Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1858-09-04
From tho l}arnwoll Sentinel.

From the Barnweil Sentinel
Mr.. Editor: As some OF our friends
would like to hear something ot my visit to
the West, ! sit down to comply with their
wishes in as sucenct nauner as possible
left home on Monday night, the I'd IN
slant My ultimate destinationwas McNutt
At Pamela | procured horse, and proceed
Ell on my weary pilgrimage ON horseback
Atter riding about fifteen or twenty miles,
reached TailNhntchie Swamp, and it was
with the utmost difficulty could get along.
Occasionally my horse, Bike" would be
up to the saddic-skirts i'll mud and water,
/ anon | would iind myself eight or ten feet
distant over his head, and nothing but his
cars visible. Having gone about six miles
the sun set, and Egyptian, that is to say,
StySan darkness cnsucd could not SEQ
my hand before my face. danger before
death behind.
In this awful dilemma. / placed myself
III the hands of an all-seeing Providence,
and endeavorcd to give my thoughts a pi-
GUS direction. may say, with truth /
was greatly consoled with the consciousness
OF weIl-spcnt life. Reaching a place
where the mud and water was not more
I than two feet deep, ! hitched " Blaze to II
llmb, took oil my saddle, and got upon log
near by, Ike Sinbad the Sailor, of old. [
was airaid to let my legs hang down, lest II
crocodile might be disposed to borrow one
Tor breakfast. Sony situation was disa-
greeab!e IN The extreme
me mosquitoes then commenced their
nightly concert, IN which they were zeal
ousIy aided by the croaIing of countless
iroSS-thc hootlngs OF nunberless owls
the wlid wells OF distant pantherS-thc dro
nlng OF greedy caymcn, and the occasional
sharp scream oftho wildcat. All these,
combined, produced the most cHccrabIe nu-
sic 1t was ever my misfortune to listen to
except once when was inNeiglcd into al,
Italian Opera. Besides which the terrors
induced by the surrounding horrors of my
situation, infinitely surpassed anything
had ever experienced before.
ODStupui, steteruntquc come, ctNoN
iaucionS h;osit.
About the witchng hour OF midnight |
heard a tremendous scufflc, and upon cy-
animation | found that u large crocodile or
some otne. huge monster of the deep NAM
SH""t' h0re"'Ium, i'y9Yr"ce, m1c"S), had
SeiIed Biaze by the leg, tut he soon icE-
Ecd loose, and with one kick sent him away.
aS"in resumed my long and weary watch.
pc:aSionaiiiy " Blaze would groan III spirit
winch received my heartfelt sympathy
w heh inc mosquitoes ceased their turmoil
10, I9r moment: exhausted nature wcuid exact
tnc 'rIoute OF an occasional nod, which was
soon soon broken by the heavy plunge Ola croc,
ou.ie near me- IhuS passed my first and
i'S' night, l trust, III lailahatchie Swamp.
:; -As s, spon as IT was light enough to dis,
1'"SulSh u ioS IRON an 1lligator' | resumed
my Journey "ntll reached thervcr. The
,,,;'n onoron was was oSt3nlShed to see ne, and in.
Iu.f[u m c wiore 9, was from. told him
ws.. w'S IRON the e '7tat' OF south Carolina the
c' al.'c''o 'o,"'c' otoie that had seeded
o,'eher' ana remained out OF the Upon Il
".o''o, @ t,'V anu il"1 more candidates at
present lor inc United states Senate than
"'y o'nor 'o'ate III the lhion. lie then
ga oI'tIu" tH ',o over, anT IN ashort umE reach
oovtrNor W. Nor. Nc N"tt.
McNu'e IS 'ne county seat OF Suniiowcr
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