The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1868-09-16
> efTcTI5sl,. : -
TFor the Herald

IFor the Heraldl
Trip to the Up-Gountry.
Tired OF the excessive monotony
of home, disgusted with the poll
ties of fthe day, and. eager for ad
venture in wild, mountainous re
giens,-apart from the busy scene
ofegery-day life-a party of as
jolly iozial fellows as ever congre,
gated togetheE set out a few days
ago, from o designated point in
this Bastries, for the up-eoantry Of
this State, for the varied purposes
Of health, pleasure, and explora.
ton. - :. -.
We aoticed but little of impor;
sanee nntii We reached William,
ston, save fine and: dourishing
fields Of corn. About eight OF ten
miles, on this side Of Williamson,
is tesbe seen the prettiest fields OF
corn il any portion Of the State.
Large and extensive bottom lands,
stretching away as far as the eye
eeua reach, were covered with
this aStaff Of Life;;." .afording to
the sight too -bnghta cheering
an aspeet 10 adnit Of a just de-
seriptiea Arriving at Williamst'n
we quaFsd, to our hearts content,
the peHucid and medicinal waters,
they gushed forth from that
Sar-famede Mineral Spring. 49,,
AS almost every one isacquaint-
ed with this fashionable place of
Summer resort, without further
detail, we viii pass on to Slab
Town, a little ons-horse village,
uesed erineioaiiy :anldays Of gore,
for its male school 1t seems to
he now inrather a dilapidated con-
ditson, for. we noticed only one
stere, in whieh-was contained
about two sor three plugs of the
naeaness tobacco one sEer-chewed,
a e6aple boxes Of parlor matches,
and a few other lttlesandries, ex-
posed to the public for sale. At
this point we lost our buggy-horse
--tks saddest feature that trans
pireds daring our whole trip A
nobie, usefaf animal he was, wor-
thy Of . better epitaph than
we have space to write, but we
must despatch It in kaee -uer6a:
bet him R. I. P, crest in peace),
Some of our party thought he died
osabroken heart uponfnding so in
signifcanta place as the one above
mentioned! Pendleton, an agree
able. little village, was the next
place on our route. tits interest
ing ffonn its viciaage to much pic
turesaue scenery, and to Fort Hill,
once the home of Calhoun. At
this place, the great statesman
.aisea in his months Of release
ssffonn the tolls Of pabtic life, vener-
ased 81 the. hamblcst and highest
ofhis neighbors, for his noble and
s6atle private virtues and graees,
nolessshan he vas honored abroad
for his unEixalled genius as a
/, statesnlan and Crater p -.
-. =. fhe KooBee, . beautiful noun
tain stream, was the next thing
to attract our. attention. As we
pondered and Illuminated on the
sublime scenery that invested this
apeeriess stream" stealing so gen.
tly down he mountain sides, how
true we thought these matehless
lines ofpees5;;
~ have been where The tides roll by, -
Of mighty rivers deep and wide,
Dbsesery wave and argosy- ..
And cities builded on each side:
Where the low din Of commerce fills
Rise ear with strife that never stills.
Yet not to me have scenes like these,
Ssch charms, as thine, Oh peerless
stream!
Not cities proud my eye can please
Not argosies so rich deem
As thy clou6.sested bills that rise
And forests looming to the skies J!
~ srising at " alfalfa, we pauseo
/ for a while to survey the scenery
and to regaEe ourselves with the
ssambrious mountain breeze. As
yea .reeeired communications re