Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-08-09

earnestly striving 70 recover from LDe
terrible effects Of the great inUudatiOn
Of last April, which swept resistlessly
over houses and through the very center
of the city, with adepth of ten or twelve
feet, carrying away stores and private
residences and causing the occupants to
take TO the upper stories, and in many
instances fee tC the mountains for safety.
Steamboats, ran through all the streets
Of the city, embarkiDg passengers from
the versndshs of the hotel in the second
story, as the whole face Of the city with
the exception Of I" Cameron Hill and
one or two other eminences was sub
merged beneath the vast volume of
water.
TRIP TO THE MOUNTAIN.
Mounting into sn omnibus to which was
attached q stout paiF Of hoFses with an
experienced jehu 70 direct, we we're gaiIy
moving over the road and soon arrived
at the base of the mountain, where we
found q sort Of Inn, where the creature
comforts are dispensed to travellers, and
which goes by the nsme Of the midway
house. 1t is two and 8 half miles from
Chattanooga. We commenced ascending
the eastern side of Lookout by a circuit
Gus and rather dangerous rosd-cuJ out
from the sides Of the mOuntian-the
lofty rocks frowniDg overhead and huge
bOuldeTs lying on either side giving evil
dence of some terrible combat in the
classic days Of yore between the gods
and the giants, when, perhaps, a stray
thundeT-DOlt from Jupiter rent them
asunder from the immense sized
rocks Undecided in ta6 mountain.
Arriving at the top, we passed the resi-
dence of Mr. Foster, the " old mai of the
mountains So-called, who has repre-
scented Lookout in the legislature for
nearly q score Of years, and drove slowly
tQthe Lookout mountain hotel, where
your correspondent is installed, and
where be has been most Hospitality en-
~tertained by the enterprising propriet0rs,
Messrs. Cooper q James, who doubtless
imagined him a Bohemian, and every
attention paid to u wants. The top Of
the mountain is a long and rugged pls-
teau, fifty miles in length and varying
from one to twelve miles il width. It is
thiekly crowned with every variety of
forest trees. The distance from here to
Chattanooga is five miles by the road,
and the altitude Of the mountain is two
thousand four hundred feet above the
surface of the river.
VIEWS FROM TEE HOTEL.
The Lookout mountain house is stu
ated near the edge of the cid, and from
this commanding emiDence can be had
a most varied and magnificent piano.
ramic view OF mountain ranges, under
slopes and wooded groves aud a
vast expanse Of picturesque country
forming q picture of grandeur and love-
illness indiscribabIy beautiful, and where
tbs eye and the soul can feast IN endless
devotion. The Day God, as he rises in
the east and careers across the boundless
concave of heaven to his silvery lair in
the west, lighting up the vast expsuse
with a rOseate and golden ef2ul-
geBce, looks rot down upon a combina-
rion Of greater beauty aud magniicence
than the charming aTcadian scene spread
put before the e~nrsptured vision. But it
is from.
THE POINT,
which Is the northern end Of the noun
that g more comprehensive view
be had of the surrounding country. |
standing there from the point" with
he face northwArd, the eye is attracted
8 range of mountains on the left,
stretching out in the distance, called the
. Raccon mOuntains,n and directly in
'ront is Waldron's ridge, a spur of the
Cumberland, while looming up, far
" ~ IL Wv lazy AOA AEo4F ID N4g aENAG I
lued, Alleghsnies, of Virginia; wild,
vast, msgniacentlY grand, and
seem, like the Alps in Childe
Palaces Of nature, whOse vast walls
pinnacled in ouds their snowy scaIps,
And thrOnsd eternity il icy falls
u cold sublimity, where form and falls J
nhs avalanche, the thunderbolt OF snow
4 II that expands the spirit, yet appals,
father around these SUBMITS, as 10 show
aQrTh may naaVna To heaven and Law
vain man below" :
On the right, and in full view, is the !
historic Missionary ridge, running par !
.llel with the GhihOWie range just be- >
'ond, while the Rocky Face mountains I
f Georgia, still farther east, rise up in !
view, and over which and !
ar beyond, overlapping these three y
can be seen the faint outlines Of :
he Smoky mountains, of North Caro- =
ina, massive, yet shadowy, ethereal :
tretehing out in the dim distance, and Y
With the heavens. Within the =
and nesting quietly on the in =
ervening plain, is the city of Chatta- :
IOega, a " gem of purest ray serene"
,eclining upon the beautiful Tennessee, q
Ike . bride upon the arms of heg r
over. n
We can see into tho seven states of =
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kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia and Ala 4
anna, with the naked eye, from this y
eaven-piercing observatory. The eve =
/, rsvished and the heart intoxicated y
Nth the wondrous picture spread out in e
UGH magniicence, revealing the peerless n
randeur of natures handiwork, and 4
in its mingled beauty, wild =
and subllmity, the reputed splendors &
{ that far famed treasure casket Of ma Il
IRE, the 70 Semitic valley Of California, I,
T the enchanting l0veliness of the lake. !,
Cited, palace-spangled, mountain 4
irdled valley OF Mexico, !,
PHOTOGRAPHIC. V
Located within a few feet of the 81
Point" is a daguerrean gallery, where =
our correspondent displayed an amount :
courage By having his counterfeit pre- Z
eminent manipulated, on the point Of n
be perilous rock, in truly artistic style, l
nd which, If he does not consider q =
thing of beauty mot being blessed G.
18th a " pulchritudinous " physlognomv
Ike our pneuefelkusticon friend, Brewer. =
the Ledger has assurances from a 3
air Memphian that a fee-simple title to P
ne of them will a u her to regard it AS
"joy forever" Nj. ]. B. Linn is a al
disciple of Daguerre, and is certainly :
n fat in the Tart p~reservative Of ali
rts,p as the beautiful monumental
roups and landscape scenes taken within I
~ radius of The ninnacled {" Point y 4