Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1858-08-10
A Visit 10 the Mann m 9th Caye-Its Ac-
possibility and SurrOundings-Tyre
Springs. &c.

Your correspondent was OF gay party
which left your city of glaring rocks and sun
Drowned cedars ten days ago on an excursion
to the Mammoth Cave. 1t consisted of five
charming young ladies, and as many gallant
and devoted young gentlemen-lacking one
-dh! me HiSertm-a bachelor of gentle man
ners aud amiable temper whose harvest OF
love has invariably been cut, like the tender
leaves of the Cardinals hope, by killing
frost when he thought. good easy man, full
surely he was about 10 reap and garner it
against the dreary days and long gloomy
nights of Lies December. But that is per-
sonal and unpleasant The nine passenger
coach was filled and one above. At 9o'clock
the driver cracked his whip, and away we
went, all as merrily as the marriage bells.
The horses appeared TO be aware of their bles-
sed burden, and grew nimble-fOoted on the
blazing pike that the day before scorched and
tagged them. The beautiful cottages and
stately mansions that nestle in the greens and
tower in the groves along the Gallatin road
were rapidly passed, and three miles away
we cast look back over the blue valley of
the Cumberland, caught a last glimpse of your
church spires, and full view of your mag
nifcent Capitol, sitting like royal diadem on
the city's brow. 1t is a most lovely landscape,
and shall have u place in my portfolio
one of these days. Then we descended the
hill on the other side. and settled down for
the trip. You must know that stage-coach
travel in midsummer is not very favorable to
the display of personal grace and dignity, nor
peculiarly preservative of starched shirts and
other apparel. Possibly also, you are aware
that the retrigerating power of hoped skirts
is measurably lost in the jam of nine
seat coach. Therefore, we resolved ourselves
into u Free and Easy Club which idea we
fully exemplifcd, and by which name we
hailed and were hailed. Arriving at Tyree
to dinner, we were welcomed by the most aifa-
BILE and experienced Of hosts, MOsHER, while
JORDAN, the interchangeable, never dying jon
DAN, and his band, discoursed eloquent music
from the upper galleries. Casting aside hats
aud busters, we marched into the spacious
dining hall, where long line of sumptuous
tables Were breasted by a goodly company,
from Nashville and elsewhere, and phalanx
Of ebony walters passed forward any and ev-
erything appetite craved or within demanded.
From Tyree to Bowling Green was u delight
full road. studded with gently rolling farms
and substantial farm-houses. Franklin, the
county seat of Simpson county, is pleasant
village, which We passed at shutdown. Taking
supper at Bowling Green, we had bracing
air aud soft moonlight till day break, when
we reached Parker's, ten miles from the Cave,
where we changed coaches, and soon after left
the Turnpike. The road now was of the orgi-
nal dirt,and would be charming for dysp eptics;
ing the trip in about 22 hours. The old stand
at Bells has recently been broken up, and
passengers from the North leave the pike for
the Cave at Ritter's, miles beyond, aud those
from the South at Parkers. two miles this
side Stages leave each point daily, making
two daily lines from the main road to the
Cave. The coaches are large aud convenient
ly carry from Is to IS persons. Both up and
down we had upwards of Is and no grum-
bling. The Cave is thus made accessible, 10y
public conveyance TO all who may desire to
visit ii.
The Cave Hotel is situated in delightful
Park on an extended and elevated plateau,
some three hundred feet above Green River
which glides along about quarter Of mile
below. The front is handsome two story
frame building. running back. with alterna-
ting corridors and galleries opening TO the