The Planters' banner. [volume] (Franklin, Attakapas Co., Lou.) 1849-1872, 1869-09-01

jutting shelves, or breast or coat collar of the
best and stOutest of guides, we finally make
our entrance to PlutOnie regions. 1t was
worth our while to try it, for the true mag
nifcence of Nature rewards the challenge
This river of wonders again at our feet, we
stand, or rather crawled, for the head is diz-
zird with the gigantic heights towering about
us-along the bench of tabi- rock that Dor
dcrs the stream, here flowing sternly back
between walls of ancient ruk, hundreds OF
feet high. Some old diluyian convulsion of
geologic force has riven a Passage for the
swiftly hurrying current, and the awe-struck
visitant crOuches down by its still mysteri-
Gus flood, overpOwered with iewildering SEN
sations. When, ut length, we venture to gaze
upward, there is the Huttcr of II handlkcr-
chief waved by one of our number alOft,
who, more plant to the mate rnal command,
---...l- liz. mite on the -. Gar, far above.
Words aud u n;,sts sssssAz- p,..u,v nv
proper description of so wild, 50 fearful a
back, aud presently emerge, painting from
the rift in terra tirma, whose sublimitics we
should strive in vain to portray. After this
leisurely scramble, we go roaming along the
edge of these tremendous Irecipices. Some
times down on all fours, creeping cautiously
to the verge to peep over. Heights horrifc
We whirl down stones, and count the inter
vening seconds between the fling and splash
that comes echoing upward. Sometimes our
good natured friend and ready assistant hold Us
firmly by the hand while weventure forward,
and grasping some reliable pine or hemlock
branch, send shuddering yance down, down
to the silent river bed, the veritable domain
of King Pluto.
We would gladly stay out the day, but Of
ders to turn about are peranptOry. We re-
turn to the lonely little village we noticed
few hours since, and rcfreh ourselves va
riously with the comforts dispensed at the
cool. commodious, most lpspitable inn, we
think we ever drove up to. We shall long
remember the "Chasm Houe," its marvellous
good cheer and other concurrent delights, mn
nificently spread before u.s.. Nor was it our
fault that We did not accelt from host and
hostess, an unqualified invitation to spend a
week in their superb quahers. We lOnged
to go to sleep in one of tlDse luxurious bed
where the continuous muflnur and flow Of
the cataract, under the vey windows ever
keeps up the most lulling sf summer songs.
But with the traveller OF tourist, it Is here q
moment and away. PreSrranged engage
ments hurried us ON; aud With the close Of .
gala-day, our party returned to town, more
than content with its wild 1sood adventures.
Sign MANUAL.
MAKING LOVE WITH UMBRELLAs.--A
certain dramatic writer, bdhg caught In q
shower of rain. took refuge under the poftico
of handsome dwelling in New York. As
soon as he had taken the position, . WINDOW
was. opened, and lovely female face sp-
peared, which seemed to bam with syuea-
Tx iGa md; sa-;stK f. r.ss, b. Al f11
at once desperately in love and thinking
from her anxious looks tha. the feeling was
sent up his card, and gave ito her own hand
very costly umbrella he had purchased in
the place Of the old and shabby one he had
borrowed. and then wound p by making a
profession Of love. The yong lady without
noticing the exchange that hd been made,
perceived how her act had been misinter-
preted. without noticing tieexchaDge, told
him that she was expecting 0e very dear to
her at that time, aud sent hin the umbrella
to get him of the steps.
Diamonds were first discovered in Brazil,
in 1729, by Portuguese, FoIseca LObO, who
was not even aware of the inpol tance of his
discovery until certain irtch traders, to
whom he showed his pebbhs, at once con-
tracted with the Portuguese Government for
the monopoly of all the raw diamonds they
could find in Brazil. From tbs contract, they
derived enormous profits. fhe territory in
which this precious article isfound is forty
four miles in length by twenty. two in breadth,
it is called TerrO de Flo, and S surrounded by
steep mountains, which long concealed it
from the Europeans. Since the mines have
Brazil, the Dutch have not quite lost their
monopoly, they being extremely skilful in
the art of cutting diamonds, and being pos
sessed Of all the requisite machinery for the
purpose. The operation Gauss the stone to
lose half its weight, and j performed by
means of wheels which make25OO revolutions
per minute.
TnE LATE ECLIPSE IL correspondent
of philadelphia paper thuswrites ola pro-
longed totality:
Few people trouble themselves to think
what the effect would be if the eclipse
of Saturday we're to last an, length of time,
and the sun were bloted froe the heavens.
Philosophy declares that rDt only would
horror of darkness cover tie earth. but the
moisture of the earth and tie temperature
fall to a fearful point Of cold, nothing less
than two hundred and thirty degrees below
zero, Fahrenheit. The earth would be the
seat of darkness and more fhanArctic desOla-
tion. Nothing could survive such freezing
cold a moment, more than one could breathe
tiD6ui6g u a6f!diPE PROCESS began. notiing created
would be alive but the monsters that wallow
in deep ocean, and the cycles reptiles that
make their haunts in caves which penetrate
far under ground" rH
A Denver dispatch says Gov. Mitchell.
of New Mexico, has issued proclama-
ton declaring all Navajoe an} Gial Apache
Indians outlaws whenever found outside
the limits Of their reservation, and authorize
ing the citizens of the territory 10 kill
every such depredator.
Maysville, Ky, had q veriAble bull fight
on Tuesday. Two bulls, one BACK, belong
ing to NJ. Culbutser. and ae white, the
property of w. P. Watkins, met as if by
appointment, and fought it ou on that line
for one hour and twenty minues. when the
white was declared the victor.
A letter from Bosque county Texas. says
The Indians on the extreme irontier have
given much trouble by their aeprsdations
during the past spring and hummer, aud
have made one ride to this ndg bborhood,
but as their visit was not suecesfnl, We have
no fear of them again" j
NEGRO VIEW or THE ErI n,sr On. ,<,lor-