Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1858-09-01
For the Advertiser.
FROM OUR MOUNTAIN CORRESPOND ENT.
PIcKENS DISTRICT, August, IS5I

PIcKENs DISTRICT, August, 1858.
Mr.. EDlToR: am obliged to believe that
"work is the life of a man." Iquote the say
ing of an aged person, who although quite ilit-
crate, is yet one of natures philosophers: The
Creeks had proverb that no man could be hap
nv without labor Christians are also exhortcd
by the inspired Apostle not to be s'othtM in
business. These arc the oracles of trnc wisdom,
nor loafers nor other devoteeSo Of inglorious ease
can prove to the contrary, should they al de-
mur and even continue TO argue until they had
whitfield into very small pieces every bit Of
plank in the "universal world Employment
coupled with the idea of being useful is an an
tidote Gor many of the ills introduced into our
world by the transgression of our first parents
in the garden Of Eden. The sun, moon and
stars, the season, the restless ocean and the
lcapins rll-in fine, all the operations OF nature
with silent cloqucnce, plead the cause OF untir-
ing energy. But there is a limit, beyond which,
no man may pass with impunity. Our very
virtues when energizcd to excess degenerate
into vice. Work must be intersperscd with
recreation-the mind must be occasionally un-
strung. This becomes necessity with persons
OF sedentary and studious habits, After six or
eight months of intense application either to
business or study, what could be more delight
full and inyigorating, especially in the dOg-a"ys,
than tour on horseback through the mountain
region of Georgia and North Carolina?
When set out, the other day, bent on cross
ing the Blue Ridge, the weather was warm
enough to make one long for the breezcS, that
fan the eagles home. After riding about eigh-
teen miles on the Georgia side Of the Tusalo,
came in full view Of the Currahcc mountain IN
lIabcrsham county. This rugged pile rises up
900 feet above the adjacent plains, md being
rather isolated from the main range OF noun
tains, it is a striking and conspicuous object
The tourist has been vending his way, per-
chance for days, along through section of coun-
try the features of which are altogether dull
and commonplace, when Of sudden he is
brought face to face with this
"Sky-ucrciug summit that orer-luoks the clouds" !"
The contrast is so agreeable and exhilaratlng
that the Currahee has been not inaptly termed
"the Georgians' first love-"
Tie next bright link in memory's chain is
Toccoa Falls, which attempted to describe last
year. From the South, you approach this little
Naiad realm wi hout ever ascending single
mountain eminence. This cascade is gem of
the first water, transcendently beautiful, and
vet endued with enough OF the sublime to
chasten our admiration into feeling Of awe!
Clayton Ga, is improving very fast, and has
quite romantic situation. 1t is no metaphor
to say that this village is overshadowed by the
mountains. Old Sol disappears long before he
sets in reality. The twilight here is long and
delicious, ,-inparting soft rosy light, and at
the same time withdrawing the heat The
scene is one of strange beauty" and makes a
most pleasing impression upon the mind. By
the way, the citizens of Clayton tell some very
cook joke. on themselves. In the days Of yore, a
gentleman passing through Town happened to
give a few hard biscuits to some children that
were playing in the streets. The little chaps,
uistaking the nature Of the creature, ran into
the house and brought out some fire. Placing
coal upon the back of one of the biscuits,
Tom sang out to Bill after this wise, blow the
coal, Bill and he'll soon poke out his head and
trot off in hurry" Only few years since,
an exquisite Of the soap-lock caste, rode up to
n bevy of citizens standing in the public square,
and INQUIRED where he could find the Court
House, (Which, by-the-by, is not the most capa-
cious in the world.) One of the company,