New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-07-25

sary to mako roadway over stream only few feet
In width but the En- Is ac' s an rs mem mn on the
mountain side But do not propose To descrDe or e
achieyements OF mans Intelligence and industry Not
a furlong this of the journey-hfty miles or
moreis without objects OF interest about which eae
book would verbose, and which the tours. "ouu
like 10 stop and examine. ,..
At Covngton there is halt Of 20 minutes Tor reres
ments Two hotels hard by the station ana DtioLe
each there half dozen TIN wash basins IN when ,no
traveller may be refreshed before taking supper ana ,n
supper is suoh only be found In wayslde county
uncontamnated by the 'Iu arae W
city landlords. Young chicken. broed ana ,enue,,
Juicy mountain mutton good coffee not rois piso r
and bread, cold tea, fresh milk ana preseroeSn
the principal articles the bill OF fare IL may De
small matter 10 receive special mention but every ra
eler will be thankful to be told where he can get goo
such CoVoeion is noted among old habitues OF the Viz
cina sprngs An after leaving Covnston the cars
Stop at White Sulphur and tho your Journey Is at enu
THE WHITE SULPHUR.
The White Sulphur Springs are situated on howards
Creek in Greenbrer Co.. West Virginia. The surround
ings are in all respects pleasant Though elevated IN
site, the Springs looked down upon by mountains
every side Kate Mountain, about two miles to the
south, is in full view 10 the west about one mile away,
looms up IN grand proportions limit the field of vision
the north and east The elevation above
and the latitude S7s north The Thermometer during
the Summer is wonderfully equable ranging from co. TO
roo and rarely reaching greater hight than S5 In the
morning and at night 1t Is deeiousy COOL ana AT no
time is the weather excessively warm Inc spring
temperature of the water is G2o f.
Southern watering places differ from majority OF
those at the North in that here there is nearly always
monopoly OF prOpriet0rship This Is BAD, because ~
prohibits competition In the South there Is one oei
at each Spring this hotel contains the general dihlng
ROOM the ballroom Offices some dormitories &c, ana
the guests generally accommodated IN cottages.
Doubtless accommodations would DC better III man
dozen hotels were at each Spring competing Ior Pl-
tronage But the cottage life Is SO pleasant IN many re-
spects that one dslke to think OF its supersedure 10
the old frequenters Of the White sulphur, the Wmle
Sulphur would be new and less desirable place without
nrfVrs y IL
ter OF which is the hotel said TO he largest building OF
kind in the Southern country four hundred lee.
long, pIoportiOnatey vide, and covering an acre OF
ground In the hotel are an immense ball room parOrS
and ana seyeTs M the
hotel, sOping outward, are extensive ana Deauuy
one of which, dignifed by the name of Lovers
Walk. has subdivisions known as Lovers Kest,
Lovers Leap HeStaney Rejection GonrdshPi ,b h one
story and are built in rows; many have been but by
wealthy people for their own use, win the agreeuen
that alter term OF years they are 10 revert
to the Springs Company. Each row Is named
generally after Southern STATE but 6aT T insy
follows beginning at the railroad gate OF the inciosnfe:
South Carolina, Tensas, COllOnade, Baltimore PARADISE,
Louisiana, Alabama. Old Ban Room, Georgia, Florida,
second Virginia First virginia, Broadway, Bruce Oot
taee and Marsden House. In some instances cottages
are as far as an eighth mile from the main building
but meals and AT night everybody Is found IN the lat
ter When the is at its night, during the month
of August the crowded ballroom diuingroom. and par
Tors, thronged with elegantly dressed people, auoru
This letter would be incomplete without word as to
the fare and terms He who here expecting all
the comforts of Northern hotel life will be Disappointed
made to keep the White sulphur Hotel IN city
sly But cottages comfortable neat, and we'll
kept the prOpretOrs are courteous aud accommodating
the attentive and there can be no reasona
bic exception to the fare. During the months OF July
and August the charge for monthly guests is at the rate
of s. IS day. and for weekly guests IS day. while
during September the monthly guests vii be charged 81
and weekly 81 80 per day Children and coll
charged at half price, and white ser
wants according to the FURNISHED o
SULPHUR during the prefcnt season. Among those ex-
peced the Hon. VIM. NJ. Eyarts and MIR. Benjamin
Sherman. Some are here. This is fav0rte resort
of Gov. Randolph OF NewJersey, Senator MeCreery OF
Kentucky, Senator Gordon of Georgia, Gov. Hendricks
of Indiana, and other distinguished public men,, MIR.
Justice Strong OF the Supreme Court aud Mr.. W. W.
COrcoran OF Washington already the grounds FOR
the season. the just opening Before the
first August the number of guests Will probably OK