Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1863-03-27
WARM SPRINGS NoRTH.o6Ro1INA

health restoring qualities. We make the following
extract from letter from DR.. Love, one of the Ed
itors of the Hendersonvilie Times:
The locality is we'll known to most Of our readers
as being in the county Of Madison, N c., near (Six
miles FROM "Paint Rock which is a well known
point on the line between this State and Tennessee.
More particularly the "Springs" are on the west
ern side of French Broad almost in the edge of the
stream, and not exceeding one hundred yards above
the mouth of Spring Creek.
The Warm Springs tract of land, is not seen TO
advantage by travellers, who are merely passing the
main road, which lies on the opposite side OF the
river. You must come over to know what 1t really
is The bottoms wide and productive, lying on
both sides Of Spring Creek, and have yielded as
much as six thousand bushels of corn IN single
year, besides small grain. The water power is in
Spring Creek, and is amply sufficient for any pur-
pose whatever, and at all seasons of the year.
grist saw mill and thresher the two former relics
of antiquated times are daily peggng away, while
the in its escape lashes the rocks as if in fu
ry, at having spent its force to so little purpose
The bottom lands cut off from all other farming
lands, or farms, by the precipitous hills, almost
mountain high, which enclose them in every drec-
ton, barely giving entrance to Spring Greek and
French Broad and exit to the latter. BY one OF
these three routes all wheeled vehicles must arrive
and depart. Indeed even horsemen have no other
ingress or egress, and the necks of footmen would
be in danger moving on any other line.
The main building is a superb structure, (brick)
about 20ox40 feet q stories hg, with piazza and
fine colonade, full height Of the building, reaching
its entire length. The cottages which used to stand
at the western end of the main building, and on
line Herewith have had the intervening spaces fill
ed up by walls, forming other rooms, presenting
now a solid 'front.' more than equal to the said main
building, in length the whole front being about $40
feet The rooms in the cottage part are admirably
arranged. The building will accommodate about
three hundred visitors.
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grass and locust trees, and has a nicely arranged
carriage way. The ten pin alley" is near the riv-
err and partially concealed by bluff from the main
building. But "the Spring is the principal fea.
ture. The bath house has rather neat appearance
externally, and is good enough within, but the
baths " seem 10 have been constructed by main
strength without any regard to artistic skill or taste
in their arrangement The building, so to speak,
is double building, with similar apartments on each
side ola PARTITION running through the whole length,
one side for gentlemen, the other for ladies. The
outer door gives you admission TO what may be call
ed the entrance reception room, next the dress
ing room. with an an TO 1t hrSt and after this the
bath room, where you descend flight of steps,
about ten feet to the surface Of the water. Here
you pause for moment and look around. Fifteen
feet above your head is the ceiling on level with
that covering the entrance room. On level with
the floor of the same, is gang way say three feet
wide extending around three sides of the BATH tut
Above this gangway floor in the outer wall are
three windows, which light up the bath ROOM
Around you rises solid brick wall to the floor
above, giving the room Of the appearance Of
dungeon than resort for health and pleasure; and
you look around the bare dismal wall as if search
ing for the doors which lead to the prisoners cells
while the remembrance of monastic stories come
pouring in upon the mind
Below You is the hath-the water The pool is
about 2hNl5 feet-lnur feet deep and has bottom
of beautiful gray sand and small boulder rock. /
have never seen water so nearly transparent \ pin
finger ring can be plai?ly lying upon the
bottom, it seems to me, as they could be merely
through the atmosphere at the same distance
There does not appear to be any spring head, but
the heated water seems to OOSe up-nut boil-thrO'
the gray sandy bottom, many points This is
evidenced not by the moving of the sand but by
the little bubbles Of gas escaping from below. The
bubbles are generally small, say the size Of COM
mon bullet, but occasionally as large as walnut
These bubbles perceptble from the instant they
leave the sand, until they reach the surface. Some
times they escape sngly, but otener in clusters and
rapid succession forming column Of two three
inches in diameter, reaching from the bottom to the
surface. This is beautiful sight. Each of the lit
tie bubbles, of which sometimes hundreds are in
single column, looks like glohule Of silver as it is
struggling upward through the water. Reaching
the surface, the bubbles hiss around in every drec-
tion showing that confined gas is striving to lift its
little prison (the bGb5le) into the air, or burst
through its tiny walls and escape still upward,
through the atmosphere, so much more dense than
itself The struggle lasts but moment. The bub-
bic bursts its beautys lost the gas is gone. "Such
is life" The beautiful casket is broken, the spirits
gone, but we see it not.
The stairway is continuous to the bottom of the
bath When you first step into the water, you will
have an inclination to withdraw the foot as it will
appear rather warm for comfort having uniform
temperature through all seasons of 50 deg or one
degree above "blood heat" In a few moments
however, it becomes bearable and YOU descend into
the troubled waters with very pleaSurable emo
tons. Here, with plank and chair, you can lie
at full length, with every part of the body MINERS
ed except the face and forehead. Or if YOU prefer
you sit in your chair lean back against the wall,
cross legged if you WISH which will bring the water
to your chin, and there chew your tobacco or you
have tire and pipe, uhi9 off the time. Or you
may place yourself not quite so deep, have book,
and thus while away the tedium. | remain in
usually about one hour-SOmetimes two-come out,
go Immediately to my room, lie down on my bed,
wrap up with my shawl, and let morpheus do the
rest
This is a very uufavorabe season (win.er) for ba-
thing. Yet have found it very beneficial. When
came here, could neither walk, stand or sit ex-
cept in torture, and lying gave me but little relief
free f ffo Gnf pan &c &Hs s and B sRoS5
forget my walking stick when l would start to the
dining ROOM"
PUBLIC PERIL.-The existence Of the army de-
ponds upon its being supplied with food. We have
an abundance, and yet the army is suffering! The
Memphis appeal is assured the Chief of Subsistence
has been able to fill all acquisitions, with "bread,
meat, rice, sugar and molasses," and yet the army
at Vicksburg is not fed!
We have 6eiabored this subject until we heart
SICK and the work is not DONE and the peril still
threatens us. We assured that supplies Of
whskey are still kept hand tor officials; out that
will not sustain the troopsl Is there no helpP God
pity us!-NissiSsippi Crisis.
ADJuTANT GENERAL.-Gov. Vance has appointed
Col. Daniel G. Fowle Adjutant General, in place of
Adjutant General Martin. This is an excellent ap-
pointment Col. Fowie is gentleman Of talent and
business habits, and WILL we doubt not, give entire