, 1873-10-12
A Sketch of the Allegheny
Wilds.
Down the Yough--The Upper and
the LoWer Falls.
Tho Story Of Tom Winans--To1n
SWAIN md Plnlknoy
Whyte.

OtAera lntpna 70 V1Ble lt 6olltn8 WIS once nlta-
talon by Frank Thomas for MI interyiowor and
dnven off his tract with a shot-g,1n. Thomaa
hd bcen Governor Of Maryland, but political
md domestic contrarioties expelled linn to tue
mountains, whoro ho lived In log-hat, ncas
Savage Rivor, with only ncgro-cook. Ho was
the Mountain Sam Houston, forvid in oratory,
deop In resentment, and ho revived his CARGO,
aud ennoblcd it by loauing tho mountaineo,
sentiment for tho Union III 1881. sontag was
Interested in his story, and was skctaling Lis
hut and porHon, whom tho old man got his shot
gun and damned him of the gladcs. Thus Son
tag Is the only man who Inns been interviewed
with n shotgun. swnllow Falls, epot almost
unknown, Is ono Of sonag's sketches.
Tho rdo from Oakland to
SWALLOW FALLs
e miles) traverses beautiful 1ill and glade
country. The best path for oquestrinns is west
ofthe Big Yougll, although tho rond for toans,
which Is mono Of tho best, passes cast Of tho
Yough, under tho mountain called Roman Noso,
Halfway to Swallow Falls there Is yokc or great
bond Of tho Yough. and hero tho equestrian
path through tho glades returns to tho wagou-
road, having crossed two considerable glalo-
strenmn; tho Yough ia fordod at tho pIaco Of
named "Amorical Stock Farm" goucrally
known hcroabout rs
THE ESuI1sNNEN'a PLACE"
IL. T. ie tho creation of colony Of young English
icn aud tho independent ifo ilIo'' OF 'N'sa Ro-
publican ye9manry for residence and career.
ar. Droaa lsN a,d LED tho way and purchased 5oo
Eaq., by whose ndvioe tho glades Of Maryland
wero selected. Mr., Broad Was joined by Nlr.
Willink Of Liverpool, tho second year (1872),
and and Messra Ford and Bnshby. Of Chceter and
ifra otun. rvnr t4,
stock-Hhcds, aud a comfortable dwelling were
erected; almost without assistance thoso young
mon cleared OF tho timber and thckots. iouccd
tho npland fields, tiled and ditchcd tho glade in
my visit, Ind opened in tho wildB of tho Yough
tho rudiments OF profitable and beautiful es-
tate. Literature, boxing gloves, firo-aruls, and
TIC arcana OF young England wcro portiona Of
two log huts excopted-betweon Oakland aud
Muddy Creek Fails.
DOWN THE rocK.
:, The oak-groyes giro way, as VIC approach Toll
steep path down to the Yough is tnrfedwith aofc
moss, and Hanltel by laurel, grape- vino. md
rhododondron (nAgnolia?). Gigantic rocks also
appear, strown along tho steep acarp. ront from
lho sides Of tic rivor. Tho Youghis, in summer, nh .
stream Of poolst oddics, ahnllowa ind dry rock,
Which a horaemnn can nBcond, aud for Ronlo
long stretches lie can drive d wagon in tho river
raiscd 10 feet and oven moro, aboyo its summer
leycl. High banks, rock-atrewn, and procipitoas
heights Of ilr, shut in tho aislo Of black wnter,
bouldore, and fon,n; tho margin is i1,closcd with
laurel and magnolia, with occasional mountau-
ash pushing through md hapging its tnsEels
over tho stream: "a gulf of black light" somo
have called The river o1, first Wow.
The Yough, near the Uppor Fall, passes under
apair Of rocky slabs; after which it flows oyor
an apron. or half-domo, Of naked limostono-
rock, parting iii O sheet Of foam on either side.
The fill here is about 80 feet, and the breadth
about 40 fcot; this is expanded, III rainy times,
to running cataract, filled with logs and drift,
quite hiding all barriers md obstacles. Below
the Upper all,-whoso arc is convex, and can
not therefore bo tho true Swallow Fnll,-ie q
ningAlarly-boM precipice Of detached rock, with
Hhclf or tab!o overlooking tho pool, and bca,s-
tifui3y adorned with ferns and nlosscs this iH
about 20 foot high. Further down, OIL tho other
eide, aro some bold forms of fallcn rock bolow
which tho riyor is received into spreading
sAlver or basin, Of comparatively still water, and
rim Of tat rocks nearly loyol with tho current.
just OF this place there ie n circular arhor
tranplod out Of tho 1aurcl for tho l1eo Of picnio
parties, With n cool spring at tho wator's odgo
About 800 feet below tic Uppor Fals, aud with
descent Of about 10 feet oi rapd and curront
botwecn, OCCURS tho second or truo Swallow Fall,
inferior rs to height, but tr'scr cascade, with
clear fall oycr the concayo. rim Of shelf Of
recessed rocks, with n chord Of about 30 feet,
aud periphery, consequently. Of aboyo 100
feet. Tllia fill is ii or IL feet high
1t low wator. Below tho Lower Fall ia.a cayo
about 90 feet deep. dry at low water a few rods
oF. Muddy Creek falls into tho Yock with ono
tremendous lenp Of 70 feet anl streaming rapids;
md, u milo further down. Dcop Creek executes
The sama foat III striking cascade.
THE nECLAMAT1oH OF THE AL1EGnANY w1I4DB
IN Vest Virginia ia II necessity in tho foreground
Coal is too dear, transportation too insufficient,
to permit tho great coal:tield from tile National
hoad to staunton and Charleston to lie void. Tor
quo years thore are deposits sufficient i'll tint
bunk spot to supply atl tho clltmneYs, gaH-ro-
torts, aud steamships east of Lako Eric aid Tho
Mississippi. No coal-lcld Is 80 central to al
parts Of tho North, East, and South. a railroad
from Fatrlnount, or from Piedmont on tho poto-
mac, to C1nrloston, W. w., would not only drain
nll this rich section Of IMMORAL and timhar coun-
try, but would DO a completing link in an air.
lino between New York. New England. and
Texas. Sucl rond would le about 200 mi1os in
length, and follow up wntor-coutHeA aid between
mountains which it need not CROSS oil tho way,
Tie above descriptions give, III feeble and
haaty way, somo OF tho 1uaintnosHes and baauties
Of tho Aleghany country, which leave re-
AS wo stt, after our ride, in little pavilion Of
Mrs. lIanson's Hotel ut West Liberty, u sight
of tho old German settlement, wo hear tho loco
motive, On the baltimore h Ohio Railroad
"Alll there is Rosa Winans' 'camel'a back
ongipel" say we. ut dooa not whistle like tho
'NlogM they use nowadays, NIL plentiful with
mighty driving -wloelB."
An thon VIC hear again tho wonderful yarn
about
TOM W1NANB;
but NO hayo 1t told over III tho newest form, to
got tho Maryland idiolns in it. Tho Colonel, who
Eous 1T, BtiekA Ills Jacnh's staff u the floor Of
the pavilion; for lo Ind onco been a surveyor,
md ia allowed hiH Bde-armH iii state OF civic
ropono. and lo jabs away there ut the important
points, till tho plauks look lille q housewives
eullonder.
"Iom Winann," Bays tho Colonel. "is d
romance, Sir. lloas WinanH waa tin prelude
to him. TOSS; Ills father, was q blacksmith,
man Of prodIgoua originality. Noas Winans
invented tie common car-truck. you know, Br,
Which NIL tho railroads nso, aud ho spent years
and $500, goo to recover from infringers. lilo
ought to havo had tho ought indeed, sir Ilo
lnvoutad the Camol'h back engine aa well /; and,
whIlo tho Baltimore 4 Ohio Company employed
per annun1. When ho struck for st ,600 yenl',
ono Of tho Doard Of Directors cut Him OF