The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-05-16

lalIS loT IltdSuTc anu hCaitH. -No SouhtiS
in the world is 50 bountifully endowed
with beautiful scenery, delicious atmos-
phcrc, and mineral waters of wonderful
efficacy in restoring vigor to wcaried bodies
and rcconstructing broken constitutions,
as Virginia. Her mountains and valleys
TEEN with these. Go almost anywhere
amongst them, and the traveller meets
with such scenes and such watcrs-with
that grateful and refreshing air and tenn
pcraturc which seem to be alike cndued
with fragrance and the balmy breath Of
health. One sweet nights rcpose in the
mountain region of Virginia is to the re-
sidcnt OF the dcnScly- populated metropo-
lis, with its heated and oppressive atmos-
phcrc, like night in Elysium itself.
The war greatly interrupted the business
Of the Sprinss--not only in suSpcnding the
annual meetings of the visitors to them,
but in causing the removal, sale, or de-
Struction of furniture, and the dilapidation,
from neglect, of buildings. This, however,
has not been the fate of all the Springs
alike. Some have suffered but little, as
they were not in the route of raids or
marching armies. Some of these are al
ready prepared or getting ready for visit
orS the ensuing season. We notice that
some of the most popular are already adj
vcrtiScd. We give below Il brief account
of these. and will return to the subject
again at future day, since ii is one in
tcrcSting alike To individuals and the pco-
pie ut largc-thc mineral springs of Viz
ginia having an important relation to the
general wealth and prosperity of the State.
TUE HEALING SPRINGS have, perhaps,
gained reputation rs rapidly as any disco
rcred in the mountains OF Virginia. They
are in Bath county, within eight miles of
the Warm, and three OF the Hot Springs,
all of which are within the bosom Of one
Of the most beautiful valleys to be found
anywhere. They are twenty-thrcc miles
from Milborough depot, on the Central
railroad--pa>Senger being conveyed from
the depot in firSt-claSS coaches, by fine
road, through a picturesque country. The
air Of the lovely valley in which this re-
markable group Of springs is located is
pure and animating; the thermometer sell
dom rises above eighty degrees Fahrcn-
hcit--usually ranging from sixty to seven
ty five degrees. The waters OF the Heal
ing Springs are used for both drinking and
bathing, and have produced most cXtraor-
binary cures, embracing wide range of
diseases, including all of scr0fulous ma
ture, dyspepsia, bronchitis, kidneys, rheu-
matiSm, cutancous, and every species Of
physical debility and ieebleness. Of a
number Of the remarkable cures effected
by these Springs, we speak from our own
personal knowledge.
To those familiar with the Healing
Springs we need only mention that Mr.. S.
A. PORTER is still the manager of the esta-
blishment. A more obliging and conside-
rate landlord is not to be met with any
where. He takes care that everything is
in "apple-pic ORDER" and that nobody
shall be neglected. Whether the visitor
goes for being cured or being fed, he will
find that he has made no mistake when he
gets to the Healing Springs.
THE RoCKBRIDGE ALUM SPRINGS is the
great hcad-ccntre of the chalybeate alum
springs, and has gained fame as extensive
as any in the Union for the wonderful cures
it has wrought, especially in the family OF
scrofulous and cutaneous diseases. These
springs are in Rockbridge county, five
miles from Marlborough depot, and eight
from Goshen depot, on the Central railroad.
Fine four-horsc post-coaches convey pas
scngers from either to the Springs. Before
the war, the number of guests at the Rock
bridge Alum for many years gave 1T rank
in popularity as the third in the State !;
while, taking the number of the sick merely
into account, it had perhaps the largest
number of all the watering places. The
old White and the Sweet, great as are their
healing virtues, were famous besides for
their fashionable throngs, rs both nature
and art had given them allurcmcnis for the
dcvotcc of pleasure and social cnjoyments
that could not he equalled elsewhere. DR..
CARTWRIGHT places the Rockbridge Alum
above the waters of Passy in cases of Ian
gor of the digestive system and in the cure
of scorbutic affections, visccral engorge
ments, passive hemorrhages, piles, &c. All
physicians who have ever visited or tested
the waters of these Springs recommend
them earnestly for all depraved conditions
of the constitution involving an unhealthy
condition OF the blood.
The general management OF the ROCK
bridge Alum, under the wcll-known pro-
prietors, Messrs. FRAZIER & RANDOLPH, has
been admirable, as the large number Of
their guests, for many seasons, so well at
test.
CoYNER's SULPHUR SPRINGS, in Botetourt
Immediately upon the Virginia and
Tennessee railroad, have deservedly high
reputation for efficacy in disease as well
IS for being most convenient and
retreat for the purposes of re-