TB DRIOCRATIC WATCHMAN. 11111bi.11/1/999, 409111111911 19, 1431 LOCAL AND PERSONAF. A VIM FROII 'mg Sunni OP IkiLINCT Montt ters.—Not long since wo ascended Money Mountain to the Northeastcof Bellefonte, and from its Summit, had a commanding ,view of the beautiful valleys upon either side.— NifianY Valley with its numerous cultivated 'gelds, enlivened by the varied scenes of ru ral life, presented a prospect of natural scen ery, quite equal to any wo over 'beheld.— Raving been familiar with the locality from our wheat peregrinations Of boyhood, its iMprolcment and progreini, have been a,i A jest of no little interest. • But. for several years previous to our visit on ; this occasion, those old fa - miller haunts, ceased to receive their usual . attention. Persevering in dustry, from every indication, has been a chars teristic of the inhabitants within that time, and the quiet homestead of the farmer now appears, where butt few years since the wind in pensive murmurs, milled through the foliage of a primeval barren woodland. Ilow eagerly the eye wandered in admiration over the wide expanse of na ture' that Otitffiletelted so inijeatically before our vision ' Nittany Mountain, with,its sterile rocks, towering pines and 'Flighty poilderanee, apparently kissed the azure sky aN it firmed the southern bounilai'y of the valley, and extending westward, abruptly lost itu great significance in the beautiful undulating plains that, lie off in it South n cstern courl.C. Out altitude upon the 'mountain, one sufficient to enable us to'see almost every improvement, for miles around within the valley ; met the fertile agricultu ral district in the locality of Centre Furnace, was to he seen, almost beyond the reach of human vision. th.t.irrPurnai•el the tillage of Zion, and the adjacent country were quite N I slide Indeed the lam!seape before 11/N, was well calculated to arouse our intellertnal facultici to the great truths whieh sublimity inspiret, and direct our thoug,lit:t more intim‘tely to the profound theory of (tulle, and infinite Be ing Bent:IOWA, with - Ili' ilu nd trigs and busy