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t . 4... I)EV(frivD TO SOUTHERN RIGHTS, MORALITY, AGRICULTURE, LITERATURE, AND MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. JAMES H. NORWOOD, JiJilTflR.] VQL. 1. I, JSDITflR To thine oiensclfhe true; And it must follow as the nif;ht the day; Thou const not then he false to any man.—Hamlet. DARLINGTON C. H., S. C., THURSDAY MORNING OCTOBER 16 1851 [NORWOOD A DE LORME, PI'BLISIIERS NO. 33. THE DARLINGTON FLAG, IS FtTBLISIIED EVERY THURSDAY .HORNING, AT I>ARLINGTON, C. H., S. C., BY NORWMD & DE LOR TOE. TERMS OF StIBSCRirflON: III advance, (per annum,) - - - $2 00 At the expiration of six months - 2 50 At the entrof the year - - - - - 3 00 , ADVERTISING : Advertisements, inserted at 75 cents a square (fourteen lines or less,) for the first, and 37i cts. for each subsequent insertion. Business Cards, not exceeding ten lines, nserted at f!5, a year. anscSLL&NSOPS. SCENERY IN SOUTH CAROLINA AND j GEORGIA'. # The following is taRcn from an arti cle in the Southern Litirary Messenger. entitled “Scenes beyopd the Western Border,” by a “ Captain of the U. S. Dragoons.” “ We speed to Greenville, Spartan burg or PendlctuM. points from which you may diverge to a thousand spots of scenery not surpassed in any of the sist r Stiles. On your route you pass at Glenn’s Spri igs, one of the most fashionable of the watering places of South Carolina. These Springs belong to the same fjunily, the members of which are scattered throug bout all the South, in parallel regions, from Vir ginia to Mississippi. They possess the same general characteristics, and are probably equally medicinal, being im pregnated more or less with su'_' r, magnesia and salts. At Glenn’s Springs : you will make tl>e acquaintance of the middle and upper country generally, with a slight spnnkling of others from the seaboard. The forjner are here in considerable numbers*tliroughout the season, rlfou jvill find them equally courteous, intA^ent and frank; easy in their manners, and prompt and grace ful in their hospitalities. From this point the transition is u|isy to Spartan burg, a region of perfect health through out, lying beautifully for farming, and remarkably well setthd. Here you find other medicinal waters, the Cedar, the Pacolet, Limestone and Sulplmr.Springs each of which has its advocates, though their visitors are much less numerous than thoseof Glenn’s. The I'acolet, and otlunlh^s and rapids, are objects of greatdMdhsity ; and the famous bat tle-field df fte Cowpens affords a point of great attraction to him who loves to seek out the memorials of the Revolu tion. But, if the object he mountain scenPiy, the traveller will sjieed to Greenville, which lies adjoining, to the North and West The village of this name is a beauty among villages, and its cascade of Reedy River, which skirts the settlement, affords numerous subjects for the painter. In the North east angle of the Distsict, however, you find the holder pictures, where the beau tiful blends with the sublime, and in forms the imagination with images at once of the stupendous and the sweet. The Hogback Mountain, acraggedand perilous ascent, that might find a better name, in the first of a lordly brotherhood ofhcigttfe, which enshrine a thousand scenes of the terrible and lovely. Ad- joing it you have the Glassy Mountain, so named because of the glazed beauty of its rocky sides, trickling with perpet ual water in the sunlight The water which flows from th#se mountains form the sources of tho Tyger and the Pac olet Here, also, you have tho Saluda and Panther Mountaiua, and, above all, the wonderful rocky enff and jfrccipice of Caisar’s Head—a name given to it from a remarkable profile, which, at one view, tho crag present#, of a human, which might be a Roman face. Sa chem’s Head would be much more ap propriate to the aboriginal locality, as the profile is quite as proper to the In dian ns the Roman type of face. As the name of the Indian pricii in the Southern States was Inwa, this, title would seem a not inappropriate otc to the stem prophet-like image which this rock affords. The mountain itself is an entire mas# of granite, rising abruptly from the valley, through which a turbu lent river hurries upon its way. From the precipice, on this quarter, you have one of the most magnificent prospects that the world can show. Sinning upon the edge of the cliff, yonrlfv courses, without impediment, to. tMi full < xu-Bt of its vision, leaving still regions beyond’ which the fancy spreads inimi tably beyond your feet Apart from Uie sublime emotions of such a scene, from such a spot, the sense of danger is enlivened when you discover that the mountain rises from a base seemingly quite too .lender for its support, while an awful fissure divides the mass from top to bottom, detaching an immense- mass, that threatens momently to go down in thunder gpon the unconscious valley. The Head of Casar, or the lawa. is in some peril of serious abra sion, if not demolition, in the progresmt of events. But, Pendleton is the District ofriouth Carolina, most affluent in curiosities of this description. The Table Rock is one of the Apalachian range. It rears its colossal front of granite—an isola ted mass, perpendicular as a wall— more than eleven hundred feet in height, with a naked face of more than six hun- dred feet. The precipice is on the Kastern side. It is ascended on this side, by means of a ladder or steps of wood, fastened with iron champs to the stone, and with several stagings com passing the perpendicular height. Yon literally hang in air. You look down, with a shudder, upon the awful chasm a thousand feet below. Your ladder shakes—its steps are in decay—-occa sionally one has disappeared—and your heart sinks momentarily, rendering ne cessary the encouragement of your guide. The great black wall glistens with the descending streams, which the sun coins into brill iants as fast as they scatter into spray. Go below—look up and your soul rises with the majesty of prayer. On tho Western side, a stream darts away, headlong, with great speed —as a doe pursued by the hunters, whom you may fancy you see in the five cascades which bound off, from as many quarters, on a like course, all striving equally for the Oolenoe, one of the tributaries of the Saluda, in which they are all finally lost. But the chase is continued daily. There is still a doc to fly, and still as many hunters to pur sue. The mountain, on this side, is well wooded, and is thus in remarkable contrast with the naked wall of rock, in ilie opposite quarter. You gain the top of the rock, and find a rude square or platform. The wonders increase around you. Here is another roek, which is the giant’s stool, as the moun tain is his table. You may fancy a dinner party of Gog and Magog, and if yon sleep and dream, may conjure up images of a feast, where yourchance is to he eaten last, unless, like Ulysses, you can succeed in couching the eye of your feeder. Your fancies will he greatly helped by the proof around you of unknown races. You are show n the tracks of gigantic feet, beasts, birds, men, which may be those of elephant tortoise—both arc insisted upon—or the result of the natural attrition of wa ter in the rock, w hich you may find it quite as pleasant to heli. ve. Passing to tho verge of the precipice, yon feel, with Natty Bnmpoo, that you see crea tion. A cedar tree, for years, was the terminus, beyond which no foot was j set. It grew in a crevice of the rock, and overhung the precipice. It was the ordinary trial of the adventurer’s 1 courage to grasp this tree in his em brace, and sw ing over tho chasm. But the tree perished, finally, and the feat is i performed no longer. You sit and i gaze; hut it will require sometime be fore the eye opens fully U|)On all its pos sessions. To the North and East your view is bounded by the Alleghanics,of which the rock ason which you recline is one of the harrier mountains. On all other sides, Nature seems happily to repose in the embrace of Beauty. Vale and field, and river and cascade, and lonely peaks of kindred granite, employ and persuade the safisfied glance from side to side. Your eye communes with the Glassy and Hogback Mountains, in Greenville; sweeping over Spartanburg, to tho F.nst, it rests on King’s Moun tain, famous for the defeat of Fergu son, in the Revolution ; next, in quick succession, you range to the Saluda Mountains, the Panther, Caesar's Head, the Dismal, the Estato and Oolenoe, and with the«yethus traversing West, yon grasp the castellated heights of tho | Currahee, in Georgia.” \Ve regret that ouriiitiits will allow us to make room for hut one other quo tation, the md||«o aS'this is all we can give of the mountain region of Georgia, a sisstcr State that abounds in romantic and picturesque objects. The passage refers to the famous cataracts so highly eulogized by all who have visited them. “Tuccoah is, indeed, a mountain beauty of rare loveliness. The cas. cade falls in a sheet most like a thin kgauzy veil, tnrough which sparkles a galaxy of little hrillfflnts. It is the emblem of equal purity and beauty.— are all of tho same chor ds fascination. Tuccoah is a lyric to them w r as awakening reality. When the eye. It is a single out gushing of the light of the morn faintly appeared fond musical notes, with a sudden and sparkling overflow—wildly quick, hut rarely temperate ; eager anti lull of impulse, yet chastened by the exquisite method of grace and tenderness which prevail throughout the picture. “ A few miles from Tuccoah is an other scene, in rich and absolute con trast with it. If Tucoah is the beauti ful, Talluah is the terrible! “ If Tuccoah is the lyric of water falls, Tallalulah is the grand five act drama, the sublime and awful tragedy, scene upon scene, accumulating with new interest, until the repose of death overspreads the catastrophe. It so happens that Tallalulah is a series of cascades, five in number, with a pause between each, in which the waters, ex hausted apparently by previous con flict rest themselves before resumig their fearful progress to new struggles.— opposite houses, Edward 1” above the tops of the Mr. F arose. •‘Where are you going, said his watchful wife. “I have been considering,” he said calmly, and am determined to try my father. He loved me when I was a hoy he was proud of me. It is true I have acted dishonorably to him, and should no doubt have ruined him. Yesterday I spoke harshly to him, hut I did not then know myself. Y’our deep affec tion my dear wife, has completely al tered me. I will makeup for it Now don't grieve me in this way; this is worse to than all. I will he hack soon.” The chilldren appeared in the break fast room; Mary was ready with her smiles and the hoy was anxious for the notice of his father. In a short time Mr. F returned “We must sink, my love, he will not on the globe. These rests afford yon glimpses of the 1 assist me. He uphraded me; I did not I could not answer him a word. He spoke kindly of you and our tittle ones hut he fast us off forever.” The distressed man had scarcely said this when a person rudely came in. Tho purpose of this visit was soon perceived, in the name of F ‘s fa- sweetest repose. The stream seems momently to sleep, hut in such lovely lakelets, that you almost look to see the naiad Princess emerging from the sur rounding caves, with loosened tresses, preparing for the hath. The next pro gress increases the action aad the inter est of the scene, until, at the close, you see only the convulsive forms below you, writhing as if in death, and hear the deep groans of their panting agony, sent up to you in an appeal that seems to ask for sympathy and vengeance.” THE RUN. “Why do yon keep me so long at the door?” said Edward F passionate ly to his wife. The night had hut pas sed, hut its cold winds entered the house, as Mrs. F .with a sorrowful heart unbolted the door. “It is late Edward and 1 could not keep from slumbering. He said nothing in return to this hut flung himself into a chair and gazed in- tenty on the fire. His son cliinhcdup- on his knee and putting his little arms around his father's neck w hisper- [; 1 * ea F “think not of me. Your father l apa, w hat has mother been cry- connot distress me. I have not known mg toiM you in childhood as he has done but you started and shook ofi' his ' 8llall see i unv | c | in ther he took possession of the property and had the power to make F a prisoner. “You shall not take papa away,” said the little son, at the same time kicking at the ollieer. “Mamma,” whispered little Mary,” mamma must my father go prison Won’t they let us go too ?” “Here comes my authority said the deputy sheriff. The elder Mr. F doggedly placet d himself in a chair. “You shall not take my papa away cried out the little hoy to hi.v graufath- cr. “Whatever may have been m^^ou- duct sir, said the miserable EmvSrd ; this is unkind in you. 1 have not a feeling for my sell "but my wife my chil dren, you have no right to harass them with your presence.” “Nay, husband,” responded Mrs. Mr. F- hoy and said with violence— “Goto bed, sir! what business has your mother to let you be up at this time oi tho night f” The poor chilli's lower lips pouted, hut he w as at the time too much frigh tened to cry. ilis sister silently took him up and w hen he reached his bed his heart discharged itself in grief. The mother heard his crying and w to you m pover ty. He has forgatten his youthful days he has lost sight of his own thoughtles- years. The old gentleman directed hi' law agent to leave the room. He then slowly and nervously answered— “Madam I have not forgotten :ny own thoughtless days, I have not for gotten that I once had a wife as ami- hle nnd noble-minded as yourself, and I have not forgotten that you THE HAPPY 1AHILY IN 1I\ DE PARR. whole reams of paper with explanations Showman (Allxwt Prince) Loquitur; ol the subject, for here you have the ex- Walk in, walk in ladies and gentlemen, aetdoetriue m which the world believes and sue the interestin’ spectahle of the :uu * which is practiced upon by a vast united and happy family, showing the majority of the people of every nation wonderful power of human intelligence in subduin' the the forocious and sail- guinary dispositions of the hannimal creation. Here you behold ’em livin’ together in peace and ’armony, like so many industrious bees in a glass ’ive; witch celihrity hedifice was designed a’ purpose for ’em, by that remarkable tal ented indiwidgal, Mr. Joseph Paxton. Fust and fourmost, in a centrcl situa tion, you see that magnanimous quad ruped, the British lion, a lookin’ around him witli a complacent expression of countenance, him being on tho best of terms both with hisself and every body helse, and fcelin’ perfectly satisfied in his ow n mind that he is “monarch of all he surveys.” Right over agin that noble hanimal, you observe the Gallic cock, between which creatures there has been supposed to exist a natural iieninity; hut this is a wulgar error.— The courageous bird has now quitted Ids position, and strutted right in be tween the pors of the lion, which, though naturally a carnivorous hanimal, is now, you perceive, a-eaten’ a loaf of ! bread, made, I may remark, out of Free- trade corn. The cock is pecking crumbs out of the lion’s monte: which the gen erous qiiadni[K‘d no ways begrudges, secin' as how he is blest with an abun dance, and can afford to hear the small trifle. Not far from this humble hexihition of fraternity, you see the Loosian bear, fabulously reported to have no bowels —a circumstance disproved by Ids re- maikahle gentleness of disposition and appetite for plum pluddings; and there can be little doubt that 'tis the salutary change in Ids diet, lie is indebted for the wonderful imdrovement of his temper. In the immediate neighbhood of the hear of liooshn, you behold the Haus- trian and Proosiian beagles, n-hillin’ like a pair of turtle-doves, nnd it is pro bable they would in* cooiu’ too, hut that owing to a natural inipediincnnt in the construction of the wind-pipe, they are unable to manage. Here is a re- I markable specimen of a London terrier. The little hanimal under Ids nose is a Hanooverel. There you have a splen did Spanish hull; a good deal more at home where he is, I warrant you, than he would he in the hampythcayter at Madrid. There is also a Roman hani- | nial, of tho same species, with a brace of British hull-dogs fast asleep along- THE MOCK AITTION AND THE GREAT WI ZARD OF THE NORTH. A Capital Joke.—Quite an inter esting and laughable scene took place at one of the mock auction rooms yes terday between Peter Funk and Pro fessor Anderson. The Professor it ap pears was attracted by the remarkably low prices that the auctioneer was sell ing gold watches (as is usual with stran gers,) and after a little time, was indu ced to purchase one—then a second and a third. Peter, chuckling in Ids sleeve at having got hold ofa green cus tomer, seemed very desirous of extend ing inducements to the Professor, who, howover, discovering that the watches had already purchased were not genu ine. Unwilling, however, fo say any thing, he determined to turn the tables on the auctioneer, and after declining to purchase any more, the Professor tendered a fifty dollar hill in the pay ment of his account, which was thirty dollars; the three dollar watches nnd twenty dollars change were handed to the Wizard, who left the place with his friend nnd property. He had not pro ceeded far up Broadway, when ho was tapped on tho shoulder by the auction eer, who wished the Professor to re turn, and appeared much agitated. Mr. Anderson returned with him, and it turned out that the fifty dollar note had vanished, and that Peter Funk charged tlie Wizard with having abstracted the note; the Wizard, of course,denied it, a scene was cut up. Profes- for Anderson remonstrated in high terms at the injustice, and told him that his attempt to extort money from him by false pretenses was useless. At this the auctioneer grew exasperated, and was about to strike the Professor, when the Wizard said: “Sir, 1 will prove wkat I say, for you have at this mo- moment one half of that note in your hat, and the other your assistant has in- stde the ease of his watch.” The auc tioneer took off Ins hat and found it there, the watch contutned the other half. Both were evidently alarmed at tin affair, and wondered how they came there. They did not know Professor Anderson, and will not until they read this; hut they may depend they are not safe while lie is about. The affair made made the crowd scream again at Peter e of him: may he he never go further having been so taken in, and no doubt went to him but she soon returned to [ lran( jj \v ns UrVav^orite child. ^An old ♦ *"1 i-tni-l/At* Sb* fj ■« n Its* Vtaso 1 • • * _ . lu met s acter. IWuty, rather than grandeur, ' is ths wflP % swhirh to describe k, though the latter Clement is not want ing to its charms. It is only held in subjection to the superior sweetness of the parlor. She leaned upon he hus band and thus addressed him— “Edward I will not uphrade you on account of your harshness to me; I do implore you not to act in this manner before your children. You are not, Edward what you used to he. Those heavy eyes of wretchedness as well as had hours. You wrong me, You wrong yourself to let my hand show I am your wife hut at the same time let your heart know singleness of matters of moment 1 am aware of the kind of company in which you have lately indulged. Toll me, Edward, for heaven’s sake tell me we are ruined is it not so ?” Edward had not a word to say to his wife ; hut a man’s tears are more awful than his words. “Well he it be so Edward! our chil dren may suffer from our Call hut it will redouble my exertions for them.— And as for myself, you do not know me if you think that circumstances can lesson my feelings for them. A wo man’s love is like the plant which shows its strength the more it is trod den on. Arouse yourself my husband leave the course you have lately pur sued. It is true your father lias cast you off. It is true you are indebted to him in a serious sum ; hut, Edward, he in not all the world; only consider your wife in that light” A slight tap was now heard at the door, and Mrs. F went to ascertain the cause. She returned to her hus band. 4 “Mary is at the door, she says you always kissed her before she went to bed.” “My clu^’ said the father, “God ’ bless youflBi not well Mary. Nay, do not spjfii to me to-night Go to r(4|umw jffive me one of your pretty smires in the morning and then my dear child, jrour father will bo happy again.” | Mr F ' was pursuaded by his fectionate partner to retire; but sle and rest were not for flim his wi, children had ondjp given happy ! hut now the rufir he had bn man hides his sorrows, but let not world think him unfeeling as tlie world taught him to he so. The distress that that I have this moment caused was premeditated on my part. It has had its full effect. A mortal gets vice by single steps, and many think the victim must return by dogres. I know Ed ward's disposition and with him a sin gle leap was sufficient. The leap he lias taken. He is again insny memo ry as the favorite of his poor mother ; the merry Imghing-eyed son ofa pshaw of n-a-old fool! for what am 1 cry ing?” Little Mary had insensibly drawn herself towards the old philosopher, and without uttering a word pressed his hand and put^is handkerchief to her eyes. The bov also now left his parents and walking up said :— “Then you wont take papa away ?” “No, you im|>rudent little rascal; but I'll take you away when you mother comes for you 1 will treat her so well I will make your father follow after. Thus came happiness at the heels of ruin. If husbands more often appre ciate the exquisite and heaven-like af fection of their wives how many hap py firesides would he seen. One in IdVe and one in mind,” should lie the motto of every married pair. And fathers wouud many a time check im providences, if they were to make use of reflection and kindness rather than prejudice and strictness. Cross Examination.—“Mr. Smith you sa«4 you once officiated in a pul pit ; do you mean by that you preach ed?” “No, sir; I held the light for the man who did.” “Ah ! the court understood you dif- j ferently. They supposed that the dis- course came from you.” ggt “No, sir, I only throw’d a litle light • on it.” “No levity, Mr. Smith. Crier wipe voa r nose, nnd call the next witness.” and fai e wus! On the right is the royal Bengal tiger, whose native ferosity lias been so completely canker’d that he is a\ in’ a game of leaping with the Swiss shammy. On the left the great Indian i elephant is amusin’ himself by feedin’ Professor A. will he benefittee by the annoyance they caused him.—N- I r . Herald. RDMAANCeTiN IRAL LIFE. “Married at Roseneath in Halifax the ( hinese pig with with gingerbread county, on Sunday night 17th instant nuts. That large black-looking bird by James Jones Esq., Mr. Richard i yonder,is the Danish-raven; he has got Williamson, of Missouri, to Mrs- Mar- a Turkey pullet under his wig. ' tha, L. Savage.” Yonder snug little friendly-party is: The above may Ire regarded as one of ; composed of the rhinocorous and Hip-i those romantic matrimonial cases potamua from Bafrica, the Egyptian which oflate appear to he of frequent crocodile, the halligator from the New occurrence; and perhaps itinav not he M orld, atffl thekangeroo from the Han- , amiss to give a few of the particulars tipoles. To judge by their actions, attending it, as they have been related they’re engaged in cheerful conversa- j to us. Mr. Williamson is represented tion, artcr their fashion, amongst them- to be a very wealthy old gentleman, I selves: and there’s no doubt whatever living in the extreme western part of hut what they understand each other Missouri. In travelling about for perfectly well. Eastwards is not an , health and recreation accompanied by elewated situation, very conspicuous, a nephew he stopped a few weeks since you view a gigantic bird ofa rapacious at the well known hospitality house of order, which is the famous American our old friend Moses Smith, Esq., who bald eagle, with a bag oi. breadstuff* in happening to be absent—a rare oecur- ! claws and a holive branch in his beak, rem-e with Mn>—Mrs. Savage a niece which is the helmets oi that peaee and of his wife, came to the door to receive planty which reigns among the mem- the new comers; she also waited up. hers of this happy and united family, on them at the table, and won their M alk in, walk in, ladies and gentlemen, good opinion so rapidly that the neph- and sec the happy and united fam^ of ew declared himself enraptured with all nations, under the immediate patron- her and expressed a determination to age of her Most Gracious Majesty and carry her back with him to Missouri on the royal family. Open ever }’ d »v, Vspt their return if he could prevail upon her Sundays, from ten till seven. Admlf- to accompany them. Tho uncle on- sion, one shillin’, Monday, Tuesday, tertaing the same opinion, the nephew M ednesday.and Thursday, and half-a- prudently gave wav, and the old gentle- crown on Friday, and on Saturday, man ‘proposed.’ The lady hesitated. hob, for them as wants to be genteel.— Punch. and required time for deliberation.— 'They proceeded to the Virginia Springs and on their return the old gentleman with palpitating heart awaited the final decision of the lady. He was informed that she was a widow with four ‘res ponsibilities. which was all she posses sed. He said he was rich enough for .j ., „ . them all and finally the marriage came 2. Lse others all you cn.^auiMei ^ and they have all started Nattral Religion.—We have not been a little amused with the following definition of tho religion of “nature, furnished by the Yankee Blade. It comes remarkably near the truth— 1. Look out for number one. „,,dqka them ‘use’you as little as possible. ^ 3. Get moneyi; honestly il you can, a , 1 but—get money. ^ “ ’ • o» have got** loffelh. for the . «*y happirifess arid success attend them! ^ Are to Memory.—When travelling, , L . walletabnightInto | 5. Every one for himself and the d—1 „n« of your stockings omiPfmir head, take the hindmost." • It will then be impossible to leave them, Here yon have the whole tiling in a unless you have been arciistomed logo nut shell There is no use of taking barefooted. 4. Hold on to what yc and get as much more as y If