Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1858-08-17
Criminal Coaln,rp
For ne Kanawha Waller Star.
Trip 10 Harshall's Piilaf.

The first grey strcals Of awakening
morn had just begun 70 tinge Tue eastern
horizon, when our little coterie set out
from, the !. Col S. At the 8 Falls 4 for
the ..marvel Of wonders MARsnklL's
PrIEAR, or lis more famiflIarly known, the
Y. HAWKS NEsr I Being welleguipped,
and .abundantly supplied with refresh
ments. Thanks to our fsiE hostess, We
logged along quite merrily. over the rough.
though, sometimes, sandy road, until we
began 10 ascend /. fianley " Here came
q the tug of war; for our favorite Cyprus
refused to '.g'lang." However, wesoon
oyersame Ills sfuybornosity, BY the apph3
cation Of something 1--WE suppose. not
having seen one. resembling the Rus.
sian knout.
" Our trip, until We arrived az the point
of destination, was without interest, save
now and then. some nifty I remark !,
fors by tacit consent, | am sure our trio
had determined TO prove agreeable. II
least, il not witty or facetious, on this
PARTICULAR OCCASION. Each towering cliff,
and swelling mountain, was gazed upon
with aIi tile Interest their grandeur and
subiinlity could awaken in the basoms Of
lovers Of the beautiful, theRpicturesque
ana tl,c grand. But time passed op, and
SO did We, until we found ourselves At
the well-worn stopping place. Eager 70
gaze ,ipon the untold beauties which lay
n iuxtaposition, We soon had our horse
saauti5as" extricated from the vehicle.
and carefully secured. We must eohfess,
however. thatourE anxious solicitade was
MINGLED with awe for we still had Wv
IDLY Impressed upon our mind, that awe1
iuslirilse feeling which had been awaken
ed IL our bosom, some months before, as
We gapzed UPON the same scene. that in a
moment, would burst again upon our
wofd dring vision. We were unHerFed---
cen most arembled AVID feel qtite sure
|that We should, had il not been fpr a pair
fof sparkling eyes that were turned tull
mon III IN that suspicious moment VIE
iny IL brilliancy and lastre with those d
ths 4iair Freva, as with light step she trod
ne Iofty halls oil Ausgard. HE look
pdissolyed the soul that gazed into 4 ~. !"
In moment, my unsturng nerves were
awakened into new bliss and yigor Aana.
with nerfect nonehakdsscs. I stood upon
he very brink Of the stnpendous preci-
n;ce--awiId enrapturing. soul.snbdaing,
roni;deriee- inspiring feeling seized he a.
/ rcd upoD tie great living panorama
snSaaa All before me ii such boldiiess
mi GRANDEUR. Here, we stood At All Gle
vaf;o5 az ll64 feet above the river, saf-
eg;epflv HIGH IN have turned Y sailors
baaa d,zzy. lad Id looked into the abyss
below much more, that 81 4 landsman. w
Here. Nature seems To have played one 81
hsr boIdest and widest freaks, BIZ heap
ing together al Tho odd ends Of nandan I
GRAFTON 3 There eoshes dashing down
through the npuntain gorge ths riYef-
baaninp fretting, ioaming. roaring, and
.,,aI;ng The aiF res0naflf with lis ten
sho,jsa e modulatiUns 81 voice chen gil
d;nsl onward with 4 laughing information,
ts,s ards IL last| long home Id the bound.
|isss aeep. There far III the distance
s ,;s waEd ,iay lis waters, still, spark,
i;ng ah.ls rcIi sctins all tia, passes over