Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1854-07-27

walered and made fruitful our felds and whose good
ness has given The increase" TO the labors OF the
plodding husbandman.
We must not omit 10 mention here that DoRNs
Mill, at which place we stopped the first day OF our
Journey to take lunch, is in constant operation and is
doing fine business A knowing old negro ut MIR.
DoRSs informed us that quantities Of wheat from the
Liberty Hill settlement, from the neighborhood OF
EdgeGed village and elsewhere had been and were
s,ill coming in and that the mill kept Gin gner
al mighty busy" This is just as it should be. DR.
Dorm aduertises IN paper and, what ID more IL PoS
sible, he gives every body good turnout OF excellent
four. All lie lacks now is one Of the Stoddard Sin-
ple Machines, which he can get for sum not over
large considering that one hundred per centnm may
made unon the investment clear Of eIpenses in three
or four months.
A, Nine,y.S1 Depot, on the Greenrille d Columbia
Railroad, we pulled up late in the afternoon 10 spena
the night and rest both man and beast after an intense
" hot and disacreeable ride But twas no go. The
only landlord in town had sick family and, pesiues
this he had the passengers by the Edgeheiu li"'A
TO accommodate that night" and therefore was
obeered TO turn us off," Without murmurwe drove
on to McCRAKINs, and he also had sick family.
On we went (whipping up now, for it was getngqulte
lale TO another roadside nn but they were SIGN '"efe
too Twas the same case at the next house by TINS
time it vas dark, and we began 10 fear we were out
for the night when large framed house IN an extern
sye enclosure was discovered by one of our party
some hundred yards or so from the road. We drove
nm made appIicatiun, were received and kindly ac'
commodated for the night. To the master ana mis-
tress of this house (Dr. CALHOUN and his young "e'
we return our Acknowledgements for their ready aten'
ion and hospitabe treatment.
The second day of our journey was more pleasant
than its predecessor The roads were better and the
air was cooler. Our third day out was far ahead oi
either of the other two. The roads had now become
quite smooth and shady. Every mile or two, there
vos fine we'll Of cold water at which we stopped,
Z" "blowed," cooled off and imbibed. The distance De-
tween Edgeield and Greenville tsome ninety miles
we divided as nearly as practicable into three equa
pars, and when we arrived ut tins place, ABOUT :
o'clock p NJ, on the third day, we were all m oe'ei
condition than when we started and our horses had
already gained, We think. couple OF pounds apiece
Old Brag" especially looked ten pounds better thar
the morning she severed her conne1on with her mas
| ter's empty corn-crlo
There was thought OF wonderment and oe"'ldef
ment which arose TO our mind in the course o ou
second DAYS ride and it originated thus: At certain
house in aurens District we stopped for recreation
We had been there only ten minutes when young
doctor rode up. After we had remained fifteen min
u,es longer another yonng doctor rode up. we 'eit
but had not travelled five miles before we metano'he
voune doctor with his baddle.sags of physic Dangling
at his burse's side In another mile we encountered
our fourth voung DOCTOR Nor did The Thing cease un
I'll we had met the fifth and sixth youthful disciple
Esculapius all within ten miles OF each olher' AM
vet. upon enquiry ascertained that there was tl
or no sickness in all those parts. Now the cause
our wonderment and bewilderment was t"o'iou, a
tIus: Imprimis, we wondered how so many yonn
medical sprouts could be permitted, in iae course
human events, to pounce down upon any one deVote
neighborhood- we were bewlldered IN con
ceiying how, by any concatenation of circumstance
anc occasions, they managed to make living. W
are still in doubl--will any one explain it !!
No,hinr of much interest came 10 our ken in jour
neying to this point Ii IS easily percep6le that I'll
Railroad has resulted in nearly breaking up the trave
1 Which once took this direction. Public houses whic
were formerly thriving and inviting, are now scarcel
kent open so completely has their old travelling
been DESTROYED In little time, unless the traSellin
public shall again learn TO relish and enjoy The goo
old fashion Of private carriages, private nsgers pr
not be lriL single sland upon "
times that past when each family took their sun
mer jauut in that independent style which permtte
them 10 60 when they pleased and where they pleased
to stop when and where they anced 10 rest at moor
day or drive up at evenings close to choose their ow
routes their own stopping-paces and their own hou
for every purpose. For one, we yet prefer the ol
style mode for short distances, especially when III
object is to see and be benefited by the beauties
mountain scenery, the freshness of mountain mir an
the sweetness of mountain fare AS TO cheapness toe
the old style at least far an upcountry trip TO tn
mountains of S. Carolina, N. Carolina and Tenne'
see is regarded) has decided advantage. We ar
| prepared TO show that one can travel from Edgehel
TO Warm Springs and back again, tDlth uh,tes,
SERVANTS and horses, at least one hundred dollar
cheaper per month than he who starts with White
and servants, taking the Hack from EdgeGed, th'
| Railroad from Nnety-Si1 and depending on hire
conveyance from Greenville Before our trip is owe
we intend 10 prove this position by uneniabe figures
In passing through corner OF Laurens District, W
learned that the Electoral question had been: :ugge
into the canvass for the: Legislature. twill tell t
some conse rabe extent Hpon the result Of the cleo
ton especially for the Senate The men with whom
we conversed upon the subject were clearly ofopinio
that the people cared not one about the matter
but the thing being forced upon them by candidate
Shame shame y they intended Of course voting ont
| T., hot ca n n,
(for the Senate) are opposed TO the change whit
FARLEY, the old commissioner in Equity, (and yer!
clever man by the way) is in favor Of it. 1t woult
appear that the latter eentlemans chance for the Sen
ate therefore is not Bad he has all the advantage
of one side and that too, as many think, the sronges
side But from what We could discover of the inter
est felt in the question, the people will not be so mucf
governed by the political test as to turn the scales
FARLEY's favor. The same question is made here II
Greenvile but we discern nothing oft in the working
of the public mind Of this place.
We may as: we'll state, at this point that the crops
in those portions of Abbeville, Laurens, and Green
willie which we have traversed, PROMISE in some spoi
fair turnout, in others very fine one, nowhere
very sorry one. Some neighborhoods have been suf
ferng considerably from drouth for few weeks, bu
the rain has come in time to do no little good. Yester
day and day before this place and vicinity were vis
ted with most refreshing showers. AS We sat at ou
window and listened to its pleasant pattering tw
light, our inward prayer was that old Edge6eld NIGH
be similarly refreshed.
Greenville village has long been favorite place
with u.s. For more than twenty years we have been
an occasional visitor here. For few summers we
lived hard by 1t is natural therefore that we should
regard the village with esteem and favor. To dc