The Lancaster ledger. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, August 25, 1858, Image 2
Till'] liAM'ASTIill LKlllil
Published every Wednes lay Morni
BY
W . M . . C O Jtf N O JR
Kill I'OU AM) IMlOriUKTOi;.
T i . UM s.
II A'l V.Vl.CC, ?
jk* the cipiruxiou of Si* iiotuu,', - -
A t 'In- 'ii<l oI i'i* i ciU'i
A b V KUTISKMKNTS
Will l.'f inserted at the followiiiir low mi
One square (of 1ft lines or loss.) one inser
f l ; or, il coy tinned, 75 cents lot the lirs
? ortiou, and oil vents for each subsequent t
:"ii. JSf" See Fourth rage for doductio
vor of standing advertisements.
The number ol insertions must be vwitb
o aeh advertisement, or they will be inserti
ordered out and charged accordingly.
The Bank Returns
The Return* for J isiv indicate n stt
contraction of 'bills in circulation.'
.Increase since May lias readied tie
million of dollais, and the present vol
f oar I > an It issues lias never within
observation been so low. The late
pension and conr-equenldoprcasiotiof
ines* and speculation, drove homo
the South-west a large quantity of t
bills. As there is but little produce <
ing to mat hot, the Rallies have nol
usual facility of issuing and keeping
their bilis; and hence, also, the low ii
of their exehaiig litics. J he banks w
continued >pc ; > p vmtnts il.rough
suspension period, and diu.v in lor a;
th'-ir circulation, have n >1 again cxpai
si..cj iesuuiption. 1 lieso causes 1
concurred in producing ilie limited aim
ofour paper currency. The discount 1
have remained quite stationary for ?
month-. 1 tie specie reserves have
t aued to it. :r 'iise, wore never piouu
.<o large, nnd cxce-.d the. proportic
ne tlii"! to circulation. The deposit
th discount*, aiu about the same.
No one can doilhl the present j
-;rciig'.it 01 our liaiiK-. i ito leviv
home trade mhI credit, ?s .-low, and
pnirliiuity lor extended operations
lor a time, l.o limited. It would ri
raiiv l>o inferred that money on ordii
loans would lie abundant, on llu* pre?u
lion that tlio 1> inks had no oilier oi
for the emjdiynioiit of their means,
it is precisely under such circunisiai
and at this period of the \ ear, that
exact the highest rates. At other pei
when inoticy ha- flowed into ciicuhi
through the sale of the incoming ei
and when there are outside supply
competition, their control of the loan i
ket is not so complete, and, therefore
so despotic.? ('fulfil slou A < ivs.
The Yellow Fever in New Oileai
The N\iv < h leans C reseat t, of !>
d ay an) s:
1 iic level has progressed consider!
hs our tegular teporis have shown.
slioun) m?t he surprised if the yello1
Ver iiioitaiili doubled thai of last v.
when it was one bundled and fort
We -bail not know , utile diy, until ih
turns of tb. Uoiirtf of Health ate r
out o" Monday, . ,'l'Jy - 1 "
, . *ut?scjay morning, as u
\\ e e'ousider the fever a- pieva
epidemically, Mid would advise the
he, especially the uuaccliinated, to I
prudent as possible, and under noein
stances to get frightened. Fright
mighty adjunct of ^Yellow Jack,
caretul, we say to all our leailers ; n
exposure to the sua and night air
temperate in eating and d;inking
exer< i.-e ; touch nothing of a slimula
character, unless in very moderate o
and I vn,nno ,n ' in nn epidemic form.i n B|| u<ido
ion* During ?"r 'ftt? trip we heard such repent. tnjn frora
eati- cdly etuted as a fact nnd by persons who 0f com pi
hiih* i hr.d received letters from their friends in mountain
ink* j the city, mid several residents of Chaales- fancied
uitic tun w it)i whom wc met, gave this n? a rea- the rock
Iihii* iH? for leaving home. Others again, direct ,nnn |>ro(
from the city, say that there is scarcely a nnce of 1
IHV' a foundation for the report and that there WMS jmd j
role i '* no HOrl ?' ''anger either to residents or Rock, din
rdc.l Vl*'b?rs. The Charleston Courier of the . f^rmc<t
le of 'nal? b<o the following in reply to nu j on
enquiry from the Augusta Constitutionalist sou,e
and in rcforenco to exaggerated reports I formation
The through the country : qOJ> ; q'?i
,n.et "The Constitutionalist can rejy upon it and in its
>OIP
I p' that '-these reports are greatly exaggera* luid of it I
ted" There are a few cases of yellow fe* miles dist
;l(|1 : ver in the city, but it is not true that the within rid
rs of disease is "prevailing in an epidemic form " hundred ;
,t of Tho regulrr report of the City Register for as graat i
' last wook reported one death by yellow fe- water fro
(T Ijr Mfci
' ! nod we re
j ? pons for
c.s . . ^ | 111*111* IIIII
tion, - 1? :i moinen
1 hi- i I.ANC ASTER V ILL E, S.C. nor (lie t
""V i check th
,,a 1,1 j WEDNESDAY MORNING, AUG. 25, 1858. | ;0 an(
o? j ^staclus w
'1 j" i-i?" As our readers will iofer Ciom Iho Since tin
i editorial letter in this paper, we are again attained
at our post, after an agreeable recreation, our cone
j ready to resumo the regular and complex ator who
?"Vl) duticH of editorial l ife. We have been numerab
'successively pleaded with each number of the rest.
Hr li | the I.ftlger that has appeared in our absence We fti
and doubtless our readers were so likewise ; ttrst mes
our , .
mis- ' a l'u"',e expression ot our thanks are | and as al
bus- ^uo ^ ' ^??ke, Es<|r.,for the cheerful j we copy
from i manner in which he took upon himself du- (
hose ties* wliicii in .iiy regard as anything else ! V
;oni but pleasant, and for the able and satisfno- (he /
. the J lory manner in which he has discharged I
{out j tlictii Willi him at the helm and prompt j H,.r M
ami reliable hands in ourotlice (such as we j Presiden
,| at present have) we never leave houie but this urea
I 11* I I
: with the confident assurance that ours and t ken the ?
J(j ,"j join subscribe! s' interests will be properly j
.... x I eared tor.
tave I
jnnt j " **V
lines ?-*? Hur readers are asked to excuse the I Enrop
oine sparseiieMs of editorial matter in this issue, graph,
con- We have scarcely got into working trim j On Kaui
U-S'y since our holiday, have had ? number of j Mas I
correspondents to attend to, and the annual 1 Direct
' camp-meeting at Salem, (which rce have ! ny. Circa
^ I never missed hut once since our earliest re- ???
'*! ol-'collections ar.d s-oinetliing out of the ordi- EDIT(
ill* ii I ''tiry way must occur to make us deviate
wj|| from a custom that now has all the /Phi? j N
uHd fdanco of duty ) has engaged several days Mv la
tiai v J of our attention. We hope to he able the (ed Augi
imp | eon.ing week to devote more of our time tlioni/li il
allot I l<i til v paper. hir, ] h
'*"t " ^ " elapse, ti
vWfi' wr a comrhunication from (.'apt. J. I), iuclinatic
1"?.V Mcllwain, in which ho declines the nomina. or por)(n|
1 s lion mado through the Ledgku noun- time ever, Ink
ll'"" | since, was handed us on the eve of the out lk hat
r^3| ! present isaae and t ill be published next ventures,
mar I with bet
, not " *" " "Long <
I I'aromna Female College.?We di- with the
j reel public attention to the advertisement, or will p
as. elsewhere in this paper, <>f this deservedly width w
atur popular institution. It is desirably located week.
ami oilers many other inducements and ad- the t'.li i
ably, vantages. 1^ heard <
'l ' The drought continues to prevail to-""-1
reck, I . ? -Aient. In author, ii
in our District to an ulamiw , ,
} , .... .? .e been light show- real plei
... ! some localities tip" B, , , ,
I J ??_ out theau are few and limited (jcnlleine
i'tlic | in extent and u:i many plantations it is esti- comnii'iic
sunl. mated that two thirds of the expected cot- We lining
ton crop is gone, Corn is also cut oil" im* I inst., IV?r
t?ub nu nsely, but not perhaps to such an extent j ty-five or
:,s as the cotton. The old corn is now fully : delightfu
! 1 j matured and it is doijitful whether rain about tw
I could at this time benefit cotton on the of Green
void ' t*'n"tations that have heel- dry for five or tinetly fir
. j six Weeks, There was a sudden change in I not form
Hlll| the weather on Sunday night : it turned | Blue Kid
iting much cooler and this m< ruing (Tuesday) i the Blue
nan , it u unpleasantly cool. ncccssihh
I in * I conveyan
"? ' i Salem Camp Meeting. ling that a
It was our pleasure to attend for a por* ; 'r,'?pientl
lift's 1
r" lion of the time fie recent Camp-meeting j l',e n
uj- a at Salem, embracing Saturday and Sunday I a^out
,|IV. | hut. Tlie weather wan exceedingly warm. I wl1'**'1
orsc* dry and dusty ; a drought lias prevailed in ?00<' ,,u
and lliat section for a number of weeks and jj'?ljr,1?y 11
the dust, heal and scarcity of good water 1 n'hcent
were important drawbacks to a full enjoy i HP?n
| ment of the nieetiug In otlier respects, 1 who sees
er a however, the occasion was an highly inter- eVer? IH
?vce esting one : a large and intelligent audi- j 8 *n,P?
con- (.f,ee were in attendance and the exercises i "ll5 ?
will, j were of a character to elicit their close at- I ha\<
l,Ke tenth n. Kxcellcnt sermons were delivered | l',e effort
' | during the meeting by the Rev. Messrs, I Caesars
iioli ' -^'url'n, Parsons, Stephens, Rrown and j |'u^ "'t''1
_.i others; considerable religious excitement ll to aI'l
:via- i Prevailed throiigliout, particularly near the Kr"n''
boli. ' close of the meeting, and we understood ",to
!ge?i I that there were a large number of conver- BVery mo
iples sions. The number added to the Church, ?an ruBt'''
set- ' up to Tuesday morning, \vu learn were a- j " 'Venty n
ou'.J ^out ?jxty and the meeting still in progress. , P'a'n?
d"W. Keligioiis revivals have been progressing I aru
' for several months among the various de- ! lw l',c ^
nomination* and vhureiies of our District, i ,n,>n-' a,n
to a grialer extent perhaps than for many j unl" l'"'
Vl(i'tC' years previous, and tlie indications are that 1 "m' l'"'*
MJV' the work of spiritual grace has not yet . ,u'4'
villi? reached its culminating point. ' Pr?jp,',m
? of wondc
j Yellow Fever in Charleston dicular I
It is currently reported in the up-country twenty-ei
' j and so far as our observation goes is g.-ne- ! ?re who i
n il rall>' 'a,',oVC<^? "Ie yellow fever is p're- more ttin
lever.deaths may occur in :he Iu- [ the touch asice ; few there are wh<
dso be recorded in the same way, , their hands in it f?r more than p
fer our country friends to these re- ! a time.
the correct estimate nud index of J Wo apeut a dny or two very
1 of our city." ( on this mountain ; aside froia th
mm ? j some good company were there
ie Atlantic Telegraph. i the rest were Col. Henderson nnc
id era have doubtless been advised 1 'y from Laurens, who were kn
atni triumph of science over ditfi- <md with whom wt were very gin
the .successful laying of the sub- Tim proprietor of the premises,
legraph cable between Kuropc and good, is also a host within hiinsi
This is by fur the longest stride tbe very impersonation of jovialit
i in human progress and no man good humor^ ; Caesar's Head wi
after prescribe limits to the a* would be shorn of half its nttr.'
nts of the Sons of Adam. ContU imagine that he is intimately assoi
V communicate with each other in I the recollections ol aii who ij?v?
ts lime, neither tide nor tempest ted that place. Should Charlie I
iroad expanse of the ocean may j "Id age, he will never forget tit
e speedy transmission of i 11 telIi- j on the mountain, his immense j'.
1 man rises superior to the oh- \ nnd stentorian voice and who f
Inch nuturo has thrown in his path. 80 bountifully on clabber and su|
: creature, clothed in mortality, has We descended the mountain I
sutsh perfection, what should be j way than we went up?by what
eption of the sutdituitj of the (.'re- i the Jone's Gap road, the desc
i presides over the destinies of in- i twelve miles instead of live and
le worlds,,ours but a*i atom among j proportionably better. The see
. this road is exceedingly line ; a
nd in soiue .of our exchanges the the way the road follows the wir
isagc transmitted on the new cable beautiful stream with high mo
[lording an interest to our readers, cither hand , other portions ol tli
k verbatim : J literally shelves on the sides of
Queen's Message ! | la'" : 01 the one side is almost a
alentia, Ireland, Aug 16, 1858. I u'ar height, on the oth r is a pre
tun or able I 'n places i* ' nndreds ot feet hel
The President uf thr United States \ ro:ld was represented to lis as 1
lajesty desires to congrrtulatc the | v<,ry safe one, as in places it is vc
t upon the successful completion of , hut the danger is perhaps cntircl
t work in which the Queen has ta- pearance; horses understand tl
leepest interest. ; and ordinarily they are as caref
VicToarA H. ! places as persons. Wu earned
Director's Message. 1 nn.v *?tt of dllieulty am] the
alkktia, Ireland. Aug. 16, 1858- j "cenery amply compensated us
e and America are united by tele- j creased distance. The only i
(ii.oit v to (ion is hie ln>.mest ! ' ,n,*t with was the oecasional stop
rn 1'kaci:, (iooii \ V1 li. ToWARits ' better lin If to roll old Caesar of*
mountain shrubbery to trattsplar
ors of Atlantic Telegraph Compa- ' """I "I Andrew Jackson,
t llritain. j I notioed the corn crops nloi
j of the mountain were \erv line
)RIAL CORRESPONDENCE. I lands are planted almost cxclu
... the large quantity of svcli land in
kau Union (.'. If. Aug. 16, 1858 j nous region surprised me. It is eil
st letter, if i mistake not, was da- level or a stupendous bill ; the
1st 6th at Chick's Springs and al- j to be cultivated but little ; tile lu
I was my intention to write regu- j is worth fifty dollars per acre. r
ave suffered more than a week to j not suffering lor rain near the
ither from want of opportunity, of j several rains fell w hilst we wen
in, from being otherwise engaged > s ir's Head and one night there w
[is all three together. I have, how. j ic alexin. The next morning
en notes by the way and will write i that bad formed ifl the valley la
?ty account of our last ten days ad- seinbled sheets of snow and to tl
, proposing to be Wl#f; and 1 may ted was a sight truly sublime. <
ter reason be so from the fact that good could tell us pretty ncuurati
Grabs" is corresponding regularly it bad rained the evening before
Ijfdiier and has either n.kssed over 1 settlimr of these el.,n.tu nu..r tl..
ass over the same ground through localities. His llu-ory was cor
e have been passing for the last as we afterwards observed and h
1 found at Greenville the Ledger of We left Caesar's Head on T
nst., containing some of his letters; came to Greenville (\_ II., at vi
>t before seeing them as was grab- we remained o??!l 'J'fc j . /i
now that they are appreciated ?* sion House we found Col. Willie
,.i ??. , nail I been the i Sammy, with whom we were vi
l could not have afforded me .nore j meet and they with us. I was
asure than it did to hear reading , note the former's iiqjiruved appei
n refer to them in terms of high to hear hint say that the trip h
lation. j beneficial effect upon hi* health.
It ("hick's Spring* on Saturday 7th j to he enjoying himself and dou
Caesar's Head, distant some I wen- I month or two, will return home
thirt y miles. Caesar V. I lead is a I and reinvigorated We also niot
I mcuntain retreat; it is located ' tot: at Greenville and several oil
i-nty-eight miles North of the town j w e had iel't at Chick's. Prof,
ville, which place can he seen dis- \ the Female College call;d upon
om tne summit of the rock; itdoes ! hint are \v? indebted for a driv
a link in the regular chain of the town Greenville is unquestional
ge. hut i? higher than any point of some town ; no one, probably, ev
Ridge that is contiguous to it, is ed a contrary opinion,speaking co
! by any of the ordinary moans of 1 ly. The new Court House, t
ce, yet climbing it is an undeitak. bnildings.both male and female,ai
i man does not care to repeat very j llnptiat Church are ull handsome
y. It is live miles from the foot j The Baptist Church is a super
tountaiu to the top and w e were both as to deaign and finish and ii
iree hours in climbing this ascent, t credit to the Baptists of Greenvi
i Were afterwards told was in very j dcrntand it was built at n cost
ie. Much of tiie fatigue of the eight thousand dollars. Then
s relieved oo the way by the mag- some fine private residences in (
scenery that now nnd then bursts but in that regard, upon tlie wbol
view of the enraptured wayfarer tor place is rather behind Spartan
it tor the first time. This, how place contains three thousand ii
ut a tritle compared with the grand is the third in the State in point?
ting prospect that awaits him when at this seuson of the year the a
f the mountain is reached. Trav. sent a very busy appearance, un
[? taxed their diacriptive powers in bling city life. The hotels too,
to do justice to the scenery nbout cepl perhaps the ^matter of far
Head, but Innguuge can convey greatly behind those of Churlcstoi
it conception of it; one must see \illo, like Spartanburg, offers t
>roach to nn idea of its boldness | educational facilities ; the first
leur. Below is the yawning chasm ' dominion of the Baptists, the.:
vii nic wu ii mii ii uireauins 10 mil chariot I lit* Me lliodi8ls,and w lie
ment; far tu the South nit Die eye I olngie.il School, in content p I atioi
, embracing n view of front fifty to lished at. tiramvillr, nnoDier imp
uiltM, i. stretchedapparently kvs*( ' t-rs.-.t will be added In the ph
dded with farii.h that to the miked Twittv, who in n native of lam
nn mere speck* upon the nurfnee ; j whom 1 have had occasion to
est, to the North and to the Hunt, engaged in the Female College ;
nficr mountain r:*"* in me reunion ' me n source of much pleasure t
eye in weary of gazing upon them the ubiliiien of my friend nnd fo
are iont in the b'ue dintnece. We in held in high esteem among i
thin view from the aummit of the tetn and appreciated where the
g cliff with a feeling of intense awe, in the country in engaged, i in a
rand of admiration. The per pen her of agreeable acquaintances in
lieight from the valley below is both among resident* of the tow
ght hundred feet and few there em who like myself were only vis
ran look down from thin height for i Thursday morning we left, our ei
n a moment at a time and w ithout ting in u Snuihurly nod iioinoi
r. The correct height of the uiourw I lion. Col. Withercpoon, Col. t'
the level of the sea, the usual way ' several others left the name u
Itation, we did not ascertain. The Caesar's Head,
i in called Caesar's Head from a j We drove about thirty miles, te
resemblance which the summit of of n friend and relative, who I
fronting the precipice has to a ro- lower portion of Spartanburg I)
ile. The rock has every nppenm whose hospitalities we enjoyed u
tuing only the half of what it once day. Friday I had the opportun
it lins been suggested that Tabic ding with my friend over his cro
itnnt about five miles or. ,?n ..i?-ii.v~ i,-,..! .. ? ?? '
? hh-iiuo ?|'wiiucii ui k>|iiiriiiuuur<j l?irill
the other part nod thnt these two system, I thought n very perfect
c? united, have linen nepar.ited by fancied that the President of our
at convulsion of nature. The con* tnrnl .Society would have enjoyed
is of the twp rock* sustain this no, of bin skillfully ditched hillside
ilu Koak it about the name height cultivated fields. His lands ar
solitary grandeur a good view is wall adapted to cotton, but the
from Caesar's Head ; though five does not engage hie exclusive al
ant, it to the appears to be shown in hie well stored barns
0 shot. The Cold Spring, a few and in the varieties Und numbers
ya-ds from the piecipice.hsa almost fatUd slock. His crop, as well
1 celebrity ss Caesar's ilesd ; the crops thnt We had seen on the
m this fountain is nearly as eold to Greenville and for twenty miiee
tities; be ns equitable and cheerfti
temperament as may be; and tliei
attacked, g.? to bed at once, send
a physician and nurse, and the cIih
arc tifty to one that you will recove
Wo are not a physician, nor the son <
ph ciau ; but there is not a "ood |
ician in the eitv who will not end
the no 'Ve a 'v ?s uT'^uil, sensible
v. Mind.
Speech of Mr Boyce.
We iind in tlie Voikvillo /f<u/uir
>ynoj)sis of remarks made by Mr. lb
while m York. 11 is views are .sound,
servative. His policy is one that
if" it be possible, secure us independi
and honorable position in the Union,
failing to accomplish these, it marks
practical issues for disunion. Tho
iio( an amateur revolutionist, he will
vocate revolution when no other a!!t
lion remains, Tho election of un A
tionist to the 1 'residency, or one plu<
to carry out a programme of princi
hostile to the South, would indicate a
tied policy to destroy us, which it w
l?o madness in lis to await the final I
? Carolinian.
Tiik Filter S, ookstou of tiik At
hc I F.i.h.iiKAi'U.-*-As has alway s beel
ase with every important new inven
discovery or improvement, there are
eral coutcstniils fir l!:e honor of ha
I .i ?
.jt-c-Ticn ;\ii.time lelegrapl
\ claim i- put in, beside* ill At of Pf
>"r Mor.m*, hi favor of Messrs. llwhhe
S|uiri?ui I.**, of Philadelphia, wlio p< tilii
Congress in 1810 for the aid of a nali
ve-uel to make the ncccssnry surveys
sound n ?s, as Mroni many obaervat
lli it have been in u.li', there is incont
|>i?? evidence of the existence of a sill
rma table laud, extending from the Hi
f Now foil ml I and across tho All*
Ocean to the inouih of the Urilish el
lie'.'
Other claimants for tlie distinction 1
Appeared in various parts of the com
bill to the fortunate individual whoa
I lie practical application will l?3 awai
the Honor, as always happens, in spi
original discovery.? Charleston JVciOi
(/KX. QlIIM.VN'h Sl'COKBSoK.?
I >eiii.?crnU of lluicock, Mississippi,
in lnrp;e niintlers at the Hay of St. L<
on the 7tii inM., ami on motion of .1
II. (Jinihnrt e, Esq., the Hou. John J.
iiitani.nuusly nominated for (
1'1C cheers of spnclatm
*J( pvrtiM. So favs a corrvsponder
TTfyy
W V ' * ** ,,
Ij.
> oan bear I town, were suffering extremely fur rain and gin to do justice to
minute.at | were already latully injured. We also via- and scattering ideas
! ited with him Barleywood Academy, w hich fectly at sea to j>X|
pleasantly is on his premises and a very pretty place, and appropriate In
e scenery, to say nothing of the inmates. It is kept just give you the i
; among by n young lady and we imagined how well mind, and the re.sti
i h's (ami. our editor pro teui would have enjoyed this without the descript
own to us visit had he been in our situation. I arrived at these c
id to meet. Saturday we reached this place, w hich is this" : beautiful, g
Col. Hay i the house of rm esteemed relative and the ous, enormous, wo
ulf ; he is j sntno where wo stopped fo'r a few days in like before, nor nev
y, wit and : going up. Two weeks ago I saw a portion again." and "such
thout him, i of his crop which was exceedingly fine, may pile up a stor
lotions. I promising an abundant yield, both cotton ions and words at I
eiatedwith and corn, but then needing rain. Two the sublimity of tl
ever viai- weeks of extreme warm weather has passed of the scenery, an
live (o an and still no rain here ; pis sous may imagine the original. Kamii
ie old man Ihu immense injury to the crop*, blasting to the point, when
iroportior.s well founded hopes that had almost arrived just look ! Just It
misted him ! at maturity. This is the condition of many heautliul! 1 will i
gar. sections that we have passed through, and ten and get down I
>y a longer ' 1 am apprehensive as to t|ie condition of is owned by Col
. is called , crops in Lancaster, which were so promts- the former Senat
ent being ing when we left We ejcpect to be there District. lie has |
the grade in a day or two,nnd as we will perhaps meet tainmeut for the at
nery along I with nothing of intorest on the way, but and can entertain i
portion of hilly and unsvorked roads, this will prob.i- time. The great
idings of a I bly conclude onr editorial correspondence. witticism of the C
untains on 1 w. M. C. enjoyment of the |
e road are ily and son-in-law,
.. For the Lancaster Ledger. ,
the moun- . ? * . spend the hummer
.. Asiif.vil.lf, N. C. Aug 11. ... .1 e
perpendie. ? ? _ . ,. , tend to the comfc
. . Mr.. hniTOR :?After finishing my butt ,
eipice that , , accommodstlons ai
.... lettti from (jreenvilie, I called at the (Mffee , ., ..... ...
<w 1 his ... w hen the dimcultii
of friend MeKav, the oidinary ; had a pleas- . ...
lot being a j , . als no high tut ant
; ant conversation with lum, and examined , . ,
trv narrow, j ,. . mankind are consi
. Ins records and papers, which are very neat- .
v hi the ap- j , .. .... . Among the visit
i ly and properly kept ; lie informed me lie , ...
leir danger | ... . . Cureton, and Ins a
. . ,i had no opposition for re-eleeiion ; he also , , , . . ,
ul in such . , .. ,ii Id? young bride, 1
. , , showed me through the line Court House, ... . , .
low n with- ... ... . r , i .. greatly in looking
? and took me to the top, from which there is . . ,
variety of I , .? . . . . .. amining the wond
..in beautiful \icw ol the town, surioundnig .. , ,
for the in- , . . , , saw more than 1 d
country and uioiiiitnni scenery. I was pleas- , . ,
in pediment , . , ., . , ,, n?d over preeipic
' ed to learn that brother McKay was so well , ,
ping of our . i.i . i it nbyss beneath, wli
appreciated, that he now can walk o\er the . , ,,
tome ol his ... . , , head wotiul not p
course without competition. I also had the
it upon the , .. ,, ,, r lar from the
pleasure ot meeting with Major Ivrrv. for- ..
, ? . .7 ..... ..." the temperature ol
m<-r editor of the I'lilrtot, with ( ol. low nes . . i i
tg the foot j]!(. commis.sii ner, snd Col. Hoke tin- Sher- ^ . ,, , . ,
'? bottom in* and also with Col. Win. J I. Campbell, ,,i,ri !. . ",r '
isiiely and M ho resided, when a vouth, torn short while '.?U W ' r,m*
uiiimini ii. - minute. I saw tin
a iuouni.il> I onr Village?he is a candidate for the ., . ,
I liar n dxnti i i . . . .... . tie hand WUH IIS C<
1 Legislature, and I was grabbed to lu-nr, , . ,,
hills the water. < o
an in m,,,n nuillirv. with everv nmmni-t r.f mu>.
ittoin hind f;ss Mnjor'lVrrv.iH uko a eanU,JatoT l *,Hrj^'d/
1 h?7 Wero suppose an a matter of course, |,i. abilities A "
mountain : ,..j ... < i *n . merit on that cool
? ami past usefulness will ensure Ins re-cleo- .. ... ,
i on Tea- tjon You will nee by
1 asaterrif- The Federal Court adjourned Tuesday Midge, and expccti
the cloud* last. I witnessed the drawing of the grand narrative t?? tliia
low us re- arid petit Jurors for the next Term, the cer- silting. In wj ne
?e uriinilia- eniony and inaiiiier of drawing is the same ^acon IJJc per ,l>
-ol. Ilay- ns performed in our State Courts. Before Chickens, 12|c.
fly where leaving Greenville I was pleased to meet wUh or w i,hout sc
from the and shake the hands of the editor of the
particular /x-dgcr, and Ins lnd\, and Col. James K. ~
reel ao far Curelnn and lady, I hey were the only lain- For l,,e L
nrned. eastrians Iliad met with, and have aa yet Aaiit
uesday and met since I left home. It always afford a *'" KoiTon
ihich place ino great gralifienlion in travelling to n>v..t csmin ; this way, tl
It ine Man-t with "home folk*" and without flattery, ,r0n? the fact you
rspoon and J vanity or egotism, I ean say the specimen "nd Tproaehing "
try glad to , ;u?| representation from laincuster, would Midge, which is ei
pleased to j compare ami did compare very favourably 1 'r?ui Caesar's Ilea
ir.iiice and with the many visitors tyid strangers from 1 ''?? plane. \??
ad so far a j "otiur parts" in company with Mr. ( tin M l." on Cedar Mo
lie seems ' n?rs, Col. Curotou, Judge Magrnth, Dr nn'' ^t'l'1 "or
ibtless m a Hamilton, Mr. Gray and i thera, | attended, ,,-r steps.,f I
' '''freshed upon the iuritnlion of Dr. Pierce, the Gvm- "nd ?;old.'the tetnf
Col. < ure noMtic exercises of his school. Dr Pierce **'d lo g>?
iers whom J is the teacher of the odd-fellows school Nation of visitors, 5
I witty ol | and has connected with instructions, by way Tower on the pin.
us and to ^ ,,f exercise and recreation, a gyinnaseum ^ro,n which you li
e over the for his boys ; instead of "Bull IW "Tom ,n# 11 vitw aH fr?M'
My hand. | Ball" "Leap Frog" and "Shiiiney" as the Tim road to F
cr express, j during recess, he has suhstitut. d ? with mountains, r
inparntive- scries cf gymnastic exercises, calculated to i l*een? ,l l',e f,,ot
lie College develop and strengthen tlio muscles and | ???<l roa<l and *'v'<i
id tho new growth of hi* pupils, with which the boy* 1 din? >?" nro amo1
structures. | uppearcd to be well pleased?the exercises ,lock n ??*ttlvir
ior edifice, ?|Ho include n militury drill, both on tool Charleston n.id lh?
s a decided ?nd horseback. who have purchnst
He. I un* I" this, the boy* are led and taught by a ved them with gre
of twenty* Mr. Cooke, a native of Germany ; he lends I and w ith their er
2 are also <>|| by going through the different inntioti. | whole summer neai
Lireenville, vers and figures, and then the boys follow, 1 treat* and homes,
e, the lat* some of which required great muscular f'lll *iew of the
burg. The 1 strength and activity. I wow struck with; mountains, with
ihabilant*. the case and activity with which Mr. C. j breezes from their
>f size and w ent through, mid wished that his name, conducted nod mi
treots pre- sake, who answers to the nun de plume of lit is active arid s
ich resem- "Bob White" had been present, to wi to ess giving to his gur
in all ex. the performance of his Adarnic relative. I even in anticipate
arc not thought too of our young "gents" of the from what I how, t
l. Green* Franklin Academy, how much they would tore at the hotel; t
lie highest be delighted to have the like Opportunities knew were Col. K
under the of "trying it on," and ns the editor will Ihi Taylor,of Columb
itter under t at home before this is reud, I would refer great benefits they
n tin-The- them to liitn for further particulars. invigorating clim.i
), is esub- You will no douht think It is time 1 Flat Hock. Mere
loitani in* i should leave Greenville, in this I concur Mr. II. Y. Gray,CI
ice. Prof. | and will ha off shortly, but having met with who hud he?n *
ouster and many friends nnd acquaintances my time from Gieenvillc.
mention, is , passed away pleasantly in this "Athens of witty and intelligi
it was to ^ Carolina" ; this, together with seeing and sorry it did not sui
i? nn-i inni i hearing "right smart," eauaed im to lurry tiime further,
rnirr tutor by the way. I)o not suppose I have given On thin aide of
men of let- your readers the half of what could or has as yet, been n
tirst talent should be said. The Kdilor being on the the cattle ; along t
do n num. ground inay, however, supply a good deal a great ninny quo*
Greenville, of what should have been said. There ia but little
'n and oth? Alter hiring a hack, "he next point 10 more than laat yen
utora. On which I diruetcd n y course, was to the latter day a of Apr
nurse noin* very top of the mountain called "Caesar's Flat Rock ia the \
lard diree- I load," 28 miles from Greenville. From county seat of the
art ton and the fool of the mountain to the top is tivs This is a high urn
turning (or miles, and this pot of thu road required a sight of numerous
tedious, heavy and strong pull and wulk of among the numhr
i the house near four hours ; before leaching the emi- gap of which ia q
ivea in tho neiice, I fully concurred with the old lady nature has indicati
iuncv ana who lives at the Toot, "that it was five Bine Ridge by It:?i
ntil ttulur- miles to the top, but that it wna hiioIi a iginal survey of th
ity.by ri- rough and steep road, alie thought it was nati Hail Road,
p, to nee a seven mi It a or clone about it." Rut when At Hendersonvil
ling. Ilia you reach the elevulion the cool, bracing tleman, who a few
one end I breezes, and the grand and magnificent with lightning II
Agricul- view, nnd the beautiful ani sublime scene* some other*, who I
I a aight ry, amply repay you for the toil and labor cattle, to Join hltn
a and well expended in making the ascent. The Ta* saddle and placed
e fine and bio Rock and many other mountains are large chestnut tree
t this crop juat before you, and beneath you can see It was supposed he
tent ion. is hundreds of farms and plantations, 'lav- the fluid eat the t
and cribs ing no poetry in me, and iny head being oflT; burnt his face
of bia well dizzy and light on approaching near the ed along hia body
as all the precipice, it would be rcdiculoue for we to ; burning severely w
way from attempt a description of the majestic end ered the saddle up
snow the sublime piece and spectacle. I could not be- ell to pierce, fie
# * ?
it. 1 have aoinc vague | the bridle between too other home*. IK*
i about it, but am per- ' horse was killed; lie was found by his compress
them in Pattering I panion* a shoit tintc afterward and was disaigunge
; no that I will | covered to breathe,'he was robbed and ?a. ^
inpressions male on my tor thrown upon liiin until ho 'began t? '
lit of my speculations, I show nigra of life. A ybysician wan call- .
ion and reasons by which ed in whodjcssed his burns, and administeronclusions.
"The ''ten Is led medicii.es, be .remained -very low, and .
rand, sublime, prodigo- i bis recovery regarded extremely doubtful
nderful, "never seen the . for several dsns, but his brother told me ho
'er expect to see the like was now regarded as out of danger.
like expressions," you j Ashvillc, the county sent of old and the
y of superlative express- j present Buncombes was my next destinahe
beauty of the picture, i '.ion. It is n considerable place, with a pop?e
view, and the grandeur ; ulation or 12 or fifteen huDdad, suru)Dif
d then not come up to : ded also with mountains and beautiful views
uy expressed a good deal j on every side, with nent churches and good
he would exclaim : O, ( male and female schools. The Denver
mk yonder ! nin't that [ Sulphur Springs are within live tniles,across
stop this sorter highfalu- the French Broad River, those springs are
Lo facts. The Mountain I now under the management of Thomas,
Ilngood, of l'ickens, and ! Goodlnke who several years ago, resided in
or from old Pendleton ! Charlotte. The waters are strongly im?ut
up a House of enter- j prcgaated with Sulphur, the climnte and
sconiiuodation of visitors, seenerv is everything that could be desired,
iboul forty persons at one j but tlio building* aw old and dilapidated W
humor, pleasantry and and by no means inviting. '.Uncle Tommy'
ol ,add very much to the as every person calls the Landlord, does
place. He, with his fain- I his best to please, and I was thore yestcr,
Mr. Martin and family, ' day and Inst night ; his house was full, .
on the mountain and at- j among the visitors were Mr. A. M. K"nneirts
of all visitors. The | dy nnd family of Camden, Col. Carn and
re good, in fact excellent j family the Senator .from Wulierborough,
s of getting tint materi- Major .Baxter from Kewlwtry, fir. JH. \V.
1 so far from tbcire-stof Bradley, .of Williamsburgh, Col. Tillman
dcred NVatson and family, Senator from Edge,ors
were Col. James K. field, Mr. Sims and family from Columbia,
ccomplishcd and ngreea- Messrs. Washington and Pmkney fteubour*
>oth enjoyed tliemselves and Tamil,* of Clarendon, and many others
; at the beauties and ex* whose names do not now recur to me.'
ers of the place. "1 hey Quite a number left to dnv and will leave
id ; ventured into places to-morrow for other places of nit racoon.? *
es, looking at the awful l)r Boyd is still in the Eagle Hotel of this
ieh my light and dizzy place, he feeds wed accommodates to tin*
ennit me to approach.? satisfaction of all who call on hiiu. I met
' Head" is a cold spring, to-day with the Hon. T. I,. Clinginrwi or.o *
f who - ! to he 48 of the U. S. Scnatnis of this Stnte, he inso
. * ?w persons formed me, he w ould not be able to deliver
id .. ist under the the anno il address before our State Agris
from the spring. f>r one cultural 1'air at Columbia next November,
s done by tw o ladies, but <,n account of having to deliver a similar
Id as ice, when takou out address before the State Fair of this State
1. Allen, of Barnwell, lias a very short time before. This will he a
the mountain, and it is great.disappointment to our people,
ig and spending his sum- "LONG GRABS."
mid high retreat. ? this
I am across the Blue T,ir- <'UK.vt CoMKT at Last,?We learn
rd to have (itiished my from despatches by the Arago, that the . f
pluee, but cannot at one Ccat comet of (diaries V, as il is some- I
?r ? V <*- * 1 I t... 1.1. ?... llflU'S rnlift'd lillt L" # .x ?iil eon.v I
Corn 75o |>or bushel. ,lu'r'1 :,s of Fabricius, lias at last inado rj
Hut tor, 15c. A -rilY' l,!* ?ppe#?"?tnce, and will very shortly he viai- J
altering 10 cent*. ble fins naked c)0. It lias been seen I
"LONG GR.\BS." from the Paris observatory through its tele. I
m m ^ scone, and ia pronounced by the Arago tbe \
alienator Ledger. genuine nrticle. | ^
vii.LK, N. C. Aug. I
-From "Caesar Head," Obituary. ' "V
lie descent is not so stei?p, r>
are still in the mountains How painfully true is the sentiment "in L
J. lies Gap" iu the Blue tl*? midst of life we are in death lX.il>- }
rouged tome four miles e*|H?rien. e proves its troth, yet it iewjldon", ||
? .. .. we are called upon to feel it will, the sauiw
d. About 8 miles from pojgnaney that the death of M us. Mary A - *
ii come to I lionets' Ho- Mc.Mii.i.as caused to us lurimately ae- *
untain, which is a new quainted as we have been fur several year*, ?
ise, with a spriii" of wn* ond seeing her in lieallli and spiiits only at L
I . . short time before Iter death, wi'h every I I
lie piazza, perfui tly elcnr , , , 3 ?, ?"
1 1 pr. -p ei, seemingly, tor a long and happy ,
oratlire of the water e- | ru .truiniilH-'eiiicnt that who Was no 6
For the neeo iiiin more was as n ndeii a. 't An startling.
>lr. Thomas has reeled a Mrs. McMillan wn? a dabbler of the late '
.cle of Cedar Mountain. ,,uvM Calmer lAitlwnrs Uwni.i Marion l>is ^
triet, on the *J5th Mnreh, 133<, was married
lave nearly u command, to Mnj.iS. K. .McMillan, June 35th 1857,
Caesar llcad. and died, of Puerperal Fever, July 3*1. 1853,
Lit Hock is surrounded leaving an iufaiit son only 8 days old.?
tinning in the valley he- Thu* hnH l':?,,*"<1 f'?"> ??r ""dst one <?r
.. . wlioin the world sees only loo few. Ilea II?
i o in si e . I is a (;|>u| jn form and feature, and modest ss she ?
ly travelled, notwithstan- was beautiful, she was calculated to attract . f |
ng the mountains. Flat Quiet and unobtrusive iu her manners, slio
lent of gentlemen frsni WM* on,y known lo those who sought her
. r ... v, . out, but those who know her best apprecia- <e
s lower part of our State tvd ?nd loved jier Mer gentlo win- "
d lots and farms, impro. ning ways won all hosrU, and she died with /
at taste and bnndsomely, the painful regrets of all who had associailire
families spend the ',*1' writh her.
son in I heir mnnntain re- Mr"* 'iad wvernl times eiprcssed a
,. . . , presentiment of death at her anticipated
1 here is a Hoc hotel in confinement, "but w ithout dread. For alBlue
Kitlge nnd other lliongh but a iu?*ii>ber of the church ninrtt
constant nnd delightful 1856, her life had always exemplified tho
tops. The liotel is well c,,ri"?lh?n character fully. A n-gulsr alienj
i ?, dant upon the Methodist Church from her
innged hy Mr. Farmer.- clli|dl,ood, she joined it from no sudden inw
fL-.. i- . ... . - . ' ....
? puise, out as her natural iiilierituoce, and wo
nts every attention, and belicvr endeavored to live up to Hie rcquireig
their want*. 1 think "?eot? of its precepts and teachings, as ful.
. , iy as she understood them, fcthe was aniiohero
wore about 40 visi- ... .. ?r . . % -.u n
hie, kind, gentle, affectionate, and with all
iniong the number that 1 endearing trails which would have
. II. tioidwyn and A. It made to her husband, had she been spared,
la, and l*>tli spoke of the ? home of happiness Bnl sno has been
r bad received from the "f'*d n"ay Ju,t " the. volume of life open.
ed to tnrni it* nuevur?l pugc, ami tn.it
i? ar.il their sojourn at whli-h was to liim so bright kss grown
I parted with regret with dark, while a bewildering haze ol bereave- 4 .
erk of the U. S. Court, inent and desolation has suddenly ?nrnv
traveling comnanion rounded his pathway May lie who tem.
.. ' ,, pers the wind to the shorn iamb remcni"e
is quite an agreeable, ?r |n m<frcy ^ |(jok kitK?y eumpa^
trnt gentleman, and I am a}on upon those whom he has so strongit
his convenience to con- ly bereaved.
A Piuekd
the Blue Ridge there Died on the 3'id inst.. in Dougherty ?
0 Black Tongue among county, THOJI AH (.AftWBLL I'WIl H ,
he road in the mountains ?- . ? '*? "ir"" Twii!y ?f 1 ?
District South t.urohna, after a short but
tiona are asaed shoot it. pttinfu| |||0ess. from Typhoid Dyaeutery.
1 fruit, in fact very little The nhjeet of this notice was born in
r, owing to the Proet the Iwinea> ter District, H. C? in 1837, and roil.
TV next point from moTrd to this county in 1868 It is no ex,r
i, x .. travngsnt eulogy to say of the deceased
filing* of llenderxou, the ^ ?,Nof>e kn^ ||im ^ w, |ov,_none
ciintf by that name ? named him but W> praise." Amiable iu dei
elevated place in full I portmeut, kind in his feelings, ?<{cial in mansurrounding
moiiiitnioa ; | '""h 'uoral ii? habit*-?it is not strange that .
T is Hutt Mountain, the ?^ Mh"ul^ l,i,Vu mUfh |
itntl >n mtuMi mnttrrnwf Av-oa a.? '??. tK
utto low and the place |? the d.iwn of early manhood, with proa- i .
ad for tlie croi?ing the prcU of usefulness before him, he hat been
I Road It waa (he or- away from earth. It la hard to eepe
Charleston and Cincin- */*'*. W?* * of, ft*! f
friends to the cold and silent gf???? it team,'
the tender chorda that bind tie one to *n*jW
le I was told of a ged- other, and fills the heart with grief and **d-3
days before, was struck nrw. Rot it must be so?death i? inaatia-*.'le
had been waiting for *>' The deeea.^ waa intimately -nd cloaeA I
* ly associated with many of ua?aa a brotn-K I
liad gone to look at some ef jn Christ ha waa dear; in the evary-dwy j? I
; and had lake- off bin circle of life he ana loved and esteemed.?-ft
it in the hollow of His noble and generous qualities will boW f
, and was sitting upon it. long r.member^ by those who knew him j. H j
, l . T. Hurlng the recant revival in Albany,^ I
, waa asleep when aUocI; ||w d?eskM)d*ttndf> a profassion of religion, ' J '
rrown of his hat amooth an<j WM rwM.|Ted In fall fellowshipwith the J
and whiskers and pass- Baptist I .'iiurch of this plaeo. To hi* friends J J
and down hi* left log, and brethren, there la consolation j) J
hare it puoed, and ehic ',K4t ^ ?ho"?? ''h* W\~ *5BE ' %
.. . a ho gave his heart to CJod, and on hiteMM T1
mi whieh he waa sitting hod his religion wee his only dafwiMiB ( |
waa holding hia horse by as he es preened hiineolf to the writer of ^ *
** k I 1
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