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VOL. X111 . ,;;MsJrTs. NEWBEIRRY, S. C., WEDNESDAY, S1l"nl'lu llER 15, 188G. reri JeIerIer. NO. 37 ADJUTANT GlN I' U,1,.Sl lP, CAPT'AIN 1('AIt1.I.Y ANI) 'I'li IC STi'.1 ICXICCUt"VIY1 (CO31311TT'1'CI11 'I'he (aptala Assues Ilie Griu n< Thiat the Connunit.ee in Ignoring 111 Claims, Iilwar<te( the Will ol' the State Conventton---IlIe Hl1ids the Chlarleston )el etit.on P'rimaurfly" Re sponsible for Ills I)efeat.. EntrOlT Ii:(:tst i:t:: Although the action of the State Executive C'otm mittee in refusing to recognize imy claimns to the position of Adjutant and Inspector General furnished me with good grotlnds for)I' personal co plaint, still I wotld plrobably remnain silent, but that I feel, and Inknow that so many others feel, that a great wrong has been done the 1Democracy oi' the State, to m1y iriends and supporters. both in and out of the C'onvention, and more particularly to the Cotntie-; of Laurens and Spatrtanut1rg, whose delegates voluntarily pl me forward as I cadiiidatc for that josition. This is a suflicient excuse fIor coiing before the piblic, to show how. and by whon, the wokl was dote. adi to advise such steps and preenutions as will make sucith things i:i(4pF.sible in the future. It is well known to iy friends here, and in Laurens, that I had de clined to becomne at candidlate 'ot that position, before the Convention mnet, on the grounds that I did not wish to run against G eneral Manigatult, and moreover did not. thik Ht h tt. hit c.o)uld bie defeat,ed, beinhg th strong- l' est man in the State, in my oi (pinion, for the position. It is also well known to the d('lcgate:; fItomu th1i: and Laurens Counties that I h:l ri uest - etl theni not to allow my lwille to come before the Convention. )luless a chlange was to be made amil o t hen un less there w~as an i ev aiet ieel in' ill 1113' belhalf atlmOnii. the inetibers Ot' the Convention, which I did tu0 at tirst attend. After the alrrivi tiur' delegates in Coi uia. I was ele gralited for, and oa Iy :1rrival was tol that, after cnu to a others, they (esired to pIt 11 be. lore the Conviitn Cor thie: t:p.lol"n of Adjutant anin pe:,,cto:-General, and wished lmnt, aft(-t' ca lnsulltti on With mly personal !riends. > d(cide whether I would run. Thl;e Cotnven tiOn being in session, it was w9; 1ithl great Il liculty" that I saw tmyv ri ndls, and it was not mlitil the ay Of.Ii the race tbat I reluctantlyI' co sen;t. SEvery one knows ,b result.! a nd t" at on the seconid hallot. after the wilt drawal of so worthy r man as (ol. McKissick, in a race agalint sn pure and noble and popular a inan:1 as General M:uiiganit, then the ilt{nemn bent, I received I .6 votes agailst his 162 votes, it heiig a known and tacknowledgel fact that six of thlie votes I received 4)nl the first, bal(it -were induced to go to CUeneral \lani gault on the second by promise on the part of Georgetown to assist them in at succeeding nomination. These things I miention oily to show how close t,he vote was, aid how (doubtful even the result was, :as shing w i vhether Gen-iieral Man~tiiga ot or' I wias the choice of the (Contvetn tionl. To show whant, myl reail fel inp wer'e at t.he timne, it is ontly niecessary to say that wheni called ulpon thait eveningf at the G3rand( Cenitral byv Captain, no0w Adjutat atid usp'ctior Ge(ner-al, onha m ai n oters for~ a speech, t,bat, aftL''er cnigratu iting~ them 111o01 t.he State tic-ke in gen-. Ctral, I remiarkeLd, "It thir' is anyi man11 ill the State wh Io shtol'hl he c'o (ratulatedl anud (cotiplimencited,h I aitn alowed to select. a iagan inj the :-tateu who of' all others idmhti rett'et the most honor andr ertHdit uponii inei as5 a c'omlpetitor I would have tmutiei GJen. eiral Manigault.'" TIhie death of' -Genea'il 31anligalt, thriewv the selectioni of his succ-oessor Onl the~ E xecit,ivye Comiuullttee. and,it t,akinig inito cons5ider'ationt the large sp)ontanleous vote I receivecd in the Conventio, and 'h.- ath/li'irma(l. int. j)0rltI ttJ/~' hcl|tlII /uL- repr.l'/i.w(if(ui 'I /I ir:Is- --of' 1//t' vi/i le or 1c1ual I)ii, 'onside'ring. thai. the hxecumtive~ Com-it ittee is a siiall body oif mten,. withI eted to look biack( to th' C'onven - which elected them, antd to the for an e'xpressiont of the ir a%hs t.houiigt that. their wimuk andtt iheir dutily ear, andi iln wahs loi.ked fori wit h sa0 b y the' pitll- ht, e'r of' rigrht, antd ju.+ h-to tatei h-tre ': mal siihir 1 had il eri oh' (emi thtt e1lrs5eIent, that I or any one els Col b1 1ring, than the vote I receive in the Convenit,ion ." As I have advocated, and had a(1 vwcnted. long before either of oui tate Colieges were reorganized, tha they sli hid he consolidated, anl t hat thw Citadel should be reorgan ized inl Columibia inder the Agricul tural and Mechanical Land Gran Act, (which required military train ing and discipnlie,) I feared tha some parties might endeavor to us 'h:.t agaiist me, as tihe Adjutant an( I ispector (. cic"ral is ex officio a nern her f t he Board of Visitors of tbi C2itaidel Academy. With a view t< Prevent this I added a "confidential' postscrilot to my letter to Captait )awson telIing him that although , had my own peculiar views as to th< svstemii of education which shoul prevail in the State, and had givet proper expression to them--still tha I h1:11 never opplosed the Citadel, pe: se-, mr its SVStci of education, ank that, moreover, as Adjutant and In spector (eneral I would be under nc necessity to agitate the question though 1 had not changed my views 'T'he l-xecutive Committee (or fif teen members of it) met in Columbir on the 25tht August, and after corn ,Icting their regular organization proceeded to the nomination of n successor to General Manigault t uite a number of gentlemen wer< placed before the Committee as can diidates, for whom I have the great est respect, and any one of whom it would have given me pleasure t< suppirt under ordinary circum stances, or if they had appeared be fore the Convention to test theit streng;thi before the people. It so<m becane evident to m3 frietls on the committee that no 01nly ws the endorsement of tli uoi vCntion to be ignored, but tha the sole ,oject of the iembers fron .t reston 'or iore particularly 1 W1. I):nunnrr and Wmxn. II. Brawley (as t de!'at my nomtination. Sup nor in fr a timne Captaint C. I imei or pretending to do so, the; ro hwedi t heir object by desert in; riu, andoi coquetting with the del o;1:tes supporting11Major Mills, whou they eventuallv carried with them tc iin tie parties supporting Captair htri!am:i, who they thus succeedec eeting;. The excuse they gav fo,r their opposition was that I ha( pI,poseld the Citadel Academy, and :S Maior Irawlev afterwards said ho.., voted :igainst the appropriatioi for the ili itia which is not true. It wa; thus that my defeat was at acom)]pl ished amd the will of thi ( llnventioni---wliichi represented tih people---(lefated, for after Genera Alacnigalt's death I was virtuall' anid rightfully the noninee of thi party. Straige to say, if I am cor reetl N. Ii formed, ten out of the fifteei pre.entt--i. e., .llessrs. Hoyt, Shell Cark. Izlar. Talbert, Ilart, Allison I ee arnd D)awsor---had supp)Iorted n in the Convention, but only the thre first-with l r: Mower, of Newberr; (ame to my support in the com iiittee ; and I would like to knoi wit. iages had occurred in me, o inl rmy views, after the Convention to givye them an excuse for desertin1 W W. D awson arnd W . a ley re, owe ver, primarily responi sile forr myi defeat, andi their opp)0 sititon was based, not on my o~pp sitioni to the Citadel, but on my uni fo,rm obhposit.ioni to, arid exposure of i t ei bond11, rail roadl and other stoci jobb ding~ ope rations, by which tihe: ha:vei cointrol le,', oppressed and lan ilered the State. F"or the 'orme)r. eicnfes that 1 onice entertained, 11o onlyv respect arnd admrlirationl of ii aility hurt ai warmr feeling of friend ship,) basedi oni his services to ti ('onifedlerac -, arid a belief in his Sill (eerity ; hut a gradual realization o hris true character has forced me uni willin igly to thle conviction that lie is as 1 n w describe him, an importe< Iirghli ilunukey, tota.ly deCvoid 0 p)1riciple, whrose American expc rjince, as8 w'e all knlowf-in Spite o hris shirewdnless anrd ability-ha evolveVd him into a geinuine politien pro~st,it(ute. Such a man11 has nio righm t n vol (, c.y ogicio or otherwise, 01 iur '. ate E'.xecutive Commiiittee, all hb!; i)osit ion oin tire Nationail Exect: i'innu ain aroun our llm tons, I hitlhers, etc-Is a standin disgrace to tire State. Circumnstar yes comrpel mre to touch Mr. Brawle more g entlyv, hurt it is suililcient t -iy t hat ii (loquenrt, voce((, since tih u~nw hesniiedi a dlouibtful positio osi So,licito r -.rnider liadlical rule has:1 n1.1 ver bee heard(i (ini any of 01u ntia nunneniVits) ini diefense of thi >tate, and( onliy whenCi somei bond a ralra job was to bie put up), b wiih to complliete tire phmdel(ir of th SIate,. which the lRadicals begair -hrd'hy, we have our11 Radical deCbt t pay, amid, verily, he' has his rewar( i f, ho(we'ver, loyaltyv to the Citadc Acaemrlery is to he tibe sole test bi wiebiI~?i gethemen of this State are t, he')~ iven 01r refuised posit.ions in thi 3 tually endorsed by a State Convc 1 tion, then the sooner we abolish remove this bone of contention Columbia the better. It has cc fessedly been organize. contrary the Constitution; is impropeR located to suit the health of you men of the middle and up counti and might very properly, on t score of economy, health and c( venience, be made a part of the fr system of education in Columb giving a much needed scientific a practical turn to education in t State while at the same time comp' ing with the Constitution and t laws under which we receive the la grant fund. In advocating its moval to Columbia, I was but folio ing the ideas of the Board of Visitb before the war, who contemplated removal to avoid the epidemi which pr%.vail in Charleston, ai which had forced them on several casions to remove the cadets to ( lumbia. Our greatest political difficuli and the greatest bar to our receivi "justice" in this State, lies in t undue influence which Charlest wields by virtue of unfair and t equal representation--not only the General Assembly, but also our Democratic Conventions. U fortunately she also controls sevei low-country counties, who, like hi self, have undue representation f their negro population in our Cc ventions. If Charleston was und the control of the gentlemen Charleston, and, instead of such in as Dawson and Brawley, she w controlled by and sent to us su men as she had, and still has--mi who were incapable of sharp practi and political trickery--then we cou afford to trust them and her with t extra power. Unfortunately, if i are to credit the statements of b own mayor and the acknowledu ments of her own people, she is in corrupt political state, and her len era not only abuse the power th have in the State, but resort to frai in their own Democratic prima elections. The true remedy lies, first, in t reapportionment of the represen tion of our Counties in our Sti Democratic Conventions in prop tion to the actual Democratic v< of each County; or, in lieu of this, resort to a strictly white straight Democratic primary election fQr the elective offices in the State. '' second is in taking a census of t State as early as possible and givi each County its true and proper rc reseutation in the General Asse bly. I know that it is threaten that the whites of Charleston and t low country will bring the negro to the Democratic party to utilize I vote, but I know too well that ti means. negro equality and negro r< resentation, which they cannot aloi and that the gentlemen of the l1 country would rather see the Stf controlled by the reliable white pi ple of the State than by either t negroes of the low country or t corrupt politicians of Charleston. This is the goal to which the wh' Democracy of the State must loa and( when we reach it, as we im Ssurely will ere long, we will have more domination of the State by corrupt ring in Charleston; no mc control of the Legislature by the i1 of tihe negro vote therein; no mc usurpation of power by tihe Executi Committee; and no more F. W. Un~ sOne5 on our State or National 1' ecultive Committees. I have worked for, sufferedl f and have made too many sacrific for the State and party to do othi Swise thlan gracefully submit, bu shall bend all my energies in t future to righmt this wronIg, and accomplish time above endls; at God willing, my polliical enemi shlall find that though I have be p)olitically (and p)ublicly) defeat< I mnot politically dead. I nflamumatory lheumaIItim. 1"or over two yeairs I suflYered int ens I wi musculamr I heumtlism. I bcaiL a lmDoslt lhlles, and1( had1 to be helj out of bedi. At times I was unlable turn miyself Inl bed, and had1( to be h12 d (ied as tenlderly as an intfantt. My chi -was inlvolved, andio I he paini was intole -lble at times. AllI thte old and wv .known retmedies werle exhatei'fd, but Spermnflllent relief wias obtatined'. Ala a year ago I wvas imduced by a frienid 'try Swvift's Speeiie. TheI effect has b h ( magical. My frniend(s scartcly recognl ) tme. My rhenatism is entirely go: a miy generail health is super( b, and I I weigintg thirty pounds imoire thant wi Il ommenlced takinig S. S. 8. 1 am11 a ~ to attenld to uall my inltsterial work. r am11 devouitly grateful for my restorat 3 to health, which I owe, undlier the bl< r itng of God, to Swift's Specilie. 1 hamIptonl, Ga., A pril 20, 1 880. Treatise Otn 1lood11 and Skinl I>isent - maliledl free. T ihe Swift Speciie Co., J)trawet 3, Food for theo brain iad neOrv'e that win Y vigorateo the body1 without ttoxlcating11 ) Whaft we neeod ini theOse daiyo of rushnd 11wo Par'ker's Tonic restoires the vital energ B Roothls the neorvos, and b)rings goodl hti (tunteker than aniythineg von1 Clnn 1an. (.8-1l or better from a Ncwberry (ir. to -- u. "The sunl comes fthl; cach montaii to height. ly Glows with a1 tinge of rosy light, qg And flowers tIhat shnhered throug tin y, night, he Their dewy leaves tinfold; n- A flood of splendor bursts ot liighi. C And rivor'is breast refleets a sky a, Of Crimson and of gold." Would you like a few items froi he the Land of the Sky. 'Mr. Editor' Y' But Indeed they Ieei' not he few, to he this lovely Frenchli Broad valley will Id its innumerable attractions is an in C -exhlaust.able source of interest. IBil my eyes are nature-loving eyes rs Yours, Mr. Lditor, may he difleren --you being one of t he so-eallcd lord es of creation-consequent ly. yout nia} Id not enjoy a Colunictlition of thi., c- kind 1 speak from obs'rvatioln, a, o- invariably on mounitaii raimbliing antl climbing OCCaiaiOIs, howsotever sub l'limne and wildly beauitilul thei vie'w. we meet, these( distitnguishc'i per he ~I(' e sonages, who call hemselves lords > and think nature endowed thetm wit] n- a station more honorable, more lofty, in and in a word, vastly superior to th(t in noblest of her varied creations, lool - upon the imdescriiab'c grandeur he al fore them with the majestic coi r. placency of Alexander Selkirk, when or he declared hinself monrch, of all hc n- surveyed. Apparently, A\r. Editor er they are no more impressed with It( of sublimity of the views, utter no ex as pressions of admiration or enthusi as asm greater than if it were a mole hill, or cabbage patch. instead of t magnificent mountain panor:ama. ant Id deliglit as 1i a r i /I i r,/ recenth1 e on viewing a lield of enbhage niea ve the celebrated (osar's 1e1d. ht er cabbage were extraordninarilyh tine. C but, it' you will listen, dear ir. I a itor, I'll whisper that he admired Lt( d rosy mountainI l:ss who wa":1s hociit d them so industriously. and not ti cahhaae after all . You will excus' ry me for heing personal. but you wonlo e have admired her too, Mr. Editor, n I am somewhat aware of the dispo sition of you "lords." She was dIt te cidedly pretty, and as she stood ther< >r- in tme midst of ten thousand cahhoage it 1(tishi eyes and simple garb, she looke< u romantically sweet, even as did Mau Muller, on the summer day that shi< be "raked the meadow sweet with hay However, Mr. .Editor, I shall assutc that your admirinrg vision wotilh .- aspire to a resting p1ace somewha' m- above this lovely piece of insignill e(l nne, as you occupy the exalted po le sition of e'dito '. Yet, editors shouh manifest an interest in nearly ever us subject, as among their hosts of sub s scribers will be found iersons o every variety of tastes, ideas, inclitna tions, etc., and they should feel duty )w bound to make their paper equall1 te interesting to all. At present, I tius l these lines may not f'ail to elicit your ie slightest interest, especially as thIe e come from a lover of' the Il:a. ANI NE1ws," and a Newherr-c giirl be s aides. I must tell you that I giv the I.:nAIn AxND NE-ws a sweet weli and1( favorite friend, and iln thRe hiui a guage' of the3 '(Old Armi CJhir,. wh<R re an dlare chide icme o hiw/ if.? It: sC columns contain spier,. i iuterestiti re matter and after per1usinRg it., I fee ve refreshed and haippy, herau'e:i l 'v< ' had1( "Good neCws fr'otm homek." Youl Xvaluable pap,ler' iS alh.o enijoyedl by ni comp~anions here. ' eeri ly' -- an~ Ii 't I,ee,"' a fair, eartly-hiaired midenlti wbic Cs conisiders it her <hIriin.g prlivilege hie Shave spent, laust wintter inl Newberr mer-nid who, I date say is not fotgott.ei to by certin Iones of' ou r jurrilcd IordIs She anRd I enlhose best wisheis tot thei es it.or, and1( ou1r frieinds wh ma1 11y chain e< ito see t hese siimphle, silbo d -girli sI lines, andl we are hiapply to say .hial our health is excellent, ~in this anti malarial valley, and as to pleasurle we know niothinug else. Tfhe hfacilIi ties and( opportuniit,ies f'or the enjoy ~h'tinent of yountg folks aire so muel ne greater hmere than in 1 Ne(wh erry'. F"irst edh 1o lice up here doies niot necess5 itt to sutch constalnt, hbibor itus "s weatin ii'c Sthe btrow,"' as the yiehl ot fruiits am1 vegetabes i n it1,i s i . de lihtfu valhi ; i: el inemu,ee iih and the s wl.'te w iu norc,etmun ~vte.hrlt ait' ni!k :u12 te r m0 peoultsry mt tIn :uult( fine ioe to rod t cy i .:u e i<chin meanofssitnc. Tl'irtn-y lie e,oerl athe live wael lTheat' pur unwter a inI i t brees1 :uvereo N neceary. So , vnavigae' c vir thes 1 rou igh rocky~. n rogisal aatl i:<eerdii i nly wholksomo,:m rare anishn:u genra heavlthii isarey ipied ofnf Anmd it is miote for th pleasture aun In- enteritainmen(t, oft thelir suunnelri vie tl ion,-they seem wihlly unmselli sI raIIIIbles. roiIt t, 'arld n t fishing e(1 parties, literatrv socials. boat rides sl) and excursloion pienies. The tiv1'e8 lit wvoltd he tot nice for :tit) 'tl llyti were''C re it not that tihe roadls are so lnarrow. U1 Aidents will andC dot) happen onl ce these "Fr.r!!7. 'ears of tc, such ereate suspen ise and so dlimtinisht d( t,he plcasure which might be realized ad froin ve ry remote surroundings. 1)l These asICa are rildiculedl and termed to cowarlly; but, tell me, Mr. 1'ditoir, ti would "you not be alarmtedl w''it i one w< wheel of' your buggy suspended over ia the iretlh Uad, and Lthe otlher col- n lidinge vith the mounltainl? But you it( are' t brave ltd, (?) ald of oirS "jI: wouhl not treinle and turn1 pale like ch a timid g,irl. Youl conhll perhaps, however, bectter M1I)atilizeii with poor to larincrs :s t.hy ap)roacil the dread. is (( Scyla and ('hiaryhdis of tite. Med. it iLtrranle:li. I sid symp1,rt/h' L( ! (!n F<t ne1'1 "y/t/thi-, ''las nature madev her in ords capable of Sympathy? 'hey eil say ,to!. Shakespeare says :-"There w is It faith, Ito trust t, honety," en and ii ie had been a wmilnt, would as have concilhed vith, i,, sy,/i1iit/h o' ".inl tin." Ah ! ye lords, sighI with w1"r ret'ret, t-hat you cannot 'weep with mil thost who weep ," awi sufTer with im tho)se w\ho sull'r, I'or t"ruly', "'sutl'ering! as w1ith" i+ sympathizing. Y'ou Canl st< never en1joy this sweet priv'ilege, as :ml mnother naturt! has reserved it for her a1'1 w1ho is in every'v sense c:laable-gen-" a lic, aIlIect.ionate w manii. Yet she wi needs your Syimipathy. (), how very, ho 'Try often, ail it woiltd he nothing th, less than ,iss f'or her, coubtl you be- dii sLOW it.. I''xcuse this devilatiom and do I will rettrti' o L mr ( tumalis(eents. thli 4)1l the1 l tlt r:lniin. iie I-i l'(ree, A l 11': ar:n fi'la :u 1 l f lll ofl _le ''" th ti1 an)otit'r lir'i\- . w"' tnt'i t It)O t'ta. ' bl As ate': :nlln'. 1hra\wni I' siv oxen. Fortunatel\. exiN-t -H\" :,t p lac:' of nur meetini'. Mo' r'1nd wa ';' slig t, rhi l -twidl r, havin:l h lc rI, :iv'r :a -lhort \ (ll:"t:tilit'I' 1 ,11 1 1 t:1 !l ' ,r' xi i It 11) distance.~i: _le no nti en still o on ltheit it' iit, i t . )tl : 1! It'3if the iv\er t11 conlteii w \ith On t., nthe r tu s i ig itiIt i:i~ d ~i I 'r( .id , i hetrc was It h'e . i r n". l''nc. On a) m,'ui n';' It, 1.'1: 1t tund the S roai t,I o ite wi-Ih :ani i' i fat i e n,lisin' , l'1, c, w: a0n1 oi tn - aco mpii)t li shdll , hotv.1 v(1 . ' i in t,'o t ni' e 'ytr m inill the iun>u't1utii ui, a r'4'11' 1 e i \" , to innov in m i t nit CU! iintit h1 (1 r i , ii '- t i 'or .i; \, olj ivi i Lseiitlly' when yCI n Sit eovr , asl yoW(uCd (J1i t d10 (14), that, sylph-!ike, y u/ an-l inl i ia cn omlerntcod 'e -s li i veortit tt m11Ss;es, !gralefll! 1-rnsi1, 'nowy. bri, ht 'eed daiis, lovely hyda'r:t> . t'ra- st. i rait Oul ti t atut ell 1:mr1-el :mn ivy; 1c lwhih t y(ur C t,i , n1 or;stal stra it bi - cdashvr; -levI'lly nve'r '- I lp)b les, t,l - L Ir,:ling! its way busl::i :yi 1 n n isi )y, iL t like t si!ver' ribbom dt\:nl the mtoun. 01 ' tain ide. Such sttirrundinlgs af)ord1 In a vried, love l y' snte o'f beauty and lth would trunly prove at j)y Forever. As 3' - you stroll nw11 %ard :1141 t3)' 'tni t.he way b)ecnnmes mo:re rugd and difli- u I ct!L; soun 'atigue Wotd pro333 t. you at to tutrn back, wvere you nott poissesse<d tc wit h t,he "''h'xcelsior" spirit, tund were (1 yo)u not, assistedl by somec lordlly armIl, ti or its )r'era le substitute, rc ,/L/an i p,/l'. Were I a senltimentiIai author"- c"1 I si '-,~ . Ir -'io ,Iw u l e o t t o h:Ut ic35 -astese tikea- t abovehi dtne" me by grief, heart-broken and de. airing, she sought and gained re. T in death, by throwing herself eklessly over the dreadful precipice, d falling with the beautiful inno. nt water, now known as "Conness. L" falls, into the (lark, dangerous pthls below. Is not such constancy miruble, Mr. Editor? and exem ary too for the boys and girls of -day, inasmuch as the majority of em are so fearfully inconstant, yet would not have them suflr such nentable results as did poor Con. stee. Excuse me, kind Mr. Ed >r, if I exhaust your patience, but At a little more, and I'll begin to )se this rambling epistle. Last week I enjoyed an excursion Caesar's Ilead. This you know a famous peak of the Blue Ridge )tltain just over the line in S. C. on here, it is twelve miles distant, the d1irection of our "moulntain y"--Greenville. ''he day we went s fine, till towards its close. The rly morning, however, was foggy usual. You know till about eight slock every morning this valley is apped in an immense cloud of st, making it very damp and render. the nearest objects invisible. lHut the fog cleared away, (though in ad of falling to our regret it rose d ive knew to expect rain in the Jcrnoon) a pair of merry tar heel's, pharmaceutist and a merchant, t. the finest buggies and fastest rses in town were seen climbing c mandering ascent which leads rectly to my uncle's beautiful gothic micile. These tar heels taking up eir femals crosses, (Mattie .l ice and inic May,) were soon going on ir way up the mountain, rejoicing The day was beautiful, 't1.as in ed i "sweet day ! Ro cool so calm, bright."' he scenery along the adl was fine to say the least and is greatly enhanced by ferns, wild wers and limpid riils--nature's reliest decorations. There were imerois springs by the roadside. mit whose icy waters we were fre. littly refreshed by our handsome ti' Iharmnacentist. We reached r. destinlationl at one p. in., and al' sm)e promiscuous strolling and Owing we sat dowa and partook, lth : decided relish of Mattic Lee's ht bread, chicken and cake, which th our gallant merchant's sardines, ekies and confectioneries proved dced a most enjoyable repast. me refuse our pharmaceutist found rt. in throwing from his lofty reh, into the valley immediately llow calling it "bread cast upon e waters,,' but lie was mistaken, as f!ell in the tree tops. The views Caesar's Head are grander and irc extensive than those in his roul. I hope to describe them to in, when I began this Mr. Editor, it their sublimity makes me so pain Illy conscious of my incompetency Id insignificance, that the mere at mlt to describe them, finds me Inb. Bitt you lust know some ing of this apparently limitless mnorama of beauty and grandeur,--" n you not come and behold it for mnrself' ? Most certainly yott would el comptlensatedl for your long, mary joiurney. You wouild find a ce lairge hotel Oil the I lead ; it has It few p)ermIanent, boarders, num cins tratnsient oiies, however. We sitedl the hotel sprinlg, andi what at 'lighutful pIlace it is. The crystal iters trickle gently and musically na large mtoss-covered embanik enit, itnto a circular rock basin ; flow gthlence dlown tihe motntain, they oni mingle with the waters of' outr vni SaIlda and eventually with ose oh' the Atlantic Ocean. A fter freshting ourselv~es witht this ex l\entt Cau'ear's Hewud wuler, loung g on thme cool greeni swardl around e sp)rinig, gathering various little lementoes we hiade ad iett to this vely 1)1ace and began our return We soon1 reached thte N. and S. C. e. It is marked1 by a tall gracefutl plar11 and1( near it is a small di pidlatedl building. It is occupied six sanctimonious looking men to woti remnindl yotu at on1Ce of' the lemin o1ld monks of St Bletrnard. te of them I am told, sonme 'as sintce was Greenville's Legis hure mlan. I atm told that tltcy ke adivanitage of the location of' i'ir htoime itn a way that renders ain ' '/ an almost impllossible in case pleatse themti to commit aniy offenise. a N. C. shetriff attempts thie arr'est, erV liee fr'om the thrieshold oif thir I . door,i, and( vice ver'sa. Cross t!wI line we went onwardl; stud syit b egani thunderinog and( soont e were'~ ill the mtid(st of' a stormtt. Outr o,;s deemedCiIC it useless to stop), It. 'rI long wind and torrents of' ini maide it nteessary, anid we were nd eno(ugh to take shelter in a corn. -i,. I,ucky for us, these mnountainm '1nce in each other never lock their -tbs. But ini spite of gossamers, I'IrobeIs, hop-butggies and corn erib, (' weire vtotimis of a drenchintg. owever' after we /ddel ini thte crib a