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W. G.WEBB, Proprietor.
Houston. August 28. 1873.
At.t. Communications, published
in this paper, advooating the claims
of any one for ao office, in advance
of the action of the Nominating
Convention, most be paid for as ad-
vertisements, and all extracts or
oommwriHtiena, so appearing, are
advertisement. aug23 tf
CLAP TBAP.
In noticing a candidate brongbt
forwaii in the West, the San Antonio
Herald of ths 15th inst., says i
" We learn that be is very decided
in his stand against Repudiation."
The virtue of Texas as to thiaclap-
trap cry efrepudiation, staodsUkea
prophet of old, who, every time he
pa*aed*leng, the wicked and thought-
less boy# triad but " Thou bald
head," and loon the bears came and
desrtejed these wicked children.
Terns is as pare from the charge of
repadiattaj* as<tbe contempt against
God's prophst was unjuat. And
Heaven wul pdniih those who have
raised against the
people of Texas by a* defeat, which
they ri6$ljr ■ '£'>
We confess thst this cry of repudi-
ation is so mgojt .tbat.we -hive not a-
bit of patience with any candidate
wboraiasait' '*?8VIJ. T'
It is itmply political olap-trap, and
we would sot-*? farther ^to fin# a
demagogue, than to ftnd any candi-
date who makei this a cry to draw a'
people to him that Jiever had a
thought of repudiation. Texas has
no thoaghk of repudiation, and he is
an enemy to her people, who raises
sneh a demagogical cry* * i*
She demands justice—justice in the
face of an ojjlen charge of bribery,
which has' not even been denied by
those against whom fc has been made
—-justice against af great wrong, and
that that wrong shall be compromised
90 as to save her honor* She is will
leg to do more than justice, a d ifabe
be met less than half way-, land and
money tojjetkerjWiB convince tbe
world feat she is thlmoat maguan*
imoss State upon g^rtb*1^
™" —a—
THAT
BVXIi IN
Bin
XOJNK.su
SfIL
We are forcibly reminded of this
proverb by finding the follow ingj in
the Mercnry of the 22d inst. :
The Telegraph ^vertised "edito-
rially that Secretary of State New-
comb would for ward a copy of the
. lawa passed by the 13th Legislature
to every editor in Texas. _ This,
with its recent eulogy of B.J. Davis,
has been rewarded by a State ad~
vertiaepgpt of acolwnn, which,
candidly admit, wajju well earn
Davis and Newcomb are a happy
couple The Telegraph mak
trio.
Now it was only oft-the 14th inst
thatoiff &ily contained a leader
about these proposed amendments.
Oar exchanges were anxiously in-
quiring, if any amendments were
proposed, and we were by one paper
directly asked to answer, but not
finding a word in the general laws
of the last Legislature about it, we
oould not answer certainly whether
any had been proposed or not.
But the publio was greatly arous*
ed about the matter, and as soon as
we saw tbe Governor's proclamation
in the State Journal, we clipped it
at on<^^&s a matter of news and pub *
lie information, and only to this end
, . tttS.t
and not as an advertisement was it
published, and being a very impor-
tant matter to every voter in the
State4 we ordered it to remain in
onr paper fgr a number of issues,
and instead of trying to make oap-
ital, thS Mercury should also have
promptly published it; and if tbe
Mercury had looked and would look
in all of its utterance as purely to
the pureed, as wefdid io that
matter, it do. gopd sex vice %p
itea"A^ j n
Only to give greater circulation
to tha notice of the Secretary of"
State, we noticed his request in tbe
State Journal tbat editors should
apply, to him for a copy of the
General Lawa of the 13th Legisla-
ture, buf'tbe Houston Mercury has
tried make capital out of the
mattef. The Secretary" of State,
wished'fd slight no editor, and did
not even exclude the Mercury; Sn.1
in noticing it .we desired to help
the editors wbo may bave over-
looked tbe notice ia the Journal.
THJB BIL£ OF TBS HOSE f GSU
Oar leader to-day is taken from the
Bible, because the extracts are appli*
cable to utterances and events that
are passing or bave passed.
David said—'*1 have Been the wick
ed in great power and spreading him-
self ..like a green bay tree. Yet be
passed away, and lo ! be was not!
yea, I sought him, but he could not
be found."
Speaking oi the wicked, the same
inspired writer says.V
They are not in trouble as other
men, neither are tbey plagued aB
other men Therefore pride com#
passeth them about a* a chain. Their
eyes stand oat with fatness—
they have more than heart could
with. They are corrupt and speak
wickedly concerning oppression—
they , speak loftily. Tbey eet their
mouth against tbe Heavens and their
tongue walketb through the earth.
Behold these are tbe ungodly who
prosper in tbe world—tbey increase in
riches. When I sought to know thio
it was too painful me, until I went
into the sanctuary of God—then un-
derstood I their end. Surely thou
didst set them in slippery places—
thou castedst them down into1 dee
straction. Now are tbey brought into
destruction as in a moment. They
are atterly consumed with power."
Thi« David was the father of Sol-
omon, the great King and the Wisest
man,; and the latter must have bad
these teachings of his father in mind
when he taught:
•'Pools despise wisdom and instruc-
tion. If sinners entice thee consent
thou not. If they say—come with us,
let as lark privily for tbe innocent
without causes Let us swallow them
up alive ts the grave. We shall find'
all precious, substance ; we shall fill
onr houses with spoil- So are tbe
wijgi of every ene tbat is greedy ot
Canaman take fire in bis bosom
and his elothee not be barned f Bich-
es profiteth not in tbe day of wrath.
A good man leaveth an inbeiitance to
his children's children, and tbe wealfh
of the sinner is laid op for the just,
Better is tbe poor tha;. walketb in his
integrity than he tbat is perverse in
his ilpnacd is a fool. A goad name
is rather to be chosen than great rich*
ea. Answer cot a fool according to
hisiolly, lest thou be like unto him "
r If Dsvid and Solomon both lived
in this day, tbey could not have ot-
tered more wisdom as applicable to
these times. Let oar readers look
around them and Bee how corruption
has crept over our country until it
^stinks in the nostrils of tbe people.
Look on your own State and .mourn
that the Money God has found vota-
ries among those who have been
trusted as teachers and leaders among
the people. * r • ' * '
FOBEiGK TBATEL8-I1.
By X Keddy,
—V- r r J
.Sudden Floods.—From one of our
Waco exohanges (we really have for*
gotten which) we learn that:
•'Jones & Orand had two fiaehorses
drowned in Hog Creek. They had
been driven in to drink, when a tor*
rent four-feet high suddenly came
rushing down on tbem, and* before
they could get out, the buggy was
smashed, and the two men were car-
ried ia quarter of a mile dowW the
stream before they wers rescued,"
This reminds us of an incident that
happened to us on tbe Chattahoechie
River, in the State of Georgia, abont
thirtyttfour years ago. With a com-
panion we set in tbe river in a canoe.
Not a drop of raiu had fallen for some
two weeks, and it being in tbe Ram-
mer, the water was low and perfectly
clear. All at once we heard a great
roaring up tbe river, and looking to
wards it, we saw what proved to be
a great fresbet coming down, looking
like a river upon a river.' We both
paddled for dear life to the shore, got-
there, bad just time to fasten our ca-
noe and run up the bank, when it
came down, bearing trees, Jogs,
pumpkins ^uid a small bouse in its
course. It was tbe grandest sight we
ever saw. and commencing about 12
M., by sundown the river was brim
full and over its banks in all low
places, and one of tbe greatest over
flows ever seen in it was npon us,
destroying all thte crops and mary an-
imals in the bottoms, and some bu
man lives also. Ferry boats were
washed away alL along its banks, and
our canoe was submerged as soon as
the flood struck it, I trail originated
from immense floods of. rain' towards
the head of the river
i J!'
Ths Houston Mereury is informed
that if it has not already received a
copy of the General Laws, it can do
so by application to the Secretsry of
State.* til t.t: t K< wot 'jf M
latlWt «.4 (WNsS*
this issue will b found an in-
sting letter from Mrs,- M J.
YouSg, 6T this city, written from
#atekill, on the Hudson river, Mrs-
Young will continue to
the ."Telegraph dcuing
N-qfSHi. trt **<< f'
i
wu'.e -«tar
her -. stay
. We expect the Houston Mercury
will support £■ J. Davis warmly be
fore the 2d day of December, !£iext,
'Sn^ Bball not be surprised if it ebouid
eommetiee that support early inHSeife
tember. If'this prophecy should
come true, it Will likely then publish
.that the Telegiaph bad admitted that
it believed that Governor Davi# had'
never stolen a cent from the State. 4
Hab the Houston Mercury aban-
doned its editorial promise, made in
its leader of the 21st, in favor of "a
bold and brave man,'' an independ-
ent candidate, to whom it promised
Ma lively and earnest support" for
Governor!
From the Btuidald of Pater borough, BcgUnd:
Texas possesses an area of land ex-
ceeding that of France, and has a
population of little over a million ina
habitants The chief seaport is Gal'
veston, an island iD the Gulf of Mex-
ico, about four miles from the maia
land, to which it is united by a rail-
road. This island is about thirty
miles long by about two m breadth,
with a pojJigitkUOtt uf about thirty
thousand. The next towns of im-
portance are Houston, with a popu*
- lation of about twenty thousand, and
next in rotation, are San Antonio,
Jefferson, Austin ^the capitol of tbe
State), Waco, Marshall, Dallas, Cor-
pus Cbristi, Brownsville, Paris,
Crockett, C^arbsville, &c.
Houston, situated at the head of
Boffclo Bayou, a navigable stream,
and the great railway centre of Tex
as (even if not of the Southwest), is
worthy of extended notice. The city
proper is five miles square, and con-
tains eighteen thousand acres of land
Nearly all American towns are laid
out, that the streets run in parallel
lines and cross at right angles. The
residences are numbered conseca
tively so tbat if a person have the
number of tbe street or avenue, and
the nnmber of the house, there is no
trouble in going direct to the place
desired. Tbe streets and avenues
are wide enough for six to eight
double teams abreast, whilst tbe side
walks are wide enough for six peo
pie to walk or pass each other com*
fortly. At the edge of tbe side walks
shade treeB are planted, and thus the
verv centre of tbe town presents tbe
freshness of tbe country. The build*
ings are in "block" of about one-hun-
dred yards square. Tbe most prom-
inent building is the City Hall and
marketbouse. This building occu-
pies ia full "block," and might be
reproduced in many English towns
With advantage.
Houston also rejoices in having a
large and substantial courthouse,
where the county business is trans
acted, and next comes $be ".Masonic
Block,'* a large substantial bricfk
building. The ground floor is de-
voted to business stores, the ifext
floor to various purposes, whilst tbe
upper part of the building is fitted
up for Free and Accepted Masons,
who are an important body in evfery
town in tbe Uoited States, and, ctf
we may judge from this building,
they are numerous! and bigh'y re^
spectable in Hocst6n, tbe Bayou
City of the South.
The HutcbinB House, tbe princi-
pal hotel, has accommodation for
about 500 guesie, whilst there are
several minor booses whose ar-
rangements are equal to many of
our first-class country hotels.
The business portion of tbe city
is built of brick. Tbe stores are
large and well supplied with goods.
There are said to be ^millionaires
in money, in iron, grocery bakery
and lumber business. Yet a few
years ago most of thesetoabobs had
a hard struggle in life, and since
tbe close 6f tbe war (1865) the en
ergetic man of business has reaped
a rich harvest, not only in Houston
and Galveston, but in all the towns
of Texas, which Is the most prospe
frous State of the ex-Southern Con-
federacy.
Daring the last two years
railroad development of Texas has
been somewhat remarkable, to
which will be devoted a separate
communication. Railways are now
recognized the substantial wealth
of a country, and Houston sharing
largely therein, will be seen as the
bentre of wealth and civilization.
Iu anticipation of the growing re-
quirements of the State, many
wholesale merchants have estab-
lished houses. t
The State Fair Grounds, about one
mile south of tbe City Hall, and of
considerable extent, are used for ago
ricultural shows, horse racing, &c.
The race track is one mile round, flat,
save the laat quarter of a mile, which
is gejntly rising ground. The State
Fair held last spring was a great sue*
cess. It was continued a week, and
on one day alone over sixteen thous-
and people were admitted through
the gates. The races took place tbe
week following the State Fair, but
were by no means well attended
There was no fault in the manage-
ment, but horse racin'gis by no means
popular among the Americans, and
ladipa in particular. As an American
city, floaeton is well represented by
the Fair sex, and at church, social
.gatherings, or other places whare the
mind iu elevated or improved, there
will tbey be found in considerable
iiambtire The State Fair Grounds
Ae castefnlly laid out, and somewhat
refeembting some* of our botanical
gatdeqe>* permanent buildings are
erecttd,.aod devotee to the exhibition
cfam^jea. The buildings are sepa-
rated from each, 'other. In one
place are tnose devoted to machinery,
in 'another to etofck, &c,' &"o. Ttie
tradesman con exhibit the goods he
vends, and the vieitor can inspect
them without being tormented to be-
come a purchaser.
The.suburbs of Houston are, for a
flat country, remarkably beautiful,
Not less than 200 mansions and
Villas, within a mile of .the business
p^t^ion of the city, rr^ay be seen
from the roof of the City Hall
These residences are chiefly „yf wood
^aidt-ed white, two stories highland
Amounted by ornamental caps,
towers, cr cupolas, whilst on the
first floors are wide galleries, shaded
by tasteful veran-lahs, that remind
us of Eastern Europe. The first
floor, or gallery, is usually ap-
proacbef {iby a flight of six or more
steps, and the grounds are gener-
ally tastefully laid out, and planted
with the varions tropical trees,
shrubbery, plants and flowers. The
peach, fig, aod other fruit trees bear
abundantly. Tne business portioan
of Houston is substantially built,
chiefly of brick, and the broad side
waiks are mostly covered with ve«
randahs to shade tbe sun. The at-
mosphere is clear and healthy, save
near to sluggish waters, and for
those who desire a genial climate
this city presents attractions that
are unexceptional.
The system of nat'onal education
is a credit to the Republic. The
Christian religion is well repre-
sented. The Episcopal (form as the
Church of England), Presbyterians,
Methodists, Baptists, Reformed
Dutch, Roman Catholics, &c., have
oommodiohs buildings, and pulpits
occupied by able and devout meu of
God. There is no "State" religion,
and thus each place of worship is
termed a "church."
f . n«i iir:
LBTIIR FB«n NEW STO iK.
Prospect Park Hotel, f
Aug. 16,1873. S
Editor Telegraph
Bitting at my open window, through
which comes a bland, cool wind, like
thm of our Indian Summer season at
home, watching the lazy white cloUda
as tbey slowly saunter over the blue
fields above, aod the blue Hudson as
it slowly meanders to tbe sea, amid
green bills and gray mountains be*
low, I ao long for yon dear ones at
home, to enjoy it all with met that;.!
cannot resist the impulse to write,
and give you the biatory of my pleas
urea for tbe past week or two.
Firat and foremoat, my meeting
with tbe world famoua artist Church
and hia lovely wife, wbo is the very
bean ideal of an artist's wife—pretty,
intelligent, winning through nnoon-
scioua charms, that sweetest gift of
true womanhood ! aoft of speech, and
gentle manners, and, as I said before,
peifeet realization of one's dream
of what such a woman should be.
They called upon me, and we spent a
delightful forenoon with tbem, at
their seat on the Hudton, some
miles above here, and on the opposite
side of tbe river. Their house, or
rather castle, is perched like an eagle
on the mountain top, from which you
have a view Into five States. It is
built in tbe Moresque style of archi-
tecture, and I am told ia an exact im-
itation of tbe Albambra in Spain.
Certainly it ia ae grand and bright
a>s are our dreams of that dwelling ot
the Saracens. Its minarets and
domes gleam with color and sparkle
with gold, while the windows, and
doora, and overhanging balooniea
blossom with frescoes and moaaio.
Bat tbe attraction, after all, ia within
where culture and hospitality reign.
We were honored by an admission
into his atndio, a little cottage orne,
some distance down the mountain,
where he retreats when disposed to
work. Here the walls are literally
covered, not with larger paintings,
but bits of scenery. Here a group of
palms; tbere a gorge in some Sjuth
American mountain, or a tangled wild
in a Brazilian forest. Looking
these, I imagined I saw how the
Heart of the Andu" had grown Into
the wonder of a painting that it has
He is a genial,, yet thoughtful
man, bearing npon his faoa and per*
son the evidences of deep tbongbt
and hard work. They invited me
to oome over some afternoon soon
and watch the son go down over the
distant western mountains, promis-
ing me a treat in tbe way of olond
scenery and evening mists. Yon
may be sure I gladly gave my prom-
ise to go.
Day before yesterday the Captain
and I made a trip up to the "Moon
tain House," some twelve or four-
teen miles from here, and over three
thousand feet above the high water
mark of the Hudson. We were in
a light open buggy, drawn by two
splendid gray horses whose brisk
stoppings and forward poiitingears
seemed to express as much delight
in tbe excursion as we were exper-
iencing. We commenced our up
ward route from the moment of leav
ing Catskill, but Were not actually
breasting the mountains until some
five or six miles beyond. Then we
left the hills for tbe legend haunted
"Kaatabergs," or a% the aborigenes
called them theOutiOra,orMountains
of the Sky, a much more appropri
ate and poetical name than that con
ferred by the two practical i)utch
men, "Cat Mountains," given, I am
told, in consequence of the numer-
ous panthers once infesting: tho<$e
witds.
Bat Indians and Dutchmen both
vanish from the scene before the
compelling witchery of Irving's pen.
He has ^ovea a veil of romance and
story whicif covers with a halo of
glory mountain, glen and waterfall,
giving to this part.of the country
what no other in the New PForld
can boast; scenes as rich in legen-
dary lore as the land Scott loved so
well- to celebrate. Que? peculiar
feature of these mountains are the
deep gorges that cleave their sides.
Iu the vernacular of the neighbor-'
hood they are called cloves, (cleffa)
As I am without a "Webster's Una;
bridged," and cannot find a single
history or guide book here, I cannot
trace the etymology of the word. It
may: be Datch for cleff, or it may be
that these active Northerners prefer
strong words and thus have made a
verb do duty as a substantive, and
given us clove an active! yerb in the
past tense for cleff, a fissure.
I thought I had already Been in
Tennessee, Virginia, Kentucky, Mass
sachusetts ana New Hampshire, all
the beauty and grandeur tbat moun-
tain scenery had to offer, bat none of
it was comparable to this. We as-
cended through tbe Rip Van Winkle
gorge, and came down by what Is
Known ae the Clove road, a gorge on
C.S'.y U1|(00^
the southeastern aide of ths moan*
tain. The road both goiDg and com-
ing is an artificial one, made upon tbe
side of the precipice, with here and
there turning out places for carriages
happening to meet. We were lucky
enough to get an early start, and
were therefore ahead of all the stages,
etc. going, and were equally lucky in
meeting at a convenient turning out
place some six or eight coming down,
and the rest we encountered at the
Half-way House, where all had stop-
ped to wa'er tbe horses. I am aure
the Pass of the Trossac canaot com-
pare in wild sublimity and beauty to
this gorge. Overhanging cliffs and
sheer preoipices tower hundreds if
feet above you. and an abyss yawns
hundreds of feet below, with nothing
between you and its edge but about
two feet of road, which, in many in-
stances, lessens to that many inches.
Bat I felt as safe as in. my rucking
ebair at home. Tue Captain had
confidence in his horses, and I had
perfect confidence io him. Leavisg
oat the scenery, the geological char-
acter of the country is "enough to
set one wild with delight. I have
never seen such evidences of the
mighty internal forces of the eatth as
here, Mountains completely ajilit as-
under, exposing strata of all tbe
rocks from Centre to surfaoe, and in
every position, sometimes completely
inverted, seams, ffclae dykes, shales
piled npon shales, their laminated
mteses looking like some smoke-dried
folio pushed op aod oiit by ' Pluto,
that the world might toad the history
of things below. nThe -argelacious
soil ia filled with sesijgaioxyde of
iron, and several qaarries near tbe
road exhibited the excellent character
of slate. I am tetd that'' paving
atones are transported thence to New
York in great quantities. Looking
at the mountain side, which in one
place has been split awpj, leaving a
perpendicular precipice 'of 800 feet, I
asked where did it go! what has
become of that mass of rock. "Look
below V and following the direction
I leaned over tbe side of the buggy
and gazed into tbe depths beneath
me, and there in the river bed, 1
saw the battle-field of Homeris
Giants. Rocks piled on rocks, Ossa
on Pelion, varying in siz? fro no a
Cathedral to a watchman's box.
Their rounded, smoothly-worn sur-
face, telling a tale of ice and fbod,
whose history reaches back to twice
ten thousand years.
While noting all this, I was not
unobservant of the more delicate
manifestations of Nature's beautiful
creation, which my herbarium, with
its rich collection of Epilobium, At-
pinum, Dasystoma, Alismaceae, Ac-
quiligia, Aconitum Napellus, Cam
panula Americana, and its sweet,
mountain sister, the delioate Hair
Bell will testify.
Following the gorge which risen
and narrows into a sharp angle, we
finally reached its head, where nest
ling against the mountain aide and
faoing the valley below is the spot
where tbe immortal Van Winkle
took his memorable sleep. Here
such a scene of unexpected, raptur
ous beauty bursts upon you, that
your life seems flowing out, and in
eostacy of joy'you feel your, kinship
with nature, and your soul exclaims
with the pious Herberts, "tbe rocks
apd the everlasting hills are my
brothers.^ -• v *,:d
You look through, and down the
gorge miles and miles below, and
out into the world beyond, where
white towns gleam and mountains
rise, threaded by the far away blue
Hudson, upon whose waters
1 ,.. "Nudaoar
A glimmering ihadotr ondvr gloom
Of o T*rn pillars."
A house here would be a desecra-
tion. only for tbe life-size picture
over its door of ancient Ri^> waking
and stretching himself/ as he px*
claims, "Oh that flagon, that wicked
flagqn ; what will Dame Winkle
say V .Turning the sharp angle of
the gorge we follow its opposite
side directly back aga'n for some
distance, and then winding <along,
leave the precipice and enter upon
our upward way, through' deep
woods and ferny glaJes, until we
find ourselves again under a preci
pice upon whose summit the Moun-
tain House stands, directly over our
beads. Turning sharply to tbe left
we wend our way upward, and are
soon rolling into the yard at the
back of tbe house. I went immedi
ately to my room to rest and to
warm, for the weather was as cold
up here as a December day at home.
Then thiB hanging, as it. werer by
the hair of your head over a preci-
pice for hour.?, made,, a quiet room
and bed seem very refreshing. The
waiter brought me a glass of toddy,
and if my nap was not of the length
of Rip Van Winkle it- had some of
its spirit; but tell tni3 not in Gath
I arose, if not on the wings of an
eagle, still feeling much strength-
ened for my purposed tramp and
climbing. But first I walked out in
front to the overhanging parapet
and—caught my breath, and clatch<
ed at a rock to stay my startled
Vision. You must imagine the
scene, for I cannot describe.it. An
area of over ten thousand miles
stretches before me. The moun-
tains of New Hampshire,. the blue
mountains of Vermont, the Berkshire
hills of Massachusetts and tbe high
plains of New Jersey, are all in
view, with the wierd effects of sun-
light. shade, shadow and mists, it
made me dream of the land of Beu-
lab, as depicted by ths pen of old
Bunyan. We climbed South Moun-
i tain, sat under an overhanging rock
and looked down upon the quiet
world beneitb, that looked so peace-
ful aud cairn, tbat we felt that all
the strife and worry had
since wa left it, and that Ezskial'e
vision had come to pass. "The
earth sittetb still and is at rest."
We met at tbe hotel. Judge Brad*
ley of tbe Supreme Court, and hia
lady. I am indebted to the Judge
for an introduction to Dr. Hanley,
an enthusiastic mountain botanist,
and to him for a moet beautiful and
rare collection of mosses and lichens*
One moss in particular, which the
Doctor informed me was found only
upon one spot this side of the Arctic
regions, and was pronouooed Jby
Lorry, "State Botanist" of New
York, to be identloal^ with
tbe Reindeer Mom of tbe
Polar Zonq., It grows ia tall gray
masses and was named by Cole, the
painter, "olond moes/' from its re-
semblance to tbe onmnlua blonds so
often seen on a summer noon-day.
Judge Bradley was so anxious tbat
I should have some of it that he left
his dinner unfinished and went in
search of Dr H., fearing he might
leave before I saw him. This moss
is fonnd in a basin or depression
where the smooth rooky (surface has
not the vestige of soil, and the local*
ity is made further interesting as
being tbe spot where the legend
says Rip Van Winkle played the
jfame of tea pins with tbe Kobolds. •
We descended the mountain by tbe 7
Clove road ^another artificial struct*
ere, overhanging and topped by
preoipices for three' rff "four miles.
At one place ft rises fifteen bend red
feet abovs yoi^r head, bearing upon
its summit a hotel, the perspective
of which ia ao lost in tbe height that
it looks merely like a white soreeo
stretched upon the brink of the
preci pioe.
A brawling river aooompaniesyon
all tbe way, bnt only now and then
do you catch the roar and rush of
its waterfalls and cascades which
plunge over rocks, dash headlong
down heights,all of which are so far
below that distance often conoeals
tbe sound. We tnrneInside tp visit
the Cauterskili F^ls. Leaving the
carriage we proceeded on foot sbme
distance down and then out upon a
parapet guarded by a balustrade,
over wbioh we g&zad into the dizzy r
depths below until we grew weak
and nervouff with the great fear be^
gotten by a subliimty that verges
upon the terrible. No tongue or
pen can tell you of the rocks and
water, the glorious green of the
treet>,tbe mosses and ferns. Gigan-
tic hemlocks, pice and spruce.stand
l>ke sentinel warriors upon the mar-
gin, and marshalling down the sides
of tbe descending gorge in serried files
until their beads alone are seen
growing lees and less n the distance,
till finally they aeem but tbe leafy
couch for the dun deer in the depths
below. You look down for miles
and see here gray precipices so steep
tbat even the mosses cannot find a
footing; here projecting ledges, can-
opied with ferns and draped in flow-
ering vines, whose pendant masses
float out upon the breeze. The roar
of the falls, the murmur of pebble-
fretted brooks, the solemn chant of
the wind-stirred pines, the crispy
rustle of the chestnut, birch and as-
pen, and that mystic, wondrous
breathing sound., that haunts the
woods, all make up a music fit for
this grand cathedral of nature, where
man can but be ailenli and adore.
I shall not tell you of the Fawn'e
Leap and Sttnset Rock, for I feel I'
have already trespassed epon your
time and yoar patience, but I will
ahowyon when I get home my floral
treasures and other souvenirs of my
visit to the Oati Ora, or Mountains of
the Sky. x M. J. Y.
* ' • 1 • A
A German ok our State Ticsrr. —
lv ^
We hope that our Democrat State
Convehtion nominate a German for
some position upon our State
ticket. We tbink this due to tbe
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large number of German Democrats
which we have in Texas. As yet,
however, we'have cot seen a single
German announced for a place upon
it, but this is a decided recommen*
dation to tbe modesty of German
Democrats. There are maoy of
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them who would honor State offices
and we trust that our State Con-
vention will seleot one of them
upon the ticket.
Orchards and vineyards are spring-
ing up all over tbe State.
tb1bute of b£spet:t.
' S •"*' *
At a called meeting of the Houston Tarn -
Vereia held this day at their Hall in Bona*
too, the followiog resolutions upon the oc-
casion of the death of our late brother E.
L, Leonhart were unanimously adopted.
Whereas, it has ple&sed the Supreme
Ruler of the Universe fo remove from our
midit our esteemed brotherE. L. Leon-
hart, -j, 4 ; ■> rc ! • .
Therefore.be it resolve^, That we bow
with submission to tbe will &f our Supreme
Ruler.
Resolved, That in the 16ss of our brother,
E. L. Leonhart, his family has lost a pro-
tector and supporter, society- a useful mem-
ber. and we, the Turn Verein, an honored
and respected member. As a husband he
was kind and affectionate, as a father de-
voted, as a "friend, true.'.-i i vr.i
Resolved, Thst from tbe nature? of £iis
disease, he looked forward to a happy re*
lease, exhibiting iu his moments of freedom
from pain, that true resignation and faitb,
which we should all strive to attain
Resolved, That we tender to the bereaved
widow and orphans our deepest and sin-
cerest sympathy, and that we will wear
the usual badge of mourning for thirty days.
That a copy of these resol itions be fur-
nished to the family, and thecity papers be
requested to publish the same. . ,
G. Loefeler, President,
A. E. Sternexberg, Sec'y.
E R Wells, R HCabanass. F A Schmidt,
J Bioz, J R Neurath, G Loeffler, Committee.
if(?U8ton Turner's .Sail, August 23d, 1873,
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