Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1869-08-16
Letter from White Sulphur Springs.

| rCorrespondence OF the Alexandria Gazette
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, August "A
This corner of Greenbrier county, w. Va IS,
~ most pcople are aware, the scene o! those
annually recurring summer festivities Tor which
| it has long been so widely and SO justly ''!c'
brated, The place is IN every way emlnenily
adapted for putting III the gay anH festive
| Term. Its natural advantages tor such rur-
rose need not he reiterated by lirginianS TO
| Virpinians nor need It's beautiful location and
surrounding romantic spots be made the themes
with which to smear paper ard wear out type:
These points have been elaborated and discussed
in connection with the excellence OF sulphur wa
ter, until the ma jorty OF people IN thus partlc
Mar portion Of the world have become so vers,d
| in our mountain spring topography that py the
| simple mention of the three words, White sui
phur Springs, they can drink in at a guess oil
| thought" 50 to speak, the biz hotel OF the en-.
| tcr,iri.ing Peyt0ns 4 Co., the six thousand
acres. with their lovely walks, owned by los
SLICED CORPORATION Of LincQln's adjoining ) ate.
The carriages with their tremendous clouds u
| dust, the lovely lawns, vclocIrcdc Kinks, hunt
| ing spots, sulphur springs, iron water "idS'
| and the Lord knows what morc-ali ta"cn
| in at one stretch OF irGinan : lcrtiic ihiaIi
nation, and that idea IS produced Dy th'
simple mention OF the words above named
| Surely. then, there can he no need for saying
ANYTHING that has already been said, both well
and i'll. n thousand times and more, concerning
the cxceencics OF the place. Ihey, at least,
are well enough known, and the knowledge oi
them obtaining at present outside OF Hrilla
| and the South Is beginning to MAKE oara'og'
| quake for her waning glory and 10 neip III
| aiding the happy work OF the material re-
| suscitation of the Virginias less dtfcult task
| than many sometime ago tlcpated.
Society here Is somewhat different from that
which we usually find at Northern watering
places, ia that we see less shoddy mere IMAM
obtains at the las,itudina Laying of spots OF
| Northern girls OF the period and their much
respected matters and matters famlIias
The accommodations at the hotel are excellent,
ard are far superior to those of this season at
the White Mountains. The P.ytonS d thcIf
utmost to make their guests comfortable anu
| happv The table is in all respects first class,
and although the rooms may not be quite so
large as those at Saratoga, yet 1t is pleasing TO
find that in spite OF this very slight drawback,
| crowds Of the best people representing the ~
| tellgence and culture of the nation, are daily
arriving from all parts OF the country. Among
the distinguished people at present at the hoteI
are: Gen. Robert +. Lee, of Lexington, Va.
y He is very much spoken OF, and beloved as
well, indeed by the whole South as by the
guests, without exception. lie, however
courts no demonstration, and exhibits. under
the circumstances q modc'ty OF demeanor and
noblepess of disposition, either OF which char-
acteristics might well be, at least initiated III
other and I'm some eyes, more prominent
!, louarters. Gems. Beauregard, Jos. h. Brent,
j. b. Magruder, Tcxas; Gary, South Carona:
Lindsay Walker cx Governor Henry A. Wise
ex.member OF Congress Morton; Geo. Pea
body; w. w. Cochran, banker, Washington
Johns Hopkins, Mayor Banks, Robert e.
Barry, r. K. Kirkland, VIM. Collins, DE- +
Hanson Thomas, j. NJ. Cook, Baltimore, ND
Baltimore society seems to be that most
strongly represented at the springs TINS year
The fine old State, which by her nobleman
founder frs. established liberty OF conscience
on this continent. we notice sends no oreS"el
men here. How is this? The Baltimorean,
here are all first cass-and none OF them Rad
t ;ral,l There must surely have been great
change from the time when Lincoln sent his
private letter to his boon friend declaring that,
'henceiorih Maryland would breathe purel
, (by which he meant RadicaD atmosphere.
! Tho Ballmo.cnnn ut this point evidently need
demonstrating. NoJouNNER'
"PRIDEs PURGE Readers OF Engllsl
history are familiar with the Transaction of on'
COL Pride, who, during the civil war, wa
raised by The Roundhcld5 to the dignity OF ;
Colonel in the Parliamont's army, We'll, TIL:
Col Pride undertook to purge the Parliament
turning out no less than two hundred and one
of the people representatives at the point o
the bayoLet, leaving the celebrated "Rump
to the full enjoyment OF their seats, and cloth
ed with the whole power OF the state, Sutitc
only to the military arm, which was supreme.
This invasion Of tie Parliament was ever at
forwards known as 'Pridc's Purge.
And now, the question Is Have We
Pride among Us, and are the people leglsli
Tors TO be subjected to such Purge" as the
English soldier administered? With all the
evidence before us OF the effect OF such mill
tary uSurpation," in the growth OF domestic
faction and the destruction of the pub he cred
il. can there be found man in Virginia who
will Justify such an outrage upon the rights OF
a free people ? Alas we know to well that
there are some such who, in the name OF a
party, and to promote the interests OF men IN
lent only on securing place and plumber, coun-
sci this invasion OF the rights of legislative
bodies, and of the people -LmchLHg IN
qnIiaR.
| A MoTnER's INFLUENCE How touching
| ~ TINS tTlhuth oil the latc iloH l. IL. Dcutoi
to Iii, mother ianucncc: NJ mother asked
me never to use tobacco; have never touched
il from that time to the present day. She
asked me not To gamble, and / have never
ramb,ci cannot tell who il losing in games
that are being played. She aimonishcd me,
too, against liquor drinking, and whatever clpa-
city for Endurance have at present, anl what
ever useiuIncas may have attained through
life, | have attributed to having complied with
her pious and correct wishes, When | was
seven years of ago she asked me not to drink,
and then made q resolution Of total ab-ti-
ncnco and that have adhered to II through
all time, | owe to my mother.
FAST TINE. Mr.. Bonner TOOK Dexter over
to Brooklyn yesterday afternoon, and drove
him mile on tho Prospect Fair Grounds in
the extraordinary time OF 2.224. This Is the
fastest time ever made to 4 road wagon. Dex-
ter, two years ago. trottod a mile in public
race, before Mr.. Bonner owned him, IN 22f to
n skeleton wagon, which time has never been
| beaten in public: but Yesterday IN going TO