The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1869-07-22
VIRGINIA SPRINGS CORRESPOND.


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.,n., UsasE
Nosrcon@y ejnT.rY Vs
y July n. isso
Mn, ENRON, Attracted hy an oavo,.t.o
,,on, T., 80. 30 49,. ~ -" ','',
"0n' :" you' PoPer Vi tnis justly coieorn'eu
watering place, we purchased our tickets at
the office Of tho Orange and Alexandria rail.
road. under tina Mat rono,,,,, uo,o,, had o,r
-, ."'
oagsaBo eahea ior, anu was ABOARD ny 10
minutes to O'Clock next morning tho Alex
audria steamer at the foot of Seventh street,
wh,ch ,.udoa ma on. horr acorwar,. -, an,
. i"s ~, s' ne ae' "''e' "'''u' WI '"0
sacred SOIL we iound inc cars there waiting
TO take US to Lynchburg, where we arrived
about q o'clock. alonpside the Virginia and
Tennes.ee % "a, had oSr ia gooo trans ferrsd
checked. &c. for Rio Tunnel denot on ,his
line. when the iron horse gave nnmistakabic
notice Of his intention 10 mi ns throngh ,h.t
eyening or burst a boiIers ThanS bsayen
no accident Occurred to mar the pleasure of
trim q n far Wa arrival At thu hitr N al
nv o'clock. and founa Messrs' Wilson q
ioren,.,s ma s.engsr r.,Iwsv car wh,ch
landed ma in Ina reeen,ion room of tbo hotel
in ten minutes. where we fonnd a verv select
nomn,ny nrincipaiir fron I nn,sio No roxas
a "a athsr .nr,harn q, atos al n rhnn, .ns.I
in The bIghcst terms of he medicinal oroii,
lies Of The waters, their magic efisct on tSoss
sniIering from dropsy. dyspepsia, and Other
peculiar nervous affections.
The scenery ia of The mos, ;mpo.ino cho,.
acter the climate deliphtful ana tho fresh
mountain air bracinp and we'll cslcnIated ~
restore The aagging energios NJ the bodv and
impart bouyancy to the mind. The hotel
cottages and dining saloon senar.,a anI
anart from each other are admirahIv az
ranrad ava agard an,,,a aoaor,naJ:,,
for N ieas a. one sand Srasts TSo ,ah,ns
ars honn,isn,iv snouissd w,h ar0r az aoi rocs
,he e erchsrt am MI, aS p hns ~ 20 say .ns'
express and post-ofiice open at all hours to
facilitate his business sportsmen-abun-
dance Of game 10 the mountains and fields
around; gamesters-the billiard table, bowl
ing saloon, and every other sort of saloon
down to velocipede saloon (rlnk) setting
forth their peculiar attractions. The fast
young man can crack his whip DER as fast a
pair as ever left Mr.. J. Prices, or stage 1t
hhiouku thc hOuuthlu Wllub 10 Tue
Salt, Sweet and Greenbrier White Sulphur;
while the sentimentallst and lovers OF the
beautiful can crafty their tastes among the
shaded walks or from extensive porches and
observatories which adorn these well-con-
structed buildings, all Of which they will
find relieved, If not enlivened, by the spirited
music OF the Washington Metropolitan
Band, led on by the inimltablo Malone, on
MS coronet piston.
We are all now on tho qi pips for the ar
derstand b,ye bean extorS.i 10 p.osi,s,,,
uoietanu, haNe oeen eN'eEGSu 10 rfesiucnt
Sraht andsute, governor walker and other
distinguished men, civil and military, to
meet here about the lat of August. which.
We hone will be acconted a5d 10 ,hai,
friendly Intercourse obiiterate ANY trace Of
ill-feelfng which the late unhappy war en-
gendered. RoLAxpo.
BERKELEY SPRINGS, wEsr vIRsISIA,l
JplyH. is0,
lew lacts III RELATION 10 TINS place may
DC OIL interest 10 the readers OF the REruB-
LIZ ~ ,,,,
Mhen oeheral braIdoeks army marched
IIonl hieaupurla 70 TOT Dulueshe, II en-
e sssir ~ 'I p mouth OF wnat Is now called
sr 19nns nun, so.ealled In honor OF Sir
'onn sinclair, aquartermaster in that army.
Az tnat Ting the springs were In use by
.he inuians anu the water was regarded by
'ne g US promotve Q, healtn.
Lhese sprlugs arc known 70 nave oeeh the
nrs' lasnionaoie watering place In this coun'
n.y., Wy, o. ,h used 10 suen as early as i'oS'
'nU III, 'nau vue hunufeu years ago.
The colonial legislature ofVirginin In ITO
passed an act establishing a town, out Of q
grant OF land made the colony ey Lord Fair.
TAX OF "hich the following Is the preamble
whereas, IL hath been represented to the
genera assembly,, mat the laying of OF hfty
IN. ws,tsn snri"s, pu ,hs sau LOT 'Gwa a.
ley, viii be Of great Utility by encoupsgiav
the purchasers thereof to but Id convenient
houses lot aecommodsting numbers Of inhrm
cnxstv " tbs,, hsei yearly LOT me re-
..,a ~ -. = A.. ,-
60, W. W III w. n'uue IN august, l,h
uenoi ~ ""Iu'ns'9%n, Sharles .atroi, zen
e oha,s5 io,s' Lo,u 80 t ,h anu o,hers pur
ehaseu Iots on NIich they erected cottages
nn r W rsa.ens"s ne schedule &c
,ow'na. washington Will eon'aihS 'ne ioi
U"ins,
pam, OF warm springs, Two well-stuated
s sSoo ha Tue ouauungs 70 Tue amount OF
soov. NJ io's III Ds,n, Two aololning,
eost he, W WV oes. oi my reeollectloh, De-
tneem ioi'y anu MY Pounus twenty years
age. w
, mess iots aie now owned py HON Wm'
Z. Doie, commissioner Oh lnaian aualrs
unaer the admlnisuatlon OF nr. Lincoln,
auu upon "hicn no mas cIecteu hh eIegah'
conage lor summer residence
Inc waters Oh berkeley gush out from the
1901 OF the warm spring ridge In number 5oa
OF eoplous fountains, discna,go ay I i,IoV
gallons per mn ,.s, ' NJ 'Jp ,s ocautli.l
m cream '"'e'' ''s io'o"ae opposite
ha Ny
the WAFER - lgnl, SPerkiing anu tasteless,
anu az temperature OF 20 deg. winter and
summer; inc creek formed py does not
IreeZe uurins WINTER, mus AIDING TO It's
'a mn ior MISUNDERSTANDING purposes,
,-h,ne ,hRfoSeuleh.s are Two notes, one Oh
Wv. nan,powan n'S Ha.s iour hundred VISIT
kt,s @ V T, containing
vua ,maIS. 'V S'n, la, he ua'ns are OF &c,
saun sseHT iue' io"s, hye icet VIDE az
. ,ou, anu na,i ,ees ueeP. gem o aeu
him taas JAN jail PooI s'h ssst decn nn
ninn ypr IT, ho,,s " Tor ladies "a wal, a. .
snimpmin a's 80. "a or pool thirty feet Iou@ NV
si,ta'. vide. "
these baths are bipblv estcomed "a n I'M,
ury and a General reSed,,I agant IN ~,
mstism thew are REGARDED "a yerv ef,ea.
cious, Tbrre never has hecn m acenraao
analysis of the water Tia iuno,Sao, naao
which vera n,5e fo,v 49,. @ H Hnus