Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1873-07-16
8lrsNlilIt 2t}'rrEIY Chronicle.
WEDNESDAY, ....... July 10, 1872;
Enox1lIie Lady in Inc yosemite valley.

knoxville Lady in The Yosemite valley.
ne are permitted TO publish the follow
ing letter from q Knoxville lady now I'm
California:
You are waiting Tor me 20 tell you about
tAc Yosemite. At san Francisco, and in
fac, everywhere, we found pCtUres-Auu-
are.a oi tlCm--vieWs of the grtl, valley.
IL WAS suggested that We should study
.neln- and save the expense and dIscOm-
forts Of tho journey. [ wish J. had written
you description from them. ! think
could have sent letter that would have
pictured The wonder to you. Now / cam
not. I have seen it. Its beauty grandeur
and sublimity are overwhelming. 1 am
yoicelesS. No tongue can tell no pen can
describe, what I have seen. How can I
give you an idea OF anything where the
trees are measured hr yards, the waterfalls
~ hundreds o. feet, ard the rocks by thou
GalGs'
Here l SIT this morning. or oDo porch oil
".oig. Hotel. before me the grand Nose
lite Fails or rather succession Of falls
E0 Hrst o." upper one 1000 fec tuoa along
s.elf ~ feet, whence st drops downward
D. feet, then a &nal plunge Of e94 fael--go-
.---, -,y5l l-et. AcIe tnall hail y. q. lll-o u
aatlrfUll Thlrz are The figures. Clu
geC comprehend them Perhaps Won
Ink you can. b-, sitting here with these
Celghts before rae, and the puuJCs 4. slr--
y, my hand .o-n.f raali,o .L-,,. r.
s.ganuc, wonderful aUtui, TAXI ts sSr-
-oundinus all along great walls. nearly
~pendIcular. rising etin HIGHER Than the
highest waterfall. i r. and tlere Shooting
m thousand, @" fee. i.ighCr vet. lust hack
W. us Sentinel Rock 7.gr- it, granite head
.ls feel above the ,al1sv. 10 file
LET FL .piar-Iroat Clief'ot The Val
.e--lifts tlr ..ure.dous white trout
O.. scIid rock 300 feet. .learlvthre- .fourt0s
" e mile And On tie right in the dis
..,ca. we see the great ua78-h.ad 1f South
Tonne. 4.-5- zee. lfi-h while I'M around ne
-i-r frees q. rtaing with The rrc',v
L-tchts reach upward b otsC feet. .Lel-
r.ra Ike tons rn3 the I,eut.-. MERGED
-t-ar. uta5!-- +. .aa - l,.s-r. --.1-- = r. ~
c-t. rocks rassaut.. -is-s. sBt rI~r.-l. SIS
sky
.E.# 10 y. rp ..u-,.. ..I...
guuI must 10 back ana tr- 10 .r..s. .,.u
a-- t-a ..-. ~. n...- ,rr MARTY .1ir5,-
----L se-.n-.lEee ladies and Jour ztu..-.
aeu. NrauEsments for ,ug whole J.ip
were made and prepared ii san francisco.
-aller W. went The Earj5asa rraiI. returg-
.-r by Hits Cave
Ne left san Francisco On Monday. Nav
III, reached MERGED IL, railroad termi-
aus. atGr.li Bright and early the next
.orning we began our ride I'M q private
,1ge drawn by four horses, At first long
dusty ride over uniuteresting plains for
laII . day, stopping at noon at MaripOsa
Tor dinner. About 2. NJ, hot, tired and
dusty nothing can be dustier than a Cali
.Ornia road in summer, we reached White
and Hatch's, single house pleasantly sit
ua,ad in the forest, grateful resting place
'CE travellers, Eitty-two miles stage riding
through the great San JOaQuiu valley
,Csert ] would call it.
Resumirc our wagon aJ o'clock, e.. Ne,
.-a came over the mountains, up and down,
we've miles to ClgrE's. every t-.rn " inc
-CGG opening views Of hill and dale and
-L.w capped mountains. Trees increase
T. a.ru and already flied -s with asGJLlsL-
e1r get we We're far from the "Gilpls Of
Forest 2cf,~e noon We arrived 1t
.f1-'s, where we babe goCu bye to Wh-e.s
e-Ceforth 70 use horses and mules FOL
--a5uCrLatiou, SO CCnDel our riding co..
..u5s. DO not nIisuude. stsul I-,. Tho
la FL = entirely dc-Oid II Paris %. llo-
.le- ri anything lie -rca--T choose pro,
.-.el FL Re short and CEz-, trrl-lsu --yU F.
--- and broad hlinlrle1 hPts 81 i-- srC
r-N glove.
Dur ilg- ride w,s in tne AIarip-sa Grow
trees. Can you iu -giu- -. mounted o.
-l- horses, LesIeL by our guide on G mule
.-Gviuc along single file Ig Che RI X
-sJh
sflE rLe IEfsy.
aye .gnra =, -4a b,~ incest riuo,
.--a. ,,-, .,,.- --r t5rs. t-r1-, I.srIap Mon
D, . an irl,-,..,..,-. ,,,as- rf wood WING n