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With a view of ascertaining the direction whence it came, he climbed upon an immense boulder, which stood on the very brow of a steep hill-side.

While standing upon this boulder, he suddenly felt a swinging sensation, and to his astonishment, he found that it was about to make a fearful plunge into the ravine, half a mile below him. As fortune would have it, the limb of an oaktree drooped over the rock, and as the rock started from its tottlish foundation, he seized the limb, and thereby saved his life.

The dreadful crashing of the boulder, as it descended the mountain-side, came to the hunter's ear, while he was suspended in the air, and by the time it had reached the bottom, he dropped himself on the very spot which had been vacated by the boulder.

Vandever said that this was the only time in his life when he had been really frightened; and he also added, that for one day after this escape, he did not care a finger-snap for the finest game in the wilderness.

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UPSON COUNTY.

LAID out from Crawford and Pike in 1824; a part added to Pike in 1825. Length, 24 m.; breadth, 16 m.; area in square miles, 384. Named after the Hon. Stephen Upson.

The chief stream is the Flint River.

THOMASTON is the county town, 75 miles from Milledgeville. Logtown, Hootensville, and Double Bridges, are small places. The face of the country is undulating. The best lands are in the south and southeast parts.

Extract from the Census of 1850.-Dwellings, 795; families, 795; white males, 2,347; white females, 2,373. Total free population, 4,720; slaves, 4,704. Deaths, 74. Farms, 436; manufacturing establishments, 19. Value of real estate, $1,104,000; value of personal estate, $3,500,000.

The Pine Mountains begin on the east side of the Flint River. The highest summits are 800 feet above the river. Among these mountains are some fine springs, and upon the highest summit is an Indian burial-ground.

The Thundering Spring is in the N. W. part of the county, two miles from the Flint River, 20 from Thomaston. It derives its name from a rumbling noise resembling distant thunder, which formerly proceeded from it, but which is no longer heard. The discontinuance of the sound is owing, it is supposed, to the number of rocks which have been thrown into it by visitors. The spring is at the base of a hill, and is inclosed by a frame building, to which is attached a convenient dressing-room for bathers. It is twelve feet in diameter; its depth has never been correctly ascertained. It is said to possess

medicinal virtues, in cases of rheumatism and other chronic diseases. Its warm and pleasant temperature renders it a delightful bath at all seasons, and its buoyancy is such, that bathers cannot sink below the arm-pit, the motion of the water having a tendency to throw all light bodies to the surface.

MANUFACTURES, MILLS, ETC.-The water-power in this county is very fine. At the Thomaston Factory, there is a succession of natural dams or water-falls, which could be rendered valuable by a few hours' labour. From various sources we have derived the following statistics of the factories in this county:

Thomaston Factory is situated on Potato Creek, two miles W. of Thomaston. The water-power is sufficient to propel 20,000 spindles; number of spindles, 1,500; manufactures cotton osnaburgs, &c.; number of hands employed, 45. The proprietor challenges similar establishments, North or South, to exhibit a more sober, orderly, and religious community than can be found in this establishment. It is proposed to erect another mill, to have 5,000 spindles. The Franklin Factory and Wayman Factory are on Tobler's Creek, 7 miles S. E. of Thomaston, owned and managed by the same persons.

The Franklin Factory was first put into operation in April, 1833. Spindles, 1,320. Cards, 16.

The Wayman Factory was first put into operation in 1841. Spindles. 1,664. Looms, for weaving heavy osnaburgs weighing half a pound per yard, 26.

Flint River Factory is owned by Walker & Grant.

Among the first settlers of this county were-JONES PERSONS, JAMES HIGHTOWER, Sen., SOLOMON STEVENS, GEO. POWELL, ROBERT COLLIER, PETER and EDWARD HOLLAWAY, E. BASS, MARK JACKSON, R. JACKSON, E. ROBINSON, JOSIAH A. CHRISTIE, WM. WORTHY, Wм. and JOHN ROBINSON, THOS. FLUELLIN, JAMES WALKER, HENRY HUNT, E. WAMBLE, JOHN GOODE, L. MATTHEWS, JOHN BRANSFORD, M. W. STAMPER, JOHN TURNER, J. COOPER, THOS. NELSON, WM. TRICE, A. F. EDWARDS, JAMES HARWELL, GEO. M. PETTY, D. B. GREENE, Dr. ALEXANDER HAWKINS, Dr. JAMES W. STINSON, ABNER McCor, H. SMITH, ANDREW HOOD, H. GARLAND, LEE TRAMMEL, CASPER HOWELL, WM. TRAYLOR, THOS. W. GOODE, F. MYRICK, THOMAS PARHAM, WM. GIBSON, R. GRAHAM, MOSES DUKE, JAMES BOYD, MOSES REYNOLDS, JOSEPH ROGERS.

HON. GEORGE CAREY died in this county. He was a native of Maryland, and resided for several years in Columbia County, in this State. He represented Georgia in the Congress of the United States in 1823 and 1827. He possessed a highly cultivated mind, being familiar with several languages. Upon the Grecian question he is said to have made a splendid speech in Congress. He removed to Upson about the year 1834. He died in 1844, leaving behind him the character of a highly polished scholar and an honourable man.

WALKER COUNTY.

LAID out from Murray, and organized in 1833. Named in honour of Major Freeman Walker.

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LA FAYETTE is the county town, beautifully situated, distant from Milledgeville two hundred and ten miles.

Ringgold is a town of recent date, situated on the State Road. Walker is a region of mountains, which generally run from N. E. to S. W. Their names are, Taylor's Ridge, John's, Pigeon, Look-Out, and White Oak Mountains.

The streams are East and West Chicamauga.

Extract from the Census of 1850.-Dwellings, 1,867; families, 1,867; white males, 5,803; white females, 5,605; free coloured males, 18; free coloured females, 19. Total free population, 11,445; slaves, 1,664. Deaths, 139. Farms, 600; 1 manufacturing establishment. Value of real estate, $923,600; value of personal estate, $1,007,725.

No section is favoured with a greater variety of springs than this county.

The Medicinal Springs, owned by the Gordons, are situated at the base of Taylor's Ridge. There are twenty springs within the space of half a mile; but the main springs are twelve in number, on a beautiful eminence of Taylor's Ridge. The trees have been cut down. From this spot may be seen various mountains.

Cherokee Springs are at the base of Taylor's Ridge, twenty-four miles from Chattanooga.

Yates's Spring is five miles from Gordon's Springs.
Crayfish Spring is twelve miles from Gordon's.

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Cotoosa Springs are one and a half miles from the State Road.

We give the following extracts concerning these springs from an account written by Mr. S. Rose, one of the editors of the Georgia Messenger:

"Imagine to yourself an elevated cove, or basin, in the Blue Ridge, surrounded almost entirely by towering eminences. From the eastern slope a bold, clear brook comes tumbling into the valley, and passes rapidly westward, until it escapes between two abrupt mountain peaks, and dashes for half a mile over rocky barriers into a branch of the Chicamauga. On the borders of this brook, and in the centre of this basin, which I shall designate 'The Vale of Springs,' there is a level spot about two acres in extent, within the limits of which I have counted no less than fifty-two distinct, bold, and well-defined springs. The waters are strongly mineral.

"All these springs seem to issue either from the mountain side, upon a bed of hard, black slate, or boil up through the slate. They are perennial; the most severe and continued droughts make no perceptible difference in the quantity of water which they discharge. The country around is protected by its native forests. The atmosphere is pure, dry, and bracing, and entirely free from disease, or from any cause which could produce it.

"Immediately in the rear of the springs there are two beautiful mountain peaks, from the summits of which visitors might enjoy an extensive prospect of the surrounding country.

There is a pond in Chattooga Valley called the Round Pond. It embraces four or five acres, forty-eight feet deep in the middle, of a sea-green colour. Tradition says two Indians were drowned in this pond. There is no visible outlet, and the water never becomes stag

nant.

Long Pond is a beautiful sheet of water, famous for excellent fish.

Among the first settlers of this county were, X. G. MCFARLAND, T. G. MCFARLAND, JOHN SPRADLIN, Mr. ALLMAN, J. R. BROOKS, General NEWNAN, Mr. ACOCK, S. MARSH, S. FARRIS, JESSE LAND, J. T. STORY, ROBERT BOYLE, B. MCCUTCHINS, A. HUGHES, S. DUNN, LAWSON BLACK, WM. HARDEN, JAMES PARK, JOHN CALDWELL, JOHN WICKER, JOSEPH P. McCULLOCH.

WALKER has many caves, among which the most remarkable is Wilson's Cave. We extract from "Sears' Wonders of the World" the description given by some persons of a visit which they made in 18-.

"The company being met, with lighted torches we entered the cave, through a small aperture, descending a flight of natural stairs, almost perpendicularly, some ten or twelve feet. Coming to the most magnificent room we ever beheld, and being desirous of viewing as minutely as we could, from the amplitude of this anomaly of nature, its various curiosities, we raised a considerable light, and illuminated the place as far as we were able by the means we had, when we discovered that an almost infinite number of stalactites had been formed by the continual dripping of the water, resembling, in size and appearance, various animal bodies.

"Being somewhat satisfied with our examination of this apartment, with our hearts glowing with wonder, love, and praise to the Architect of Nature, we moved slowly and rather pensively along this solitary and hitherto unexplored mansion, through devious wiles of 'incognita loca,' in quest of new discoveries.

"Having reached the extreme end of this spacious dome, we found that to proceed farther, we had to ascend stupendous and almost inaccessible eminences, over craggy precipices and yawning gulfs, to the height of some fifty or sixty feet, when, by the dim light of our tapers, we discovered through a small opening another room, less extensive, but far more beautiful and picturesque; for there ap peared to the astonished beholder not only the representation of a part of the animal creation, but a true delineation of a great number of inanimate objects, such as cones, altars, pyramids, tables, candle-stands, with a fac-simile of some of nature's choicest productions; and it really appeared as if she, in her wild and playful moments, had intended to mock the curiosities of art."

GENERAL DANIEL NEWNAN died in this county. He merits the remembrance and respect of the people of Georgia. In the Indian wars, he proved himself a good soldier. Besides holding many high offices in the State, he was a member of Congress from 1831 to 1833.

Miscellanea a s.

A GENTLEMAN who resided among the Cherokees for many years, has furnished us with the following items :

Strawberry was a large town, situated upon the head waters of Amuchee, ten miles E. of La Fayette.

Dogwood was situated upon the head waters of Chicamauga.

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