Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-08-14
rcfter from Tie Red SuIpl,cr Springs.


Correspondence Of the Alexandria Gazattc.
RED SULPHUR SPRINGS, Aug. ll.-There
is about as little of general interest here 10 com
municate as is usual at any o! these springs. L
had quite variety though 90 Tuesday watching
the voting en- whether the capital OF The State
shall be moved from Wheeling to CIaiksGurg,
Martinsburg or Charleston, the polls being ID
one of the houses on The lawu. The capital
was removed from Charleston 10 Wheeling
some years ago, driven of by The big charges
of hotel and boarding house keepers, so said
the Charlestonians, and they have been trying
ever since 10 get it back, but the best bill they
could get through the Legislature was to rc
| move it eight years hence to tina. one OF the
| above places which could get majority vote
| before the people. If the first vote did not de-
eide it the place receiving the lowest vote was
10 be dropped and another vote taken in sixty
DAYS. Charleston offers q State house valued
at $500, 900 as a gift to the State Tor it to be
there. The Charleston district has about one
third of the vote Of the State. This precinct
voted 29O for Charleston to 3 Tor one OF her
rivals Ii had 90 idea there we're 80 many nlc0
| in this neighborhood, the grounds were swarm
| inp all day, but everything was As quite and
orderly as if only our guests we're here. lbe
voting laws are very different here FROM ours;
10 registering, only thirty days residence i'll the
district necessary, (some Of our visitors from
| Kapawa Valley, voting, who had been here
| thirty days.) The polls opened a little before
eleven o'clock and closed for dinner. The ride
from Talcott Station over to The springs has not
grown any shorter since last passed over il.
The same sign post just at the end Informs
you that the five hours or more on the road have
been spent ia making the twelve miles. But
| | am here and eau drink 10 my ill Of this gle,
rious waller. 1t is still working it's wondcrons
cures. People come here with almost all
kinds of diseases, consumption, dropsy, heart
troubles, dyspepsia; sometimes Oil beds, but 10
q very few days they are doing iul| duty in the
dining ROOM Old Uncle Ned, who has been
the cook here for over thirty years, is still at
his post, proving himself uncxceIlcd aHd unex'
cellable. This place is to be sold by auction On
the 23d proXimo, under deoreo OF The court.
Il was sold about ten years ago, but tho sale
was not confirmed and has been under contest
ever since. Everything is going to luln now,
and those OF us who expect to be compelled to
visit here feel deep Interest 10 It's welfare.
You remember the watch case wrote about
last year; young man sueng ior the recovery
Of a watch valued at Sc SO. Well, it Is ended,
and he got bis watch, the court cost: in tho case
being 81 900 and the lawyers fees between live
and six bundred; these are facts obtained from
the magistrate who first tried the case. The
same two families, as it is really a light between
two families, have again started on me Icgaa
war path about some hogs. john Robinson
circus has Just been here pity The poor anl
mails on the road over from ralcot if they came
that way. The Alexandriaua here arc taking
their full part in all the amusemcna and al the
table, particularly the latter We nave out
usual cool mornings and nights, AID shawls,
over coats and iurs arc ip demand. We have
not much more than half our usual number Of
visitors this year. The cause must be hard
| fines GUY.