The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-05-31

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THURSDAY MORNING.. 80. MAY 81, 1890
Abe Springs Season Summer Tears.
With the beginning Of warm weather, the
tide Of health and pleasure seekers 10 setting
towards the seaside. preparatory 70 us sum
mer movement to the mountains OF all the
places Of resort none are moro invteoratng.
and. when we'll kept. more delightful than
those upon the seaside The very first inha-
la,ion Of the atmosphere Of the ocean Is exhii-
ar.ttne. and the sight Of that majestic ex-
panse. with here and there = white sail steal
Ing along the distant horizon, inspires the
mind a. the ssa air does the body. II 10 aston
ishing that the votaries Of fashion can enact
their frivolities upon the margin OF that sea
which reminds one Of eternity; that, in the
face Of the greatest Of nature'e WORKS some of
the pettiest ambitions and most fantastic
tricks' of vanity and fashion find their favo-
rite theatre But the watering places wo"'o
b. badly on II none but the wise freq uen'So
them Nature delights in contrasts "no
therefore let Mr.. PorIPHAR prepare for the
redowa and the polka on the seaside ""u M.
TrrMousE to smoke his regaia amid the spray
OF the mighty deep.
We learn from a reliable contemporary tna'
the chief places Of resort for the arlstocraey
Of the model republic are Newport, Saratoga,
Old Point and the Virginia Springs. These
last. though long thrown in the shade by the
older watering places OF other sec uons, are
beginning to acquire national reputation
The blended grandeur and beauty OF the Nlr-
ginia scenery the magnificent mountains, the
thn }u III.
cinal properties of the waters, are attracting
universal attention, and now that railroad Ia
cili,ies for reaching the Springs are increased,
and q race OF landlords has sprung up who 90
no, kali more by their cookery than are cured
by their waters. we may expect greater ana
greater crowds in the Virginia mountains
every year. In regard to summer excursions,
a VOYAGE across the Atlantic and visit to the
continent has become the favorite tour Of the
fashionable world. To those who are content
with such en- ter tainmenI as \ new continent
can afTord. the Falls of Niagara and the great
lakes are not unworthy brief Inspection
Whilst our own pleasure seekers 60 TO Europe
tho Prince of WALES and the Prince DE JOIN.
WILLIE come to America. Republicanism pat.
ronizes Royalty, and Royalty, Republicanisn.
Neither OF them can find any thing In Europe
better worth behoiding than the Ia es, the
prairies the mountains and the rivers Of this
Young America In regard to rivers, the his
toric James, and the York, with its broad deep,
bright waters, washing the banks Of an emf.
nence on which the dsstinies of liberty on this
continent were decided, present strong attrac-
tons. Of all the Northern rivers the mos,
beautiful is the Hudson,-our American Rhine
it has been called but if it does not equal the
;,b frNA r. a.
tions, it can scarcely be inferior to it in the
grandeur and variety of the scenery, the
mountains, hills, valleys and rolling country
which are mirrored in its majestic flood
But TO appreciate it the traveller must not
dart by the river in railroad cars, nor career
over il in a steamboat. II he has any yacht
i,g friends in the great city, he cannot
spend week more agreeably than in a leis-
urely cruise from New York to Albany, or in
default of an obliging friend of that kind, let
a pleasure party charter sailing vessel in
New York, take their fishing tackle and a
volume of D,edrich Knieksrbacker, with such
creature comforts as are necessary, and We
will promise them an excursion that will
long be a bright spot in their memory. All
this, we say, on the presumption that pleas
ure-seekers must 60 beyond the boundaries of
their own State for enjoyment and recrea-
ton. For our own part, Virginia is good
enough for US the Blue Ridge and Allegha-
MES high enough, the Natural Bridge, Wyer's
Cave and the Hawks Nest, wonders enough
Whether we get as tar as the Agricultural
Fair Grounds in the course OF our rural ex-
cursions the coming year, depends entirely
upon the progress ot the street railroads.
One of the leading journals OF New York
solemuiy declares that hote-keepers at the
fashionable springs of the United States,
notwlths landing all the balderdash about
..princeiy proprieiors," "gentlemaniy Clerks
and Fascinating bootblacks," are, in general,
humbugs OF the first water. i is asserted
that they ruin peoples digestion with bad
dinners, poison them with adulterated liquors,
stretch them - Procrustean couches, subject
them To fiees6ag, brusing, beating and maim-
ing by servants, chinches and n.Osq uitoes, and
wand up by picking their pockets and charg-
ing them for flrst.ciass accommodations when
they have had no accommodations whatever.
Ii thus was ever true Of any of our Virginia
watering places, we are persuaded that in
most of them there has been great reform,
and that some of them are better than the ave-
rage OF hotels in large cities. The remark OF
the New York journalist is just as trne OF no.
tells In general as 1t is Of the hotels at springs
in particular At some of these vast estab-
nshments strangers are treated with less con-
sideration than foreigners upon the coast OF
Spain imprisoned in miserable little rooms
in the atties Of high buildings; fed during the
day lime upon viands SO scanty and indiges-
,,ble that il is a relief to leave the table, and
consigned at night 70 the tender mercies of
vermia who abstract from them more than
they have eaten during the day. We observed
lately the letter Of traveller to journal in
one Of the great cities, in which, recording the
incidents Of a journey of fifteen hundred
miles, he mentioned with pious gratitude to
the gods, one public house at which he got q
good sapper and a comfortable bed, and was
not charged more than five times what the &C
commodations were worth. Let us be thank
full that we have many such hotels as these -
Virginia. where, if there be less show aud pa
rade, there is at least comfort and cleanliness,
and where the charges bear some sort Of pro-
portion to the consideration.
The Press and Parliament.
Referring to the late debate in Parliament
ON the Press, the New York Herald says the
Premier gracefully acknowledged the power
of the press, and defending the editor of the
Times, Mr.. DELANE from some slurs which
had been thrown out in the course of Mr.
HoRsMAN's remarks, Lord PALMERsrON al.
luded to Mr.. DxLANx as his equal, socially
while Mr.. HoRsMAN was Obliged to confess