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[Entered at the Post Office, in Atlanta, Okohoia, fob transportation through tub United States Mails at Second Class Bates.] ONE DOLLAB1 A YEAR. HE PUBLISHED TWICE A MONTH, ATLANTA, GA., AUGUST 1, 1882. A GRAND EDUCATIONAL MOVE. We briefly alluded in a previous issue to the formation of a stock company to locate at or near Tallulah Falls, Georgia, an institution similar to that at Chatauqua. It has now assumed such shape that we are enabled to speak more fully concerning it. A company is to be chartered under the name of the Tallulah Association free from sectional, sectarian and political influ ences, for the industrial, mental, moral and religious improve ment of the people, with a capi tal stock of $25,000 (shares $25 each), "and power to increase it to $250,000. The intention of this corporation is to prepare and control comfortable accom modations for the assembly of Sunday - schools, educational, temperance, moral and Chris tian Associations, generally. The corporators embrace lead ing Sunday-school, temperance, literary, educational and Chris tian men in the South. The section of country from Toccoa to Tallulah, and thence to Knoxville, Tenn., (opened up by the Rabun Gap railroad), is a rich treasure house of scenes exhibiting every con ceivable form of loveliness and sublimity, entrancing the gaze of the astonished beholder and overwhelming him with their beauty and magnificence. But the pen of the poet and brush of the artist signally fails in an eflbrt to portray the grandeur and beauty of that section. The varied beauties are not seen in a hasty glance or a brief visit. Here thepoetmight find themes for song and the artist for the pencil until they should both grow weary of their unending succession. There is no spot in this country possessing the at tractions to be found here. The selection of this locality for the establishment of a grand educational centre is deemed especially fortunate as it pos sesses all the essential requi sites: Accessibility by rail; pure air and water; scenic at tractions ; freedom from mala rial diseases and epidemics. The illustration on this page does not do the Falls lust ice. There are a succession of falls. Lodore, fall of 46 feet; Tem pesta, 82 feet; Hurricand 92 feet; Oceana, 46 feet and Bri dal, 25 feet. Owing to the cir cuitous course of the river, the Lodore and Tempesta falls can only be seen at one view from “Lover’s Leap,” a sheer preci pice 500 feet above. The “De vil’s Pulpit,” 450 feet and Stu dent’s Rostrum 600 feet above the bed of the river, command fine views of the gorge beneath. The “Grand Chasm” 800 to 1,000 feet below, is a vast amphitheatre hewn out of the solid rock, and the mountains which enclose it raise their huge, deeply wooded, rocky sides far above in every direction all around. Standing upon the towering cliffs looking down into the yawning gulf below or at the foot of the lofty rocks, gazing at the huge masses thrown together in Natures beauti ful disorder, one feels as it he alone of all Creation were there, and in full communion with Nature, his soul rises out of itself up to the “Great I Am,” whose being is written there in characters ineffaceable and eternal. Tnllulah Fallr. Bunny South. It is impossible to adequately describe the falls of Tallulah, and, unless the great canons of the Colorado may suggest a resemblance, there is no scenery in America with which they may be compared. At Niagara the vis- For thousands of years this impetuous mountain stream must have been cutting its restless way through the solid granite, until now its waters rush and roar through a nearly inaccessible gorge hundreds of feet below the feet of the spectator. The cliffs which hem in and guide these turbulent waters are from six hundred to twelve hundred feet high for a distance of more than three miles. Awful waterfalls abound, from whose angry lips a stern and ceaseless roar as cends, and from whose breath brilliant rainbows exhale as the sun pierces the chasm. At dif ferent points slender, floss-like streams shine like silver threads on the frowning brows of the cliffs. Rhododendron and. honeysuckles gleam in inaccessible crevices among the rocks, like the ever-blooming lily on the throat of Tartarus. Visitors occasionally descend to the bed of the stream from whose rock-ribbed banks they look through the swooning heights to the blue sky above, but a scramble along the edge of the gorge is sufficiently peril ous to satisfy the average visit or. It is the sanctuary of Na ture—august and sublime, a gi gantic intaglio, carved by the finger of God himself in the granite breast of the mountain. Various names, more or less expressive, have been given to different points—as Tempesta, The Devil’s Pulpit, Tower of Eeolus, Grand Chasm, etc., but at last the spectator retires from the place confused and bewildered, but with a sense of majesty and power that can never be forgotten. From neighboring heights, broad and beautiful landscapes are spread out, embracing Yonah and a wilderness of mountains on the west, and a long thread of rall- lroads running among bright villages on the east. Well and wisely did the Sa vannah Convention choose when it located the new Chau tauqua at incomparable Tallu lah. S. Root. Thy scene* so surprising our spirits amaze; O’erwhelmed with the view at thy might and tby splendor, Prostrated we (all, the Creator adore, To Him (ervent homage and glory we render, Thanksgiving and worship, and praise evermore. Florida is making rapid progress educa tionally. I tor’s attention is concentrated upon a single cataract—certainly one of the grandest in-the world—but at Tallulah the interest is stimu lated and intensified at every step for a dis tance of several miles, leaving the visitor oppressed and awe-stricken in the presence of scenery which the aborigines express ively named “The Terrible.” A very small matter will arouse a child’s mirth. How still the house is when the lit tle ones are fast asleep and their pattering feet are silent 1 How easily the fun of a child bubbles forth! Take even those poor prematurely aged little ones, bred in the gutter, cramp ed in unhealthy homes, and ill used, it may be by drunken parents, and you will find that the child’s nature Is not all crushed out of them. They are gleeful children still, albeit they look so haggard and weary. Try to excite their mirthfnlness and ere long a laugh rings out as wild and free as if there was no such thing as sorrow in the world. Let the dear litttle ones laugh then. Do not try to check or si lence them, but let their gleefulness ring ont a gladsome peal, reminding us when we too could laugh without a sigh, and sing without tears.