Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1869-09-01

sweet vple.-Brerard is the court house Town of
this new County. Some of the head springs of
the French Broad are close neighbors 10 those Of
tho Saluda.
The Blue Ridge, being the I" Great Divide" be-
tween the streams that water the Atlantic slope,
and those flowing into the mighty Mississippi, is
very readily pointed out by an ordinary observer.
At Sticking GAY, 3 ora miles North of Table
Rock, the Ridge" touches South Carolina.-the
line is directly or the summit. Coming into the
Saluda ravines, Ithe gray cliffs of Table Rock
mcet the eye, and,give intimation Of a locale, Mt
once unique and strikingly interesting bold and
picturesque wth1s. If any of your readers have
never seen the Table Rock, let them take wagons,
bugsies, and tents, Gas many large parties are do
ing this season) and repair to the moss.covered
crags that produce,thc hunters. cup, and bear the
Imprint Of the Manmoth's foot. Than cascades
and cataracts, no texture in the landscape could
be more beautiful and fascinating. About halfway
down the mountain, you are brought face to face
with the falls of Sticking, which are conspicuous
ly visible from The beetling prccpices of the Ta-
BILE Mountain. This >swoet cascade is more like
some little fairys toy than one of the realtien of
old Mother Earth. T.
In by.goue days. we had old Pickensville and
old Pendleton is this section of the country, and
nov, they have old Pickens Court House! It is
sad to view the ruins of icsolation of any DE
serted villagc;" but if that village be doar to the
beholder By associationt aud by "reminiscences
that stir the lowest depth of fesling,-what Ian
guage can give coloring so the pervadng gloom
of the heart? The Court House has been torn
down and carried away to Walhalla to build
Jail in that place. The Gid Jail here has been
risd to new Pickens c. L. Only six families are
still living here. There ia not single store in
the lace. The stately mnnsion, in which !
boarded and studied for six yrars, is given up to
the owls and bais. Finding n.nduw open, en-
hrcd and ran up s;n,r, t0a--o..-t
,,e room where had SO often gone to sleep While
! irving to copjugatc the Greek verb 1t was the
,w;;sbt hour, and you may be sure did not tarry
lone. With he trt surcharged with emotion' l
bos,.osd back to tho road, and found lief only
IN waving my hat over my head and eXciaiping
h;s ~ n ,oiite mans country. In SO TAR Us local
officers and representation in the stnio Aeg'sla-
turc nre concerned, his is indeed white mans
yo,,.ernment. It isa positive laxury to breathe
soob mn atm sphere Hope whispers that the Fiji
,.enth Constitutional amcpdment, allowing man.
i E.,ad s,o,.r without regard to race or color,
- H.. ,s4i6,d by the requisite number of
ST., m. ,tdieats may fod themselves envel-
! of difficulties when it is least cx-
! -, re- Never, the Chinese swarming to
~. ,sts, do not open the eyes of ex-
,,em;.,s 70 tho dapgers ahead, they would not be
o..,.;,.s, .,,,..t ten thousand murdered patriots
e.a., y. beds to denounce the wicked
folly of Mongrolism.
The dry weather, .hfsaghous.he upper country, try,
;.on,,;r. oF ,hs crons at fearful rate. Pm
thinking it will bo very hard to gete.rn next
winter. AS an Offset to this gloomy prospect
-.he-pA~pio h.rvo an abundance OF wheat ana oa's
end peaches and apples iIsnanS places inc
health or tus country is generally very good
peace and quietude prevail. g
Sincerely yosiss,