The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-09-16
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|16dtcHs parior, aEFee9biy toEprevious nor
|tlcsi and were eseorted to the grand supe
Ipeks&oom by the MSssrs. PsytonSin pefi
SON assisted by John B. Einsley, chief
clerk one of the mbst spopular Attaches
Rcf the White Sulphur &Barhard, Peyton.
and others, who saw them seated at the
tables, Il we'll -officered and manned by
obltgipg walters. After the prompt dis
cussionc of the rich viapds prepared,
Hon. Robert Ould, of Richmond, was
called upon to preside. No regular
toasts had been prepared. but those of
an impromptu and volunteer nature were
numerous, and went the jocund round
of the board, meeting with responses
couched in the best language and feel
ing. There was an entire absence of po-
litical remark and feeling, and nothing
was said or done calculated to give the
slightest tinge of personal nature to the
occasion, so provocative of the kindest
and most genial of sentiments.
At 2 o'clock, the; supper over, the ex-
ercise of nimble and fairy feet was re-
sumed in the ballroom by tho whole
company. At o'clock all was over, and
the train that took its departure at g. 40
bore away on the wings of steam the
majority of the press guests, and muny
others, to whom time was up in the
mountains.
The press ball concludes the ball car
nlval here, and the season is about wind
ing up with flourish of grand success
1t has been the most successful with the
Peytons since their assumption of the
great White Sulphur. The greatest num-
Der OF guests present at any one time was
2,100; the number now here is between
700 and 800. But q cOterie of guests W %
seek these springs for real pleasure aid
health-to drink the waters and enjoy
the bracing air of the mountains-are
arriving here now, and the second season
the best of the year-will continue
through October. The hotel will be kept
open hereafter during the entire year.
A feature which gives pleasing variety
to life here is the daily incursion of noun
taineers, who come down from all direc-
tions with stree sugar." fruits, and all
manner of provender, which they hawk
about the extensive grounds. These
'frosty sons of thunder" clad in home
spun and bronzed by exposure, and some
times accompanied by
''The maidens who rouse to manipulate COWS
AT five O'Clock in the morning."
contrast strongly with the daintily dressed
and highly polished promenaders scatter
ed throughou out the grounds.
The White Sulphur Springs are stu
ated on Howard's Greek, in Greenbrier
County, West Virginia; and upon the
Western slope of the great Appalachian
chain of mountains which separate the
waters that flow into Chesapeake Bay
from those that run into the Gulf of
Mexico. The situation Of the spring j.
elevated and beautifully picturesque,
surrounded by mountains on every side.
Kate's Mountain is in full view, and
about two miles to the South; to the
West, and distant about one mile, are
the Greenbrier Mountains, while the
towering Allegheny, in its magnificent
proportions, is found five miles to the
North and East. The spring is in the
midst of the celebrated Spring Re-
gion," having the "Hot," Warm" and
Healing Springs from thirty to thirty five
miles to the North; the ''Sweet" and the
Sweet Chalybeate, sixteen miles to the
East; the Salt and the Red Sulphur,
the one twenty-four, the other forty one
miles to the South. It's latitude is about
3715 degrees North, and its longitude
81 degrees West from Washington. Its
elevation above tide-water is 2, 900 feet.
The temperature of its waters is GO de-
grees Fab, from which, MS we are in
formed, they do not vary during the heat
of summer or the cold of winter.
In the spring of 1857, this property
was purchased by a company of gentle
men, residing principally in Virginia,
who, in virtue of an Act of the Legisla-
lature, associated themselves in joint
stock company, under the name of the
"White Sulphur Springs Company" In
conformity with the public demand for
large extension of aocomm odations,
the company Immediately entered upon
q liberal and extensive system of i'm
provement, designed alike to increase
the capacity of the property for the
accommodation of visitors. and at the
same time to beautify and adorn the
grounds. To these ends they have erect
ed the largest building in the Southern
country-its Dimensions being 400 feet
in length by corresponding width, and
covering more than an acre of ground.
The building is appropriated for receiv-
ing-rooms, dining-room, ballroom, par
lors, lodging-rooms, etc. The parlor is
one of the most elegant and spacious
saloons in America, being half Us large
again as the celebrated East room in
Washington. The dining-room is one of
tho To- 4.