Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1857-07-29
Our Absenee-What we saw.

Continueu. ln1s rule Will De nneXlDly aunereu 10.
Our Absenee-What we saw.
Acting under the advice of our Physician,
we quilted the labors of our sanctum on the
9th of July, and repaired with our family to
the western portion Of the State, in the hope
that in the pure mountain air of that region
they would recover fromsthe sickness which
some pitts members were suffering.
AS is c1~stsaasssyR Editors. and hoping
to make it1ntsrestlng to our readers, we
propose giving a brief account of our obser-
vations along our trip. We took the Cars
for Salisbury. Along the line of the Rail-
road We saw many signs of thrift and pro-
gress. We could not see any thing of the
old town of Hillsboro'-the Depotbeing some
half mile from the place-but learned that
very little improvement has been effected by
the Railroad passing by it. The Workshops
of the R. R. Company was the first thing that
especially attracted our attention, and which
really cannot escape the admiration ofevery
passenger on the road. The buildings for
carrying on the works Of the Company are
large, elegant brick edifces, displaying ex-
cellent architectural taste, surrounded by
handsome brick cottage residences for the
operatives. These works are not all compile
ted, but soon will be. They are in the woods,
and must have involved a vast outlay of mo-
ney. Their location in some of the towns on
the route, it seems to us, would have saved
the Company much of this outlay, and much
better have answered the purposes for which
they are designed.
High Point.-There is a spacious Depot
here, several neat residences and stores, and
a large brick Hotel is in course of erection.
The Fayetteville Plank Road, 0iG Salem,
passes this point.
ThomasviUe.-This is a remarkably neat
and thrifty village-eyery house being new
and nicely painted. 1t is only two years
since the first house was erected. Here also
is located the fourishing Institution called
"Glen-Anna Female Seminary" which is
one of the best, and decidedly the cheapes
School IN the Southern States! Board anC
tuition embracing all the ornamentals) ar
put down as low as $50 per session F! Th
object is to educate the masses and furnisl
female teachers for the whole South, instea
of having to send North for them. The Sem
mary building is four stories high, and eaps
Wv ~ @vovrHHTJoar-6Ange hufnDer OF pr
pills. We shall speak of this Institutio
again. See advertisement in another column
r We noticed nothing remarkable from TIL
place to Salisbury, except the beautiful farm
f Astounding with golden small grain and luz
: uriant corn-ields, with here and there n
y freshing meadow-lands whose newly-moW
g grass filled the air with the richness of il
perfume. The farms of Davidson and Row
an along the line of the Railroad, for beaui
j; and fertility, are unsurpassed by an y in tt
State.
Salis6my.-We reached Salisbury in tin
for dinner. Did not find it what we expecte
There is room for improvement in the tab
! supplies; at least SO far as we saw. The ne
Hotel at the Depot-the "Verandah"-h
re been opened since, and is highly spoken
After visiting some old friends, we took
n. promenade round the town md were pleas,
to note the many marks of thrift and advanc
a. ment which met us on every hand. MAJ
N buildings have been, and are now bein
s. erected, for dwellings, stores, warehouse
d factories, &c. Salisbury is increasing in 90
Or ulatlon and business, and will doubtless /
come an extensive trading mart. There
one blot in this gratifying picture-but
eS we do not intend to make our paper a NEE
lie UNI for advertising the mischief. making co
be Germ, We shall, not mention what it is. Y
IN met with our excellent contfreres-James,
m the Herald and Bruner, of the Watchma
n They looked fat and - pretty lat lea
he we do not regard either of them as havi
IN any right to that "knife," about which the
g. has been SO much competition.
At Salisbury we were met by the Carria
u of a beloved relative, and after a nights ri
d. left for the Pilot mountain region. At Moe,
0'0e we got a very good d~inner--plain,
well gotten up, and exactly suited to t
taste of the weary traveller.
Pennington is the handsome home-pls
OF e. w. Johnson, ESQ.,, and is one of t
81 neatest places we have seen. There has be
considerable labor expended on the roa
lily leading to the place, making them about
its good as the streets of most of our towns.
m We were struck with the air of neatness a
la thrittiness of everything around, before
lor learned the name of the place, but were i
surprisedswhen told it was Pennington
here we knew existed one of the most flo,
70 ishing Divisions of the Sons of Temperar
of IN the Union-one of the most active me
ers bers OF which is the enterprising and pub
Inn spirited proprietor of the place, G. W. Jol
9se son, Esq. We did not have the pleasure
forming the acquaintance of as many of
IL brethren in that vicinity as we desired, |
'5 as we have promised to give them a spec
at their celebration on the 1st of August,
ia hope to take them all by the hand on 81
occasion. The Division at Pennington M
bers considerably over 100, male and fema
Of and Smith Grove Division, within six mil
ro- has some 60 or 20, although only a few wei
IN old.
p For a description of the beautiful scent
along the Yadkin, the Pilot mountain, 8
re- we prefer availing ourself of the faithful a
eloquent pencil of our friend Rev. A.
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