Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1858-12-11
The Mountains.

II. H." the correspondent of the Edges
field AdrcrtiSer, invests our wintry looking
neighbors with pleasant summer Dress
Hear him:
About fout miles 10 the South Of Cashiers
Valley, there is settlement, and summer
resort known as Horse Cove" This is the
most scqucstercd nook | ever saw. From one
point ofobservation, of you look in vain for an
outlet. Steep mountains and frowninc pro-
cipiees obStruct the view in every direction.
AS first rode into this vale Of scclusion I
noticed, in particular, enc large level field.
in fine state of cultivation, which was boun-
dcd on two sides by rocks black and prccipi-
tous, that tower upward and still upward un-
til they swell out into the dimension ofmoun.
tans Indeed "l1orse Cove" is delightful
retreat-romantic, beautiful, and well suited
to induce "hcavenly, pensiye contemplation"
Two of our learned Judges arc accustomed to
spend their Summer vacation here, and it is
n pleasure to know that such place is so
well appreciated.
must not neglect to mention that con-
siderable portion of Cashiers Valley has been
bought up and improved by South Carolin-
ians. One of these la, ueS nropretors who
is known to be gcntl man of taste, wealth,
genius and deserved popularity, has been
travelling, this season, OH the continent Of
Europe. He wrote TO his Agent at McKin-
ney's Gap, the other day, that Switzerland
and Italia were pleasant countries. but that
hencctorth he intended to spend the Summer
III Cashiers Valley; for, said he, rs place
of residence, it is more desirable than any
part of the Old World. And thus it appears,
Mr.. Editor, that the Alps have rival in the
peaks of our own Blue Ridge.
But am becoming tedious. If, however.
any one should supposn that have exagger-
ated in the least, pa, ocular, let him 90 and
see for himself ltis only 20 miles from tho
Stump House Mountain to Cashiers Valley.
and there is a now Turnpike road, which
connects those two points and the Railroad
will soon be completed to the Tunnel. Let
Europe and the big Norrard" look to their
laurcls.
Our CHANGING CLIMATE Tho follow
ing beautiful passage is by Washington
Irving:
Here let us say a word in favor of those
vicssitudes of our climate, which arc too
often made the subject of exclusive rcpin-
ing. If they annoy us to-day, they give
world. They give us the brilliant sunshine
of the South of Europe, with the fresh YER
dure of the North. They float our summer
sky with gorgeous tints of fcccy whitencss,
and send down cooling showers to refresh
the painting earth and keep it green
| Our seasons are full of sublimity and beauty
Winter with us hath none of its proven
bial gloom. 1t may have its howling winds
and chilling frosts, and whirling snow
storms; but it has also its long intervals of
cloudess sunshine, when the snow-clad
earth gives redoublod brightness to the day,
when at night the stars beam with intensest
lustrc, rthe moon floods the whole landscape
with her most limpid radiance. And tho
joyous outbreak of our spring, bursting 1T
once into leaf and blossom, redundant with
vegetation, and yoeiferous with life; and
the splcndor of summcr-its morning vo-
luptuousncss and evening glory--its airy
places of sunlit clouds piled up in a deep
azure sky and its gusts of tcmpests of al
most tropical grandeur when the forked
lightning and believing thunder-volley
from the battlcmcnts of heaven shake the
sultry atmosphere and the sublime mel
ancholy of our autumn, magnificent in it's
decay, withcring down the pomp of a wood
land country yet rejecting back fron. lts
yellow forests the golden serenity of the sky.
Truly We may say that in our climate,
F." The heavens declare the glory of God,
and the armament showcth his handiwork.
Day unto day uttercth speech and night
unto night showeth knowledge"
How Quick TIE CHINESE ARE CIyII-
lzED.--To see the effects of ones surround
ings, says the Philadelphia Gazette, look at
the representative of the central howcry
land, whosells cigars on the sidewalk, near
the custom house. The name of this exot-
icis Mr.. Hang Whang. Mr.. Hang Whang
has been in the cigar trade and the model
Republic about four weeks. He made his
debut with unmcntionables nearest his skin,
and his shirt outside-thc latest style cur
rent in Hong Kong. A week afterwards
he laid aside Chinese trowsers and took to
Market street pants. The next week he
left off his blue frock, and came out in
dress coatv--the tail starchcd so stiff that
yen might use it for boot-iack. The
next change was to purchase Warburton
hat, and convert his former one into a pof-
table money-drawer. We yesterday found
him entirely tfapsmogrificd into ain anti-Ce-
lcstial-his Chinese boots traded off for bro
gans, and his pig-taiE braided up behind
his ears like bird nest. Yesterday even
ing we hcarp him indulging in profanity.
If all this dop't so to show the advantages
OF civilization, then what docs
A PoTTAwAToMiEe ehicftain, in giving
evidence before the United States Circuis
Court at Chicago, made She fellowinps hon.
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