Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1872-06-15
GETTYSBURG.
A New Feature In American Watering
Place Life.
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A BnttIe-HeId the scene OF
CurRtiye wonders.
The Coming Reunion Of the Grand Army Of
the Republic at Gettysburg.
The Association TO be Reviewed by the
President Of the United states
The Indication Of the Battlefield to COmmsSe,
GETTYSBURG.
The Association TO be Reviewed BY the
President Of the United states
The Indication Of the Battlefield to UOmmspc,
In August.


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The tiplication Of the curative miracles Of
The ho,,lsd and dsmi,ohned oettsburT water.
,,,,,,, ~ 80 .,,sns,vs In, ,rodnc'
tion, has attracted 10 Gettysburg host OF In
yailda who are able 10 Incur the expense Of
"A :, ,,.. .a,,,.. rh. ,,s,I, h..
been the Inauguration Of the watering place
season At the 0ettysbufR Spring as early as tho
nysl IN NAV, an unpTaceJonto,I Incident IN
AmsrIoan Watering place NE.
Among those who have here eLioyed those
bright May mornings ladSned with tho perfume
widest mlnstrelsy Of the grove, are some Of tho
,ile of the country. ono Of the arst arrivals
Al ,hs as,ty,eurg sprInss mi, year, was the
great naval hero, Admiral Porter; and on look,
ing over tho register OF tho Springs hotel, l
ard ra.orssd ,hs,e during lhe nonth al NAV.
the names Of General Ewing, General Beath,
Hon. A. GILBERT senator from Florida' MAJOR
q A Reynolds. nephev Of General REYNOLDS,
R.v AZ "a wIllIamson. of BAItImore. the emf.
heN Y, M "nhAnsop' VI pahV'e, w eI'
nent attorney, Mr.. Hersh, OF philadelphia, and
other Distinguish persons. with the invalids
propsr have como portions Of thoIr families or
hiends' including many ladies ol rehnoment
aud great personal Attractions, who have dlf.
fus,d oyer our soolal life here the wondrous
mali oftbe sex,
with the yKraces have also appeared at ms
tOuntaIn Of HygelA a ffightful gr9pp, which it
10 NECESSARY % describe, dlaa greeable as is tbe
contrast. II Il nearly the Whole family OF dis
sassa Conspicuqus among these Il dyspepsla,
rheumatism, gout, neuralgia, paralysls, ,BriEhts
disease, diabe.ss, gravel liver complaint, hnrt S
incomplete without some account Of the won.
derfil effects Of the aetyshurk water upon
thcse various maladies q which am personally
coguiIant, or Of which have been credibly In
formed. Tho effect Is almost invariably bene-
Dcial npon afl classes Of inyaiids, when they oan
DO lndVecd totakp q prQperly o. oontinue lts use
long enough. Buttbls does pet always hanpen.
Ths Jeuish Historian Informs rs that when
Naaman, the Assyrlan, was eommkndod bI the
Prophet Elisha 70 bathe in Jordan and DO
healed Of hts leproey, no At htht relSed " obey,
alleging that there were many streams ~ hie
owa country, ard inquiripg Why he should come
SoSsysa s .G shoSsSs % better u t. aua returned 70
his country a sound man. Thts story Is daily
repeated Al this spring: MANY invalldS on Al.
rlvinK here and hudinK that this modern curA-
tive Wondef has only the taste OF common OF
pure spring water, frequsntly reltsrate the al
most identical language Of the skeptical Assy-
rian. ave have eKssllent drinking water at
home, and why should We come all the way 10
gettysbprg 70 get If" bat many OF those
70 be reasoned with. In lew days they pack
up their trunks aud turn their backs per.
haps upon the only remedy for their ailments.
Whon, however this water has been persist
emily and properly taken, the results are in
som6 lnstaneeJ very surprlslng, especially
when considered 10 connection vIth the simple
lnnoHiogs agent by which they have been
erSlly seen me paralytlc lake up her bod and
WALL, In Inc person oi an elderly lady who WAs
brought here isW weeks ago BY hor family 1
IN numerous instances amer ia use for only
few weeks Among the distinguiahed visitors
affiloted with this terrible maiady, who have
been greatly benefited with this water, Is Ad.
mIraf Porter He came here restrictei 10 a
woiLnigh bread and water regimen, greatly DO.
bilitats1 and raeked with pain, 30 that he was
few weeks soiourn, oatinR ham and eggs, and
able 10 walk as rapidly and as com a. any
body on the streets of aettysburE. The Rev.
O. Ii. Williamson, OF Baltimore, was 80 al.
hours 10 get out Of bed in the morning, dress
hImssn and come 10 hls bvsakGst IN less
than a week BE was one Of the earliest rlsers At
relieved % his dreadful afiiction. A Mr.. q. W,
Page, residing near harrisburg, Pennsylvania,
was aftiicted with urinary calculus or stone too
large 20 be discharged 10 the ordinary way, or
10 be removed except by surgery, and then only
at the risk Of his life, 80 pronounced by coun-
ell Of physicians. Before mourning the drDad-
al hazard he decided 70 Try the aettys6ur
ter using Il ior slx months was a6le TO take up
spring, where personally conferred with him
reasons for believing that the calculus was al
most entirely dissolved by the mysterious and
| ipexplicable agency of the water. Yet these
dlloisos which 20 complalsan,ly and Outlines 20
speedily yield 10 me power of the dsttysbuTs
/ water, are those which hays long defiod ths
resources Of our AaieTia msdied, and, indeed, Of
the uaisrts msdica Of every age.
i nul ~ hlaR md
achievements do not constitute the only topic Of
| conversation At this watering place. In addi.
tion 20 political and other subjects, several i'm.
teniion. / refer 70 tho Important military pa.
| ReAnts and proceedings which arc 10 take place
| at 9etlyIbprK during the present summer, and
which promise 30 onoe more hx the attention Of
the world on Ihose interesting historic grounds
one Of these Il the encampmont Of tho Grand
Army Of the Republic upon this battle. held,
| pated In the battle fought upon 1t. On ihia 90.
easlon many Of the distinguished generals and
politicians % the country and the President Of
the United states are expected 20 be present.
stone q the iudicallon obellsks which are Ia
/ ba erected on the QettysburK battle held. Gov.
0eary and other distingulsbod members Of the
are 70 assemble here on the iIth Of June 10 pre-,
pare and Issue an Invitation for proposals TO con
struct those granite obolisks, aud the work will
| probably be commenced by the middle Of Au.
Kust' o1 whIrh oScasion another meeting Of
military celebrities chiefly Of those who pArtcl.
pated In thA battle Of (iettysburg, will take
| place.
| As many Of your readers may not understand
the Indication Of this battlefield II Ia proper u
| state that II consists 10 the erection Of these
| granite Obelisks upon the positions occupied by
i the respective corps and divisions OF the two
| armies bearing Interruptions stating the namei
| Of tho ofheers u chief com mand the number Ol
their men, and. the movements made from and
against such positions and their results, ThIi
| Indication was suggested by two eonalde erAtiOns
Rirst,i because the battle fought upoa Il was
generally considered the decisive one Of the war
| BeeOnd, beoAuso tho teld was universally pro
nOunoed By military critics TO be one Of the most
| inslTaoIiys on which man ever WaEed combat
i with his fellow. w.mAn. This was so frequently
observed by military visitors and others that Il
ocsurred 10 the thOug htiul and observing that II
i was only Instructive when received In the Hight
i Of tho history Of the battle, and with knOWl.
i edge Of the respective positions occupied by the
| CONTESTANTS, the movements made, 40. The lite.
/ TATy history Of the battle was NOT likely 10 be
1 f0rKottsh, but It's illustrated or Typographical
history EAa unWrltten, and was daily fading
| from the remembrance 0f men. Yet II was
| only tho illustrated history Of this conflict
i tho mllltAry utuuont. lO preserve thlh unNF't.