The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-08-07

Delegafca 60 tho Methodist District
Conference 49, Colonel ycnanl nnc
Professor smith. OF the University
General IL. l.. wa9kcr--xaon. W.. s.
Hoc0ck--yEon. r. r. Dasatei-"A. ~.
pendIcion. Esq. and oihcF Dt"'i'i'
Sufshcd Cisaracters.
AUGUST tTn, 1869.
Your correspondents 90 into c~cstacics over
tbc DELIGHTS OF our mountain rctrcats-thcy
have little to say of their experience Il"
rcncLia1 them. Would you like a few jot-
tincs of matters and things in q railroad
train as they appeared to the dusty vision
of YOUR CORRESPONDENT to-day as he ira
yelled from Richmond TO Liberty Well,
then, here goes for u letter from q railway
coach. ,.
Yhc drought along the route is really dis
t~rcssinc. and the dust is consequently al
most binding to travellers. Add TO TINS
the crowds that now fill every car, anu you
have a picture of discomfort not dispeiied
by elegant coaches, polite conductors. OF
fried chicken and "icc-cool lemonade - al
Gordonsyillc Ii does not take long to dls-
cover that the great bulk Of the travellers
arc bound for the springs. Their style OF
dress and their very looks bctoEcn tins;
but YOU need not be- an cavcS-Gropner to
catch words and sentences all around Wt'lch
rIninly tel! in what direction the tide Is
setting.
The different characters thus rushing to
n commo centre present admlrapic sun
iects for the student of human nature.
Here and there sits the palc-taced Invalid,
who is suffering t~orturcs along the way that
he NAV reach the hculth-giving fountain:
but by far the larger portion Of the crowd
are evidently seeking pleasure rather thAh
health. And Of this latter crowd the con
trasts are very striking: Here sits the
beautiful, modest maiden just ripcnlng into
w~omnnhood and about to make her dfbut at
"thc Whitc"; there the accomplished
belle. who has been long Il rcigning star,
but who now begins to lose her placclt not
her temper. Here is the wcll-brcd gentle
man, wEo has no need to bolster his posi-
ton by extra airs; there the young Top,
who expects to supply by brass what nc
lacks in brains and breeding. That dash
ing-looking woman whosports so many rings,
the Jewels Tor imitations) Of which flash IN
the sunlight, and who leans her head 20
lovingly on the shoulder Of the gentleman
nj her side must be a bride. And that COO
inc couple over the way are surely touterS.
That fat man with the sclf-important air
has evidently made some money, with which
he intends 10 win Il place IN society Tor nm
self and family and can it he las a friend
whisrcrs) that the elcgant-lOOking gentle
man in yellow kids who is delighting the
circle of young men around him with the
charms of the "Gcrman " and other round
dances is q noted gambler, who wins his
thousands every season ? But we meet some
characters about whom We need not spccu-
late. That tall, splcndid-looking man, who
would attract attention in any crowd, is
General r. l.. Walker, \. 7. Hills Old
chief of artillery. lie is looking well, but
black clothes do not become him as the gray
lie wore when attending to his little Der
ringers"
At charlottesville we leave the Chcsa-
pcakc and Chic and take the Orange and
Alexandria road for ~Lynchburg, but the
crowd docs not diminish, while the dust
rather increases.
Here We noticed among our passengers Il
number of ministers and laymen on their
way 10 the "District Conference" which
meets to-day in Coving;on, Nelson county.
This Conference is composed of delegates
from the charlottesville District "-eacl
station and circuit being entitled TO two
delegates. It will doubtless be IN occasion
of deep interest, and We were glad to learn
that The UiSputch has shown It's usual en-
t~erpriSc, and made arrangements for q re-
port of its proceedings.
By the way, we learned that the Chcsa-
pcakc and Ohio railroad refused to extend
Ia lie delegates the usual courtesy Of re-
turn tickets. The Orange and Alexandria
road promptly granted the privilege, and
,> - ,,,-, -, 80 NJ az A lc-S IN lnpW why J
this old uSage Of the Central Company
should be departed from. Does the Chesa-
peakc and Ohio railroad mean to stand
alone among the railroads Of the State in
i~naugurating a new and picayunc policy !
We were glad to see on this train also
Professor F. II. Smith, Colonel Vcnablc,
Professor II. p. Cochran, and Major Green
Pcyton, Of the University, who were on
their way 70 Bristol for the purpose of OBJ
tanning some suitable elevation near there
from which TO take observations OF the suns
eclipse on Saturday next. We learn thai a
party from The United States Observatory
have also gone for the same purpose to the
ncighborlood of Bristol.
We had hoped that at Lynchburg at least
We should be relieved of part of tho crowd
and some Of the dust, but both grew denser
as we embarked on the Virginia and Ten
ncsscc railroad.
lion. Willis P. Bocock, Of Alabama, for
mer4y Acknowledgement Of Virginia, ar-
rived in Lynchburg to-day by the Southside
road.&His friends will be glad to hear that
his health, which has been very feeble, Is
very much improved.
We noticed on this train Hon. Il. L.
Daniel and J. r. Fisher, Esq, the efficient
chairman and sccretary7of the Conscrva-
tive Executive Committee They arc seek
ing q little rest at the Montgomery White
sulphur Springs and other points i'll that
section. Certainly they net ds2nd deserve
it.. We also noticed \. &. Pondaeton, Esq,
Of Giles, who has long served in the Legis-
laturc and State conventions toShe very
great satisfaction Of his CONSTITUENCIES; and
your Mr.. EllYson, who is Il very fair expo
ncnt OF the DiSpatch-always in a good
humor, and always keen after an item.
Nor must | omit Yankee Allan," whose
career in Virginia has been so notorious,
but whose services in the late campaign
seem Tin the estimation of the publicl to
have largely atoned for his previous politi>-
cal sins.
But here we are at Liberty, and must
close. NIAToR.
Reported for the Dispatch.