The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1857-09-24
Scenes IN Western North gafOIIna.
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There are numbers of nasufai curiositias
thfonghout the South x hicli are never seen
Or heard of except by sotno smlsenturous
traveller and known intimately orlv bv
tbesintrepid dmeuutain hunter. t Tbus tlyasa
curiosities remain uunoted. whiIe yearly
thousands ofsour eitisens 20 Norhwaytls in
search Of health or pleasure Among such
may ,be classed. the Falls Of: the Liny;lIe
River, In Burke county. we, doubt NOT
hut numbers of persons In E,fke county
never heard, Of them. They are 10 be, found
IN thesnDrthwest corner oftilat county. :, ear
" 'hi.t ~. lannon's tree npon which the Iour
eonpt'e of Burke, Wa.auga, Yapcey and
McDoweil corner, and about nine miles
from The Piedmont Springs. The facilities
Tor getting TO them arc as. yet about no "a
eliitIes at all-an idea may beformed by. our
experience: - ~
Leaving childsyille on the morning Of
Tuesday, in company with Col. cbiIds. we
rode within three miles Of the Falls. and
then ieaving our buggy, we went on horse
back tot the house Of Mr.. David Franklin VIII,
consented to become our guide, and after 4
shortlrest we moved onto tho Falls. Hav
ing arrived in half n mile of them we Dis.
mounted aud proceeded on foot, being una.
bic 10 ride on account OF fallen trees. We
soon reached The river, the din Of the wa
iefiaii having for some time been roaring
IN our ears, we then crossed il, to do SO be-
ing compelled TO put certain portions of our
person IN state, of nature. Having cross
ed, We proceeded down the eastern bank
through a wild and irregular growth ofiyy.
laurel and whortleberry bushes. Ii Is ra.
tier singular that onsthe west bank Of the
Lnsi'e, the soil is rich aud covered will, n
most luxunant growth OF trees, while on
The east bank. just here, for some distance
out, notliDg of any worth grows. The nv
er where we crossed it has as clear, smooth,
an appearance as any mountain stream; Il
soon becomes agitated by slight rapids un.
til suddenly il is divided by huge rock.
and dashes over fall Of about tweilty feet:
IT then boils and surges ina most terrific
manner for about two hundred Yards. the
while falling three several times. twistino
and turning in every shape that human
Imagination can fancy.
Following our guide we seated ourself
on the top of rock around the base of
which the river rushes in its wild career.
About forty feet below us on one side dash
ed The troubled waters OF the Linville, on
me other these same waters, having forced
themselves through passage not more
Than ten feet wide, made their descent over
ihesiast and highest fall. Hero the mist
was rising, and the rays Of the sun, as il shone
through which caused the peculiar view. re.
sembles so rnuch the sulphurous flames
which Bunyan so we'll describes as arising
from a certain dark abode, that il gives the
cavern under the lower fall the name Of the
Devils Hole. Ou; position was com.
manding one, but mol such as person with
weak nerves should seek. As we eazed
lar down the course Of the river, We could
see the stream again assume its compare. .
lively placid appearance, but now, instead
OF banks almost even with its bed, il was
locked IN by an impene,rable mass Of
chimney rocks, which continue for miles
down IFS course, rising in tue most majestic
grandeur to height OF one, two and tlree
hundred feet, and in some places nearly 10
thousand. AT one point we arc Inform.
ed the rocks close over the river, and it is
easy tor a person 10 jumr from one bank
to the other.
The grand sublimity ofthe scenery which
IS hereabous presented 10 the eye cannot be
surpassed By any in the world. Language
ials TO describe it, and the pencil Of tie ar.
list can give but faint conception of its
beauty and magnificent grandeur. Here ii
is that man feels bis insignifieanee, and.
trembling, kneels with awe and fear we
have seen Niagara in all lis artistic splen
dor and we have seen what was called
graad scenery, but never, never have we
seen anything 10 equal the scenery Of Lin
vile Falls, nor do we ever expect 10 sea the
like again until we revisit them.
Ire long ibe pencil of the artist will
trace the rarest beauties and give them 10
the worlds view. Ere long the spirit Of
enterprise will make good roads, and build
good house, al which visitors NAV stop.
Nopiace can present the same attractions
as watering place that LinviIle can. It's
beautiful scenery-ihat never has been fuls
]. ~ explored--iis healihfnl climate, tle ex.
t.eeieni waterof the RaltIesnako SDrinp. tie
'de'lilIty Of the soil, and last, but f;.r irom
r1east III the pleasure seekers eye. the latre
quantity of gaHe which is to be found
thorea5outs, Having spent The afterooou
at Linsille We returned to Mr.. Franklin's
house aud there rested for Tue piett. Tbs
next day we visited the Gingercake Rock.
This Rock Is a curious formation. linz, on
a ridge between The Hawks Bill and The
1ingercaks monnlain, very near to Tie lac.
ter l. isja high rock, conieal IN shane.
between fifty and seventy feet Ia height.
and six feet through at the base, and rising
TO q tbiekneSs Of twenty-five or thiity feet.
This rock Is flat on top and eoserod wirl,
gray moss. On one end Of It's Top there
hes rock about fifteen feei long and fomr
or live wide, with a thickness OF about four
feet. THIS rock is to all appearances mst
about to f.ll--at least ten feet o. il project.
ms from the edge Of the main roek&lhe
whole presenting the appeafauee .f Jovino,