The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1848-07-19

This msidsn might xrll be aesignsied III.
- Mountain rase." Her sofi and irndel
cheeks ere iinged with thr masi drlieals
! TENTS of white and red. and her tread n
J light and elasiir - The hind ~ her native
Businesses. lf The ladies' of The county q
- wish In make themselves more love
ly, beautiful and enchanting Ihah they are
II they wish n :. add snnlher hne 10 The
violet. or paint he lily" lei me sdsiss
them 10 visit this Eeginn. and snuff Tor :
while ils pure elastic air. n afler thai
they are not snnn led 10 the Hymeneal
altar. then II will be- lheir own fault. ia
The legend: A snung m0uEiaineeT became
desperately smilien with daInsel not IN.
ike the one | have described. lie Lesir.
ed 10 make her present. ard so III upon
the following expedieni: lie purchased .
beautiful parasnl. ard soon afterwards IL
sited The whirlpnol u nh herself and some
other ladies. When il,ey arrived there.
he, as IL hy accident. dropped her parasol
inIo one Of the pools. AMI then immedi
aiely presented 10 her the one he had pnr.
chased. She spurned Ihe profIered gift.
II is almost needless 10 say, he was great.
! IL mortified and ehagrineh.
| Chimney Rock is a square rOrk in The
shape of chimney. which rises perprn.
dienlarly 10 the heighlh of three hundred
feet, detached from a very high mountain.
which looks like some mighty castle Of
magnificent proportions towering above
the clouds. One viewing il AZ ID distance
imagines II 10 have been built by giants
of old.
The road from IIarris's across The Blue
Ridge is iurnpiked. and is better than any
road in the county Of Orange ui the same
length. u winds along the serpeniine
banks Of BIoad River about three miles
and half, when il leaves this stream and
winds along tie banks of a smaller Stream
called Hickory Grerk, for six miles to its
source. which. rising in the Top Of the
Blue Ridge, and running and leaping over
rocks and pTecipices, loses its pure, una.
dulieraled waters in the Broad.
The descent on the western side of the
Blue Ridge is much sleeper than on The
eastern, and the distance is much shorter
TO the foot, being, suppose, not more
thad twomises:- In ascending or descend
ing. your eyes are constantly refreshed
with Numerous beautiful pcsrIy streams.
vending their wav through the gaps of
the mountains 10 the Broad river. When
on the summit of the Blue Ridge, you
have the whole of Buncombe county
spread out like map to your view. stud
ded with lofty and preripitous mountains,
the sight of which sends thrill of exsla.
lie joy aud admiration to the heert OF The
beholder.
The town Of Ashesille. the county seal
Of Buncomhe, is fourteen miles from the
top OF the Blue Ridge, where the county
line, dividing il from Rutherford, crosses
The highway. II is pleasant and pros
porous village. New buildings are inI
progress Of erection. and il wears an as,
pect of neatness and cheerlulness not sur
passed probably by any village in The
state. was conducted by friend who
resides in the place, 10 a high ridge in its
vicinity. where we had view Of the sur
rounding country for some thirty or forty
miles. The village seemed to be stu.
ated in an amphilheatre, being encircled
by chain Of mountains. i
This village and surrounding country
is much resorled 10 in the summer and
fall months, by the searclers after health
aud pleasure. and beavers spring parti-
cularly, by the insalids and fashIonables
from South Carolina. This spring is four
miles and half from the village. Its wa
ter contains sulphur and iron, and its GU.
ratve properties are, no doubt, in a great
number Of diseases TO which " flesh is
heir to-" better than all The medicines Of
the apothecary. It's obligiug and agree
able proprietor has spared no pains or
expense to make his visitors comfortable
and pleasant. II is one OF those places
where one is permitted to follow the bent
of his own fancy. He can eat, drink and
sleep as much or as liule as he pleases,
and "none dare modest him." Many
every year leave this spring renewed with
health and vgor, who came 10 ii with con-
situations worn down with care and dis
ease.
Here we are. emhosomed in successive
ridges. elevated seven thousand feet above
the ocean. within twelve miles of the Blue
Ridge! What view! How the eye is
gladdened with the silent, blue, and cloud
crowned peaks! How beautiful the con-
trast of light and shade lowering over the
black mountain and lofty Pisgah! How
musical the rapid streams! How soul
enkindling, how spiritinspiring, the pure
breeze tanning the primeval forests
RED MOUNTAIN.