The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1857-05-06
A SHORT TRIP TO THE WAXHAWs

A SHORT TRIP TO THE WAXHAWS
Although, all except three or four years
Of oar life has been spent in Lancaster Dis
! tlict-raiscd here in fact, "lnostly," rs our
| friend in North Carolina has il, we have
never, until the other day, had occasion TO
visit the section Of country in the upper
part Of the District, called Waxhaws. A
friend of ours being in need of some corn.
and having found The market rather strin-
gent below here. and srpposing that the
rich section of land along tho road TO the
! WaXhaws would afford plenty, he conclu-
ded to try there and invited us TO accompa
| ny him; We also, feeling considerable in
terest in the scarcity or supply of this val
uahle commodity. Some men are sensitive
upon the subject of corn buying, (nnd far
mers shonld be- but our friend need not
have any such scruples, as he is not far.
mcr or planter, and has made no other cal
cuIatlon but to buy his corp-if he can get
IT. As for ourself, We are told tha: TO buy
corn, is nothing pnusual with the craft.
The section Of country for ten or twelve
miles abu"c this pace, on the road leading
to lorkyiile, is rather interesting large
and well cultivated farms are on the way,
| and IL quality, the lane will compare favor.
ably with any upland sections in the State.
1t is hilly, but not remarkably SO; of red
still nature, slightly intcrmixcd with gravel.
We Judge il TO Lc rather hard TO cultivate,
but its strength is unqucslioncd, and we
would say admirably adapted 10 the culture
of cotton and corn--espccially the last
The timbcrcd lands have a large and beau
tifu! growth, many Of the trees of extraor.
dinary size. One body of woodland, we
thought especially fine. II IL the property,
we undcrstaLd, Of Col. J. T.. Cure,on, don't
through the Ledger for sale some time ago.
lying 10 the left Of the road, some six miles.
perhaps. above here. Cane creek, on the
road, is u stream of very respectable size
we have crossed rivers Of smaller dimen-
sions. Farther on, just at the edge Of the
road, is a yerilable Mineral Spring. The
water seems to run from solid body Of
rock; All excavation ufabout two feet square,
and two or three feet dOcp, seems, at some
time or other, to have been cgt in the rock
forming an excellent place from which TO
procure water. We do not knuw the
properties of this water, though Iran,
we should say was an important ingrcdi-
ent, 1t is pretty strongly impregnated with
something, but the taste is nct unpleasant.
Friend suggested, however, that /, mIgb, be
improved by admixtuse with n more potent
liquid. We tried it, by way Of experiment,
and agreed that he had hit npon capital
expedicnt Names are cut upon the rocks
about this Spring. with dates some years
anterior TO the Revolution. We fancicd
That OLD HicSoRr had, in all probability,
enjoyed many quaiT Of this mineral water.
short distance further is Waxhaw
creek, and here We suppose commences the
WaXhaw section, rendered famous, for all
time, from being the birthplace of Gen.
Jackson. The soii here is red and compact,
very strong, and we would Judge well adap-
rather lily, yet from the nature of the soil,
it does not wash mach, and with proper
care and attention, lnay be made TO last for
ages.
After ride Of some fourteen miles, our
journey was accomplished, but not so its OBJ
lcct. When no corn for sale had been re-
peated to us several times. friend concluded
that the attention Of the people were mostly
devoted to the culture ofeotton. We were,
however, very Hospitality and agreeably en-
tertained at the house of gentleman resi-
ding IN that section, and upon the whole
PASSED the time so well that we didn't re-
greet the trip. We were shown some very
creditable exhibitions of skill, bya young
deciple Of Apollo. We do not claim 10 he
connoisseur here, bat have an idea,
that FIVE eoulddrsw and .ske,ch as he does,
we would be proud Of it. They are by a
| young gentleman with whom we have n
slight acquaintance, but did not know that
he had talent ip this way. We predict
that he will be better known some day
Returned in the afternoon, aud on the way
back. friend made some partial cora engage
iaents with gentleman, who has n store,
situated in very pretty place upon hill
He was an acquaintance, and wiihal, seemed
very obliging and pleasing in his manner
lie gave friend to understand that he should
not suffer. The latter thinks if we had
railroad, we would be more indepcndant.-
We daic say lift was known in North Caro-
lima and other corn countries, that the.artcle
would command something like a dollar
and aquarter delivered here, plenty of it
4 woold be coming in. This is gqod mar
ket now gentlemen.