New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-07-31
s0rrUERy SUuvfRlyG PLACES

II W ,nld be of advantage tO the whole
country if part of the great current of tour
i,t travel rushing now here and there through
the North could be diverted to some OF the
Summer resorts of the South. Tne good effect
of the Presidents proposed visit would be
greatly strengthened by a cordial social inter
course between the educated classes OF Dom
sections, and, under the circumstances. the tfst
advance should he made from or sdf. At
watefing-p place where every man pays il's own
scot. there is freedom from obligation, lazy
good humOr, Il holiday A.'t, which Is much
more conducive to Good-lcllowship and friend
" feeling than are the relation o. host and
guest. II may seem reversal OF things to go
South in Summer. Bat the Sulphur Springs OF
Virginia are delightfully."- cool, and this sum
mer the hotels are better kept, rs Il general
rnlc. than for many years. The weather.
classes of Virginia resort there now as before
the war There is, Of course, less display oi snb-
stantia family equiplges, servants and diamonds,
but there is just as much state, and as solid a
conviction that when Virginia makes joke all
the world laughs There is really little too
much Wanting of poverty, perhaps, for sound
common sense. The younger generation snow
themselves too apt 20 sit down on " the Tor
"tune lost in the war a. il pedestal quite SUI
fcirut for present and future glory. Inter
course with Northerners wOuld probably suggest
TO their minds that twelve years is enough for
an energetic man, in possession Of education and
influence, if not to make a fortune, to lay the
basis of comfortable competency. South
erners are not slow in receiving such practical
hints. IL is curious to observe how they have
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ideas by the very Federal soldiers whose pres
euce was 50 sore grievance among them.
The whole mountain region, from Upper If
ginia to South Carolina, offers temptation such
IS are not to be found in the Adirondacks to
sportsmen of every kind. Bears, wolves, deers
and the smaller game are to be found III all
.he ranges below Christilnsburgh. In South
ern Tennessee, every farmer in these noun
tam regions will take in folks" for prices
absurdly low, and furnish. as a rule. good but
tc, coffee and hot bread and chicken nd
ndusedm. There are quiet little watering
places, too, much smaller tnan the Virginia
Springs, To which the best classes OF the Caro-
linas. Georgia and the lower Gulf States re-
sort. and where NOrtherners receive an ex-
ccptionay cordial welcome. Board mt these
MISREPRESENTATION.
ranges in price at from IS to so per week.
There are quaint little inns, too, i'll villages
living literally above the clouds, where the
same kind of board costs but from 80 to So
per week; where bear-steakS and yenison-col
loDs appear for breakfast; where Spring
chickens arc sold at eighty cents per dozen,
and mountain trout at five cents per pound.
We inow Of no such para1iSes for artists
and epicures as these almost inacccs-
slble North Carolina hamletS. In South
Carolina the principal place of resort
Is CTsai's Head "a mountain summit over
1000 feet above tdc-watcr. from which
can he seen the vast valley of Carolina and
Georgia, and where Winter clothes and fires
are necessary just now. There are houses fur
nishing comfortable and very cheap accommo-
dations here also. We know, III short no bet
ter field for exploration open to artists, lovers
of the picturesque. or students Of human
nature, than these remote Southern watering
places. The scenery is the most magnificent
in the whole Appalachian Range, and the social
world-thc thought, manner and character of
the people-arc totally different from anything
To be found in the North, and are well worth
our attentive study, keeping the condition of
the country always III view.
The one dillicrlty in the way Of tourists,
however to these regions. is the ex,ortionate
charges made by every Southern railway and
waySide hotel. They are usually treble the rates
in the North. Passengers are 80 few in num-
Der is the flank plea, q" that we must make
"what we can oil Of Them 1t will not need
long experience, however, to convince them
now suicidal is this policy.