The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-08-28
THE DAILY DISPATCH.
'sday NIernins, Ausust 2S, 1sSs
A RamblInx Letter from ths sprins..
,oRRRsPospKNcE OF rHs DISPATCH.
WHITE SULPHUR Spn1xns An. 90.

A Rambiing Letter from the Springs.
coRREsPoNDxscE or rHs DIspArcn.
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, Aug. aOsh.
had delightful days journey hisher from that
locality, said to be not one mile from the Internal
regions viz: the Warm and the Hot Springs.-
The remark. you know, Ia attributed to Dutch
WAGNER, when he dipped his bucket in the Hot
Springs, before the hand of man had cut away the
forest and put habitation there. DIR. Piumer
has astested the truth of his assertion at later
day, as you are also no doubt aware The Doe.
ters idea is, that hell Is near us anywhere a. il
Is at the Hot Springs. and that II 10 certainly not
more than mile dfatant from that place He
startled, by his declaration, his rather fashionable
and gay auditors. whose Interchange of bright
giances, and whose complaisant and self-approv.
ing smiles, plainly told that they were not at all
disturbed by the proximity Of the place of torment
II Is indeed solemn and troublesome truth to
poor humanity, that in spite of purple and fine
1nen, of lace lawn and Illusion Of wealth and all the
accomplishments Of this world hell may be brought
to eur doors, and into our very houses-and some
there are who preserve the brightest aud happiest
appearances, who have already surrounded them.
selves with the fires of hell upon earth Pardon
me. my good fellow, for this homily; for you and
i, you know, do not think II meet that q man
should turn preacher until his own skirts are clear
You know have no religion to speak Of" and
confess that am no further from the place of
danger than the bulk Of trust, honest men But
could not resist the plain comment which the
text is apt to draw from the mind of every one.
There are this year some cripples under the
treatment OF Dr. Goodies "hot spout" that are
greatly to be pitied. There quite number of
them. / saw man who must have been once
very large and powerful; but who by some mis-.
fortune has sustained curvature of the spine.
that gives him hump exactly resembling that on
the back of the Punch of the Carnival A man of
medium statue assisted him about by the arm. and
yet his head not quite tall that of the in
valid, notwithstanding his crooked back. 1t was
sad to see one who must have been SO fine spe-
cimen of man SO bowed and diminished In statue.
He resembled the monarch of trees, when the winds
have so wrenched his trunk and bowed down his
head, that he after bears the marks of his in
juries in his guarded and bent body. Another re-
markable invalid was man whose neck had be.
come permanently bent in such manner as that
his face was almost thrown into his bosom. He
could not look up unless he were held up by the
heels and he could not look to the right or the
left only so far as he might be enabled by bending
his body at his hip joints The neck was fixed. In
looking at this poor gentleman could but think it
would have been a most fitting punishment to have
afflicted with such a neck that New York dry
goods merchant, SO famous, or rather infamous,
some twenty years since, who was In the habit
of gazing at one class of his customers from his
cellar through holes he had bored for the purposei
He was detected. 1 will inform you, as you are
not old enough to remember it-but his novel of
fence was without any adequate punishment in the
laws. He fed however, to parts unknown from
tue puONC lnulSndIiOu Wulcu he uaQ aroused. MA
ior Noah, with his characteristic humor, remarked
that the rascal did not deserve "to see Heaven in
this world or the wsrld to come"
One that is afflicted in body and health derives
a wholesome lesson by coming 10 the Springs; for
he is pretty sure of finding some one more aflct-
ed than he is Whatever may be his sufferings
he will be almost certain to find fellow sufferer
whose greater affiiction will elicit his hearty sym
pathy, and make him more resigned to the tate
which Providence has dispensed for him.
I fhic atfa hva svip hot he'd
delightful days journey to this place-and Why's
1t had raned the night before, was cloudy all day,
and had neither dust nor sunshine Was not
blessed traveller! / sat outside with the driver,
and beheld with rapture for the twelfth time the
grand mountain scenery of the region trayersed,
as would. were ! to travel through it q thousand
times.
Would that the Central Railroad could have
been brought across the Warm Spring Mountain,
and taken along by the Jacksons river to the point
Of crossing the Aleghanies. That route would
have brought the traveller by the nobest Thermal
Baths in the world At the Warm Springs made
the acquaintance OF very accomplished German
gentleman, who said to me that at this time last
year he was at the Baden Baden, that he had Wis.
tied all the Thermal Baths Of Europe, and that he
had never seen such bath as that of the Warm
Springs of Bath county. He extoled it very high
ly, but not one whit above its merits ! have not
q doubt that it has not an equal in the world.
You see great statements about the numbers of
people in the mountains. Take them all with
grain ofsalt-aye, several grains. 1t is the fash
ion to build up regulations for watering places by
exaggerating the number of visitors TO them. 1t
would be well enough generally to deduct at least
. third. One mode of enunciation is to include
with the guests, the cooks, chambermaids, walters,
BARRIERS and ten.pn alley boys. There are however,
undoubtedly more visitors to the mountains this
year than at any former season. Nearly every
watering place is full This most famous and fash.
ionable of them all, is hardly able to accommodate
q thousand, including Mastins (now Spanglers)
and Day Creek but it has been for many weeks
full. Yesterday l was "bOrder ruffian," and re-
mained in the purgatory, through which nearly ali
have to pass before getting in at the White Sui
phur, proper-vz: Dry Greek or Mastin's.
NOT an incident has occurred since my last let
ter, OF which am cognizant, that could be consid
ereu startling or exciting, save Bull fight at the
Warm springs, which was very exciting. The
valley OF the Warm Springs is admirably adapted
10 cattle and they flourish there in grand style-
Inc COW pen Of the hotel numbers some thirty or
more nne cows, in the midst Of whom stands in
lordly dignity, as Sultan of the Bovine Harem.
noble Bull One day strange Bull was driven
to the clover lot near the pen by some speculators
In stock When the Lord of the Harem came by at
even, with the herd from the pasture, he
was enraged at the sight of the trespasser in
his clover fields and by his sweet waters and his
toarna springs. He thundered forth his rage and
showed the most impetuous determination to pun.
ish the lnterioper, who, asserting the right of
squatter sovereignty, had ventured into his
realms. The adversaries were both very large
the new Bull the Newsstand the latter regard
ed with defiance the menaces of the former
Some one opened the gate of the clover field, and
the Lord of the fields rushed in furiousIy
upon the trsspasser. They Immediately locked
horns, with force that seemed to shake the earth
A crowd assembled to behold the contest which
for . time was tremendous. Now one had the ad-
vantage, then another. Sometimes it would seen
that they must twist off each others horns. At
one time the Lord of the Manor lifted up the tres
passer from his fore feet, and held him up for
while-then he seemed victor; but being let down.
the trespasser returned to the charge with In
creased rage and force. Being the heaviest he
finally backed down the master of the premises,
who falling to hold bis ground, turned to retreat,
and narrowly escaped having hole gored In bis
side He marched off lowing tremendously, and
reaching what he seemed TO regard as favorable
position, he turned and gave battle once more, but
to sustain a second defeat. He was finally driven
out Of the field. greatly disgruntled. 30 dissahs'
fed with his position was he, that he continued 70
mutter his rage At the outrage committed upon
him, the greater part of the night. The next
morning he again returned to thunder his denun-
Citations upon the trespasser, and breaking down
the fence, once more got 1t him, and was again
beaten 1t was hard case. The contest spread ex-
citement through the whole bovine family, and sucn