The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1855-09-11
South Carolina Mountain Views.

A correspondent Of the Charleston Courier,
writing to that paper from Paris Mountain,
September lst, gives capital description Of the
country surrounding that interesting portion OF
.ur State. We have seen it for ourselves, and
IT.. prepared to endorse what is said IN praise Of
ae sccnery.-[ ED. JOURNAL.
"A ride Of about nine miles out Of the
age, brings US to the hospitable abode Of DR..
ilLL.house gentleman who owns the house
u the IIill-sometrnes called par excellence,
s,p Mountain House. on the SUNNI: Of Paris
Mountain. Travellers, who may, like myself, bc
disappointed in prosecuting their journey over
h. mountains Of North Carolina, should avail
themselves of the accessibility Of this beautiful!
retreat to tn. village, and pay it visit if only
for a dsv or two. By leaving Grcenville with
:, good pair of horses very early in the morning,
We can make the ascent Of the rnountaln before
breakfast in littl. over two hours The dis
tance of the base from the village Is I miles,
and from thence to the top about mile and
half. The road is very winding, and in som"
places steep, making it necessary for the m 'nn
tain pilgrim to walk up, aud give respite to his
wearied steeds. The house is located on the
extreme alex of the mountain, commanding Il
majestic and extended view on all sides but one,
which is enclosed by trees. Far as the eye can
reach the visitor hehoids a bo"ndess extent o:
most rich and picturesque scenery. equa'hng IN
BEAUTY, and more especially III varrt,, any i'll
the State. Below him, thin clouds OF vap9r are
floating, threatening for moment to mar the
harmony of this beautiful prospect, but gradu
ally dissolving, and leaving the panorama un
obscured. Let US avail ourselves OF the opp"r
tunity before they gather again, and gaze ont
mon this fairy scene. There is the Table Rock
almost perpendicular on three sides s-eL,ven
luulred feet above the base, the sun shining
ipon its bold surface. revealing the assures IN
II. rock made BY the water trckling down
its sides-a verdant hedge of foliage covering
the sides of the mountaiu-its summit clothed
with dark shade of trees and shrubbary. APP
rarenty within sociable distance from it is
t,;cSar's Head, one Of the most magnificent pros
poets in America, now popular resort tor trave
lers in this pant ofthe country.
With good spyglass You can almost mag
inc YOU see old Col Hagood standing in th.
door of the Mountain Cottage, hear him wclc m"
YOU to uagoodvle with his familiar How are
YOU, old boyl" and advise you in his very pattern
NJ way to "cut off that long thing of "A goat beard
on your face" an appendage to the human coun
,.nance which, notwithstanding It's we'll known
antbronchia and anti barbar-ouS characteristics,
the Colonel has long been accustomed to look
upon as exclusively appropriate to the lower
orders of the animal creation, and especially OF
the roat tribe. All travellers who have visited
Caesars Head mite in pronounclng the view
from its summit unsurpassed. 1t Is SAID that an
,,fficer of the American Navy, VIII" had travel
3rd extensively in Europe and America, and a
few wears ago visited Casar's Head, gave it as
his orinion that in all his travels he had never
found scenery anywhere that would compare IN
snbl.mitv and beauty with the prospect from its
summit. The precipce Of Casar's Head is
about 2sOO feet above the level of the surround
,.., country, and one thousand feet Of it per-
.:lv perpendicular. The Blue Ridge, with its
n,nprabIe peaks, appear in the distance, ana
round and below US we see lesser noun
: Of all shades and shapes, meadows and
roads, villas, farm houses-in fact, the
mountain scenery Of the district laid open
-. us distant views Of the mountains of
:.ia and North Carolina and our own State
rrp saluda Range, Whitesides Mountain, the
'.gback Mountain, so called from its resem'
,ance to the upper dorsal development of an
id yrunter considerably exaggerated, the CLASSY
Mountains, Dismal, Prospect, Pine, and other
elevations, tle names Of Which could not 'oeu'