Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1857-06-24
NO. XXX.
For the Spectator.
BATH ALUM spR1xes, June lt, 1867.

BATH ALUM SPRINGS, June 10, 1867.
Nesrs. Editors The exhilaration produced
by o five weeks sojourn among the mountains
of lovely Virginia, prompts me to attempt q
faint description of some of the beauties of this
region and the advantages it possesses over 9th
er resorts, North and South.
| The location of the Virginia Mineral Springs
in the central part of the United States, equally
accessible to both sections of the country, is aD
advantage not to be lightly estimated. Here
| the pale consumptive, fleeing from the rude
Northern climate, and the fugitive from the fe-
ver-infected districts Of the South. meet and find
both health and pleasure. Here the Broadway
blonde may meet the Lousianian brunette, and
the beauty of both will be heightened by the
contrast Here, too, the Northern merchant
may meet his Southern patrons. and through
the acquaintance thus formed the intercs,s y
both be advanced; and here rational people
from both extremes of the country may inter-
change traternal congratulations. end the bond
Of our country's union be more firmly cemented
and the damning schemes of disunionists be held
in deeper abhorrence.' Virginia offers to the
public greater variety of Springs than any OF
all the States of the Union. Here are the finest
of Chalybeate, Alum, Sulphur and Healing wa
ters in such variety Of combination, that the in
flesh is heir to- may be sure of finding relief
These Springs are made accessible from the
terminus of the Virginia Central r. r. by means
of Messrs. Harman & Cos line of Coaches, which
line, under the efficient management ofMr. Staf-
ford, and with it's obliging drivers and sleek and
powerful horses have no hesitation in saying
is the most perfectly appointed Stage line in tie
United States. The Bath Alum Springs stand
among the first in the State, and are unrivalled
for their cures of scrofulous and cutaneous dis
eases, chronic darrhea, and O host of other ills,
and for their fine shade trees ssuperior buildings,
good management and accommodations, they
are, par ezcellence the first in the mountains
Last week, in company with Mr.. Brinkley, Of
the Bath Alum. visited the Alum Springs of
Rockbrdge. What shall say of them From
a lofty cliff which rises perpendicularly above
the most beautiful of Springs, one in gazing on
the sublime scenery, the pink and white rhodo.
dendron and the embowered cottages below,
might fancy himself looking on the most love.
y of Swiss landscapes. But when the music
Of the band comes floating out on the evening
air, you seem to stand amid the bordering
groves of the Darro, in Granada's palmy days.
Then, descend and enter the HOTEL and the
comfort and elegance which abounds under the
model management of Mr.. Frazier will at once
larry you in thought to the Girard or Astor.
Aside from all considerations Of health and
pleasure, Virginia offers inducements for invest
nent of capital, both in mineral and agricultural
ands, superior to those Of any other State
Many who have chased phantoms over hundreds
# leagues of treeless Western prairie, are now
investing nearer home in the "Old Dominion"
70 those who have wholly overlooked this bean
iful State will say, "Come and see." W.