The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-08-21
Letter from White Sulphur Springs.
WHITE SULPHUR SpRINGs, Va,
August 10th 1872.

ICttGf liuM " llllC DulpHur NprlHSS.
WHITE SULPHUR SpRINGs, Va,
August 10th 1872.
Messrs. Editors:
wrote you last from Now York,
and now undertake the pleasing task
of interesting your readers, if so for
tunate, with an cpistle from this ccle-
brated watering place. l shall not trou.
bic you with more than simple para.
graph in relation to the all absorbing
question, which, for several days past,
has been on the lips of the innumcra
BILE politicians, who frequent this
place, viz: elbow goes the North
Carolina election 7'' Among the
twelve hundred visitors here l have
found but one man, who declares for
Grant, and he, as might be expected,
an office holder from Washington.
The Northern States are but partially
represented the present season, most
Of the visitors are from Baltimore and
New Orleans, but all the Southern
States are we'll rcpres entcd, about
thjrty-fvc from South Carolina.
There arc no professional letter wri.
tors, or dcud.heods here, who make
their board by publishing extravs~
giant and absurd "pufls" Of their fa-
vorites, or disgusting the public, (as
northern papers do,I with a record of
the shoddy aristocracy. I venture
the assertion however, that there is at
this place more beauty, among the la
dies, and better class Of high-toncd
southern gentlemen than eau be found,
at all the watering places of resort,
sort, north Of the Potomac, and every
seems to "move on," in perfect har-
mony characterized with social in
tercoursc, and the most friendly rcla-
tions, sympathetic with every one.
lmpcllcd by a sense Of what is due to
the proprietors of the White Sulphur
Springs, it affords me pleasure to say,
they are equally polite and social, do.
ing everything in their power to pro-
mote the comfort Of all their guests.
I can safely SAY, from my own expo
ricnce the past three years, and from
personal observation in respect to 9TH
crs, that the value of the waters and
climate cannot be over-estimatcd !;
whilst the beautiful scenery, and
bracing quality of the atmosphere,
stand unrivallcd by any watering
place on the continent. The thcr-
mometer ranges from 45 deg. sunrise
to 70 deg. at l2 m. I have slept
every night under pair of blankets,
and for the last three days we have
had a very comfortable fire in the
parlor.
At least two.thirds Of tho lis
tance from Washington City, to this
place presents to the traveller some-
thing Of interest tho Federal Come
terry with its thrco thousand graves,
and headstoncs, all alike arraycd in
military order, the residence of JEFF
fcrson, tho Military Institute, more
than a dozen tunnels, two Of which
exceed mile in length, directly
through the bowels Of the mountains,
and last not least, the towering prcci-
piccs and waterfalls as you ascend and
descend, either the Allegheny or the
Blue Ridge, presenting to the cyc of
the traveller the most beautiful and
picturesque scenery in the world, the
cloud capped towers of the Alps, not
even excepted. The hotel, with some
thirty or forty cottages are located in
valley, the terminus at present of
the Chesapeake and Ohio Rail Road,
arranged with some degree of taste at
the foot of the mountains above we
see tho towering peaks, these great
curiositics Of nature. Often times
when tho sun is shining brightly over
our heads in the valley, we look ur
and find nceting clouds, enveloped in
mazy vapor, rising over tree tops, un'
til relic, cd by counter current il
distiliins n copious shower of rain
and often accompanied with the lout
artillery of heaven, whilst all is safe
below. Again, when in the evening,
the sunset throws its hues ovor tht
whole scene, the mountains become
tinged with the radiance Of parting
day, throwing back lingo rich ant