The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-09-12

] COFeFtu Win moss anu pehulnui
vines, had great many beautiful hOwers
upon them, but like our hopes they have faded
and gone. The valley or bottom above US is
| four miles long, while It's breadth is Irregular,
/ expanding from quarter to half mile, OF
! even more, and what Is singular it has no wa
ter, and prnirie-like appearance, as the tim
/ Der Is small and the ground Is thlckset with
that which loods very much like regular prai-
| RE rrass. Still the character of the country
/ is mountainous, high hills and low mountains
rising abruptly from the valley. The excep
ton, indeed only serve little to vary the scene,
but the most striking popularity of this beanti
full valley 10 Its solemn solitude and sweet repOse,
On all sides wherever the eye turned nothing
met it but the caFpet-like surface of the
ground and the placid view of heaven, aud on
either side the dense setting of the woods.
| The hills or mountains on both sides are Gov
cred with large hickory majestic oaks and
melancholy pines, through which heecy out
lines, scarcely can be seen. In word the
hand of man has never yet detaced or detorm>
ed any part of this native scene which lay
bathed in the sunlight, glorious picture Of
affluent forest grandeur, softened by the balm
illness of beautiful September evening. As
we afterwa ards rode down this lovely valley,
accompanied by our friend Red, the gloom of
the hour had succeeded to the twilight of the
evening and all within the dark setting of the
woods lay in the quiet repose of night The
forest gave up no song or cry or even murmur
DuE lOOk uOh u lIOui tic Hills Uu LOhCl1
valley they encircle in solmn Stiffness. In the
language of Red, it was grand, it was solemn,
it is world of poetry and romance. in itself,
and by the way Red has some theoretical
knowledge of both poetry and romance, al
though he never told his love, but
let concealmeut like a worm feed.
1t was the air of deep repOse, the solitude,
that spoke of scenes and forests untouched by
the and of man, the reign of nature that gave
so much pure delight to one of his innocent
habits and turn of mtnd also that was not in~
sensible to the inuate loneliness of such Il
scene. 1t is strange that this valley has never
been settled and cultivated, as 1t seems to be
rich and would produce most anything As
our encampment was in thick woods, the eye
could not take in its "tOut ensemble" at a
glance, but Bulger's towering form, with his
trustY companion, "Aunt SUSIE" was very
conspicuous PiOus William, with his ever
ready Friday, was always on hand. Our
handsome young friend II. X, with his mild
eyes and sunny smiles, with his mutual friend,
Uncle Pete" was atfable and polite to all,
and our generous young friend, Johnnie b., IL
an Invaluable acquisition to hunting party,
particularly If there are old men along, for he
is ever ready 10 wait on and hand anything, from
a warm biscuit to 4 cold potato. As VIC took
time by the fOreIock by going down Friday, we
were thoroughly rested and ready for the hunt
when called for by "Bulger" early Monday
morning. Bulger bid fair to retrieve his lost
character as a successful sportsman and good
shot, by killing a very fine doe Monday morn
ing, but, alas for human hopes, he was af-
fcted with rheumatism and suffered intense
pain until he was relieved by his old friend and
associate, John A. H., the ''rOOt DOCTOR whe
lives in that country, By an early application
of his ''yerbs" that he says are sure cure
for all the ills that flesh is heir TO. The
medical profession should make a note of
this, as his panacea is not down in the dis pen
satory.) We had a very successful and
pleasant hunt, for there Is pleasure in the
painless woods, not because we love man the
less but nature more. We killed is deer and
a large turkey gobbler. The following are
those who did the killing Johnnie Barrow,
3 Capt Dixon, 2; Jim Sullivan, 2; Tom an d
| Willie Barrow, l each Wiley Harris, !,
Hinton and Red kittrell, l each; W. {.
Ingram, l Bulger, Sr., and Jr., each
Wise Trousdale, l Walter Parker, 2 deer and
a turkey, both deer at one shot, making to-
tai of eighteen deer and d turkey. We killed
more than two-thirds of the deer we started,
| and wounded d good many others. The Stray
horn party, west of US, killed six, English S
party each killed five. and K. X. P,'S, al Ce-
ellis Camp, SIX. We venture the assertion
that there were not less than one hundred deer
killed in Lewis county last week.
We noticed in travelling over the county, III
the most secluded parts of the woods, great
holes or excavations some of them as much
as twenty five feet deep. We suppose they
were dug by some one who is affected with
the traditional idea that great pots of gold
had been concealed somewhere IN those woods,
or perhaps that Capt. Lewis, the great eXplOr-
er, who il buried here has Justified the same
spirit in some of the people Of that country
W.P.