The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-06-25

few, menthsthe scene was Transformed To n
village Of handsome and agreeable cottages,
and the grounds were arranged and adorned
with uncommon tastc.s Where else save II,
America cal, you behold such transfornsa.
tons? We always thought that we and, our ,,,r
companions on the day above alluded toTdid
a great deal, II, the way of eating and drink
ing, TO hasten, the contamination of this
Spring enterprise! n, 81; .t,., UT, 81 ..r,,t.l,,
The Montgomery White soon won vide
reputation. II became fashionable resort.
A railway one mile long, from ahc Virginia
ahd; tennessee railroad to the springs, gave
the easiest transportation to passengers and
baggage. The admirable lodging and table
soon drew large, ythrongs Of visitors, and up
to the war the place was one Of fhe promi-
ncnt resorts in Virginia--its register run.
mngnpto five and six hundred at time.
! MessrS. WILSON 4 L0RENTz have taken
1 the Montgomery White, and are conduct
ing stwith energy. See advertisement. We
are sure it win soon recover its former
Saiety, and its saloons once more reso,rnd
with music. and the dance, and the silvery
and jocund voices Of beauty and hilarity.
| There were wonderfully graceful and
pretty girls there in other days, and how
over the world may so, the presence and
reign of these terrestrial angels are blessings
kind Providence never will deny usl But
for this, how would we survive the troubles
| of, life? r'2TyW N# 80 SD. '"..
| ~ M .-agsas- Ok. l4--l-- 49, Is. T'4.
| .'i1G-'" Salt Water.
! CoBBs.-The Cons, we suspect, are like
the wonderful mcerschaum-crea of
the sea. We have thought them sons of
| NEPTUNE, next Of kin TO old BoREAs, and
| masters of the sea. Had they lived whom
JASON went on his expedition, either of
them could have carried him safely to and
fro with triumph. But we especially know
NATHAN, who is great man of the sea.
| The CoBBs dwell on the island in the At
lantic bearing their name, separated from
the Virginia shore by sound Of very sound
salt water, which is crossed in a small
steamer which the landlords have provided
for the accommodation Of their visitors.
The CoBDs are lords of the island, which
abounds i'll game, eggs, &C., the surround
ing waters being alive with the choicest fish,
including hosfish and sheephead. They are
so beautifully blessed-so independent
that we wonder, in these times of trouble
and bad government, that they don't cut off
communication between themselves and the
mainland, and with it all the horrors of
| these days. But the Lords COBB are humane
people, and in pity for the sufferers of the
shore they allow them to go across, enter
into the joys of their domains, and for u
time forget the sorrows which drapc their
sad homes.
These CoBBs are, therefore, amongst the
humanest and best of fellows; if we may
take that much liberty with men of such
grand possessions. ... ga,
| 1t is happy day for such privileges. For
salt bathing, sporting, and fishing, the sea
breeze and the sea wave, and all the luXu-
RIGS of the sea, CoBB's island is 4 great place.
Boats and tackle are literally provided,
and the only thing that's not at the COM
mand of the CoBBs is mountain to vary the
scenery. They are willing that anybody
may bring that with him t.t + jFaiF Z s
We cordially invite the reader to glance
at the advertisement of CoBD's island. That
opens the way to the bright salt wave, the
grand sight of the great ocean, the sunrise at
sea, the fish, the birds, the skies, and all
else of the sea and the sublime thoughts
they suggest. We mean to 60 ourselves to
| that place some of these days! .r..- /.
! CAFE MAY-(MoRE SALT WATER)-The
present generation of people in the United
States is singularly unfamiliar with the geo.
graphy of their own country. The foreigner
| would be as much surprised at this as was
BARNEY O'RIERDoN at the Frenchman not
understanding his own language We mean
| that owing to sectional differences, selfish
devotion to sectional schemes, and the allie
nations from the war, the people of one sec
ton are not 50 well informed Of the geo.
graphy of another as were their ancestors.
We shall say, then, that Cape May is at
the southeastern extremity of New Jersey,
where Delaware bay joins the ocean. Op-
posite, some nineteen miles distant, is Cape
Henlopen; the two marking the mouth OF
the bay. H.
The northern Cape May, from its dry.
ness, sal,brity, and general advanta ges, was
selected for u watering-place. Within few
years the means of accommodation there
have been greatly extended. Yet, the
! public demand upon it has been equal to
the increase of accommodations. The sea
surf is grand there, and rolls in upon q
beach wonderful for its firm bed and gra
dual descent towards the sea. There can be
no better surf bathing than at Cape May
The sea is a little less ferocious than at Long
Branch, but not less inspiriting and inyigo.
rating. Old Ocean does not at Cape May
demand as many victims as he does at Lo ne
Branch. He does not selfshly, like u ruth
less Cop, drag down beauty by the locks to
his deep caverns, never to return; but dis
ports himself with charms which we would
enjoy, not kill. ....s~v. IL
| Cape May is a fayorite haunt with the
Baltimoreans. 1t is the place Of reunion, OF
most charming and refined society. 1t is
one Of the healthiest and most gay OF al!
saltwater bathing places. We invite atten-
ltion to the advertisement of the "Ocean
House." most acknowledgment establish
mcnt. .
We would like to see our people visiting
the northern watering-places, and those OF
the North coming down to our sea-shores
and our mountain retreats. The. exchange
would be advantageous, politically and So
cially. <.y'g uta1+ ....@
When we look over the wide eXpansc OF
the great country inhabited and governed
by the American people-wEen we think OF