Vicksburg weekly herald., 1877-08-10


Correspondence OF the Herald.
GREENBRIER WHITE SULPHUR sPRINGs,l
August 2, 1871.
The visitors from Mississippi at this
celebrated watering place, peruse
with much pleasure and interest, your
daily paper, which csmes 10 us with
tolerable regularity.
Icame via Blue Mountain Route, and
must say that It It q pleasant way to
come, and as free from dust as any
road have travelled over. The con-
necIions are made with regularity and
the eating.houses are good. The sleep
ing coaches on this line have no upper
berths, and as to comfort they are far
preferable to the Pullman cars. A
person leaving Vicksburg on Tuesday
st o'clock PM, will reach here FRI
day morning in time for early break.
fast. The only delay ls at Charlottes-
vile where you stop eight hours. But
this delay is not irksome, as you can
stop at q good hotel near the depot, and
the rest thus afforded, is quite refresh.
ing after being on the cars for nearly
three days.
Imet Mack Lawrence on the train,
and he came as far as Lynchburg, !
gave him copy Of the HERALD, and
he declared his purpose to read II
"from eend TO eend.' Mack Is staying
with his family at the Yellow Sulphur
Syringe. He told me that George
King aud family, and Mrs. Megget
and her children, were staying at the
same place. Col. Voolfolk left here
as soon as the Cotton Convention ad-
journed, to join his family, at the
Montgomery White. The Mississippi
visitors here are Major Flowerree aud
family, and Mrs. Carroll aud child,
Mrs. Eugene Martin aud child, Miss
Minna Blake, Miss Emma Wilson, Col.
Lamkin, Gen. Butts, Capt. Lee, Major
Foote, Gen. Stephen d. Lee and wife,
and Miss Harrison. Capt. Vosburg
was here few days since, but left for
home, and Gen. Butts will leave IN a
day or two for Saratoga. Mr.. Bryson
is expected here about the 10 b inst.
Miss Fannie Willis will be here this
week.
The guests at present number some
eight hundred and fifty. Among those
here notice Mr.. W. w. Corcoran, Of
Washington; Gen. Joe johnson, Gen.
Dabney II. Maury, Ex Gov. Walker,
Hon. James Lyons, Col. Hobson, Col.
Balling, Hon. a. II. II. Stuart and Gen.
John McC4usland, Of Virginia Con-
gressm N Henke Of Maryland Col.
Spaight, Of Texas; Ex-Congressman
job Stevenson, Of Cincinnati; General
Dubose, Of Ga. DR.. Gee Of n. e. Maj.
Z A. Burke and Hon. Louis Bush,
Speaker Of Louisiana House Of Repre-
sentatives Ex.U. S. Senator Price, Of
this State j. Duff Reed, Esq, Of Louis
vile, and the ever conspicuous, genial,
whOe-souled aud clever gentleman,
Col. Pat Donan, now Of Newport, KY.
Judge Reagan, Of Texas, and Hon Ben
Hill, Of Georgia, were here but left
several days since. Col. Lamar and
Col. Hooker are looked for soon, as
also Gov. Vale Hampton. Among
the young ladies l notice, Miss Tenn
pleton, three Misses Violet, aud three
Misses Jackson aud Miss Thomson,
from New Orleans; Miss Blake, Miss
Wilson, and Miss Harrison, of our own
State; Miss Ford, Miss Sallie and
Mary Marshall, Miss Hamilton, Miss
Stevenson and Miss Matte Belle
Snreve, from Ky; Miss Mcdowell,
Miss Green aud Miss Morehead, of NC. /;
Miss Brooks, Miss Rand and Miss
PendIeton, vi West Virginia; Miss
Paul, Miss Leila Wilson, Miss Grant,
Miss Boiling, Miss Booth aud Miss
Bruce, of Virginia Miss Carrie Ryan,
OF Charleston; Miss Stevenson, OF
Cincinnati; Miss Morehead and Miss
Purviance, of Pittsburg; Miss Henkle,
Miss Thomas and Miss Mccoy, OF
Maryland Miss Ball and Miss Daisy
King, Of Georgia, and Miss Parry, Of
Philadelphia. There are four charm
ing widows: Mrs. Clarke and Mrs.
Denegre of New Orleans Mrs. Ogden,
Of Natchez, aud Mrs.. Jones, of Pitts.
burg, Mrs. Kate Smith, (nee Single
ton,) is expected In few days.
The proprietors intend giving a
grand ball about the 18th inst, aud il
diamonds and black velvet are any.
thing in the scale of elegance, then tie
ball will be q grand affair. From the
general display OF elegant diamonds
which have seen since coming here,
l am led to suppose that these precious
jewels, do indeed now grow on trees.
The baud is q very fine one, and
plays every night Sunday excepted)
until IL o'clock. The dancing is very
general. The rule is TO play one round
dance and then square dance, and
this order is always observed, so that
everyone may have an opportunity TO
enjoy themselves.
The table is reasonably good, and
the accommodations are as good as you
can find al most watering places.
PrOprietOrs and clerks are quite
obliging, and,in fact, everything moves
as smoothly as you could expect In so
large q crowd.
l IOmitted to mention as among the
guests, Hon. Ersstus Brooks and Bay.
ard Taylor, OF New York, aud the Pc
ruvian Minister from Washington
City.
The inlquitous system of bribing
walters Is coDspicuOusly necessary
here, aud he who stauds ON principle,