The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1858-08-18
EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENTS.
CHIcK's SPRINGS, Aug. 6. 1858.

CHICKS SPRINGS, Aug. g, 1888.
Our last letter was written at Spartan
burg c. H., eleven o'clock at night, the
THERMOMETERS standing, we imagine ut about
go. We leftt that place on the morning of
the 9th, after an early breakfast promptly
furnished by our host and, by the way,
fer the beRea. of The travelling public, we
will say n word in reference to the Palmetto
House where we stopped. This is one of
the best houses in the up-country ; the sys-
ten and regularity with which il is kept
reminds one of The city hotels The ser
wants are well trained to their duty anu
guests do not lack for attention. Promp,-
ly TO the time an early and ,odrm breakfast
was in readiness for us. The house is 4
fine large structure and some of the upper
Blue Ridgr it is kept by Alfred TalleSor,
who, we find, is well known through the
up.country as u model landlord.
There are many beautiful situations in
! Srartanburg and some handsome residences.
The shade trees are principally of the nat
ural growth and, in consequence, want reg
ularity. in coming out, by deviating slight.
ly from our course, W. PASSED near the fr-
male college, which has an elevated loca.
tlun. We werl struck Wth the number of
hou-es (some four or iive) and which we
afterwards learned were all used for school
roUns. III the whole labor and expense
| n laiI h,,;l. t,,,r IL.
would have Leen more room for architec-
tural finish and the effect, in our opinion,
decidedly greater. The st. Johns College
building would be an ornament anywhere,
Mr.. Mccullough. whose design, we learn, it
is. The Wofiord College, which We saw
from distance, appears to be fine build
ing,
The distance from Spartanburg to Chicks
Springs in.Greenville District is twenty two
miles, the road n ,olcrably good one. The
roads of SpaItanburg and Grrcnville Dis.
| tricts are much better than these of Union
and Chester; they seem better attended to
and also the country is less broken The
mountains were in view in front and to the
r;:ht of us good portion Of the way from
Spartanburs to Chicks This place vs
reached about noon on The 5lh, after an cy-
ceedingly hot ride, the Thermometer in t! e
front piazza of Ia. h"trl ~ ~ cuinc ~ at
81 TINS ha~ -nc r,Vnatou Of bra. II
c"o' place. gc..I,Irau NUu W, inst
f. IN here t'i co. . Gi M = ha. the nights
Were sn COO, ,'v that Ulaukct, were au b.
ct and that he ought coii from uot uuy
ing enough 1T them on lis bed. b This
as II nay,we have not yet had need I r. or
felt any sori OF inclination 10 euyrlop uur.
self in bInnkets. We have found some
| change, however; the climate is braring
the afternoons are rather pleasant and The
nights not disagreeably warm. Tie place
Is so hemlted IN by shades and hills ,hut the
mountains can nowhere be seen from L .
premises and these causes, we npprehend,
IN II measure obstruct the brrez.
They hav. II cOmmodiouS lao ~ here an
any number of cabins, sufficient TO accom-
MEDIATE one hundred and fifty or two hun
ureu p'Tsbhs. lie " aier IN one of The
Springs is remarkably fine and pleasant, t
Is called the Sulphur Spring, contains Sui
pilates of Soda and Magne, IN, AID in drink
ing one is sensible of n slight suIphurous
taste. Fhe water of one or two other
medicinal Springs all within a few ,ards of
s'ch other, seem to be impregnated chiefly
with iron. They are not, however, so strong.
neither so cold and pleasant as the water
of the lIangin Rock Spring in our Dis
trlct. There are various sources of nmv,e
ment here, but the company is not large ;
there may be, perhaps, fifty persons. The
accommodations are tolerably good, taough
inferior to Glenn's. amagine that we will
leave here soon perhaps to morrow after
the novelty OF the first day or two is pass.
ed, such places become dull to those who
have no special object in view. The only
| persons here at present from our District,
besides ourseIf and family, are Col. J. T.,
Cureton and lady. w. &C.
f18- A second editorial letter intended
Tor this issue was received too late and will
be published next week