Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1854-09-01
From the Alleghanies.
IIrxrISGroN, Penn, Aug. 10, 1854

! HUNTINGTON, fenn., aug. ~, lo0l,
To fht Editor oftbe Ere, Press
/ As you ascend the Valley Of the Juniutn, the
traveller is struck with the roughness of the surface.
! The waters seem to have been gathered and dam
med up, by the surrounding mountains and hills,
until some avenue Of escape gave ventto the pcnt
mp element then down and onward swept the
loosed sea, breaking through the barriers of the
mountains, till it found room and quiet in the At
antic In all tho mountain narrows where the
stream appears to have thus wasted away the high
hills, to find its bed, the mountain side presents
remarkable appearance. Hundreds of acres upon
the steep side, exhibit nothing but rough, loose
stone rock, piled to depth of ten fifteen feet,
presenting where one particle of earth, blade
or sprg of vegetation These "bald roeks," as
they are called, evidently but the deJris left
when the waters made their channel. The large
stones always upon the top and as you go
deeper, they gradually become small, until not
larger than those broken for turnpike. The
face to the bchoder seems smooth, yet, when upon
it, you find the stones huge rocks and so carclcssy
thrown together that it is attended with no little
danger to make your way over them. nor is it un-
frequent that your dog will refuse to follow game
over their rugged surface.
On the western slope of the Alleghanies, as you
descend the Conemsugh and the Kiskcmnetas, the
formations do not present themselves still the
traveller is struck with the absence of everything
which would invite the agriculturist. Such is the
exhibit to the traveller through Pcnns yyania.
Nevertheless Pennsylvania is great in her agri-
'ultural strength added to which, she has no equal
N She vast mineral resources Of her mountains and
Valleys. These advantages give power to her man
uhcturing ability and with all this she Is the
natural bridge over which must pass the swarming
millions who are now gathering in the wild West
ant across which must be carried their product and
itsrcturning trade. Is not Pennsylvania "rjant''
Commonwealth Giant as she is, She is 'b,,nd,"
ant has been for many years. Loco Focoism ha.
bord out her eyes, and she has ground in their
prison house, until ,he has become the taunt of 9TH
er states
Her rural population were .trasgc mixture of
the obstinate, superstition Of uncducatcd Germans
and the fierce and fiery nature Of the Scotch Irish
with his sclf.wiU and hot zeal Such were the sircs
from whom spronr Pennsylvania vco,unnrv They
bat been educated to hate Yankees and Fcdcralsts:
and tho cunping noIitici,u frund in the elements
tho Material for his kind of warfare In 1879 when
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IN u, mama Arorc,r i,,,,r,, ,,,s ,,r,,.tod h, ;,s
,s.,,i, r,o,, ,ho a,, ,;,,o ., .-,,,t h..oa
b,,r.l 70 s,ovorv wa. surrordored IN ,lis demon, Of
p.,,crocy Anotionol currencv which NJ Pam.
sv,y,,i,,. ,rd ,s Rcnrblic,ns tbcv had cors;dored
ms thir ovn all. nil. everything was abandoned
aud fac i,n,ront md vic bcresi.s of the fraa tr.d
., bc sl,vcrv nron,r,ndi.t the hart ,noncv
u,,,,i,r and the mad s,rct-con.tructionis, vare
;n,ro,ucod int, tho cre,d ns j,,,oc,,,,, doc,rir.
,ropc,doto will ulustr,ta the intclIigent hold tho
.piri,or Democracy had upon some of the reonle -
BcrIv County the Cibralter Of Democracy. had sent
/ to tn, Legislature for many wears man by the
/ name of Feglcy. On a certain occasion n young
GcrmaI had for his first time, at some mass meet
ing, been awakened to the purcr principles and pur-
| poses Of the Democrats and he shouted ''l'm a
| Democrat, flung up hisiha with "l'm a Demo-
c-ut, singing out at every step. He went home,-
/ "l'm Democrat" says he to his young wife
''What is that - she inquired. "I'm Democrat"