Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1859-09-28

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Fayctte county, in this State. "Ih.,,;. VI
spot some sixty miles northwest IL ,ha n, M"
Sulphur Springs. which | am .urpr;..I "''
not more famous for it. unique and ..5. .
plcturesquene>S. 1t l. called The Uaa.!
Nest, and seems 10 mo a, we'll w,r.j,
hey TO visit, aS the Natural Brill I"
Peaks OF Otter. or the Wcir's Cave W.
not Il | can in words convey an ii,,'t
peculiarities. Is
The stage coach stops early in tEa -.
ing, lat seyenl and We stepped a>id. ...~,
ten OF twelve rods through the trer.. 40. ,-'
ly We were ON the brink ola pre,iuiee 49,,
hundred feet below Us. at a pcrpep,i.nI"'
descent, was the New Kiyrr-a brsn,b sS%
kanawha, aud from this height. lookjn, ~. -,
q much smaller stream than il really = -, .'
We could perceive that i, is rugged ami ~
tuous, ana chaled its way a!uu. oyer ~
and boulders now rushing hradlon, a,,r'>.
the bank, and then for while cilyIn, -,
tcaming on the opposite side; here form,
a pool and looking black and deep and .n1
away down there, and here rct!ect.n, the v;,;i
green of the lofty hills around. Far !.
stream is by far the least interesting tr,,r,.
OF this view. The great towering re,.. !,
| the Alleghanies that shut it in. and des,o,i
abruptly TO It's waters, are what cons,,r,,
the wlldness and grandeur Of the und.r,,s
The Hawks Nest, the cliff on which ~
stood, is at the elbow Of gorge, shaped very
much like mans arm bent inward q, A.
angle of forty-tiye degrees. -loukin. in ei,bo-
direction, YOU see tall mountains ,ppr,a,
ing TO within two or three hundred ward, 4
each other, while at their feet rolls therap,J
current. Not a house, not a >.n Of ciyil,,.
ton, or OF man: not u clearing; TIE bluf, a,s
every where clad III the thickr>t foliage III.
SUBMITS tower up inacceS>ibly, and descend
10 the base without bearing one mark ,h,f
they were ever looked on bya living soul.
Here and there, but very rarely, great rorE
lifts It's form up among the huge tree,
around, and breaks the uniformity Of surface
but, otherwise nothing can be- seen but the
rounded forms ot tile mountains enclosing tho
narrow deiiles. the bright sky above md
the hurrying river that tumblcs and wind,
through the jaws OF the mountains 80 far le.
low. The scene is as quiet rs death: tie
hills are too steep for the sportsman, and ii
an occasional wild buck pushes his uutIer,
through the tangled buughs, or i bear makes
up for the abstinence of his winters sliced.
we see no signs Of their rude existence: not
even 4 bird skins along the chaSm. and the
fish that perhaps are sporting III the current,
may plash and leap among It's waters with
impunity: they are beyond our reach; the
rush of the torrent even arrives not at our
ears, much less the noise of their tiny gam.
bols. On either hand stretches cut the same
strange solitary view; there are curves AMI
turns i'll the river as il forces Its Way
along. and the hills turn and accommodate
themselves in all their hug" unwieliness %
its petty winnings; tor about five miles the
eve can follow the contest between the noun.
tains and the impatient course, till n la.
the land seems 10 conquer: apparently tho
walls Of solid green approach, aud II they
cut not off the entrance nor the egrcss OF the
river, at least cut of all sight for W ot its
further turning The picture is complete;
everything is in harmony; not n tint ! ~:
of tone; not point in the landscape mars
the entirety. There is just tins long narrow.
crooked mountain path, with immense hll,
standing abruptly up oft either side, and tins
restless. turbid stream. tearing along at their
feet No scene on this continent is grandcr
ut once and more beautiful.
CONFLICT BETWEEN TIE DRUSEs ANp TINS
MARoNirEs.-We published lew day, ago,
a paragraph copied from an English paper,
which stated that n sangulnary conflict had
taken place between the Druscs and CHRIS.
tians in village not far from Beyrout, and
that several houses occupied by European,
had been pillaged, and some forty or fifty u
the combatants killed. letter has been
received at the Missionary House, from Rev.
J. f. Ford. dated Bryrout, August "a, IN
which he says:
1.-The mountain has been in very dls'
turbcd state for the last few day., in conse.
uucncc of fierce quarrel. which broke 0ut
on Sunday last between the Druses and shs
Maronites, in one Of the villages located be-
tween the two sectS. Their" was imminent
danger that the flame OF evil war would
spread over the whole Of Lebanon, Nor -
the danger wholly past, though confidence IS
somewhat restored today. There has been
good deal of blood shed on both SIDES, AMI
several villages burnt"
The Druses and Maronitrs are religious
scots. both Of them very numerous, and are
continually quarrclling with each other
The former arc more easily reached by the
Missionaries than the latter, ind maay d
them have been converted The religion d
the Maronites i Catholic. but that Of the
DruscS is so poorly defined that even tho
Missionaries have not been able 10 gam
much knowledge concerning it.-E"a'o'
JourHdi.
A MAS LIVING FIVE Days WITH ! Bro
KEN NEcK.-The Louisville Journal ray>
Some two weeks since. an elderly te'-
man fell during the night, down = steep tIgh!
of steps, and struck the side Of h- head
against the wall at the landing. He "a'
taken up insensible and carried 10 bis room
1t was found on examination, When he be,
came CONSCIOUS. that he was paraly 1"i IN al
those parts Of his body below the neck, anu
that his neck was broken. lie remained IN
this condition sOlnethin. over five days, con-