New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-08-06

ment for all Corners, sueh IA 'ho cou"u' '
advertised so wears ago. for man and beast at the
crossroads in Virginia; TO say nothing now OF the
of the bed and board. Lastly, we nave the
Indebtedness Of conveyance at any considerable distance
fon the railroad; the traveller finding himself suddenly
transferred from the car to some sort OF reke
Noshs Ark on wheels, blowing and toiing along req
aceraed strre of rotten road often at the peril OF life
ond limb The Springs Region of Virginia. lying, as IL
docs between the great limbs Of railroad branching from
Carlottesville and resting the Allegheny Ridge, AT
the Greenbrier White Sulphur on the north
and the Allegheny Springs in the southwest
might be conveniently interlaced by lines OF
stages; properly managed, these would furnlsh
the most pleasant REORGANIZATION throughout al
this region and such the traveller would prefer for its
opportunities OF leisure and survey but such facies
are either unprovided now Of the shaboest desei
ton, the only stage directory in this part OF NrBna
having been broken up ago, ana there Doing
nothing to supply it but what the desutory enter
prise OF the propretors of the Springs themselves mas
furnished In this condition of things the summer
tourist OF Virginia is not likely TO venture lar from 'no
railroad; and this circumstance may furnish some ea
PLANTATION OF what have already limited OF the disposf
ton visitors apparent this season. 10 coheet at
very few OF Springs to the comparative neglect vi
the others
REWARDS OF EyrERpRIsE-GREAT EXPECTATIONS.
AT those few Summer resorts elsewhere 10 Do inen
toned the spirit of modern enterprise has neasraoy
entered The eonyeniences OF the metropolitan motel Oh
the North are TO be found and the ropetors nave
not to complain of ntractable or unrewardng puohe
But the truth is the ess-rather "the exception
proves the rule that the Virginia Spas have generally
fallen into desuetue and through the delinquency
and apathy of their propretors They were taught to
expect that before the war; southerners would never
more patronze Northern waterngpaces and resorts OF
Measure but would flow incOntinently into the great
| sanitarium and pleasure-ground of transmontane
Virginia; and springs proprietors have been idly wait
ing great expectations" for the fruitful lnundatoh
perhaps patching their sgn-boards and advertising in
local newspapers and rairoadcar circulars and wonder
ing that such pcty craft and enterprise have gone unre
warded and that the prophecy of superfuty OF south
| ern patronage is yet delayed.
BY the way there to me here reflection gener-
ally on the post 5em enterprise OF Virginia. which thnK
has novelty and am sure has great deal OF truth
There have been many Of these great expectations
in every department of her industry and the newspaper
press has committed very notable mistake in encour-
aging dating them. Paradoxical it may be, am
thoroughly persuaded that main cause OF the existing
defects of real enterprise in Virginia and its unwilling
work better any condition OF the present.
is the great and perhaps undue attention which, by an
uncommon movement OF public curiosity since the war,
the whole country been besowng upon the great nat
ura gifts OF this State: the very exploitation OF this
theme of the resources Virginia has been her mis-
fortune 1t has created, can plainly see an inds-
position for all direct and hearty industry and encour
| aged vague, almless waiting IOr some gOod uhlo
| coming as Of itself Our newspapers do much to
encourage these idle expectations by ceaseess pirate
about resources natural wealth. &c.. and coming en-
terprse as if said enterprise something to be
brought to a box, without the G. o. d.; and
with this prospect of free gift and OF shower OF
wealth from the skies, our people are but little
disposed to take hold of the common implements OF
industry and to toll Of yOre by the processes of labor
but slowly rewarded They prefer to wait in vague and
swollen expectations for the time when the country
newspapers tell them rivers are to be strung as
silver threads with tokens of wealth and industry mills
factories when they TO realize that remark
able vision OF exGOv Wise The great city-he rival
| OF New-York-at the Capes of Virginia." 1t is i'm
possible TO understand bow injurious this Imitation has
been to the real industry OF virginia. unless by one
who observes closely how IL has dstempered the mag
inatOn of the people, and how il enters al their caeu
latons. Nearly every farmer in Southwest Vir
gnia magines that he has mine OF gold black dia
nOnds" on his land and know of Instances of humid
reds of propretors in all parts of the State who have
actually for years held their lands idle in market ex
pectng fictitious price for Them rather than work out
OF them the remuneration which the steady processes OF
farm labor might, in the mean time have given them
There is taDe OF h-sop OF some otn1r noley 80
that furnishes precisely the lesson 10 Dereeohmeh1ou 10
the people OF Virginia The idle farmer was told OF
buried treasure in his lands and the consequence
was that he turned up every foot the soil and when
he protested to the good fairy that he had not found
stand that he had indeed realized it in the Improvement
and increased capabilities of the Land he had formerly
! health and sweet satisfaction Of doing mans work
This simple lesson is worth more than all OF mat Old
| in our rOse-cOlored newspapers
| THE SPRINGS OF THE ALLEGHANY," PAR EXCELLENCE.
But to return. l am among the parallels OF the
great sweep Of the Allegheny at what is the most i'm
portant Spa OF Southwest Virginia. 1t is character
istically the Springs of the Allegheny situated the
very watershed OF the Roanoke River, and in the
elevated region betweed the Atlantic ocean and the
Rocky Mountains ~ rs nut three miles IRON shaw
! the great Ohio and Mississippi line, and ii moy be
reached by continuous railroad travel from any point
N,
certainly the most elaborate mineral water in the world
containing az il does nearly elements many Of them
possessing active medical properties 1t belongs TO the
saline" class, with peculartes OF its own is Of COM
paratvely recent discovery, and is most remarkable
| for the active salts Of lime aud magnesia
An analysis made In Philadelphia laboratory
shows thai it exceeds in the number aud variety
OF its elements the famous waters Of both the Bedford
Springs in Pennsylvania and the Congress Spring at Sara
scarcely found in the mineral waters OF virginia.
earths, SIX and OF ACIDS inc same number IN intimate
chemical continuation many OF them FORMING salts OF
known medical virtues. Indeed it Is not curious
sOhhg, Du, one drawn surety from analogy hal ma
ture, which never does anything IN vain, and which,
doubt has design in IT, pharmacy as in It's other work
shops has in celebrating q compound containing
mauy elements many OF them known to possess active
for the uses OF affected and unhealthy Experience
has already taught the uses of the water for those com
Affections diseases of the stomach and liver and
II Is already famous for It's specific conquest OF that
protean monster, dyspepsia.
The hotel accommodations here are extended and
modern. They consist OF large central building, In
which Is the TeceptonrooIn ana arloT, the ballroom
places in each. Water supplied by pipes from the
mountains every part OF the establishment including
cold and hot baths This Spa fast competing with that
OF the Greenbrer White sulphur 10 lead the list of
Virginia waterD gpaces. In such rivalry IL has
portant advantages First that Is. least. days
journey nearer the great stretch of southern country
and particularly the Valley OF the Mississippi which
furnish mainly the patronage OF the Virginia Springs;
and second, that lis water, which is altogether s
geners Is applicable 10 the most extensive range Of
human ailmeat ana disease Dyspepsia has been called
our American disease - and IL is generally conceded
by ply sicans that the digestive Involved
hail the ills OF humanity. As a water indicated for all
such disease and arrangement, the Allegheny is
excelled; improves the most numerous and pathetic
casses of ntrmity. and comes working miracles