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Iut the saddle on the right hone. I .1 - The National Intelligencer of Friday, io an article embracing more'figtlresnhan we have room to copy,- accounts very Batisrac- Jorily for the necessity which has induced f Mr. Fillmore, Chairman of the Committee .v of Ways and-jLIeans, to ask for a re-issuo " orTrcasuryiotca to meet the present cur rent demands 60, the public fisguc. : The Whig Administration btid not been many weeks in beingsbeforo it was disco, vcred that tho state optbe Treasury was such, that, without an cxtrascsslon of Con gross bein held to provide for lljo existing deficiency mils resources, the Government could not get along.. On the meeting of uoogrcsa at the lxtra cession, it oppcaroq by the Report of Mr. Secretary Jiwing, that the expenditures of the Government liad, during the Tour years of the preceding Administration, been pushed beyond tho revenue to the enormous amount of thirty ,tho very large surplus of money in tho . Treasury on the 1st of January, 1837, but : to leave the Treasury on tho 4th of March, 1841 , when the Whig Administration came into power, ' exhausted of its means, and subject to-hcavyan4 immediate Jiabilitiea. To meet tho aggregate of debt and de ficit to be provided for in this and the com ing yearrof more than twelvcmillions of dollars, "it bocamO the duty oljhe becrc - tary of the Treasury to recommend to Congress the raising of as much money as would be necessary, independently!' the . current revenue, to meet the engagements .- of the Government within tho last year and the early part of this. For that purposche advised a loan to the necessary amount preferring, wherever practicable, for unan swcrable reasons, that modo of providing for a deficiency jnJho revenue to any rother," ; But, on the suggestion of Gov. Gilmer (we believe,) "Congress substituted their own wiaJoin lor mo secretary s sugges. tions os to tho terms of the loan, and, limi ting the amount of it to twelve millions of dollars, contracted tho time of its duration v to three years, instead of the term of from five to eight years which the Secretary mougnt waura Dcsnon erceugit rartiw jwriou of the loan."" ' ...The consequence is known there was a deficiency on the 1st of January of more than $000,000 not' even enough to pay the babblers who arc daily wasting both the time and money of tho nation and nothing for the honest creditors of the government. Thus Loco Foco extravagance in the first place, and Abstractionism in the jfecofid, have left tho Treasury in a state of absolute bankruptcy. Will tho people note these facts? Will they not rally again, and once mora mitlha nuLIIc helmevea.Ot AfiC-CDit of threo years) in honest hands ? Jf'wo have not incurred tho displeasure of Hea. ven, we can rcscuo the country from the hands of imbeciles, as we onco did from the clutches of corruptionists and plunderers. Every man of true principles and sound heart will stand up for the right, though tho day of redemption bedistant. Virehiia Free 'Press Who ask to dissolve the Union? Who signed the petition? .- Mr. Arnold of Tennessee, in his speech upon the petition' presented by Mr. Adam3, ctatcs the following fact.. Hold those re sponsible that signed the petition not him who presents it. A representative is always etitucnts, whether ho agrco with them or not. Mr. Arnold says : Now there was a little fact which had come to his knowledge, and which he wanted to state. He was told that the leading man among the signers of thai ireasonaote pciiuuu wus uiiiisiu u niuutm Locofoco, a von lSuren man who ran on the Locofoco ticket ns a candidate for the Senate of Massachusetts. Tho man was a lisunionist. and that vcrv fact probably had constituted one of tho . reasons why the Vhigs refused io receive him. This fact showed the villany of the farce which it was here attempted to play. Who were the . men that were thirstinsr for the blood of the rcntlcman from Massachusetts, and crying j j ' j Irolitical associates of tke very man who leaded this Y)cliiion. Who was he? His name was Nathan Webster J no relation of Daniel, although bs to Daniel himself Mr. A. did not know exactly how he was now finirin?T beforc-tho nation. lie nreatlv feared that he would turn out a real New Hampshire man, and that was but another name for a man who loved oflico more than his country. . Daniel, however, had at least this nratse. that ho had never set himself ' I k . U 1 ImAn A ml nAUl IL'nfll UM WO House , going 10 uui m (juuiau hk rnni!nmait-Crotn-JUassachusetts for nrcsent- , ' j. n ii, ins hero a petition which their own noliti. calfrionds had iont lmn. Was t'.iis a proof ihnt n urnntorl lhn IInianuiualvrd(! , Jf it proved any thing, it proved that tho politi. cal friends tf centlcmcn here were ene. mJcs of the Union. All the member from "Massachusetts desired was to have an op .j)Ortuoity of replying to these petitioners, .and, U m once goi mm opponumij, ir, 'Aunold would becomo security that Mr. tiathaa Webster would never send another uch petition here. . Mabtlahb. From tha seat of Govern men: of this State, we he ve information jthat the House of Delegates has rejected, by a rote of 50 to.13, a motion to repeal the Direct Tax Act. In thU decision , the popular branch, of the Legislature has acted honestly and wisely. ' In tho Senate of the same State, 00 Toes ,day, a vote was taken which settles deft, nitely the question of tho resumption of Jpccie payments by the banks of the State. By a vote of 1? ta 5, the Senate resolved iKo0 ,!U nrrnx in nn cnrUi'r ikiV than. LiltAk II.J 13 . - j ho first of August next, except for a par- tial resampuon on sraau noies, so guarueu u pfbtect tfie banks from large demands for specie Not. Int. i Savaxhah, Feb 0; 1843 VfrotuSt. Augustine. ' Tbo steamer Gen. Clinch. Cant, Brooks has arrived from tho St, John's, E, F We are indebted to the editor of the St. Augus tine XMewa for an extra, forwarded via. I'i cola ta, from that office, in advance of the publication of that paper. The intelli gence forwarded by him confirms what we publised in the Georgian on the 2d inst. Important mow Tampa Bey. We learn from a correct source, that Co' Worth, immediately aAer the escape Tigertail, despatched a command of Dra goons to the Withlacoochce where the Tallahassces, under Nca.Thlucko.E-Malh. la had been previously sent in pusuit of some 'straggling Creek and other Indians for the purpose of counteracting any de. fection in that band, which the escape of Algerian might possibly induce, with orders to scize,Tfnecessary; and bring tho whole into TampaX, W liich order was promptly and successfully" executed ; and the 27 warriors composing tho band, arrived at iampa on the 27ih ult. and were immedi atcly put on ship boardfyr their voyage to inciar west. Mho Unicrv rea-ihlucko tj-Mathla, we are informed, has acted thronghour1nperfecroodTaTlh : thougl some of his subordinates havo manifested a disposition to play false. HKiRMisnOn the "2Sihuit."" 'ricar '"Hie Haw Creeks, Major Plympson camo upon a party o! Indians. - 1 ho Indians had the first tire, and one man was killed and two wounded. -Tho fire was returned by the whites, and they succeeded in capturing two Indians, one ot whom being wounded has since died. Major Prand s command being out of provisions, ns they had been out some time scouting, returned to Pilat ka; when Lieut. Wcssclls, in command of company 11. 2d Infantry, immediately went in pursuit of the Indians. lhe steamer C. Downing, Capt. Pitch- or, arrived here on Thursday last from Gjuilicru Fosis. We learn thut tho ttoa mcr Cincinnati, had left Fort Luaderdalc for Tampa Bay, with Company 3 J Artillc ry, commanded by (Japt. Burke, together with sixtv.five Indians. These aro the ndians captured some time since by Cant. Savannah, Ffb. 10, 1842 Later from Florida. By the arrival of the U. S. stsamer New. bcrn. CaDt. McJNuIty, we havo advices from tho scat of War of a luter date than appeared in our columns this morning. We Icarn from a correspondent that on tho 'id 1 nst. the garrison at Fort Mellon 11 .1 were surprised oy inq suauen appearance at the gates ot two warriors in rich costume, bearing a flag of truce. 1 hey were adorn ed withilvcEbrochcs, rich leggings, and the turban r of each was surmounted by the dark and drooping feathers of tho ostrich. Thcro being no interpreter 'at the Post, none could tell from whenco they come. or what was their business. Tiey were placeJ under, guard and express immedi. atcly starfedto Pilatka for an interpreter. Much gossip is'afloat concerning the object . f--. r' v .- c 1 J 01 incir mission oumc suppose 111cm 10 be spic from tho band of I Id lock Tustc nuggee, recently routed by Major Plymp. ton, whilo others imagine them to bo a de. legation from some band, desirous of par taking of the hospitalities of" Fort Mellon, i. c. " ration for lioself and family." Bo it os it may, they appear in any thing but a sufToringconditionjlhe pouch of one of them in lieu of game, wus filled with silver dul Ta rs , ancTThygcheraT appea ra hco'of bijtir was indicative rather of tho pride of tho conqueror than the humiliation of the pur- sued. Wo also learn that a friendly band of In dians which was mounted by order of Col. Worth, and which ubsentcd itself from lamprBuJTXrilto sued by Capt. U winn, ot the inn., come up with, dismounted, disarmed, and returned back sans ceremonie to Tampa. The Creeks iiavcnat camainaceordiug la pro. misc, and a'ro considered decidedly hos. tile. . Correspondence of tho Savannah Republican. Pilatka, Feb. 4, 1842. Tho steamer Gen. Taylor has just ar rived from Fort Mellon, to which post she departed yesterday, and with a detachment of troops, under command ot Lit. Murray, to reinforce tho garrison. The two Indi ans who came in under a whito flag at Fort Mellon, have confessed that the par ty 13 concealed on tho Ahapopka, about 27 miles from Fort Mellon. The command at Fort Mellon . 'with tho exception ofa guard left to protect the Post, was to march this day, under the guidance of one of tho Indians, who savsdiejs a cousin to Wild CaTTCCoacoochccjlo attack the band. hostili ITfcxico and Texas. . Notwiilistanding the apprehensive tone pf the following article from one of our latest New Orleans papers, we are slow to believe that Mexico will persist in carrying war into lexas: From the Acic Orleant Bulletin, January 29. The militory preparations that are re ported to be going forward in Ttxas show that credit is there given to the rumors re specting another Mexican invasion. The grounds for tho apprehension are indeed strong enough to justify the precaution, which should ever be excited, to prevent surprise trom on enemy,. it is true that extraordinary efforts are now making in Mexico to create a navy, and to strentghen tho. military establishment The fact is notorious that several vessels of war, with in tho month past, have been sent from the United States for the use of tliat Govern ment, and information is received trom sources entitled to credit that two steam. ships of formidable equipments are daily expected from England. On the land the warlike preparation has advancea on a suu grander scale. Report mentions thirty thousand men, well organized sod disci lined, filling the ranks of tho regular army. To jaisc o,large a force by . sea and, land , must .have required a pradigioui.efLrt on the part of a country impoverished and ex hausted, by many years of intestine commo tion, as Mexico baa peen..( Neither could any motive but tho strong one oif ambition or revenge have prompted the movement With facts like theso before us.- nn doubt can be entertained as to what is the inten tion of the unusual armament. At the same time, the ability of Santa Anna io carry the scheme into effect may be very much ques. tioned. 1 ranquilhty is not yet restored to wexico. 1 ncro aro revouea otatcs to do facUons Io be put down.dT!rS ment settled into permanence and stability, In tho present distractod condilidn of Mex. ico, her Dictator cannot be guilty of the folly of marching oQ her army on a rempte cxpedition to punish a forcignjncmy 1 1 1 Mississippi Penitentiary. -The-editor-of-lie-Vk)kburg Wmg-4ias taken a peep into tho Mississippi Penitcn. tiarv. What ho saw thce, and what he thought of it, is thus told. IIr. jr. Review. We paid a visit to the penitentiary a few days since, and found a very interesting body-ofrasail3ncarcmlcd-iulbia.it3 walls. Ihev number now about forty. three, and are engaged in various avoca- lions. Some arc making shocs,somo ham- mcring iron, some making wagons, seve. ral spinning, and one distinguished function. ofy is engaged very earnestly in weaving. This latter interesting individual i9 no less a personage than Mr. Jslin Tothill, for. mcriy eaitor 01 me nney woocis rianter, one ot tho most scurrilous and vituperative t f , , , . .. rj,, lie was located at Libcr'.y. Amite county, . wv. . and but for tho misfortune which bofel him, by which he was placed 10 the penitentiary, some jCighf months since, he .would have roved a valuable auxiliary to the Anti- ond nartv during the last memorable con. . . test. Tho people of the Slate may be com- fortcd, however, for although hjs services were lent to tho Anti-Bond party they have yei uuun secured 10 ine oiaie ni large, buu 1 , . .. ? ' j 1 J ,l- c.-." 1 per day of a most excellent article of Lo- well shirtinc. which is certainly worth more mamirlHhaiscrvtces he- ever - rendred - be - tore.- t wouiu oe wcu irot lien 01 me samo kidney were there to keep him com pany,. The Olden Time -Wc take from the History ofSacaand Biddlcford, by Geo. rolsotn, the substance of a few of the ma. ny curious iacts with which that volume abounds : Description of New England by the first Discoverer. 1 ho first discoverer of ower thnn for manyxycars previously. New-England wa-Jartholomcw Gosnold4Trr.-rn.. .i.u EPiu hT-f.aft le landed in 1602, on what he afterwards named Elizabeth Island, nr-ar tlm month nf Buzzards Bay, and which name it bears to this day. Here he built a storehouse nnd fort. lhf rnmnlnq nf wliirh R"ll.nnn I says, may still be seen. Several of the ad- cntnrers published glowing descriptions of UUIlllUlU B1IUIC3. 11 w i. t,uj 1. Ir .1 . . ' J - - 'I VIV WCIIl J'lt'ii over IU II1U iUUVllC, 1 where we stood awhile, as ravished at the beoutie and delicacy of the "sweetness, be- sides divers clear lakes whercrof wo saw iiu trim, unu iiivuuows very liirge nnu i full of green grasses." They affirm that icy sowed seed which in" 14 davssnrunrf p OJnchcsand found " ground nuts as 1 1 pig as eggs, as gooci ns potatoes, ana 41). on a string, not two inches under ground. Public Worship and Grand Jriuks.-- fr0r0uSlvcnforcCdntthiVno.io,n,vthnrml 0 . .'. ... ... ' . . . . utliorities. Travelling on tho r3abbath was punished by a fine of 10 shillings " in. 1 eluding the officer's fees. Nono were ex. ccptcd from tho operation of these Jaws. Lven unifcr the jurisdiction of the Kings commissioners, wo lined Mrs. undgct t Philips sutnetcted to a presentment tiy-the t 1 ... ... t . I grandjury tor absence trom public wor- say the jurymen, " Arthur Beal, for trav ellingfrom his own house upon the Sabbath day about a mile to speak to Job Young to go to sea, next week." Mark Red was lined about the samo time 10s. "for breach of tho Sabbath for going to sea out of tho harbor on tho Lords day where thc ministry was." John Wadlcigh was pre sented for 4 !a 'common sleeper on- the Lord's day at the public meeting." pjjj, offender was discharged with an ndmoni- tion, paying 2s., 6d. to tho recorder. In 1607, Julian Clysc, wifo of John, Clyse, was presented for a talc bcarcss from home j to house, setting djffernces between neigh bors . Onaof JhcLCitizcnawas presented for idleness, nnd the town of Scarborough for not having a minister. Fortune amassed by a mendicaxt. A j late English paper states that an old woman, who has wilhstopd tho cold northern blasts of more than seventy winters, named Mary Horner, emigrated from this town (Knarcs. borough) to America last spring on account of the depressed state of the times. This - circumstance created much surprise among those who "knew her, she to all appearance having to combat against hard fortunein all its hideous forms, invariably living on what she gained by asking charity, and had from time almost immemorial received a small weekly allowance from the neighbor, ing township of Plumpton, where she be longed, and on her departure she was pre. sented with 5 to assist her in her Atlantic expedition. From inteliigcnco lately re. ceived, this trip across the vast ocean seems to have acted powerfully on the system of the old lady, whojs now no longer a beg. gar; for, rmmedjateiy on her arrived in the new world she shook oft the hapless mask of misfortune; purchased a small estate, whereon she erected a comfortable dwell ing, where slio now leads a happy life in the midst of plenty, . from her means drained as charity from a generous and feeling pub lie at Knarcsborbugh . THE MESSENGER. 0. R, M'ANALIY & J. ROBERTS, EDITORS. AS22OT2I&Siia, EST. . I' "day, February Sd, 1 842. u . - Conf rest. e are Borry, truly so, that we cannot give a more favorable report of the doings of Ma Vprv ishIa ltn... r . eral M ha jned, and the prospect 01 a cimnge wr ine ucuer, is ram. cr. dull. A few restless and discontented spirits whoso highest ambition seems to be, ,0 ,)ear thcmseive(, talki ftnd in 80mo wav to gain notoriety, occupy most of tho time greatly to the detriment of tie public inter- est, and no doubt much to the annoyance of those members who are better disposed The fact is, the House of Representatives numbers nearly double the members that it should do in order to have business done with correctness and dispatch. Half the members would do more business do it in shorter time, nnd do it more correctly. The sccncrwrhich have-occasionally- been enacted in the Representative's Hall for the last nine or ten years, ae deeply humilia. ting nnd mortifying to every lover of deccn- Cy und. good order throughout the country. Somelhin2 should be dono to correct such . . n 1 . evi s, dui wnai, we cannot icn. reruups .. .... ... I lesseningtiie ratio ot representation ana con scqucnlly the number of members may do SOmethin!? towards it. but it will not be cf. a fectualy cured until the community gen ..... j L cral,y. ,cnrn to Pnze ,he ,ntcrcs,s nnd cha rater of the country above the advancement I bf party ; until the tone of moral feeling is iAvnt(,(i n thm the nconlc will indignantly ' 0 , .. . , ,f .i 1 hurl from their scats those contcmptablc blustering bullies who have been the princi nal causes of these things. This ought to 1 Redone, -and the soonctllie better Minister to Mexico. Hon. Waddy Thompson of South Carolina, has been op. Pointcd Minister to Mexico. better so- lection could not easily have been made. . : Hard TiMEsi-r-Produce as quoted by the . J different papers, seems to get lower ana lower in nrico. In this section, prices are WSUJ" a 3 " . x . . : T ' V to 75 cents per Dusnci ; now.u ia uu.. ot from 33 to 37 cents. Every species ot country produce is low in proportion Hon. E. II. Foster, has published a long address to the people of Tennessee in which I - , . ry.1 alc 01 6lalc ,n a rouS" manner. 1 ffn.n.un nil . Flti i" .rkiiraA in rprrnnl tn U. S. Senators was a disgrace to the Mate, to tho country, and perfectly at war with tn0 spirit of republican "institutions. L.argcCorn. Cant. George Jones, ot this Capt. George Jones, of this vicinity, 1 ficnt m tho other d.iy, eighteen cars of corn 1 c .u r.. u... .nn in this country. The grains arc large and nvcra(Tinfr about eight hundred to the car, Clgllieen cars we..cu uparu, v, . 1 t. r 1 11 twenty pounas his 01 a large piuw 5p fcica- which we have noticed was cultivated to considerable extent in Tennessee and Vnn.unkv. Th stalk nraduces an unusual J , : . , . 1 J' ' . 1 1 . . A 1 4 I I two weens mier in ine season uiun mwepe. cies generally cultivated in this part of the country. Ul a dry season it succeeds net ter perhaps than almost any other kind ; of a wet season; if 1cing"naWally8oft7ir7ots more than the common corn The magnolia. The January number for 1842 has reach cd us. We have often took occasion to speak favorably of this work, and we are happy to say that every rrumbcr mcrcases our good opinion of it. It is improving continually, both in matter and manner, and we aro truly gratified to learn that the prcscntyolume commcnccsunoei jayoraoie auspices. It ought to succeed it" certainly will succeeds The honor and interest of the south are bound to Sustain its owir lites rary publications. Wo will-chcerfuUy re ccjvc nnd forward the names of any of our , . , .... tBwmflv k ,t;.n . , 7 .... ,usuuaL,,u,( ,v " """i'"" is Jive dollars m aavance. The versity magazine, Published" at Knoxvillc, Tennessee, comes toTus much improved in appearance, and somewhat so in matter. It is conducted by the senior class of the East Tennessee Uni versify. The Dublin University Magazine. The republication of this work has been commenced io the United States the Jan. uary number reached us sometime since. The exec ution of the work docs credit to the American press and the matter is enter, taining and instructive, we think it, how. ever, inferior to the Edinburg and London Reviews. .. .' . . We see it stated that the Court House at Decatur, in DeKalb county , Go., was lately destroyed by firo. -7 Ifewi of the Week. " '' For some time past, a question of vera- city has been between Hon. J. M. Botta of Va'and Hon. A. P. Upsher, the present Secretary of the Navy., The sum and substance of it was, that Mr. Botts charged the Hon. Secretary with "having in days gone by, openly advocated the uncondi. tional dissolution of the Union. Mr. Sec rotary Upsher stoutly denied the charge whereupon Mr. B. threatened him with the proof, and has since adduced it, much, no doubt, to the Secretary's discomforture. Is it not so T A Virginia paper says, that the House of Representatives in Con. gross, has been a scene of bullying, bluster, ing and fighting, ever since . A. Wise, and Jesse A. Bynum, first went there. MoreTrutliThan poetry. ' Pity tut tlTcy were both, with'scveral others, expelled. True Yankee. A woman in New Hampshire who had been badly treated by hef tiushand, one day found him asleep and proceeded quietly to sow him up in the bed, clothes, and while in that defenceless situa; tion, gave him aood sound thrashing. Well Done (?) The Knoxvillo Argus of the 19th January reached us on tho 19th of February. Only one month travelling one hundred ana tea miles ! y The Legislature of Tennessee passed a aw at its last session, establishing a new county to be called Macon. The small pox is said to be in Miilcdgc ville, Ga. A few cases only the last ac. counts. ' The Tennessee Legislature adjourned on the 7th inst. without electing United States Senators. In the closing scene, the Senate passed-a rote-efthankstothe Speaker fw ttw able.impartial nnd dignified manner in which he had presided over their deliberation?. Against this vote some two or three Sjni. tors protested. A resolution passed the House of Repre sentatives of that Slate and passed both branches of the Legislature of Alabama, in favor of tho admission of Texas into this Unions - . Brother Mc ! you of tho South Western Christian Advocate We mean; why do you sutTer your corrcspon dents to steal poetry and impose it on the world as original ? Sec Advocate of Feb. 11th, first article in the poets corner. A monument near Quebec, in Canada, forty feet high, corirtthian order, has lately been erected in commemoration of the great benefit which has resulted 10 that sec. tion of country from the spread of the tern peranco cause. " " I Ex.Senator-Kicli onnesseer was, the last accounts, cn. ing popular lectures on matters and things in general. Tho late scmi-Ccntcnary celebration of thcjjcttjc from tho-aceountsto have been a " splcn did afluir." Tho Post, in concluding the account of the proceedings, asks, " who will remain to tmitc in-such a-celcbration fifty years hence ?" Ah! who? Louis D. Henry, Esq., has accepted the nomination as a candidate foGovcrnor of this State, and signified his acceptance, by a letter which fills nine columnsoia. good, sized newspaper Read attentively the two articles in this paper on the subject of the Public Treasury, one headed " Put the saddle on tho right horse1 and the other Empty Treasury." The arrivals of the Eastern mail at this place arc as irregular as ever. ; " ' Resistance to Legal Authority. A correspondent of the Boston Morr ing Pos gives an account of the successful resistance to tho officers of justice of three", brothers, named John, Samuel and Lorenzo Dow at Salisbury, Mass., on the 22d. It seems the Sheriff attempted to arrest them for naving beaten by force and arms a man who had beaten them in a law suit They sent word that they would not be taken alive. The Sheriff made report, wid was ordered to bring them 'dead or alive.1 With an armed posse he went for them again, but they had fortified the second story of a work-shop, from which they were however dislodged. A general fight ensued ; Sam. ucl was knocked down and captured. The others put the whole party to flight, and are still at large. . Providence and a Policemax The late Rowland Hill understood human nature well. Jlis chapel having been infested with pickpockets, be took occasion to remind the congrcgatton, that there was an all seeing Providence, to whom all hearts are open, and from whom no jccretsare hid; " but lest, -he added, " there be any pre sent who are insensible to such reflections, I beg leave to state that there are also two Bow-strect officers on the look oat" i spent some timo at the Warm Springs in this county, I was more than: usually struck with the grandeur and sublimity that cha racterize its scenery ; and it, is matter of great wonder to me, that some lover of na ture has not considered U a theme from which ample materials could be drawn for rich and interesting speculation. If, there, fore, you should consider the followisg im. perfect description worthy a place in your columns, you are at liberty to publish it, " Warm Springs. The Warm Springs are situated inoncof the western counties of North Carolina, bor. dcriiig upon the line of Tennessee. They are surrounded by mountains of towering grandeur and magnificence, and for beau, ly of scenery and salubrity of clrmatcTcatr not be surpassed by any-other watering place in the United States':' It has been juitlyand vcryjippropriatcJy.saidbxlhc.trflt ellcr, os well assojourncr, that tho Warm Springs present as many seducing enchant ments to the lover of romance nnd of pica, sure, as any spot upon which the mind might wish to dwell. The mountains seem to ri3aiajculaj::radttlioaneobQveiho other, forming as it were, a grand natural amphitheatre, whoso summits,, in almost every course the eye may be directed, may be approched with comparative case ond comfort. From these heights, the most beautiful and picturesque scenery in all its variety, nny bo witnessed and enjoyed, of which nny country can boast beneath the sun. Handsomely cultivated plantations may bo seen in tho distance, interspersed i:....:r..i :....! ,. . 1 1 Mb. Editor: Having recently w an uuuuuiui 1 ivuu:is, 1 uuuuj iiiuivr ouu thither in every direction. At the base of -these mountains, on one side, the French Broad, a bold and rapid stream, winds its way in awful and majestic grandeur over fills and shoals, forming several small cas. cades, and leaving barely a sufficiency of space on its margin, for a turnpike or tho roughfare, which is handsomely improved for the accommodation of tho traveller. Over this stream, and immediately oppo. site the Warm Springs, a substantial and well arranged bridge is thrown, which con. nects the road with this celebrated estab. lishment. The scenery, as you descend tMirsnvam, is ni that vanpgHli-d nnd ri manticcharacter.astoaflbrdacontinunlfcast to the eye now nnd then a huge massjvo rock, several hundred feet in height, ri sing abruptly und perpendicularly, is pre sented suddenly to your view, which, in many places, projects over the road as far ns to hangimpendingly over the head of the traveller, as he passes, in lerrifio and sublime grandeur. Upon the opposite sido of this stream, the Warm Springs aro situated, whose fountains rise up in seve ral boils, immdiately on tho bunk, furnish ing a large body of warm water, which is surrounded by u thick brick wall, laid in Roman1 cement, and which is divided into two apartments by a partition wall of the samo. character over the whole a beau tiful frame building is reared, with several dressing rooms, conveniently fJlQUgh.foj fjjq nccqmmodationof those who bathe -in its waters. Tho tempera ture of tho wutcr is of that degree to bo ex quisitely pleasant and ngrocablo ; and is certainly, the greatest luxury, ono in good health could enjoy ; but more particularly is it grateful to the invalid, as well in a mo dicinnl point of view, ns in that of pleasure. A beautifully undulating plain, running back some distance to the mountains, com- poses tho. f irm attached., to tho Winn Springs, which is a very fine and fertile body of land, upon which, every species of grain may be cultivated necessay to the demand of tho establishment. Through this farm, a beautiful creek passes, which has its rise in the mountains, called Spring Creek, probably 011 occount of confiuenco wrih t lie r 1 ve r i mmeuiately -belo w -thei r fountain heads. This beautiful mountain stream abounds with several scats of water power, well calculated for any, and every' aQrlolmicMncjry, .IheJ"axmi.JbPus')Ji present in a high state of' cultivation, is susceptible of the most-fanciful improve ment, and the highest order of embellish, ment. The buildings are extensive and imposing, covering- a considcraoTcspacr of ground, and composing a great number of.rooms, the principal ono of which, is be tween two and three hundred feet in length, with largo stately columns running tho whole length of tho front. This building and all othrs, together with their appurte nances, arc in neat and tasteful arrange ment ; and as you approach them by a pculiar turn of the road, nil at once, they open your view, and you fancy forhe mo. ment, that you are in the ncignborhood of alagc and flourishing country village. In. deed the grounds about the Warm Springs," could be so handsomely, and beautifully laid otTin walks and rctrcots of every dc. scriplion; and decorted "with flowers and shrubery to such an -extent, as to render it one of the most heartsome and soul cheer-- ing places to the devotee of luxury and ease, that could be well pictured - by the most fruitful fancy. It were useless to attempt a "description of all the natural advantages, as well as susceptibility of embellishment, attendant on, and connected with, the Warm Springs. Suffice it to say, that with proper expendi. turc, controlcdiy a highly cultivated taste, they could be made ono of the most desira. blc places, as a summer retreat, to be found on the face of tho globe. This retreat isr at present, thronged by large crowds of persons every summer, who repair hither for the purpose of using its waters and in-,, haling its pure and wholesome atmosphere, that they may invigorate their constitutions, and resuscitate their spirits, which have 1 been prostrated by the prevailing epidemics, incident to the southern region, whence most of them come. Tqese feyr remarks with' regard to this beautiful spot of earth, are the effusions of one who is proud to acknowledge himself a lover of the beauties ofnalure and of art-r and for the ratification of soma congenial spirit, who has not had an pportunityf , witnessing these scenes, so inadequately -
Highland Messenger (Asheville, N.C.)
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Feb. 25, 1842, edition 1
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