The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-08-21

far greater ReuSleis ih1ois'e-~".'>
speciai preparation. -. -. r,nor-
.;ro RI cnre tobacco with greater care than
i,asetn,ora. Tobacco-houses fitted with
nnes are quite common. The crops OF to-
hacco and corn arc very fine. Rains very
abundant.
.ytatoro mt the White Sulphur:
or TIRE PROPERTY WHAT WILL he DO
-v1ru 1TpN--s0CIABILTTY-A SUNDAY AT
rus wHtTE-BUT LITTLE DISSIPATION
nrug TIGER STARVING" HUGGlNG SET
TO MUSIC"
rcorresnondence of the Richmond Dispatch.]
EprENBR1Ea WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS
August 10, 1879. !
your several "young men" have Kept
xoI,r readers SO we'll posted rs to the differ
emf nhases of White Sulphur life that they
have left "Viatoro but little to say. And
vet YOU must let me endorse very heartily
I'll that has been said OF the splendid CON-
many. the admirable management OF mine
host Peytou and his able corps OF assistants,
and the many attractions OF scenery,
grounds, air, water, &C.. which make the
q old white" par excellence the queen OF
watering. places.
This has been decidedly the best season
ever. had here-the crowds being larger and
remaining Tor longer HDe than ever be-
fore--and there Is every prospect that an
unusually large number OF guests will re-
main to enjoy what many have long known
to be the most delightful period at the
White--the golden, balmy, glorious au-
tumn.
The recent sale Of this splendid property
and owl hat will he do with 2" are ques-
tions which excite Il good deal OF interest
md discussion; but The purchaser, Mr..
Mathews, has kept his own counsel so we'll
that little seems known OF his purposes.
lit is understood that the commissioners
hive recommended the confirmation OF the
sale; and while it is rumored that gentle-
man who owns large part OF the stock
will put in an "upsct bid" it is seriously
questioned whether the Court wall entertain
such bid, coming from one who has been
pressing for the sale Of the property, ana
who was present at the sale aud falleo 10
put in higher bid than the one at which II
was knocked down to Mr.. Mathews. put
there seems to be very general desire ina /
whoever may own the property, 1t may be
kept under its present management.
Colonel Peyton has succeeded so admlra-
bly under all OF the difficulties OF short
lease and uncertain tenure that his many
friends would rejoice to see him have a fair
chance to show what he caR really do under
more favorable surroundings. And while
n division Of the property and the erection
of several hotels might increase the aggre-
gate number of visitors and the average
comfort of the guests, it would seem great
Dity to break up that social feature OF the
white, produced in great measure by the
GREAT parlor, where all OF the guests meet
Several times day and mingle in pleasant
converse, which is, after all, the GROWING
glory of the old White.
Freuuenters Of Saratoga, Cape May,
Newport, and others OF the great northern
watering places, are astonished to find that
here stranger, il "worthy and well quail
fiedn land OF this keen eyes and discrimina-
ting judgments will soon decide), may lind
ready access into the best society. Instead
of dividing up into little touch-me-not CO.
teries, everybody seems to know everybody
else, and TO be earnestly engaged IN trying
to make everybody else have good time.
A gentleman from Cincinnati who arrived
here Saturday morning told me to-day tbat
he came stranger and had expected
to leave as a stranger, but that being ac-
uuainted with one gentleman nad gwen
him at once the entree to circle OF the most
pleasant acquaintance he had ever met.
and made him feel perfectly at home. And
certainly more charming women or more
agreeable men were never gathered together
than we have in the company now here.
Your "young men" have given the
names OF many of the prominent guests,
and need not repeat them. Suffice it to
say that senators, governors, congressman,
generals, judges, legislators, DOCTORS, cler-
gymen. professors, substantial business
men, &C., from every section are here IN
force. and if one desires either to see celebrl-
ties or meet pleasant people the old White
is the place to come.
| A Sunday at most OF the watering places
is very much dreaded by those who love our
"sweet day Of rest" and do not belong to
the progressiyes, who would convert it into
a day OF Bacchanaian revelry and mirth !;
| but Sabbath here may be rs quietly ana
probably spent as at home. The par
will be positively closed on Sunday" is pa-
carded all about the premises, and the rule
| is rigidly enforced (by the way, no sunday
whskey party has yet been organized hereI
while side by side with this may be seen an.
nouncements for preaching morning ana
night, both in the ballroom and IN the
church on the lawn.
Yesterday Rev. DR.. Irvine. OF Augusta,
Ca, preached in the churcn IN Tue tholn-
ing, and one of your Richmond preachers
at night, while Bishop Atkinson, OF North
Carolina, preached in the ballroom IN the
morning, and Rev. Or. Hoge at night. !
had the pleasure OF hearing an ma; admirable
sermon from DR.. Irvine on "The Almost
Christian DR.. Hoge is said to have had
one OF the largest, II not Tue largest, con,
orerations ever assembled at the White, and
to have preached with his usual power and
There seems to be very little dissipation
here save the late hours kept by the patrons
81 :. the German ny and | have not seen q
single man under the influence OF liquor.
"The Tiger,'' l am told, has been kept
hungry all the season for want of victims to
deyour, and there is good hope that he may
be starred out before the season is over.
V1ATOR.
What q Traveller Saw in Richmond
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