Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1855-11-28
For ule Reqister
For tte begfsteE
A visit 10 the Pe@lSs of outer before


Mr.. EpIroR Thinking lat he incis
dents of d visit to this. famous resort O
athe lovers OF the snmb lime and beautiful
would not be undressing to your rea-
ders, 1 have concluded, as have nothing
else tosdo. TO bore them with the adyen-
lures of party which l accompanied a
day. or two since. In company with three
other would be poets, / procured an Ola i
rickety hack, and Just as !" Sol'' was ligh-
ting up the eastern horizon :. rolled out,
on the plank road TOW ard Bnc hanan but
like all mortalsS we had our dificu tues,
lforithe road was ihi d terrible condition,
and our old stage vent sonnet thing like II
ding rail. J4In q great many places the
,planks were entirely itorn3up. and at one
of'tllese places the physinog nomy OF one OF
.ourparty .camesin contact with the wooden
part of our hack, knocked the patches Old
ibis nasal organ, to. the little merime Mt
of the remaindersof the party but he be-
came furious at the insult offered to SAID
organ, and threatened vengeance to every
to6thless old woman that had the etfronte-
ry to demand toll Of the driver. Ss.=sH
Took dinner at Buchanan, and atdusk
arrived at the Otter Peak Hotel, keptsb
Mr.. Wilks. We were now on the western
spur of the Blue Ridge, and before us
stood the magnificent peak OF Otter, with
its rocky summit sporting among the even
ing clouds. After an excellent supper we
retired for the night. At four in the
morning we were on our way to the sum
nit and with no little difficulty, in two
hours we found ourselves standing on the
highest point of land in the Southern
States. On either side Of us stood crag-
gy sugar-loaf shaped hills, which in the
gray twilight of the morning looked like
the hideous shadows of some unearthiy
monster.
Right soon the great luminary of the
day began to disperse the light clouds
which in thousand fantastic shapes and
colors fitted about the eastern horizon ;
and soon in majestic splended emer-
god, as it were, from the bosom of the
mighty valley which lay stretched out be-
fore US, as far as the eye could reach.
A poet could not have dreamed ola gran-
der scene Standing on the identical
rock where the orator of Roanoke stood
when the sublimity of the scene brought
forth the involuntary exclamation from his
lips. " that man is fool who says there is
no Go1W Isurveyed the glorious prospect.
Far in the dim distance, the lofty spires oil
Lynchburg arose like dark spots from the
lovely valley, while nearer the romantic
little town of Liberty sat modestly, as il
under the protection olthe craggy summit,
while the little valleys and low hills Of
Bedford, Campbell, Nelson, AAlbemar!e,
Botetourt and Craig, formed the brightest
morning landscape of which the painter
ever dreamed and on either side the lof'
ty peaks Of Otter rose like hugh cones to
the clouds that played around their sums
,mits. humboldt has published the glo-
ries Of sunrise from the top OF Mount
Blanch, and a hundred others have wrote
and sung of the wild subIimiGy Of the
lips, buta morning on the peaks of Otter
produces far different feelings in tho Boz
som Of Nirgiuian. He looks with pride
upon the land that was the home of Wash
ington and Jefferson, and almost imagincs
that he sees LhedOme of MontiUelloin the
distance, or that the hero OF the MoIinO
del Rey, and the Mill Boy. of Slashes,
pass in reverie before him. AS he gazcs
on the bright landscape, the beautiful
country seals, where the farmers among
his own native hills, dwells in princes
Iy splendOr, and the little riYulets spark
ling in the sun like q thread of silver, the
feelings of pride ard patriotism rise ups
pcrmOst in the soul, and with all her faults
he thinks her the fairest spot on earth.
The main peak is about 1900 feet above
the table land on top the western spur Of
the Blue Ridge, and is ola beautiful conicaI
shape, and on The top is tremendous
ledge Of rock twenty or thirty feet high,
which are only accessible on the west
side, while on the eastern, there is pre-
ciplve of at least FIVE hundred feet The
highest point is called Randolph Rock,
aud bis name in very legible characters,
made by himself, is still TO be seen on its
top. After gazing for some three hours
on the awfully sublime on one side, and
the transcendently beautiful on the other,
in such singular contrast, we began to be
reminded by the calls of appetite that
breakfast was ready, and cutting some
sticks from the highest point where yege-
getatlon grew, we began our descent. AZ
ter first rate breakfast we bid farewell
to the peaks. and at four, arrived at the
Natural Bridge. Spent some time in ex.
aiming this curious freak of nature, and
then started for this place. which we
reached at ten o'clock, P. NJ, very tired
and very sleepy, and soon retired to bed
to dream of the wild romance of Blue
Ridge mountain scenery.
A Trans ALLEGHES1AN,
CRUCIF1xIoN IN CHINA.-An American,
writing from China to the New York
Times, after giving an account of the nu-
merous executions OF the Rebels there,
says