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‘ CHRONICLE & SENTINEL ( BY WILIiIAM S. JONES. OFFICE IN RAIL HOAti BANK BUILDING. BAIL. IT, TRI-WKRKI.Y WEEKLY. Daily Paper, to city subscribers, per annum, in advance eg ri■ Daily Paper, mailed to the country*’ •• .... 7 ir Tri-Weekly Paper, " “ n «« .. 4 Weekly mammoth sheet) “ “ ..2 OASH SYSTEM.—In no cage will an order for the paper be attended to, unless accompanied with money, aod in every instance when the time for **; 'which the subscription may be paid, expires before the receint of funds t to renew the same, the paper k be discontinued. Depreciated funds r eceirediat fm vr'ue in this city. Religions. it THE HOME OF THE SAINTS. A Sermon By Rev. M. J. Blackwell, of Ithe [Memphis Conference. Matt, v : 5. —“ Blessed arc the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.” [CONCLUDED FROM LAST itJNDAY.] Where inert is his promised inheritance to be found? In order to ascertain its location, let it be remembered that the Jewish nation was typical of the Church of God through all time , and the land of Canaan was a type of the rest which remained! to the people of God. The forty years’ journeying* from Egypt to Canaan was typical of the Church’s pilgrimage through this world to the final rest of the saints beyond the Jordan of death— forty years being about the average life of roan in this world, taken as a whole. And as the blast of the seventh Trumpet by command of Joshua, overthrew the walls of Jericho and prepared the way for the intrduction of Israel into their new homes in Canaan, so the thun ders of the Seventh Trumpet by the Arch-an gel will shako down the opposing powers of earth and prepare the way lor the introduction of the true Israel of God into their everlasting homes in the new or regenerate earth. The promise to Abraham and to his seed, i, e , all who have the faith of Abraham, has manifest reference to this earth, and has never yet been fulfilled iu its highest and most important sense. Kt. Paul says, Heb. xi: 8,9, “By faith Abra ham when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an in keriiance. obeyed; and he went out not know ing whither he we. By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise.” Here we see that Abraham sojourned in that very land ‘ which ha should after receive for an inheritance.” The promise then, has not reference to an inheritance in a distant planet I somewhere in the immensity of space ; it has reference to the place where Abraham so Ijourned, but was not confined to the geogra- Aphica! limits of Palestine, as St. Paul shows Bin Horn, iv: 13, “For the promise that he Mshouid be the heir of the world was not to JrAbraham. or to his seed, through the law, but the righteousness of faith.” Let the ■ new Testament expound the old. Abraham lis the “heir ofthe rcorld." But9t. Stephen in j forms us that lie has not yet received his inher* ' itance ; nor have any of his true spiritual seed. 1 St. Paul likewise speaking of the ancient wor- I tides, says, Heb. xi: 13, “These all died in the I faith, not having received the promise, but hav iing seen them afar off, and vvera persuaded of pthern, and embraced them, and confessed that mmm they were strangersand pilgrims on the earih.” They died, not having received the promises. _ The eye of their faith, however, pierced through the vista of time, and rested upon the brightness of the resurrection morn as “the hope of Israel,” when death will be swallowed up in victory, “And the ransomed of the Lord shall return, and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads; they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sigh ing shall flee away.” Then will be realized ia its highest import, the promise made to Abra ham as recorded in Gen. xiii: 14, 15, “Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art, northward, and southward, and east ward, and westward ; for all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it,and to thy seed forever." “Blessed are the meek, for they shall inher it the earth.” But not in its present state. Th is earth is now under a curse from its moun tain tops down to ocean's deepest, darkest caverns. But he that was born “King of the Jews’’ has purchased it with his own moit precious blood. His own human body was made of part and parcel of this very earth ; and as his body passed through death by a baptism of suffering, to the resurrection of a glorious body; so shall this earth which is his by con sanguinity and by redemption, pass through death by a baptism of fire, to a resurrection of purity, grandeur, and glory, And as He who is “the first fruits of them that slept,” passed through death and the resurrection before he could lake possession of the promised kingdom, i so must his true fo'lowers look for their inher itance in the same kingdom, in that glorious morning when an innumerable multitude which no man can number, shall rse from the long sleep of death with a shout which will be like the voice of many waters, and like the voice of mighty thundering*, saying, -‘Alleluia, for the Lord God omnipotent reignelh.” Jesus our risen King is now seated on his mediatorial throne, and from thence he gives the Holy Spirit as “the earnest of our inheritance, until the redemption of the purchased possesdain. And what was the purchased possess*)n 7 Was it not this very earth where the first Rattle was fought and lost by the first Adam* and where a second battle was (ought and win by the second Adam ?—Where our King Irium phed over the powers of darkness?—an| then ascended on high, there to remain “nfitil the times of restitution ot all things which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his prophet#, since the world began.” Then shall he fold up these heavens as a vesture, and they shall be chang ed. Then shall he come in the glory of his Father and of the holy angels. “Then shall the wicked be cut down as the glass. and wither as the green herb. ****** For yet a little while and the wicked shall not be: yea, thou shall diligently consider his place, and it shall not be. But the meek shall inherit the earth, and shall delight themselves jn the abundance of peace. * * * 'X'he righteous shall inherit the land and dwell there in forever.” “The saints shall take the king dom forever, even forever and ever.” ♦Ve must look then for the promised Holy Land where it was lost. J a faradise was fho loss. in I aradiae must it he regained. In blissful immortality Ad tin lost the first dominion. In blissful immortal ity will it be restored. We mutt look for the promised Holy Land where Abraham did, —“in abetter country, that is, an heaven ly.” We most look for it whet e the patriarchs and prophets did, —in “a better resurrection.” We must look for it where the representatives ofthe militant church did, —“And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the Book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood, out oi every kindred, ami tongue, and people, and nation. Aud nast nude us || n ” to our God Kings and Priests ; aud tee shall reign on the earth." We must look lor it where its purchaser and rightful sovereign has told us, “Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth. \ es, this earth shall he re leased from the blighting curse which now rests upon it in all its length and breadth It js the place where the angels sung the Advent of the Sons of God. It is the theatre on which hia stupendous miracles attested his Messiah ship. It i« the scene of his agony, and sweat and gushing blood. It is the battle field on which, for us, he met and conquered the last enemy, death, and then from Olivet look a portion of this earth in his own ascending body, to nis regal throne, as a p edge of the re dempiion of the whole We need have no fears of a failure of the pledge. He will yet disarm the cherubic guards and turn away the flaming sword; —will yet throw open the gates of Paradise and disclose to his redeemed ones the surpassing glories of lovely Eden in all its radiant purity, with the tree of life in immortal verdure, and we shall hear him say. “Cofne ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom,” —the identical kingdom,—“prepared for you from the foundation of the world.” Christian, look well to your qualification for this pure, this glorious and immortal king dom. Nothing that is unclean can enter there. Remember, it >s “the righteous ” that “ shall inherit the land and dwell therein forever ” It is the “ saints ” that “ shall lake the king dom and possess the kingdom forever, even forever and ever.” It is the “ meek ” that “ shall inherit the earth.” But like the patri archs and prophets of old, we must die in the faith, must cross the Jordan before we can reach the “ goodly land.” Like our Lord we must experience a crucifixion before we can be crowned Kings and Priests unto God. We must reach the splendors of that kingdom through the humiliation of the grave and the triumph of the resurrection morn. Glorious morning, when the curse shall be rolled away from our long promised inheritance ; when our eyes shall see the King in his beauty, and the kingdom in all its heavenly glories.—glories too overwhelming for unassisted flesh and blood to sustain. Even in its prophetic Hom ings on the pages of inspiration, it shone forth with such unearthly brilliancy, that the eye of the carnal Jew, dazzled with its splendor, could not see the intervening valleys of Geth semane, and Calvary, through which Christ had to pasis before he could reach his regal throne. Abraham coaid not sustain a near view of it ; but he saw it afar off, and em braced it by faith, and so completely was his faithful soul absorbed in the contemplation, that the kingdoms of this world faded away and lost all their attractive power over him, and he confessed himself a stranger and a pilgrim here, having no continuing city, and chose to dwell in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise. Moses caught a glimpse of it from the summit of iNebo, but nature sunk under the insuppor table glory and the angels buried him there, on its borders. John on the Isle of Patinos, being in the spirit on the Lord s day, saw “ a door opened,” which disclosed to him the scenes of the future, and iook ng in he saw its inte rior glory. The vast panorama stood out be fore his enraptured vision in all its beauty, and loveliness ; but in the fore-ground of the scone appeared He who is “ the first fruits of them that slept,” clothed in his resurrection body, at once the pledge and the specimen of all who are yet to arise and be like him. His conntenance shone as the sun in his strength ; but the oulbeaming glories of the scene were too much for mortal vision, and the beloved disciple fell at his feet as dead. Well, we have hut to be faithful a little while longer, and we shall join the grand chorus, “ Unto him that hath loved us and washed us from our sins in his own blood ; and hath made us Kings aud Priests unto God and his lather ; to him be glory and dominion forev er and ever.” Amen. The California Humbug—Tlie Obverse Picture. V\ e would call attention to the following letter, received by a commercial house of this city, from a gentleman whose observation and opinions are entitled to the most unlimited confidence. We Isave always been convinced that there was a vast deal of humbug and absolute decep tion connected with the accounts from Califor nia, and every day convinces us more and more ofthe fact. We have no doubt that this letter gives a correct and faithful view ofthe case, and the time is not distant when the great flow of emigration will be from, and not to California:— N. O. Bulletin. California near Siockton, July 20, 1850. I have deferred writing you for sometime, as I disliked to give you my views of the quartz rock in this country, when it was likely to conflict so essentially with Mr. Wngiitaud others, who have by their reports excited the American people so much. 1 have now been over two months devoting myself to the inves tigation of the subject, and am prepared to say that there is little or no foundation in the re ports made on this subject. There are many interests here which are supported by the most unscrupulous agencies—the various steamboat inte on the rivers, those engaged in build ing up towns, but above all the Atlantic and Pacific lines—ail of these have active agents, and the rich specimens of quartz rock exhibited in the States have been holders, which have been thrown up by volcanic action and found in the gutchys, etc. I have found no gold in any quartz rock in. the country. I have tra veled with a test mortice and found none, that had any gold in it, except a vein at Maraposa. This vein is about 12 feet wide, and has a streak in it about 4 inches wide that will aver age about one dollar per pound. To get one hundred pounds of this, yon must remove by blasting tons of the mass of rubbish that is worthless; it could not be worked by-the best machinery in the United States at the present price of labor here. Col. Jackson, of Virgi nia, and some New \ orkers, have taken pos session of the richest part of this vein, with a view to sell to some of the large companies, that are on their way with machinery. This delusion was kept up until I got into (he mines. The steamboat men on the river to Stockton spoke in the highest terms of the rich veins, and had their specimens, but as soon as I got into the mining region, I was laughed at by every miner lor supposing there was any gold in the quartz. It is a great pity that the immigration to this country could not be stopped. I'hese false representations will cause the American people more suffering, pri vation and money, than t he revolutionary war did. Ninety nine in a hundred in this country are dissatisfied and regret exceedingly having left their comfortable homes for so much pri vation and pain to so little purpose. There are thousands and tens of thousands who have been here tw-lve months a;;d have not the means to get hack. Ibo whole country has been pretty much worked over. A place will be discovered where ahaif ounce or an ounce can be made. In 24 hours there will be hun dreds on the spot, and the discoverer fares no better than the rest, each man being entitled to only sixteen fee: of ground. The place, of course, is soon worked out, and picks and spades are shouldered, and the parties range, > perhaps, for weeks before they get another j place where they can make wages. There is some rich deposits in the country which are about twenty-five feet deep, but the gold lays in pockets, and where one will he successful in sinking a pit, twenty will fail, it is not safe to calculate on more than $5 per day; expenses are very high. It requires the most hardy con stituiion, and men accustomed to labor to stand the hardships wo have to endure. I intend to return in the spring or winter. f I’aial Accident.— On Tuesday evening last a youth of the name of Staley, son of Mr. Staley, of Perry, Houston county, was driving down Mulberry-street Hill in this cit/, in com pany with two young ladies, when his horse became restive and ran away, throwing the whole parly very violently out in front of Mr. Whittle's residence. Staley was dashed against a tree and instantly killed. One ofthe young ladies (Miss Winship) suffered a dislocation and fracture of her wrist and received a flesh wound on her cheek. The other escaped with out any material injury. Another Accident. —Rev. S. L Stephens also met with a mishap on Tuesday, from the like cause—the running away and over him of his horse and buggy—by which his collar hone was broken and his person otherwise consid erably bruised — Macon Citizen. Chronicle and Sentinel. AUGUSTA, G A • SUNDAY MORNING, SEPT. 33. Dinner to Gov. Crawfoetl in Columbia. The citizens of Columbia (his native) coun ty, without distinction of party, gave to this gentleman a dinner on the 18ih inst., in Ap pling, at which there were several hundred persons; and we were pleased to see the oc casion graced by at least one hundred and fifty of Columbia’s fair daughters. The dinner was very fine, and savoury, and served up on the table at about half past one o’clock. From the dinner table the crowd retired to a stand erected for the occasion, where Gov C. was introduced to them by C. H. Shockley, Esq., and entertained them for an hour in a sound and statesmanlike speech on the great questions, which have so lately agitated the country. His exordium was beautiful and touching, in winch he alluded to the honor thus shown him by the citizens of his native county —and by those ; too, to many of whom he had been known from childhood to the present hour. We avail ourselves of the present opportu nity to correct an error into which we had fallen iu reference to Ins remarks on the J3th in?t., in this city. We then reported him as say ing that the “exciting and agitating questions of the day, had all been settled, not only honora bly, but satisfactorily to the South.” What he did i-«y was, “ that he was satisfied, but would have been much better satisfied, had they repealed tho Mexican laws abolishing slavery.” He was not well, and therefore did not speak with his usual animation. At the close of his remaiks, Judge Garnett Anbrkws, of Wash ington, was introduced by Ur. Casey. The Judge entertained the people for an hour in a speech eminently conservative. He stated that he had not made a political speech for fifteen years, and lhat ihe last one that lie did make, was in favor of the Union, and he was still in favor of the Union. We do not intend to fol low tho Judge through his able speech, nor at tempt even a sketch of it; but we will gay :hat he met and successfully refuted the arguments of the ultras, and clearly showed that disunion was the worst possible remedy for the evils complained of. At the conclusion of his re marks the Rev. Iverson Brooks, of South Caro - Una, who happened to be there by the merest accident in the world—“ merely visited the coun ty to see a gentleman whom he expected to find there"— was introduced to the meeting. He advocated boldly and openly a dissolution of the Union as the only remedy for the ills and evils under which he said we are laboring, and declared, and affected to believe, that the admis sion of California into the Union with her pre sent constitution excluding slavery', was equiv alent to the enactment of the Wilmot Proviso in its most odious form. We say he affected to believe ibis, for we cannot believe that any man with enlarged and liberal views, and wi’h capacity sufficient to investigate the subject, could, by a;.y possibility, come to such a con clusion. lie also combatted several positions taken by Gov. Crawford, and went into what he called a defence of Mr. Polk’s administra tion on the subject of our Mexican Territories ; but we shall not attempt to follow the Reverend gentleman through his speech, which was well delivered. Suffice it to say, that his remarks were such as to call out the Governor again; and his friends had great reason to sejoice at it, for we have seldom or ever heard him more eloquent on any occasion, than in his reply, which was short. He swept from under the Reverend gentleman every position lhat he had assumed, and left him no ground to stand on, by which he could offer dissolution as the sem blance of a remedy. In fact, it was the most complete triumph that we have ever witnessed. And our word for it, the Reverend gentleman’s business will riot soon call him to visit another political meeting in the eastern part of Georgia. The Hon. A. J. Miller was then loudly called for by the peeplo, and he responded to the call in an able, argumentative and conservative speech, in lhat peculiarly impressive manner for which he is so characteristic. At the con clusion of Mr. Miller’s remarks the People dispersed. We had no correct lest by which we could ascertain the sentiments of those present, but wo think that we cannot be wide of tho mark when we say lhat four-fifths of those assembled there were conservative men. Ihe day passed off pleasantly, and nothing occurred that wc know of, calculated in tho least to mar the pleasure of the occasion. Plain Talk. At the late sess on of the Superior Court of Harris county, the Grand Jury made quite a long presentment in regard to Federal rela tions, from which we make the following ex tract : tVe decidedly disapprobatc the course pursued by our last Legislature, in making provision for calling a State Conven'ion in the event California is adloitled into the Union as a State. VV e do not be lieve such an act on the part of Congress (o be suffi cient giound to di. olve the Union, nor do we be’ieve in the past movement of those who I vc advocated and advanced the holding the Nashville Convention. We hold that Congress has committed no act au thorising the holding of said Convention, that the powlr of Legislation upon the subject belongs to Con gress alone, Imv' .igbeen granted by the Constitution of the United ... itoa j hence very movement in lhat way we regard as being revc u.ionary in its charac ter ; that the time for the people to 'move, if they move at all, is only when the Constitution has been vitiated in a plain f id palpable manner. Until then we bold that we arc ale st solemnly bound as gocJ mild faithful citizen , to observe and carry out every principle and measure that will perpetuate the U ■ nion. \s for ourselves we have sufficient confidence in the virtue, patriotism, and intelligence of our Southern Senators and Representatives in Congress to do us ample justice. Then, we say, let the peo ple wait until they are informed by those men that the South and the rights of the South are trampled upon, and that we ought (looking to our interest) to ießi t the encroachments of the federal Government, Until then, we say, let us remain in peace, adding us our motto, the interest of the Couth and the U nion on Ihe States. A Fast Suggested. Ihe Western Baptist Association at, its re cent meeting in Newnan, adopted tho follow ing resolutions: Resolved, That in view of the alarming political agitations of our conniry, wo recommended that the b nday (the 18tli) o I November next, be observed by the churches composing this body, us a day of hu miliation, fasting and prayer, that the Lord raay'be j graciously pleased to guide the rulers, and people of our land, to wise, just and peaceful measures, to restore harmony and quietude to our borders, and make as ever to dwell under the shadow of his wings, a uni ted and prosperous nation. Resolved , That we respectfully and earnestly re quest the churches of our denomination generally, and all Christian denominations throughout the whole country Last, West, North and South, to concur with us in the observance of the above named day. Resolved , That a notice of this recommendation be immediately inserted in as many of the public prints as practicable, and that other papers through out the country, religious and secular, be requested to copy the same. A RAMBLE WESTWARD—NO. 3. CHATTANOOGA. Here in company with several interesting travelling companions, who contributed much to the pleasure of my brief tour, I was fortu nate enough to find quarters at the excellent Hotel of my friend Col. Griffin, formerly of Gainesville, Georgia. Col. G. has leased for two years and just opened a large, airv, and commodious brick building, within a few yards of the depot, and expects to erect in a short lime a still more spacious Hotel, a few hun dred yards distant from the present site and close to the anticipated junction of the Nash ville and Chattanooga, with the great Western Railroad. With Col. G’s. unaffectedly easy and dignified deportment, accommodating spirit, and business habits, sustained by a ripe experience in his vocation, and recommended by the luxuries of a boun iful table, he cannot but command a large amount of willing pat ronage from among the multitudes who, in pursuit of pleasure or profit, are destined to throng this great thoroughfare to the West, '[’here are, I learn, several other houses of entertainment in the place, and as circumstan ces may require others will probably be opened. We were not favorably impressed however, with the topographical features of Chattanooga. It occupies the first great stretch of level land bordering upon the river and running east ward from its precipitous banks, has a rich, calcareous soil and is mostly supplied with limestone water. The surface is notwithstand ing, relieved from the tameness of an unbrok en flat, by a large mound or ridge of land, richly inlaid with blue limestone, variegated occasionally with brown and ochrey tints, from the infiltration of ihe oxide of Iron, which swells up boldly to the North and Nortiiwcst. LOOK-OUT MOUNTAIN. Having p«st a comfortable night with our host, our party determined on the next morn ing after our arrival, (i. e. on Saturday. 17th) to make an excursion to the summit of the Look-Out Mountain, about five miles distant from our point of departure. Our first glance swept its bold, blue outline rising on the East, from the surrounding sea of forest green, and curving loftily through the Southern aky— then sinking in the West abruptly, to tho horizon’s level, like some huge porpoise in his disports, just rolling his finny spine above the watery floods—then plunging again into the liquid deeps below. Through the kindness of Col. Stevenson, the intelligent and courteous President of the Nashville Road, I was after a little unavoidable delay, comfortably mounted upon a muscu’ar and high-blooded animal, suited to the task before him, and with the remainder of our group suitably equipped for the morning’s ride, soon set out at an easy pace, for the pro posed ascent. The delightful companionship of Mr. R * * * *, of viadison, Col, t * * * * *, of Milledgevilie, and Prof. L* * * * * *,of Columbia College, S. C., each accompanied by a lovely daughter, travelling under paren'al escort, together with one or two other ladies and gentlemen, gave additional interest to our charming detour. On, then, moved our little cava’cade. Our route lay southward, and passing along by a few fields of Indian corn, parched and shriveled by a six weeks drought led us most ly through a shady woodland, until at the end o! three miles we found ourselves beginning to ascend by a very gentle acclivity, the East ern side of the mountain. The line of ascent was at first not more than at an angle of 8 or 10 deg. with the plane of the horizon, but rapidly increased, so as at some points to equal at least 30deg. Onward and upward still we continued to move along our rough and rocky road, winding around many bold and rugged cliffs, which intercepted our direct route and occasionally gazing with admiration upon the huge masses of gray sandstone, which lifted their giant forms along the over hanging steeps upon our right, like so many stern sentinels frowning from their dizzy heights upon the approaching intruders, who dared to disturb their mountain solitudes. While upon our left, and breaking off abrupt ly from the very margin of our narrow track, stretched an inclined plain of rapid declivity bounding the Southeastern front of the moun tain, and lost from view, amid rock and forest, far below. Having accomplished about two thirds of the entire accent, the traveller clearly discovers by ravishing glimpses, caught through the tree tops, of a bold horizon opening far to the South and East, that lie is at last ‘‘rising in the world," and ambitious of a loftier position and a broader sky ; like the struggling aspirant who hopefully essays to climb the steeps where “Fame’s proud Temple shines from far,” —he gathers fresh courage, makes a new outlay of strength and presses upward to enjoy the anti cipated glories of the sun-lit summit. At length at an elevation of 2000 feet from the base, our party reached a gentle slope, approaching a level, furnished with some scanty, but grateful shades; where the “Leo nora Spring” was announced as in the imme diate vicinity. Dismounting and securing our panting animals, we turned downward to the right of our path, and soon found our selves standing upon the verge of a stupen dous precipice, from whose rugged margin winding rapidly downward and inward—de scends two or three flights of rude wooden stairs, firmly fastened to the adjacent rocks while high above, upon our left, hang beetling crags of stratified sandstone, gloomin'*' in ter rific grandeurover a virgin of waler, at the temperature of 61 deg, Fahrenheit which leaps merrily from the side of its fis sured prison, as if rejoicing to gambol in the light of heaven. Scarcely however, has it escaped from its confinement, before a rough hewn wooden trough receives and guides the passive streamlet to its fall; and after a brief, but bright career of 20 feet, it plunges head long down—a mimic Niagara—to find its sin uous pathway to the distant base. About 40 yards perhaps beyond the Leonora Spring deeply sunken in the mountain’s side, and over-hung by its enormous rocky strata, is a cool and cloistered retreat, which'invited to a few moment’s delay. This cavernous opening some 50 feet long, 30 wide and 20 high, at its greatest elevation, seems to have been formed by the gradual detachment and fall of huge blocks of the laminated rock above, some of which he in visible confusion on its floor, while others are evidently now in the progress of separation from the fissile strata directly overhead. Returning with careful steps to tho higher level from which we set out, we soon re-rnoun ted, to gain the loftiest pinnacle of observation upon the Western brow of the mountain. A ride of one fourth of a mile perhaps, brought us to the desired spot. And here a splendid panorama opens wide upon the strained vision. V Standing far out upon the sublime heights of this rock bound tower of Nature, the eye readily sweeps over 280 or 290 deg. of the great circle of the horizon. Isolated peaks or entire ranges of mountains, clad in the cheer- fill livery ot summer green, and presenting' .heir softly undulating outlines—formed by | the gentle intersection of a thousand curves— now in bolder, and now , n feebler perspective until they sink away in the din distance, and blend tl.eir farewell tints with the clear blue of die far otr sky,—magnificently bound this romantic field of view. Skirting this wide ex panse, and from many a prominent elevation, four surrounding states simultaneously reflect the sun-light upon the bald summit from which we gazed. Upon the Southwest, West, North, and East, and in the order which we have adopted, Alabama, Kentucky, North Carolina and Georgia, all contribute te enrich the glowing scene ; while more than 200 farms, scattered far around in picturesque irregulari ty peep out like sun lit islands from an emerald sea, strongly evincive of the agricultural abits of the active population below. But tne wandering eye soon fixes upon the crowning feature of tins lovely landscape— the brighest point in the beautiful picture. Far northward, among the sloping hills, and just emerging from the profound forests which had long buried its noiseless passage from its distant home in tho Alleglmnies—is seen in diminutive, but silvery beauty, the virgin wa ters of the noble Tennessee. Soon it is lost for miles, as it approaches, amid the dense foliage of the adjacent valley. Again, it breaks upon the view in wider stretch—and again vanishes, as if sunk in a subterranean channel. Onward still, it rolls, however, in tortuous windings; sometimes concealed, sometimes disclosed ; even increasing in interest and proportions, until bounding into the full light of an open sky, it pouts its widening tide Southward, toward our majestic mountain. Approaching within three or four miles of its base, as if half unconscious of its power to pass the threatened harrier, the shining current recoils from its direct route —sweeps a grand curve to the eastward, then duplicates the same line of movement toward tho West, forming a vast, sigmoid flexure, in appea: nee some huge serpent, goaded into contortions, or writhing under a blow, as his glassy scales flash in the sun-beams. At last recovering its original course, it boldly encounters the scowl ing mountain, whose solid foundations have given way to the steady shock of centuries, while its rocky brow yet frowns from the height of 2200 feet upon the during flood that washes its base, and cuts its triumphant pas sage to the Gnlph Long we sat and gazed upon tl e romantic scenery outspread before us. From these Par nassian heights, fit remembrances of the classic land of his idolatry, the genius of Byron would have plumed its wing of fire for the loftiest flights of heroic song. And tiie Sowing soul of the gifted Scottish bard have immortalized the gigantic Lookout, its smiling vallevs, and its rolling river, with as sweet and lofty verse as that which has forever consecrated the “ Braes of Bailochmyle,” or the gentle waters of the Afton, the Tweed, or the Dee. Bat the sun was now past nis meridian Na ture began to plead for more substantial en joyments than those upon which our eyes had been recently feasting ; and iu obedi ence to the claims of flesh and blood, we aban don, for a time, our poetical wanderings, for the relish of a grateful meal, served up in am ple aluadance, by cur Landlord of the Moun tain, Capt Rogers, who is favered with a po sition in life, confessedly far above most of his fellows. What was the surprise of the writer, upon retiring to this Inn among the clouds, to find his valued friend and associate Professor in the Medical College of Georgia. Dr. D****, snugly hermitized in this lofty retreat. For weeks together, it seems, had he been lounging in its shades, rambling among its rocks, and bathing in its bracing atmosphere—occasional ly regaling himself with the perusal of a fa vorite author or the fumes of a fragrant Ha vana. “O! terque, quaterque betu” —blest at least for a brief, happy holiday, with free dom from the heat of a sultry city, from the significant odor of noxious drugs, and from the portentous hum of the musketo’s wing, and equally aloof from the boiling temperature of the political atmosphere, as from the fatal malaria of the plashy plain. After a grateful recognition, and a pleasant interview of a couple of hours, the declining sun warned us that it was time to commence our descent. By the same sloping and wind ing pathway which conducted us to the summit, we found our way again safely to the base of this grand pyramid of Nature. A. M. Oxford, Ga. Chattanooga is Healthy and Improving. —lt will be a source of pleasure to many of our readers who desire the prosperity of Chat tanooga, to learn that it continues entirely heal thy, and is improving as fast as materials and | workmen can be procured. On almost every street, and in every part of the town, the trow el, the hammer and the saw, are busily em ployed, and large edifices are being reared up, for the accommodation of the trade and in creasing population of the town. In a few weeks, the extensive Warehouses or the river will be completed, fronted by permanent Wharves, which will enable our Commission Merchants to receive and forward everything consigned to their caie with safety and des patch. New Hotels are opening to accomo date the large number of visitors on pleasure or business, in a style unsurpassed in the coun try. A meeting of the citizens has been held, when it was resolved to raise a subscription of $5,000 to build a new Presbyterian church as soon as possible. The Division of the Sons of Temperance atth's place,have determined to erect a large Hall on Market street, and many other improvements are spoken of, and are in progress. The sentiment of all who visit the place is, that Chattanooga is destined to be an important place—but if it did not seem like boasting, we would say that it is now an impor tant place, and fast getting more so. We understand that an arrangement has been entered into by the steamers ‘James Jack son,’ ‘Ellen White.’ and ‘Union,’ to make tri weekly trips from this place to Decatur. This is a good arrangement, and will prevent the delay of passengers for more than one day at this point—and surely any man would be sat isfied to stay in Chattanooga one day, visit the Lookout, or look into the business of the place here. Gazette 20 th inst Alisonia Cotton Mills. —Col. Jacob Newman has shown us a drawing of the cot ton mills now being erected on Elk river, near Winchester, Teun., by Messrs. Deery & Brothers, formerly of this City. The building is 231 feet long, and will require 1.000.0 CD of bricks, besides a large quantity of hewn stone, to complete it. The cost of the machinery was about $20,000, exclusive of the expense of transportation. It is contemplated to run 2000 spindles, and to go into operation about the middle of January next. The Messrs. Deery aro enterprising men and they have the capital, the benefits of which might have been secured to Knoxville, had property holders been willing to take reasonable prices for such locations as they desired. The life and activity which these gentlemen so largely contributed to infuse into the business of Knoxville four years ago is highly creditable to their energy and enter prise, and gives ample evidence that they will make themselves highly useful to the commu nity in which they have located. We earnestly wish them the most abundant success—Knox vill (Tcnn ) Register 9th ult. *3 } The State Road. —We understand that j there was a grand smesh up of freight cars last week, somewhere below this place. Five cars, were broken to pieces, a negro fellow had his back broke, and a cargo of hogs were turned loose to graze by the road side. The swines wa learn, left in disgust, and have since, with their drivers, taken the back track. This is supposed to be Gov. Towns’ broker-age estab lishment. Smash No. 9. —On Monday last the passen ger train ran off the track about three miles j above Marietta, knocking the engine inf ' ’ c °cked hat. “No blame attaches to the df-* Smash No. 3—On Tuesday, the down tr .: followed suit with the train of Monday j “took to the woods,’’ at Ruff’s Station a*”” ther engine on the side list! Nobody tn 11 °* again !— Marietta Helicon, 20 th inst. ame PROCEEDINGS OF CONr,RR SS Correspondence of the Baltimore Am, run,, Sen * t,! September 17 On motion of Mr- Fremont, the Calif bills were made the order of the day f or r. u , rilla day next. 1 Ues * A resolution passed adding two clprLrd ■ the office of Secretary of the Senate l ° The bill to establish the office of Surveyor the public lands in Oregon, and to grant lanf to actual settlers, was taken up. ° n^s A heavy discussion followed, and nmnerou. amendments were rejected, 1 i MS"”'. T ved ' aa > an a,nen droenf, |„. land bill, heretofore introduced, ,r lv j Pff .’ 11 , to citizens generally. “ 3 a,fl^ Mr. Mangum said this was a proieef tn „ away all the lands, and as he was not a< "'p* dale for the Presidency, he should vote agahii The bill was rejected—yeaa 3. nays 45 Yeas.—Messrs Dodge, of Wis., Walker—3. Wdrd Ti e bill was then ordered to a third reading House. The House resumed tne consideration ofthe bill to enable the state of Arkansas aud othor states to reclaim the swamp lands within the,r limits. It was amended, and finally passed on a vote by yeas and nays, of 120 in the affirm* tive and 53 in the negative. Mr. Bowlin, from the Committee on Public Lands, reported a b II granting to the State of Missouri the right of way. aud a donation 0 f public lands for -i railroad. It was discussed the remainder of the morning hour. The bill from the Senate reducing the mini mum price to $2.50 of tho mineral lands in the Lake Superior and Chippewa land districts was passed—yeas 111 to nays 55. Slave Trade .—The bill from the SermtH, entitled an act to suppress tha slave trade in the District of Columbia coming up in order was read twice by its title. Mr. Brown, of Miss., moved an amend merit to the bill providing that any person who shall aid and abet in the running away of any slave or otherwise contribute to depriving die master of his slave, shall be imprisoned in the Penitentiary for a period of not less than five years, Mr. luge moved to lay the hill on the table, which question was taken on a vote by veas and nays, and decided in the negative—yeas 53, nays 129. The question now recurred on ordering the bill to be read a third time ; and it was so or dered The bill was then read the third lime, and it w r s finally passed by yeas 124, nays 47. The Senate bill granting the right of way and grants of land to the Slate of Illinois, Ah bama and Mississippi was discussed and finally passed by a vote on yeas and nays of KJi iii the affirmative, and 71 in the negative. Ad journed. lit Senate ..Sept. 1?. Mr. Chase introduced his bill to provide for the prohibition of slavery in the Territories of the U. States. Mr. Clay deprecated the renewal of the ag itation of this subject at a time when the coun try was becoming calm Mr. Hale said the agitation would never cease, and had not been checked. Mr Chase justified biscouree, hut withdrew the bill for the present Mr. Rusk, from the Committee on Post Roads, made an elaborate report on tne sub ject of contracts for mail steamer. Mr. Hale moved to commit it, with instruc tions to amend it so a- to piovide for|ablishing slavery in this District. After some debate, this motion was lost—yeas 9, nays 41—aslol lows : Yeas —Baldwin, Chase, Davis, of Mass., Dodge of Wis , Ewing, Hale, Hamlin, Sew ard, Winlhrop—9. Nays —Atchison, Badger. Barnwell, Bell, Benton, Bright, Butler, Cass, Clay. Coop er, Davis, of Miss., Dawson, Dayton, Dickin son, Dodge, of lowa, Douglas, Downs, Felcli, Foote, Fremont, Gwin, Houston, Hunter, Jones, King. Morton, Norris, Pratt, Rutk, Sebastian, Shields, Smith, Soule, Bpruance, Sturgeon, Turney, Underwood, Wales, Whit comb. Yuiee—4l. The bill was postponed and the Senate went in'o Executive session, and afterwards ad journed. House* The House met at 11 o’clock. The Journal of yesterday was read and approved. The hill granting land to Illinois, Mississip pi, and Alabama, to aid the construction o! s railroad from Chicago to Mobile, was finally passed and sent to the Senate. Mr. Harris, of Illinois, made a movement to introduce Almon A. Rabbitt as a delegate from Utah ; but, on motion of Mr. Ashauin the whole subject was laid upon the table. On motion of Mr. Bayly, the rules were suspended, aud the House resolved itself into Committee of the Whole, and ent red upon the consideration of the bill providing for if' further execution of the treaty with Meric by making an appropriation of $3 3t>0,000 to pay the instalment due to that government on the 31st May, 1850. Mr. Disney moved an amendment to the bill providing that the payment of the money shall be by and under the direction ofthe Secretary of tho Treasury. Mr. D. alluded to and con detuned some conditional contract which ha 1 I been already made by the Secretary ol Stau I with an English house. He was therefore in favor of fixing the responsibility for the pro per management of the matter upon the Bec I retary of the Treasury, where it would belong This he was anxious for, because undertime administration, the Secretary of State and too Secretary of tho Treasury both attempted to avoid the responsibility. Mr. Bayly spoke an hour in explanation o y the contract mad-* by’he Secretary ol ! ‘ ’’ | which he said vva.* a conditional one, ami I about the best that could be made under aj circumstances. He was, however adverse o |, disturbing the matter, because it was an i ministration measure, and the respou** "jj of the transaction was upon the Presides - his entire cabinet . . g I If the House should interfere by | lvl0 7 []t £ different direction to the matter, the * and his Cabinet would, in some meas» r • | relieved of the responsibility. Ibe , ff would in such case, have o share it ,a^ 4 j fl ! might be the bad management ol t,,e “ He for one, thought it best simply to m^ {io!l j appropriation, and leave the J and to its own responsibility for the good management of the payment to * Mr. Jas G. King of New Jersey e *P‘“ S the financial operation necessary to 1 I i merit of the money to Mexico. Hmre two ways to make the paynien» ■ for the Government to transfer j specie to Mexico, or make a j| with some banker to have the ,B ° n j w . tho city of Mexico, according 1 U nor ofthe treaty on the day it was u u _ showed that the latter mode, was saier government and much the cheapest. ■ The discussion upon percentage -j er tinned by Messrs. Bayly, Jones, Met Vinton, Disney and Carter. e w I Mr, Jones said he intended to 1 ■ amend the amendment by 0 ■ retary ofthe Treasury” and insert tne i ■ dent of the United States,” and thusi le» ■ responsibility with the President in * Secretary of the Treasury, bhouid *»* „*, j ■ ment be adopted it would leave the r ■ bility where the bill now leaves it. ,p- [■ Mr. Carter was opposed to mawm.
