Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1839-10-03
! saw-much the same as the "FrcncI

saw-much the same as the French
Broad"
Broad River is a mere creek in this part,
its source being in the Blue Ridge
our road now became al times appalling
we sot oul of our carriage, suppose
twenty llmes--and walked, hol as It was
--!ur lear ol being upset. Abuut nalt way
through the "G"p,' The scenery is chan
ged, and the Blue Ridge seem, 10 have
been divided by some violent WnvulsIOn
ot nature, and lhe Rocks and Mountains
now assume il nusisuhiine appearance;
wOlds cannot describe the elect produced
by vlewIn. Them, YOU are lasl III Wonder
love ami pralse"-!ur tbs "hand thai nude
them WAS divine ~
But do not expect me to describe, with
my feeble means, the wonders ana beauties
ot lhis sublime Gap-stupeuGous as 1
thought the II able Ruch," II Is almost ill.,
Significant to The Giant Pile ol Mountains
and ilocks, Tor at least five miles OF the
rude on cuieriug the Gap. l'he heights
are said 10 be one mile, by tho nreasure-
meat III III Engineers. No'hln. can sur
pass tie suoIlniiy. wild beauty, ,olemuIly
and sranucur ut The scene; ABOVE all lie
! cu:oIinS 0i tnc laudscape. Is the su!lrsl aud
| s"eelt>t nave ever seen III naIure, pre-.
ssnn 8 neau.liI nurs, lliacs, yrIIums,
GA r1is' grhys. '"zLiIne White, aud ALMOST
ui.ck
We i,ad Tic go! fortune of having d
liue day lor"uf =ArWrslUll, ann had Ihe de-
iiShl vi oeho,'!n, every variety liz .tand
,ii"Ge; dii"ine ,lnncss O The Whole sccur
was o"ry Urukcn on by our owu noise, amd
he sweet uIurnlurs vi The walcrs, forming
Inc SOURCES OF broad River" deep aud
dark bciUw tie dangerous road wc were
"aIHlns over. he carrlage following us,
having at times, barely ruotu 10 pass OIL
ll' very vergeol the precIpicc, over slnues
aud ROCKS, which threatened To break i! /
every step our horses took. / du unl won.
uer thai su many Foreigners have been ell
raplurcd IN vlsllIus lhls "Gap.' hidden
Us /. were IRON the world, and that lne
"LounlerIellers selected THIS nelonbur
mood lOr their deeds.
Inerc Is waterfall in one OF tnr
! lleIsnts, which appcarS bur il loot wllr;
uuI Is SlA lccI tile vii ,lc way down. mneu
We got 10 ilarIs', requested nlln 20 t"he
ne to see tile :" hlrlpuuIs. &C., lie dc-
cunpdlueu ilc OIL lorrSebdck.
VIC caune 10 Three IlnIuenst pools, one
above lie other line Tue LOCKS vi d canuI,
Win d beautiful cascade lunblng dum II
me nIUuulaIn 10 the lirst, aud then Oter
tial Uu an lllllne;se country, and as II
were ul sluue To the sec"nd pool, and SO on
W NE tnlrJ, EACH pnuI 50 deep thai tiar'Is
said nu UOllun had ever been disco. cred;
lnrsc pvuls were snUolhcd and rounucd
nhr We'll, looking nIore like lie woik VI
uiasUnry tilau nature. shall ever lnInk
THESE pouls most singular production ut
na,urc; anu yOa burst upon these mon-
drrs from the ct etmIlliOuI any warnl (,
except that ut The Waters. Harris AMUSED
me all the way back To his tavern, by tel
linz me all The wonders ct The Gap.
rutherford Is rUuIanllc district, and
Tic lace oI The country ali through the
Gap Is entirely in its prImcsaI lrcshness
Us 1t came from Tie hands oI lue creator.
No axe OF nluR has yet rleldced lis tor
csIs, ii very rough road Is the on'y elsn ol
his lnu0valiun.
NuHn Carolina intends 10 turnpike the
road Though The Gap. u.
| the perpendculal mountains OIL the