Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1868-06-12
From the Charleston News.1
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THE VIRGINIA SPRINGs-OPEN-
ING OF WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS
FOR SEAsON.-Whatever may be the
vicissitudrs of the future, IL will be
many long years before Southerners
forget the beatitudes of the Virginia
Springs i'm the days before the war
As naturally rs flew the swallow
homcward, did southerners turn to
the blue mountains of Virginia and
drink in there, in few short weeks,
deep draughts of enjoyment, which
were tonics for mind and body, during
the rest of the business or fashionable
season. None have forgotten the pic
turesqe cabins, the huge hotels, the
ever-glOrious mountain peaks, the
dancing, the flirting, the match-ma-
king, the bracing mountain air; all
ity and general good times-that sum-
mer of ambition-that unapproacha-
bic, indcscribable and never-to-be-
sufficiently praised, heart stirring,
.ioymaking scenc-the old Virginia
Springs.
Much has been lost that will never
be recovered, but most Of Our old en-
.ioymcnts gradually return. Last year
the White Sulphur-King of Virginia
Springs. Grand Mogul Of health and
vigor, Tycoon of quips, cranks, fun
and frolic--was opened for the first
time since the war. Hundreds Of
Southerners flocked to the old place,
and found that II retained all Its nat
ural charms. There were some short
comings, some little annoyanccs, and
1t was reserved for the present season
to witness the White Sulphur rcdi-
rjpus-to witness IL in n new and
glowing garb, which IL as far ahead of
the robes OF n year ago as the present
silks and satins are ahead OF "home-
spun dress" that Southern ladies
wore.
10 is not every man that can keep n
hotel, and IL IL not one hotel keeper
in n thousand that could run The
White Sulphur Springs. But Peyton
4 Co., the present proprletors, have
an inspiration, an dffdtus Of their
own, and have breathed into the
famed watering place new life, and
given to II startling resurrection.-
1.-TWO thousand feet above tide wa
ter; every deep inspiration making
the blood dance through the veins like
quicksilver; every cold water fight
ending In the defeat Of all the blues
and all the ailments that mortal ever
knew. There Is the renowned parlor,
which IL half as large again as the
east room In the White House there
Is the dining room, the largest In the
world, being three hundred feet long
and seating twelve hundred persons (;
there IL the "lover's walk" dear to
maid and swain there IL the finest
bathing establishment In the country;
there is the bowling alley and the
billiard room: there IL Roscnbcrger, =
brass band, which discourses golden
music: n table that would tempt even
the man who "feasts with" Luculltls
tonight; and, lastly, valetudinary
kitchen, where invalid visitors will,
upon valid excuse, be furnished with
all the dclicacies which the sick and
feeble require. The White Sulphur
has accommodation for fifteen hun
dred guests, and can find room for
twice that number.
! The White Sulphur has all the old
traditions and all the new attractions,
all the charms OF nature and art, all
that can tickle the palate and elevate
the soul who but poor slave OF
the pen would not throw care 10 the
dogs, leave reconstruction 10 take care
OF itself, haste to the depot, and, aftel
a long railroad trip and twenty mile
ride through the finest country thal
America knows, find "himself, her
self and the little selvesn in tina
"New Eden. and "Bower Of Perpetu
al Bliss" the White Sulphur Springs
THE picture Of Grant displayed a
the Chicago convention was inscribed
"Match him. but the telegraph, u
many instances, altered the phrase Z
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