Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1860-08-15
Warrenton Springs.

" AkREAfoS CPklSGS, ADJUST I'm, 1860
-"Shall | go to Warrenton Springs 10.
night?" asked | of myself, last Friday eve.
ming. "Can you get there" was the rrs.
ponse. Il shall try" said $50 started
And, sitting in the halfhghted car tina,
night, surrounded by sleepy traveIlers--mo,
of whom had been sold by the Great East.
ern-looking out upon the misty darkness,
my thoughts reverted, among other things
to summerings in by-gone days.
You often hear it said, that the time e.,
concentrated musnS upon our past and IN.
ture lives, is when We are alone in the wood.
or fishing in some shady creek but tbes.
are not the times, and such remarks havo
no weight, except that of the years they bes,
with them No; the time for the attack ~
remorse for past conduct, and that for fran.
! ing resolutions for our future course, j. when
we are travelling, with no companion, 4,
night in crowded railroad car; when h.
Jar of the revolving wheels marks and p.
minds US of the hours, and the snort Of tho
locomotive, rs it approaches each station, d
I
it is that the minds retrospective glance hu,
fuller scope, and the pictures in prospective
loom up more boldly.
While absorbed in my reveries, the con.
ductor called out ''Bealton,' and when
had cotton on the platform. gentleman
who lived in the neighborhood, kindly inyi
ted me to spend the remaining portion OF the
night with him. and early i'll the morning he
carried me over TO the Springs about SIX
miles distant.
have "done" land been done for in turn
the fashionable and fascinating watering
places and ere | became is now, amo.,s
staid bachelor, have had my annual longing
, for the rush and crush OF the inland resorts
and have sighed for the seaside with il,
short commons and powerfully long hills
But have grown wiser now. There is fun
enough at the White Sulphur and at Sar.
toga; but Warrenton Springs are the Springs
| for me.
While sultry August is pouring its hot
breaths, loaded with malaria, through the
chinks in the brick walls Of our thriving
city, am far away from the hum and noise
of its dusty and rough paved streets and
from the clamor of its railroad and steam.
boat whistles, seated quietly at my table, in
room No. -, Rowdy Hall-the reputatiouof
which building, among all other old things
at these Springs, is rapidly passing away
and its rooms, so often in former years the
scene of bacchanalian orgies, are now be.
ing transformed into the contest OF adir,
boudoirs.
Warrenton Springs is memorable among
& g. lad, -,
tunities for unobserved tiirtations, which its
beautifully laid out walks and promenade
| grounds afford; and not less known and ap
preciated by managing mammas, for the
| eligible young men who here do congrega.e
less of the swell mob character than are
found at other watering places. Saratoga
and the White Sui phur are the Afcaliau
retreats of Hungarian and Polish "Counts"
with unpronounceable names. and unmen.
| tionable characters, and New York barber.
in disguise who sponge upon creduOGs
| public, and, by great parade OF brass con
trive to snare in their nets nnsuspecting aud
sentimental young ladies, thereby causing
great deal of talk and scandal before the
adventurer is got rid Of and the nine days
wonder is lost to view.
The register exhibits few names from
the North, but by far the greatest number
are from the Southern States.
Among the many bellies now here, would
mention the Misses SIS, of Norfolk Miss
c.. Of Culpeper; Miss c., Of Fred
| erick; Miss T., of Alexandria; and the
Misses p and t, of the District; and
when these, with their associates and beaux
60 through the may figures Of the dance
as they did the reel last nghtin the bril-.
lanty lighted ballroom, a rare picture oil
beauty, pleasure and youth is presented.
Though the water Of these Springs is very
beneficial in some diseases, il Is rarely USED
with persistence sufficient TO produce raiI
cal cure-those using it generally addings
fly. The taste to myself is very much like
the smell Of old eggs, and yet you will see
bevies of beautiful girls quatting glass after
glass, with evident gusto.
II you are fond of IL good breakfast, do as
did, and arrive ust before breakfast time:
and if. after eating the tender and Juicy
mutton-chop or beet.steak, the cool and sweet
butter, and the white bread, you don't ex'
perience a calmness Of mind. and a feeling
above the generality of sublinary matters
am not Judge If you add 10 this, the
excellent attention and willing service, lhnt
Sans hopes We're of the deferred kind. yol
will doubtless say that it is much better 10
stay month or two here, than ut one Of the
Northern watering places, with surly negroes
for walters, who require twenty-five cents 4,
every meal, before they condescend to attend
upon you. The writer speaks of things a'
they are, and not from Il desire to Z I've note.
riety to the place.
In conclusion, Mr. IIudginS, assisted, IS
he is, by Messrs Roberts, Green, and Cole.
man, each one Of whom can keep hotel,
compose corps, which, for gentlemanly be-
haviour and polite attention to guests, re-
mains to be equalled.
Of the village of Warrenton, | will say.
that the idle loungcr and loiterer, in summer
time, need seek no fairer spot to rest his TOOL
upon. Its inviting appearance the neaines'
of its streets, and the cool quiet and silence
pervading them, were truly refreshing. ana
meeting, Us | did there. my good and true
friends, W. IL. B., of Rappahannock ana
II. NJ, of New Orleans, my trip to war
renton was rendered one of the pleasan'e''
in my life.
The gentleman at whose hospitabIe house
staid on Friday night, who drove me over
to the Springs next morning, and whose ~,
imtable anecdotes enlivened our early roe
will please accept my thanks for his kln'
ness rs will also DR.. W. H., for his klng
treatment, including that might cap ahu