Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1851-02-01

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of the riches Of this earth or her less
substantial beauties, and many tow
ering mountains and roaring cat
eracts, sleeping yailies and CLASSY
streams have been left from the be-
ginning, with their own multitudin-
GUS flowers, to "waste their fragrance
ON the deseert air - and many re-
sources of wealth and prosperity, such
as will scarcely bofoundm in any other
District in the State, still remain un-
developed. In the middle and east
ern parts of the District there may
be found tracts six or eight miles
square that have rarely echoed to the
woodman's axe; much Of the soil of
these, though thin, lies well, and is
susceptible ofhlgh Improvement, pro-
ducng even now grasses and vines
which afford rich pasturage during
nine months in the year. Upon these
tracts thousands of sheep could be
subsisted with but little care and less
expense. Lying here and there along
the foot of the mountains which com
pose the northern portions of the
District, there are many fertile val
lies which produce in luxuriant abun-
dance the various grains and grasses
of the country, and which under skill
full management would maintain du-
ring winter (the mountain range be-
ing amply sufficient for their subsis-
tence ill spring, summer and fall, y any
number Of horses and mules, horned
cattle, hogs, sheep, and Children
Peaches, pears and melons we cult
Vate successfully, and in apples and
potatoes we yield not the palm even
to Buncombe itself: besides our wa
teris so pure and our atmosphere SO
unta .nted, that people rarely die in
our District, unless it be with ex-
IRENE old age, the most desirable
maIady to die with, we believe, and
the most popular in all the catalogue.
Then, Mr.. Advertiser, it some eff
your people are tired with toiling on
the ancient hills of Edgefeld, and
of ekeing from her exhausted soil a
scanty subsistence, chide them not if
they desire TO hcetothis mountain land
bringin g their sons 10 swell the ranks
OF our beat companies, and their
daughters to gladden. the hearts of
our hardy bit susceptible swains.-
carrying soldiers from EdgefeId TO
Plckens' as not carrying strength to
tile enemy, nor will the prosperity of
Pickens retard that of Edgefeld or
any other sister District, andif it
should, it is not Pickens or Edgefield
that we love but South Carolina.
Then let them come and forbid them
not to make of these rugged noun
tain" land "lair to look npon," a
land which shall be to the rest Of the
State what Switzerland isto France.
a cool and shady retreat to which the
scorched deni2ens of the lowlands
may flee from the wrath Of the sum
merS sun.
The commissioners ofFree schools
for this District, located on Monday
last, schools to the following named
teachers, viz: E r. Doyle, William
Hunt, Rev. w. McWhortcr, o. III.
p. FAINT, Jas. Brownlee, f. III. Cox,
George Sherman, Thos. B. Miller,
Daniel Grice, C. q. MacGregor, +.
A. Riley, Mrs. Martha Price, M. b.
Morgan, F. b. Hodges, Mrs. Mary
A. Gaines, G. III. Spears, who were
placed in the first class; and ]. B
Reid, j. S. Young, r. M. Pike, r.
w. Harden, Geo. r.. Elliott, VIM. ].
Parsons, Barnett Miller, Jno. Nix,
l.. b. Rutledge; w. M. Stansell, S.
Smith, J.. b. Puckett,J. w Singleton,
VIM III White, who were placed in
the second class; and Lamach Cham
bers, David Watkins, James Tolli-
son, Fletcher Smith, S DKeith, S
G Reid, Miss Martha ID Hendrix, l.
III Werner, who are yet to examine
and class. Our Commissioners have