Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1860-05-05
UNIoN PolNr, Go. April l3, 1850.

UNIoN PoINr Go. April l3, 1860
Dear CoUricr: From this point" will
close my scribblings to you. | arrived here
this evening at o'clock, from Atlanta In
my last | said might drop YOU line from
NickSburg, Miss, but as my stay was too
short there, aud since then l have had no
leisure
VichSburg is situated on very high bluff,
on the Mississippi River, and is a town Of con
siderable magnitude, is regularly built, has
handsome residences aud fine stores, aud is
full of life. Westopped at the " Washington
Hail. splendid Hotel. 1t and the Prem
tiss House seem to have the run of custom
They arc near each other, and near the river
Mt the end of the Nicksburg, Shreveport and
Texas Railroad On the opposite of Yicks
burg, no town is found. The bottom is subject
to nundation. The passengers &C., arc con
vcycd over the river in steam ferry boats; %
cents passage for man.
Leaving Nicksburg at 3 o'clock, y. m, on
Nicksburg aud jackson Railroad arrived at
the latter place at p. IN. ; distance as miles.
This is an old road, and traverses rich sec
ton This road crosses the New Orleans and
Jackson road here, and is making its way to-
wards Selma, Ala. is completed about GO
son onlv about 10 ,niI,,,to, ,ro tl"i - M.
Orleans and J,cl.nn p.;lro,,I Co.. T.-t,l,,
Miss Arrived tlrcrc for smnnor ona ,yhot H.
not common .t R,;lrooI l,,pso, MO- l''J 80,
excellent meal Snon attcr s,,,,no, WV o"tan"i "I
tho cars on Mississippi aud Central Railroad
for Grand Junction, Tenn. Daylight found
us near Holly Springs, Miss. | recognized
the place as one that had passed in the year
lSl3. The PLACE is looking rather oncirnt
and tic lands around worn ont ynu Gnd
fields with hundreds of acre now oll IN ouI-
lies and broomscdrc. The land ;e r,thn. Eli
ing. and the soil rather sandy Ucncn NO
washes are RAPIDLY made after clcorinm A.
rived at Grand Junction about g o'cloc,, 10
breakfast, and mus, saw, without hcgitotion
as a warning to all uofortunotc ne wcll nc Cn,'
tunatc travellers, that tho Union House" is
the worst eating and accommodatino Inn )"
[ have i'm all nv travels cvnr fnund would
s,v to ovorvb,i,, ,,.ss L,,n ;,,r,c,,
least one hundred Yards distance NV Van
can never get yo,lr money bucK hero Rc.
NAMED here am honr then took tho AIcn,rh;.
and Charleston Railroad for Gl,at,apong,
Tenn. Ii is here that tbc Memnb;e nnd
Charleston, and the Niississ;nni and Cnrhol
and Jackpon, Tenn. Railroad connect Tho
place is of bat little mportoncc hut littlc
business done here. and countrv aro.nd moor
The country from Grand Junction towards
Corinth, Miss. is pretty fair lands Rut Won
fud in Tic cypress and Sycamore swomrs Man.
ty of fruits for diseases At Cnrinth wn al
dinner at "Tishen,inqo IIonsc ;" hoG GOOD
feeding. 1t is is here that the Mobile and
Ohio road is to cross and il is now ton5;n,,
rapidly to completion. From Corintb to rus
cumbia, Ala, the lands arc not very desirable
From Tuscumbia to Decatur, the lands arc
old and much worn. From Decatur TO Chat.
tanooga there is some Gpo lands. fonnd
on board of the cars, when near CourtIand
Ala, Col D, of Edpcficld. s. c. Court.
land | find much in the same state as I left
her in 1915, when in company with Cant l.
we passed her The irou bands that lead
the snorting Iron stecd, has done but little
"a savage wildnees around her hangs.
AS though nature conld not touch her heart
hy lovely forms tender sounds or silent weather" !"
From ethis place [ saw but little, as night
soon set III. We neglected to say that at Ius-
cumbia We saw the Big Spring. 1t is no.
bic specimen Of the Spring kind, coming forth
wt'! stream sufficient 10 runa common mill
Arrived at Chattanooga at o'clock, q. m. !;