Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1859-09-17

| nave mentioned az occupying the carriage in
the Offset, was intrused to his especial care,
and she was of those remaining at the house
! We safely made the second trip to the place
of alighting. and sent our horses back by
servant. We now wound up steep and
| narrow pathway, at one time over the smooth
| surface of the rock, ut another over crags
| and cliffs, and thus we continued our journey
till we reached the foot of tho steps where we
| found tho rest of our party awaiting our arri-
| val. After brief halt spent in mutual in
| tcrrogation as to the feelings of each, remarks
concerning the ascent the view, scenery. Sc,
we. undertook the driuOus task of which we
had heard so much, viz: climbing up the
steps. This (mrdbHe dictu) we found as
| easily accomplished as any other portion of
| the road. "Onc who has thus far escaped OBJ
scrvation Ia boy our College friend had in
attcndancc,) was the only one to whom the
| thoughts Of quitting terra firma" seemed
| rcpugnant lie declared in the most cmphut-
ic terms his inability to mount the steps,
When, however, we reached the top, our Al
albanian insisted that the boy should come
! up. but Inc being unable to sum up sufficient
courage, Alabama went after him and led
him up by the hand. What sight What
. downcust detected look the boy has lie is
frightened almost out of his wits! The best
comparison we can make, is that of con
/ dcmned criminal mounting the scafiold. We
|
| 100 yards from the top of the steps, Gn large.
smooth and somewhat rounding rock, par
tally covered with moss. Our anticipations
| themselves delightfuD now give place to
glorious realities We arc indeed on Table
Rock We look around us and various OBJ
iccs present themselves to our view. Far
away in the valley below, VIC sec the abodcs
of men, apparently no larger than the Indian
wigwams. The fertile fields. decorated with
| iptn cntb .,Y,1
there over the wide cxpansc of the extensive
| vale, resemble the oascs of some vast desert.
In the distance we perceive among the lofty
trees OF towering mountain, vast rock
over which pours with great rapiiity. a beau
| tiful stream of pcllucid water. And now as
lar aS the human ken can penetrate, VIC be-
hold with wonder and admiration the Blue
Ridge Mountains the lofty peaks of which
seem almost to reach the sky. Leaving this
romantic spot we proceeded on our way to
the spring, which our guide informed us was
about thrcc-fourthS of n MI" distant. This
point being soon attained, NC refreshed our
selves with II cooling draught from the trans
parent fOunt. We here procured u quantity
of berries for the ladies. and also furnished
| tfrclm each with Il hunters cup. We next
| took lunch from our abundant store, and
! having ag;sin reSortcd to the refreshing water
vt the crystalline fount, VIC rcraccd our foot
steps. feign would mention many other
things that occurred, and other points which
we visited but time and space forbid and
torbear. Returning from the top of The noun
tain we visited a,e Pool ut its base, which
we'll deserves our attention. This is the
most grand and sublime sight with which our
enchanted eyes were feastcd. But we find
oursclf wholly incompetent to describe in
sufficiently glowing terms this wonderful
work of Nature. We can only say that to
an mlmircr of Nature this is most desirable
! spot. Here he can stand on the brink Of
transparent pool and view with wonder and
amazcmcnt the cnlossal mass of rock which
towers above INN to such an immense height.
On looking around him he can sec numerous
objects which cause feeling of wonder and
admiration to porvade his soul. And here
we'leavc him nmsing on Nature and Natures
Cod Returning from the pool we had a tru-
| ~ novel @ndintcrcsting time. The path was
narrow, winding rough and rugged, and in
places steep and almost impossible. But
owing to tho pleasant company which we en-
loyeu, and the novelty of the ramblc, w were
entirely free from fatigue. We are happy to
say that the ladies were no less so than the
! gentlemen, for their lovely checks. unadorncd
by that antis0snsotie application. of which
some ladies are 50 fond. presented the appear
ancc of perfect health. blooming youth, ami
nation and delight. We must now be con
few Of the forciblc events that transpircd du-
| ring the remainder of our tour. We spent
the second night at SoUTuERIAHD's, and on
tho ensuing morning proceeded TO Cesar's
Head. We reached that place about eleven
o'clock, and in the afternoon visited the
Head. With this we were highly delighted
Tho view was very fine, and we enjoyed our
selves exceedingly rambling over the iaoun-
talnsS DOS QUIx0TE and she of whom tits
said, " None know her but to love-" visited
several points which were almost unattaiha-
BILE. In one of these. n narrow pass, they
found beautiful birds nest curiously
wrought. lie having procured this ingeni-
Gus construction of the volatile creation, she
accepted and promised to preserve it as me.
mento of the genial and romantic scenes Of
that noted place. We visited the cold spring,
which we'll deserves it's name, as we all pro-
nounccd it the eoldest water we had ever seen
issuing from the ground. We returned from
| this icy fount to the house. where we found
it necessary to have fires kinle1, as there
was considerable change in the weather,
and it had now become quite cool. This,
however, was the very kind of weather We
desired, for, gathered around largo and
cheerful fire in the parlor, we spent q delight
fui evening. Each one seemed desirous Of
thns Ye were rnnderel hnppy group. We
greatly regretted the absence Of our host,
Mr.. HAoooD, who ever makes welcome and
delights his guests with his kindness and
.jocularity. Ncthertheless great hospitality
! was shown MS by his we'll trained and alton
| tive servants. After leaving this point we
proceeded on our way by the Jones' Gap
road, which we found in good condition, and
| nff)rninp 'she most strikin0 scenery ya ever