SOUTHERN PLANTER.— ADVERTISING SHEET. 



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The U. S. Government has, on several occasions, sent 

 troops to Old Point from other stations to recruit their 

 health, and with the desired effect. What induced 

 this was, doubtless, the favorable reports of the Army 

 Surgeons as to the sanitary character of the place. 

 We cannot account for tastes nor can we control fash- 

 ion ; but it has always been a matter of surprise to me 

 that visitors should leave the Point just at the time 

 when it is most pleasant. The latter pa>t of Au- 

 gust and the whole of September are among the 

 healthiest and most agreeable periods to remain at 

 Old Point ; for the air is bracing and yet mild during 

 the day, and at night you sleep comfortably under a 

 blanket. Hog fish and oysters are of much finer flavor 

 than in July, and the fishing far better than in the ex- 

 treme heat of the summer. No one within the broud 

 limits of the Old Dominion can have failed to appreci- 

 ate the beauty of our Indian Summer (so called). 

 This, while it endures some, few weeks in other locali- 

 ties, lasts the whole fall at the Point, commencing 

 about the 20th of August. I can give no stronger 

 proof of the earnestness and sincerity of my convic- 

 tions on this head, than by declaring that if the au- 

 thorities would grant me permission to erect a cottage 

 on the beach, . I would gladly avail myself of the pri- 

 vilege with a view to residing there all summer and 

 fall with my family. But I will not enlarge on this 

 topic. There is, and there can be, no dispute on the 

 subject, since all who know the place will endorse 

 every word I have uttered. The health of Old Point, 

 and its exemption from the fall diseases of our climate, 

 are facts too well established to admit of cavil or 

 doubt, indeed, to quote the words of a conspicuous 

 politician, it is a '■'•fixed fact?' 1 



Verv respectfully, your obedient servant 

 F. MALLORY, M. D. 



Norfolk, Aug. 21, 1856; 



Joseph Segar, Esq. : Dear Sir — Having spent my 

 school-boy days in the immediate vicinity of Old Point, 

 and somewhat familiar for many years with the hygeaic 

 condition of the people — residents and guests, who an- 

 nually assembled there — 1 am enabled to answer' your 

 enquiry with entire confidence in the correctness of 

 my own conclusions. This experience has satisfied 

 me that no locality, in our latitude, can be more heal- 

 thy. Unconnected with " the main," save by a narrow 

 strip of beach land, which is only partially covered 

 with a stunted vegetation ; its sources every where 

 washed by the salt ocean wave, and without a single 

 sunken spot where vegetable humus can gather, it 

 seems to me utterly impossible that malaria can be 

 generated there, or that noxious airs can reach it from 

 my portion of the adjacent country. Come from what- 

 ever point of the compass the winds may, they are sea 

 breezes still, and could scarcely waft a poisonous ex- 

 halation from the distant shores abroad. 



In my estimation, fevers of a bilious, remitent or in- 

 termittent type might as soon be expected to originate 

 on the highest peak of the Blue Ridge as on the clean, 

 barren sand plane on which the Hvgeia Hotel is built. 

 Yours, truly, J. J. S1MKINS. 



Hampton, Va., March 30. 1857. 

 My Dear Sir — I have received your letter request- 

 ing my opinion of the general healthiness of Old Point 

 Comfort, and particularly as to its exemption from 

 bilious diseases. 



In reply to your inquiry, it gives me pleasure to 

 state, that I know of no place in Virginia with which 

 Old Point Comfort will not, in that respect, favourably 

 compare; and I do not remember ever to have seen a 

 case oj bilious fever which originated at that place. 

 Yours, respectfully, 



WM. R. VAUGHAN, M. D. 

 Jos. Segar, Esq., Roseland. 



Alexandria, Aug. 25, 1^56. 

 My Dear Sir— In reply to yours of 20th instant, I 

 can only say, that the healthiest spot I have ever 



known is Old Point Comfort; and this I say after a 

 residence there of eight or nine years. A very mista- 

 ken notion prevails as to its health in August and the 

 fall months, and there are persons who deem it unsafe 

 to remain there at such times. My own experience 

 teaches me that, for comfort and health, Old Point is 

 far more desiruble in August and the fall months than 

 earlier. Fish and oysters are in greater perfection, 

 and no climate can be purer or, more delightful, or 

 healthier. At any season of the year, Spring, Sum- 

 mer, Autumn or Winter, I would' as soon take my 

 chance for health there as at the White Sulphur 

 Springs, or any watering place in America. 



Yours, very truly,' 



JAMES S. FRENCH. 



Jos. Segar, Esq., Roselar.d, Eliz. City Co., Va. 



May 57— 5t 



AGRICULTURAL SEEDS. 



The Subscribers offer the following seasona- 

 ble seeds, the growth of last year, and of unsurpassed 

 qualities Dealers and others requiring large quanti- 

 ties, will be served at prices considerably#»elow the 

 rates quoted. 



Best quality 'Red Top Turnip 75 cts. per lb. 



Red Top Strap Leaf do 75 " " 



Large White English Globe do 50 f" " " 



Do do do Norfolk do 50 "'• " " 



Long White Tankard do 75 " " " 



Yellow Stone do 75 " " " 



Yellow Aberdeen do 75 " " " 



Best American Improved 



Ruta Baga do 75 " " " 



Imported do do 50 " " " 



Do Purple Top do 50 " " " 



And 12 other fine varieties of Turnips 



from 50 cts. to $1 00 " " " 



Early Scarlet Horn Carrot 5Q cts. to 1 00 " " « 

 Improved Long Orange do 50 cts. to 1 00 " " " 

 Long White do 75 " £; 



White Sugar Beet do 50 " " " 



Yellow do do 50 " " " 



Long Red Mangel Wurt- 



zel do 50 " " " 



Yellow Globe Wurtzel do 50 " " « 



Fine Mixed French Grass Seed for 



Lawns $5 00 per bush. 



And other Mixtures for Lawns $3 and 4 00 " 



Also the finest qualities of Red, White, Dutch, Lu- 

 cerne and other Clovers — Timothy, Red Tops, Blue 

 Grass, English and Italian Ray "Grasses, Orchard — 

 Sweet. Scented Vernal — the Fescues, and other Grass- 

 es, with a large and complete assortment of Vegeta- 

 ble, Flower and Field Seeds of the best qualities 

 at reasonable rates. 



JAMES M. THORBURN & CO., 



15 John Street, New York. 



13^ Catalogues on application. 



May 57— 2m 



PORTABLE GAS APPARATUS. 



HAVING received the exclusive agency for 

 the State of Virginia from the Maryland Portable Gas 

 Company, for the sale of their machines, we are now 

 prepared to contract for their erection. 



The machine is remarkable for its extreme simplici- 

 ty, its safety and economy ; one half a cent per burner 

 for an hour's consumption, is a large estimate for this 

 Gas, while in illuminating qualities it is not surpassed 

 by the Coal Gas of any city in the Union. It is well 

 adapted for Private Houses. Factories, Schools, Col- 

 leges, Churches and watering places, and provides, 

 what in cities is considered an indispensable luxury, 

 a good gas light, at much less expense than is paid 

 for Oil or Candles. 



Anv information on the subject may beobtainedby 

 addressing STEEPENS & PULLEN, 



May 57 — ly 101 Broad St., Richmond, Va. 



