The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-08-22

ia Tie evening, have contributed to their
nonularity. But the rare excellence of the
fare. the perfect attendance from large
CORPS OF wslI-trained servants, and the
famous administrative ability of Mr.. Hefel-
finger, have lifted this place from compa-
rative obscurity into widespread popu-
larity.
The water Of the three springs here are
sulphur, alum, and chaly and their
taste and effects seem to be precisely like
those of the Greenbrier White Sulphur and
the Rockbrid Alum. A fine band of mu-
sic, and the presence Of q large number OF
attractive ladies, afford very pleasant night
" hops, and music, croquet, ten-plns,
riding and driving. fiji the measure OF daily
amusement. The place is favorite resort
for families, and there are more happy ana
healthy-looking children here than ever
remember to have seen at Virginia WAFER
ing place.
In consequence of the conviction when
ia hecominr universal at the South and tide
water Virginia that September will be
more than usually unhealty, the company
IL increasing at this place, and visitors are
At last making the discovery that to leave
tbe mountains in the long weeks Of septem-
Der. is now akin to insanity. 1t is more
than probable, therefore, that the Augusta
Springs will continue well attended 1or
three or four weeks to come.
AS popular watering place without
masquerade and fancy ball would DE Like
the play Of Hamlet with the character of
Hamlet omitted, ball of this description
passed off last night with great success. AS
the " Augusta Springs are situated near
Staunton, and in the midst of county OF
singular fertility and beauty, there were
large accessions TO the company from that
town and the neighboring country.
The rooms were crowded with large,
fashionable, well dressed, and refined COM
pany, and we have rarely met with larger
number of pretty women and fne-looking
men. Richmond, Norfolk, Staunton, Balti-
more, Huntsville, Mobile, Petersburg, and
a number of other localities, were well re-
presented. The Mosques were numerous,
grotesque, fanciful, sentimental, comic, and
picturesque, and afforded infinite entertain
ment to the hundreds who thronged the
rooms. Richmond was particularly con-
spicuous in the number of those in fancy
costumes, but we refrain from violating the
sanctity of social life by publishing either
initials or full names.
This habit we have always regarded as
more honorable in the breach than in the
observance. AS the company continues to
increase, and as there have been considera-
BILE accessions to the gay and youthful ele-
ment of the company during the last few
days, the grand dress-ball of the season has
been reserved for the first Of September.
For this, much special preparation will be
made, elaborate toilets prepared, and vast
throng of visitors from the vicinage will
pour in. The country around this place is
the finest have ever seen; the farms are
small, compact, and well cultivated, and the
farmers the finest specimens Of independent,
robust, and intelligent, Woodworking agri-
culturists I have ever seen. If any Vir-
ginian from tide-water wishes to see what
the white man can achieve in the cultiva-
ton of wheat, corn, tobacco, and oats, let
him come up here and see how completely
in the economy of the farm the negro is ig-
nored. And the splendid profits of agricul-
ture, the fine cattle, well-fed horses, and
fat hogs and sheep, all attest what bless
ing it is to be free from Cuffee and his
thriftlessness. A.