The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-08-19

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.,,r-,,,,ypen.y AUGUST 10, 1870
: sron, the Old white.
=. ,.,.,ance or the Richmond pispatchI
]. s> vs. y,s.,rr SULPHUR SPRINGS. ". VA.S
August il, 1875. |
a,pve now been here four days, waking |
.rs,arrestions. indulging 10 reflections, and
cosssns TO conclusions, 10 be hereafter re-
emded. The company, already very large,
10 ssai,y increasing and constantly growing 10
objection for sulphur water. Almost all
',aye. or imagine they have, some coaiq'hh''
and the sulphurous fluid ts expected 20 re.
store them 10 pristine health, toraisn sne,n
with spirits to frt and gossip, or ta'k pen
tics, and provide them appetites 70 cons amld
The substantial meals to which they are ca',sa
with unvaryiug regularity. l iH,se,Ie 10 ,,,,,
there arc present few res!iy SICK fseope, ua,
IL Il cssier and more conveauohn " say az. nc,
Won have The dyspepsia or rneanat az 80, s"s
10 bother with explaining saae yen, -. .a ",.s
have been oyerworked ana ureu ". W soa
h,,s;ness: or. II a lady, that you have come
hecs,,se other people come. aaa chafltaoie
and ~ hnnel lust. and will not for moment
.ntartain the idea that the ladies come as TO
matrialooial market. Think any such iDtfms-
fson scandsloos. You bad just as well say that
fbe gentlemen do not come to play BILLIARDS
and ten-pins. The truth, reckon. lies
somewhere between two extremes. aud pro-
baby Is that she minority come for reerea-
ton and pleasure aud 10 fresben themselves
for renewed struggles with the stern realities
of life: aud in that light their conduct rs not
opIy jusiitiabie. but dare say conmepdaole.
: I do know that old and young are enjoying
themselves, though the amusements are nos
numerous or various. Any person WIN
moderate degree Of sociability can spend days
and weeks pleasantly, aud form many new
eand agreeable acquaintanceS, and return
home with good opinion Of the world ano
firmer resolution TO move onward ana up
ward.
GENERAL JOSEPH z. JOHNSTON.
OF present visitors General Johnston is
the observed of all observers, though more
.Cniet and modest gentleman is not to be
fnnnd In these crowded grounds. He wears
short beard, which is gray, like bis balr.
His form is erect aDd soldierly, as OF oid,
and his eyes retain their wonted brightness.
He Is yeiy like bis brother, Senator JoDh-
stou, and in many respects resembles MpJoI
w. P. Mupford, OF RlchHond, tnouSl'
suppose, Major Munford is Younger gene
raj Johnston is great pedestrian; pe IS
constantly taxing long Jaunts over tne mouh,
taips, and the fresh, pure air and heaitclul
EXERCISE seem to do him good and TO keep
him In fiue spirits. Northerners seek bis
company, aud delight in his cheerful CONVEX
satiop. for the " centennial feeling" is strong
here, and society knows no territorial lines.
Even General Bob Toombs, of Georgil, who
il supposed BY some Radical journals to De
ready to eat up Yankee on sight, or to
blow I'D the Government at the first oppor.
tunity. gets along very well with our breta-
rem and sisters from across the Potonaac ana
Ohio, and makes himself agreeable to them
all. His vast fund of general Information
and readiness 10 talk make him desirable
companion, even If be does occasionally
speak bis views candidIy about the United
States Government.
TIE WEATHER.
The old Spanish proyerb, "Since we can.
not get hat we like, let us like what we can
oct 3 NAV be commended to the visitors,
though they have generally acted in conso'
nance with its wise counsel. There Is enough
sunshine now aud then to permit short walks
to be taken and to dy the avenues; nothing
more seems TO be expected perhaps by
many nothing more is wisbe for. Cloudy or
rainy weather is favorable to courtship; and
to those who cannot so indulge there are
plenty people here to prevent feeling any
sense of loneliness, and nearly all are willing
to be sociable. begin to doubt if there was
ever pleasanter company gathered together
at these springs, but my information IS
not so extensive as to enable me to
speak authortatively. l sometimes think
when clear weather comes back to us-I sup.
pose it will come back soon or late-What
an awful gap will be made in our staple coz
versation. 1t is really fearful to contem-
plate such-a calamity was about to say,
but such a mutation, suppose, is better.
There are those who have gotten up wise
saws, puugent jokes, and brilliant scraps of
table.talk founded on the weather, and these
are to be destroy ed, hidden away, and for
gotten until the winter comes, when they
may be trotted out again for new. What
becomes Of all the pinsP What becomes OF
all the sage remarks about bad weather when
good weather comes, say /! But Sufficient
unto the day is the evil thereof" and l dis
pei these gloomy thoughts and seek to pass
on to something brighter and fairer.
BALLS, &C.
A grand fancy.dress and masquerade bal
Is talked about by some. Whether or no it
will be gotten, up at this writing confess
myself unable to tell. have been asked
conceding that there is 10 be such ball, and
that shall be here then-if intended to
Hreport" the ladies' dresses, &c. answered
Nay. Life Is too brief to justify me in going
into the millinery business at my advanced
age, and, with &C. & +. CT have come
to the conclusion that "iadies look much
better In muslin than in print" Not that
the ladies decidedly object to seeing
their names In newspapers. On no Indeed;
not II they are correctly represented. have
generally managed to please them in this re.
spect by getting the information about the
material. cut, ard cost OF their dresses from
themselves, or their mother. or their intimate
aady.ireDds. Yess if the truth aust be
teld-and it must occasionaliy-fm forced
to suggest that the elaborate, eloquent, enti.
cling letters descriptive of ball dresses which
in times past came from the mountains were
trnceable almost directly to the fair wear
crs Of the aforesaid dresses that is, so far as
facts and figures" were concerned the
reporter " dressed" up his ''Tnaterial."
know that some few ladies protested against
their nsmes going into the papers, and it was
the usual thipg 10 omit mentlen of them and
theirs. So for rs know their wishes were
never disresarded. Now, If the press did
wrongs II they outraged pubic deceDcy" ;
if they "inVaaed social privacy" &C., De,
who Is responsible?
Having thus vented my indignation and
defended the correspondent 1 am greatly
relieved.
Not TO speaS Of the little satisfaction or
gratiticatiea in 9he that comes to the news.
paper-nan-not 10 beg for hiaa unmerised
mercy or immuDity from critoism--I repest
the welikaewn lines OF the satirist: