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lack of editorial variety, in tho present
issue.
A New Robinson Crusoe.
The hero of Juan Fernandez may liidc
liia diminished bead now, for a greater
than lie has arisen. Man Fwday and the
goats and tho parrots are “old stock,” and
may ns well be laid away on the shelf, for
their glory is eclipsed by a later and more
wonderful appearance. To be a littlo more
plain, we have just finished tho reading
of a most marvelous book, entitled “.!
Acw Age of Goltl, or the Adveutytrea of
-Robert Lexter Romaine," which throws
our old friend Robinson Cuusoe very far
in the shade.
Wo scarcely know when we have read
a book with so much genuine pleasure.
It is like a reproduction of one of tho glit
tering romances of tho old poets—an an
cient jewel in a modern setting. It is a
dreamy narrative of tho most delightful
fancies—the Jlmost charming
The hero takes no note of time, his future
has nothing in it hut sunshine; the past
is completely driveuTrom his memory by
the blissful present. All through the long
bright summer months he basks in the
sunshine, or luxuriates injho shade, and
throughout the rainy winter he lies on his
back ami dreams his time away, wifli no
care for the future. No need of toil and
labor for tho kindly fruits of tho earth,
in groat variety and untold abundance
are at his very door. , Happy dog 1
TUiM-amati*personal of this book have
been summed up thus: One boy, aged
17; one girl, aged 15; ono grizzly boar,
ngo unknown. Uesides these principals,
there arc various supernumeraries thathelp
on the story, to wit: tho boy’s mother,
the girl’s grandfather, a ship's captain and
company, and Brevity Hill, live tigers,
three tigresses.ono ourmig-outang, aernck
odile, a herd of antelopes, a gourd, three
orange and a grove of coaooa nut trees, and
a volcano.
1 lielioro, Robert Dexter Komnino, is a
nativeof Nowburyport, Massachusetts, but
when he was four years of age his father
removed to Boston, and there Robert
spent the earliest years of Ids life. The
father finally became a bankrupt and died
leaving a wife and five children, our hero
being the eldest. The mother had saved
but littlo from the estate ami Robert con
cluded that “something must bo done”
for tho future. It was easier, however, to
eoiuo to this conclusion, than to find the
something to do afterwards. One day lie
saw an advertisement for a teacher, in a
small town, 110 applied for it.
“All in good time I arrived at 15. Forty
-applicants were already there before me.
If I had to choose between them and the
Forty Thieves, I am sure that 1 would not.
have lost a moment, in striking a bargain
with the latter. But it is possible that
I may be slightly prejudiced in this matter ;
so I will say no more. On learning tho
number of my rivals, my hopes and fears
both sunk at once to zero; blit, applying
my lips to my brandy-bottle, I took a
hasty swig (tho reader must excuse my
vulgarity, but indignation of this subjoot
always makes me vulgar,) and thus felt
ray spirits wonderfully relieved.
“Forty applicants for a single situation,
and that worth only four hundred dollars
a year! Thirty nine of course must bo
disappointed. “ Serve them right,” thought
I; they might bo in hotter business.—
And I myself was the fortieth. 1 was
also tho youngest and best-looking. I do
»ot know which of these facts operated
more to my disadvantage. I only know
that the oldest and ugliest of the lot was
finally elected, and that I thou and t here
resigned all hopes of ever wielding tho
magisterial rod. 1 consoled myself by
drinking the remainder of inv brandy, and
by sundry reflections drawn from the book
of Ecclesiastes—a style of reading of which
1 am at such times, especially fond.
“The next day I found myself in Salem,
■with three dollars in my pocket, wander
ing up and down the wharves, amid hard
unsympathizing toil—a drone among wor
kers—an idler and a dreamer among men.”
Astor along struggle, ho determined to
desert everything and go to son. lie
thought of his mother and hesitated, but
on land starvation stared him in the face,
and in very desperation its’ shipped boforo
tho mast.
The captain's name was Brio£e%
“ a small spare man unusually swarthy,
even for a sailor.” The sailors said ho had
once been a pirate, though Romaine could
see no reason for thinking so, unless it ware
that, ho had lost the thumb of bis left
hand.
There were three passengers ou board
tho ship. The first was au old gentleman
of about sixty years, who in spite of his ta
citurnity managed to render himself a gen
eral favorite. The second was a young
grizzly bear which the old gentleman was
a 3k ■
111 lliliiß iillll fillftl.
carrying to China as a present to the Ein
perpr. The third passenger was a young
girl “of jmrhaps four times fourteen
springs; for, surely, never summer, nor
autnmn, nor winter had ever passed
over that fair head.” With this divin
ity he falls desperately in love, but
bis suit is not in a fair way to prosper.—
In feet, he dares not tell bis love, and so lie
makes love to the bear for her sake. He
shares his dinner regularly with his bear
ship and thinks all the time of Alice. On
one occasion tho bear reftfsed to eat, and
acted so strangely that Romaine feels sure
a storm is brewing. Tho hear was
right- a storm comes down upon them—
the ship is wrecked and the grandfather
lost in attempting to get intoone of the
boats. Our hero in endeavoring to get
Allice into tho same boat lost his foothold
on tho slippery deck and ..became insensi
ble. Upon recovering bis consciousness, he
found himself, the girl and bear alone on
the wreck, lie hustled around in haste—
for the ship was rapidly sinking—and
found a keg of water and n hag of biscuits.
These he put into the remaining boat, and
after seeing Alice camfortably seated, got
in himself and “waited anxiously ’’.for
tho ship to settle. This sho did in the
most approved manner and very much to
Mr. Romaine’s satisfaction :
“ She sank from beneath us, and left us
there, ns tho ’mother eagle leaves her
Hedgings in mid-heaven to test their un
tried pinions. A momentary ripple mark
ed tlio spot where sho had disappeared;
hut tho vast Pacific at onco filled up the
gap, and nothing but a few floating frag
ments of the wreck remained to show that
such a ship as tho Three Bisters had ever
been.”
The bear, in tho meantime, breaks t.lio
chain which bound him to tho mainmast,
and swims after tho boat. Romaine after
a long debate as to the propriety of killing
his boarsliip, finally takes him into the
boat, and a good thing it was, for ho be
comes the true hero of tho story.
After a long voyage, during which the
water was exhausted nml Alice would
have died, but for the opening of a vein in
Robert’s arm, they came to a rock-bound
island, which at first defied all attempts at
landing. After awhile, however, they en
tered a littlo cove and after following it
through a subterranean passage for ft con.
siderablo distanco found themselves in a
still lake.
“ Behold an inland sea, n little sleeping
lake with bay, and frith, mid promontory
nil complete;—with rocks, and trees and
vines fringed close on -every sido but one,
and there a narrow beach of dazzling sand
bordered with tho greenest, turf! So thick
was tho foliage that tho eyo could pene
trate scarcely a single foot, and, when I
turned to discover the place where we
had entered, not tho Slightest indication
of au opening was to be perceived.
“ I fancied that tho solid rocks lmd
closed behind us, like the door of some
enchanted'castle, and that, having once
entered, all exit was then impossible.
The deep shadows of tho gigantic trees
stooping ovor tho glassy water loft scarce
room for tho suit to see his face, even
when ho had climbed the highest; hut this
only made tho lako more beautiful, like
tlie half closed, liquid eye of some fair and
languishing Circassian.
“ Tho undisturbed and awful solitude
of six thousand years brooded on all
around. I hardly dared to speak above
my breath. When I dipped my oar in
tho quiet water, where never oar had been
dipped before, I seemed to myself guilty of
a double crime. The old stories of Gre
cian mythology, on which l had fed my
boyish fancy, came into my mind, anil I
almost expected some nymph or naiad
to step forth from tho leafy wood, or
raise her sparkling head above tho Hood,
to ask how 1 dared commit such sacrilege.
“Tho trees looked at mo with wonder,
and not without fear. And well they
might, for man the universal tyrant, had
now gained entrance into the littlo world.
Already the lust of dominion had filled
my soul. Proudly and with tho air of a
conqueror, 1 ndvnnoeed to take possess
sion.”
Tho island was filled with fruit. For a
short time they fed on figs of tho most
magnificent description, but soon discov
ered oranges, coaeoa-nuts, and other trop
ical fruits in abundance. The boar was
named llamlet, and a most wonderful bear
ho proved to bo. Peter Pumpkineater,
we tiro told by Mother Goose, put his wife
into a pumpkin shell. Robert put Alice,
although sho was not his wife, into an im
mense gourd, of which he found a number
so largo that licrimado quite a showy and
comfortable residence out of one, and con
venient out-houses of others.
There is the greatest contrast, between
the life of Romaine and that of his great
prototype, Robinson Crusoe. ’Robinson
had to work for his living—Romaine had
everything ho wanted at hand without a
moment’s trouble—Robinson had a regu
lar course of duties for each day—Ro
maine’s was an eternal holiday. Robin
son was alone for a long time, while Ro
maine had a little bl§e-eycd, rosy-chceked
companion. How infinitely superior was
Romaine’s position. And yet, strange to
say, marriage seems to have been the last
tifiug the couple thought of, and this part
of Komflino’s conflict seems tons, alto
gether i:iexplicable and unpardonable.—
Just think ot it. All alone for ever so long
a time, with a little rosy-cheeked beauty
that lie protended to love, and who lo\ ed
him and never to say a word on tho sul>-
jeat of marriage until one day when they
were talking about death, anil then it is
mentioned as a remody against loneliness
in case either one of them is taken away.
Alice didn’t like the idea because there
was no person to marry them. Onr pri
vate opinion is that sho was miffed be
cause he didn’t speak of it sooner. After
two years, however, there being no hope
of the arrival of a minister, she consented
and they were married.
This article is growing too long, and
yet we should like to make some extracts
from the book. The bear is decidedly the
most sensible of the throe, and gets Lis
two companions out of all sorts of difficul
ties. Jsnt for Hamlet they would have
been swallowed up by a volcano on one
occasion, and as the narrative is interest
ing we will copy it at length. This volca
no being a piece of private property on
their estate, Robert and Alice concluded
ono day to visit and inspect it. Night
overtakes them, while in the volcano, and
ns there seemed to be no danger they
concluded to sleep there." Romaine dream
ed that ho was in tho upper story of the
Astor House in New York, and that the
building was on fire. Ho wakes to find,
not tho Astor House, blit tho volcano
“ all a-g!ow.”
“ Jar beneath, a sea of fire tossed and
boiled like .some mighty caldron. Tho
surface was dull red, but spirts of white,
hot lava were continually rising above it,
which turning dark by exposure to the
cooler air, fed back again heavily and
with a muffled splash into the molten lake.
Occasionally a mass much larger than or
dinary, would shoot upward to a great
height, and then bursting with a prodi
gious noise, scatter its fragments upon
every side.
“ The midnight darkness of the sky con*
trusted strangely with the burning sea
below. The sight was terrible, yet beau
tiful beyond description.
“ Notwithstanding tho danger wo ran
of being suffocated by tho pestilent
fumes, or scorched by the showers ot
burning lava, a mysterious fascination
held us fast to tho spot.
“The position which we occupied was
eminently favorable tor obtaining a full
and satisfactory view of the whole extra
ordinary spectacle. Wo stood upon a
projecting crag, from five hundred to a
thousand feet above the surface of the lava
upon which wo looked down at an angle
of nearly forty-five degrees. The opposite
walls of that vast amphitheatre, with their
innumerable peaks and hollows, stood
out in strange and terrible distinctness.—
As the nickering flames rose and fell, the
solid mountain itself seemed to waver to
and fro; then a sudden wfsuth ot smoko
would shut everything from onJ* v Jeiv.
“ But now tho lava, which had hither
to remained stationary at nearly the same
level, began to rise with fearful rapidity.
“As when—to compare great, things
with sinali—a group of children in a
farmer’s kitchen gathered round a boiling
kettle of syrup and molasses, and sudden
ly the bubbling mass begins to swell,
threatening the destruction of their hopes
and ono cries, “Take oft’ tho kettle!” and
another, “Put out tho fire I” so, but with
yet greater fear and consternation, did
Alice and .1 behold the rising of that, fiery
flood.
“ To put out the fire or take off the kot (le
was equally beyond our power, and our
only safety was in flight. Blit last as we
lied, the lire followed faster. -Vs often as
I paused, to recover my fatigue and east
a breathless glance behind me, I saw it
gaining on us.
“Wo redoubled exertions, we
leaped from ono dizzy point to another, —
wo surmounted obstacles that, in our cool
er moments wouldhavesectnod invincible ;
but still the lire camo on, not boastfully,
not apparently in any hurry, but slowly,
surely, certain of its prey.
“There was something indescribably
appalling in this cool, deliberate advance,
like the forward march of a great army,
that, even in tho excitement of tho charge,
scorns to break its ranks.
“ At length, completely exhausted, we
sat down upon a broad fiat rock, the sit
uation of which rendered all further flight
impossible. Before us rose a lofty preci
pice, while tho path behind us was already
seized by tho pursuing foe. A single
glance was enough to show that our fate
was sealed.
“Already wo felt the scorching heat
upon our face. Tho tiro had planted its
fore feet upon the lower part of the rock.
Slmddoringly wo closed our eyes, and,
clasped in each other’s arms, awaited tho
final plunge.
“We waited, hut it did not come. Once
more I spoiled my eyes and looked around
me to discover the explanation of this un
expected respite. At first 1 thought the
lava had ceased to rise but the next mo
ment I saw by tho walls of the crater that
its progress was still upward.
Why then, were we not, submerged?—
We were rising with it! Tho immense
fragment of rock on which wo rested was of
a spongy, porous nature,'and iloated on the
surface of tho lava like a cannon-ball in a
mass of quicksilver. It had already risen
half way up the precipice, and in another
moment we might step from it upon tho
solid land.
“ A gleam of liopo lighted up my soul
at this discovery. But it was suddenly
dissipated. The lava had ceased to flow.
What a short time before would have been
our safety, was now our ruin. Before
that intense heat the large rock was melt
ing like a lump of ice in boiling water.—
Our fate had only been deferred to pro
tract tlie period of our suffering. Alice,
no longer ablo to breatho that hot and
stilling air was now happily insensible. I
had not even the aid of her sympathy.—
Bnt I was glad for her sake. To her tho
horrors of death jvero already passed.
“ Tho lava rose a little more. The rock
tottered, swayed tills way and that, and
seemed every moment to sink beneath ns.
I made a desperate effort to gain the edge
of the precipice, but it was just beyond try
reacli.
“ All this time Hamlet bad been watching
onr situation with the most evident con
cern. He had taken a different path from
that which we had followed, and had thus
got beyondthe reach of danger. Instead,
however, of continuing his flight up the
mountian be had returned, as if to see
whether he could render us any assistance.
He witnessedmy last ineffectual effort with
a howl of despair; but then, as if anew
thought had just occurred to him, he
flung himself dowrftho precipice, and stood
the next moment by iny side.
“ Then standing upon his lend legs, with
liis fore feet braced firmly against the
solid rock, ho seemed to invito me thus to
make my escape. I lost not a moment
in taking advantage of his friendly aid.
“ With a sudden and desparate effort
I caught Alice in my arms, and, mounting
upon his shoulders, succeeded in placing
her safely upon the rocks above. The
bear, relieved from iny weight, sprang
lightly after ns, and at the same instant
the rock on which wo had been standing
settled rapidly to ono side, and then,
with a sullen surge, sank beneath the
surface.”
Three children were horn to them on
the island—a boy and two girls. One day
tho boy picked up a lump of gold, vast
quantities of which proved to he on the
island. Having become suddenly rich,
Romaine cannot resist the desire to return
to civilization, and in spite of all his wife’s
remonstrances, lie constructs a boat of
palm leaves and gum, and with his family
(including the hear) and his gold, leaves
tho island.
On his return to Boston, ho finds his
mother and all his family, except one sis
ter, doaii. He is more lonely in the crow
ded city than on the island. His children
cannot play ns of old, Hamlet is kept in a
stable and grows melancholy. At length
his boy is taken sick and dies —soon the
two remaining children are taken from
him “at ono fell swoop.” His wife soon
follows, and ho is left alone in tho world.
“It was night when shq died. I was
glad to have it so, for why should tlie sun
mock my sorrow ? I thought it would
never shine again. Yet next morning it
shone as bright as ever. Other men had
wives and children—other men were hap
py; let it shino on them ! But let it not
shine on me.”
* * * * * + *
“A sudden thought occurred to me. 1
would go hack to my island. There, in
silence Slid solitude, I would mourn over
iny wickedness and folly. What better
plaeo to expiate my offences than the one
in which they were committed i”
Ifhe ever reaches the island safely, his
publishers, Messrs. Phillips, Sampson k
Go, will notify’ the public through fho
newspapers. Wo shall ho very glad to
hear of his safe arrival.
Take it all in all, this is one of tho most
delightful books wo have ever read.—
In tlie language of another “it is as
fresh ns spring water. There is no ner
vous working up of an excitement; no
tearing nt the heart-strings—hut a cool re
freshing breath of the forest and pleasant
interest all through.”
We could’nt. help longing, as we laid
down tho book, for
“Some bright little isle of our own,
111 a blue summer oeeitn, t s* off and alone,
Where u leaf never diesiu the still bloamiag bow
ers,
And the bee banquets on, through a whole year
of flowers.”
IVn-uml-Seissoriris.
About sixty-five emigrants from South
Carolina under command of Major Wilkes,
passed through Augusta, on the sth inst.
on their way to Kansas Mrs. Julia
Dean Hayne was playing at the Metrop
olitan Theatre, San Francisco, with fail
success. The disturbed state of affairs in
the city, however, was unfavorable to
theatres. - • ■ - Charles Simmer has gone to
tho mountains, not finding tho soabreezes
of Cape May so beneficial as he expected.
.... Wo have no hesitation in saying that
Consumption can always bo alleviated,
and in a great many cases completely cured
simply by the use of Dr. Wistar’s Wild
Cherry Balsam. Its soothing and healing
influence over tho diseased organs is truly
wonderful Mr. Geo. Rankin, an em
ployee of the Georgian & Journal office,
was found dead Saturday morning at tho
corner of Barnard street. It is supposed that
he fell over by 7 accident tho night previous.
lie leaves a large ami needy family-
Hon. Preston S. Brooks, of South Caroli
na, appeared in tho Representative Cham
ber of Congress on the Ist inst., and after
taking the oath to support the Constitu
tion of the United States, took his seat.
....The Friend of India estimates the
number of Converts to Christianity “at
probably 100,000 in India and 20,000 more
in Cey10n.”.... A person asked Chapman
if the tolling of a bell did not put him in
mind of his hitter end. He replied,
“No, sir, but the rope puts mo in mind
of yours.”.... A bale of now cotton was
received at Americas, Sumter county, on
Friday last Perry Davis’ Vegetable
Pain Killer is deservedly tho most popu
lar family medicine known, for no other
remedy lias been so successful in relieving
all kinds of pain. It is most appropriately
called Pain Killer Theuiueteen River
mid Harbor bills passed by tho Senate on
Thursday appropriate an aggregate of
half a million of dollars. They received
more than a two thirds vote A Ger
man writer says: “The people of the
United States can burst morestcam boilers
and chew more tobacco than any five
nations on the globe G. P. R. James,
Esq., is amongst tiie visitors at the Mont
gomery (Va.) White Sulphur Springs
Hon. A. H. Stephens, of Georgia, is to
address a Democratic mass meeting at
Chambersburgj Pennsylvania, on Thurs
day next The whole number of land
warrants issued under the act of March,.
1855, to this date, inclusive, amounts to
157,485, embracing more than 19,000,000
of acres; 9,055 ..warrants were issued
during July Ex-Gov. Pratt, at present
U. States Senator from Maryland, is out
in a letter in y esterday’s National Intelli
gencer, in which lie takes decided ground
in favor of the election of Buchanan and
Breekenridge... The funds raised for the
benefit of the family of tho late James
King, of Washington City, whose shoot
ing was the immediate cause of the late
revolution iii California, it is said to
amount to $25,000, $3,000 of which has
been subscribed in Sacramento It is
rumored in diplomatic circles at Washing
ton that Great Britain will ere-long send
out a Minister to supply the place of Mr.
Crumpton. Lord Howden, formerly
Ambassador at Madrid, is mentioned
What animal lias the greatest quautity of
brains ? Tlie hog, of course, for lie has a
hogeheaifvM A terrific storm of rain,
thunder and lightning, passed over the
city of New York on Wednesday night,
about 12 o’clock. We hear by telegraph
of similar storms in various parts of the
country. In several instances consider
able damage has been experienced Tlie
State Gazette, a Fremont paper, published
in Trenton, N. J., has been purchased by
G. W. Tolies, and will come out for Fill
more. The change created some excite
ment, and anew republican paper will be
started Tlie best reccipe for instantly
removing superfluous hair:—Undertake
to kiss a woman against her will Tho
Emperor Alexander has authorized young
noblemen to enter (ho civil professions
without losing their nobility. Hitherto
nobility lias been lost by a nobleman’s son
if he did not devote himself to the nation
al service; but, henceforth, in consequence i
of tho now arrangement, it is hoped that
a good many of them will embark in
financial and manufacturing enterprises.
....The library of Harvard University
contains 100,000 volumes Smith
O’Brien is visiting Iris brother, Lord
Inchiqnin, in tho county Clare, Ireland,
and takes no part in polities The num
ber of hogs in the States of Ohio, Indiana,
Michigan and Kentucky, at tiiis time i
is estimated at 10,943,884, which, at $3 a 5
head, a fair u forage value of stock, would
amount to $82,880,002. If fat when.
they would average $lO a head a nomt- ,
to $109,438,340..... A cargo of 760 slave.,
were landed in Cuba from Africa, recently
without discovery. ...Tiie ancients were
of opinion that Echo was a maiden who
lmd pined away for love, till nothing but
her voice was left Mr. William Rus
sell, the London Times correspondent in
the Crimea, is now at Odessa, en route
for Moscow and the Coronation V
large number of the Fremont ladies of Fall
River, Mass., have organized themselves
into an association, which they- style the ;
“Jessie Circle.” Tho “Homo Circle” j
would lie a more appropriate place for
them.
Extraordinary Povelojiements.
EXTENSIVE MEDICAL FOB6UKIES. I
Wo learn from the Philadelphia papers !
that the examination of Pemiam D. Hour is
ot that city on a charge of counterfeiting
the labels of Holloway’s celebrated Pills,
Ims resulted in tho couuuittial of tlie j
prisoner to take his trial of that offence. I
Tho testimony disclosed some facts. It |
appeared that Ilollis had closely imitated j
the original wood cuts and lithographic I
plates used in Professor Holloway’s ;
business; that his nefarious preparations j
had been on a gigantic scale, and that the
immense popularity of the Medicine justi
fied him expecting vrtst returns in case of
success. Fortunately tho active and
energetic agents of Professor Holloway,
(who may bo said to constitute a special
police for the protection of his interests in
all parts of tlie world,) soon discovered
tho fraud aud procured the arrest, of the
potpetrator. The Central Office in New
York, acting under instructions from the
parent establishment in London, next
proceeded to trace out the whereabouts of
tho counterfeits, and it is believed that !
Jrhey have all been discovered and destroy- !
eil.
Frauds of this nature are atrocious.
They imperil health aud life, by substi
tuting for a genuine curative something
that is cither ineffective or positively
noxious. To counterfeit a bill is merely
to client the pocket, but to counterfeit
a great medicine is to rob the sick not
only of their money but of tho chance of
cure.
It would seem that tho boundless suc
cess of Professor Holloway’s remedies in
this country lias aroused to an un
wonted extent the cupidity of that class of
harpies who watch the progress of a grand
discovery- for the solo purpose of robbing
the discoverer and deceiving the public.
The author of “ Lacon” says “ Hypocrisy
is the homage which Vice pays to Virtue,”
and it may with equal truth he affirmed
that the counterfeiting of a world-re
nowned medicine is the unconscious tribute
which villainy pays to skill, science and
success.
Wo rejoico that tho villany has in tills
case been promptly unmasked, and that
there is every probability of justice being
dealt out to the offender.
We would suggest that the trade
warned by the detection of this scheme
of fraud and robbery, should exercise the
utmost vigilance in guarding against tho
like impositions herafter.— Poston Intel
teligrncer.
Toccoa and Tallulah Falls.
These falls are situate in Habersham
county, Oa. Toccoa is a beautiful fall>
formed by a creek of the same name i
whose waters pour over a perpendicular
height of one hundred and eighty-six
feet! The volume of water, although
not very small, is almost wasted to mist
before it reaches the level of the creek
below, producing a cool refreshing breeze
soothingly pleasant during the summer-
The surrounding scenery, however, has
nothing to distinguish it, save perhaps
the quiet harmony and receding loveli
ness of the valley below.
The Tallulahfalisand scenery are alto
gether unlike those ofToecoa. Tallulah
river is a large stream, and dashes madly
over a succession of falls and cascades
for near a mile in length, neither of
which, however, is over one hundred
feet high. The banks of the river, in
many places, are between three and five
hundred feet, almost perpendicular in
height; which, with the surrounding
I scenery, is terribly wild, grand and awe
inspiring. Time did not permit us to
explore the region as thoroughly as we
desired, but we saw more than we have
room for in these columns,and would ad
vise all to see for themselves. A trip to
Toccoa and Tallulah will not fail to both
please and profit, even after making a![
reasonable deductions for the roughness
of the highways.
On the way we stopped one night at
Clarksville. This is a very pretty village
of some six hundred inhabitants, and
good business prospects. Many of the
low country people spend theft summer
months here, which gives life and ani
mation to the place.
From this place we travelled over a
turnpike road to Clayton. We enjoyed
much the ever-varying scenery through
which wo passed, but are unable to say
anything for the good character of the
turnpike. Clayton is the county site
of Rabun, and is improving rapidly. It
is within a few miles of the Rabun Gap,
and immediately on the line of the Rail
road. Whilst here, we learned that six
teen miles of the Road in Tennessee were
let to responsible contractors on the Ifith,
and that the work will be pushed for
ward there with energy. A few of the
disaffected citizens of Blount county
have sued out a wr t ofinjunetion, staying
operations there for a short time, but it
will doubtless soon be dissolved, and, the
work proceed with renewed vigor and
activity. No contracts have been let in
North Carolina. In Rabun much work
lias beeti done, and all are now industri
ously engaged on their contracts. The
hardest work in Rabun is the Saddle
Tunnel, and the cunt meter is busily en
gaged with a large force, on it. Manv of
the culverts have been finished, and others
tire being built. The Road follows the
course of the War Woman Creek for
several miles, and thence takes the di
rection of Dick’s Creek - towards this
State.
Chattooga river is the dividing line
between tins State and Georgia where
we crossed it, leading us into tire heart
of the tortile Whetstone country. Im
provements hero are springing up on
almost every hand. From the road we
noticed those of Mr. Bra/.eale and Cap
tain A. Robins. The latter gentleman
has a fifty acre field of corn, which is
looking remarkably fine.
At the S'uiMphouse Tunnel, Mr. Col
yer, the contractor, has commenced
operations upon a scale w hich augurs
success. In fact the work on the road
from this place to Anderson is progress
ing finely, 'a portion of it will be com
pleted by tire first of January next, as
we are creditably informed. —Pickens
Courier.
We have grown wearied of the stories
about good little girls and boys picked
up in the streets and turning out to be
unwiuged angels, with which our Amer
ican novelists have of late so abundant
ly furnished us. We want something
stronger and more manly, something to
show us that Cooper is not left without
a successor. We have in a word been
waiting for something just like this nov
el of “ Saratoga in 1787,” the early
sheets of which have been forwarded to
its by the publishers, (Messrs. Felridge
and Company). It is a novel of Border
Life, for strange as it may seem the gay
Saratoga was, only sixty' years ago,
on the outskirts of civilization, where
the remnants of the powerful Indian
tribes mingled with the advancing pio
neers who slowly made their way into
the forests. There is in this novel the
true American ring. Brave old revolu
tionary soldiers, rough honest pioneers,
cunning indian chiefs, wily revengful
half-breeds, and lovely girls form the
characters. While the incidents and
adventures are such as might naturally
happen at the time and place they are
full of the most romantic interest. This
novel cannot fail of making a sensation,
and will be placed by the side of those
which Cooper wrote in the freshness of
his genius, before he became spoiled by
his residence abroad.
LATEST NEWS.
| THREE DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE.
New York, Aug. 3.—The British and
| North American Royal Mail Steam Pack
et Emeu, Capt. Small, has arrived from
Havre, with dates to 22d -July.
The Emeu brings no commercial news
of any interest. No change in markets
reported.
There have been serious disturbances
in the Papal States, owing to
prices of food. **
It is rumored that the King of Naples
contemplates abdicating the throne in
favor of the Duke of Calabria.
Madrid is quiet, but Barcelona, Sara
gossa, Bilboa and Lagrove are still in a
state of insurrection.
The Lofidon Times states that Mr.
Dallas has been empowered' to propose
the establishment of San Juan as a free
port under Nicaraguan sovereignty, re
serving to Costa Rica the right to traffic
through it and through sttch portions
of the river San Juan as may be neces
sary.- The Mosquito Indians to be con
centrated iu a definite Territory, which
shall leave a clear transit to the mouth
of the river San Juan and the town—
but their rights to bo guaranteed, and an
annuity for a term of years paid their
chiefs. The Bay Islands to be restored
to Honduras, but the Belize to remain a
British possession, with the same Terri
torial limits as in 1850.
New York, Aug. 4. —The steamship
Atlantic, Capt, West, has arrived from
Liverpool, with dates to Vtednesday,
July 23d.
Liverpool Markets.
The cotton market exhibits no new
tlature. The quotations are steady'and
the demand fair. Sales of the past
three days 10,000 bales. Speculators
and Exporters took 7,000 bales. Tho
market closed firm.
The advices by the last, steamer from
the United States has had no effect upon
the market.
Fair Uplands, Gijd.; Mid. Uplands,
6 3-10d.
Flour—The market is firm.
Wheat—Prices improved Id.
Manchester Trade.
Business is generally unchanged.—-
Consuls declined to 955.
Miscellaneous News.
Several cotton failures have occurred
in Liverpool, and their liabilities are
very heavv.
Spanish accounts are very conflicting,
but there lias been no further fightinjj.
Fashionables at Saratoga.
We find in the correspondence of the
the New York Herald, the following:
Tho circumference of a fashionably
dres -ed woman here, is about seven feet
and a half, and when two of these hi: -
tnals get Waltzing together they look
like a large balloon inverted. The daily
occupation of tho fair creature begins
with dressing in elaborate meriting at
tire mid promenading to the Congress
Spring, where she. takes two or three
glasses of the water. Returning she hr 8
a sylph like breakfast —then dresses for
a drive. After the drive she takes an
ant'.-prandial snooze, or receives a snob
or two. Then comes tho work of dress
ing for dinner, for which she appears
like \ illikins in the song in “gallant
array," with all sorts of diamonds aud
things. Dinner is at three, and fills up
two hours. Next comes riding, and ia
the evening the fair ilowers of creation
dance to the music of Monks’ Band ; or
vagabondise bareheaded about the streets
of the t illage. Such is the daily life
the Saratoga belle. She gets up a good
many flotations, and she likes it. Look
at that splendid creature in pink —she
has already exhausted three waltzing
men, and is now flirting with a thin
youth in the corner. He is telling her
that he is off for Newport to-morrow
and wants a bit of her hair before he
leaves. She tries to look sorry, but is
really thinking whether lie could give
her a brown stone front in a good street
and ten thousaud a year.
The daily life of the snob at the springs
is about the same as that of the belle, if
he is a ladies’ snob. He is her cavalier
servante, and revolves around her hoops.
He is treated as she treats her lap dog,
and is thrown a smile with the same air
that Fidele receives a chicken bone. —
But it is the stylo among some snobs to
call “ these women a boro you know. ’
These last named snobs play billiards,
smoke awful cigars, drive horses which
are bought, and the buyers sold at J 3
same time, and otherwise spend tneh
time in those healthy and invigorating
sports which make the American snob
so valuable a member of society. The
ladies’ snob is preferable to the horse
and billiard snob.
Candor is better than description ; and
an open foe better than a hypocritical
frieud.
A man in Troy made askirtfor a lady
lately, which used up one hundred and
twenty-eight feet of rope;