The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-06-23


ment should be Swallowed FORTH Let the weak and
sickly BY all means eshey may as well be miserable
Rhode islanders and Jersoytes should abandon present
enoyments for the fabulous and deceit
sns AZ
What the White Mountains and tho famous NslAnt and
Newport celebrities may be prepaid TO accomplish Is 70
me unknown; but " ardeuty desired tina something
The VIRGINIA SPRINGS. loo g,afosa
INTERESTING ACCOUNT OF THE WATERING PLACES IN
THE OLD OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES oH THE PRE-
sKNT SEASON.
The for the flight 10 the mountains and side
Is this year unusually backward owing to the few hot
days that have until recently occurred the present month
We have felt that annual warming up june which
inspires the dulest fancy with poetic maginations Of de-
ightf shades and sweet waters amidst mountain gens,
where the wearied and feeble may rest and recover
strength and health Thus June has been traitor 10 the
propreors of springs and baths and side hotels and
has most unfeelingy curailed the very short period
which, under most favorable circumstances, Is vouch-
safed 10 them by the Per diem, and per week
and per month of four weeks at the springs hard
y this extend much usual but then,
If the number Of guests shall be Increased the landlords
may be Undermined for the injury inflicted by cold
term OF most prosperous years greatly increased
the individual wealth Of the country and there Is very
large addition made TO the numbers whe are able 70 leave
home and luxuriae in summer amidst the refreshing
Of mountain retreats Nor there any drninu-
ton Of the number OF those who not having the means,
yet determined 10 mnge with the fashionable throng
and have the and the tact 10 crafty themselves
this way spite Of fortune. Indeed the bodness and
spirit with which they achieve their social glory without
means entitle them to the general admiration The
poverty their fiscal Is not only shielded from
pcion but they among the happest and oicst Of the
multitude often contrving TO be considered themselves
mionaires and looking with condcsccnson upon your
of hundred thousand or two well known wit Of
this locality pronounced the greatest in his
line friend Of his who he said kept hotel without
money and without credit Very little inferior in dignity
tine " s aa Se
and maintain the port OF independence not Of aucncc
But though June has been passive and temperate hot
weather and summer feyers are inevitable and people
must 20 the Springs. Where they gongs That Is
question doubt very perpcxng to the most OF them
Are az many Southern going the North usuas.
Among the fruitful sources prosperity to or Northern
fellow czens that Of the liberal dispensaton OF money
by seekers Of health and pleasure from the south We may
at curta this Of extravaganza until what
of friends be- and how to get along
with them We shall see how far this sentiment influences
desire present sreV their wealth at the North
find abundant resourceSfor health and pleasure at the
South This State alone abounds mineral waters Of the
greatest efficacy In disease and mountain scenes and
brilliant summer skies not exceeded in those fr famed
lands Of Southern Europe exod by English travellers,
whose sudden translation from the murky OF Ion
don To the clear atmosphere Of Italy may well Gil them
with the widest enthusiasm.
The propretors Of the Virginia watering places have
made unusual preparation the prescn, year 70 e.scrrr
- IN that Mecca Of the dcvosees Of
fashion well invalids, has been considerably i'm
proved since last year and moro beautiful than ever
general supsrutendcnee Of Captain Humphreys former
" Of the Navy and sure at no former period has
Of Affairs at that place Captain II. is practical man
discplinarian polite and courteous gentleman
The clerks and other officers Of experience and
oblgng dspositions-most OF them well known TO vr.
gina travellers New baths have been erected and va.
rous improvements for the general comfort OF visitors
completed. The cuisine and dining room are brought
under improved discipline, and win no doubt be conduct
ed with the most perfect order. SO that may hope
that the great White sulphur, which nearly all the
other mountain resorts less depend, will be
Quoted wisely and efficiently the present year. The
means fcr the accommodation OF guests are ex.
time In the immense dining saloon, which is three
hundred feet long. more picturesque scene, more
delightful atmosphere could hardly be found than at the
White Sulphur Itself picture Of beauty Il Is en-
bosomed among mountain Of ren kable grandeur
the most superb fountain OF sulphur water in the world
and one without superior for It's great curative powers
in the numerous class Of Diseases 70 which is adapted
must be the chief attraction in the Virginia
tansthe principal court OF fashion In her summer re-
trement from the great commercial marta Of the country
There are several hotels and houses Of private
anment TO provide for any overflow Of guests al the
great fountain, and those which rsvove about = their
sun, are the two Sweet the Salt the Hue and ne Red
and the Healing These all admirable waters Of tried
power and famed virtues They all marked by the
The valley Of the Sweet Springs Is Che lovelcst perhaps
in the State Tie Sweet Springs, known the "Od
sweet under the propriesorship Of Mr. Oliver Bernc,
cottages &c constructed with architectural beauty
upcn scale Of magnihcencc and liberay and
ranged the grounds with good taste Tho bath IN
beautiful edfce and the bath Itself all viscrs W our
mountains know. Is one Of the most invigorating.
One mile from this long established Watering place Is
the Red Sweet Springs, dcnominaicd the Sweet
Chay bcste Springs" owned by Mr. 2 Bias one OF the
most enterprisine and sensible Of all the Springs pro
pretors His place h jewel set In the val
ley with its older neghbor Just noticed The Of
the Sweet caybeate become famous tonic, and the
baths are exquisite Mr. Bias has Just completed series
Of warm baths, admirably constructed, In which the
water can be tempered suit all but his large pool baths
the admiration and delight OF the great body Of guests
This lovely valley, rcpos.ng at the foot Of the noun
tans whose elevations are cheerful and bright Is like
emerald frame OF gold. The fertlixing dcpssit Of
ss sIS Ss s c
The whole surface undersd by tufs deposited by the
waters which al least good Mexican guano whom
farm Of Mr. Bias well that Of his neighbor Colonel
Lewis, which joins the old Sweet, was covered with a
swArd, which, for richness aud uIurlance, we have
four Of hay the The natural beauties OF the
place, including the remarkable Beaver Dam Falls, are
ygora,ng influences q the waters and the baths al the
Springs Tho old Sweet eighteen miles aud the swcct
Chaybcais seventeen miles from the white; but road
In progress that will bring the distance W about thr
teen miles
The sali Sulphur, tweniy-thrce miles from the
white, beautiful spot, blessed with dry and cxhars-
ting atmosphere Of the most popular a. il one
81 the best kept Of the watering places The springs
among the most valuable OF remedial agents South Carroll
especially partial to the Salt sulphur coming
| from warm region they know what comfort Is
The Red sulphur seventeen miles IRON the Salt It's
scdative influence s most remarkable There the COO
sumptiye finds not healing, pallation of his suffer-
ings that place else affords But the cures elected by
| II are well attested and wonderful.
The Blue Sulphur twenty two miles FROM the white is
nos agreeable place lis water closely resembles the
white, though not go strong MAJ Buster the proprietor,
The White and the two Sweets are about thirty miles
from the terminus OF the Central Rxsd, at JsckDu's
River, which distance IS traversed by nne stages.
NJ he the f,rfy