Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1871-09-08
VIRGINIA SPRINGS CORRESPONDENCE
ALLEaHANY SPRINGS, VA, I

the United States, at this delightful wafer
ing place, yet I coubt whether I can get
up letter that may interest your readers.
1t is, admit, almost inexcusable to write
for the papers unless We can either amuse
or instruct. There are many topics that
might discuss, il which we are all more or
less interested. Our late struggle for
Convention most prominently presents it
self; bat a truce to all serious Thoughts. I
have come here for pleasure. recreation
and relaxation, and must, for q time,
eschew politics. and even try to forget the
ordinary cares OF life
We have here 1T present @ large COM
pany, indeed, for a week CT two, t.
proprietors have been obliged to meet
visitors at the depos vi the Information
that they couI1 not be accom-
modated. Now, however, they Eare
taking 10 again, and will, 1 suppose, coz
tinue to do SO until the close of the sea-
SD. Il is proposed to spend twenty-five
thousand dollars in the erection OF addi-
tional rooms, in the hope Of being able to
receive ali corners during the next sum
mer. The acknowledged Qualities of the
water, as almost a specific fer dyspef STA,
will always enable this place to command
largely the patronage Of the public.
Among SO may persons, hating from
so many different sections of the country,
it would be strange if the time should
hang heavily on ones hands indeed it
would Sc m that he who complains Of
enmui has cn|y himself 10 blame, ard must
SEE the cause In bis own uns ociabIe dis
position. One averse to locomotion can
find many partners at ''Whist," Or ga it'll
game Of bluff, " billiards" and ten plrs''
afford attractions TO Others, whist those
of more active disposition can entra!Iy
succeed in forming walking parties 20 ex-
plore the mountain scenery, which Think
is the mest rational, as it Ger ainly is tbs
most healthful enjoyment of ali. And yet,
amid these various resources for killing
time, the active business man will tinG
every thing occasionally very Inonotonous,
will regard the days as passing very slow
ly, and even join Sancho Panza in saying
" Blessed Is the man who invented sleep"
Some men have talent fOr sleep, Whlah
excites my utmca envy. My room mate,
for instance, retires at ''teu D. m, - and
Immediately pa ses into the land Of dreams,
from Which No sound less powerful than
that of the breakfast bell the next morning
can arouse hin-his talent for eating is
just one degree below bis talent for sleep
ing.
Yes this would see m TO be the very par
adlfe { f beaUX, aud among tie latter you
may include not only the young gent, Just
making his first essays In love, hut the old
bachelor and young AM old Widower
bs vel. The latter, I suppose, are
tolerated at thi, time here on the
principle that - necessity knows no
law" fer there is a terrible deGrth CT
the younger ca s, and, III facj, the boys
mu stay at home and work, ana may be,
as l heard gentleman remark, are deter
red from Excursions IL quest Of m4tIi
mOny" by the extravaganza Of the girls
'Certainly there is not much extIavagance
here" replied. "'WelI,' aid he, ''iust
notice til bail room on the Ore even
ings. Tuesdays aud Fridays, and you viii
see great deal Of it, He is not only an
acca1aie observer, but something Of q
philosopher.
Returning to tina. insidious class, wild
overs, young ard old, 1 am at liberty to
repeat the remark addressed by one OF
fry at least, to a charming youug lady cf
eighteen from the banks of the Ro inoke,
not far from thu terminus of the Whining
ton & Weldon Railroad, decidedly one of
the pretlitst and sweetest girls at the
Springs. You may" said he, ''marry an
old widoTer without, necessarily, max
ing a fatal mistake, for you will find
him tractable and educated to the domes-
tic duties by previous training; but
the old bachelor has never felt The res
training touch of woman's hand-his hab-
its, whatever they may be, are his for life,
hopeless Of change or reform. It is but
simple justice that the above should be
known, SO that The very meritorious but
much abused class of Old bachelors may
find representative to speak for them.
1t gives me much pleasure 10 see the
"North State" so we'll represented We
have a young lady from the same locality
as the one last escribed, who unites, to
much grace of person, not Gully enchant-
ing manners, but an original and highly
cultivated mind, and Is, withal, as modest
and unobtrusive as she is intelle ctuaI and
enlightened. Nor can / pass over two
lively ladies from Louisiana, who cause one
to realize that much as lie may have heard
OF the attractions Of The Creole bellies,
half had not been told. AS I observe,
either in parlor or bell room, I have a
truer conception of the lines,
''ehe moves in beauty. like the night
OF cl0udess chimes and starry skies
And all that's best of dark and bright,
Ne ct 10 her aspect and her eyes"
But wei I to attempt to describe all
the ''belIes of the Allegheny" whilst I
,ould not weary the patience of so gallant
an editor. muet, certainly, exhaust his |
space. Nearly every Southern State is |
represented by ladies, married as we'll as
single, who add to the attractions of this |
place, by all that is most refined and Guilt
7ated In female society. Nor is there any
among the single ladies who is more ad-
nired in her immediate circle. than a
young and gifted friend from Norfolk, Va
This reminds me of one of the most
avored bellies Of Tennessee-tall, grace
nj and progressing in all her ways and
manners, who seems to have led ca ptive a
isitor from North Carolina. What color
re her eyes" asked him. ''Oh," said
10, - am SO captivated by their express
ion, and SO bewildered by their chang !
ng hues, I have never yet ascertained
heir color"
Nor are we without celebrities among the