The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-07-11
OUR WATERING PLACE CORRESPONDENCE.
Letters from Long Branch, the Montgomery
White su phnr Sprisss, Western
Virginia, the Bahamas,
OUR LONG BRANCH CoRREspol

OUR LONG BRANCH CORRESPONDENCE
NATIONAL House LONG BRANCH, N j July 5, 1852
The fbusls a. Long BrGnch-aotls No: Vt FaI--Frs
Grand Hop Of the Sasom-Cpsnn9 of Cargyess IL a. dc.
AS yet the ntux Of viEtcss to this the New Y,rkers
yorise watering ace, has been very large still al
Mo hotels enjoyed fair quota Of visIters aturday
ia, mostly from the city, anxious 70 escape the nois
and confusion attendant upon the celebration Of tn
Fourth in Gotham.
Sunday rather dull and cbeerless day. er ding 10
abeavy OF RAIN but Monday he westbe or, with
she exception Of being slightly chilly, was all that coul
be desired.
Tne first grand ball Of the season given at thi
evening" and quite recherche affair." dele
CATIONS bsing present from all the hotels, and the
amount beauty represented is any criterion Of what
may expected az the height Of the sason there will be
rant Of attraction FOX tbs admirers OF beautiful
men, for which tnis place Ia SO noted.
The new bouse, Congress Hail. will be opened to NOR
ro1, under toe proprtetafshp OF Mr. Wootman StoK 81.
for merry Of the NATIONAL Of whca latter Mr. D. b. Petsrs
fesnre IN this bo1se year will doubt attract .ny
OF those desiring 60 "trip the light fantastic toeh o.
having band permanently connected with the esab h.
inert
Many Of the borders left this morning, but isex.
pec:ed that the hotels viii all De full within the two
OUR WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS CORES
PONDENCE.
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS,
MONTGOMERY, Va, June %, 1850
Large Increase Of vtsters the Springs this rcrMsans
of ReGching TAem-7ae San Pond Geological Changes
Amassusents-Hosl Lining, &c. &c.
Arsy here 1000 feet above the level of the sea- the
HERALD finds many readers, and already has become
qua to the visiters Of this delightful water
ing place. The planters from the far South-Lousiana
Alabama, South Carolina, Mississippi aud Arkansas-aa
present furnish almos; the entire company, which num-
Der near 40 moro arrivals day this time last
year.
The people Of the North have yet 70 know this delight.
fn' summer retreat and when they have visited
this mountain home, kept the old Virginia style they
viii soon abandon Saratogs Cape May and Newport for
she mountains Of the Old Dominion
From New York to the Montgomery White Sulphur
Springs railroads connect the entire distance The vsters
arriving IN Washington take the Richmond, Frede-
ricssburg and Potomac Railroad, passing by Mount
Vernon TO Richmond, thence by the Danyille and
Suih Side Railroad TO Lynchburg, thence by the
Virginia and tennessee Railroad to the Montgomery
White Sulphur Sprioss thus passing over the whole
by Railroad and forty eight hours he nds himself at
Ihts place. From here daily line coaches connects
able mountain lake called the SAT- Pond situated on the
top VI OF the highest mountains in the Allegheny
Rage. Tbis beautiful mountain lake ooe mile in length
by about three quarters Of mule breadth add though
Of very oeph yet large forest trees with their
limbs branches be distinctly the bottom.
dry valley-or, they called among mountaineers
"snk'-near the summit Of the mountain upon which
is situated from which the waters found subterranean
exit. About commencement OF the present century
the opening stopped by some operation Of NATURE and
the to the level of depression in the side Of
the bas.n from which flows. The water is cold
any spring water Of limestone region and clear
transparent This remarkable lake Of itself worth
q tee; and when IL ia remembered that the
VdgtDa springs all be visited, and the spendid
mountain scenery enjoyed, wi only about seventy or
enty mites Of stage 'rave over we'll graded and macada
roads, abe inducenents offered to tho people
North form acquaintance aud 10 learn OF South
Q nstunons from PEI sona observation not only
6 eat, but partake Of patriotic duty.
The sections Of our country are comparatively stran-
gers to the habits and customs Of each other and
whe toe Southern people In very large numbers yearly
vst the Morrill, lew OF the Northern people DO
among the vsers to the Virginia moun.ans. Can
you luce your Northern readers TO ingle with
Their Southern brethren the mountains of the Old Do
mnion?
rDe table here kept style that will satisfy the
most astidous. Without Fictitious style, every dish is
wei cooked and the best mountain mutton beef vege-
tables, milk cream fresh butter, eggs most beau
tul bread and pastry served three times day. so
that Jon there danger Of people starving these
aims