The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-08-24
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Feeling refreshed both in body and MIND 60
sojourn Of two weeks at the MontQomery aier
determined on pilgrimage to this place. whicb
is as yet, but little known to the people Of yo,,
section. i arrived here yesterday, after a so1aa-
hhat rough, but most delightful stage ride 80
twenty-five miles, passing through the pretty lii
| tie villages OF Blacksburg In Montgomery. and
| Newport in Giles county. These Springs. although
the hotel buildings are of recent date, have been
famous in this region for upwards of fifty years.
The watea is as strong and effective as any have
ever seen, not excepting the Greenbrier, while no
situation can ba more desirable to the lover of fhe
beautiful, the invalid traveller. The New River
which is here some $50 feet deep, flows directly
| past the door and our eyes and palates are daily
RECALLED with the enormous catfish taken over night
| some of them weighing much as 10 pounds.
| Mr.. Eggleston, the proprietor, an Eastern Eirg
uan by BIRTH, Is just the man to make one feel al
! home, and my only regret is. that must SO soon
| part with one to whom even during my brief stay
have become SO warmly attached There are
| some 30 guests here most of whom intend remain
| ing through the season. They have pretty little
| ballroom, with good band of music, severy pret
ty girls and plenty Of gallant young fellows, SC
| that all who are that way inclined may dance tC
| their hearts content.
| Yesterday visited the Salt Pond, making the
trip eight niles on horseback. 1t is beautiful
| little lake, something like mile long by hall
| mile wide, lying almost the summit of the
mountain, at point some 1000 feet above the val
ley. The pond has risen here in the memory of the
oldest inhabtant- and even now you may look down
into its transparent bosom and the tops of
| forest trees which have been submerged Its depth
in the middle is some 500 feet, but the term sat is
| mis-nomen the water being perfectly fresh il
having derived its from the fact that salt
lick for deer formerly existed i'll the ravine now
| filed by the waters of the pond. From the pond
q bride path brought us to the peak of the noun
taip tl,a ..Pa nof,n L.
highest point in Virginia Here beheld the most
magnificent spectacle my eyes rested upon,
aud one which repaid thousand times the trouble
| Of getting here. Range on range of mountains,
some IN North Carolina and Tennessee; the Peaks
of Otter, with the villages of Christansbu
Blacksburg, Newport and Pearisburg, are all visi-
bic TO the naked eye while with glass you see the
river winding like silver thread through the val
leys far below. Nothing grows at this height but
the scrub oak, and other stouter trees while al
| though calm day in the region below. the wind
blew here so thatwe could hardly hold hats on.
When see the magnificent growth of timber on
these mountain sides, the wonderful fertility of the
soil and the available water power. can but won
der that our young men sheuld seek the far West
for land Investments But the attention of eastern
| men is being turned this way. Already enter
prising and wealthy gentleman from Nottoway has
purchased some 100000 acres, and has erected
houses and mills, built roads, &c, with view to
its permanent occupation.
Tho Executive Committee of the Petersburg Ag-
shall hear from them such report as will give
Eastern Virginia correct idea of the bOundess re-
sources of the country hereabouts.
Game is abundant. We have venison daily. and
in our ride down the mountain we saw pheasants
and squirrels at every turn. Well for them was it
that we had no guns. B.
Patrick County-Its Mineral Waters
and ResouceS- Sc1.0ols-CropS .&riRgs' BInk.
[CoRREsPoXDESCE OF THE RICHMOND DAILY DISPATCH.
PENIS STORE, VA, Aug 10. 1857
Old Patrick has, from some cause been held in
ttit end estimation by strangers. and. we think un-
Justly, as reference to her statistics will convince
any one that she is not behind many of her sister
counties i'll mineral, agricultural and manufactu-
ring wealth. Then, too, she has several mineral
springs of various medicinal properties the use of
whose waters has made many invalid's heart
leap with the joy of returning health.
Conspicuous among these is the Patrick Yellow Sui
dhur situated miles northeast of the Court House
and within miles of the Danville and Wythe-
vile turnpike and may be reached by stage from
Danyille, thereby making them easily accessible to
the votares Of pleasure and seekers of health from
| every section. The water is strong chaly beat |.
combination. and its beneficial results in many
cases of varied forms Oflisease sufficiently attest its
curative powers to encourage the invalid to visit
them,wlth well grounded hope of being benefited
they have heretofore been very indiffereutly man
| aged, and notwithstanding there have been seve-
raj hundred visitors in constant attendance during
| the summer season trust sale of them will take
place on the first day Of our Superior Court 1Oth
September and it is to be hoped that they will fall
into the hands of some enterprising gentleman or
company of gentlemen, who, by judicious outlay.
will make them attractive TO the many who wish
to spend their summers at them. There are now
about ~ OF our villagers rusticatng upon lser own
responsibility, l. e., they rent rooms and furnish
their own provision. This is matter of choice "a
well as nccessiy-there being no proprietor to ac-
commodate boarders.
In my last, I wrote that we proposed establish
ing large male and female schools in our village.
also, savings bank, with Commendable diligence
attended with rare success. We have secured the
services of Mr. L. IL. Bramc, a finished scholar. ex-
pcrienced teacher and true gentleman, also as
superintendent of the female department, who will
employ assistants whenever necessary. At present
Miss Lucy Paschal has charge of the female depart
ment The beginning of both schools gives an
earnest of ultimate and permanent success
Larger and more commodous buildings will soon
be erected.
We have by no means given over our saving>
bank. petition to the next Legislature will be
made for one, and feel confident of suGceSs, il
we can enlist in its behalf the friendship of our
delegate elect, W. A. BurwelI.
Our grain crops are No. l, and every farmers
face relaxes into smile whenever you ask them
about their crops. The tobacco crop, however, is
an Indifferent one. We have certainly been hard
pressed for something to eat for several months.
tour grain supplies coming mostly from your city.
and had it not been for the commendabe lberaiity
Of the Masonic fraternity of Patrick Henry Lodge
located here, in purchasing 800 400 bushels Ut
corn for distribution, numbers of poor families
must have suffered. they not able To trans
port grain from a distance for their own use.
Several of the criminals in our Jail, reported in
my last, have been sent to the penientiary 1t has
had good effect upon outsiders of the same calbre
as they begin to think, guess that murder don't
pay. Yours, &C., TIP.