The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-07-27

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trees and the unasrgspwsh that obstruct rs,
and when it reaches the preciptce delivers
eight currents TO be poured OYER Il.
Descending from tho desp shade Oh sae
grand trees Of the plateau above py O.
rupged way (which may be easily mace
eoodl to the scens below the falls, we hna
Undesirable sources of admiration ana
wonder. The breaat Of the pLeciPigIs; na 70
about 400 yards in width, Irregular - a -,
cSncave, ard the trees seem 70 cosei uao
very brow with their rich foilag - ine
eight strearns, as they are oasneu !. .som ~
throw Of much Of their Ha.er IN sPs tsy,,
which is diffused by the Winds ana settie
upon contiguous Objects some OF the
streams are larger than otbers-two or three
descend like copious rain land one comes
down heavily in q connected body to the
rocks below. The surface at the foot Of the
precipice rapidly declines, narrowing as it
drops away until il ends 400 feet away in 9
pass, where the waters unite and SO OH IN
the dark deli below. This srea has 1ts
huge masses Of porous stone, many OF them
evidently broken OFF from the prec1plce,
their intervals partially filled by deposits
and debris, with here and there drift-wood
in different stages of petrifcation. The
difference Of twenty feet in the height OF
different parts of the falls is owing TO the
scaling Of the pretipice, which has neen
greater at one part than the other. Inls mas
Slightly varied the elevation at the top OF the
faiia but the difference below 10 greater.
From the eighty feet falls you descend TO
a we'll. ga IL were. under those Of hundred
feet Between the descending waters and
the precipice there is q broad space, where
a gallery may be constructed. Inc falling
waters dash down amongst rude masses OF
the stone peculiar to the place: Inese
rocks are not assembled without dlfhcuity
and some danger. Below this rugged, line
the surface gradually becomes less broken
and Oh the southern side, in the shade OF
the trees, is magnificent scene for PIC
mic. Amongst and down from these huge
rocks the bright waters work their way 10
the pass below through pools with their
mountain trout, assures, and miniature
falls, forming o scene of wonderful Wild
ness and beauty.
Save where the waters prevent it, vigor-
Gus grass readily springs up, SO rich in fer
tility is the deposit there and this grass,
being always covered by the bright drops
Of water scattered by the spray, presents
the appearance of q jewelled carpet lllu-
mined by the SUMS rays with brilliant
hues. When we add rainbow for every
fall, and takei in the whole view, we behold
a wonder of nature that is as lovely as it is
grand. 1t is worth going many miles to
behold and being so near these watering
places, when the access to it is completed, 1t
must be new source of delight to visitors.
My dear Mr.. Editor, knowing my enthu-
siastic disposition, you must be satisfied
that was enchanted by this scene. ! was.
was compelled, the moment beheld the
bright waters pouring down from above, to
"shuck," as they say in Old Virginia, and
walk into the waters. I rushed into fall
after fall, until "did !" them all, stood
beneath them, and received the waters with
uplifted hands, occasionally cutting an
ecstatic pirouette in my phrenzy of delight!
[ assembled in the grade Of adventure until
I got under the heaviest. That was thun-
der that I then heard The beating waters
Jared the head, and stung the
skin as though 'twere being taken off.
Mem.-Men with brains had better not get
under this fall
Having !" did - the descending showers
the eighty feet and the hundred feet
to the cascades, with their foam
ing torrents, in which I propped myself, as
they shot over me and the pools, where
basked in delight, looking at the grand sur
scene.
During this wild play, three friends
watched anxiously from below. One OF
them, an Ex-Governor, who had most kindly
taken me under his guidance and care, was
ike hen who had Matched o duckling-
crazy, on the shore, at its capers in the
water. He had shouted himself hoarse
with calling and when, at last, left the
enchanting flood, he asked, /" Do you know
how long you have been in those waters 7"
[ said, "Twenty minutes" "You have
been cutting capers there, sir, more than
IN hour. ! expected to see you knocked
lown under. that huge fall and killed."
I thanked the Governor-said there was
no danger-and after taking drink with
him, we went up to the camp of my old
friend Captain Schultz, contractor on the
new turnpike, ate dinner with him,
and rode away, after about as
much pleasure and satisfaction as may be
crowded into three hours!
This Falling Greek scene is to be the local
ity of much pleasure and festivity in days to
come, and an enterprising man may make
it place of profit to himself.
4, 81 L THE SNAKE STORY.
A few evenings since the guard at Cap
tain Shultz's camp, just before retiring to
bed,, discovered q respectable-looking and
patriarchal rartlesnake comfortably en-
sconced between, the blankets of his bed
He was quietly taking his rest, having gone
through his first nocturnal nap. 1t was an
intrusion which the guard could not forgive;
so he put the intruder to death. What q
fearful thought is it that OF one time the
question as to which should die, the guard
or the snake, was SO much against the guard
that his rescue seems almost miracle.
The reptile had ten rattles and virus
enough to have killed q hundred men.
Don't you shudder SENEx.
A Richmond Man In Search OF q Cool