The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-05-25
The Springs Soason.


The hot weather that has fallen upon us
in a genial and llowery season-the hot wea-
thcr which has thus untimely obtruded IT.
self in lieu Of the "ethereal mildness y
which should reign lis putting those who
arc fortunate enough to have leisure and
means in the humor for seeking the COO
shades. bold scenes, and bright waters o1
the summer resorts. Many are getting
ready, while there should be not few who
have already led of, for the season. We
refer TO our columns for number of adj
vertisements oi attractive places, and will
have many more OF such notices as the sea
son advances.
We may expect to see very gay and
happy time at the Virginia Springs. There
is 10 dclusive Centennial" the present
year to confound the plans and disSipate the
money OF people in profitless sensation and
the delusions set up by hypocrisy and
greed. 1t is satisfactory to know that ex-
actlv that Centennial. with its sordid
schemes and unprincipled strateSies, can
not come again until another century has
run round. Men without patriotism, hypo-
critically feigniug to worship Heroism and
Liberty, will at least have not such another
opportunity to obtain money under false
prctcnces" until that time comes.
Great expectations were INDUCED by
Springs-k keepers at the beginning OF the
Centennial season. They looked for q
greater throng Of guests at the Springs than
at any former time. " Everybody whe
goes to the Centennial will take turn at the
Springs" said they. This was great mis-
take. The Centennial visitors spent all the
spare money they had. Nay, many Of them
did more; squandering much that belonged
to others. Sight-seers fingered in Phila-
delphia, lived uncomfortably, drank bad
water, and went home tired and sick, when
= period OF rest and recruitment from min
eral water and invigorating temperatures
would have returned them home well and
happy.
The experiences OF the travelling public
last year will give additional zest to the en-
ioymcnts OF the Springs the present year,
and we therefore expect to see an unusually
bright snd lively season at those places.
The right to local self-government is at
last accorded TO the southern States by the
Federal Government, which had so tyran-
nicalv and unconstitutionally held that
right In abeyance since the war till the pre-
sent year, and now we have some semblance
OF peace and equality among the States. The
ha
happy auspices OF this event. New views
OF the future may be developed and dis.
cussed, new party phases calculated, and
party affinities set free TO affect the course OF
politics. These things will give animation
and interest to conversation among politi-
clans and old men-particularly at the Eir-
ginia White Sulphur-whle the gaiety and
1estivity Of youth, with its inspiring con-
comitants Of beauty and love, will in no way
be disturbed by the iarring OF political and
sectional discords and the passions and ,ap-
prehensions they generate. ....
This year, then, will be the first since the
war In which the leisurely assemblages and
festivities OF the recruiting and Joyous sea-
son will be entirely relieved from the rude
and menacing intrusions OF sectional con-
tention. 1t should indeed be new, era Of
good feeling and congeniality.
Let us, then, hope for q season Of unusual
grati6cation-one entirely consonant with
the requirement OF both pleasure and
health-through those rednlons Of the peo-
ple OF all sections who meet annually at the
fountains of health, and there seek those
advantages which it must be admitted have
for years been greatly marred by the un-
happy political complications Of our coun-
try. ..--...--- -
And now let us invite our readers to the
happy places which are brought before the
public in the advertising columns of the
Dispatch. .. .: -'.. "'
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGs.-The Virginia
White Sulphur is ready and in excellent
trim for the coming season. GEORGE L..
PEYToN & Co., the well-known managers OF
the White, have done what they could to
improve the accommodations at the place,
where nature has contributed in an extraor-
dnary manner to the health and gratifica-
tion OF man in the loveliest scenes, the
purest and most invigorating airs, and the
most beneficial waters. Once enjoyed, the
place is not forgotten while memory lasts,
and it is not surprising that it has become o
Mecca Of fashion as well as a national con-
gress, at which matters Of social and politi-
cal concern are elaborately investigated.
The groves OF the White Sulphur have be-
come classic, and time only gives to
them added beauty and statellness. In
deed, there is room for art to prune
and to plant; nevertheless it Is not won
derlui that Lord MoRPETH, when in Vir-
ginia, should have said 10 the late Mr..
CALDWELL (who formerly owned the place.
that there was but one man in all England
he would allow to enter those groves with
un axe. Nor was it wonderful that Mr..
CALDWELL. should have replied: My
Lord, know not even one man to whom
would accord that liberty"
1t is q fine time for all sections to meet ut
the White and arrange for the future, and
for the coming rulers OF political! and social
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