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From tho August* CbromvU. .Hr. Editor : Ii tells well, lor the gene ral t«»fe of .ill civilized communities, ih.> Nature’s sublimes! scenes of mountain an flood, and the picturesque regions of fertile Held and native forest, are made the rein mg places of those, who, though votaries 01 fashion, and courtiers at the throne of taste, y«t rejoicingly seek 10 exchange, for a sea son, the artificial gaie y and display of city life, for the not less h irrnoni ius sights and sounds of the country—sum hearts admire, while they confess with Southut, ** Th« troic* which through the ringing foreil flotl#, fa one, which haviNg n»Vr been taught thft skill Os marshalling sweet loondt to • waiter ootai, Utters sll unpramadiUta, it will. Ihe citizens of Georgia have reason to he proud and happy, that their own State possesses scenery not >nferior in interest to that of any land under Heaven—indeed, where is there, on sarth, a grouping ol such varied interest as is found in the county of Habersham. These remarks have boen en gendered, Mr. Editor, by the consideration of how many of our citizens, overlooking their own State, annually wend their way 1 to the North—to Ballston & Niagara—as if a retreat, during the rummer months, could net be obtained, short of those places, and the cost of reaching them. They are mis taken, and will find sights and sounds of equal romance, by making a visit to (he town of Clarksville.—Parents who would! with to withdraw with their children from thehot city, will ihere find excellent schools,i in which the tender mind may be cultivat ed, while health is invigorated by the moun-i tain breeze, and the spirits refreshed and refined by the peculiar elasticity of the at-j mosphere which belongs to that region thru’l the whole summer, as well as by views of the splendid Panorama of hills and vallies, which nature has there prepared. The in valid will there meet with his best restora tive* ; the man of leisure and of taste, will find there, ample scope for interesting en quiry and adven ure. Many days may be occupied in visiting the numerous places of attractive curiosity wi'h which the neigh borhood abounds. Among these, are the! many valuable mines now wrought with' spirit and to increasing profit. (The specu lative capitalist slum cl go of course.) A ride to Mount Vonah, a beautiful emi nence about 10 miles from the village, fi’ts up a (lay of pleasure ; from this, the loftiest point of the Blue Bulge, which, in tran-j sccndant loveliness, guns in the landscape! at the horison, (is seen from the town) fori two thirds its range. The visiter, looking beyond the vain colored clouds which float below him, or hang upon the sides ol (he Mountain, descries the spire of Clarksville Church, its tinned belfry glittering in the sunbeams, and the neat house* of the vil- 1 lage, with great distinctness. In other di rections Ins eye fall* upon primitive luresfs and winding rivers, extensive and finely cultivated plantations, and a green paradise of almost endless variety of elevation. Thu next day tho horses may be ordered for a visit to the Fills of Tallulah. These " hi'hertu unsung” Cataracts deserve to be commemorated n* among the very grande** in America. No visiter returns from their survey without thrilling recollection of their awful sublimity, and astonishment that he! has not heietnfure heard more of them. Their voice spoke to the soul of the savage, ami the sight of the tremendous rocky gorge through which the waters tumble in succes sive heaps, filled his untaught mind with affright, ami he rightly named them Tallu lah, or the Terrible Fite road from Clarksville to the Falls is good, it winds over hill and valley, & thro’! ravines of continued beauty. At various j elevations in its course, commanding views' may bu had of the country below, and of, the remote mountains of South Carolina. I Arrived av the mint at which the traveller! leaves his c mveyance, he finds himself at; the edg- ol a nearly perpendicular preci . piee of ab mt 1300 feet—below in tho rocky chasm, foams and dashes the river, just es caped from the falls, and the visiters with! fuming ight, turns to retrace the course of. (he troubled stream, till he is led to the! great pan of the fall?, about a quar'er of * mile abive. Grandeur increases upon him a* he advances, and the roar id the torrent reaches his ear in deeper tone*. At length from a point called pulpit rock, his eye takes in the whole line ol the falls, retrac ing to the furtherest and smallest pitch, down its several descents, till it rests upon the mighty one beneath him, at a depth of loUl) feet, from where lie stands ; this larg est pitch is of shout 00 lee', broken mid way by jutting rocks, and throwing up its streamers ot spray into the sunbeams, to be there refracted into brilliant rainbows, which are the more striking, from their con trast with the dark and rocky ramparts that overhang and coniine the stream. After a lull survey from this station, die visiter should descend to the level of the great tall, this is a work of pleasurable toil, but when accomplished, all trouble is amp y compensated by the accumulation of ma jesty with which he is brought into imme diate vicinity ; led so near to the dreadful bnnk over which the torrent is rapidly hur rying his senses are swallowed up in sound and sight ; and caution should be used, lest the foot slip on tha wet snd moss, covered stones which it has gamed. An upward look now is vsry fine, the towering rocks through which the cataract is rushing, are so regularly piled in places, as to induce the laucy that it is li.e work of giant ma smry. The tall trees, growing from ihrii crevices, look like pendulous shrubs, at - snsh a hslg'it; and the tranquil blue o Heaven above sll, and the white frothinj v,iters beneath, compel the mind of the ob ■ orver to an appreciation of the hannon' nd discord, the serene, and the terrific o at ure. This very unworthy sketch of some n op most remarkable scenery in our lain! ' '«» been drawn wi'h a h isty pen, it is to In hoped, that its claims to attention will b noticed in future, by those better able n portray its charms, and as able to enjoy then ' j a * the present write. The accommodation* ifor travellers are to b>* greatly increases [this season at Clarksville, and svery com (fort will be found there ; a stage now runs jWeekly to and from the village, and even , thing tends to make it for the future a sash , iorisble resort—indeed, the Greenville ol Jour State. PHILO GEORQICUS. i luuuV Lottery. The following are the provisions of the Land Lottery act, as amended at the last ses sion of the Legislature : , Every male white person, of eighteen years ot age, ami upwards, being a citizen ol the United States, and an inhabitant with in the organized limits of this State three year* immediately preceding the Ist of Jan uary, 1832, including such men av have been absent on lawful business shall be entitled to one draw. Every deaf and dumb or blind person of dike residence, who has not drawn a lot of land in a former lottery, shall have one draw unless provided for by this act, as an orphan. Every male person of like description, having a wife or legitimate male child or children, under eighteen years of age or un married female children, resident as afore said, or who were born end have ever since resided in this St.t e, shall have two draws, and no person shall be entitled to a draw or draw* who has a family residing out of this Slate, or whose family has not resided in this State for three years as aforesaid, pro vided said applicant for a draw or draws has (had a family so long, aid excepting officers of the army or navy of the United States, juid oilier* in the employment of the United Slates, who mij be under the other provis ions of lliis act be entitled to a draw ordraws. All widows with like residence shall be entitled to one draw, and wife and children in tins State of persons who have been ab sent from the State three years, shall be on the same footing as to draws, as if the said husband was dead, and the title to such lots as said females or children may draw be vested permanently in them as though they were widows and orphans. AH families of orphans, resident as afore said, or who have resided in thisS'ate from their birth, under the age «f eighteen years, except such as may bi entitled in their own right to a draw or draws, whose father is I‘id, shvll have me draw. All families c‘«f orphans consisting of more than Iwo shall have two draws; but if not exceeding two, then such orphan or orphans shall be entitled to one draw, to be given in, in the county and district where the eldest of said orphans, or where the guardian ol the eldest resides, and if such orphan or or phans have no guardian, then by tho mother or next friend. All widows of like residence, whose has binds were killed or died in tho service of their country, cr on their return march in the late wars with Great Britain, or the In dians, shall he entitled to a draw, .exclusive ol that otherwise allowed to widows by this act. All orphan* whose father was killed m ■died in the service of their country, or on 'their return march in the late war* against ;Great Britain or the Indians, shall he eniit led to a draw, exclusive of that otherwise tallowed by this act to orphans, and no or Iphatl or family of orphans shall be excluded from a draw or draw*, by reason of such or 'plun or family of orpnans, having hem ra-- ried beyond die limits of this State, provid ed they have returned and are now inhabi tants of this State. ! And all and every unmarried female over | the age of eighteen years; whose lather wav killed or died as aforesaid, shall have one! dr,*w. And all persons who served in the Indi an wars f »>m one thousand seven hundred and eighty-four to one thousand seven hun dred and ninety seven or any part thereof as soldiers of this S ate, being at that time r residents of the same, and at this time citi zens thereof, tlia I be entitled to one draw leach as such ; and the widow of such per i son shall be entitled to one draw as such ; f'and 'he orphan or orphans of such person ,'shall be entitled to one draw as such, in jsddition to the draws to which they may be ([entitled under the other provision of this s| act. Provided. such person is not entitled i under this act to an extra draw as a revolu titiunary soldier; or as the widow of a revo t lutionary soldier, and Provided, also, that y such person did not at any time dining the - revolutionary war, take protection under • the British or Tories ; Provided, that noth il mg herein contained, shall be so construed ■ is to entitle any person or persons to a J draw or draws in tho present contemplated .I Land Lottery, who may have been fortun it ate drawers in any previous land lottery J except such persons as have drawn land ai s one of a family of orphans, and who huvt e arrived at the age of eighteen yeats, bu el such person shall be entitled to otic draw - and the remainder of such family of or rlplians shall be entitled to one draw, & ex il'eepl persons who may have drawn land, m us soldiers who served a tour of duty under % he authority of this S'ate, or the'United }- States; And Provided, that ail widows of y revolutionary soldiers shall have one draw id in addition to those already contemplated by this act; and (hat all revolutionary sol at dierg, who were not forluoa'e drawer* as 1. revolutionary soldiers, in any of the former >c land lotteries, shall be en : itled to 'wo draws i os revolu'ionary soldiers ; Provided, that " the citizens of this S ate who come under n 'he provisions of this act, as above content i* 'plated, and who volunteered or were legal d|ly drafted in the late war against Great Bri l' tain, or the Indians, and reluscd to serve a is tour of duty, either in person or by subsli V tute, or who may have deserted from the i- service of this State, or of the U S ates, >f t alia 11 not be entitled to the provisions of this act, as above contemplated, nor any of those who illegally avoided a draft by removal or otherwise; and no person or persons who j have removed from the organized limi's of 'the State, for the purpose ol "voiding the daws of this State, or have absconded Tor • debt, shall be entitled to no draw or draws 1 under this act ; and in case land is drawn ' by minors the grant shall issue accordingly, ' upon payment of the usual fees. e : And every citizen of this Stale, who serv ed a tour of duty under the authority of this | Slate, or of the United States, of two months • or mors in the militia of this State, during the late war against the British or Indians, [ shall be entitled to one extra darw; Provid • td. they have not drawn land on account of i said service in any former lottery; and pro -1 vided, that when such service has been ren dered by a substitute, the pers >n employing i such substitute, shall beentitled to the draw, and not the substitute, and they shall take the following oath. Ido swear (or affirm) ■ ithat I am a citizen of this State, and that I. 1 served a tour ol duty in the militia of (his ■ State of tw » months or more in the late war against the British or Indians in person or *,by substrate.* ( 1 All persons whoss names appear on the books of the Surveyor General’s office as ' having drawn a lot of land in any of the ' lotteries heretofore drawn in this State, and j • have not drawn any other lot, and whose j name does nut appear to said lot in the Exe-• ■Totivc office, but appears on the books m the' • Executive office to have been drawn by some pother person, shall be entitled to the pro-| visions of this act; Provided, that nothing! ■jherein contained, shall ft*, so construed as to j •jexclude those who have hereto fore drawn ‘ only as soldiers, revolutionary soldiers, 1 widows of revolutionary soldieis, from aj draw or draws that they any be entitled to, as citizens. . THE GOLD LOTTERY. i 1 The foliowi; gis the description, qualifi- 1 cation, Sic. of persons entitled to draws in 1 lit* Gold Region lottery, to wit-every ‘ 1 while male person of the age of eighteen * years and upwards, being a citizen of the * United States and an inhabitant within the * organized limits of this State three years,| 4 1 immediately preceding the Ist day of Jan. 1 * i 183 d including such as shall be absent otij ( Uwiu business, shall be entitled to one ’ ' draw, but no person shall be entitled to a 1 draw under this ac, who has a family re- * 1 siding nut of this State, or whose family ' not resided in this S ate for three year 6 1 as aforesaid, except officers in the army or 1 navy of the Uni led States, provided said 1 person has hid a funity » i long. A : 1 widows with like besidenee shall be f en'iilrd to one draw. 1 Ad families of orphan* of like residence ' •xc.ep such as in <y be entitled to their own 1 tg'ti shall hive one draw. J And all heads of families one addition- ’ l ai draw in consideration of dteir families. j Aid (he person or persons taking in nim -s as aforesaid, shall administer to ail 1 applicants for draws under this act, other 1 than widows, guardians or next friend of ■ orphans, the following oath, viz: * I do solemnly swear (or affi'm.) that I . ■ am acitii n of the United Slates, and have • ■ resided in this State for three years immedi- f ately preceding the Ist day of January, 1 ■ 1834, except absent on lawful business, and s ijatn an inhabitant of the same, that lam 12 •eighteen years of age, that I have not given; B in my name for any draw in the present * contemplated land lottery of the G dd region ! I I in any other part of the State,and that I did. 1 not direc'ly or indirectly evade the service' F of (his State or the United Stales in the Re-j 1 : volutionary war, or in the late wars against, 1 Great Britain or the Indians, so help me r God.’ And the following oath shall be adminis- 1 ; tered to all widows : 11 Tdo solemnly (or affirm,) that lam 1 j a widow, that 1 have resided in this State 1 is three years, immediately preceding the Ist 1 s day of January, 1832, except absent on law- I lul business, and am now a resident of this - district, that I have not given in my name - ifor any draw in the present contemplated bland lottery of tho Gold region, in any other e part of the State, so help me God.’ r And all gnardians, or next friends of .- orphans, shall take the following oath s d Ido swear (or affirm,) that the orphan or a family of orphans, whom I return, is or are cl 'entitled to a draw under this act to the best i- of my knowledge so help me God,’ and the r, persons authorized to take in the names of is those who are entitled to a draw under this c act, shall receive twenty five cent* from it euch applicant lor each draw, and the fol j, lowing oath shall be administered to alt •- heads of families. I A. B. do solemnly swear that I am a is married man,with a family, so help me God. r tun tin •<«*(!* Jttintl. i Owe UaVTfctaVtj. y We are much gratified to have it in oui power to say to the people of Georgia, tha out University is rapidly rising in reputa 'ion and usefulness. The late appropiia tiong by the legislature have enabled tht s Trustees to bring about this most auspici i "U* result. The following special informa lion on the subject will, we are quite sure be received by our readeis witli much plea sure: Extract nf a titter dated Athena, 14 th Fei. 1832. k “ Our new professors have arrived Or. Waul, is highly intelligent, doubtless well for hi* station—seems to be a de votee nl science—and ha* already rambled ’ over the hills and vales, of this neighbor , hood. He sat up the whole night in the last cold weather, to keep his plants alive, J measuring the degree of cold in his room C (which is now his green-house) by his ther | iinmneier. Dr. Lehman is a fine looking German, modest in manners, very intciligem, and speaks English correctly. I like him very much. ! Professor Olin gives quite an increased interest to the Belles Letter* department, by his peculiar and superior mode of lec turing. —The College ought now to do we!!. The public has a right *o expect it.” So much for the New Professors. At| the last meeting of the Trustees# rasolu-l tion was passed, requesting the Senates A- 1 cademicus to appoint, annually, a Board of Visitors consisting nf fifteen gentlemen re-1 siding in different part* of the State, to at tend the examinations preceding the annual' commencement. Accordingly the Seoatus' Academicus empowered the Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, to appoint the Board, In the exercise of this power, v/e under stand the following gentlemen have been appointed to attend at A'hens in July next: Col. G. Andrews, of Washington, j Thos. U. P, Charlton, Esq. Savannah, I J. H. Coupkr, Esq. St. Simone, Col. Wm. Cummino, Augusta. Rev. J. A. Few, Columbus. ; Doct. Wm Green, Milledgevillt. R. VV, Had ehsham. Eoq. Savannah , D iet. S. Harlow, Waunesborough, I Doct. H. JACKSON. Athene A. B. Lonostueet, Esq. Augusta. j Rev. Wm. McWheur. Liberty Co, C. J. McDonald, Esq. Macon. i Rev. O. Smith, Poiveltun. • Rev. A. Sherwood. Eatonton. j Col, J. C. Terrell, Carnesville. From the high character of these gentle jineu, and their known devotion to the ad vancement ol Education, and indeed of eve ry thing tending to the elevation, and a duinment of society, we are led to expect the best consequences, from their action as a Board of Visitors. Their reports will give to the Public important information and tend to awaken throughout the state in terest fur education which lie* at the foun dation of all our hopes. It is important that in the outset there should be a full at tendance ; and hence we trust that every one of the Board, who can possibly attend: will do so even at the risk of some person-• at sacrifice. t D»t*ga‘e» to the. Baltimore Convtnlion,-~\ On Thursday February 33, about 13 o’clock 1 a political meeting was held in Weshington, in the C mn House, according to notiee, for 'he purpose of appointing delegates to attend the Convention which is to be held at Balti more in M iv next, for the purpose of oom-; inating a Vice President, Mr. SAMUEL' BARNETT was called to the Chair, and; Major William W Smith, appointed Sec retary, when the following resolutions werel introduced and supported by Capt. David P Hill house* They pissed without it dis senting voice. Resolved. In the opinion of this meeting, it is essential to the preservation of great political rights, to the several members of this confederacy, that Gen. Andrew Jack son be re-elected President of the United States, and that some competent citizen be selected by the great republican party at- ! tached to Gen. Jackson’s administration, to b" supported by that party for Vice Presi dent of the United States. Resolved, That we support the purpose of i the Convention proposed to be held at Bal timore, in May next —ami that the Hin G. M. Troup, J. Forsyth, R, H- Wilde, W. • Thompson, J. M. Wayne, T. F. F 'Ster, H.' G. Lamar, D. Newnan, and A S. Clayton, Senators and Representatives from Georgia, in Congress, be requested to represent the interests and opinions of this meeting in the said Convention—and in that body to unite with the republican party of the union, in selecting a candidate for the Vice Presi dency of the United States. Resolved, That & copy of these resolu tions, signed by the Chairman and Secre tary, be transmitted to the delegates named in the. precedidg resolution. | Res >lved, That the proceedings of this! meeting be published in the “Washington! •News,” and sueh other papers in the,State 1 as may entertain the propriety of the object. [Washington News. Among the names of those, who have at tempted to embarrass and mortify the Pre sident, and disgrace Mr, Van Buren, we find the name of the Hon. Gabriel Moore, j at which we are not at all surprised. We! i are frequently asked, “ What da you think .of Senator Moore I” Our ans wer is, that think of him just a* we did before he was made Senator. We leit assured that, though Governor Moore had been support* t ed tor various t dices, almost exclusively on tlie ground of h;s devotion to the Dirnocra ( tic party, he would apostatize, the rei} Tunl e fair rpporlunity tha' ptesenied itself, lie ( is now toni d fighting under the banner of Mr. Calhoun, against the man, whom Gov. t Moore knows to be, first in the hearts of his constituents. We predict that his Ex cellency will never, no never, again be a candidate for any i ffice in this Siate, Go vernor Moore could not have been niistak lj en about the will of those whom he n pre sented. He knows well enough that il his jlate conduct could have been foreseen or '(even suspected by the Alabama Legisla ture, he would not have gotten half a do zen voles. Huntsville Democrat. 1 We were, on Saturday last, politely shown by Major Heath, of Baltimore, wio has lately re urned from the Gold Region, J various sperimens in his possession, of tha lores which abound in a certain portion of uur '(State —such a* iron ore, block tin, silver I lore, gold taken from a branch, that taken .from a deposit, also that in quartz. These | specimens, together with other information which we have obtained from those who have visited the same section, corroborate the statements which have been made as to the value of the lands in this particular part of ithe State. We believe that Georgia, as to , her prolific soil, surpasses any other in the Union, and it may be well for os to say, that this opinion is not based upon rumor, ibut upon those facts of evidence which can- Ifiot be contradicted. With regard to Maj. | Heath, we understand that, he holds a large portion of land which contains the orea a* bove mentioned. He leaves this in a few days for Baltimore. He is full deserving his possessions, as he has been unceasing »a his efforts, and at to trivial expense to find out tha value of lands—for his labor, he> 'doubtless will be handsomely repaid, i In furtherance of our remarks, w« ex tract the following (<*n the same subject,} from the IFashington News of the 25m ult. “ We have lately had the pleasure of ex amining many curious and interesting me talic and mineral specimens from the mine* of Habersham and its neighborhood. Iron ore from a very extensive mine, near Clarks ville was exhtb'ed. A fouudery is there established, which if supported by capital. Would yield it is thought an abundant sup ply of Iron for almost any demand. A yel low sand, was also am mg the collection, taken from a very large bank, which ignites upon the application of fire, with a Okie flame, and the sudden explosion of powder, ft is doubtless, from its smell when burn ing. a sulphurous mineral, which might be applied by chemical process, to v<*ry useful purposes. Dmck tin is also f mod in great quantities in those regions. The silver ore was a fair specimen, and f otn the ahum dance proves the riches of the mine from which it was taken. But the “ Gold blos soms” us course attracted our attention moat. They were varieus. Generally speak ling, the pure white ehrystal and the yellow quartz-—in which the gold is most frequent ly imbibed ; are considered the surest teste ■for a gold mine. ; " These specimens were exhibited bf |Msy Heath from Baltimore who has late ;'.T explored the gold region. His state ments corroborate the reports md specula tions of many who have turned their at tention to this subject. Frem him we learn that the Habersham mines are immensely valuable—and he doubts not that the mines (of Cherokee Country will be found, on far ther elimination, rich almost beyond calcu lation—not only in the precious metals, bat |io tha various mineral and curiosities of the m >st choice cabinet. j ** It is not to excite speculating avarice ■to adventure that we have given this sta tistic. Hut, by inference to draw the atten tion of the public to a far more noble and interesting branch of the subject.” [San. Republican. •fiutfdote. —The following anecdote is (found in an ancient History of Connecticut.- ISoou after the settlement of the town of N. Haven, a number of persons went over to what is now the town of Milford, where find ing the soil very good, they were desirous to (effect a settlement; but the premises were in (the peaceable possession of the Indians, and Isome conscientious scruples arose as to tha [propriety of deposing and expelling them. To test the case a church meeting was call ed, and the matter determined by sacred vote of that sacred body. After several speeches had been made in relation to tha subject, they proceeded to pass votes ; the ,first was as follows—" Voted, that the earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof.” This passed in the affirmative, with grest unanimity. ®d. “Voted, that the earth is given to the saints ” This was also deter mined like the former—hem. con. 3d. "Tot ed, we are the saints;” which, passing with out,a dissenting voice,,the title was consider ed indisputable, and the Indians wore soon (compelled to evacuate the place, and relin quish the possession to the rightful owners . —[Trumpet and Magazine, Scarlet Fever, The Delaware Gazette ■ of the 28th ult. says;—" The Scarlet Fe ver is raging to a great extent iu this sec > tion of our State, Numerous deaths occur ~almost daily, the principal pari of which are ('children. In some cases two or thiee have ; been lying dead in the same house at «o« . hme.”