Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1861-08-20

Invitation 20 the fnta1Id}0n1csrs aud
soldiers OF the Confederate States
Army now I'm Virginia.
The Ladies' Soldiers Aid Society. of the
Natural Bridge District, in the County of
Rockbridge, Virginia, cordially INVITE all
the invalid officers and soldiers of the Con-
federate States. now anywhere in Virginia
whether in hospital, camp, or elsewhere =
whose comfort and health would be promoted
by visit to the mountains, to make our
houses their homes during their Gonzales
cence and pleasure. Proud of such guests
the heroic defenders of our country-every
door tn the country swings wide open to well
come them; and we will only be too happy
if we can succeed in making their stay among
rs as pleasant to them as we are sure it will
be delightful to US. Our pure mountain air
and water, and our shaded and quiet farm
houses, will, we trust, soon restore them to
health, and enable them to crafty their pa
triotic aspirations by resuming the active du-
ties OF the camp and field.
We confess little vanity mingles with our
apparent hospitality; for we want to show
our Southern friends our magnificent noun
tain scenery, in rich and varied picturesque
ness, rivaling that of Switzerland; the Natu-
raj Bridge, that sublime masterpiece of Ma
lures masonry; that noble institution, the
Virginia Military Institute, the most impos-
ing edi6ce in the State; the bronze copy of
HoudOn's fac sinsiLe statue of Washington;
the venerable College of Washington, endow-
ed by the Father of his Country, and now
nobly represented in the field by the Liberty
Hall Volunteers, the flower of our youth; our
decent churches and school-houses; our fer
tile farms and snug dwellings; our green
meadows and bending orchards; our cold
springs and clear streams; and last, but not
least, our sturdy, flaxen-haired boys, and our
red checked and bright-eyed mountain girls.
In our unsophisticated mountain homes,
(where we affect neither French manners nor
cuisine,) we can premise our honored guests
nothing in the way of creature comforts but
plain old Virginia ham, tender beef and NUT
ton, fat chicken, broiled and stewed, sweet
and buttermilk, fresh yellow butter, corn
broad, light rolls, roasting ears, potatoes, to-
matoes, beans, apples, peaches,- melons, and
other seasonable fruits and vegetables, with
airy and quiet chambers, clean beds and fresh
sheets, and an ample supply OF pure cold
water, fresh from the gushing spring. Un-
used to hardships, we trust our self-sacrifcing
soldiers will be content with our plain bill of
fare. seasoned aa it is with the heartiest of
welcomes.
While our invitation is most cordially ex-
tended to az our Southern friends, without
distinction of rank, we confess we will be par
ticularly glad to see some of those lion-hsart-
ed heroes who secured the independence and
liberty OF their country on the immortal field
of Manassas. Come all, and come n0so!
A comfortable packet leaves Lynchburg on
Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, at 8, A.
NJ, and arrives at Balcony Falls, % miles, in
about seven hours. Gentlemen will be in
waiting there to receive our guests.
Mrs. DR.. WATSON, P. S. A. S.
Mrs. G. G. BALDWIN, Sec'y.
Aug. 10, 1861.
The following gentleman will please act as
committees to receive guests:
At Balcony Fals-Col. Johns, Q. L. Locker,
C.. c. Baldwin, John Echols, had ]. S. Bald
win.
At Greenlee's Fary-Dr. Watson, +. L. An
derson, VIM. Paxton, and Capt. Burks.
At Gilnaer's Ml-Capt. John Gilmore, +.
Guggenheimer. and S. Crawford.
At Natural Bridge-Dr. Houston, Thomas
Nilsson. S. McClintic, John Luster, DR.. Chand-
Ter. VIM. Arnold, DR.. Shields, and James
Campbell.
At Lerinqson-Col. Reid, Hugh Barclay,
Prof Campbell, w. G. Lewis, G. w. johnson,
and James D. Davidson.