The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-07-30
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rspcelol Correspondence Of the DisrSch,]
MI1aRoRo' SrR1Nss, July q, 1870.
Tho snug. cozy little spot from which nay
1e,ier il written to-day Il 4 fresh candidate
far springs travel. Il r. scarcely knowo in
Richmond. This Is the first season It has
heen open for mxuy summers, out venture
the prediction that II will not hold inc VISIT
ors by half. 500 will ilroog its cpee1iu''
bosnitab,e. aud comfortable walls next SEA-
SOD.
= tbs VOCATION, srrssass ETC
A.I said in a former letter, i did not come
,nthe m,autains to puff the various places OF
snmmrr resort. and ash vas never hefe before
II Ia hardly xgobable that / will say one word
SsvorahTe to this place unless 1t deserves 1t.
Our people hage been beguiled into visiting
fha springs in many instances by theaSsar.
ances OF tie oiiy.topgued owners and man.
ayers ADD the cleverly.writteu letters aud
paragraphs bv newspaper editors and CORE
spopdepts. Not line has ever been said OF
This plsce before. 1t is situated two miles
from Minboro7 dep0t, on the main reed lead
ing 20 the Bath Alum, Warm, Hot, and Heal
inc Springs. The hotel is Of brick, TIVE stories
high. and the rooms are exceedingly com.
Portable. each one baving a large and we'll
arranged closet--something you went hnd
at other places. Now, this may seem
much like an advertisement, but IAN
In degree unknown to che pronrle'
tor, and be 10 me. There Is no 'tjob" on
hand, aud the p!ace deserves the compli.
ment 10 this letter as well as whssa can moo
In ssy against 1t. There are cottages on the
uround which are comfortably arranged
with communicating doors, which ID most
importont feature to families, Add which you
rarely find In the monntaiDs OF Virginia.
The most striking feature Of the place Is its
extreme ceasEness. Everything about u
is new except the hotel Itself, and that has.
this spring. heen repaired and painted. Now,
have visited all the Virginia springs. or
nearly all of them, and l can say IN sil SID
ceritv that il is the best place fer Qufet lam
lilies have ever seen except tao Bath -A'un,
which IL no better. People don't come 10
the mountains to frolic, but to rest.
THE sPnIAos.
Mr.. UoJkins, the proprietor, claims to
have two OF tie best mineral springs In Vir-
plnia at bis door, aud another within mile
and . halt OF the hotel. The ffSt two are
sulphur and chaly beate. The sulphur water
seems to me TO be fully a. strong as that at
the Greenbier White, but you can't smell II
quite as far. 1t ia as cold almost rs Ice, anu
is pronounced by Mr.. Sam. Goode, proml'
nent physicians, and other', to DC unsur'
passed by any sulpnur water In virginia.
The ehay teste 10 undoubtedly the
H. all III cnctnp NJ pannfYY Nn6
has been very enefciaIIy used by many
persons living in the neigbborhood.
The third sSrirg 10 which alluded is an
alum spring, aud is upon Dir. Sitlpgton's
farm, about u mile and . half from here.
Hopkins has tiye.gaIlon demjohn, " hich he
sends down In the morning and evening, and
has q good supply twice day. This
water rivals that Of the Rock Alum and
Bath Alum. This is all have. yet learned
about the springs, and this has been from
personal taste and inspection.
THH TABLE.
I will give you some idea what we eat.
Last night for supper we had tea. coffee,
sweet milk and but,ermilk; delicious fried
chicken; cold mutton, the fab Of which was
as white as your shirt; rolls, batter-bread,
and cakes, and Of course the best butter,
made on the place. There Is an abundant
supply of ice here, and everything else, !
think, TO make one comfortable. For break.
fast this morning eggs and waff1es were add
ed to the bill Of fare. A man who can't get
along with such eating ought 10 starve. l
think the lout-bread and rolIS might be in-
proved on, but everything else is frs,-rate.
hear thai MIR. }. Il. Dowell aud bis fam
ily, aud Mr.. r. NJ. j. Pay inter- and his family,
will be here 10 spend the rest OF the sum.
mer. II it be tue, they nave made wise
selection.
AhUSEMBNTs, ETC.
There are as yet few amusements for the
lady-vsitors here. The gentlemen, how
ever, revel in hunting and fishing. The
Cow pasture is close at band, and It's waters
afford fine sport for the angler. hr. Bum
gardner, Of StauDtop, came along tins morn.
ing in his sprlug-Wagon, and tomorrow We
are 20 have a deer-driVe. There are many
beautiful walks in the neighborhood and
the mail arrangements are better than at any
OF the watcriug-placeS except those immedi-
ately on The railroad. For instance, we get
the Dispatch Of this morning at about this
evening: and a letter written at this morn.
Ing Ia mailed 50 rs 10 reach Richmond at 5:40
this evening. We are only two miles from
the telegraph Office, and II you want 10 send
dispatch Dir. Hopkins sends it over TO the
Office In twenty minutes.
BLOWING CAVE.
came over in the stage from the Warm
Springs yesterday evening, and stopped on
the way at Bath Alum for dinner, and In
front Of Blowing Cave for the driver to wa.
ter bis horses, and for tho passengers except
the ladies) TO get out and stretch their legs.
The Bath Alum Is kept delightfully."- by Mr..
Joseph BsXter. 1t is the stopping-piace al
night for the passengers who are going TO the
Warm and The Hot; but they get late sup.
per, as the sluge rarely reaches that place uD.
tai past 10 O'clock. There are very few visi.
tors at the Alum, bu! it ought to be full.
Blowing Gave is well.remembered by every
passenger who has passed through the Warm
Springs valley. Its mouth ia about twenty
feet above the road, on the right as you go
TO the Bath Alum from this place. On the
left flows the Co~pasture river. l should
judge that the eptrauce to the cave is four or
live feet large, and / am told by farmers in
this vicinity thut IL has been explored seYe.
raj miles. One old gentleman told me that
q dog had been turned iato the cave OF this
end, and that he had come cut at the other:
bat he did not exactly know where "the
other" was. It singular thing. however,
that there is always strong current of air
coming out Of the csve--so strong that il
will blow down the weeds in front Of it, and
saie air IS about ten degrees or more cooler
than the actual temperature outside.
SENATOR ROBERTSON eS THE FINANCES.
will be excused, hope, for saying one
word more about Senator Robertson. Be. |
fore left the Warm Springs yesterday l
met him on the porch ana asked bin whe-
Their The holders of fractional currency would
bave to pay the Government any pReslium