The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1858-02-17
"spartanburC, the Rome of the Pal.
wetto State"


i'ev. Dr.. Cross, to the Southern Christian
ADV cate, will Prove b b interesting aud
amusing 10 oar readers. We are sorry
We have hot room for the whole .e,ter,
aud n.Nst make Uold, 10 offer the reader
seat " h the Doctor, upon his leaving
Laurensvilie for our "city."
FRIDAY morning lawns. Here is the
hacn which my colleagues, Brother Kirk
laud anu Dr. Fay ,,r, have sent ior us
ir"m Sparta" "ourgh. "Co.d- bitter cod
aud the roads muddy enough from tie
recent rails. ~ year hence We shall have
an easier mode Of u.vel, for the !egi,' u
ture has made a very liberal appropria.
ION for the completion OF the railroad to
Sp'.r,anbnrg. which " Il greatly facilitate
our in;erc"mmunlcatron with the lower
part Of the State. FIVE o'clock. and the
clouds have folded up their wintry wings:
ahd rs "ep'Ns over a nil, what a vision
OF glory ,es l-ofor" us church spires,
aud college towers, and majestic domcs,
and stately cUpolas, aud vi,,hs OF rural
beauty, al u.aus.Ons Of regal splendor,
'' NV "'Nu S'''CS VI ever feen,
'eY""d "hIc' are sen the mountains of
em' t al! jasper, leaning against the
so'c ana sapphire SKY. Al han, ye cIas-
sc hal 5! Inv much like Oxford, Cam.
bridge, b" cas'icd Heidelberg, AMI old
scholastic iaGus. There is Wotford Co
''g', WITH It's two Gorgeous towers rosem-
ni'ng tue 'atna'"AI If Str.sbourg Iook.n .ng
do"" t'pm it commanding emInrnce like
the ln",'a dI None from the Plncian
h'i.. ond"r Is 81. johns College, also
VIII Nv towers, though rather less i'm
posing IN form, and less favorable in sit.
u" ion ; albeit a ..anGsome building and
f"Ir'shi"s institution.
And here is the Fee
maj College, our future AlaJama; ike
another Natican, wanting. Ihe pope; ike
another Sau Mara Mag.iore, wanting
the rgyitisn .be.isk; like another San
lIetro in Mom,orlo, or overlooking Spartan
burg rs mat ,serIYoks Rome from the
brow Of the J ,nicuium.
Il "oudo- why nobody has ever dis
covered the resemblance of these two ci.
ties ; / rtarhur, and Rome. Wny,
nv dear r, here are the Seven Hills,
perhaps to "r three more, with h, Pro.
panards. and Pic Nono, aud Csrdinal
Autone,II, b"uny all that is offensive aud
anti ,.rote ,ant. And yonJer, st the east
erd Of 10 town, is huge ruin, some what
gothic, AL : som what mng thic; Which
mi It b" called lhe Coliseum, were it
round en"Hg or IT,, tomb # lila
VI ella, "r.e it fty eLou h: or Tie
thermos OF Dic'l">iau or Caracu.a, .id i.
co r SuiM,ient grou nd-at ary rate a
rum, rather ..ctnresSueS wilhnl, bat want.
ing the !'y TO complete the effect And
here are the Villa BorgLese. Pan.phi
bJra, though ] canuot say exactly Y 20
whom they belong. And the pyramid
above the Methodist Church Is just like
the mausuleum -! Ca.uS Cestius ouIy the
me - round, and the other square; the
one IS of woo", and tEci thNr marble the
on" ; vcry Irrg, anI the other rathe.
small; IN" on" is i.aced on the earth,
Hnd he o;her unng III tho sky; II ugh
tne "pcX %. the 'orner Is two or three
times AS n!gh ds that i the atter. And
tue sieep'e ot cue Camp; ioy!io, though it
has Io.ther the an n.ieut abs ructlons, nor
tie soaring aI','ul lie, nor the hig bell to
rng when the pope goes to Purgatory,
npr the vast clock dIal numbering twenty
four hours upon iio circle. And The court
louise, p@tchau ;, might answer for the
Srada Palace, though it has not the
broad ftaz7e without, nor the statue Of
Pompey within, with the stain of Casars
blood u! ~ the leg. And the circuit par.
| sonage, ~ one Of The beaut tiful suburbs, IS
ioI all the world like the summer resi-.
derce Of ms Holliness on the Qurina!;
though not quite SO extensive, anu want.
ing tAe two horses BY PhrIias and Prax
TILES. And Wonder are the Sabine Noun.
tains aud the Alb.n Hills, though their
SUBMITS seem covered with stately trees,
| and there are 40 viney .rd or olive groves
climbing thelr sdes. And near the city
flows "A stream which evidently ought 10
be the Tbcr, though it is neither very
wide, nor very deep, nor very swift, nor
very yellow, Decause II IS as yet Lut a
young river, and like good wine will pro
bstiy imI owe W h ..ge. | have seen no
Catccomls, perhaps because they are not
yet ope cd, and 40 Via Appia, perhaps
because IT is not yet cxcayated; and no
Forum R'manum, perhaps because its
site is not ct fuI y determined; ard no
NausoieJm OF Augustus or OF Hsdrian,
perhaps becauSe they are not vet erected,
her iutu , occupants not yet being in "A
! COZ Iition To need them.
"On arriving here We found apartment Is
ready for us, and our old friend DR.. Tay
lor evidently intent on doing the sgreea
L.e TO the extent Of his ability; and the
co'diality with which he hailed our ad +.
vent and the manner ia which he fscilita
ted our settl, ment, aud made US feel at
home, you, Mr.. Editor who know the
China Hero, can very easily imagine
BY the way, he has built himself house
cor guous to the College, a little less inn
posing in appearance than Windsor Cas-
tie, or the roya' residence Csserts. Doc.
tor Taylor is admirably adapted to the
position which he occupies, aud has gath.
cred around him a SET Of brilliant sstel-
liles. Well MAJ ned, and we'll woman ed
too, with kind and careful steward. a