lOt
hereafter, features in nv experience which nfe not
yet fully developed. For The present, farewell.
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