Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1858-09-01

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piled that, the boys had carried ii dorm TO the
branch TO scour it ont ready for Court.
About nine miles North of Clayton there is
splendid waterfall, having perpendicular
pitch of 100 feet; besides this, the streamlet
frets and chafes adown the rugged slopes and
among the messy powders until it makes de-
scent in vertical line, Of at least 100 yards.
The waters here are lucid as sparkling foun-
tain, and the bed of the stream is very uneven
and rocky. I was perfectly delighted with
this fancy exhibition of nature" but the Poet
or the Painter could alone describe and repro
duce its rainbow tints, and its snowy veil
through which is dmly seen the dark and
frowning precipice. The white folks call this
cascade, Mud Greek, and the Indians call it
Eastatoee. What contrast The former ap-
pellation is altogether inappropriate, if not dis
gushing; whilst the latter is poetical, and falls
upon the ear in softened cadence like dying
swans whispered melody, or
"The faint exquisite music Of dream"
How sweet the hay smells How luxulant
the meadows look And how strange it seems
to see men reaping with nothing more than .
scythe blade. "Herds' grass" abounds, in con-
siderable quantities, on both sides Of the Blue
Ridge Az food for stock, the farmers shy that
this hay Is equal TO both foader and Oats Tho
people in the mountains have had their corn
damaged by the frost for two successive years.
This summer their oats were spoit by the rust,
and to "cap tue Climax thoy haye neither
peaches nor apples in their orchards,-a state
of things unhcard of in this part of the world.
Nevertheless, the hardy mountaineers are very
cheerful, and expect good time yet to come
The Tennessee is remarkable stream, not
only because of its meandering course, 10y which
it strays off down into Alabama and then wan
lers back across two States into the Ohio river,
but because, despite the junction of other and
l.rger collections OF water, it retains its own
Lame up to the fountain head in the Rabun Gap.
rode down the Tennessee about twenty miles.
The descent of the riyulet and Of the adjacent
valley is gentle and easy, forming an excellent
route for our Great Western Connection, known
as the Blue Ridge Railroad. The scenery on
either hand is wild and picturesque, and the
bodies of bottom land are rich and extensive
am of the opinion that the region of country
between Chattuga river and the Smoky Noun
tains is destined to supply Charleston and all
the intermediate Towns, with hay, apples, but
ter, honey and beef for all time to come. And
then there are vast quantities Of copper ore
here awaiting Railroad transportation. y Gin.
cinnati company have bought up 10000 acres
of mineral lands in this mountainous country,
and it is said, they have expressed their deter
minaton to purchase as much more. The Gull
lowhec mine, situated about 10 miles North of
Webster c. H., n. c., and belonging to W. II.
Bryson and Co., promises rich yield of copper
with very considerable intermiNture Of silver.
Franklin, y. c., is "a pleasant little village.
There are two fourishing Schools here; one for
boys, and the other for girls. Mountains, lofty
and majestic, are seen in tue distance. Near
at hand, there is a number Of hllocks with
green-sward and shady oaks,-f sites for
taste and wealth to make M anarchtcctural display.
suppose this place must lie a good market, in
which to sell blankets, as you cau't sltrp COM
fortably here without one, even in the Summer
season. At franklin, you will hear great
deal said about the mountain trout; in this
vicinity 900 Of them can be caught in a day 10y
one man. had the pleasure Of seeing and
tasting some Of these delicious fish,. They are
speckled regularly and beautifully all over the
body, but they have no scales. They always
seek the coolest and purest water.
And now fly of at tangent to White Wa
ter Falls in Pickens, S. C., without taking things
in the order of their occurrence. Carashihctay,
or White Water, is the most celebrated cataract
in the "palmetto State" The riyulet itself is
one of considerable size, and it pitches headlonG
down steep shelving rock, which must be at
least $50 feet high. made n pilgrimage to
this far-famed locality in company with favor
ite friend Before reaching the falls, we stood
on the brow of mountain overlooking the
Kcowee valley, and saw the yieldng vanishing
clouds, like q ghostly presence, sweep the
ground at our feet, whilst to the South and
East. prismatic vistas "badc the lovely scenes
at distance hail" Thence descending contn-
uous succession of hills to rocky knoll irradi-
ated by the sun.lit face of the White Water,
we heard the roar Of the cataract. Turning
our horses, we rode down the riyulet through
copse and shady forest, fit haunts for dryads
and sylvan boys, to the precipitou' and jagged
rocks over which White Water pours its milky
tide. There was pause we stood spell-bound
upon the verge of the Fall, looking with fearful
delight adown the long rugged slope of dashing
waters made white as the driven snow by the
swiftness of their descent. We fingered long,
and with soul-stirring emotions at many point
and angle, where the eye takes in the magic
wonders of nature. The wildness the beauty,
the splendor and the masnificence of the scene
lights up blaze in memory's glooms which can
cease to shine only with the extinction OF life
ITSELF No one, over whose breast nature holds
empire could forget the blended music of those
signing pines and roaring floods; nor could he
fail to remember those frightlul crags, which
rise high above the misty cavern fillel with
the presence Of that esprit of all the colors in
heaven and on earth;" nor that whitening
sbeetp as seen from the base, decked with