The New York herald., 1870-08-14
MIDSUMMER RETREATS.
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS
Status Of West virginia-The Gntuersr. -.
the Springs-Davis and ToomSs-Pols,s..r
Influence Of Governor Waiker-se..,.- /.
Dreamer Visitor-Has He a Rosecr.n.
Mission s-The Catastrophe ut jerry. Rup.
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, \

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Creamer a visitOr-Has He n Yos..-..
| mission s-The Catastrophe mt Jerry. Run.
| :, WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS,
uhEENBRIER COUNTY, w. Va
| August 10, 1870.
'"st now or when West Virginia became
aun''t'ed 10 the sisterhood of States is TO most
r'op,0 % u"'io"s question as ever was that Of
.n0 oones"is hoistein, but to citizens of the Old
~'"o" ~, proper IL mas an undying interest.
iii'ner'o poverty OF political influence has led
them to look after their more immeda,. .onoou,.
until now enriching apace, the neyer.ceasog IN
curry arises as to when, where and wbat will ha
the issue to be presented which may lnal,v ero
BILE the Supreme Court to forever settle tho a;s.
pute. leave it to the legal fraternity to snscr-
late upon the result and only surmise said Od
Dominion would rather part with all the rest than
this delightful, evcr-verdant amphtheatre awav
up here among the mountain tops. Nature made II
the fairest gem in the Virginia coronal and around
.ciuster many years of family and political assoc
clations, carrying back to the time before
fairoaas, when the rich planters and influential
citlzens from all over the South Journey hither
WIN 'he'r 'aniihes 10 carriages, accompanied by
their favorite negro domestics, and tarrjed tho
season through. The war made this bivouac
alternately for each of the contending armies bnt
may be required to fay restore the bindings and
adornments which were once the pride of their
owners.
Ihis season larger number of visitors have
already arrived than at any time since the war.
The cottages are nearly all occupied, and during
the day the lawns and parlors and at night the ball.
rooms are thronged with "beauty and chiyalry.m
have observed since here many of the noted per-
0f thp
Toombs, and everywhere the best feeling, not onlv
among themselves, but toward the Northern
visitors. mention Toombs because in particular
he seems to realize the situation and hearti ly to
make the bes; of it. Whatever he has been he is
thoroughly the man of the present and mixes
up, laughs and tells the best stories
even though an old associate may come in
for an occasional hit. Walker, the present Gov
ernor of Virginia, is also here with his estimable
lady. The Governor, who is well known New
Yorker, has become firmly identified with tho
State OF his adoption and appears TO possess the
confidence of all. His course has been marked by
great prudence, and it is safe to say he has done
more to restore Virginia to her position in the
Union than any man in the country. He was not
an ofiice-seeker, but Northern man OF conserva-
tive notions, who at an early period during the
war settled in Virginia to make the State his
home: His great capacity and attractive address
| as we'll as circumstances early marked him as the
| man for the occasion, and he elected by the
| Virginia people at time wnen proba hy no one
| else could have succeeded. He has friends and
| many too, who look forward to his election this
| winter to the United States Senate, and circum-
stances designate him for a still higher Office in
| the federal government, but to every suggestion
| OF the kind made him his manner is rebnke and
his answer is that his State has interests which
| demand his attention.; that he only desires
| their advancement, and when she shall have re-
| sumed her old position in the the Union he will
| return to his business. This week the conserva-
! tive committee of the Virginia Legislature pub
lished address the people in which the ground
| @ ia that aIthnuOh
| tiOn was intended to be but temporary yet its OBJ
jects have not been fully attained, and that it is
| premature to disorganize and resolve into the
| democratic and republican elements. This view
| Of the seems to be fully admitted by the
| Richmond Enquirer, which now, in former
| times, leads on the democracy; 80 that with the
| Dispatch and Wing | expect the suggestion OF
the committee will be accepted and that Virginia
will continue to work for its substantial interests
! regardless Of parry.
| met your Senator, Thomas J. Creamer here
night since at little supper, at which were pres
| ent several of the leading citizens of the South.
New York, with its $4,000 democratic majority, is
not without its admiration at the South, and 1
| was pleased to observe the frank, outspOken-
though they might in times gone by
| have been somewhat unwhOlesomc-words in
which the Senator laid bare the political
| situation of the country and recommended that
which to be pursued by the South in order
| to regain its former position OF influence. New
light seemed to break in upon his suggestion
which doubt not will exhibit itself in the future.
As the Senator said to me- soto UOce, they at the
| South require the organizing mind OF Peter
Bismarck Sweeny to set them right.
The telegraph has given you before this the in
telligence of the terrible disaster at Jerrys Run,
about four and half miles east of this place.
Not one escaped death or wounds, and the wonder
is that person survived the catastrophe. The
plunge was perpendicular. and both the wood
and iron works of the car were shattered to
atoms. The railroads ascent at the place of the
accident is about three hundred feet to the mile,
and while one engine draws the train another
pushes from behind. At the precise point the
road takes short turn and to my mind the acci-
dent was caused by the Stacking up of the for
ward engine while the one behind continued on
and pushed the car of the track down, down into
the frghtiul abyss. general gloom pervades
around as though some horrible spectre had ap-
peared at u wedding feast