Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1850-04-26


county, North Carolina, towar Pickens
Cou House, in South Carolina, ard he
will stumble in his way upon scenery that
in scope and sublimitv has no parallel in
the known world, and once looked upon
vii be treasured amongst the hearts
hest memo les until celestial glories burst
upon Hes parting vision.
Passing thus along the valley. YOU
leave Black Mount in on your left, lifting
IT'S rounded cone above the clouds, dense
ly clothed to the very top with the bal
sam fir-tree, which gives it an aspect dark
as night, WI hout is starry brightness
A short distance south of Ashyile YOU
have fine view of the Blue Ridge on the
eact, and on the west, and the dista CO of
thirty miles, and in striking contrast, the
lofty peaks of the Lon Mountains meet
your eye, their mantle of balsar, frs Civ
ing them hue of almost ebon blacknpss
The whole valley les high, but beyond
Henderson, (where Mr.. NJ. was informed
in vague, Indifferent way that pretty
good view could be had fom place on
his route called Caesars Head. and of
which he had not before heard) the
CO ntry rises gradually. but as Mr.. NJ
said. without indications of any great ele-
vaiion, except The temperature, sparse
vegetation and stunted growth of the
pines, until The narrow foot-path turned
off rather abruptly to the left, and after
proceeding few rods, an op ming in tie
trees on 'hc light gave him glimpse of
scenery of surprising extent and beauty.
Turning off few steps from tie path,
appearances induced him To move guard
edlv. He placed his hat on the ground
with a stone in l., to keep it there. and
moving along on his hands and krees
among The rocks and boulders that law
scattered a,ourd, with strong mort l.
easler blowing at lis Lack, he suddenly
fund himself on the pe'lou. edge of a
precipice Of primitive rock two thousand
eight hundred feet above the level Of the
country brlow--the Fl st thousand feet
as perpendicular MS a plumet could have
made j., and the remainder rough, rug
ged and precipitious. And whuta :
pcct lay stretched out before him! He
said that fever ejaculations of prayer and
alteration went up tom ris heart to the
Almighty, it was at that moment. Ill
the lnd-vicws comt incd that he had ev-
er looked upon, and the snbimest scenes
he had ever encountered upon the ocean
wave could not compare with the amazing
panorama that now met his startled
gz".
Close in to the right Mt distance Of
ten miles, yon look down up IL Table
Mountain, while beyond, in The same di-
reclion, the Blue Ridge bends around
westward until it soon recedes from view
In front, eye and brain FIJI y reel as they
attempt to measure the dizzy depths be.
low, where the early f,ost his tinged the
leaves with crimson and gold. 10 the
left, the mountain YOU stand on passes on
out of sight to the northeast. THIN,
from centre to circumference, sweeping
that vast sem-riicle with radius of nine.
ty miles, so far off into the dim blue dis
tance that the eye f>tlters in It's flight, you
look upon seemingly illimitalle. shore
less ocean of foliage. arrayed in natures
gorgeous autumnal robes, threaded here
and there by silver streams, and reposing
In the mellow sunlight as still and pulse
less rs an Ellen sabbath--wilh no break
in the ho' ison, no oud TO dim tie sky
above, and no high hills or mountain gor
ges 10 disturb the uniformity be ow.
After lingering for hours over this
scene of enhancing beauty, our friend
found his way, by circuitous, dang -.
GUS routcof three miles 10 the foot of the
mountain, and spent tie night with a
hospitable planter. He here learned
that an officer of the American navy who
hid travelled extensively in Europe and
Mexico, as well as in the United States,
had short time before visited that neigh
borhood, and after scaling both these el,.-
vations, assured his host That in all his
travels he had never found scenery that
could at all compare with the transcen.
dant beauty and sublimi,y of the prospect
from Caesars Head.
Ruins Of nn ancient California City.--
Antiquaries will fec. deeply interested in
the discovery of vast regions Of ancient
ruins near San Diego, and within DAVIS