The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1854-10-04
Written for The Banner.

Ekt. Written Tor the Banner.
Messrs. Editors: This seeming to be
AN age OF lettcr-writing and ncwspa.
per scribbl,ng, ] would respectfully
solicit place in the columns OF your
paper. Thinking 4 brief account OF a
hasty trip to Il portion OF the West
might be interesting to your readers,
propose making it the subject Of my
communications. Passing from one
5 point to another at the present Raii
iioad speed, the traveller has but lit
tie time TO look around him: or to no
tice more than merely glancingiy,
the different places through which tc Is
= carried. or the different persons with
whom he is brought INTO contact. By
kcepiny vide awake, however. ami
:, It'll. indulgence i'll ;!'a, propensity
for which We as 4 nation are notorious,
viz inquisitivencss he may be able
to gather something instructive t" hum
sell and others. looping that what
saw and heard has resulted III some
measure bcnrliciaiIy to myself, can
not withhold the same from your read
urs, notwithstanding my aversion t"
an, thing like Z newspaper dis lay OF
cpiStnlary gossip. or an attacn oi ine
cucothcs, scribcndi," :. malady which
seems 10 be prevailing At the pres
Gnt time.
Sum,crvillc being my starting point,
! cannot more property l'eYn the cpls,
tie than by saying something OF It's ap
Dearauce, not having visited j.. for
some time, could not but notice tn"
vast i'm, rnvc,nent everywhere visible.
Since the cuin.,c: cement Of the
Wilmington and Manchester Rail
Road SumtervIle has awakcd from
her lsip.Fan-W Wnkl"-SIulnber. Old
,lilapidalcd houses and BAN like stores.
have been taken down, aud new anu
substantial! cdIticrs, have been erected
in their stead, the streets are well
kept, aud the sidewalks are thickl!
~, with trees, protcctingi by thei
beautiful foliage the weary business
man and the pleasure seeking maid
ell.
The hour for my departure having
arrived. ut the sound of the whistle !
seated myself with agreeable compa
moving rapidly IN the directions OF the
regions of sunset; nothing OF interest
presented itself till we reached the
Watcrcc, save the large Savannahs
with here and there !. lazy crane or
struggling duck, aud large field, e
soil Of which seems to be better adapt
cd to the growth Of persimons than cot.
ton.
At the Watcrcc new track and
bridge are in construction and from
the passing notice had of it should
think it sufficiently strong to resist the
force of wind and wave for some time
TO come. At Kingsville there is
Il house being built for the accommo
dation Of the hungry traveller, and
y will no doubt add very much to the
comfort of persons who may be dc
aaincd there as have been. Here wc
took the cars for Augusta and were
conveyed thilher by the same old cir
cuitous route through the swamp and
ponds of Orangcburg and BanwelI.
We remained in Augusta too short
a time for me to see much of the
So"t1 buU DuosINoo SSSihSo Ii's'lS''
ing. While waiting at the hotel We
were engaged in conversation with
the passengers, and learned from one
Of them (Col. Dcnt) that he was the
Representative in Congress from New.
naa Ca, he was fully posted up in
Washington affairs, spoke i'll high
terms of the South Carolina Represen
tation; and in regard to himself, seemed
proud that she was the first Corn.
field Congress. evor sent from
Georgia"
Soon after leaving Augusta the
Sun, who had outtrnvclcd us, sunk be-
hind the Western hills and withdrew
his light, leaving us pursuing our way
'''mid darkness drear," and shutting
down my window to keep out the rail-
which was falling, rccIned mySel
as well as the Shortness of my cOucl
and the long,sess Of my carcass woult
admit and was soon wrapped in th'
arms Of Morphe,ls.,Sg
ce At daylightsl found myself ant
coihpaniohs @ideaWAke and risl.t sid