Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1860-10-27


place where her trade could improve, she
might some day become as illustrious as ever
Rome was. Night came on MS we approached
our long -wishcd-for home. The family were
collecting in from their daily occupations,
and nothing marrcd our happiness but the
thought that we must soon part again. After
solacing ourselves for few days with the
pleasures of the home circle, duty called upon
us to bid them all atiou And oh what
tongue can express, or what pen describe the
feelings OF youth when about to leave home I?
He takes his fond parent by the hand, and
says, with n trembling voice and ouivering
lips, Father, farewell Mother, | bid YOU
adlcu; Brothers AMI Sisters, love you dear
ly, but must leave you; so farewell No
one can duly appreciate the exquisite pleasure
and the intrinsic value of home till he is called
to leave the loved ones who dwell beneath the
parental roof, and to spend his days among
strangers in strange land.
tavng set out from home in private We.
hlclc we soon arrived at Walhalla. This, |
presume your readers all know, is quite a
ttourlshing little town in the upper part of
Pickens District, inhabited chiefly by Ger
mans, who arc an industrious and energetic
people. Walhalla stands upon a high and
beautiful plain, commanding iue view of
the mountain scenery in the North. 1t is an
excellent summer resort and we believe that
the time is not far distant when the great iron
horse shall visit this delightful town, with his
majestic car filled with merchandise, and load.
ed with the rich productions of other climcs.
The Blue Ridge Railroad is great enterprise.
laudabe undertaking, and stupcndous
work; yet its advocates are so noble so ibcr.
al and so energetic, that VIC confidently believe
their rraiscworthy endeavors will be crowned
with glorious success, and the great work ulti-
matcly completed
Leaving Wahalla We travelled on for more
than three days over Mills and valleys, creeks
and rivers; and Of course VIC met with many
things worthy of note, but time and space will
not permit us to mention them at present.
We passed through GAINESVILLE, Athons, Wat.
kinsvilc Madison and Eatonton. Some of
these are towns of considerable importance
and of extensive commerce. We reached IGa-
tonton at 10 o'clock, p. M the moon, shi-
ming in all her lovelncss ana beauty, afforded
us view of the town. At 5, a. m, VIC found
ourselves seated in beautiful car drawn by
the swift on-horsc, whose funny breath rolled
back like cloud above the train, and cured
itself into a thousand fantastic shapes. as il
gradually rose in tho ethereal regions. Soon
the gray strcaks of dawn began to appear in
the eastern horizon, and as the bright sun
arose the pale moon seemed to hide herself
among the western hills, as if the mild and
lovely queen of the night was unable to stand
before tho majestic king of dry. At length
we arrived at Milledgeville, the place of our
destination, the capitol of tho Empire State
of the South. We saw the State House, the
Penitcntiary, the Asylum and other public
buildings, which are an ornament to the town
and an honor to the State.
Finally, we visited the University, where
we saw many things to interest and delight
us. The students were promcnading the
shady walks of the campus in all the dignity,
pomp and splendor of college life, yet they all
seemed to be polite, kind and condcscending.
We were happy to find among them goodly
number of South Carolininns, who, on being
introduced requested US to call on thom at
any convenient time. The College buildings
arc large and commodious, and we'll furnished
with extensive Libraries, filed with select lit
cratnre The ITALIAN Hall, large three story
brick building, is just being completed We
are also Informed that the Phidclta Hall will
soon be finished D.