The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-07-19

what BAY ard TIA, lOr says oil "es'
yirrin,a,s Famous Watering Place
-Ex-sov. Gilbert {. WaIKer-Wh"t
He SAYS about the Debt Adjustment
ten. JubaI A. Early-His Opinion
of Masby-A Hoopskirt warrior
meath IA. A. Little Esq.-A Bright
,vnt Gone Out-CeIebritics.
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS,
July l6, 1877.
Mr. Baysrd Taylor, who has great re-
rown as a traveller, says that the Green
hrier White Sulphur Springs is the most
o,trsctiye resort that be has visited. lie
pronounces the natural beauties oil the
place as unsurpassed by any spot III the
world. He says that Bsden-Baden more
nearly approaches it than any other, and
that in the Black forest OF Germany ne
found scenery resembling this mountain
region but that nowhere has ne found
any place SURPRISING this. Nature IN neF
,osasursless munifcence. has left nothing
here for art to improve. The vast lawn
covered with grass rs smooth ana dell
ciously green as meadow moss is shsaeu
by grand old forest oaks and majestic
,nsn,ss each one OF which has pic
turesuue beauty as distinct IN us H.
dividuslity as the men and women
who dream and hirt away the care
lsssly happy hours beneath their
l,sfy csponies. Mayor Wickhsm I'M
h ,,itstingly proncunces 1t the most
delightful spot on the continent ana
raysrds il as lar superior to Saratoga or
Long Branch for pure enjoyment and AT
less cost. The table fare is excellent, ana
ina room accommodations, while not
comparing in elegance to some oil the
m IRA srIstocratic resorts, are all that real
comfort demands. People come here to
live free and easy outdoor life, and al
the appointments are made to CORES
pond. u. ,;s
Among the notables here the most dis
tiaguished looking one is
EN- GOVERNOR GILBERT c. WALKER.
Gov. Walker Is one of the finest look
ing men that ever saw; he Is what
l,Iy would call - love OF n man. lie
IA tall. straight and well prOpcrtlouedi
has beutiiu suit of hair, once jet olacK'
bit now silvered of that particular nue.
known rs Heaven dust" There is
pleasant dignity in his manner, humor-
Gus twinkle in the fascinating blue eye,
AID when you know him right well he IS
found TO be AS clever and jolly rs ne is
good looking.
TWAS fortunate for Virginia that she
hsi such man to make her Governor
the critical period of her history, when
he was called to preside over her desIi-
mes. His administration was successful
in recJustructing the State upon basis
which i; il had been adopted in other
Southern States. would have relieved
them from the curse OF carpet-oag rule
Walker was the Governor of Virginia,
9. will he remembered. when our Legis
lature made an effort 10 adjust our pro-
portion O! the old State debt, and we sent
our Commissioners 10 Richmond Tor That
purpose. The impression was made on
the return Of our Commissioners That
ey had been snubbed and treated rather
dIscourteouslv by the Virgins suthori-
ties. Anxious to know why /, WAS that
we received such treatment NJ the hands
of the mother Common wealth, | took
the nbertv 10 ask Gen. Walker '"E al
explanation. He blue eye shed hunor.
ous twinkle AS he said, ASK Jonathan
Bepnett If YOU want TO know the true IL
w.rdness of that negotiation; he can tel
You If be is disposed to do It, lie then
went on 20 saw that our Debt Commls
s,oDers came TO Richmond IN the spirit
o. the freshman st DOnnybrook far, VINO
was begging somebody to tread on MS
coat tail in order to give him provocation
for lighting; that they csme there with
the hope OF getting somebody to insult
them, in order that they might return to
West Virginia and excite the lndlgna-
ton of our people with story of their
wrongs. He says he never WAS officially
notified of their presence in the city, or
of their business there. He says that
Mr., Bennett. with whom ne had per-
sonal acquaintance, Incidentally called
in his office, but that his visit had no ref
erence to their mission, and he took
his visit merely as an evidence OF
kind personal feeling. They did apply
70 the Secretary of the Common wealth
sad Auditor for rooms TO work In, but
that these subordinate executive officers
lad no authority to grant them, but that
if he had been called on he would have
furnished them with room, if he had )
vacate his private office to do it. Gov.
Walker thinks that West Virginia was
never IN earnest about etiecting settle
ment; that his proposition was for al
arbitration, which We declined u accept
| reminded the Governor, however, that
we thought it best TO exhaust our own
efforts TO adjust the difficulties before
calling in outsiders to do it for US
Gov. Walker is probably correct IN his
opinion that West Virginia does not
want 10 hurry up n settlement, and am
fully convinced that Virginia does not
a long as she can rest under the sdvaa.
tageous provisions of the Funding bill.
One of the most interesting notables
now sojourning here is
GEN. JUBAL A. EARLY.
Gen. Early looks oder than he did in
1862 at the head OF the old brigade, "the
- a brigade he loved 81 well - but l. Look
ing better than ne did in 1864, when
battle worn he continued to hurl his
fragment OF sn army against Sheridan's
splendidly equipped leGions in the Shen-
andoah valley. Tine is no:ching his
progress on the old Confederate chieftain,
as the patrlsrchal beard and stopped
form indicate, but the animation of youth
is retained in the black eye aud bright
face.
Cen. Early. like Bob T,Ombs. is one of