Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1853-04-07
.m.n.ra.da on q Tour for ne.lsh.


saw. public md private. telling thus
OF the universally TO which had pre-
vailed the sporting tastes of the
gentlemen Of Carolina. The par
ticularly respectful, and at the same
time falf-affectionaie manners Of all
the blacks who came in my way. told
also a story of the past character oi
the city, confirming the impression
of old family conservatism for which
il is famous. | am inclined TO read
a third historic chronicle in the
average speed Of promenade on the
sidewalk here, which is considera-
bly slower than on the pace Of any
other American city. was quite
impressed with this last phenomenon.
A passage to Charleston from New
York. TO see the Iet-alone magnolias,
the looks of leisure and few things
taking their time, as if eternity were
really still on hand, might be ra-
tionally established, think, among
the pilgrimages of refined curiosity
on our very fast side OF the water.
The inhabitants have a luxury
here, cheap in pine timber country.
but the enjoyment of which is very
far beyond any cost, with so sandy
soil and so warm a clime-a plank
road, forming a drive OF some miles
out of the city. An excursion upon
it, under a very lovely guidance,
was one OF the bright lines in my
companions and my own chronicle
of Southern travel. We saw here
and there, upon the road side. one ot
those moss-draped trees which form
so beautifnl feature Of the cemetery
at Savannah-though, without the
associations which there give mel
ancholy character TO this pendant
drapery. il has a perversely different
expression. So raggedly appareled,
and standing in the dust by the side
Of common road, the "monarch Of
the woods" looks ludicrously DON
Cesar-de. Bazar-ish.
We left Charleston on the morn.
ing of May 9Th, and travelled across
a couple Of States, with fewer "ex-
pericnces," it seemed to me, than |
ever before found in the same amount
of longitude. 1t was partly the
mode Of travel, no doubt. Rail-
roads seem only to erase distance
stage~coaches used TO punctuate, en-
phasize and make it inteligible.-
But some part OF the monotony Of
our traverse of South Carolina was
due 10 IFS pine. barrens. no doubt-a
class of landscape where nature does
not seem to be turning the elements
TO ordinary account. One sees nei-
ther vegetation nor inhabitants. At
a croSs-road, | remember, we saw a
quadruple wagon-team almost be-
calmed amid the sand, with a sleepy
looking negro on the nigh wheel
horse; and at desert station, from
which several sand-tracks branched
away, there was a private carriage
waiting Tor one of our fellow-passen-
gers; but, Of the remainder Of the
great State that has such will of its
own, | remember nothing but one
prairie Of pond lilies and meals with
wiIdernesses between. Perhaps the
influence this kind Of native soil
might have on a mind that would
thrive by being turned in upon itself,
may account for the marked charac>
Ter OF which this State seems to be
natural cradle. There are those
who require TO "See life," and there
are those who can stay at home and
iUe 1.-THE domestic manufacture
making the latter class better ac-
quainted with the warp and woof Of
the article.
We were eight hours crossing
South Carolina--a disrespectfully
brief traverse OF which felt quite
ashamed, on a first visit-and, cross
ing the Savannah River, we as
cended bank into the State of
Georgia. This seemed the begin
ming OF higher platform of land, a
different soil, and surface more un-
even and picturesque. Augusta, the
town we landed at, looked very
New England-ish. to my eye
There was a lively air about the peo.
pie in the. streets, plenty of fresh
paint on the houses, new signs,
bright-colored bricks, broad streets
with no glass in them, and an une-
quivocal accustomedness to "enter-
Prise" in the PAGES of the cart horses.
The ladies' whom we saw shopping,
looked very fashionably dressed and
metropolitan. saw but one novel
ty which told OF climate and usuages
different from the Norih-a very
common looking man strolIing along
leisurely in his shirt sleeves and
gazing into the shop windows, but
Nth negro behind, carrying his
coat This was the nearest ap-
proach had seen out of London, TO
The mounted "tiger" riding behind
the dandy "swell'' with the waters
proof overall fastened to his crup.