The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-08-10
e.vaasapo ora the lscchbritigo Baths
HpaenJaid Recommendations -- Pfea.
sans Cosnpany-A "Trip 90 :" Jump"
RFounsaan-- Romantic IndfnnsV radt-
ston--The View Enchanting Beyond
Dercr5ptson-SOmc to the Baths.

observation-disclosures 10 the 2saShs.
RoCKBRrpsE BATus, August 0, 1870.
Your correspondent in his last letter iron
this enchanting retreat spoke decidedly bu
In moderate phrase OF its accommodaIioI4ss
as he had then been here only day. Ht
can now sneak In most unqualified terms o.
praise. We defy any watering.place IN tne
State to show better accommodations III
every respect than the sojourners az she
Baths daily enjoy. The rooms are well ius'
nished, rs neat as new pin, ana yer! roih'
Portable. The table Is supplied with oa.the
delicacies of the season cooked to periectton
and served I'D on tables that arc mouels o.
neatness by walters that are as poii'e -
they are attentive. o,,s or TX.
The Messrs. Brown spare no pans pains VI nd ND
pense to make their guests coiii ,Tat tbey nre
Ihclr s1'cSeSS 10 otoJ the most polite Of gen.
tiav,,nr and princes among landlords. IL
$50 has hean among any OF the guests
,,S;snnr of complaint about anything 1t has
r,nt rea ched the ears Of your correspondent.
"T Tbe comnany here is not large as yet.
hut il exceedingly pleasant. Among them
we note Rev. Dr. Minniserode. OF your
CITY: Rev. DIR. Smythe, OF Charleston, :.
g.: Rev. Mr.. Juukin, Of RockbrIdge
Major !. J. Lafferty, Of the Lexington Ga
zeiic: Hon. William B. Helm, of MlssiS-
sippi: several Richmond ladies, and others.
The beneficial effects of the water have been
most marked even in the short time we
have observed them, and the testimony OF
the highest medical authority Is that nj.
William +. Richie was not ut all eXtra'a-
can't when he pronounced the Bath mere
superior to the "moSt noted spas OF tniS
country or of Europe" In all female dls-
eases especially they seem to be speclpc.
To the invalid they offer quiet retreal
fnrf xthSfa RI tho Spnknr AFTER
pleasure they offer all the usual means OF
endowment, besides scenery which Is unrl-
vailed even in the mountains OF virginia.
Your correspondent had on yesterday
rare treat in visit TO the top OF jump
Mountain ''-one of the two bold peaks
which guard the entrance to the famous
Goshen Pass" This mountain takes its
name from beautiful and romantic tradi-
ton of the days when the indians roaned
these forests.
The Ckerokees occupied the Valley OF the
Baths, while the Shawnees had us their Ia
yorite hunting-groundS the region about
Goshen living along the Little Calf Pasture
river. According to the tradition, the Che
rokces upon one occasion invaded the hunt |
inc-crounGs which the Shawnees esteemed
peculiarIv their own. They were ordered
OIL. and refusing to 90, the Shawnee chief
gathered his tribe, and n fierce fight ensued.
Being largely outnumbeTcd, the Cherokees
threw nd a fertilization, still visible, on the
banks of the Calf Pasture. and made gal
liant and successful resistance until their
provision was exhausted. They then re-
treated, closely contcSting Goshen Pass,
through which they were finally driven, only
to make desperate stand on the highlands OF
Walkers creek, where all of their braves
were collected, while their squaws and pap
pooses were sent to the rear. The battle
was long and bloody, and the issue seemed
uncertain, until it was suddenly brought to
n close by the following romantic incident
4 beautiful Cherokee maiden, who was
betrothed to brave chief Of her tribe, had
climbed to the top of the mountain that
she might watch over her lover, whom she
recognized in the midst of battle rs well by
his War-whoop as by the peculiar warlock
he wore. In the thickest of the fight she
saw her lover 60 down by the hand of
fierce Shawnee, and suddenly leaped, with
wild shrek, into the abyss below. Both
tribes saw the apparition, which seemed to
come from the very clouds, and their super
stition clothed the incident with such terror
that truce was at once sounded, the
calumet of peace smoked, and treaty
sealed by burying the fallen braves
Of both parties in q common mound.
The traces of this mound still remain, and
within late years skeletons, bows, arrows.
fiints, and other Indian relies, have been
taken from it. Whether literally true or
not, the tradition is carefully handed down
by jewellers in the vicinity, and is preserved
in the name OF "Jump" Mountain.
The very top of this peak can be reached
on horseback. The view from it is pictu-
rescue and grand beyond description. 1t is,
perhaps, not SO extensive as that from the
top Of the Peaks of Otter, but the land
scape is far more beautiful. 10 the west
the lovely valleys Of the Call Pasture, Lit |
tie River, Bratton's Run, DC, delight the |
llt -. while the Warm Springs mountain /
Rslicsls spurs of the AlIsSksssEszDalz