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THE DAILY 'Let our Juxt Censure PHONTX. Attsnd the True Event. BY J. A. SELBY. COLUMBIA, S. C., WEDNESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 1 1871. VOL. VII-NO. 102, UM?. special :NC!?^?H^5?; AKBUsT DECAY -Whea a plant or ? tree begins to decay it must needs die. It cannot bo re-vitalized. Bot it ia not BO with banian beings. A haman ruin can be repair? ed, strengthened, restored, though ? brown leaf or a withered blfcde of grass can never he made green again. In the autumn of life, or oven in ita winter, whon natur o set ma to be giving way un dor tho preasnrritit yeara, it ie etill possible to retard the progress of decay, and to lond to ago moro than its wor'-ed vigor.* A8 sjmean? ot promoting thia object, HQQTETTEB'S STOMAOja BITT?U8 is un? questionably the' most' potent of all restora? tives.* ??wB! not make the old yoong, bnt it ?will prevent, leeson, or sooth the infirmities Which ?re. tho usual accompaniment s of the declino of lifo. For debility and a lack of nervous power, frem whatever cauro arining, it ia the medicine that of all others before tho world, best deserves the same of a SPE? CIFIC) In pmity, in invigorating propertio*. in ita adaptation to weak Btomacns and feeble organizations, it bas no competitor arnon . the tOnlCB Of the ph arm aooi coi a, DOC among proprietory remedie,*,. ; Besides ita BI ron g th? ouing principle, it possesses alterativo und regulating properties-of> the'highest order, and a? au aoti-bihona medicine ia tar prefera? ble 16 ?ny Of the Pr?parations containing mercury. -Tim? haa shewn tbat for phyaiuai decay, nervous ^debility, d?pepsio.. biliou diao/Oora ?nd intermittent'fever. Hoetettor'B Bittora is a remedy without a rival. Ihia in the season ot ibo fall of the. leaf-Jet it re? mind the old, the feeble, the sickly, to invigo? rate- ajad;regulate their .eyateuB with thin great vegetable tonio,and alterative. N 313 TUBS CAUSE AND ttJHE OF CON? SUMPTION.-The primary canee of Con? sumption ia derangement of the digestive or? gans. This derangement products d? fioient nutrition and assimilation. By assimilation I mean that procesa by whioh tho nntrimont of tho food ia converted into blood, and thence into the aolids .of the body, Persons with digestion thus impaired, having tho slight? est pre-diaposition to pulmonary disease, or if thoy taUo cold, will be very liable to have Consumption of the Lungs in somo of its forma; and I bold that it will be impossible to cure any caae of Consumption without drat restoring a'good digestion and healthy assimi? lation. The'very finit thing to be done ie to cleanse tho stomach and bowels from all dis? eased moona and slime, whioh is clogging these organs so that tbey cannot perform thou functions, and.then rouseupand restore tho liver to a healthy aotiou. tor thia pur? pose* the surent and.beat remedy ia Schenck'a Mandrake Pilla. Thoso Pills clean tho sto? mach and bowels of all the dead and morbid slime.that ia causing disease and uecay in the whole system. They will clear out the liver of all diseased bile that haa accumulated there, an'd rouse it up to a new and healthy aotion, by Whioh natural aud healthy bile is accreted. - The stomach, howe's and liver are thus cleansed by the uae cf ftcbouck's fri md in he Pill?t "but there remains in the stomach an ox--ese of aeid.'the organ is torpid and tho apetite poor. In tho bowels tho lacteal* aro weak, and requiring str? ngth and support lt ia ina condition like this that Schenck'rj Sea? weed Tonio provea to . be. tho moat valuable routed y ever discovered, lt ia alkaline, und its aaa will neutralizo all excess of acid, mak? ing the stomach aweot and fresh; it will givo permanent tone to thia important organ, and create a'good', hearty, 'appetite, and oruwaro the eystem'for thoflrat process of a g'ood di? gestion, and ultimately in?.ko good, healthy, living ; blood.. After this preparatory treat? ment, what remains to oqr? most eases of Consumption fa the free and persevering nee of Hoh?tick'a Pulmonic Syrup. The Pulmouic Syrup nourisbesthe system, purifie?, th. blood and iH,re,4dily abaorbod into the circulation, and thence distributed to the diseaaeu lungs. There lt ripens all morbid mattera, whether in the form of absconses or tubercles, and then assis tb N aturo to expel -all the diseased matter, in th** ferm-of ttfj exo?*''t'>rfti>,in when onco it ripens. , Jt is then, by the great healing and purifying properties of Srhnuck's Pulmonic Syrup,' th? sit ulcera and cavities are healed up sound, and my patient is oured. The eaaential thing t<J .'he done in curing Cousumption is to get pp a good appetite aud a good digestion, So that the body will grow in flesh and get strong. If a person baa dis? eased lunga-a cavity or a ot ce ss there-the csvitT ?R?i?iiit he^i- tb* m*t|-tr conn?t rioen. BO long as the system is below par. What is necessary to cure ia a new order of things- a good appetite, a good nutrition, the body to grow m fieah and get fat: then Nature ia helped, tho cavities will heal, the matter will ripen and be thrown off in large quuutitiea, and the person regain health and strength. This ia the true and only plan to cure Con? sumption, and if a person ia very bad. if the lungs are not entirely destroyed, or even if one lung ia entirely gone, if there ia enough vitality Jolt in tbe other to beal up, there ia hope. x have seen many person? cured with only one sound lung, live and oujoy life to a good old age. Thia is what Scheuet'? Medicines will do to onre Consumption. They win clean out the stomach, sweeten and strengthen it, get np a good digestion, and give nature tho assistance abo needs to clear the system of all the dtuease that ia in the lungs, whatever the form mav bo. It ia Important that while using Schenck's Medicines, care should bo exercised not to take cold; keep in-doora in cold and damp weather; avoid night air, and take out-door exeroian only in a genial and warm ann-*hine. I wbh it distinctly understood that when I recommend a patient to be careful in regard to taking cold, while using my medicines, I do BO for a special reason. A man who has but partially reoovored from the effects ot a bad cold is far moro liable to a relapse than one who has been entirely cured; and it ia precise? ly the same in regard to Consomption. So long aa the lunga are not perfectly healed, j u?6 HO long ia there imminent danger of a lull return of the disease. Uenoo it ia that I BO strenuously caution pulmonary patients against exposing themselves to an atmosphere that ia not genial and pleasant. Contlrmcd Gi m adaptives* lunge are a mass of sores, whioh tho least change of atmosph?re will in? flamo. The grand secret of my success with my medicines consists In my ability to subdue inflammation instead of provoking it, as many of tho faculty do. An inflamad lung oannot, with safety to the patient, be exposed to the hiting blasts of winter or theohilling winds of spring or autumn. It should be oarufuliv shielded from all irritating influences. The utmost caution should bo observed in thia particular, as without it a cure, muter almua! any oiroumstanoes, is an impossibility. The person should be ki pt on a wholesome and nutritious diet, and all the medici ru s con? tinued until the body bas restored to it the natural quantity of flesh and strength. I waa myself cured by this treatment of the woratkind of Consumntion, and have lived to get fat and hearty tbese many years, with one lung mostly gone I have oured thousands sincu, and very many have been oared hy thia treatment whom I have never seen. About tho 1st of Ootober I expect to take possession of my new building at tho North? east cornel' of Sixth and Arch streets, where * miau ut) pioasea io give advice to all who | may require it. Full dirootiouB accompany all my rem?di?e, ao that a person in any part of the world can bo readily cured by a strict observance of the same J. H. BGHENOE. M. D., Philadelphia. For sale by druggists and dealers every? where JOHN F. HENEY, 8 College Place, New York, wholesale agent,_Nov 19 fy Lea & Perrins' Sauce, ij Pronounced by Connoisseurs "TUR ONLY GOOD SAUCE." It improve? appetite and digestion, and it is unrivaled fe? its flavor. We are directed by Mesara. LEA. & PER? RINS to prosecute all parties making or vend? ing counterfoils. JOHN DUNCAN'S SONS, Aug 15 4Gmo Agents, New York. ON MAKK?AQE. HAPPPY RELIEF FOR YOUNG MEN from the effects of Errors and Ahueca in early lifo. Manhood restored. Nervous debility cured. Impediment* to marriage removed. New method of treatment. New and remark bio remedies. Books and Circulare Bent free, in Healed envelopes. ? Address. HOWARD ASSOCIATION, Nc\. 2 South Ninth street, Philadelahia, Pa. Oct 12 _2mo LO OK TO YOUR INTEREST, AND Get the Best ! MY line of WATCHES ia 1 now full and complote, and I _^tho public may depend on ' gening thu OCSL at the lowest possiblo figures, as my facilities aro ench that I defy competi? tion from any market. I havo aldo in atoro and constantly arriving all tho newest styles of Ladies' Sets, in Dia? mond, Coral, Cameo, Etruscan, Gold, Jet, Ac; elegant designs in Chains, Bracelets, Charma, Lockets, <fcc; the latest and most beau ti ?ul patterns in solid Silver and heavy Plated Ware- Goods suited fur bridal, holiday and other presentations. Repairing in al! branches, by tho best work? men and at reasonable ratea. I8AAC SULZBACHER, Oct 13 Columbia Hotel Row. MILLI^EKYT" A LARGE supply ot Ladies, ", Misses and Children's Bonnets, Hats, Caps, Laces, Furs, Cloaks, Ribbons, Flowers, Wreaths for 'Urida! Orders and Tournaments, Hair of overy variety, Toilet arti clos; all of which will bo sold very low. Thc ladioa of Colombia and elsewhero will please call and seo for themselves, at MRS. C. E. REED'S, Oct ll 3mo Main struct. Columbia. S. C Mrs. A. McCormick WILT j be prepared to open her ! handsome and well select? d stock of MILLINERY AND ?FANCY ARTICLES on FRIDAY, tho Gili inst. She has just returned from New York, where she spared no paine in tho select iou of her j stuck, hoping thereby to bu ahlp to please each and every one who may favor her with a call. Her stock consiets of Bonnets, Hats and I Gape, of tho latest and most fashionable1 stylos. Handsome Flowers and Feathers in oudlcss variety. Corset ? of tho ver] best make. Furs of tho latest styles, at remark? ably low prices. Also, a good supply of thoso handsomo ready-made Suits, all of which sho offers at very low prices. Mrs McCormick solicits a continuation o? the kind patronage of tho ladies of Columbia and vicinity, assuring them that she will do | all in bur power to please. Oct 3 G. ?. HOLMES, Cotton Factor and Commis. Merchant, ACCOMMODATION WHABF, p ci ' A< D j, is ts ff? rt ' ?r i ! a /i \J ......... ....j. w . , , 0. \J . August IG _ ,3mo B. A. PRINGLE. Cotton Seller and Gen. Produce Broker, Cen ral Wharf, Charleston. REFERENCES-Charleston-Bon. C. T.! Lowndes, Presidont Pank of Charleston;1 W. R. Smith, Esq., President Union Bank of Charleston; Robert Adger, Esq , B. C. Press lay, Esq. Nowbsrry, S. C.-Rob'tL. MoCaugh-1 rin, I'rt aident National Bank of Newberry. Chester, S C.-Messrs. McAliloy & Brawley. Special attention given to the consignment and salo of COTTON, Dried Fruit, Ac. Sent 1_Hm Canned Goods! Canned Goods! -| pr/^V CASES frosh CANNED GOODM, just LOU received, consisting in part as fobowa Peaches, Pine Apples, Pears, Blackberries, Cherries, Tomatoes, Lima Beans, String Roans, Corn, Condensed Milk, Salmon, Sardines, Turkey, Rt of, Mutton, Asparagus, Covo and Spiced Oysters, Salmon, Lob? sters, oto. For sale bv OelJ_ _JOHN AGNEW A_ SON._ If You Want Sohool Books, X GO to BRYAN k MoO Ut TER, who havo a fresh supplv of English French, Ger? man and classical SCHOOL BO<>KM, also of) School Stationery of every description, all for salo at lowest market rates. Sept 19 Butter. 4TU BS Virginia Valloy BUTTER, G tuba Mountain Butter. 3 tubs Ano Goshen Butter. All nico and fresh and for sale LOW. Ootl L?RICK X LOWRANCE. Socuro tickets in tho Columbia Co-opora Uve Building Association Hom? View?. We republish to-day, from the Ander? son Intelligencer, a series of instructive letters, with the above title. They were written by a gentleman who resides in the up country, and who kuowa what he is talking about: MB. EDITOR: Nothing but a want of oheap and rapid transportation oan long? er prevent the traveling multitude? who are permeating through every nook and corner of the wide world in search cf novelty, health and pleasure, from turn? ing their steps to the now unknown, un? visited, but grand and lovely scenery to be found in tho JuMuo Ridge Mountains of South Carolina, North Carolina and Georgia. The :-?mpletion of a few more railroads by tho enterprising people of each of tho threo States mimed above will throw open this terra incognita, teeming with bounty, wealth and gran? deur, to the public, and tho regret und wonder will be that it wus not earlier knowu and appreciated. Within eight miles of Walhalla, there rises the loug, lovel ridge of a mountain, some 1,500 feet above tho level of the sea, and 700 feet above tho level of tin town itself, presenting views at everj turu, of unsnrpsBsiug loveliness, tra versed by streams and rivulets of pur? olear, icy water, grqyes of m agu i tico rr forest trees, beautiful sites for country bouses-within a few miles of streumt abounding in fish, and woods with doo and pheasants, and yet not a summe house is seen, and visitors are ns r ro a fifteenth amendments. Now and then it is said, a few curious people undertuk to do the mountain aud tunnel iu a day and actually accomplish the feat. If th sweltering people from closely packe? cities and towns along tho Southern sen shore could only enjoy tho bruciuj atmosphere, the clear, cold water, th luxurious nights, by a cheap transit of Bingle day and night, as wu hope BOO will be realized, how much both section would be improved in all that make lifo enjoyable; but we started out to dt scribe samo of thu distinctive features t this borne scenery, not to speculate c philosophize. This mountain, yclept Stump Holls? a legeud about which we Miall not tari to relate or errate, is but a spur of ti great Blue Ridgo Mountains, and divid? Oconee County nearly in half, East an West, euch knob having a distinctn name, us Underwood Mountain, Poi Mouutiliu, &o., und is now most casi and pleasantly ascended by a now nt: well graded road, constructed by M Steers, contractor, under tho direotii of Muj. Thos. B. Lee, engineer. This road carries tho visitor iu view many extensive scenes of mountain ai valley, aud up ravines remarkable f thc fertility of the soil and growth at variety of timber trees. Hickory, whi oak, black walnut, locust, poplar, i abounded, of astonishing height a: size. About half-way from tho base the summit, this mountain, in tho eat spriug time, exhibits n strange, thou beautiful, condition of hasty aud lu J rious verdure. Weeks before the vail below, or the heights sbovo, show iu cations of returning spring, in bud foliage, this belt is covered with grei I and presents a striking contrast with I bleak and win try appearance of I I conn try aron nd nud above. The eut prising owner of these broad acres, W Grisham, bus long talked of plant this Southern belt in fruit trees, t should he do so and succeed, it would another evidence of the existence of t isothermal belt or frost line, BO h olaimed by many as characteristic of Southern range of monutains. . Upon the crest of this mountain, ? extending Bust aud Wost for moro t two miles, it is said that the Blue Ri Railroad Company owns 1,600 acre lund, once covered with valuable tim trees, uow somewhat depleted by the for ?re-wood and building material < iug thu work on the grout tunnel, mile iu length, passing nuder tho mc tain. This laud is eminently fitted country seats, and a hotel during the summer months, and is product i vi thu cereals and fruits, lt is ?Iso rm ed here, that, this company is DOW O ing to give alternate lois to actual s mer residents, and fifty nero.?, abundant building material in wood I stone, to any responsible company will erect a hotel for iiccommodatio visitors during thu summer mot Thia sit?, eveu now HO ucoessibb.*, such commanding scenery and hell atmosphere, should at once bo oeeit and improved, and opened to visitor next season. But tho uncompleted tunnel if great object of notice, inquiry nut mark of the very few who visit it, of the many who only have heard oj gigantic work, undertaken by tho Stute of South Carolina. With its ar way driven through the hardest gr for more than one-half mile, its shafts (rora tho summit nf the mom to grade, from 100 to 280 foot porp eularly, it doe? present a bold and cult work to be encountered so loni by human hands, without tho mach and appliauoes of the present day. now that a new line is discovered located, scaliug tho mountain he without a tunnel, saving a few mil distance, ami over 8300,000 in cost completing thu old lino, how few of who aro duily ciiBtiog obloquy ni: preach upon those great mun win ginated the enterprise, for want of skill, judgment and foresight, stop to inquire the real causes vhioh produced this change in the line, and ?b??u?Disc?t of the large nmonnt o work already per? formed. How few know, or choose to consider, that tho engineer, nearly twen? ty years ego, was restricted to a grade of sixty-five feet to the mile, and that it was impossible to pass this mountain without that tunnel. After the location was mudo, many distinguid lied engineers came aud examined thoroughly this line, und pronounced it the best that could be had. Ouly oue-Mr. LaTrobe, of tho Baltimore and Ohio Railroad-sug? gesting the use of a higher grade. But wo have tho recent authority of .'H. CT." for Haying thut tho world does actually move, und that somu men move with it, nod we muy safely assume that the Bcienco of engineering bus advanced somewhat, and that tho power of loco? motives bus been, by skillful artisans, increased siuco tho days of Steveusou und Brunel. Heneo, it is now not only possible but pruclicublo to ascend the Stu mp Houae Mouutuiu ut n grade of uiuety or uiuety-fivu feet to tho milo, with eDgines of sutUoieut power and ca puoity for the tm iii o und t ravel likely ta como over the roud. This change, there? fore, should bo justly attributed to the progress uud udvunces made in science, and not to tho want of skill or judgment in those then eutruBted with thu work. The roud, under many dtfliuulties, it now believed to bo slowly, but Burely, wiudiug its wuy to the top of the moun? tain, und when this is nt'complisbed, al! who muy havo aided should receive at least j UM lice. xo. II. Tunnel Hill, tho name given to thnl part of thc Stump House Mountain un der which the great tunnel wus to pass is clear of timber, nod furnishes a pauo ramie view, in all directions, of grea beauty, not so extensivo as Mount Hoi yoke, the notch in the White MountuiUH or even Ctosar's Head in our State, bu sufficiently wido and expansivo to at true tho attention of all admirers of th grand and picturesque. Just here, wber a hotel .should bo erected, you havo ul most nuder your feet, tho lovely valley of Cane, Couueross aud Ouonou Creeke a little to tlio East, Jooassve and Chec bee, whilst almost in touch, tho spire and white walls of Walhalla rise in vice Then tho modest villages of Fend lu tot Anderson uud Greenville cnn hu seen o a clear day, and tho view Bonthwar loses itself in numerous farms uud co tuges, scattered over a seemingly va1 and endless plain. To tito North an Westward, you see mountain piled 0 mountain, reaching far into Georgia au North Carolina. In tho meantime, you aid standing c extensivo mounds of stone, raised fro thu shafts of tho tunnel, of good boil iug Hi'/.e aud dimensions, sufficiently quautity for a goodly sized town, and view of un m fuse beds of limestone; i that hotels nod country houses cou here be completed at most reasouaU Tho soil of this elevated ridgo is ft tile, us the growing crops of grain, vcp tables anti fruits will show; but what could bo made, from the free uso of lin so contiguous, wo leave others to in gino and calculate. But tho peculiar 1 ness and adaptation of this location 1 other enterprises, we cannot refrain fn suggesting. This tublo land, sturti from runnel Hill, extends Westward : twelve or fifteen miles, almost witht habitation or farm, affording abouudl rungo of" pasturage for oattle, . hors sheep uud boga; covered in tho su mu with native grans and pea vines, fri three to live feet ill height, traver; with small st reams, each furnishing sn cieut alluvial bottoms ami hill sides grass und clovur for wiuter forage, large numbers of such stock. Tb lauds um worth now froos ODS t'> *b dollars per acre, und a little energy i enterprise, with a very small capi could bo made tho nucleus of a bus)n of no small dimensions and profit, oloso contiguity will bo found wt powers for mills, carding machines i other muuiitucrories. lu riding ulong this extensive plat ono will scarcely seo enough kine cover oue, much less a thousand lt: ami it is a source of wonder and surpr that such a Held should bu wholly tenanted, unoccupied and altogether gleutud, lint this is not nil; tho broken forests abound in chestnut t red uud black oak, ail especially itdiif for the manufacture of leather, bark of tho uhesuut oak containing best uud strongest tannin, being i sought for by tho Northern leather tl ors, hundreds of miles from thu tani -its tannin distilled and transporte barrels to bu used in the innuiifactiir lout her. If we Southern people ever learn ordinary principies of economy, sn such advantages will bo seized turned to proper account. In this si suction can bu found all tho needful tenais uud appliances-laud, tir treen, bark full of tannin, lime, v powers; aud tho cattle should bo I feeding on these miles of virgin pa agu-tu bo slaughtered here, tho mi bo sent in lue cars to market, tho 1 and tallow used on the Hpot, and ir. fae tu red articles only transponed. Hoch aro only a few of tho great f tics and natural advantages offered industrious und enterprising peopl this particular location, now within a fow miles of the Blue Bidge Bailroad, and Tory soon to bo immediately on its linc; and what io said here will truthfully apply to very much of the mountain range, which this great road is intended to penetrate. The observant traveler will notice that the country beyond Tunnel ?.iii does not break off suddenly, as it doos South? ward, but that the elevation is retained, until he approaches Chatnga Bi ver, the boundary hue between South Carolina nod Georgia, a distance of some ten miles. It is true, that Changa Creek cuts the plrteau, but the elevation is only disturbed, to be regained as soon as that stream is crossed. At the cross? ing of Chunga, on the trayuled, ns well as tho railroud, the immense beds of lime before alluded to, first crop ont and make their appearance. These beds are Bevon miles in width ut those points, snd have been traced from Georgin to Lau? rens Couuty, in this State. A few quar? ries have been oponed, and kilns burned, ulong the roud, showing tho good quality of tho limo, und its great abundance. This limo can bo quarried und burned at a cost of fivo or tun cents per bnshel at the kiln, and should bo delivered to far? mers within fifty or seventy-five milcB at twenty cents per bushel, a price at which plauters can purchase and apply ferti? lizers to clay lauds in the upper Counties of South Carclinu. Without pretending to spoult for tho Blue Bidge Bailroad Company, or tho tax-payers of this State, yet iu our judgment it would bo wise policy to press the completion of this road to these hmo beds, if it never reach? ed auy further. After passing Chnugn, you reach thc head springs of Whetstone Creek, ruu ning off toward Chatnga Biver, dowe which the line of the railroad passes. Ic this interval, muuy fine farms occur, foi instance, Kn litmus's, Moorland's, Fret well's, on village fork of Chunga-Nor ria', Robins' nud Tutem's, on Whotstom -well improved, well cultivated and af fording good returns. Below Tatem's and adjoining, comes in tho old Earli farm and possessions, now owned, it i said, by citizens of Charleston, nod ex tending for miles to tho Chatnga River This placo has its history and legend? Settled as a trading post with the Chere koo Indian?, years ugo, by Air. Fhn Earle, long a member of Congress fror this mountain district, it remained lu hi family until recently sold to nome on connected with tho Blue Ridge Railrou for a round sum. How we remember, i our boyhood days, to han; listened to th stories and fea tn, as performed by th Indian braves who cano iure to biirtt their peltry for tho simple articles the desired. How wo bung upon the lips i old Lowry, the factotum and manager t tho place, us hu related his cutmia tricks and sharp practices upon the m suspecting. In lian-especially when 1: distributed among us juveuile lmteue: thu red and blushing apples from tl tarni, then celebrated all over the cou I try for their surpassing excellence. Pot chi Lowry used to attend the goner musters-over twenty-five miles from b residence-to report to his neighbors tl persona! appearance and cbaruoterinti of our rulers. Wo remember to havir heard his account of bis interview wi Gov. Stephen D. Miller, at Hall's Must Ground, some miles South ol Walhall He was introduced by Gov. Earle, tin Inspector-General, and us full of fun ai mischief as any boy on. tho grouut "Well, Governor," says Lowry, "dot think hard of me staring nt you, ai taking your meusuro from head to foi (a woman would have said "stock,") I when I get hume I will be nearly as grt a mau as you are, for my neighbors, 1 teu mdev round, will come to see mo t causo I have soen a live Governor, ant have got to tell them how you look a every word you suid. If I don't, tb will send lumu other mau next time, a I don't want to lose my reputation n more than you do; so talk aud look ye best." Gov. Miller was so taken w thu old man's candor aud naivety that said to bim: "Mr. Lowry, I am grea pleased with your country np here, a would like to spend a summer arno your people, flow is board? Wi would I have In pay per month fm- boa food and lodging?'' "Well," si.ys Lt ry, "common bo.trd eau be had fur fi ceiils per week; but if you want, r good living, it will cost you sixtv-l and ono billi Cents per week." "We says Ibo Governor, "Mr. Lowry, what y JU cull real good living?" "N.? says old Lowry, "who ever beard sue question from a Governor? Why, m Uou't you ktiuw that it is fried ch iel and entice every Sunday morning breakfast? Humph I I thought every knew that!" Pour old Lowry, he passed away, with his sterling bout and simplicity-drowned in tho ll stream that bad murmured sn mauyyt before his door, in a winter frosbt washed away, as many ol the usages : customs of those timos, und now field pines grow where his house \ These rea aud golden ?pples uro longer seeu or tasted, and the en magnificent possessions are a bal waate-showing that tho fruits of Hontecistn are seen and felt elscwl than in Ireland. Ono other reraiuiseonco of Whets! Creek aud valley, and we will also | on to other scenes. Whetstone Mu Ground aud voting precinct, in for times, was a piuco of importance to unfortunate persons who were caridi- ~ dat?s for popular1 vbteS end favor in } times gone by/ 'Here some 80 or 100 free and independent characters mus? tered ?nd voted.' ' Long ago, when War? ren B. Davis was the idol of all these mountain people, and represented them so ably in Congress, (and en passant, is said to nave given bj his ready wit'and h amor all bia celebrity to Davy Crock? ett,) a bevy of candidates for, tho Stat? Senate and Legi?1 aturo, among whom was the venerable and popnlar (Tames Griffin, otherwise known as Undo Jim? my, rode over fifty miles to attend a company muster at Whetstone, The day was cold, rainy and generally gloomy -no one came ont, a general flash-not even the customary jug of whiskey in' the bosh. The candidates loitered, talked to each other, and finally started on their winding way back to old Pen? dleton. Io long S no stretched ont, they were in melancholy mood, do'ng the -retched pusses of Stump House Moun? tain. Uncle Jimmy was ahead-ho ?topped and hailed his next neighbor; "Warren," says be, "do you ever rend tho Bible?" No responso. "Well, it' is narrated in some book, I thought yon knew, having been to Congress, that Absalom was the first man who over kissed the people for their favors, i. e., votes, aud I hope he is in h-ll for it now. At all events, Warren, it is tho last time Tit ever ride over these d-d roads for Whetstone votes." And it was, I He was elected and served that term, but he never was a candidate nguiu. But let us louve this pretty valley, and ' goon. The roads fork-ono by Earle's Ford, and the other bj a uew wire rope * ferry lately erected by Mr. Steers. It.is said, whichever road you take, you will wish you hud taken tho other. As we oould not travel both ut the samo time, we oboHo the lower ronte, by the ferry and Dick's Crock Tunnel. And after traversing tho magnificently timbered tract of hind ubovu described, down the Whetstone, with its fall? and water ? power enough to drive many spindles, we arrived ut the clear and limpid waters of the Cbatnga, and found a safe and pleasant transit over. The Cbatnga at this crossing ia nbont 100 feet wide, a bold rushing stream, with extensive water power for ma? chinery, above and below. Indeed, a very short distance below occurs what is known here as the Narrows, the stream being compressed in a Bpaoe of ten feet, , with lofty precipices on each side, and tho current drawn through with such power and speed as to dash to pieces the rafts and timber in times of freshet', Deor have been known to plunge in when hard pressed by dogs, but were never soon more. On both sides of the stream, iron ore abounds, and just ia sight is a gruuite quarry, with a tram mud leading to the site of the railroad bridge, half mile above. After ascend? ing quitu a young mountain, the waters of Dick's Creek ure reached, which you follow up for two or three miles to the Eastern portal of Dick's Creek Tunnel; all uloug in full view of the road, hands, carts and curs uro busily engaged tn cut? ting through tho hills und leveling the hollows for tho track of thc railroad. Wa would like for the oldest inhabitant to tell ns who this Dick was after whom was called this creek, und nuotber to bo spokeu uf hereafter, euch presenting for? midable obstacles in tho way of rail? roads, or uny kind of road. Ascending still, we pass by the house and capacious stables and stalls nf Mr. Steers, con? tractor, with wagous and carts, aud im? plements generally, strewn around, und approach the summit. A lurge number of operators ure ut work iu the Western poritil, und lii?vc advanced half z< aj through the tuuuel, the whole length being about one-half mile. The rum? bling souud of the blasts, iu the bowels of tho earth, the constant passing in and ont of the cars, on wooden tmis, the tumbling off of tbe rucks on an embank? ment near by, ail denoted life und activity, and this tuuuel is no longer tn the way of completing the whole road in two years. A short distance from this point, we came upon a spring of the very coldest and purest wuter, gashing ont from the side of the inonu tum; and were so impressed with its quality, that we forthwith opened a bottle of Geo. Syru? mers' 1835, and drnuk to hts, and tbe owner of the spring's, health. Turning from the spring, we were surprised at tbe beautiful view of monti tain aud val? ley, and discovered that some pioneer had before ns enjoyed the delightful water und charming scenery, for near by was the remains of a human habitation, und woru fields, with a few old apple and pouch trees, on their lust legs. . Being a little curious, we asked a passer-by who was thu owner of so many aerea, such water and this lovely landscape. He re? plied, that be did not know the owner's name, but he lived ut Auderson, and he beard that be was so engrossed with milking tiles, and raising imported hogs, that be could out take time to improve this valuable property. Another in? stance of tho balet\\\ influence of ab? senteeism. A short distance brought as to the irrepressible War Woman, a creek of oousidernble size, which tumbles and dashes and zig-zags about for miles, until with one fearful leap it loses itself iu tho Cbatnga. Some of its crossings bear euphonious names, given by luck? less travelers and wagoners, such as smash-wagon, breuk-uxle, turn-over, &0. It i.i, however, one of the most pictur? esque und romantic streams in all these mountains-its waters filled with fish, and the high hills around with doer and other gamo. The name, too, is sigmfi - cunt of a legend of dreadful captivity, murder and blood, but we will leave this for the Appletons and Harpers when they como for photographic views to adorn their joni nuls. Hastening up this tortuous stream to its source, wo cross whore was to be the War Woman Tunnel, strike the head springs of Steccou Creek, and down its bunks to tho town of Clayton, Rab ti a County, Georgia. Hore in tho coln