The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-07-11
ON TIE WING.

Finding that our old friend Fahrenheit had goe
to "feror heat, 'wo, took tho alarul n few dnys
ago; lkowso took our vaIisc, and passage on tho
Northeastern Railroad, in adespcrate effort to find
IN tho yast wilderness somo cool lodge We wcro
surprised, on arriving Mt Chapel strect, to seo tho
large, commodions, and worry hands ,n,o new depots
TINT haro been recently constructed by tho North
eastern Railroad Company. From tho number of
fcliow-trnvcilcrs, concluded ttat othors ns well
ns ourselves had been stcwcd in our good old CITY,
and wero milking for more northern clime Al
though it was hot on tho cars tho opon air OF tho
country was rclicf, and our Dyes toasted OIL tho
varied and over changing rerduro that invested
field and forest, swamp, mead and grovo. Tho
rich folingo Of tho maple, gum anu poplar; tho
Honibrc coloring OF tho pino cypress and 1.-Two oak;
the tropical luSuriance of tho "cane,n and tho
thousands Of vines and parasites, comfortably
negotiating in ease, aud void Of caro- depending OH
other more hard working subjects OF that kingdom
for their sustenanco md support these, and hun
dreds of other rural sights, formed pleasing did,
rama to our wcaried urban oycs, md wo gazed and
fcasted on them through all the hundred miles of
the picturesque " Northeastern" sccncry, Tho
fields Of corn and of cotton were in order and pre-
sonted an agreeable variety in tho landscape.
Tho log huts, also, and frcedmcn's colonies hero
and tlicrn oisorva,io IL not ornamental in them
selves, wcre nevertheless picturesque. But this
wo cannot say of tho barkcd and "bo1ed" pine
trees, or OF tho unsighuy ''stills with hundreds
OF barrels of ''rosin" and turpontino lying about
loose. So likewise with tho numerous sniF-mills.
situated along the limo of road Those are all use
fui, and apcak well for tho enterprise aud indue-
trial activity Of our people; but tley mar tho
beauty and harmony OF nature. However, IA long
as tar pitch and turpcntinc bring good prices in
Liverpool, and lumber is good doal in domand,
so Ion. s'virgin dip" will pay beltor than virgin
landscapes, and saw-milIs than sylvan acntiment.
The Northeastern Railroad is in excollont OF der
all tho wayside, well Ms the tormiunl depots
hayo been rebuilt, and in superior styloto what
they woro bcforo tho war. Numerous villages arc
sprinGing up along this railroad and Floronce, it's
terminus and point OF intersection, is growing
with every month. If wo wcro to judge Of tho
amount OF business dono thero by tho number OF
stores, we should say that Florence was in tho very
zenith OF prosperity. There arc very many stores
there, 30 many that wo wero unable. to count thcm
ai Tho whistle blow before We wero half through
tho task. j. W. GAMBLE, Esq, mino host Of the
large and elegant Florence Hotel, keeps all excel
lent house, and though he onteftnhs trnYollors,
and in frstrato STYLE too wo would not like to in
cur his displcasuro by sGying ho 'takcs them ini"
ze'te, which takes OF tho interests of this
rising city by day, relieved in its arduous duty at
night by tho gallnnt corps Of fromcn who made
such q favorable impression among tho fair Of tho
Palmetto city in April last Watched over by such
scntinels tand having no mosquitocs), tho good
people of Florence can rest secure.
But wo. must delay in tho fair italian city no
longer; We arc off again on our way to Darlington
This is our frat viait since tho great flro Unlike
our own City by tho Sea, we find Darlington Is not
nursing hor burnt district, but on the contrary
making ali tho haste she to cover tho insight
ly scar. The public square is once moro surround
cd with number OF now stpros, larger and hand
somer than those that Rero burned. Thomis
alono is still covered with saokcoth and aahes;
civil law wo did not learn Fh.b h.bn fus TSsA 81 setS su #
House nrc almost tho only vestigo left OF tho late
nre This speaks well for small community
Ike Darlington, ut timo like this, whom business
ia dull, money scarce, and'prospects gloomy The
goddess OF Justice holds temporary court in pri-
vato hall, imNoSisol Tor tho purpose.
Darlington has q fourishing ncwspaper-tle
Southt,ner-with veteran aon OF Pauatus- MI
BnowN-to keep hor citizens informed Of what
trnnspircs beyond her limits. We visited tho
offico and fonnd the typos engaged In their arlu-
ous vocation; the foreman imposing" "thrllng
incidents, shocking murders" {" "the weather md
the crops" "Hymeneal," and Demonstration, .
on an c1-tombstono, now doing service rs an im-
posing stono. !,
The following list comprises tho principal NOR
| chants OF Darlington; sonIe Of whom haye boon
identified with tho village for many years: Messrs.
| CHARLES Co., 8. A. WOODS, NJ. A. HUaoNs, d. i
]. EARLY, EAsoH 4 Co., PAnKEn & KELLY D. Su-
| BERBrElN,i II. HYMEs, J. @. MCCALL & Co., J.
WoowAnD, Law CHARLRs, NonMKsr g. Dan
DAN. There is hotol hero Kept by Mr. RussELI,
And o restaurant by Mr.. PEAnoE. !, Since General
BcKLRs' order has gono into effect, however, which
ring tho kneu to restaurants tho latter establish
mont, wo bolioye, has boon "auncIcd" TO tho
formcr. This, however, may bp moro rumor.
Darlington being tho contro OF largo and
wealthy district, ns may bo nupposod, Ia suffering
from an ovcrplus OF lawyers and doctors /: tho for
NOR very busy, tho, latter resting ,on their oars
owing to tho distressngy healthy condition Of The
country this summer. : . r. - 4 - :, az a." ''1
Businoss is dull; indeed thore is complete atag
nItion. There is no money in tho country nnt
worry properly litto or no credit. ,PAy as you 40,
and don't spend your monoy boforo .you got It,
aro two wholesome lessons, which, .it Is 10 b,
hoped may survive tho bitter school OF our preson
experience. II so, our low e1ehoquer will hay
subsoryed ono good purpose. o, ~ ay s.n:
Thore is 10 tbis district, as in many othcr part
Of tho State, great. scarcity Of provisions: and
largo number Of persons, both black and whito
receive oleomosynary, assistance. On saturdaya
whom rtlons aro distributed to tho moody undo
the auspices Of tho Freedmcn's Bureai, eyery roa,
leading 10 Tho village Is crowded with the appli
oants, who como from Darlington and Chcstt lfsl
! districts, twenty and thirty mflos, and porhap
stiu greater distances, on foot on horseback, s