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a Gt.xcH AT HARPERs-FERttr.N
lis rot oll<n We hare The opPeriunisy IL
prsssngne 70 unr readers such graphic and
eh3rmins descipiion ofAhe bold works N Mature
Al Hargers-Fssfy. a. thai contained j. he fol-
tossing exlrssl il IS from he familiar lelter Or
lazy Who made bul flying visit q ~ Wild
spsIi desrsihsd; ana, though eyidehtly noE niead-
"a Tor lie pu6lie eye. cannot fail 10 impaiI plea
sues TO every one Who reads il--so trusI 50 Just,
50 besurful are is celineaiions. We may bs
fatdoasd for,aying, that The writer sf such 4
letter dsssrrtI . Be-. = she IS. The happy wife
ofa aislinea',hsd member Of Congress from he
2 Oar iims a The Ferry was most aereeably
sgfat-bul uss much too limited for any thing
Ike full enjoyment 0f the beautifully stand ana
sablime seenssy Of The place. cannot agree
vith Mrs + that The public works, passing
Ihroush HaYers- Ferry, have added loiIs Beauty
--lbsy hsvs1ddsd 10 is iniersss, in one sense or
lhe xOrd but esrtainIy no, to its grandeur IL PIC
llniesquenso faneied could see, wSile sland-
I isg upon some Of the elevations, ana eszipe
down upoa he diversified and sin romantic
scenery, gharihis Gap in the Mountains oner
gas IN contrast 10 What il noe is: When the
proud Eagle pefched himself on his eyIty on The
Pinnac ,ene of those lofty mountains, whose
eragey browS pveIshadow the mstenes,h.
scanning The solitude around, feeling himself; as
lsdeed he uss monarch Il an he surveyed, y
IIlitle dreaming 10 the simpIieTiy Of dis heart,
Dat {" The place which then knew him, would
Isoon know him, q bis kind. no more forever
when the anlleleddeer and " light bounding ices
lqaaded the pure streams Or The monalaEns, br
lefaPped the flcwers from their margins, upmo-
lissied--when the dark-hairedl Indian maiden,
The . Fawn ef her irbe,n Pefehance, piled herf
bark canoe upon the blue bosom Of the Potomac;
making the high hills around reverbsraie with
Natures sweetest nelody-and the red chiefiain
anged 10 the Shenandoah for lis silFerH tenants.
This is a faint picture of the scene which would
once have enltancsd he eye Of Mattress wor-
shipper. And what is the contrast; The Eagle
Is frightened fIpm his eyry, never 10 returnI-lhe
anlleIed buck and bounding doe have fallen vic
TINS to the hunter's fatal aim--ihe Indian mai
den and her chieftain lover have long vince been
driven, with the remnant Of their tribes, far, FAR
beyond the Western hills and, il. heir stead, Is
the busy hum Of work-a4day life-the clsltefins
machinery and the hoisy mit ;-where onee cutl-
ed The blue smokeos the bark-ihalched wiswam
nov rushes The het breath OF HAT furtous annils
hilator OF time ana space, as well as romantic
scenery, the steam engine-ihs huge rocks have
besn heVn down and blasted pp-llhe eartb
thrown up in grcle.que forms The s,rsams lnrn-
ed from their courses anaihs tall trses, which
dipped their pendent branches ID ilhe Hmpidz wa
,ersl felled to theearih ;--whers once He.e banks
Of flowers, are now banks Of rusty iron iherefuse
y deadly weapons, here prepared { BY Auhortty''
for rbaR 70 takeih blood Of his fello% man,
The white mans eveT-searching eye has spied
This quiet nook Natures faYorile abode land
with his tread has come his train pf ills be
bronghtwith Sim his besetting sins, axarice and
euPidily; and, worst Of all, be brought the apsi-
sOnfd caier'' 10 minsle viii The gushing springs
q The mountains, and theirpure, waters became
more bitter than the waters Of Marah The re.
suit is, The ribald Jest, the impious oath, the
hearl-bfoken wife. and The orphaned babe But
YET, amidst al this pernicious train, lis one rel
defining featufe-more lovelyf far Than spyform
which Nature everwors-g litiering among work
shops and mills, rail ROADS and canals, shines The
emblem Of Peace ard good viii ID man, . the
Cross Of Christ. pointing erring and sinfuterea-
lures 10 the ''way and the truih;''-an doubt
not many hearts bow before It's altar in deep hu-
milhy and 4 peaceful consciousness pr pardon
ing love-