The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-08-25
.Z7sre,nonaepee OF tho Richmond Dispatch.
resp0ss Trsp and g stage hide.

, ~ and soon was completely re-
Sn,,;tad from the fatigue of staging with a
Sath a iulep. a good dinner, and an after
49,. u" nan. / wish you to understand that
these things are not uncommon, but letter.
writer's must introduce them as preludes 10
gossip. ror-.t,vo fo,,nd
a company much under the worth auu
charms of the Warm-amongst the earilest
If wnterinc-places on the continent, and
long the most popular in Virginia. The
onests present, however, were intelli-
GENT and agreeable, and constituted very
Selishtful society. The proprietors lett
nothing undone that could minister to their
pleasure and comfort.
The owner Of the Warm, the venerable
George Mayse, is still hale and hearty, and
as enthusiastic rs ever about his maSnln-
cent estate. Colonel Eubank is planning
for the future. He is q gentleman OF excel,
lent taste, and he has formed q grand
scheme for consolidating the springs of
this Valley and building narrow gauge
railway from Covington by the Healing ana
Hot to the Warm. 1t would be both grand
and successful. All these springs are Won
flerfpliy efficacious in disease, and more
lovely and delightful valley than that in
which they rise is hardly to be found ON
earth.
Well, after discussing these matters with
infinite pleasure with the Colonei, ana en-
iovinp ali the delights of the Warm, / jour-
neyed bv Trotters line to the Hot, where
I am sure, may say, / was received with
q warmth equal to the Hot Spout. Indeed,
that genial corner Of the bathing establish
ment was Immediately rendered me; but
the warmth of the day induced me to de-
cline the offer, which of course came from
General McClmg. | found him, as usual,
very busy-like the old woman who lived IN
a shoe, and who had so many children she
did not know what to do. IN fact, Inc hoS
is lust full enough to be comfortably occu-
pied. There is plenty of beauty, plenty
of gaiety, and a plenty of rheumatism;
What with aching shoulders and knees and
ankles. and the endless variations rheuma-
tic, DR.. Cabell has little rest; but he has
the consolation Of having alleyiated great
deal of suffering. The sight of crutches
and distorted limbs and emaciated forms
makes the guest little melancholy ut flrst,
but the patients themselves Delhg tne nSe-
lest persons in the world, during tempo,
rary respite from pain, those not afflicted
are often stirred up to unusual ieVlty by
General Lee is one Of the guests Of the
Hot, and looks remarkably well. The dig
nity and ease which are natural to him ARE
not so remarkable as the extraordinary
good sense and collectedness which he
always displays. Wise, calm, prudent, sin
cere, kind, and heartily humane, no man
who observes his striking traits i'll even
brief conversation can fail to admire him
and to feel q yet warmer sense of his good
ness and greatness. He is one Of the few
men whose best traits are always triumph
ant, and never suspended or clouded by
passion or prejudice.
General McCluug is still full of life and as
active rs a boy, notwithstanding he's at
least forty-fiye! ] don't know how he
keeps so well and looks so well. 1t must
be the venison and the Hot Spout. he
knows everybody, is loved by everybody,
takes care of everybody, and knows every
thing that is going on. His potatoes this
year are immense. He has had to move
back the mountain for room to stack his
hay, and his crop Of oats suprasses alto
gether the crop of wild oats which he
reaped about-twenty years since! he de-
sires to live hundred years, and am TO
write his obituary.
left the Hot with three Baptist preach
ers and one lay and one lame man, ana at
the Healing took on another preacher ana
deaf man. CHANGING at the Hot rs we
passed, saw that it had good company,
and Mr.. Quarles, principal, and his auNll-
laries were as attentive as possible. ihey
WIZ sO W Us ltdfSiClo, ohSA -
We're to the guests within their gates. The
Healing water has worked some eXtraordl-
nary cures this season.
And now for our stage-ride-one OF The
llveliest l ever enjoyed. Our deal comPah,
ion was from southern state. lie WelSneo
about three hundred, and could not bear a
forty-four FOUNDER if fred within five feet
of him, vet he as fond Of talking, and, un-
like most deaf men, he talked very loud. he
was another Stentor. He was unc0mmonly
blunt and frank, and was quite terrible III
bis directness of personal allusion. The
deuce of it was that a man could neither eX-
plain nor defend himself, and he was evil
IDENTIFY so good-humored and meant so little
harm that all that was left for man to do
was to be first puzzled, then amused, and
finally convulsed. His parting salutation
at the Healing was request to friend to
Danish the redness OF his nose by the free
application of moss =
Imagine stage full of talkative men sub
ject to constant interruption from this loud
talking man, whose voice drowned all theirs
and could be readily heard and understood
by the jewellers near the road. | think
the Rev. DR.. B.-that man Of ability, nn-
bounded benevolence, and irrepresslDle
good humOr,-was Interrupted twenty
times in relating one story. He would re-
turn to his subject when the deaf man
stopped with the remark, 81 was saying
when interrupted" sc. The whole COM
pany ut last was conyulsed at these inoppor-
tune interludes of our deaf friend until it
became the most rollicking and abandoned
party ever travelled with and yet they
were mostly preachers, and did nothing
unworthy of their clothl The man who
had ears to hear and could not suspected
his culpabllity and said: Gentlemen, ]
fear ] interrupt your enjoyment by my
talk-that / interfere with your anecdotes
and narratives. But i can't hear, and do
not know it. l mean no harm!" Every
body bowed pleasantly to him and laughed
immoderately.
Gentlemen" said our deaf companion,
"fom what observe believe am in a
coach full of preachers" Giving brief
statement of his religion, which showed
him to be for tree trade and sailors rights,
and universal redemption, he added that
he respected the preachers, and thought
the laborer worthy of his hire, continuing
"T want to know the morality of these
mountain hotels. Did you have to pay for
your board?" To this each man was
forced to answer upon his slate. On me he
pressed an answer, which was written
down. ''Not a preacher, but a dead.head,
being an editor" Then the paper-then
comment thereon-and eyes, they know
the importance of Keeping in with the
press'-and sharp cuts at putting, which
the preachers enjoyed hugely.
dote, he ran on thus :" am single man,
seyenty-fve years old. There is no white