Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1859-08-05
EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE.

MONROE COUNTY, Va. July %, 1853.
This is the season for mountain visiting, and
the crowds that annually resort to these Springs
are now filling up every place OF resort in these
mountains The Sweet Springs, from which |
am writing are among the oldest and most IA
vorably known Of any watering place in the
mountains of Virginia. The delightful baths,
the fine bracing mountain atmosphere, and the
excellent table, have given the Sweet Springs
reputation nnequalcd and unapproachcd by
any place in the mountains.
The Post Office Department is receiving
curses, both loud and deep from the people
of this portion of Virginia Never did De-
partment of the Government show Itself so Ut.
terly careless Of the wants of the people, as
that under the management Of Mr.. Holt. The
proprietor of the Sweet Springs has been COM
PEELED to bear the expense of the mails TO this
place; the wreckless extravaganza Of this admin.
istration having exhausted all the funds private
individuals have to do their own mail service,
while the Department rcaps the revenue. An
mitigation meeting has been held at Fncastlc,
and the management Of the Department severe
~ censured.
The thousand vi LAT resort to this
place would have bcc;, without any mail but
for the energy and enterprise OF the proprietor.
The mail is daily received. rithout erpehse to
the department, while the revenue of the office
goes into the Golfers Of the Government II Mr..
Holt has been equally successful on other mail
appropriations. People from every State in the
Union annually resort here aid when the pos
tai department of u Government, whose annual
expenditures reach eighty millions. pleads pow
crty and conpels private individuals TO bear
public burdens there must be very bad manage
ment somewhere This subject has been &c.
peatedly brought to the notice of the Post Office
Department and letters addressed 10 the Post
master General have received but impudent and
ilnpertinent replies from Mr. Dundas, but no
remedy for thc evil, and no correction OF the
wrong The hardship of this miSmanagement
falls heavily upon the press of the State. We
are cut of from the sale OF our papers at both
the Sweet Springs and the Red Sweet Springs.
The history of the letting OF the mail contract
on the Bonsack' and Sweet Springs Route, with
some Of Mr.. Dundas' letters, will make for one
of our letters not an unlnteresting paragraph.
The improvements at the Sweet Springs are
Of q more permanent and comfortable charac'
ter than any in the mountains. being oi BRICK,
and upon the cottage plan. E.,h cottage Las
eight rooms. is two stories in height. situa-
ted around d most beautiful lawn, ia the middle
of which is the splendid plunge baths for which
the place is so justly celebrated. The manage
ment of the Sweet Springs has won for the place
4 reputation which is worth more to the place
than the improvements, valuable as they are;
aud this season the place presents every attrac'
ton that is offered by mountain resorts with
table the equal of which is not TO be found IN
the mountains unless it is at the Salt Sulphur
There is q cleanliness about the place that Is
peculiarly pleasant. ,,
The Sweet Springs were discovered in l1G4,
| before any Of the other mineral waters IN TINS
section of the State were known. and, almost
from the discovery, these waters have been the
resort of inralls. AS early as lII4 these
woters had won a reputation which demanded
rho ANALYSIS that was made by Bishop Madi-
som then President Of William and Mary Col
lere. Since that early day many thousands
have enjoyed these delightful baths, and re-
newed their health at this beautiful fountain.
The mode of reaching here is by stage,
either from Bonsack's OH the Virginia and
Tennessee Railroad, or from Jacksons River
on the Central Railroad. \ daily line of stages
connect with the White Sulphur, the Salt Sui
phur and the Warm Springs-from here, three
times week, stage runs to the Natural
Bridge =,
No PUT is necessary for the reputation o, o,
the Sweet Springs, but We have been so WEI, wei,
pleased with the table, that We slipped Dli,
Of Fare and append it to this. sx Billiard
Tables, and three Ten Pin Alleys, furnish cxer-
else and amusement:
BILL OF yARE-Jrlr 20. 1879.
| sorp-0x Tall. ,,, r,,,o. p..,
| BoIyp-Hsm and Cabbage: Corned Beef IohSuT oeei
B.uie. Lamb. Csper Sauce. Chick.n. kss sauce.
EsTar.-Ercxndeauy Veal, with Peas. Guinbo OF "nicSsni
c,Iv.., liver with Onions Forms of Rlce Kun nahor,
N"...ronI a l'ItalIen.; Chicken Pates; fresh Deef
Tonvue,. iarded; Tomatoes, seoTcp-di N hdns's "a
Grand. , s.,,,. =, Mutton. oln of Veal.
L1esS,,,ssEFrench Mustard; Assorted Pickles; Olives;
FVnnInIrs-Beer: Tomatoes, Raw; Boiled Rice: snsp.;
Ton.oes sewed Potxoss creamed lrsh Potatoes, p.h,
Lettuce: Onions: Green Corn.
| P.sInr-Green Apple Pie; wbor'leberry Pie Lemon
Tar,,; Fruit Cake Currant Puf, Grape Puts, sp01ss
Cake Strawberry Ice Cream.
DEssrsI--Suts; Rsisins. ~ l.