Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1868-09-02
Not ss;nsIs human ba5itation & to be discovered

Notasingls human habitatiop i. to bsdiscoVered
the whole distance. The way is solitary and
rugged enough to accommodate tho slycst wolf,
or the fercest catamcunt. In this savage wilder
ness, and near the roaring foods We met bril-
liant cavalcade. The lovely Miss c., with her rid
ing whip, pointed out our course, and told US that
the g Hermito would show us the falls. You hear
the hermit, spoken of in every direction. We
made his acquaintance and found him not only
kind and intelligent, but communicative to acer-
tain erteat. He has been here two years reading
law, and practicing elocution. He lives on bread
and water because he is predisposed to consump-
ton. He thinks his health isimproving,-th the
life of;a recluse gives concentration to thought
without any ycounterbalancng disadvantages. Tai
lulah is the widest solitude Enst of the Yosemite
Valley I regard it-superior even to Niagara in
every particular except the volume of water. On
IN ordinary descent, FalIulsh is about so yards
wide, but Niagara river draining the great Lakes
is inferior only TO Mississippi. Tallalah is not.a
simple waterfall with here and there cliff and a
laurel to make the scene lock secluded and pic
turesque; it is frightful ctasm, one mile long,
one thousand feet deep, the same distance in
of granite the river leapsfrartcally from rock to
rock until it seems to rave and roar with sheer
madness. In its passage through the chasm, tho
river falls more thaassOo feet. There are FIVE
principal pas1rtcts: serpensine Horizon, oceada,
Tempesta, and 'Ladore, continuingup the stream.
1t is u sad commentary upon our enterprise that
this wonderful exhibition of Natures shandiwork
should be almost inaccessible,-po railroads, no
hotels and no eager throng ofsyisitors. = Now and
then, D ohosenfewsof Natures pilgrims assemble
around this lofty shrine to gaze to Listen, and to
muse for brief; but joyous season. How can
genious and taste prefer the geW,gaNs of the
North to this magnificent scenery 50 rare and op-
uent in all We call sublime, withenough of Earth's
"solemn leveiness" to chasm.t the hesrt, and lead
the soul to the recognition and admiration Of the
omnipotent ArohitcctS sThare,s no place like
Home, s,ceet Home"
The fairy like cascade Of Toccoa is in the same !
yfctnage With Tallulah, and only ten miles West
of the Carolina Stale line. TOccoa is the favorite
of Natures lovers. I.is perfect picture fsym7,
mctry and beauty. The stream is not large, but
it has perpeadicular pitch Of 1S6 feet, and the
limpid waters all dashed into foam and spray look
like column of filling snow. The cool breeze
heps'the iiirsidd, and makes you wish to liuger
here til summer is flown Currahee mountain is
fvs,or ,gix smiles from Toceoa, and itselaimsthe
attention Of the Tourist and the Artist. This
touwiags peak, symmetrical as Pyramid, ,ats
tachsl tothe Blue Ridgeeby q low range. OF hills
on tho>North, and sinking abruptly to alevel with
the " fat Geodsaon tbs, South, rises 900 hundred
feet abovG tie adjacent valleys. Of course the
view'is vast varied aud extensive; embracing the
blue activities far and near; and down the eoun,
try, such an expanse of green groves and culsiva-
ted farms to bcwildsr tbc.: imsgination, ITSELF
Buf the wonderyof this r-fimea locality ishSra-
ly everseeh. II was my fortune to roach i6t |
summit before sunrise. gy the watch, the. sun
rose here seven minutes after five, on the f6thso
August, but according to thss Simanac, the SUE
wouid besiato. shino'on the p!aiuss, twenty:
inmates aaer'firs, zzs difference OF seventeen min
utes. The sesAe was strange, peculiar. and ave
inspiring, The frst glimpse.of thosu Was like
loag horizontal blsze of FIRE ;:.the next Instant
" tdessihe Of1aay" assumed ths form Of an egg
int casting no more shadow. than the new, inudnl
in otbes words refusing. ataGrst to- shiaes!i j
might hesitate to make these statements, had mol
two witnesses been present to confirm my asser.
tons" Ss4 jaM salts" The aight Of, time COM
pels .me.to close. Good night land sweet 'slua,-i
bcrs till AURORA wi,hdraws the curtains of aarlncss:
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