The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1868-01-29

CROCK running westward over @ considcra.
bic stretch. strikes bluff twice rs high as
Druery's ami turns off in o southeasterly
direction. In tho face of this bluff is the
opJeot to bt considered. Instead Of ono
there arc prpporly two Rock Houses, tho
larger and more IRREGULAR ono has its floor
below high Hatcr mark, but four or fivo feet
above low water. Tho cavity extends back
into the hill about twenty foot. The keys
stono of the arch in front (for ii is not q
soild ROCKY Is about soven feet above tho
loor, farther back it is lowor. The walls
and roof Of this cavity arc of immense
thickness, and the columns in front IT.
regular. The first time visited it, tho
only inhabitont saw was an owl which
found and left sitting with its back and face
both towards mo
The smaller and moro regular pile Of
rocks is little south of this and higher up
in tho bluff, having its base near horizon
tal plain with the roof Of tho former. The
cavity in this is small but tho external out
Inc gives it much moro tho appearance of
house. Tho front is perpendicular, tho
caves are admirably beautiful. The top Of
this is about forty feet vertically from the
water and fifteen horizontally.
Along tho bluff, which is two hundred feet
in length, many perpendicular faces of
rock present themselves, othor rocks have
tho appearance Of parts Of al cquiiorial
triangle, towards the southern end an inn
mnnao coolr Il, a.,
bluff though almost perpendicular, is
everywhere accessible by tho help of wind
ing courses, trees, and 8hrubbcry. 1t
forms part of II hill whose summit is about
onchundrcd and twenty foct west of tho river
and eighty feet above it. This hill is visi-
bic to the traveller OH tho left rs ho ap.
proachcs the mill site, OH the road leading
from 1ongucsyillc to Bells Mill Road
Upon viewing tho objects described, in
oo"noction with the heavy rolling stream,
was impressed with feelings of sublimity
Accident brought mo to it last week for the
first timo, and although was born and have
lived within hearing Of tho sound of tho
waters that lave its base, have not heard i,
mentioned once for every ten years of my
life; and though am only writing about
"big rocks" feel that am Attempting to
call attention to n work of the Great Archi-
icct that is cxcc.led in grandeur by the
sublimcr works Of nature only rs it is cx.
cclcd in magnitude.
| The Anvil Rock is known from tho E]uc
Ridge to the sea coast, and lives (pcrhaps in
song) certainly in prose composition, and
yet is not to be compared with tho scenery
in question, but it has this advantage it
stands i'll sight OF the old road leading from
the up-country 10 Columbia and Charlcsto on,
and, Of tho Charlotte & s. c. Railroad. The
lines were not written about rocks, yet they
como irresis,ibly to rind, and arc true
"Full many flower was horn TO blush nm
seen, and waste its sweetness on the desert
air."
cannot invite The reader to visit the
Rock House, it is in the plantation of John
a. Dricc, but can say that, to the admircr
of natures works it is worthy Of visit ;
but should you visitit when the river is a
little swollen, more interesting time, be-
ware Of tho ford above, lest you be made
sensible of tho fact that there arc buL fcw
steps "from the sublime to the Ridiculous.
Iwopld suggest that when "Spring time
comes" if the young people of tho vicinity
wish for recreation and nmuscmcnts, q visit
to The Rock House would be rs interesting
as going fishing and perhaps as profitable
J.C.C.