The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1846-10-20

of their existence Monsieur Ncoala in his travels in
America has assigned this fall its proper place when
looah river sixty miles east of Amacaloa much better
known This of tolerable size is suddenly pre-
been rent asunder during terrible convulson Of
this earth To the lover Of the sublime 10 one
Of prospects In the world The writer promises
your readers at some time full description, from his
notes, of this stupendous curiosity.
taon with the most critical Cherokees he has been
able to trace the name of Tab lab to its derivsvs
very intelligent Cherokee lady has defined it "Tsh-
loolshthere lies your child :" This suggests the
lecture that at some time, while party Of Cherokees
been rrecipaied into the abyss below at which another
exclaimed there goes your child 2" But am not suf-
fcieny critical TO say whether the derivation OF the
conjecture well founded Certain 1t is that vs to
Amac alola and Tah-oolah Is better worth journey
the than to Harpers Ferry Mr.. Jefferson
it must be remembered never the former.
The world does not afford richer landscape than may
De seen n IN Ths sro about the
little stream affords rich treat to the botsns Here
the ivy the laurel the wild cucumber the honey sacxe,
chestnut the "chpquapn, the various species OF sturdy
oak the evergreen eeda. the janper the spruce pine
these wind the vines of the delicious muscadine, the
summer and fox grape-the wild rose. and many others
to which my forgotten stock of botanical knowledge
will not permit me to give names. When VIC con-
slider the richness of tins mineral regon-the sublimity
ta,ion the many beauties Of nature il not wonder
full that this mountain region OF Georgia. has not
the %1s aa n not men Of genius and
education have not been attracted hither Men OF great
Slmo.. every Country but they have been attracted
by the love Of the almighty dollar" The passion for
,bs ns Sc Of
destroy all taste for romance and love Of real science
Thus have the materials which would anord pleasure
dualy perish and be buried in oblvion and the many
advantages which the country pre- sents for the SIZE and
solid investment Of capital overlooked in search OF
ephemer raj and visionary spsculatioDs stronger illus
ration Of this be found than presented in tho
foundation OF the little town of Gross Plains" This
town Of Cross Plains is the terminus of the
ton of the Central raroadthe rails at present are only
completed to Cross Plains within the present year As
the completion OF the road believe depends upon state
ana ms session. ha s rafosd cannot
reach its ultimate terminus Chattanooga on Tennessee
river for some three years Looking 70 the sd.snsasS;
produce, calculating I" down Easter" has pvrchased
the site at Cross Plains at cost Of thirty
dollars and is surveying and bringing into market the
lots TO which OF speculative notions invited
Looking to the present rather than the future high p
will he paid for lots costly buildings sed,
and very soon Plains will become town-a town
which however lose its importance with the sxen-
of the railroad Any seems to OF the least
calculation feresee that this great railroad
be extended to Chattanooga or Ross Landing on the
road com pany at Nashville has been orgsnsedtbs route
surveyed by Mr. Thompson the engineer, and the Fss
sage the Cumberland reported easy and
practicable The day therefore not very distant when
the passage from Savannah to Nashville will only require
two days; and the ich stock and pork growing dstic
Tennessee will ibuts raise the Atlantic city VI
Savannah to Importance oil which lew Oh her present
inhabitants dream. journey across the Cunt srland
mountains in Cave Johnson's two horse semiweeky
hacks any thing but comfortable. do not know that
blame for the bad roads and bad accommoda
tons the route should he DO censured for allow
ing the green young lawyer, and still greener Doctor
from Georgia smoke the very 6lthies cigars in the
close coaches But then he might the mails 10 be
carried four horse coaches and the time to be short
ened by ten hours
All this evil, however, will be overcome, the
inert Tennessseans will speedily emulate the sprit Of
rival sistsr Georgia and extend their railroads from
chattanooga to Nashville The advantages which they
would thus derive, In opening the rich coal mines TO
Nashville and thus build up Nashville great
featuring city, would repay them for the outlay
The grain crop in Tennessee this year u very abund-
ant. Indeed, this plenteous land might at this
time with very small sum- lay in abundant supply
Of the substsntials to last him oge.
HERscHELL.