The New York herald., 1870-06-20

fought at tAis pla ne battle Of the I'd AID 80
OF July TO tue purpose OF baltic Held. ON which me
occupants OF the federal position were to be he VIC.
tors, and have thought that they could recognize the
hand OF Providence in the placing OF each MIL ana
SION. Not less wonderful Is the adaptation OF the
neid on which was fought the battle OF ,ne @
purpose OF watering place or healing resort.
The surface OF the country, Tor several mics on
ions or ridges, runnng parallel to each other at
about equal distances, north anu south. The little
valley IN which the spring Is situated rs formed y
these ground swclls or ridges II y not dllcult to
recognize the routes for avenues tle sites lor cot
tages and hotels, and, In their decliviles, ample
provision for hover ana vegetable gardens the most
perfect horticultural and landscape augmentation,
| and Tor drainage-thc latter so Indispensable 70
health and comfort yet sadly wanting iu most OF
ourl large toYns and cities. II Is precisely such u
spot as the engineer and architect would select for
the site OF watering place city, had they the power
TO snite the rock aud cause the healing waters TO
| gush forth at their command. As II tile labors Of
| Che husblndman had been subordinated 10 the pro.
vidental desga, tie spring is nanked by two virgin
forests, which have been spared by the axe OF the
ton more terrible than this implement, welded even
by the Drawny arm OF the pioneer. The ndescriba-
from one OF the elevated platenus whicil nave
been describing, for the express purpose OF AFFORD
remarked by the stranger who enters for the rst
time IL irresstibly suggests the carc.worn and
world-weaiy the apostrophe OF Lord Byron to Lake
| Lelnlu
With the wild world dwelt IN Is n thing
Which warns me with its stillnessto forsake
This quiet sail is noiseless wing
10 watt me from distraction.
Not less remarkable are the adaptations OF some OF
the more distant surroundings OF the spring. From
many OF The elevations to which have referred
but more particularly from that which overlooks
THIS now graceful and smiling valley, your attention
Is arres ed by most wondrOus landscape. Against
the western, northern ana southern horizon Is piled
up, III irregular masses, the Blue Ridge, Or Souih
Mountain, through the gaps OF which General Lees
TAT IA af Ealf -l.nYn lv
following win your eye what you suppose TO be the
same range OF mountains, you are surprised TO
every side, and you are informed of u fact,
not generally noted by military reports let
ters enanatlng lr0in or relating " this country
that gettysburg is situated In basin, not In val-
ley ThlS accounts iof the GOODNESS OF It's summer
atmosphere. philosophers inform Us that the gaseous
envelope which eaciUse5 our globe, known as the
atmosphere, Is constantly Ia motion along lis sur
face. 1t thus happens that when this aerial auid,
heated by the vertical rays and by its passage
arid plains which stretch to the south and southwest
OF the Continent, encounters these physical bar
in It's course it is forced TO ascend them m order
10 reach the basin aud Is cooled by the lower tenn
perature which prevails on mountain heights But
Whatever may be the explanation, the cool aud
saluDllous atmosphere or the gettysburg basin iS
well known, and It's Investing mounta ms, whether
they explain it ornot afford some OF the finest views
and pleasure resorts to be found In the country or
perhaps IN the world.
., II you wiz take down your map and put your
YoI viii III neroeye fat ~ es renhsyva1a
between the susquehanna and Potomac rivers,
and but afew hours pv raroad from the great cities
OF Baltimore, Washington and Philadelphia, and
conveniently near in direct route to New YORK.
You W IL also observe that 1t is within few miles OF
the imaginary line lMascn and Dlxon's) which dl.
vides the TWO forms OF society which have prevailed
ana sui prevail to great extent, In the United
States-the one representing much that Is chlva-
rous ana cultivated of the past the other all that Is
upperinost, predominatlng aud irresistible Of the
prescnt Gettysburg therefore, promises to become
rendezvous OF meeting place OF these two cviiZa-
tions--the social caldron In which they are TO be
blended into new and better iorm Already is this
tendency manifested by tho unexpected presence
mere OF The etAe OF every part OF the South during
the past two summers. The delegations from WASH
ington and Baltimore are especially numerous, and 1t
seems from present indications that 1t is to
be the chief place Of fashionable resort
for these two cities. aud especially for tne
national capital. And in this connection allow me
to suggest to the intellectual Of the
nation who soJourn at the seat OF government the
proprlety OF an official recognition OF the claims Of
GettysDurg as health resort by establishing here
AN INVALID MILITARY HOTEL
for the accommodation ana treatment Of soldiers,
the service OF their country and whose maadles
confessedly incurable by the ordinary remedies OF
Geary and Curtin and ether eminent officials all
recommend the establishment at Gettysburg of such
motel. General Meade thus referred It's propri.
ETY.. IN published Official communicatiOns:-"Ih
plan OF building hotel where not only visitors 10
the held may be properly cared for, but also having
the advantage OF this medicinal spring, from which
those diseased In the field and wounded In battle
may receive back the health and strength they lost
In their country's service seems to be an eminently
proper one."
The lottery plan Of a few years ago, for the pur.
pose OF erecting here such hotel demonstrates the
feasibility OF the pro,ect The enthusiasm evoked by
the happiness OF the suggestion alone rendered
practicable that movement Tne conduct of the peo.
pie indicates the duty Of the government in the pre-.
misses. WIN not General Butler, who, whatever
may be alleged against him by his enemies, has said,
written and done some OF the finest things OF any
man OF these times, touch once more with masters
hand this susceptible chord or the national heart?
The Emperor Louis Napoleon has established at the
Vciy Springs a similar institution, where thousands
OF French soldiers and marines are annually treated
with the Waters OF that fountain at the public ex-
are entitled TO an equal consideration from
our government. The citizens Of Gettysburg
l understand, have offered to donate the real
estate TO receive the necessary buildings ana i'm
provements for this purpose. The government can
therefore, afford TO defray the expense OF the archi
lecture in anticipation Of the advance In the price
OF real estate In this vicinity which will more
Than compensate for the outlay. But am allured
from my subject to the development Of this idea, 80
dazzling to the popular imagination and 80 sugges-
tive to the phosophic and ethical mind, that Of thus
ton's defenders great healing fountain discovered
by them while In the act Of rescumg the soil on
which it is situated from the grasp of the invader
ana OF saving The life OF the republic.
Thus eglbly located and environed, even an ordi-
nary mineral spring must have attracted health and
pleasure seekers to its brink though its surrounding
soil possessed none Of the undyng historic interest
attaching to this locality. But the springs
which bubble in this little valley are in no sense
ordinary mineral pools but, in every sense
the most extraordinary aqueous and medical phe.
medicine has the taste of common or pure sprin9
water TO the healthy 1t Is quencher Of thirst
Unlike all other waters, 1t does not change in taste
or chemical properties by removal from It's source
and exposure 10 the atmosphere. Some OF the nuid
has been preserved by the residents five or SIX years
IN open vessels and Is hardly dIsnguishabe In taste
from that freshly drawn IRON the spring. Equally
extraordinary are the sources of this strange and
wonderiui nuld have written sources for it
en,eIges from at least twenty outlets in the rock
within the space or few rods. AT present only one
OF these outlets Is secured, supplying nfty barrels
per day. But 1t Is estimated that at least 300 barrels
Is daily discharged from these various outlets If care
fully husbanded to cure all the Otherwise ncuraDe
diseases Of the people in Europe and America And
it is to precisely this class OF diseases that this water
should be exclusively applied.
THE APPROACHING REVOLUTION IN MEDICINE
In this connection allow me to invite the attention
OF medical men to this subject, for we have no Ma
honal Academy OF Medicine. Have not American
pbysicans long enough "played second fiddle, to
those OF EuropeY Are they content to continue in