The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1868-08-05
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WAIHAL1A, s. July 18th, 1868.
DEAR GRESEKER:- = According
TO promise, E will drep you a line
In references to our trip, to the up
country 1n7aH excursions Of this
kind but few Incidents transpire,
calculated to interest the general
reader, and one is at a loss what
to relate as most Interesting. I
win,desthe best Lean, >.J:,z-
eur party consisting Of j. HIS,
G. Il S. R., c. w, and my:
self, left Newberry on the goth.
Rain. had fallen up to Kinarfs
Turn patand the crops were fair:
From shat place TO Clinton long
continued drouth~was prevailings
and eheerops will be very poor.
FromC Clinton, that beautiful and
thriving fiHatof LaurensviHe, up
to the latter place; rain fell on
Monday night; 81 The thirsty fields
of Ordinary corn and cotton. I was
much pleased with the residence
of Dr. Simpson, the only thing
except the Female Seminary whi n
I saw insLaurensvifie to admire,
Iwas much disappointed of the.
sppearapee Of the Churches CHI il, the
town.s s.FFors asmile Or, two above
thisplaeezthe land: is good, and
.hasaoB iet Observation-Disclosures l
have seen thus7far,, The country,
from Laurens to Greenvillefspoof,
busweli settled with wen improved
farms and respectable !, dwellings,
!Tka crops are not good in n. e eonse- :.
aasaee Of dreqth. The roads are
verESfHe indeed. .Greenvitle is,
the,smosts aoprishing and, enter
pFSsing tewn'ia 60 Twas much
plsased to see so many manafaeto-
ries about the river which zdashes
though the town, and also WIN
the politeness Of the citizens.
Some of your neighbors in New
berry would profit by spending
. month or two in Greenviles 1t
would stimulate and encourage
them to moresenterprise. -, ~
We saw as fine corn around
Greenviile as grows in the State.
It-set our company almost crazy.
From Greenyille to Pickens. G. q,
we saw seme fair farming land,
especially on the North side ofsa-
luda.z For ten miles from the.
river at Coxess Bridge the land is
good, resemb bling very much the
lands about KILLERS and St.
Paups Church, ia Newberry: The
uplands average Is bushels Of corn
without manure, and with :guano
to. push theseotton tosmake it,opens
theyabave made 2nearly7a a bale per
screse After travelling ten miles
from the river, the ter miles more
to Piekks,his G. H. is hilty and poor,
except the bottoms which are
small tfbut good. TIE roads through
this. billy and rough, country are
generally very fine. We found
some little. good land~o.on the
Keowee Kiverg at Piekehsy c.. H.
That Eiiiages which is on a. hill;
surrounded BY hills, is almost de
serted IN consequence OF the al-
vision ST the District into two
counties. One C. H., is to be To-
Gated near the Wool Factory in
Fiekens Co, and the other at Wal
Aalla, in Oeoaee Co. The citizens
are trying to sell. and say they
will give great bargains, as most
Of them are Lawyers and District
officers, and wish to go to either
one or the other of the newly To-
Gated Court Houses. Revs. Kene-
dy, and Hillhouse Of. the Presby-
terian Church, are negotiating a
trade for the old Court House at
Pickens, most magnificent build
ing, for the purpose of converting
IT into High. School or College,
Nthey succeed, which they think
altogether probable, the place Of
fers the greatest facilities for tam
lilies to move in to educate their