Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1857-02-17

feed only paid 6ol cents! call that "cheap enter
tanment for man and beast" The house is kept b
a fat, smiling landlord whose name begins with L
which is all of it that remember
must not forget 10 tell. that passed through
Canada on my way to New Market. But lest it
thought that am initiating my friend, the driver,
hasten to say that this is the title given to va4e,
through which flows little stream called Rucker
lun. young miller who gave these names
saiu hat Canada was the eoldest spot in the world,
aud while | cannot echo rhe sentiment without quail
ncation | can bear my testimony that il is muc
, colder than any other spot theresbouts. The da
: was warm, the sun shining brightly, the snow pass
ing away rapidly, until entered this valley an
there saw sign of thaw and the atmosphere wa
SO cold that was forced to put my shawl about m
Tor protection. The change was more perceptibl
man man u had suddenly stepped from the heated at
.hosphere OF August into an lce-house. The vale
10 nor more than twenty yards wide, and on ethe
SIDE The hills rise several hundred feet and complete
sheiter It from the rays, even, Of the noontide
II was high then, as rode through il, but not SUI
ray penetrated to the road over which was pass
ing. A more gloomy spot in winter | have neve
seen, but II thus sheltered in summer it must be
glorious retreat from the heat. 1t well deserves TO b
called Canada.
learned at New Market, that there is Whereabouts
OUT unimproVed, spring of very superior chay ybea
water, which has cured many cases of dyspepsia ant
isregarded by the medical gentlemen of the vcinay
as almost specific for hat complaint This deserve
to be looked 10, for if all that told about il b.
true the excellence OF the water, Joined to the supe
rlor climate Of Canada would make this fine sum
mer resort for dyspeptic patients. did not get tn,
precise locality of the spring, but if it be near enougi
to Canada TO combine the atractiveness and advAn
tages OF both in one establishment, it would draw
especially as it can be 40 easily reached by the Canal
The owners OF the packets might find it to their ad
vantage tn give this hint some consideration.
| The retu n journey from Lovngston need not be
described. 1t was performed partly on horseback
the wagon having "gin ont some miles above
! LovinSston And such horse to be sure! large
heavy animal, used TO drawing stage-coaches, but
utterly unacquanted with the art Of carrying his
rider comfortably. And then the road. The thaw
had carried oGthe and ice, but lack a-day, what
| oceans OF mud we encountered. kuee deep for the
most part the red clay held on to the horses foot as
| reluctant to part company with him, and thus fol
| thirteen miles, we foundered on while the mild ra
dance OF the moon now near her full converted the
mist and fog about the hills into silvery tapestries,
gave the distant valleys the semblance of beautiful
lakes and gently flowing streams. Night is beauti
fu among these hills, when the stars out in their
glory, aud the moon Shines all the harsher features
ot the landscape s0itened and toned down, every
detorm.ty hidden and every beauty heightened.
gave myself up TO the Influences of the hour, and
throwing the rens upo; the horses neck. now in.
dulged in pleasant revery and awoke the
echoes with u snatch of song. Some thoughts OF
the beauty OF the land of my BIRTH led TO the singing
of a stsnza OF The Star Spangled Banner" aud |
was about relapsing into another reyery, when my
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ryng the mail, interrupted me with, "thats guide,
followed by request that would sing more, and as
caroled the patriotic ditty, the play OF the old
mans countenance told me plainly enough that
though born on foreign SOIL his heart and soul were
with the land of his adopton that he was an Ameri
can by choice, though a Scotchman by birth
! observed in passing, several wheat fields, which
were IS yellow as field of butter cups III summer
and upon enquiry learned that on the upands the
wheat has been severely bitten by the frost, though
| i'll the luwands il has suffered less.
have often had reason to wish that the County
Courts in all our counties would take steps TO put
sign-posts and nger-b0ards at all the cross roads
Go where you will in Virginia and If unacquainted
with the country, you will be troubled no little. il
is we'll nigh impossible to get an Ineligible and in
tegent direction to any point, and the ottener you
ask the way, the more will you be contounded. NJ
! two individuals will give you the same story, and
you will not travel far without reaching the concu
sion that without trusting TO your ow0 Judgment and
the sagacity of your horse you likely never to
reach the end of your journey. How easily all this
could be re1neded If in every county, sign boards
were placed at every point where stranger would
be likely to 20 astray! He would al once be raised
above the necessity OF asking information of Tom
Dick aud Harry along the road and would make his
journey with much more comfort and satisfaction
What think you, gentlemen ustices OF the suggestion
to have sign boards at proper and convenient points
along all the roads IN your countiesl On behalf o
all travellers, | humbly petition oil the County
iiv cvsu-i auu ~ naAe ouon Pio'isoh as 'ne
case requires
As arrived here Saturday, too late for the cars.
began TO look around for any topics of interest here
and among the first that occurred to me, was Vlsl
| to the University. II was an undertaking oil some
| peril, can assure you. Not that there were any
| lions in the way, but the mud, the mud. Charottes
vile, YOU know, is famous for mud in winter, dust in
summer, and handsome ladies, and there ls no lacR
of the first and last at this present writing. The las
are to be found in any house in town, but woe 10 tht
wight who essays to find them through all this mud
| m
more than zone fair ladye," and hearing that Dr
Gildersleeve lectured at twelve O'Clock pressed on
| nv way until | found myself seated in his lecture
room. passed an hour here yeTy agreeably. Iht
doctor lectures well, and will ultimately be very po
| pulsr in the institution. Just now he Is passing
through the ordeal to which all new professors at th
institution ere subjected but as he has every quaih
cation for the post which he fills, he will undoubted
" come out right in the end. His manner before tht
class seemed to me to be euneSceptonaoIe' MS sruc
tons seemed to Inc clear and thorough, and II there
was anything which might be objected to, II was tha
hls articulation was sometimes indistsnct, 30 that al
times could not catch the word uttered. Ihls Ii
easily avoided and in every other respect the lecture
to which listened last Saturday morning, was worthy
of all commepdation. DIR. Gildersleeve fills hi'
chair we'll aud werthiy, and such will be the genera
! verdict. The room was pretty well filed, and the
| department of the young gentlemen, Tor the mos
| part, proper. The only exception to the genera
statement s that some two three young gentlemen
INDUCED in whispers, forgetful that their professor
was addressing them. Ii they fail to leGru, they may
know why
While speaking of the University, allow me tc
suggest TO the proper authorities, the propriety o
| having good plank walk made on both sides of thu
street, u suppose must call it SOY from the univer
sity grounds down 10 the town Of Charlottesville
This Improvement would cost but little, and IS very
much needed. Itcould be dispensed with while ther
were snly three or four hundred students at the In
s,itution, all OF whom boarded in College. Nov
there sre more than six hundred students at the Uni
yersity third at least, living out of College, SOM
down iu Charlottesville, at the hotels, and the re-
scattered all along the way from the UnlVerslt!
! grounds down to the town. To reach College nov
! they sre obliged to walk long way, i'll rainy sea
sons through deep mud, and in dry seasons through
| much dust, and anything more disagreeable canno
well imagine. The construction Of plank wall
down both sides Of the street, as asrein suggested
would involve the expenditure of a small sum o
money, and would greatly add to the comfort OF th'
students living out Ci College; and US the number
these will probably continue TO increase every year
! this Improvement cannot be made too soon. As al
additional reason for il, may add that the faculty
aud the members of their families, especially iemae
and the keepers of the boarding houses and all Vsi
tors to the University would be greatly acconmo
dated.
hayo already extended this letter far beyond th'
limit intended when it was begun, and shau only de
tain YOU long enough 10 add, that on Sunday hear'
two excellent sermons-one in Charlottesville, ah'
tho other at the University. In the morning near
Rev. Mr.. Cranberry, OF tne hetnooist Cn9tSn' "a
Christian Unity and at night, the Rev. John A
Broaddus, on the Christians Appea! to the uncon
verted, on the ground Of persona! experience. Bot
preachers are able ministers. AID earnest plou. meI
close this long epise by commanding TO al PEI
.ons who NAV cS1nce to visit Charlottesville, III
house from which write, assuring them that Jane
ithe servant who is just about to take this to tn
po,tofIicel will make them comfortable and snug.
: MIR. Webb the accommodating superintendent, WI
pardon me, am sure, fc- printing the following CT
nundrum, ilnads by witty auctioneer OF this town
to which, hesr. prize was awarded some nontf
since
"Why is the Parish House like cpider !
because it gets all its provie.ons by its Webb
And l add, that it gs.a an excellent supply espt
cially for its dinners. Yours, &c, A.
LATER FROM CALIFORNIA,
NIw YoRx, Feb l3.-The steamship Geore
Law arrived to-day from California, bringir
$4,000 in gold. Messrs. Broderick and Gwin CAN
passengers in her. The frigate independence WI