Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1854-08-24
WARN SPRINGS. y, c..

Warm Springs as soJuurnIng spot 1ur travellers.
Look ont from your cabin windows, and On every
side your eyes will be gladdened by the sight Of u1u-
RANT matted partcrres of The softest and freshest blue
grass. In fact, tie entire front part of the grounds
is covered with This lovely coat Of grcen ln.ersected
here and there by suliiriency Of nlcely-trimmcd
walks to enable early srullers to avoid the heavy
dcws of the srasnn. After the dew is off, one vastly
prefers 10 tread the vevcly grass itself What place
fur children to romp and olic, for little girls TO roll
and tumble, and for Little hnys to kick up their heels,
stand upon their heads and wheel somcrsetts 1t
really icmpts much older persOus TO the capcring
mood. AS we watched goody LOT of bairns thus
engaged last evening, we were transported IN iancy
rn -four years back into the past. 1t has been
about that length of time since, in company with
father and brother (botl, Of whom I'VE been for
many years in their graves,) We visited this then
famous wateling-pace The grass grew as green then
us it does now. In place of the brick cabins which
have been since huilt there stood some dozen or so
Of plain wooden ones, neatly white-washed without
although somewhat amenabe To the charge of bed
bnggery within. These cabins were then the chief
if not the only rooms for guests, and from thence
we were won: to be summoned by sonorous INT
slrill toned bell MEALS which were served up
in along hall hard-by. Aroun'l the cabin doors were
then held the gatherings for social converse, whist,
&c. 1t seems 10 us that, complete as the change has
been, we yet come very near locating the cabin
in which We tabernacled. The next TO it, we well
remember, was tenanlcd by old Mr.. BILLY GARRETT
of Edgeticd whose habit il TO visit these springs
every year during the last twenty of his life. The
one opposite was occupied by Colonel WHITFIELD
BRoo1s, and his son PRESTON. the latter now onr
men,EEr TO Congress. Another one near by sheltered
the physique of our worthy teacher and still remem-
berrd friend, SAMUEL B. STAFFORD, now professor
in the University Of Alabama. Sill another III our
memory be not treachcrops) was occupied by old
CHANCELLOR DEsAussgRS, his venerable head then
white with the frosls Of many winleIs- -Othcrs
there were. in Nil auits 20 mako uP"ne Of
the most free anu easy c0uries perhaps that ever met
at watering place. At least such are The impress.
ions Of it left upon the tablet of onr memory Between
conversation, ana cards. and drives and bathing and
billiards uhere was table in one of lie aforesaid
white washed cabns) tie hours seemed TO fly lightly
over the heads Of our seniors, while 10 thuse OF us
who were just approximatng our teens, there was
joy and sport, and glee in every thing.
All. those were to us he hacyon days of bnghood.
when care was an entire stranger to our hearts, when
tears were forgot as soon as shed when all nature
ermed but grand panorama ior our Use and enjoy
ment, and when gentle sleep fell upon our lids at
nighfa only 10 make the next days sport as joyous
rs its predecessors. But wander.
The means of access TO the Warm Springs are not
as good as furmery. The turnpike along the French
BLoad, has become exceedingly rugged; so much so
indeed, as greatly to mar the effect Of its splendid
scenery In going from AshyiIIc to tile Warm Springs
one descends a thousand feet. The river in most
places dascs OH with the rapidty of iorrent-occa-
siOnally it finds level of half mile upun which TO
exhibit a placid sufface. Its banks are mountain
sides Crooks and nodIing groves rcbel!ow" TO the
roar of It's It's course is frequently snnous,
sometimes almost distorted, showing how difficult an
arrangement it to locate river thus IN the very
midst of mountain nobs. But here il is, and 4 more
striking combination Of the beautiful and the grand
is difficult to be found anywhere. The celebrated
" Paint Rock is seven miles below Warm Springs
ard the yet more celebrated "Chimneys" mile
further on. An old nulatto man, whoappenred to be
denizen of the neghborhood informed US that the OLD
Paint Rock was not honored by visitors now as II
" used to wns'-tLat formerly it was common enough
10 party of young people dancing reel on It's
broad, flat lop-but that now if they rode out IN bug
ges and looked up at the old fellow once or twice in
passing it was enough. lie also stated tn rs the in
leresing fact, that he we'll remembered the lime
e: forly-right years ago last Junel when the whole
of that rock was painted as bright as popples and
L., h,tt ,pIt thoIi
about in that way" The "Chimneys'' are irregn-
lar columns Of fragmentary stone, piled up To the
height Of three or four hundred feet, both of them
hanging directly over the road and river below
Altogether the Rock and its accompanying rocky SEN
tlncls are we'll worth the seeing Sune people make
big fuss over far more despicable ohJects-We cam
didy think The Paltons deserve encouragement here.
Their table, although not all elegant Ii cumlurta-
bic and cleanly, their servants are attentive anu we'll
behaved their ice is freely the service oil vstors,
and their personal attentions to guests are timely
and appropriate The best ducks by far, Of all We
have seen this summer, were served up here They
are iattened by the hundred in an enclosure on the
riverside, and certainly make delightful dishes.
There is, in Short nothing absolutely objectionable
about the pace-nothing dirty, nothing sIntsd, noli'
ing hafcoukcd, nothing half made, except lle ten
pin alley which is abominable. Upon the whole, we
desire to be set down as friend to the Warm Springs
as conducted. Ifever cone this route again,
seems to that we shahave but four stopping places
this side of Tennessee--one a Greenrlile, one at
BHITToNs Mountain House (Flm Rock,) one ut Ashe'
vile, and the other at Warm Springs. we might
stop al HAWKINS in Greenvlle district, ana at
ALExAHpER's OH the French Broad road, II we felt
the need of good plain dinner either day-One more
thing there s, about the Warm Springs, that we are
bound TO make known 10 the world at large: 1t Is
the fact that one NAPOLEON BeYArAnTE llUTcIiN-
soma parrc Niger in looks and(ully gend!nc gen.
tlcinan in reality holds forth in the OF onsoral
striped wooden elongatiun thee erected to indicate
to all bearded gentlemen, who desire to transform
their faces into bearIess condition, that barber
may be found within. Try lla, tarber and you will
find him really Napoleon of tie rlzor.strap, When
you go to dinner, beckon to NAPOLEON if you wish
something particularly good When you dance in
the evening, whisper word in N:poleons ear II IFS
regular ''break down you're afisr. Napoleon dress
lOr dinner in blue Jacket wilbrgh brass buttons,
white pants, shiny shoes, and II bnshy heed. AT sup
per there is slight improvement And at The dance,
he still exhibits some additional brlliancy. Napo-
leon B. Hutchinson, sometime ofCnarlotte, n. c. but
now temporarily Of the Warm Spings,is, moreover,