Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1856-09-26
For the EnqnuTr.
For me EnqnITr.
,rv AND INK SKETCHES AT TIE WHILE
fhN nSiiIpUUR SP~RINGS.-(NO. MILL
BY MARY }. wISDLE.
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS. rAr
Ssn,amb.r %, 1876.

BY - iHPh
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, SAr{
September ~, lS5b.
nh. ,pd il come! the golden links are p'rtihs
.r,u. IN one chain Of happy circumstance
AMI Gentle, friendly, human fellowship
Tnunl many hearts for many a duy tote'h'''
D,sr Renders! We have returned to the "tt"rS" ~
H., u,yy tn;uS:" and address you unco more from 'u,
!" am oohin. But, alas, 1.-THE stability ot our sweet
.uwmer season is ended, Autumn IS here--!nb .fi'
for the closing of the doors, the stirring Z" ~ ~" ~
,h, lighting of the evening lamp, the sIttl'g W.
snn,s p.sasant book and still more pleasant cna'' ,me
warm of summer hies have vanished. ana Tue ."
t;fuI grounds have en- aspect OF pstlIetlc aoahuonHrh,
md desolation. The trees no longer wear !. oirsns
and glowing hus. but they GRE Hinged win ,"' iao :
nronlletic gold, and iiafU md there a ia''en It IS
hr.athes it's moral to the heart. Tie grass, ilsIeau ~
welding like soft velvet, nolsrlessly to Inc p,psaLo
%cruinples lnlsr Inc loot THAT breaks IL 10
tho brittle blades. ,0,
The few visitors who still linger enjoyed YESTERDAY
al intellectual banquet in Il very fine sermon l! ~
distinguished Bishop Polk Of the diocese oi i'cuIsIa'
ma gentleman OF slngularly fascinating anu Ei".
cious aspect, and a smile that flashes ncross MS iac.
and lights up its lines with the vivid spleiiuol Vi
iigItniul. We wish we could do Justice to MS ser.
mon: Dill il il Dasl 0ur power. Ii must have s'I"ch
attention, whether valued ~ b bes;:l,p pIeceo cs"'
posiiiun or w Il solemn call 10 { Eefllsr!ehI lee't"s'
ihsi i fey Gan properly express, all share ana 1na;e.
stand -urepsrLtit tor eternity. He began cai"'
Hlu, lultttit NJ ll H' s's l'h II
it was calm tn the end; M earnestly ,&I:, ~ S|iiet3,
restraining zeal breuthed III the distinct ace"'is' "i.i
PROMPTED the nervous language. There was so'i,1
Thing 20 seriously in earnest III his MANNER lia' No
wG.iJ sne,ced - 90 to the hearts OF his henfH,s, .o
| spoke of ilie empfi.eL5, ais ~,ueil:caev " measures
which terminate here, 10 satisfy 4 sEIiit creator '"' q
hereafter; and lie represented tho powerlrr'hrS' ol
tlns, aids to support and tranqulliZe the heart III lie
| suffering aud It's danger. ..
Whal II living picture he drew of the human miIid,
l.n.. -. a.nt it. .InS ~
-iis scpret restlessntss aud disappointment us
of tho emptiness and h~UllUwness of all things now
the interest ia mere external events gradually suDsI'
died.; how fancy palled over the repetition OF me same
| vain pleasures tending 10 no permanent emu anu
! how, in tho hour Of disappointment and sorrow
WHICH rl.st come, the best grounds for tortiiude' Tic
best motives Ia" trln aud patient Suo'l''T'on wt :
wanting. lie told US thai i 'Er'ChCd m ne b"'"nr''
we are all found raRiing-iGc gTfai 9!;:' OF TIC
earth, in their purple aud fine iiIei. NJ EeIl -
the Lazarus of this world. he told us OF fountains
!, wbe,tee lowed living waters-of our high destiny
Of our relations ~etl re lnlntie Tod. r'n"Hy, W.
sunmonud is uudienfc Tithin :ethsennne, and 0adt
them gaze on tn. Man OF HazarhtE- Gia aarde sb"ut
IN lr MERGED, his heart 10 Ou broken; but III tie pi""s
of any plea Tor his own exemphon, praying Tor tie
! lriu;,i. o, b. household, the children OF his love-
This discourse, l,e think, fully austaIns the hiSh
reputation Of Bishop f0!k. -,
The very girlish figure III close nournina' VII '!cI
ripply ringlcts falling behind her ears, IL Mrs. II i
{: sist.. cf The lamcnted Col. Bayly, representative
from, this Staio. The treat charm Of this ladys lace
is ITS daLicacy aud ~ielna,.le ii. The exprersiOn re-
minds lie OF those angels whom Tie ucr'rG" %rt'Sts
have paipIed lowering over tho infant saviour.
! 1h, gentleman by her side, with thick clusters o!
fair hair, aid na4ei eSaa, with something u! dreaIii'
ness in their briIliGncy-is 4 L.ul"D-r :! the same IN
! teres,inr family. An artist Or \ poet |"iil lG"! re-
! member .Ie shifting light al his eyes, ana ne r'ch'
! mellow color CT the hair, that almost shades ms i"ce'
If his features ha5c & rugli, !. j: that their style 10 TOO
Ielicais and ipmlEiGe, ,
That stately looking CIR, with q sthtue.ilEc throat
| ind bust, and a peculiar mnnncr Of carryi:b n very
tine mead. il Miss =, OF Richmond. letiler
royalty has anything to DO with The carriage OF thc
form, we cannot say; but This No do know ihat h"' Ii
co-crat.ad brow in Europe could bear It's bGEars more
s;stejv t;,.u Mis-. - the wealth of her own SILKY
hair. II is diff tIit 10 It'll The color "i her eyes. we
do not know anything like theili, unless II be lie
brown burrows which sOimeilIne5 lie hcIpe! HP III "
belt Of far.oif sky, just at twilight.
Thet thoughtful, nu.ing face, whose hl!'2led man
ners indicat. haUitual intercourse with the most ci'
tiyated circ,es, is lr. McF--, OF Richmond. lie
has all that unstudisd polish, liz, Courteous manner
that "jc ms as guOi," which marks me hni'''eu yen
,leman. This individual pnssesses III a superior &C.
gree "ic hgifnt d. secdHttF.' r-
Nothing is more melancholy than TO witness the dis
mautl.ment Of a Watering place winch Ye have been
accustomed TO zee alive and gay with lite. IN"
break. M "a ih;s establishment is complete, aid very
soon tue few YLo slil ..::Eer will leave lor distant
homes. .. ,
HDm, ! that syuOnvme for the sweetest sh'iGliiits
ho,, II falls uoon tEs hearts of the hoinevafd-strsnnl'
la, or,ud 1bst IYei bJundury vi pcHce that s0cIe.
100 nrcrnach unnn whsr. VIZ can hook rqlulY
y c"!i''o' % H.. ,un.lJ oud NJ n.,nJr,- tI
out upon Tie iio"!s u sne vi, NV na ~. r.st
spirit ilnu inspirations vi s''e'.S'" nv 'I"'o ,,:,I
iDL.f where gentle memories s'eh' uP"" " ; VA
the shadors OF ,,re twilight, alld forever tapestry t"c
walls. Happy those wa ~: turn from The ieS'I'c
,,.;n,;ss NJ ,ia' nShita 9uIniu-' am: L.s-t Out-stre;cli-
- ..,,. and Loving benrts in whose Affection tnei5 j.
~ "'"i9 49, ~ Iac.;t "1, I,,, ~ With ewes OF
n'a uo oId ,sor:I.I ~an;rre We look forward to oar ar
Hop1a !" 49, M an. o"r vital lamp burns low
= ~. H., H., ,tnLi., hG,rI bepios 10 ebjiaaei a..G .h!a silver
c"rI y, ,IntYiue. lc, our last loch be Upon iacea tuat
wa hest love: ri. let Us die ut lIoHE!
r., vi.it tn. White S.l:i,ur' j. 10 multiply by ar
.;raj. and drpar;ures- by meetings aid iarowcils.-
~ " ,nraaz:on. which are only afforded at soiIIa.y
.n ,an,"I hy the events Of a sedentary lie. On.
~. ~ ';re clad ca~oins-InaHy VI i!ein 40" a. soma
.nooo Rnh;n.ou Crusue'e rat IN The iniist q fhe "a
> u a.;,L yrhat friends their shaded galleries are us,
c.,od md what recollectlone are scattered ABOUT
"eIn' t,n, nr;ut, lett behind by objects Singi, per
e" l.v, ilaeted quickly by, with ieet whose so'''
n"pS, - -; ,rv,y influence have left tho whole PIacc
con- nnu n ,nnr. 1.a.,t;ful for their having fingered
g'eea
IL ,,,a, ,pill that solemn, meek .bic; led angel
un,ar. hiring freshly ana distinctly beiore Va The
"INLit. suiphur'u'' moon light and sunset sce!ieS'
"nn0 ,., .h.Jo.
,vnoJ mountains snd inya, aiade-
II. ,,r1c,tuI ,lopes. lis winding wales,
i ~ rrio"JIcs, nIurr, AMI it, bniiny gales,
H.. shadow. lonptlanel by the slipping iisht:
The CLEANS which linger Gu itS purple "''s"'
Is bGhbling springs which ir a"ny' ,,.,
Kisses the hunks and Der mo pg'n'"' prH,'
swce, spot, farewell M " ,nn cnr%s Of If.
And all the signs ana ~ ~ ,h'' Il .hi If ,rulh
snail come a1 10. im nv i, mist. that dazzIc youth,
nn"" eI %r .hnII lonr for some green rpn,,
WScrc nor ramcmbciing. nnd ~remembcred NOT
Thi. weary brain may find lis grassy shrine,
And sleep unrroublcd, in IL shade Ike thin''
"A 70 q beIoved readers, whom We presume
., noII our friends, we are full of gratitude l"r the pa
,,.nc" tIot Ina, been conceded to us. And, ba'Ieye
nc. there is more in this tie than perhaps you '1""h'
u.s. - ~ vL.r. the intercourse has been carried on,
anJ a. |, were. led from week to week. In sucli
ana as II M.ie en.hin bst,.asn one who writes and
as' i"' r.,Js assumes something i:.u acquaintance
nc L.:.htar.d no n prrater desire OH Gnu side Ia