The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1846-05-09

reserved convention. No Il was upon tho oecs.
zion u which spcsh. Though some Of W.
were wholly unstqusinied with each other when
We stepped into The coach, and had travelled Wy
tho river upon Tho ssmc boa, wi,bou, having
exchanged q word, low hours served 10 place
us on very good forms, and We wcrc soon onga
gcd 10 familiar interchange Of ideas.
Tho evening had been damp and cloudy snd
after nigh. Il raincd little. Throc miles be.
yond UGion,own (Pa.) whcro wo took supper,
and fifteen from Browevillc, VIC commenced Tho
asecn, Of Laurel hin. tho chief ridge Of The Al.
icghanics which the route crosses. Being IN
the night. had very little opportunity to Oh
serve the mountain scenery. Do my return,
however, wo camo over in daylight; and from
tho top OF Laurel Hin to Brownsville (eigh,cen
mllcs) | rode outside with the driver, facing a
strong, cold north west gao in order to get bet
ter view OF tho country. On this side, Il 10 nearly
three miles from tho base TO tho summit. You
gradually wind your way up the graded and
McAdamizcd track cut into the South side OF q
ridge which make of from the main mountain.
When you have ascended some distance, you
have above you the upper section Of tho ridge
along which your road runs, with hero and there
soa,ed masses of rock, twice or thrice the size
of your vehicle, which seem 10 rest upon the sur
face Of the ground, ready with tho slightest
touch 10 come tumbling down. Below you on
your right, is deep ravine or hollow, to the bot
,om of which the descent from the outer edge
of the road is at one time gradual-at another
perpendicular steep, fifty or q hundred feet
down. Beyond the ravine is corresponding
ridge to tina, along the side Of which you are
moving. Having gained the top Of the moun,
tain, you 90 down by similar track, save that
i, lies along the north side Of the ridge by VII ich
you descend, throwing the hollow left. Whilst
you move up one side at Glow pace (the pas.
passengers Usually getting on, and walking up
glad of an opportunity to stretch their wearied
Iimbs) you rattle down ,he:other in q sweeping
trot and as you look down tho steep below,
you involuntsrily feel that il is about the las.
place you would like TO see the horses take frigh,
and run of, or the stage upset. This feeling
is more strongly reused when you cross in the
night, at which time the indistinctness Of sur
rounding objects lends gloomy wi!dness to the
mountains heights above. and more tright'a
aspect To the ateops hencaih- In tho ovens o
upset.ing, should the vehicle turn towards TIKI
outer edge Of the track, you would stant
J, a very far chance Of being hurled down tn:
prccipice, or dashed agans. the struggling trees
which occupy the lower section of the mouasa"
side. 50 smooth and level is the uack, how
ever (nclining little TO the inner side and wid'
: enough for two coaches to pass each other wit
f easel tina, little danger Of turning over need b
q apprehended, unless the road is covered will
}, snow or ice; when. in the latter case particu
d larry, ii. requires a s,eady hand" as the coach
9 man remarked, "to hold the reins." Blu. ord
narily the driver reigns his horses with es muc
: case and confidence, as though no we're on ii.
lplsn and in the main with as little real risk {
n accident.
cI From the top Of Laurel Hill lie afforded mot
n lsplendid prospect--particularlariy in q Westcr
= direction, the intervening country clear +,
d Brownsville, and even beyond the Monopgaht
, Ia, being visible. On my way back, 1 wake
lupfrom the foo, of the mountain, and reachin
, the top in advance Of the stage, had time ,
look round little. To the right and lei, as (:
> as the eye could reach. was a continuation
y the mountain ranges which crossed our rout,
- Before me lay spread out tho Valley of II
MonongaheIa. broken with hills and dales, an
A dotted over with farms and residenceE Ii
u green meadows and whea, fields Cha. beip
= mainly grass and grain growing regioL) Il
sembling 10 the distance. with the intervenin
fences, the Wake and beds of some nicely a
off garden. Whilst stood viewing "the Ian,
Escape Ger" fancying the scene before me pr,
- scented some kindren features to that which m,
the vision ofthe Hebrew leader a. he locke
forth upon the promised land destined never
enter ~ from Pisgah's summit. my musins
were cut short by the stage driving up, and, 10,
70 leave the spot. mounted the boz with Ii
\ driver and was soon under way again. When