The Arkansas banner., 1850-05-28
No.8.


 1sweea ths GaseE and shHasb . her pizhs. Sispi.
 as her apparatus "a. oiy fee <kesf sllek saa ihs long epindle, get she weeks mnsi nlnssFieaSly as
 sHe stalks startly along under hss bsFarn spsahias ani singing as she gs-s. aiist Ter bFAslsh herasis ssamsefs 1azsiv ky heT siae. ss as The sersssy af the naanhs aAaps shs .rupias {,
 extsedingly mon0ieaons. egnsistaag almost enUrely of endless satxessions ol tew Hat banks seneiines
 sfsnw faf0 4cAa1 kyissentrffd with stnted reReta- aion, oF nsors freq emsy eittAes in vInsyasaA fa, ai ihe tapids. winch are about seven hinspea lfes
 below Vienna aha kllt -four tnlirs lcax its sud- denly eiessssd into wtlIaess aHa gfamirnF. At lie very no0th ef the aekle, winch commences thsa ] remarkable ia,etsaptfsn so the naSigaiioH oG tbe
 Danssbes the Aaaks nE- ahsuptiy reared Sss tslay
 walls of spild rock, Ia the miist oT the sAarross ehsanel, sFliHss gannt. eeafsAi shaped stsne. ahoat wtcse base the eddving wssers foai, as taAs CrpwaiHg aae lnity bank is . Fassus eld Rsshaa iowerw wbiist. ansisi the slarr paaaacIss aHi wst
 crags of the other. is penehed sis old Fsaa castle whose nine Icnad tassrrs assi haltiesReaied waus seem slnos rat Of ihe gray rneks agousd. The fussxh, bare sfsps of ssese tswessg ciitis, whose base is washed by shs urhuiesi ss sIhe snfss
 are hEcke into frequent that yaxa gie1aal, 1 upon ns.
 IL wonld be dificult to conceive of a W.aer nr a hmoFe striking scene, which bo4fowea fresh ifteresi irosn the recollection of the laFmrr sil. meneeu- nous banks, For Inc distance ol g mlles llsste Is | an uninterrupted chain of the most magnificent | E rnptly tfom the water two thaasaa feet hfukea aio countless ptegnresaGe leEnlsr.iirs and ssoisss,as peaks, sometimes patched wllh brown moss ant sfuHted shrubs that cling ih he narrow creyicssL sometimes shaded with banhy free. tha, taf chn- ceEls the gaping Assure from which II apfim@shere and there presenting the variols caofs ol t dift- eut strata at stoBe always assamlng dets form ard Dfessn'ing some startling noyrity---@hich cam mt Iai io b. fhrfngiy exciting and miesssftng--- Tue course Of 'e river being exeeedngiy toFtaeas. these lofty barriers coDsiaHtiy cut o the view. aHi shut the Tivet into seeming Iases so that all day long we seemed 'o be passing 4 succession of rOck- bound lakes, wIid % stH tia. the steiek oi the crshes and hsfons hat Wr<scared from thets ransss along the banks sJaadcd almost trigbilal s'nslsi saeh solitude.
 Tine ong grooves ST Iedges iruin t~o to six feet wide, that along tise ot the txzy prrcip,ee and the iie Di sre boies, cut al rgaias taiPryats mo the solid psck, tise traces a siupeIpous work of the RsmaBs, that ace0rgei welt with the impressive kiandeut ol the thToash which i passed This grea, read a4 fTsjaR consisted of q ~oos!en shell. partly restieg Oa the grooves aad partly on the beams winch were inserted iu the squ9fe holes tn ihr rocks. II formed a wide, cov- efpd way, which hung the river below. and ex- tended htty miles along the isee ci tls iapasssble banner of rocks. No these broad lodges chisseled into ibe rock, one observe ihe gss of square mariises and the projecting corners of the ptecipice rounded oH cut through, and
 fleet that all ihis aboroisls effected before the ad of gnnpowdvr was kBown, without belag still more deeply impressed by adlniratlen for that derut people, who have, in every cpa',ifY where then eoFqsesis extended. leit traces pither power 90 much more lasting, much more wondsiiiti, IhaE their vicloites. 1 e4n readily conceive ot pcopie highly civilized as the Ra,nans who lroin iheT birth were reared witi fun belief in ihrif invincIbiiity, who ihareh to every hardship and accustomed to a degree of discipline unknown atno surrounding nations. ovsTunnng the islresi portion ol he hen known world. But ii is dlfieaN for me 10 imagine hose baughy veterans, spoifed by success, hpxhed wlth victo,y, and WattB from the excitement el battle, s,gaglns 2 those heieu- ieaa ,aborS, whose tuIns yet amaze tsie world lt in such undertakings as this rnad ef Trsjan's that the Romans were tIuy great. Near the end of The rocky dche s luare tablet, cut deep into ths rock In which Is the inscription comnemofaing The EbperpI's great york, sill perfectly legible. al- ttoHgh some seventeen hundred years have passed since its completion.
 About fifteen ini!es from he end of the rapids, is situated ibe iamous Iron Gate. wh,h must always form 10 al interruption oI the nayig s,ion for 1 small boats. Very small steamers have taversed all the rapids except this; although ordinarily the passengers are transported n small bsFg%s from Dtenkoya he beginning ofils rapids, 10 SkeIa Gs- dosa al the end. The Iron Gate IS not w hat l ex- lpectei. and what is name indicates l. Is gorge, betweea the towering Foek ks, through which tue ryef mstiy pitches; ls dark dtfle n wbieh Il might almost imagine himsslf dsshlng info Hides. Here inc river has again spr out, the rugged ciiIs have beeH trit behind, and the Iron Gale IS but an obstruction oi the liver by rect rocks running across II llke dan. The rocks are ogten visible, and when they not, their coarse tnay b. traced by the line ot losning bieakrrs which exteud from shose to shore. Threagh marrow pass m these, otf barge Mdiy plunged into the eddles the the whidpoois, ihe foam, and the of the turbulent waters beyond For several inmates we were sloieHy tossed abou, by the white caps, thai .nE.. had
 pssse. the Iron Cae as we node hoatsd into sli though shallow water. Below the rapids, tse scenery again sinks info mosoIcay. Low. own hiIis are sncceedesi by vast plains I,hnui trees or ctii.yatuR, which bring io
 iad the pIsriss el our osn county, the imn|nse pampas Q; Soafh Anefica Struggling heTf's cf tTan cattle and Aoeks of poor sheep are scatiefvd ovsr then ~ iih here and there awreiched vilsge which Is scarcely aiSnguishsble tJoi0 the piles o hay iha snnouud thetD. They generally built al ths ioe of hil 10 protect them from the wind, and look more like collection of badly tbsiehed roofs than any houses 1 ev~F Tao torks support long pole. sgsnst which recliae sticks; upon them again ls ped some hay, and the house IS eoDpiste. Ope end closed b, the h's ssGs. aH ihs otsei Is open like tebt. Such inc hoves n xhich wfeiehed- h,des itself from the elAas snd iata pf ssri- able climate. The river hete becomes very bToad, bHt II divides into so many arms, and forms sueh nambefess issnds, that is real width is per- eepiible. The delta fofmed by he thTee monlts oi The Danube IS lev dst. which appears ssstssa oi 1 waving reeds. Tue Iiset. bfaksn lo GulneGoHs narrots chaBneIs, Wihhs In every direction. which makes the steamer appear surrounded sll sides with sails thal pans1g through 'hs reeds that ihlrkly "a every dlrseifaa the whole easih. WIth strong ~Iad bloslag, ~e issued through tie ] principal mouth into the Black Sea, and soon were out of sight of the low sandy coast of W 4lsachia. had moi been long ont the wild rol ing ocean be- fore that heart-sppang sensation og sea-siek ness 'sae feel the tralh o Byron's couplei, when he said
 ' There's not sea the passenger Ger pakes m. Turns up more dangerous 5TsskeFs thaa lhe Eaxns. M. l caiiforsisn Emisrants Ccmisg Back.