The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1854-05-09
Pickens' climate.

time for our low country friends to seek safety
from the fatal malaria Of their rich low grounds
a few words from us on the climate, water and
scenery of our own favored land may not be
out OF place. We would say to them, If you
desire to enjoy pure: water, health rinyigora;
ting breezes, to quaf water rlready "iced," as
it gushes' from the unde6led fount--and to feast
on scenery the richest and most varied, from
THE distant mountain: view and gentle green.
slope to the wild and rugged, cragged noun
tain, with its dark gorgss and laundering cata.
racts-come to Pickens. Although you may.
not meet with the princely hotel of the North,
you will be consoled with the conviction that
you have received value in full for'the small.
draw upon the purse; ;and the hearty welcome
Of mine unsophisticated host. =.
Ride up the Greenyille and Columbia Road
to Anderson spend afew days in its beauti
full precincts thence to PendIeton, with its
time honored urbanity and hospitality, where
one may ever kill time pleasantly. After which,
call upon the Editors of The Keowee Courier,
.who:SiH take pleasure insdirecting your atten,t
ton to the many interesting, spots, and ehli,
vening your.stay with good cheer, among the
red hills Of Pickens C. II. on the banks of
Keowee: Here they will direct Your steps to
the beautiful and thriving town of Walhalla,
but now pluming her wings for a, more lofty
flight; from which place to Tunnel Hill, with
its rich and varied mountain scenery, and the
curious works of man, who, with his puny
arm, dares attempt a passage through a solid
mountaihof rock. Here, too, may be seen as
beautiful water falls as ever delighted the eye
of traveller. Now turn your course and tar
ry night at Oconee Station, to contemplate
both the beauties of nature and the relics Of
the Revolution A days ride, passing along
the; picturesque valley of Cheohee, will land
you in the far. famed Jocassee Valley whose
charms are too wildly ydepicted by other hands
than ours. .and where days may be whiled away
with leihean delight. Cross the Jocassee River
and admire the beautiful scenery of Eastatoe.
as you travel on to the world renowned Table
Rock; not forgetting to diverge from your
course to visit Casar's Head, with its no less
notorious attractions; and, when you reach
Greenville, the Queen of the Mountains, after
two or three weeks tour and say that you
are not invgorated in health aud richly reraid
for the sxertion, call upon US, and if you fail
not. to establish character insensitle 10 the
charms of nature, we'll pay the forfeit be- it
what you say. :.
In the above crude programme we have for
gotteh to note the Whiteside mountain a .p q
we dare say, when better known, destined to
attract as much or more Of the attention than
any other natural curiosity in the Southern
States. The climate too, Of this elevated spot
is one Of its greatest features. Here fire is
comfortable in mid summer, and frost frequent.
ly appears in July and August. Think of it!
you who are sweltering sway during those
months in the low lands.
S .We'fnd we have sadly wandered from our
caption, as our intention was, in the commence.
ment, to urge upon our friends below, the ad-
vantages Of making summer settlements in this
District, now that the prospects of the early
completion of the Blue Rid@ road are bright.
enng, .and thus spending the wealth drawn
from Southern soil among our own people;
and when, from the laws Of trade, it must,
sooner or later, make its way back to the sea-
board: Such course can but resulHbene6.
cially to. all parties, aud, sooner or later, must
be- preserved. The climate of this section of
country is the most varied IN. the Southern
States; for, within the space of thirty miles,
may be selected that of every description from
the warm Southern to the coolest New Eng.
land d5mountain. l. may seem. strange and inn
possible, yet it is none the less true. $
3 Lands may be procured in any of these To-
caliGes on the 1iest moderate terms. TIMBER
for building pafposes, splenty and Of superior
order; as, also, provisions Of every deselpsioas
and live stock are plenty and cheap. know
of no more desirable summer climate, and we
have some experience.-Kso1ee Courier.