The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1860-08-29
EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE
PALMETTO HOUSE, Spartanhrg, }
Aug, 10th, 1850.

We cauie W lhIs place lo-dP iron
Gienn's, and are comfortably lodged at tie
Palmetto House. We had occasion two
years ago 10 make favorable mention If
this Hotel, and find it is still good hous
One of the best in the up.couutry. Tie
comfort and neatness Of the room in which
we write contrasts most tavorably with tho
damp cabin occupied by us twenty foar
hours ago every department OF 1t sup,
ports the character OF good House the
servants are attentive and the fare is us good
as any one could desire. II is kept now,
and has been for the last seven years, by
MIR. a. Tolleson, who is most obliging
landlord, and his assistant, ID. q. Finley, is
Il perfect trump. Mr. T., intends enarsing
his premises To meet the increasing patron
age 10 his House since the completion Of
the Spart, and Union Railroad
This road, we are informed, ns might
have been expected, has had II very consrd
cradle effect for good upon SpartanJurg
Village, in all OF its business relations 1t
is one of the most fortunately situated
towns in the State, being the termin of n
railroad and having an extensive vnd high.
ly productive back country to sustain it
la addition 10 this, her Schools and Col
leges must in few Years produce the most
gratifying results upon the business and PEE
cunary prospects of the town. besides re-
uult inf, ,,I. H.. ~
morals and intelligence OF hcr people,
Great as has been the improvement IN Spar
tanburg for the last live years, it must be
greater stIl within few years TO come
when the happy foundations laid for her
future wealth, education, intellectual and
social refinement are more maturciy devci-
oped and their fruits disseminated through.
out the District and State.
We will not repeat the description of
her College buildings, given the readers of
the Ledger two years ago. In company
with DR.. Il. X. Cureton, whom We have mad
the pleasure TO meet, We slrolied this after.
noon through the Woilord College grounds
aud had II better view Of tins imposing
structure than on the former occasion. Ii
is work which does infinite honor to iis
founders-an institution which IS destined
to do much for popular education through.
out the State. The Methods,s in former
years, when they were comparatively poor,
were charged with tolersting an uneduca.
ted ministry; be this rs il may, no people
are doing more at this time 10 remove the
cause Of complaint 10 this particular, and
while they discipline and educate their
preachers, they at the same time afford Ia
ciIties Tor II cheap and efficient education
of the masses. Wherever there has appear
ed an opening, 4 cir means, if adequate,
have been expended in erecting Schools and
Colleges, either male or female. Prominent
among these is the w Wotiord College, and
they have here entered into every neccssG-
ry arrnn cement for Il permanent School
Contiguous 10 the College building, and
and built II convenient distances apart in II
sort of semi.circle around it, are the Pre-.
fessors houses. These are constructed ot
brick. The campus grounds are spacious
and might with little labor and expense
De made TO look handsome. They are now
thickly studded with that uuinteTesting
growth, known a. the old field pine
The project Of extending the Spartan
burg and Union railroad across the noun.
lans to connect with the Virginia and Ten
nessee road is suspended, The people OF
Spartanburg District having refused to vote
tax upon themselves Of 100000 10 aid
in accomplishing that measure. The tenn.
porary defeat Of this measure may prove
an advantage to the Blue Ridge enterprise
The people in various portions Of the State
are beginning to look upon n direct com.
munica,ion with the Great West as an ab.
solute necessity. The repeated failures in
the corn crop have made them covet the
bountiiul supplies To bc mad from the North.
west, and us The Blue Ridge At this time
promises the speedIest means Of making
the desired connection, il is not unlikely
that that route will now gain friends and
advocates. We have recently met several
supporters of tho Blue Ridge who seem
confident OF effect:ng something at the mex,
Session of the Legislature The Western
portion Of the State anticipate the same
rich results from the completion of the
Blue Ridge that the Eastern portion antici'
pate from the - e.. Central"
So far as the town of Sprrtanhurg is con
cerned il does not seem that her interest
would require an extension Of the 5 d u
Railroad. Her location at !he terminus ol
the road gives her great advantages, and
being in the midst Of grain producing
section, needs none of the productions oi
the Northwest. Very little cotton is made
above this place 10 the direction of the
mountains, and corn in that portion of the
District, we are informed, may be had plen.
tifully at this time for IS cents per busnel.
Ore would suppose that this is not much
Of a cotton market as so little l. made
above, but we are told that fve thousand