The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-06-15
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS.
THE SOUTHERN IRIsT0CRACY's RE-
SORT A DEN or THIEVES.
PisI Jr.,s wonderful Ability In MANAGING
Iuoonsruous Things Totally Eclipsed
Prnying, Prca hug, Gambling, and
s..t.stt.u u,aa. .ac INTERCHANGEABLE.


and all the buildings thereon, known as the White
Sulphur Springs property In Greonbrier county,
West virginia and ostensibly valued at one million
two hundred Thousand dollars
THE EARLIEST WRITTEN uIsToRY
which can no found OF the White Sulphur Spring
mentions that Gen. Andrew Lewis went unto 1t from
a long distance 10 the water to cure genuine
rhouu atism not the govt which the most OF the
iimping fashionable invaids have who visit the
Spring now. Greatly to bis surprise, tne Seherh
found Jacob Martin and Stephen SeweD, who had
WANDERED paou NEW ENGLAND,
squatted in the vicinity Of the sprin9, where they
we're holding friendly intercourse with Tue Indians,
and Yankee like. were driving shreWd oargaihs VII
their unsophisticated cusomcre However, As tho
Indians were not aware OF the frauh, they
did not raise their scalTs. i that method Of pun
shuent was sanctioned In this country 90 the pre-
sent time for that offence what an immense guam
tity Of
uuR WOULD M LIFrEDl
Other trnveIlers succeeded the General who cut
down largo trees, and by hewing them in the pr9rer
manner, made long narrow troughs In wi:h they
batlied TO cure rheumlthn; having hrst hlled the
troughs with tho water VI the spring.
TAXING A Earn IN THOSE DAYS
and In that manner was not by any means safe as
for personal liberty anu the retention OF life were
concerned The
sANc1Nosious, PALE-FAcED RAscALs,
who had wandered away from the haunts OF civil;
proVof cd their hitter hostility towards themselves,
ana as The Indians could no more readily tell
good man FROM a bad one oy NE personal
from politician by ihcr re, IPSSI,"s per per-
| belief that all pale faces came among them
TO lie ami steal 50 wien tucy discovered traveller
In tie mountains thoy generally popped AZ nun wife
| or q trater One band Of Iuiians was LED by tail,
| handsome chief. WHO was known ~
"coUN STALK"
| lie was n wi,ked Iud,u. notwithstanding he was
handsome. und ~ he was a'cQ. In tn at OF rails
ing scglps, he never lost favorable "lpor UNITY to
keep his knife in practice. The travelling inyaids
| were aware that Corn stalk woud III tdeir sealps
II he could and therefore theT and their guides ana
servants always weut 10 The springs provided win
the best hrearnt "lieh h,y couli obtain. Inc
Indians Il I'd healt - dread OF tue blue pills which
! rushed iron tie muz1los OF those firearms, and
Therefore Ley seldom eane az ooId'! 20 HJ anu gee
| TUE PRACTICE AID THE GAIN
they mlcn coveted but cr'wlel from bu Ii to
bush, until NJ last letting uuobscrvcd close to the
sprnr they sprsng upon their prey and soon created
scene at the most terrifying cNaf'ct"r. The iuvl-
Ills had to kCep tUur arms osc 20 ttn Wuic bath.
lag; and II Is taid that 10 sO;sc Instances wien
TRg iSDiASs
| were reported to be approaching. the invslids
got rio OF their rheumatism witsa facility which
| was PERFECTLY ahtonis inz However, there Is no
authentic proof that I'll, electric met od vas s.udi.
ously introduced tc sec whether the travellers we're
| h. pOchoudritcs or not.
Corn STALK took 1t into his head in t752 that pale
| face, whose surname Nas Carpenter and VINO owucl
| the property OF which the s9riag formed part was
the month oil juuc to raise NT. tarptutr,s hair. a.
| then tomaAgwk MA. lie
| cAuGHr Nh c,UrESrER,
end some other pte faces and sent thcfn instantly
| into etorniy. MIRA. Martin, shosc Christian name
~as Catuaiine, aud her diusrtef, e. ayoi TO IN.
covered mountain heir spring that Is 10 lay point.
| ed ont a. "Katc's Retreat she endured great
h9rdships, hut saved ucr own aud her daughters
life and lair whicn latter however was all natural
and therefore not 50 'auible or bulky rs the costly
! hair which TIC 9li,- wear Who are aruuui t's
springs this sc..1r. n tie scalp.Gg iuH5ue should
ril on the Wm'c sulphur SPRING. TODAY, The,
| could raisc
rSotGu uAfn
to line hundred s.i-Nsms, and not dras "a siu.
! g,e irDp OF blood. o. coarse lcy would awe To
cor Rne their Iun 'erng operations to the hair of tho
CENTER soN, becausr II Is aiemark lbie iact That tie
most OF the more Respectable visitors W the splns
| The daughter OF Mrs Catharine Carrenter mar
| ried Michael Boyer. descendant OF Edmund Bower,
who Is famous Ia history on account OF having
landed with others who the hst settlers where
jamestown In Nir sini1 Is lie Was founder
OF OF the Arst families ia that State, and as
Caiwell married a daughter Of Michael Boyer. aud
q Ne the spring aud a part OF the property which
surrounded II passed into his possession. lie sub
sequently bought up other property adjoining hit
own, and became large real e@tate oSner. In 1901
the Calwen's sold tue p,operly ot SG5O,oo TO a
company exclusively composed OF sodthofners, who
resolved TO convert 1t into q
| TERRESTRIAL PARADISE.
For tina, purpose they had picturesque mammoth
hotel erected, foar hundred leet IN length, and
|
| room is three hundred feet long. bat gloomy
Twelve hundred sppetites can be appeased in II at
one time, and With the mid 81 good telescope those
persons possessing steady hand can discover from
one end OF tie room VINO are = the other end
lance from IL, and between the hotel aud the
\ cottages there are neat, nsrrow walks and broad
drives Rearward of TIM cottages aiere numerous
carefully
sscLrDBD WALKS.
mnst he lnagned. They are 81 nihcantiv ramed
| Lovers Walk" "Courtship Maze" " Lovers
Rest, u" Lovers Leap" &c Tie latter is probably
the most pleasing. All those secluded walks are
well patronize1 in the season, by those OF
| both sexes whose lair IL gray. II there that
henry Clay and many other dising uishei states
| sought enjoyment
| But no sooner had the company got all ready to
| run grand popular resort
Toa souruERsERs ExCLUsIvELY,
than that treason which Ind been carefully Matched
commenced to assume the practical form Of rebellion
g. the Government, and Ia tue spacious ballroom In
| the hotel at least two hundred avowed enemies OF
the Union mot az Dlasse aud after making viol ent
speeches, which they had reported, and that were
| people toward secession. they Jassed resolutions
embodying their sentiments, and sent them broad.
| cast throughout the South. Except the Northern
sycophsnts OF the Southern politicians, no Northern
man was respected by tne assembled company OF
| conceitod cyclists In and about the hotel and ad
any Northern man said the Uuica must be preserved,
he would have been promptly punched In tho eye
or nose, or had
PoRrUoLE OPENED IN MN
| With bullet, That was tire status OF rotnemeu I
among those who gathsre1 there
The company VINO bought the properly leased II
all tor ton thousand dollars per anuUm tOR family
unmed Peyton, VINO hold tho lease Of 1t yet The
Pey tons had been inn keeUers In St1unton, in Able
marie, near Charlottesville, aud elsewhere in small
places IN Virginia Havlng no experience In proper
ly conducting grant enterprise, they deserved y
became unpopular, and agv ~ nov,
A handsome bricA
CHURCH
cheers the fashionable travellers eyes they aght
from the cars IN White sulphur springs The ed
nee II on tho right OF tho gate through which the
guests for the hotel have to pass. The company
from whom tho Peytons obtained their lease also
own the church, and, bling uodiearing men them
selves, they had II put close to the lote, so that
nobody coming gong couli miss II, an ]
because they knew that IN no better place could
| church be erected than next 10 a hotel. The only
| thing whch Is wanted to make the scene complete
| IL graveyard. When the Pey tons leased the
general property Of the company, they incidentally
hal the church thrust upon their hands, and are
compelled TO rKa II. The clergymen who onioiat,
are generally those who visit wlere tho fashionable
people cpngTegate, aud thus afford the cleIgymon
hne opportunity TO cdH them TO repentance Tor their
| numerous sins and preach the gospel at them. Tn,
church IA one OF the branches connected with the
| hotel that the Peytons have been unable TO sub
lease. Not far from the church, or far from the
cottage, near the hotel, that II IL expected Gel
| I20be1L NJ LEA will ocCuDY m a few DAYS. L. n ~