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- , , ■- , —— t - :ir~ ’ x ®). IL .— 1 i.,»t rP I IM::-/ .11- -.1 I Ip --■■ ■«s 3 KIHI 'll - J, >%? sit n> <r-\s™tv or kwhesaw V ATLANT AIfeSTCW ' a 1 * "’*’*** i^i■? ■!. VP ' 11 .- ’ -* —’— ***2 (q*^* ALLEY: Vol. 11. Nelly Gray. There’s a low green valley on the old Ken tucky shore, Where I’ve whiled many happy hours away, A sitting and a singing by the little cottage door, Where lived my darling Nelly Gray. Chorus— Oh Imy poor Nelly Gray, They have taken you away, And I’ll never see my darling any more, I’m sitting by the river, And I’m weeping all the day, For you’ve gone from the Old Kentucky shore. When the moon had climbed the mountain, and the stars were shining too, Then I’d take my darling Nelly Gray, And we’d float down the river in my little bark canoe, While my banjo sweetly I would play. One night I went to see her, but she’s gone, the neighbors say, The white man bought her for his gain. They have taken her to Georgia for to wear her life away, As she toils in the cotton and the cane. My canoe is under water, and my banjo is unstrung, I’m tired of living any more; My eyes shall look downward, and my song shall be unsung, While I stay on the Old Kentucky shore. Mv eyes are getting blinded, and I cannot see my way: Hark! there’s somebody knocking at the door. Oh! I hear the angels calling, and I see my Nelly Gray; Farewell to the Old Kentucky shore. Chorus— Oh! my darling Nelly Gray, Up in heaven there they say, That they’ll never take you from me any more: I’m a coming, coming, coming, As the angels clear the way, Farewell to the Old Kentucky shore. If you want to go to “the centre of the mineral springs region of Georgia” you ought to take the sleeping cars which run from Jacksonville via Al bany, Atlanta and the Western & At lantic Railroad to Dalton, or you can make immediate through connections coming from Charleston or Augusta via Atlanta and the Western & At lantic Railroad to Dalton. The scen ery around Dalton is beautiful and the climate 4 is extremely salubrious. A. humoroug dare-devil—tlie very xxia.xi to suit nay purpose. “SUMMER, VACATION” NUMBER,. “Observation Rock.” On the northwest side of the wes tern crest of Kennesaw Mountain, or Little Kennesaw, as it is generally cal led, is a large rock, which rises very prominently above everything around it. It seems to be not a part of the reg ular formation ; but to rest upon the uneven surface. One standing behind can look under it into the hill country below. This is just slightly down the slope from the backbone of the ridge. It is called “Observation Rock,” be cause, during the battles around Ken nesaw Mountain, the Confederate offi cers were in the habit of going upon the top of it, and, with spy-glasses, ob serving the Federal movements below. On the day of the great battle of Kennesaw Mountain General French, whose division covered the mountain, surveyed the mighty struggle from the top of this rock. It is stated that while he stood looking upon the plain below, observing the blue lines of the advanc ing Federals, and the rising smoke from their batteries and infantry, the Federal shells were flying above and around him on this rock. The view from this elevated perch was a magnificent one. The Confed erate batteries were on the summit of ATLANTA, CA., AUCUST I, 1887. > &-X, OBSERVATION ROCK. the mountain, immediately behind him, and the infantry lines were a few yards below him. “Observation Rock” is worthy the attention of all who go on the summit of Little Kennesaw. Why the Nights at Marietta arc Pleasant. Kennesaw Mountain, less than two miles distant, is about a mile and a half or two miles long, and lies north east and southwest, consequently, on its southern side and western end it is during the entire day absorbing heat from the sun. The massive crags get warm during the day, and at night the entire side of the mountain which has been exposed to the sun is giving offbeat. This produces a vacuum in to which the air flows from the south, thus creating a breeze during every night of the summer. This makes it extremely pleasant at night, and, of course, conduces very greatly to the health of the little “Gem City,” and makes it one of the most desirable points in Georgia for people . wishing to go for health as well as for beauty of location, etc. Dalton is “the jnineral springs cen ter” of Georgia. Bulwer. Cyclorama of Battle of Kenne saw Mountain. Now that cycloramas are the order of the day, we would suggest that there is not anywhere in America a finer sub ject than the battle of Kennesaw Moun tain. The point of vision could be located on the bare rocks on the western end of little Kennesaw, and from this point one can look eastward and see the country skirting the base of the entire mountain. He could see Brush Mountain, across which the line of bat tle came. The eye sweeping north ward would observe the great red banks of the Western <fe Atlantic Railroad, which was Sherman’s line of commu nication to Chattanooga. Further back in the forest, eight miles distant, could lie seen Big Shanty; thence in the distance the Allatoona Mountains would tower up along the horizon. Turning northwestward and west ward, one sees Pine Mountain, where the Bishop-General Polk was killed, and the rolling forest-covered country about New Hope Church. Then west ward, Lost Mountain rising majestical ly above the plain. Sweeping south ward, the eye falls upon the valley of Mud Creek and of Noses Creek, where the Confederate line of battle succes sively ran. On the immediate south, several miles distant, Cheatham’s Hill rises above the plain, and the lines of the most desperate fighting of the day ex tended from Cheatham’s Hill north ward to Kennesaw, and thence around the sides of Little Kennesaw, which would be at ouc’s feet, as it were. This would be a grand subject for a cyclorama, and we have no doubt but that some shrewd artist will avail him self of it. Go to Catoosa Springs and spend the summer. There is a greater va riety of mineral water immediately there than anywhere else, and there are lots of pleasant people to get ac quainted with. Through sleeping cars from Jacksonville via Albany, Macon, Atlanta, and the W. & A. R. R., to Catoosa. in-.--- " The Kennesaw Route always ahead. > • 1 . • ‘ * NO. 15.