Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1858-08-24

about the Registered sleek referred 10 hnoVc
Ia domestic exchange and bank rates ther. - no
chang. 10 NOTE, the auppy of both is small and the
rates Of discount / 10 IN Ricbinynd Norfolk, Ie-
| I-rshnrp and I,yuchburg. TUDOR.
LETTER FROM BERKELEY SPRINGS.
Correspondence Of tie Richmond Enqa'rsr.l
BERKELEY SPRINGS Aug. lSb, 1858.
Messrs Editors: Since ast wrote 10 you. have
made little excursion CT ninety mlie- on the BsItl
more and Ohio Railroad 10 the Maryland county
s,at o. one of our own citizens, whom | found 90
inyiny his easure the very summit OF the ALI.
gh4ni,s reading his Richmond papers IN a breezy
REGION where the mercury does not gs, TO the top %
the ;hernomelc lube aud happy III the quiet which
IL disturbed oy by The ru-ang NJ Tho trains past The
n.,. a., In. Hill wli.r,uu stands az modes, naI-lou.
found pure r, blue skis, golden sun-eI- adm abb
mutton and delightful repos- there 7n' 1oafs- r0Hs'
. hu, would You have more, Me--rs. Editors, IN Au
rusti o. adventure, Gould give you Tor y para
.raph oniy the killing mot ny ;h- hand Of NM "i
Youthful ra:,-snAke, eat of iths IL, his five rates
in his early rnak-hood u', alter The swallow ns, and
du ding the d-giutliiOo, ut cat BIRD; bat cannot
help recording the pleasure afforded me by the rail-
way j4unt in the magnificent rc"nery through which
the road passes between SIR John's Kun aud swan
,un From he moment you leave The iorn-r sta
ton the Journey seems like au engineering pursuit OF
tn. sources of the p1nmac River, in which the tour
a fox chase Alexandra Dumas, pe,e, tells US of al
EXPEDITION in which he hunted thrush from the south
of France into Italy and was thus made 10 see great
variety OF remark sb- thing- Your search after the
h.adwa,ers ot the Potomac involves finer natural
viess and appear. quite d. dubious a. 10 the Gna
result, For miles aud miles you go "hnlng along
IN. banks in vast sem circles, beneath the widest
precipiu-s where the river s-ems 10 be escaping you
like Prot-us hs last transformation INTO running
water only the other wAy,l aud then, after darting
\, me-
.nlesbiup and da-hiug and falling and Drawing, "a
Mr.. Sou,hey sad oi Lodore, and stii tar away from
the dark rocks from which its first bubbllng riii
iasued into the sunlIght. Every hall hour you
feel confident from the diinlnehed quantity oi
wafer that YOU are about 10 arrive at the head spring.
aud yet the train continues 10 glide by lac pebb'y
brook now Gro sing II hnu sione viicuct, hnu
now returning {" The other slre over u E"--a'i"r
i,i1y al IRON ~ firm IL airy N appearance. A
length in The gloomy gorge uf The Aii-ghhnes, you
r.n..t the rav wG.r- the small sfr-nm-!, Whose
course an OK might Interrupt IN drinking. runs nn-
.icaiy and dly along /! glad Of ~ early trcrdom
Tho. stt-nml-t which, inr-- hundred miles lower
Gown Il 10 sweep i--iic flood near the Tomb
II W.hn.,"u and, ye' i.th-c an, Is :" roll Ike --a
into the blue -xpanse oi The Che-apeake'
LIE, H. no, get % TOO la, however. Before you
ua,s through the grim 0ei.e al Savage River, you
mug; enter Cumberland A benu,iin! lnil. town l."
Cumberland Around II, aud above II, and on every
nd. Of it, aud looking down upon il, are Tho NOM
,sn. mountains, mountains. Ihey ar- not grand
lh,y de,
ac,ly They ar. wild mountains, but we'll placed.
and afford good background Z" tho Cunbrr-
aud ate-pe. and cup"las. think mankind at
large have erroneous IDEAS q! Cumberland from
pa.siny through IT, rs associations, IN the mind
O, the through pssa.ng-r, are not agree able. He
has only a cnder.ey7s'd, coal IN king and dark
dining room yiew ot most picturesque aud antique
town, which thirty years ago looked forward 10 Nh
Importance II now never destined 10 attain
When the National Road received yearly large ap-
sulll lea ut MI
coacha. used 10 dash at evening into the Cumberland
slre.s there appeared in this iu;ur. "A day oi great
nes for the village, which the railway and the tee-
graph have indefinitely postponed. There WAS some
thing pheasant in tn. old coach-r. alter all. "Where
Ar. W. nov :" says Mr.. Arthur P-ndenn'a, sob, rat
ting Quicksilver oh, swii, Definucs?" ] forgot the
rest OF the Invocation, but il ends with the assertion
that 1.-The music OF your horns has died away"
Twenty eight miles beyond Cumberland ia Pied
mont ID. central station OF The Baltimore and Ohio
railroad where iis most extensive machine shops and
enyins houses situated The large sums Of money
dispensed by the Company, ut the poiuf, have "pe-
rated to build up considerable village and Piedmont
bo.as of is hotel where The traveller may be comfort
ably lodged barring the conversion oi HE Town nj
,udu ght into small P.nd-inonium, by ihs hrrivh
nf two snoring mon-tTuns, h-ry, cyrloprhn, tov
uf the single eye ut blazing i'Gh' III front {"
the engine and prepo-terOur -xpr'sI trans afid
where he will find perennial source OF anusemeDt
information and consolation, III the viVncy ut the
deputy assistant manager, who, IS communicative ~
he IL nbging. maintains in waking hours constant
flow of entertaining dl-cour-e AT Piedmont begins the
ascent of the chain Of the A-glanies. For the
distance nf il miles the road II constructed upon
grade of IL ,--i 10 the mic. overcoming an eleva
t,ou of tot les. than b1i :uet heior. reaching the
station ol AiainDu fh- highest point be- wteD Bait
more AMI Wheeling. THIS section OF ths road pre-
sents succession of, by far the grandest and moat
imposing mountain views ] bhvs YET reen III The
Uurd States. For the greh'er portion =" the ascent
The rosd iiseli ihe only visible evidence o civilild
| ,I.n h,Nln Htvt
river winding through it; and every hand, to The
very tops OF the OverhsDging mountains, the IN
broken prnev al forest malutaus ITS imIneIn"rlh aud
imp.ue;rsbe gloom. Ga my return from Sthuni"n
came through this gorge rs the sun, alhhdy sunk
into the West batbed the clouds above US in orange
and crimson while their reflected lustre tinged the lot
ties; branches of the with soft glow III striking
contrast with the general horror al the wilderness
The great master who painted bandits, never peo
pied, with his scoundrels, more savage or more
solitary domain
Life at watering place is enjoyed with greater zs-
[ think, Tor iD-iude at quiet; aud when got
back Ia Berkeley Springs, -lt new interest III the
greii"s III the season. which reached their nce u"
Tuesday evening. when We Lad brilliant exhibition
81 Idbi.awr frans. These soca! diversinns are so
conmun aud much alike, that despair OF descro
ing our repreS entsilons III surh manner as may
prove entertaining 10 your renders, Yet tnry were 8"
e,nineniy successful that cannot iorbear attempt
ing T., maxi of them 10 serve Scu-
,.nir OF Berkeley in 1875. Tne performance was
lnAuguratei by puciItdi diuTt"S rom Sch'irihTu
who prefers TO be anonymous LIZ" your trl-nd NJ,
but who has permitted mo 10 make a lev extracts
from it. The purporl OF this effort was TO invoke the
kind indulgence Of this spectators, lest by loud con-
ments or untimey applause, they should disturb the
equanmity of the actors,
Ana make poor Mary, Scotland slovcly queen
Laugh in her very execution sccnr-
Whle Antony, in cruel deaths embrace,
Should eissc IN hi' Cicopatras face
And having deprecated any such unhappy Interrupt.
iions the speaker concluded "a follows:
81 shall our modes; Tsbesux, once bc:ua.
Proceed successfully til they doOe
so snail You gaze with e:s;ifed surprise
lato the gentle Desdcmona's eyes,
Aud take interest in that sooty fellow,
Who wooed and won and snothered her-Othelln!
Nor deem the hnc young gentleman drveer
Who brings before you Mr.. Richard Swiveilcr-
So shall you nj last that beauty rules
Mankind, md makes them just ~ hopeless fools
A. in the DAYS when fIelen's wundrou, charms
Filled half The world with horrid wars slar,ns
And that tho Graccs, oft By poets sung,
Are y I, and must remain forever your.
Be patient, 4 en-, good people, while Stand
As Kings AMI Queens and Dukes al your command;
Our Taoieovz Vi-1ns will not be rs slow
AS Queen Vesorla's despatch rknow-
Wen beat the telegraph, or am toored.
Then lets ecyia; be cuis,-"All aboard 80
Number oCj of the series represented the scene
from Goehe's Faust, 80 we'll know in be fauors out
linss of Resch, "Tbe Game OF Life" Aephistopbies
tMr. P. Ky Of ,rk-lry county and tn. Student
DIR ID Ky of Baltimore PLAYING ~ chess
for the Students soul. The god angel miss c.
of Aiexau,.ria) bowers The desperate ard U
this 1t is enough to ssy that while The cen,leen III.
tsined their characters we'll the young l,dy in