The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1860-04-28
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heart, had location and . name in hsas-a-
dsseu Of the-srsas States Of the Mississippi
hasin, stretching from Virginia 70 Nsbraska;
and forming vide and glorious iand, Few
ing with mix asd homer, and d4eresd By
fate to be tie seat Of empire in the Western
varld. These ds.er:ers from tbs Federal
Capital, we're old ani young, rich and posr,
crowned wish political honors and anknaun
70 fens. Congressaen, eager to escape
Tbs ;osAaai turmoil 81 Washiasson lie,
had SEIZED the legislative saIl 10 the vaks Of
the chasissson tempest, snj we're taking .
syine vail 70 .theis hsar,hstones 10 kiss
their wires ard babies, and iaxariats fer a
jaJ Or tso where shsir ears m;x as rest fror,
.hs everlasting /. Ns. sssassr,' ard their
pampsrsd pal..ss forzss hotel fare, % the
~ssv.ng ho.l" Of nilk. With hsx and hon.
10y, snd ezra dodgers piled high aroand.
Others bad b.sa 10 .hs great Atlantic mart.
TO ges ea.sea ani cvia5l;as for Bscis.s.
Hoosi.s and Hasksye dams>ls, and bad lss'
drsrpsd in ~ Washington 70 zee The ions,
.ha: thsr might assoni.h the natives "'o
hum," not only xisA prices dog eAeaf, bat
With tales Of sp'snior which Aladdin asssr
dsssYed 81. Uas among the sravsss,s was
going sell oasr toward sandown, ard ters
he 10 10 tbs old sanetum, whsrs Republican
ID snasr 10 manufactured fer the Slsp., re-
coassinS : thing or .wo be saw on bis home
trip. Well, sssaming il ut toward tia
"rssaT,p foar miles from Warrington, We
pas.ed the r~.idsncs aad statue sasnnssctory
| sf cLasg Nuts; another tso miles, and old
Bi.asnsbmz of historic fame, Was iesi. Al
,as . relay" ne stepped for shs Ba!timors
train. ~hiIs the ear. We left, passed on to
the North. All aboard, and over shs hill.
and vale. Of Maryland, sc rolled merrily
Westward. The Pasapseo and Ionocaey
rivers were iefs, aud the Potomac came
rolling ossr il, rocky bed to meet ~. An
oil country and fas country truly, lay on
both sides Of Us, but country which can
| not for a moment, compare with tho unds-
veloped region waiting for the p'ow, on
hath sides the Missouri, for n thousand
miles 81 ia coarss. As wa left the soil o'
MsysIand, aud rolled over The bridge to
rrscs the mother u Presidents, Harpsr's
Ferry, With It's bloody associations, lay AT
our feet. iIemmeI in by ragged bills.
whteh shelter il from Tho winds, and !ased
BIZ The foasnug river which here chafes and
srsts around The hugo rocks dotting It's
channel, il must be regarded as one Of the
mes. picsarssqas town, in Amsrici, anu
,hs tragic sstnss go lately enacted there.
iavess is with ali interest, for the present,
which, perhaps no other burg on the con'l'
aena possesses. We stopped u minute or
two, took glance at the a.'oua! and armo'
sis., and we're III again for M+Etinsburg,
tho dinner station. Seven miles further
the ruins II Fort Frederic loom up, gray
and grim. on the Maryland side. The Poto
mac gradually narrowing, is getting small,
aui tbs scenery on it. banks j. not STRIKING
enough 10 save it from insiEni6cance, but
The splendid wheat dells, dattlng the coGn-
try on both side., redeem the widening
tne i.cspc, aud looking from ugly guichss
and ragged rocks to these undulatiug emc-
raid carpets, the tourist is we'll pleased with
tho prospect, and votes i, fine. The Blue
Ridge Of the AlleghnHies is looming up in
the distance, but 80 far ahead that to see
the grand scsnery on Cheat river, we must
stay over night AT Cumberland or Piedmont,
and take the morning train; but we ARE in
n hurry TO get hone, and glorious sights are
sacrificed TO sass time. II is getting dark.
and we are climbing up the mountain, with |
a grade Of on. hundred and sixteen feet to |
the mite. Think Of that, y oil fogy theo
srsss, who. ten years aga. would have sworn |
By all the Laws IF science, that nature and
art together. could never roll IL smooth iron |
wheel up a smooth Inclined plane. a. such
al angle. But practice is continually mp |
setting theory. and always will, while the |
human thinking maehn, j. 40 srratic. |
Winding round the h.l! sides. with rocks
bslav, With u noisy Little stream footing the
picture, We feel that 10 are on tjcsiish
ground. For seventeen miles We climb, till
At AlIsmnn,. We are two thousand seven
hundred feet above the level Of the sea.
Rsssesn here ana Oakland Dine miles
fnslher--is tbs ridge dividing tho waters
~hleh Gov into the Atlantic, from those !
xhieh Cow to the Gulf. A. Oakland, the /
ist,Isies" Hotel furnishes summer retreat
Tor people who want to keep cool. The
darkness shFegi,ns the mountains, shut out |
'rem eur view What is said to bs some 81
the srsajsss scenery in the world. No
'ouhs the simsd onss ameng Us imagined /
frishsfal dertss, sragry rocks ready to fall
sni crush ia, AMI other horrors teS>ld
worse than The reality hut on We wsa. in
safety. The great k9ngwo cod Tsnnel boring
the highest ridge IT The ailsghsnis.. i.
nearly a m,ls long. ani east million dol
lars. Dswn ws &c. from here, shsoash
sannel after tannal. s'5i we get down iaSe
lss World sgatn. nav bad net aawncd
area %, wAss az reached Bsasaoi, three /
hanIrsd ara seventy FIVE miles fEam Dali. !
mors. Ths ferry ,bess Was In readiness,
and 10 len Eaiaases, go 'rai the free soil Of
0ais. Al aboard, sai away ss - again,
ever the Cssssal ohso Road, crossing sas
Naskissam river. With its maasaaas stsas
dams, ssl reaching Calaas a.. ave haadrsd
and ssslss niles from Raltlmas~, Al Q 4. III. /
| would harals call tbs Baesvys Capital
ssatlr place At general view. II nay be
sse enaasa 10 IL details, has bad ns tins
fer slsss iaspsessoa, ssr in Two hears. We
ssfs sT sgalu for SSnrinnssi. ard rslfsnr
,ls-a shsosSa a mssa.sssnt eaaatry, ems
hani-ei aud twenty allss. Ne reached