Southern telegraph., 1837-05-23
MISCELLANEOUS.
From the Natchz Galaxy.
TIE GENTL EMAN IN GREY.
CONCLUDED.
CHAPTER WI.

TTartiler-This is romantic country--I
wonder it has never been described.
Citisea--Yon see nothing: go little way
afther, ami sou viii won'ler, Indeed.
EHly the following morning every thing
Nas IN readiness, and our friends together
sct oni for the springs. What occurred on
iheir passage, presume, is what very few
know. AT least, Lam in possession of but
few facts that would be interesting to my
readers, and must therefore transport them
Is that salubrious and romantic section of
country to be f'nnd in the neighborhood of
the Madison Springs, and the more North
ern parts of the State Of C.. Within a
few years, this has become fashionable
tonr for persons of leisure and fortune, du-
ring the summer and fill months. And the
fashionables of Suth Carolina and Georgia
may be found wandering in small companies
among the mountains, and along the track
Of the beautiful and pellucid streams that
course the ver1ant valIies between them,
.enconntering much fatigue, and enjoying as
sn snamllserncnt,.that which, under other cir
cumstances, would be considered, and just
III loo. the most ardnous labor. The coun-
try is new, and its mountainous character
forbids more than very sparse population
and the most of these are poor, and subsis'
3 mainly upon the game of the mountain for
est, or the fish of the mountain streams
vel they are hardy, hospitablo and inde-
pendent people; aud all upon that perlec
eauality, as regards pecuulary mattors.
which creates mutual dependence upai
each other-a bond which binds more close
ythe members Of society, than any othcl
Known They sec and Enow but little o
lie lnxufies of more wealthy and rchne(
sacisg; consequently they are free from
Tie wants, the folIies, and the vices ofsuch
Their means being limited, their wants are
circumscrbod; and their frugal and simple
meals arc always eaten with chocriu'nes
that IS not often found at the tables of th'
wealthy, where is spread the yiands ofcver.
soil and cline.
Alter residence Of some weeks at tn
springs, during which time every source
amusement was exhausted, and the versa
tile and humJroIs Jack Paters even WA
beginning to grow dull and tiresone, it wa
proposed thatth the ymug people Of the part
shoald take an excursion to the Falls Of IA
bnla. on horseback. This was soon settled
and On the morning Of the first OF Angus
49,, in high spirits, our party lett tn
springs. Peters was SO exact in the dlyI'
ion of his time and attention between Mis-
Morton and Miss Mnnsell, that It was diff
cult Is determine which Of the two was hi
fagorite, if either. His friends knew that
hnhad any preiensions toeither OF the youn
.lies, that he was a dangerous rival, an
elg determined not to enter the list a
declared lover to either lady, until ih
preference Of Jack should be known: 70
We wish It understood that Porter and Ga
gill, we're both in search Of helpmaie, an
either would have heon well ccntented wii
either Caroline or Julla. They had vii
aercd several days along the winding roul
hich leads to thefalls, and which, toogad
.ss isnpassabIe mountains, and find ont q
aeliIes and passes bctweon their proleclin
craQs, describes thousand sensation