Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1857-08-26

from Rabun. Arrived at Chattusa, we found its
ted to our excursion was drawing to close, we
determined to "take no step backwards" A gen.
tleman of our company, who was on horseback,
led the way, and my young friend followed with
out faltering although the rushing waters at times
would dash over the hinder wheels Of the buggy.
As there were two ladies and one little girl OF our
party, it required some management to get their
pretty fears dispelled. A shrewd mountaineer sus-
pested that they had better shut their eyes whilst
crossing the river This advice, believe, was fol-
lowed; and it acted like charm, for heard no
more EXPLANATIONS of alarm from the ladies' Thus
it is, methinks in life ,oe must close our eyes
against all imaginary evils At length, after much
toll and some excitement we all reached the Geor-
gia bank in safety. And nov as We wend our way
up the defle of the War Woman the scenery be.
comes more wild and picturesque. There Is tall
dark mountain with lonely vale smiling In verdue
at Its foot; here are the fairy waterbreaka, that
murmur on forever;" and little farther on, sud.
den turn In the road reveals such profusion OF
blue summits as makes the heart dilate with grati-
tude to the great Architect and Author Of nature.
But see! Art with her transforming power has
touched these rugged slopes. On the hillside, you
may descry the excavations and embankments
which indicate the track of tho Blue Ridge Rail
Road. And in very deed, this brawling War Wo-
man affords good pass for our great thorough
fare considering the stern features Of the surround
ing country. In Rabun We passed two tunnels, the
only ones in the County. The firstis Dicks Greek;
two thousand three hundred and fourteen feet long
The former contractor took French leave of this
job," some time during the last winter. The con-
tract was re-let short time since, to Messrs
GREENWOOD g. ALEXANDER, who were to resume
the work about the middle of the present month
The Western approach cut is nearly done. At the
East end, the heading ii. G. the excavation Of the
upper part of the opening) will be commenced in
FIVE or six weeks. Between the head waters Of
the War Woman and the Sticoa, there is ridge Of
land about one hundred feet high, and seventeen
hundred and ninety-four feet wide.
And now will close this long and prosy letter
by telling how the name of the War Woman orisi-
mated Directly after the close of our revolution
ary struggle it was but too common for "robber
bands of the Creek Indians to commit depreda-
tions upon the white settlers on the Tugalo. In
one of these bloody tragedies, thrifty pioneer and
his whole family, excepting one daughter, we're
massacrcd by the willy foe. The red men to the
number of eight or ten, OH returning to their
mountain Businesses, encamped with their booty
and the fair captive on the banks Of the stream in
question. The young woman, whose case now
seemed so desperate, was not only possessed OF
transcendent and quecnly beauty, but she had also
the soul of heroine. Atmidnight's lone and SOL
emn hour, she manages to disengage herself from
the manacles, by which she had been bound. She
seizes a tomahawk yet stained with the blood Of
her little brothers and ssters,-a death blow is
dealt to each of the sleeping murderers, save one,
who alone made his escape TO tell his awestrickcn
tribe the legend Of the War Woman.
1 have much moro to WRITE but for fear the pa
ticnce of your readers may be exhausted, I will
desist for the present Truly yours, E.K.
For the Advertiser.
PLATTsBURG, July SO, 1857.
DEAR SIR Il have just received yours Of the
7th inst, informing me that you have in hand SUBJ
ject to my order s240, "collected after one Of
Col. BAKERS eloquent appeals, to be applied to
the cause of Kansas" and in which you say far
ther collections would have been made but for my
| tLo oF Hn1r
That letter was hastily written and without ref
ercnce to its publication As kept no copy of it,
doubt not but that it was published as written.
If (as am told,) it contains suggestion, that no
more money be raised in South Carolina it was
not intended thereby to repudiatc COL BAKERS
authority or to revoke his commission, much less
to dcprecatc his services the fidelity and abili-
ty with which lie is known to have discharged his
trust; nor would the inference be true, that funds
were not needed and could not yet be advanta-
geousy used in our cause in Kansas. On the con-
trary, our party at the present moment, feels the
most urgent need Of pccuniary aid, among other
things to support our papers and to have the terri
tory thoroughly canvassed as it is intended to dc
in reference to the pending Congressional canvass,
and vote upon the Constitution, in the possible
event Of its submission; indeed our friends here
who have already almost exhausted themselves in
the cause, arc now contributing funds for these OBJ
jec,s and one whom saw to-day and who has
spent over ten thousand dollars in the cause, on
Yesterday contributed twenty-five dollars for the
objects above mentioned.
No! We have not disparcd nor ceased our cxer-
tions, and although we have been disappointed and
mortified that our friends in the South have sus-
taincd us no better, in contest that indeed more
concerns them than ourselves, yet we arc not un-
grateful to the few who have sympathised with
and aided us, and whatever they may yet contrib
ute cheeully, and not with the idea that they are
doing charity but that they arc serving themselves
and the common cause We will thankfully accept
and faithfully apply. In my letter to the Hon. Mr.
TRApEwELL did not mean to say that South
Carolina had done more than her duty, but only in
reference to what others have done, she has done
far more than her part, besides the need of funds
as above alluded to, the events of last summer in
duccd such expenditures by sundry of our trucst
and most devoted partizans as have left them in
very stratcncd circumstances, and these advances
were made under what then seemed well founded
expectation of reimbursement by subsequent
contributions, but which in point Of fact have not
been realized, and sound policy as well as justice
and gratitude require that such obligations be dis
charged if possible.
The party reorganization of last winter in the