The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1854-06-09
THE DAILY DISPATCH.
TsIDxY MORNING, JUNE 8. lss4.
Tco1re.ponaence Of the Dispatch. /


Tcorresponaence of the Dispatch
LYNcHBuRc. June 5h. 1854.
Dear Dispatch. We have just returned from
trim TO the Peaks Of Otter and the Natural Bridge
Leaving Lynchburg In the cars of the Va ana Gu
nessee Railroad at A. NJ, we arrived al h'oe''',
"a very pretty little viliaee) n about an houf' anu
procuring horses there. started for the reaAs. -
was fine morning, and the weather lu" warm
enough to make the ride delightful we ga" 'e'e'
raj urettv residences along the road-somc tnat
would eous, In architectural beauty aud desgn, our
s,sc;,v mansions. Five miles riding brought US to
va., w. IMAGINED was the foot Of the Peaks but on
,,ouirv found tina, we were only abouthalf way. -
The mountain appeared as If twas only mile dp.
,an, The road for the balance of the way was up.
hill and an uphill time OF it we had too. After
awhile we reached the foot Of the Peaks sure
enough and, giving our horses in charge of aboy,
went 10 TO dinner. The clouds had been gathering
for some time and heavy shower threatened to
spoil our sport; but 1t was soon over. About four
o'clock we mounted our animals and commenced
the ascent Of the Peak. Alter going up in this way
for mile, we had to dismount fas,en the horses;
and 20 the balance of the way afoot. There was
but half mile farther to CO. blu. in that short dis
lance think we rested at least dozen times. What
magnificent viewt, RAs far as the eye could reach
before VI. the country seemed almost perfectly
level. In rear, the Allegheny stretched far to
the South West Liberty, twelve miles distant, we
could see with the naked eye. The houses at the
base OF the Peak looked like good sized pigeon
boxes Men we could not distinguish, but bring
ing spygiass into requisiton, they looked like
pigmies Far down, below and around US, scatter.
ell here and there were dense clouds rolling along.
side the mountains, while above us, there was
nought but the blue sky to interrupt the vision.
at 10 lovely scene, z<fETEf b
Fair as aught on earth;
And we feel, when il hath been, e. a
At heart dearth ss-4 1-s
As from the breaking up OF some bright dream -
The failing of aiountain's spraytop stream
The next day we arrived at the Natural Bridge
This Is grand work of Nature, and to attempt TO
describe 1t with my poor pen. were fruitless task
had been prepared from what read and heard
about it to see something immensely wonderful. out
the reality far surpassed my expectations. There
are not 90 many names cut under and around it, nor
as high as | expected to see. My friend and myself
cut pretty high distance up indeed there are
few, very few, names higher 1t was dangerous
undertaking. One slip of the foot or the slightest
giving away of the crusty rock and we had been
dashed to atoms below.
This marble-walled immensely o'erroofed
With pendant mountains glittering, aweS my soul.
Gods hand hath scooped this wonder:
Yea, none but His could and / stand in it,
Like q forgotten atom OF the light
Some star hath lost upon its lightning flight" M.
"
A FURIous ELEPHANT AT LARGE.-We have al
ready published brief account of the escape of
elephant from his keeper, near Pawtucket, Macs.
The details of this singular circumstance will be
found very interesting. We copy from the Provi.
ence Journal, of the 9th inst:
The large elephant Hannibal, attached to the
Broadway menagsre, which exhibition at
Paw1ucket on the Sd inst, got loose from his keeper
the way from Pawtueket to Fall River, early yes
teiday morning; Before starting his keeper made
him lift the hinder part of wagon loaded with 500
pounds, for the purpose of getting it into line. IL
supposed that this although not unusual mig ht have
to him the msde of attack which he adopt
ed afterwards. When about seven miles from Paw.
tucket he became furious, turned upon his keeper,
who had to fly for his life and take refuge in house.
got Free and rushed along the road, destroying eve
rything in his way. Meetings horse and wagon be-
longing to Mr. Stafford Short he thrust his tusk into
the horse and lifted horse, wagon and rider into the
air. He mangied the horse terribly and carried him
about fifty feet and threw the deat body into pond
The wagon was broken to pieces. and Mr.. Short con.
sderably huri The elephant broke one of his enoI
nous tusks in this encounter A mile further the
same manner a horse and wagon, with Mr. Thos w.
Peck and his son De broke the wagon and wounded
the horse, which ran away Mr.. feck wss pretty
badly hurt in the hip.
While the keepers were engaged in securing the
smaller elephant, who had not, however manifested
any signs Of insnbordination the larger one got off
from them, and won't through BarneyVille, when Mr..
Mason Barney and another man mounted their horses
and kept on his track as near to him prudent
giving warning Of the danger to the passengers whom
they met on the way. The eleph ant would occa-
sonay turn to look at Them but did not attempt to
modest them.
The next man in the path was Mr. Pearce, who
was riding with his little son in horse wagon
He was coming towards the elephant and being
warned by Mr.. Barney turned around and put the
horse to his speed but the elephant over took him.
and sezing the wagon, threw it into the air, dashns
Mr. Pesrce The hor.e dsensssed from the w ss
escaped with the fore wheels and the elephant gave
chase for eight miles, but did catch him. The ele
took up his march again on the main road, where he
next encountered Mr. J. EDDY, with horse and wa
gon He threw up the whole establishment in the
same way az before, smashed the wagon, killed the
horse, and wounded Mr.. Eddy. He threw the horse
twenty feet over fence into the adjoining lot then
broke down the fence. went over and picked up the
dead horse and deposited him in the road where he
had hrst met him. He killed one other horse and
pursued another, who tied TO barn. the elephant fol-
lowed, put at the door was met by q fierce BULLDOG
which bit his leg and drove him off, Once on the
route the Keeper being ahead of him. cav him plunge
into the house first, hurried the frightened people
~tnin TO the upper story and providing him self with
M az axe succeeded in driving off the furious beast
The elephant finally exhausted his str neth and laid
himself down in the bushes, about two miles from,
Shades Ferry Here he was secured with chains and
carried ever the ferry to Fall River A part of
.he time he ran at the rate of mile in three min.
On Thursday, woman on her way from Morris
Vile 70 otica stopped at bridge over the Chenan
20 canal and threw her child two ears o oa int
the water, and then fled. The woman had not been
arrested. NV "oo-
Rev. J. V. Hines, next to Miller himself the leoa
er Of the 1S43 movement, does not coincide mel
those who have recently made calculations in IN
gard to the Second Advent in 1854. i'
VICTIM OF LYNCH LAw-Je Abels. the man
who was whipped and banished from Crittender
county, Arkansas, went to Germantown, Tenn.
where he was informed that his room was pre.
isfable to his company. He then rented house
in Memphis, where, it is said he will not be allow
ed to i've '"
WEST POINT. The Board of Visitors at Yves,
Iomt Military Academy, organized on Friday by
tie appointment Of the Hon. Chas w. Wbipple. q
Michigan. as President; and the Hon. S6errard
clemens, OF Va, as Secretary