Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1858-07-05
LETTER FROM OLD POINT VA

Correspondence Of he R.chnoad' EHg1arel
HiGEn HOTEL, OLp PoI.r, june 80, Isas
Messrs. Editors-As the season sdyancr-. ....
'hs weather becomes corr-spondngly warner. ...I.
succeeding day adds 10 tie number of guests ri .ti
gay and healihful summer retreat. Between ...
and four hundred visitors sre already here. Ol, q.
crowd came by the Baltimore boat ths morning, ,iG
in Il few more days the f.r famed Hygeia vii be- a
the height OF lis snnus festivities All who cam.
are comfortably quartered-and 40 peculiarly ,nv,re
are the almost unrivalled attractions Of hi. ,ru.,
delightful spot that We wonder il Il not throne.
throughout the summer months with thousand. sr,
especially from the South.
Tbs large garrison here has always been reG.r.r
BILE for the health of IFS officers and soldiers so urr
so indeed, that believe is not unueual 10 trars
troops from other posts To this for the renovation D
their physical strength which NAV have been impai
ed by the enervaDg influences OF the climate fafih.
South. This is easily accounted for, considering ,'.
very favorable location of the psc4 peninrul. af
sand, washed by the of broad and brau' it'
bay in whose clear blue salt waters the godd. ..
health might her own inags reflected wfbnri. o..
blenlsb; refreshed from morn Ill noon from noon
d-wy eve" by the braciUg sea breeze; in iempr, o.
latitude. too far North for ihe fatal fever Dol.
beautiful and highly cultivated regions Of y
glnia. OLD POINT. Is S. hac, essble tu tpdem. o..
1t ia at all times perfectly tree from endemic disc
so much for health. Now tor iha, which in thu ...
nection is most naturally suggested next-pes.ur..
In this respect. too, Tine PonI il emueuily a'i,.,
tive. Being the seat, ot perhaps with "a sing -
eep,ion, the inest fortress in te world. il po--.
advantages which, So far the writer IL iuioru.a
are enjoyed even 10 limited extent by but ofH,
place ot Summer r-sort in this country. br.Ettu
huaa t,iil paI,I,
shell shapes. and bordering th. placid blue w.j.r-
Chesapeake Bay like dusky zOns OF subdu-a
light ekrtIDg Western ely, affords iaciitr- log
delightful drives or walks. Graceful peasur- n.s,-
with gay colors iluIering III the breeze and -iras
Saiis dash over the waters IN front and IN ih- r-ar
the Hygts, brisky and beautifully with th-r tarv
parties OF laces and gentlemen. Fishing gtuur.
equal to any in the world, either nr III %.
ness and favor, or the number of fishes hs' uay .
taken, are found within few rods ~ ila iH'..
Within doors all HE ususi appurtensu.. 90
tering places to "kill iiWt"A 81 fudil hr. rr..r
bowling saloons, billiard ts!ies aud pi-'ol r.
Aud, besides, Old Point, owing :, Il.
less liable to that s,.si r'g f-t IL, e. ,.i-. .
s0mtmFe ecgsnd-r- etau. ~ iIr "a, .,. 0r-
mp in the mounrsin rer-A'a Nv 'acr- .n".. Dbl. ...
cry day, in fact At almost every hour. ~" be,.u.
steamers nrrivn with recrl!fS--uOt Tor tLe .s.l-.
but Tor he "Hygeia-s an early horr ryeI- H....
ing. The Richmond hoh; reLchr- her ....
dinner hour. And 10 and from Noiiok iele a.- ~.
steamers regularly. each ui winch touches a-,,.
or three tunes curing Ii- day. IL is hU- ibH s.. -
trac'ive hoteiiy = a"ays se"h @.d III iu ., r.,.
OF the Point
The iabi. is bouh'iiuv furnished win rp- Y...
tempting wand. l he tat ui !u' Vel ~
tat OF The land ~ Lo' uu.y hDni Gaui, Dut
served in siy!e worthy ihe c't3sise az 'he mos
compshsd culinary nJf'ste; or, p-rDaps sh"u+ .e.
The cooking wUud have U"De cr-tIt 10 iLt hn-,.l .
tables vi those ruhIcunf, oorpul-nt aud -'-g 30
Virginia gent. rn-n Ot other fAye. wtn-" rt-.f
a!ways enjoyed mort when shared hy ffl-fH
The fortress hr-r a.un- would TIcnly Irtu, i#.
OF trip 10 who has never visited v-rS -.r. =.
military pos, The mss-r- granite wsll4 ~. ..-
black guns ju;tng out from their eIbrssgr.-. '.-
mOar. AMI th- drawbridge, he renfri.s gusr' p O.
the pyramids o bsi,s which rnre; the eye.
that perpetual peace Ike perpetual m"ro'
theory still.
Engiand has h-r Bri-'cl srf Brighton Co.,
ham md Bah, her karsga'- and tior' gt.- ~
gate, &c. The N"''n has SsrnrOga, V..-
Cap May, Nnhhn', &c. 1i.e Sou. 'a- h,r n.-i7a
led "VIrybia Spring- and count!s's ''leS.er .i-
y Esch.hss ~ id vHntsg-- aud attractions.
it, sanafve wat.r-. But wr Doubt 4 fAl..- %. q.
ALL there in 3 more besufui, hesrt'u -u o.
pleasant place than DLD POIST. FEHgku,.
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