The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-07-18

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malictous when tell you of the eomforts "a - S
light. q this Old and popular mountain retrsss
tear II y III be anything but agreeable "a vcr -.
sconsed - yon are in cell Of the honev co,ss =
oven which your city forinv. 70 read Of them =
WIN cnsk beneath you and brick walls on eyery
side of you giving out heat and the sun a. III -.
hot oven I'D abCve you, very naturally conclnds
that you are xayns, possibly kof though b0ne 81,
Thus situated and eircnmsssnced confess hsd
much rather SEND Jon information CONCERNING :
COOL refreshing spot on the globe through t< NAIL
than In person to appear before you with such ia.
teilieenee. know TOO well the danger Of jeerine
and jibine Despair, to make any such commnnics.
tion orally.
Well then, know that this old watering place.
-the time-honored and dearly beloved Wam
Springsis really one Of the most delicious place
to be found ia the mountains of Virginia, which
constitute the Elysium Of this continent Whetht
We consider It's temperature its scenery its healtb
the luxury of its BATH the comforts Of ts Hotel
there q no place superior TO it beginning with
the last2rst, let me saythat the Hotel is admfra-
bly, kept, maintaining tho high reputation for ex.
cellent and well cooked fare earned for II by its
once popular and good humored landlord, the ven.
cradle Err, with more than the woated neatness
and order that distinguished his administration
,Messrs. Mays, Wyse and Francisco spare no pains
In obliging their guests and making them comfort
able. The bedding and bed rooms are remarka-
bly, neat and cleaniy. The dining room is well or
ted and the servants well trained and attentive
! consider good bread and good tea the undoubsed
testimonials of good house keeping and well pro
vtded board. These you have at the Warm
Springs; both excellent especially the tea. just
think bow seldom IL Is that you meet with q real
" good cup of tea at . Hotel, and If you ever sit
down to the Warm Springs table consider your
self fortunate in discussing that thing and nothing
shorter. You have, too, good coffee, and that
other rarity, good mk-the pure, genuine cows
milk, not whit inferior to that "Ised Cows Milk"
which that venerated apostle of Fishermen, Isaac
Walton enjoy ed SO heartily and extolled with such
delicious praise Shall add anything to this9 viii
it be endured by youf Well. You must pardon
me for saying you will here get better HeaisoN than
you piU get anypacre in the uounains. and you WiH
get cftencr. You will getfor breakfast and for
supper and that very often, the most delicious ven
ison steaks you ever ate You can get such no
where else. But enough OF this. Imagine the re.
mainder fthe daily bill of fare In confederation
with these things and you can understand how
people live who come to the WARN SPRINGS"
The temperature here is always comfortable In
summer never oppr ,ssive. AT night we slet p
with windows down and often with blanket
We sit in the shade in the day and look upon see.
merry that will inspire the duilest faculties of OBJ
servation with delight You have no doubt heard
often of the view from the Warm Springs Moun.
tain. 1t can only be appreciated by seeing it 1t
Is grand to look ont upon the country from this
lofty mountain, and it is grand to look upon this
mountain itself from the Valley below. 1t pre-
sents one of the finest outlines it was ever my
fortune to beheld. At the highest point, imme-
diately opposite the Warm Springs, q flag is hoist
ed by the villagers of this place every Fourth Of
July. This pious and patriotic usage was duly
repeated on the last Fourth, and the new white
flag waves cheerily in the ever lively breeze
which plays about the top of the lovely mountain
No day passes scarcely that clouds are not waited
across it by the nimble footed winds. and follow
ing the eddyipg course of the air, they curl down
the mountain and hang In suspense about 1t, hiding
its peak and draping its sides Sitting before the
hotel last evening, with half closed eyes and =
state Of mind half dreaming. half real, imagined
. very good battle scene, with the help OF those
clouds, the storm that drove them about and the
flag tnat was now hidden by them and now dis
played trumphantiy over themi
My dear Dispatch, / could write you very
long letter. and dilafe much on these things; but
know you want news for your columns, and con-
slider 1t almost crime to offer you any thing else
Yet must say word about the Bath.
One of the greatest luxuries man ever enjoyed
is the " Udrm Springs BATH" Its temperature 10
about % degrees Fahrenheit. Tho bath ia more
than 80 feet in diameter and about 5 feet deep
The water rises from the springs In tha bed! in I'M
mense quantity-the yield being 43 533. 80 gallons
10 one houri The gas which rises In the bath con-
ssts of Nitrogen, with small quantities of sulphur
cited Hydrogen and Carbonic acid. There are be-
sides traces of Muriate of Lime, Sulphate of Mag
nesia, Carbonate of Lime, Sulphate of Lime and
Soda Thus while the Warm Springs afford the
most luxurious Bath in the world, they contain
neutral salts and various gases, which act Is
gentle aperient, diuretic and sudorific snd give
tone and vigOr to the human system. II may be
drank with advantage, spring from separate
vein being covered with handsome dome near
the bath for drinking Visitors do not like to
drink it 50 warm generally, though it never pro-
duces nausea, and for such 1t is cooled in bottles
But the great point is the bath-the pleasure of
which cannot be described The gas as II bursts
from the intersces Of the rocks In the bed OF the
bath, rises along the body of the basher and pro.
duces the most grateful sensation. Near the bath,
in an adjoiuing room, 10 cold plunge bath where
the bnthcr may experiences atransition like that
from the hot vspor baths of Russia into the snow,
according TO the Russian practice Iris very
sharp practice too severe for the courage of most
bathers; but when man can 60 through the pro-
cess he feels as though he could jump over the
Warm Springs mountain, and have little doubt
but he would were the boy who dry.rubs him not
u hold him down!
This, though but q partial de scription of the
Bath and the place. is full as you will think ap
propriate for your columns, repeat, that here ID
really one Of the most delightful places for COM
fort, for health and repcse, thar You can nnd, 80
where you will
Il hear there is good trouting in the vicinity but
of this win speak some Of these days.
took walk to the mountain top last evening,
aud coming down after dark, encountered in
very obscure, shaded part of the road, man on
foot, who enquired the distance to the top, ana
said he was in great distress with the tooth ache,
that If he didn't get relief he must die--that he
hadn't any money or he would have got the tooth
pulled ont at the Hotel Nseemed 10 me most ex-
traordinary that man scitheHt mo mey should hare
tie tooth-ache. had thonght that the tooth ache
was luxury intended by Providence only tor
men Of means was no, long in concluding that
ss the place was very private and dark. aud the
man had the tooth ache and no money. converse
tion would hardly be agreeable. and bidding him
good night, proceeded on my way TO the Hotei!
Que Of those family hegiras that is not uncom-
mon in old Virginia, was witnessed here DAY or
two ago. Slowly winding down the mountain
SAN { cart and group Of persons, who when
they reached the bottom, / found TO be fatnef,
mother and six children-the youngest At the
to the West. Their worldly goods
consisted Of poor horse, cart, some clothing a
frying pan, dog and puppy. boy NIX years
old carried the puppy In his arms+he mother tne
infAnti II was touching sight to behold this
little family soiing on ifs weary way 70 TIE ds-
tant Eidorado which they hoped 10 6od IN the West
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