Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1858-09-16
From the Barnwell Sentinel.

! Chambers Journal
From the Barnwell Sentinel.
Mr.. Editor AS some of my friends
would like to hear something of my visit to
the West, l cit down to comply with their
wishes in as succinct manner as possible.
left home on Monday night, the I'd
instant. My ultimate destination was Nc.
Mutt. At Pamela l procured horse, and pro.
ceeded on my weary pilgrimage on horse
back. After riding about fifteen or twenty
miles, I,reached Tal!ahstchie Swamp. and
it was with the utmost difficulty l could get
along. Occasionally my horse, Blaze, would
be up the saddle.skirts in mud and water,
anon would find myself eight or ten feet
distant over his head, and nothing but his
ears visible: Having gone about six miles
the sun set, and Egyptian that is to say,
stygian darkness ensued. I could not see
my hand before my face. Danger before
death behind
In this awful dilemma, I placed myself in
the hands of an all-seeiug Providence, and
eudeavored to give my thoughts pious di
rection. I may say, with truth, I was great
ly consoled with the consciousness Of we'll.
spent life. Reaching place where the mud
and water was not more than two feet deep,
I hitched sBlaze' to, a limb, took off my sad.
die, and got upop. a log near by, like Sinbad
the Sailor, of old. ] was afraid to let my
legs hang down, lest crocodile might bo
disposed to borrow one for his breakfast
So my situation was disagreeable in the ex.
treme
'The mosquitoes then commenced their
nightly concert; in which they were Jealous.
ly aided BY the croaking Of countless frogs
the hootiugs of numberless owls-thewiid
yeHs Of distant pantheYuthe dreaming Of
greedy caymen, and the occasional sharp
scream of the wild eat. All these, combin.
ed, produced the most execrabIe music it
was ever my misfortune to listen'to, except
once, when l was inveigled into an Italian
Opera. Besides which the terrors induced
by the surrounding horrors of my situation,
infinitely surpassed anything !, had ever e1-
perienced before. ..,
*0bstupui, .steteruntque come, ct yox
faueibus hasit. II
About the witching hour of midnight I
heard tremendous scufie, and upon exam
ipationaL i found. that shgacrocodiie orsome
other huge monster Of the deep (naonaun,,
horenda'm, 'nyornsc, tageas), had seized
Blaze by the leg, but he soon jefked loose,
and with one kick sent him away. Again I
resumed my long and weary watch. Coca.
sionally y'Blaze' wouldgroan in spirit, which
received my heartfelt sympathy. When the
mosquitoes ceased their turmoil fora moment,
exhausted nature would exact the tribute of
an occasional nod, which wassoon broken by
the heavy plunge of crocodile near me-
Thus passed my frst and last night, trust,
in Tallahatchie Swamp.
AS soon as it was light enough to 'distin.
guish log from an alligator, I resumed my
journey, until I reached the river The
'Charou was astouished to see me, and in
quired where was from. I told him was
from the State Of South Carolina, the Pal.
petso State, q State that had seeded oftener,
and remained cut of the Union shorter
time, and had more candidates at present
for the United States Senate that any other
State in the Union. He then carried me
over, and in short time reached the town
of McNutt, so-called after Governor Nc
Mutt.
McNutt is the county seat of Slnfower
county, and is built upon an elevation of two
or three feet. 1t consists of a court house,
a Jail, hotel and livery stable. The court
heuseis log pen, ten by twelve; so are the
other buildings. This gigantic county num-
bers eighty.four voters, in dry time. It's
productions are water, cocrodiles, snakes (all
sorts), Lizards, mosquitoes, centipedes, tar.
rantulas, goards, bullaces, frogs and many
other reptiles Of venomous and maligant
nature. During the wet season the iDhabi
tants go up to Pamela in dug.outs, and re
main there until dry weather 1t is isolated
from all mankind and the rest of the world,
by lagoons, lakes, boyous, marshes, bogs.
fens, rivers and swamps generally. There
is no communication between it and any 9TH
er place. 1t seems to have been designed
by nature as an asylum or place of refuge
for the oppressed and afflicted Of all nations
1t stands alone, without parallel in the his
tory of the world.
Such is McNutt, couuty-seat of Sunaower
county, in the State Of Mississippi.
Yours, fraternally, CT. ToBIN, p NJ.
n was bothered. and my hair shtood up like
pigs bristles, and the devil q word could get
out.-PArs TRANSLATION.
A Npu, Vooup,,c VrcYn no Urcrurro