Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1858-07-14

Bring forth the horse such was the
poetic command given, when it was announ-
ced that wished to visit the battle-ground of
Kings Mountain. sThe horse was brought,
and although he was not of the
Ukraine breed,
Who looked as though the speed Of thought
We're in his limbs,
Yet, under the rule, that the same catas-
trophe can result from opposite conditions or
causes, think I ran the same risk of having
my neck broken, through the clumsiness Of
my steed, as Mazeppa did from the activity
Of his, in the famous ride to Tartary. Mine
was a portly roam, with much benignity of
ceuntenance, and meekness of demeanor.-
Indeed, his head was bowed with such an air
of resignation. that felt reluctant to mount
him; the more so, when detected trem-
bling in his knees, and found them covered
Nth scars, as if he had suffered from some
inhuman treatment He was bridled with a
mild snaffle, and so little was the probability
of his tossing his head, that martingales were
deemed an incumbrance. Upon his back
was an old-fashioned saddle, Witha vast area
St skirt, fitting snugly against his side, and
an elevated pommel, upon which the rider
could rest himself, when overtaken by a fit
of laziness or meditation. The stirrups were
of pattern now entirely extinct. They
were once very costly, and regarded as a
triumph in invention. They opened with q
joint, and, by releasing the foot, prevented
the rider from being dragged, when he fell
from his horse the inventor, no doubt,
proceeding upon the supposition, that it
would be less revolving to jury of inquest,
for man to have his brains dashed out up
on the ground, than to have them kicked
out by an infuriated beast.
'Does this horse stumble%
NO, sab, he don't 'cisely stumble; he's
only moderate tippeF.'
Provided with passport, which Mr. Mont
gomery, the obliging Superintendent of the
pearlittle Iron Works, gave me, directed to
Maj Borders of the Kings Creek foundry,
representing me as person above suspicion,
and requiring the Major to procure me an
intelligent guide, mounted the roam at nine
o'clock. I had scarcely passed the gate, be-
fore I was struck with the parallel between
moderate drinking and moderate tippling.-
If the one results in confirmed drunkenness,
as Temperance reformers assert, the other
surely ends in down right stumbling. Roam
candidly displayed his gaits to me, and, as
his trot was TOO abrupt aud labored, and bis
amble an awkward afectation, I selected his
walk. He bowed his head, in acknowledg.
ment of my excellent judgment, and, throw,
ing the reins upon his neck, prepared my.
self for the scenery around ma.
4he road gradually assembled, until l at
tanned height that commanded an exten
sive view on either side. Looking over the
black jacks, which have taken the place oi
the pines converted into coal, for the reduc,
tion of iron ore, I noticed, on my right, the
usual broken country common to the upper
districts. But the prospect, on my left, was
eminently picturesque; for at distance Of
forty miles from me, the Blue Ridge swept
along like line of tossing cavalry, and pen.
etrated phalanx of clouds arrayed upon the
northwestern horizon. Besides this blue
mountain range, nothing interested me, ex
cept round knob, some fifteen miles ahead