Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-09-29
THE WARM.
pyRrEcr WEATHER FOR OUTINGS
OF ALL KINDS.
Changing Foliage-Drives and Ramois'-
Charming Woodland Effects n
Sad Case-Political.

,s,aff correspondence OF the Dispa'cn'l
WARM SPRINGS, Sept. q, 1885.
As time passes and we get deeper
into the fall it becomes more and more
A matter OF wonder to me that so many
peoplc should be content to contine their
,acreation in che mountains to the sum
mer months. Surely If the object oil
going to the mountains be to inhale pure
inyieorating air and see nature IN ner
most glorious attire, those VINO ieaVe
the mountains with the end OF the sun
mer do not fully accomplish thst
object. Here we are having the
most perfect weather Of the season
"outings" weather-made Tor ram
bling, riding, and driving. The foliage
IS beginning to change, and within a
very short time the woods will be a
mass OF varied colors. The roads are
in A fIrst.rate condition, and no matter
how often one rides, drives, or walks
over them he never tires of the charm
ing bits Of scenery they command. A
few evenings ago Mr.. Oldham-Csrter,
an English gentleman stopping here
and who owns a large sheep and cattle
range in Randolph county, W. Va,
drove me down to Jackson's river.
WOODLAND GEMS.
The road is beautiful one, and Mr..
Carter is we'll acquainted with all the
surrounding country. He knew the
exact points at which to rein up in order
to get the best views of distant noun
tains or study the nearer gems of wood
land effect, and l could not help
thinking what a wealth Of material
there is here for a sketching
club. There are three roads especially
that abound in exquisite woodland
effects-exquisite both in respect Of
coloring and perspective. They are the
Jackson River road, the road around
the mountain into the Monterey road,
and the road through Cowardin's Gap.
throw ont the suggestion now that
the art talent Of Richmond could not do
better than form a sketching.clu to
visit this country during the fall.
SATISFIED.
As | said in my first letter, the fash
ionable season is over here, but the
Warm is by no means deserted. When
we all get together on the big portico
we are a very fair, and, certainly, a
most self-satisfed, company. Every one
knows every one else, and nearly all
sections of the country are represented.
A SAD CASE.
There are still some Charlestoniaus
here, and the letters they get from
home give sad accounts indeed OF the
condition of affairs. The people are
making noble efforts to put their houses
in order and revive business but in
many things it will take years to re-
cover. The half cannot be told. One
of the saddest cases | know of in con-
nection with the earthquake visitation
is that Of the little Huguenot congre-
cation. The church is the only Hugue-
not church on this continent, and was
greatly damaged by the cyclone Of last
August. The earthquake almost
wrecked it, and DR.. Ravenel, men,
Der of the congregation, informs me
that it will take 10000 to repair it.
That sum the congregation cannot pos
sibly raise among themselves. Consid-
ering that they are not a part of any one
of the great religious denominations,
their peculiar strait will be appre-
ciated. As | understand their form Of
worship and their belief, they have q
service somewhat like that Of the Epis-
cOpalians, and their doctrine is Calvin
istic. A committee of the congregation
has issued an appeal for aid to the HUI
guenot families throughout the country,
but SO far the response has been no.
thing like what was expected.
POLITICAL.
As illustrating the impression that