Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1876-09-09

so far rs Alabama is concerned, for |
have yet to hear the Grst Alahamaian
say he intended to vote the ticket.
hope TO be at home in time to
pat in few hard lcks for Nichols
and WiliZ before the election, and, by
the help Of God, will do it with Il
will. In the meantime | would eau
ton our friends in the parishes to
beware of breeding dissatisfaction and
contentious in our Own ranks, by
making unwise selections in the parish
conventions. let no personal prefer
ences lead any Of you into pipc-Iaying
or wire-wol king, but let what YOU DO
be done openly and with an eye single
to the success of the party and the
good of the people. you wish me
to work nestly-wilh my heart in
the work-whcn come home, let me
hear good report from you and find
the party ali working in harmony and
all working for the good Of the peO-
pie.
The weather is excessively hot here
at this time, and has been for several
weeks, but think all Of our little par;,
have improved in health since the
madam recovered from her illness
| have not even had sick-hcadache
since arrived in the State
The cora crop Of this portion Of
i Alabama is excellent aud the cotton
i,.pp is very good for this country,
th0agh | hear some complaint of rust
and have seen some cotton that was
injured by it. | have seen n good
deal Of open cotton within the last few
days. Farmers are all busy pulling
fodder, when not attending protractcd
meetings, which are still in progress
in this country.
| visited the Black Greek Falls,
near Gadsdcn, last Monday Ga week
ago today for the first time in my
life, although | was raised in this
country and lived here until | was
thirty years old, and have often been
within two miles of the place. had
no idea then what treat, in the way
of sublmity and grandeur of scenery,
| was losing; and | feel nov that
was ampl Y remuneratcd for my trouble
Of driving up Sand Mountain in the
heat of the day, on the hottest day we
) have had this year, in order to witness
this grand display of nature. Above
the falls the bed Of the creek is in a
solid rock, which extends to consi,l-
cradle distance on each side; at the
falls this rock forms a curve Of several
hundred yards in length, and projects
over ravinc at its base presume at
an average of three hundred feet, thus
forming beneath its mighty mass an
amphitheater of such magnitude as to
cause the wonderful productions of
Grecian architecture 10 sink into utter
insignilicance. Seats could DC arrang-
ed around under this huge stone roof
for the accommodation of at least a
hall million of people. At about the
: center of this curve-or outer edge of
the roof-the creek falls in some three
or four small streams and one large
one, TO depth of at least one hundred
feet, while at each end Of the curve
the rock breaks of into perpendicular
: walls Of immense height and extends
down the ravine on each side perhaps
for q mile or two. The amphitheater
under the falls is reached by descend
ing two pairs Of steep wooden stairs
from q dizzy height They were
placed there before the war-probablv
90 years ago-and are considerably
decayed, which renders the descent
and ascent rather perilous, but our
little party made bo'h without any
miShap We partook of picnic din
ner under the falls, drank some Of the
mineral wafer, that breaks ont in sew
eral springs from the base Of the rock,
and returned to Gadsden very much
fatgucd, but feeling Amply rewarded
for all our fatigue by the sight of one
of the grandest and most sublime
scenes in the world There is no
house of entertainment at the falls
now. and the little tenement cottages
that were once rented to visitors have
gone to decay, so that those who visit
this romantic spot have to 60 to the
city, two or three miles away, to get
+, accommodations; still no lover of the
grand and beautiful will ever regret
being put to even more Inconvenience
than this to obtain q view of scenery
, of which the above description is only
an unsatisfactory out-line-to be pro-
perly appreciated it has to be seen.
,, The irrepressible printer or myself
played havoc with portion Of my
r last letter, for am made to say that
. the old people have grown up out OF
, knowledge, whereas l Intended to
have said, the old people are gone
and the young people, like young Rip,
have grown up aud ia kcE their
/, places" However, both writer's and
printers are liable to make mistakes.
More anon, if do net get too lazy
10 write, of which there is a strong
probability now. TOM.
We copy the following from the
Mtelligcncer Of the 9Th: