The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-08-30
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Correspondence Of the Richmond DISPATCH
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observation car" which possessed the so-
antage of icing open on all sides, aleer
he styie of our Dolly Warden boats. FROM
; the best views were obtainabie, whie It's
oof shelf Ared the occupants from the sun,
mt not from the dust and cinders. Inc as
nnce IS over one hundred miles, aud the
Dung reople who formed the parties pro.
ided themselves with lunch and lett here by |
he sl:37 A. M. westwsrd-bound train. Tney |
ca ched the Falls about 1:30, aud there met
r a had their car transferred to eee eastward
ouud train, witch brought them back to
he White SULPHUR before P. N. The "Trip
3 quite pleasant one. The1ssenery Is ma
este.
The Falls disappointed nae somewhat.
mad expected q great roaring cataracs-a
small Niagsra-instead Of the simple affair,
uot to he compared with the falls OF the
James, which beheld. Though If the falls
are not much, the mountains make up IN
all that is lacking: "1he
HAWKS Nest" satisfies administrations.
At every station, neatly, there are ne"
houses going up; there are Signs OF ,ls,
pruyenent in most directions, though muou
vet remains to he done 'before tnss count
10 oks like an old settled State. Inc nsnE
nins-rod man has been along, anu uos1 " .
the alouses have iightntEg-roos runnius W..
aide their chmneys, frstn which l JUDGE
that lightning storms are frequent, or
that the people think that the lightning'roa
is the handmade Of progress. L saw mea-
dnws of the most iIIxlriant grass ana niuon
nav rich and heavy.looking, beng secured;
g,ig.Bend tunnel is in excellent conditlon, ana
Is Teparded by raiiroad-men as entlreiy SAFE
Notwithstanding the fatal accident tAat &C.
curred there few weeks ago. All tnat Is u oe
secn "a generally seen as the excursionlsts solc
the Falls. and the return is rather uneXcltloe,
thonoh conversation enlivens the journey,
and odd specimens OF humanity to be seen
now and then afford food for reflection-
General Joseph Z. Johnston went 10
the Falls With the excsrsionists on Wednes-
dav His nephew, Senator Johnston, was
not along. | don't know that he was eX-
nected but if be and | had been there.
doubtless there would have been some gene.
illogical diseourses, during which ! might
have observed: "If you want to know
mau's relationship, trust not to gossipers at
watering-pllces."
GERMANY VERSUS FRANCE.
The band of music employed by Messrs.
Peyton g. Co. is an excellent one. The mem
hers. all of whom, / believe, are from Batl-
more. are Germans and Frenchmen, tue
former predominatipg in numbers. UP TO
recent period they got along eharmlnSly, DuI
one day they had wine with tdelr dinner, ana
German, in patriotic feryor. proposed tue
| health of Bismarck. The Prenchmen de-
clined to drink to the toast, and there was
quarrel which threatened the dissolution OF
the organization. Ap attempt TO cause re-
Cancellation was Only partially successful.
One Frenchmsn laid down his instrument
and refused to consort longer with the enc.
mics of bis country. / doubt not be will
cool down after a little and come to look
upon the whole matter as bit OF fun.
THE SEASON IN THE MOUNTAINS.
From all have been able to gather from
veteran sprngS-gocrs, this season has not
been 50 successful at any of the springs as it
might have been. The weather gets the
blame-in this case 1t seems the burden OF
blame is laid where it truly belongs. The
season here has reached its height and is
now ia its decadcnce. There are about 700
visitors at this time, but the departures eX.
coed the arrivals. After the first of Sep
TENDER there will be very considerable
folding of dresses and packing of trunks.
Not few who know how delightful the
mountains are in September, and who hope
we will now bave the bright, warm weather
which was denied us in july and August,
and numbers of invalids will remain for
weeks longer. As for me, the melancholy
day has come when | must return to my
harness. | fancy the payements of Rich
mond yearn for the presence of my feet, and
50 | Shall at once shake hands all around and
leave
"This choice resort Of many an ancient quiz
Mo comes 10 cure his govt or rhcumat!z."
"BAR" FIGHT.
Wednesday evening we had " bar "-and-
dog fight. 1t preceded the dress bali about
| three or four hours, but took place outside the
Springs grounds. The m1le visitors generally
attended. The bear was one that had been
caught in these mountains when he was
young, and had been "broueht up by hand"
He was chained to 4 post in field, and the
owner addressed the crowd briefly but APP
propriatcly," and then banded around the
hat, Everybody showed in q quarter or
halt-smaer currency is not known here.
Four or five dogs were turned loose upon the
| bear, aud all but one surrendered after the
6rst round. The remaining dog made some
few passionate passes at the bear, but neither
! hurt the other much. 1t was poor affair
throughout. The owner of the "bar" and
valiant dog, however, announced to the
crowd, al promised you squar fight; if
any gentleman amt satisfied let i'm come up
and I'll give his money back" Very few
were sati, t-d-they wanted to see blood
Shed-but they didn't ask for the return Of
their money.
THE NATIVE WEST vIRGINIAN.
The grounds are daily thronged with
countrymen who come to sell maple sugar,
which article they hold at from twenty to
twenty-five cents per pound. Most of
them make enough from maple sugar
to pay their taxes; that is about all
the ready.money they are absolutely
bound to have, some Of them have told
me. made purchase of one old man and
tried to interview him on the 'currency
question:" He had not heard that there was
any such question, and consequently had no
opinion. | asked him if he didn't long to
see specie again in circulation. He said he
didn't care, provided he got as much for hS
maple sugar in coin as he was in the habit of
realizing in greenbacks. That was all lie had
to say about the country's financial Difficult.
ties. Happy man!
TRAVEL.
An enterprising agent of the Valley Rail.
road Company is here with the purpose of
directing travel which has 10 90 northward
over that line. Maybe the Orange road has
an agent in the field TOO, for the competition
is sharp, but Pve not seen him.
The Chesapeake and Ohio railroad ap-
pears to be doing good business. Western
gentlemen here regard the chaBces for the
road securing western connections as better
now than at any time since the panic. Very
great energy was shown in clearing the track
Of slides, and the effect is evident 10 in
creased appreciation aud respect for the
management. W. D. c.
A letter from Martha's Vineyard says:
{. I said to an old gentleman whom T met