The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1854-08-16
From an Occasior,, Corrc.sponJent,

'"'"'o '"i'" WIN d CcTtdIi CIlap WHOM
all the world and the rest of mankind
have pronounced notorious thief, and
suppose candor would dictate that plead
quietly to the soft impeachment inasmuch
as hnve Procrastinated in regard to my
promise to give you line or two, much
longer than anticipated. However bc.
ing closely allied TO one Mr.. A. who years
ago failed TO comply with his oblga tions,
(and in consequence lost more than a
beautiful garden spot) hope you will par
don my neglect provided can render an
excuse quite as valid as his; for notwith.
standing, May not charge the cause of
my short comings to Mrs A. yet, can
plead the duties owe one Of the fem ,le
relations and the wee things for whom
assumed the responsibility of acting as
chairman on the committee Of "ways and
means" some years ago. But aside from
this the almost intolcrab!e heat of the
weather, which has been intense enough
for some time past to s:agnatc, if possible
the thoughts Of all Editor, 10 say nothing
of semi-occasional correspondent, is
sufficient deem to exhonoratc your hum
BILE servant, for all blame for the past. But
having taken an affectionate leave of the
dust and of the city some hours ago and
paid my dime for a voyage to Sullivans
Island, on board the venerable steamer
Major Hbben" (callcd the "slow-bo
for short, although am inclined to believe
there is lurking SANDER in the phrase for |
heard it asserted most positively that it
could easily make fourteen miles in fifteen
IIhours) find one at least Of my excuses
for>pot fulfilling my promise has vanished
into the cool refreshing sea breeze which
has been cooling my scething brains for
some time, and for which this truly delight.
full retreat is so famed hence you are in.
debtcd TO the invigoratng influence of old
Neptune in part for this rambling epist!e,
l say in part .or would do great injustice
to mine host of the Moultrie House il did
not acknowledge that delicious cup Of
fragrant Ooong together with the other
delicacies of his we'll spread board has
placed me on Most agreeable terms with
the inner man, and aided materially in
recalling my fugitive thoughts and what
more natural under such circumstances
! than tho remembrance c! Ok! friends.
was gratificd to find on my arrival so
many OF the citizens of cur state soiourn-
ing at our own PALMETTO RETREAT,
where one can enjoy all tie delights of a
summer watering place, free from the
taunt and insults Of Abolition demagogues
and the insutftrable impudence OF bu Lying
frec-negroes for here, all, from the gen.
tlcmanly managers down to the errand boy
seem 10 emulate the example of tho Pro-
| prietor TO give ch,;re satisfaction to every
snas' of tho, 'IInise and when we take
into consideration the princely Hospitality
| so characteristic Of the inhabitants of Tire
whole Island toward all strangers who prove
themselves worthy Of confess am at
n loss to account for the strange, periodical
mania for "sight seeing" at the North,
wh!ce seems to afflict some of the citizens
OF our state, upon any other suppostion
| than that
"The pleasure is great
vi being cheated, US to cheat"
for what has done more TO build up the
splendid mansions at the North than South
crn money which is often returned 10 our
shores in the form of incendiary pubIica-
tions as grossly insulting ms they are no.
| torous'y ibelnus. And what, let me ask,
has prevented the erection of commodious
houses OF entertainment among us, more
than the absen,eeism which has well nigh
become characteristic with some who when
at home, for nine mon'hs in the year, are
often heard dcclailning most Indignantly,
at everything north of Mason's g. Dixon's
line In my humble judgment little
more Consistency on the part Of such would
soon make our beloved state perfect para
disc Tor The invalid or pleasure seeker; for
delightful retreats, from the rays Of south.
ern sun, would soon spring up among the
beautiful cvcrgreens on our sea-shore and
Islands while the entcrprising sons of the
mountain region would vie with the nhabi-
tants Of tic low country in efforts to attract
the toll and care worn citYto the viii and
romantic cascades amid the granduer of
our unsurpas ed mountain scenery and
thus the money which now often goes to
fill the Golfers of the traducers Of the South
would encourage the enterprise Of those
who most meth 1t.
hive had the pleasure of making many
very agreeable acquaintanccs here, and
stranger cannot but remark tho c.::;,c
absence Of that most abominabIe Of all the
nuisances attendant upon most of Tie
fashionable summer resorts at the North
| mean the would -be-arstocracy OF the
everlasting great men, and women too,
who strut in all the pride of "fuss and
feathers" rot deignng an act Of even COM
mon cvility, to any who they suppose,