The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1845-04-17

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tas . hals yard TIL a wild. lprgh. htsF-
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virws 90 whreA Ihsirssss ssstsssrs das
they lives lheis taste rrGasd nd IN
proFeA by Inst magal6renes o. haaaEf
.kieh q sraunJ tAsai The inqaify =
ns,arallv suggested 70 enc as be passes
thsm.
S. The asreal Of ne rnosniaias By The
HirkaTy Nal Gap rs bsca aach admir-
ed. snJ xilh reason. ThrEs is = small
suesn. which. pouring over The bros 81
me m0ualsia. fills I k1os noa how msny
fesi. l neyer thooehs nueh q ih1s- u
strikes ne a. only queer. Bot take point
hall nile bslow Harriss' % he ford 81
Grssn river. and The ea.s i allsred. We
have seea The mountains ~ distance.
have been graduslly approaching. and Q.
naly sindsug cur way amongst then.
until The road seems about 10 end 81 The
foot Of . long range Of Tremendous pre-
eipiees. One noirh only appears 10 this
impossible hsrrier, and through this the
raIh uisds b. me rivers slde. Tie
GIs,ks called such passss or gorgss r IL
Gae.. lhsve ,hopeLt int u me .o'is
',6aies Of the Western Wruld." meaning
by the wssiern wo,ld respectfully ihe States
CT Tennessee and Kenlsrky. could &c cut
Ia letters shout twenty ffet IN height on
Tie face 81 he reHsndirtlar rocks. ihe
Inscription would be IN harmony W h ihe
other PARIS ef the scens. "a
O. The road By Ilowsrd's G,p aGafds
. lins view Of lynn. Otowder's, Mugs.
the Sslsds, snd Hogback nonntain-, and
of a broad eypsnss ofeomparaiisrly level
country towards The soulhe Il. Some Of
my legal friends. when tie, rass here.
are fond oflIng.ring about The rtstnfihs
ridge. that they msy nfie.h themselves
BY the enjoymen. Of Ihe besrnss Of ma
tore.
Z. The hill above The Swanhsno. tao
ard half % les from Ashes,l.e. on The
road 10 The Flat Rock. affords one ~ tie
finest ,;ess in the mountains. Psgah
and The ~hole range cfihe Black are IN
sight-,hsre 10 an smphiihesire Of small
e. mountain, around The hroad sslle y form
cd BY The juneii"n Of the Sa snnana and
French Broad. whist The feIlIie los
grounds Of those streams sddihe besIiits
OF cultivation TO the wilder features oi The
prospect. This Wv 10 for the sy.;h ls
too brad. too d nrh vsn,irg in irdlv,du-
Al OIL els Standing ont from The rest tf
The picture. for the percll. The man who
Is NOT ftc,rd by il had best 60 home cpd
conclude that IL there is any charm 10
surh prospects he YES nni sb'e 70 enjoy
II. | have Observed that the cattle choose
this kind Of place TO rect and chew the
cud. ! have sometimes Suspected that
e"olness il moi their only ohjsci. dat iho'
they neither say nor ~rie any upon the
,ubj,c,, they have an eye Cor yhs, IS be.
8. II one wishes tn make arcman'ie rx.
rursicn through The moun,sips. De- him
lnrn up he Turkssitge q, The i"rd on The
road to Frark in. lis path Will be for
two or thee MI. ) hy The side Of the 81
Ter. a tlssr. brish, a,.h'ng stream; then ,
lhrcpsh country broken aud mountain
Gus, but fertile; mex, over the high pass
Of he cuily y hee and down 10 the liver
sgsin. In The intermediate space u v SAID
there are magnhe, NJ FALL, aud ,htre has
been a Ian Tor altering the road, 50 AZ I"
make ! lead close along beside III, N; bur
here ., an ,lrvYi on oi about 5000 Iett,
on The sandy banks of a deep snd slue
eisb siream. bn. itrIhe Psaks around, enc
nigh, suppose hims.lfln The Iow-county
&c North Carol'n'. ThR rla,e recalls The
lines Of Csprbell.
And in :hs visions OF romantic youth #.s
What years ofe;l3Iess bliss are yet to flow;
Bui mortal pleasure, v hat art thou in sootLs
The tOTTeRf's staoOfhnGSs, ere Il dash Js!Or.
F. flowing the stream. We pass "hur-
ricsns,' SINE quarter Of mile in
breadth. which willsa,isfy tie INNS, ,rep-
ucsl as % = hai The pos rr IF ihe sind is
when the utmost strength is txerted.
Over the ,idge. We are on the head va
tprs 0f Il c Ssvsnnah. and find a conf, r
i,ble home and kind en,etia,ners Il Col.
Z'charj's, 10 The region Of The gold
n.luPs.
The scerery here Is good deal as
though the = |, and lh- preeipi,ous ri ITS
Of tie Hickory Nui had como on a yIsit
to Tie tip Of The woublsins. The Le'eht
Of the biork bark Of Zscbsry's. sbovs
where the house sands. 10 about 400 feet
less ihsn that of The Plot, above The
firlds Il It's base--but the si,us,ion 10 SO
different. FronIts up the disiant view
s Ike that from .ther high peaks, the
near view 10 Wild and Stern in The ey-
irene. especially across lbe valley Of The
mines where ~ the d,staaca nj ftrse mr.