The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-01-15

cents per bushel when it was 81 as in xols I'D
city, and corn juice-ahem what was 1t Twas
going to say? In short, living is cheapS cl:-
mate is good, and land passably productive.
No wonder, therefore, that there should be
great tide Of immigration turned in that Girec-
ton; nor is it surprising that lands should be
held ut high figures when there is such great
demand for them. AS usual in such casege de-
sire runs little ahead Of reason, and the
prices asked for lands are not untreQlSatly
from two to three hundred per cent. aNove
thoir present value. Every one has thisasand
fever; every one is Opeu to a trade. No oAn in
the morning can tell whether he will haze
house of his own in the evening, in which to
reaose his weary head and dream Of vast Sans
of money, copper mines, gold mines, and.&hat
not all. Trade and barter are the order oiithe
day. Stores, houses, mills, farms, horsoss in
short everything, is liable to change hands
every day. saw young gentleman at5aSsie-
mann's, yesterday, who had just sold his fem,
several miles from here, for buggy and assine
pair of mares. He thntght he had MATS
good trade, but what to do with the mares he
wist not.
It is said that Colonel Gresham, whensshe
purchased, years ago, all these lands, predieted
that fine town would some time be built on
this site, and that he setapart alot for cosrt-
house. This prediction is now being fulfi.sed.
The convention divided Pickens County, astnd
Walhalla has been selected as the county Vat
of the newly formed county, 'Oconee." 9he
courthouse is to be built curing the pressnt
year next to the Lutheran Church, one Of 1sshe
finest sites in all that vicinity. Va
There are two churches here, Lutheran sSnd
Methodist. The Presbyterians have organized
congregation, but as yet have no building.
Baptish chulc ch is in process Of formation.
The Newberry College, under The auspices Of
the Lutheran denomination, has been recently
removed to this town. a largo wooden bustd-
ing, partly furnished, erected by the Ladies'
Educational Society, has been diverted fEi,n
it's original purpose and presented to the tras-
tees OF the said Newberry College. The Esv.
j. P. Smeltzer is president. The Sumter H
male Collegiate Institute, in charge of Mss
Morgan, is doing we'll.
The Intendant Of this thriving town is ssr.
H. W. Van Divere. and Hon. d. Biemaan,
senator. &C., keeps the hotel. The chief busi-
ness men are: Wesley Pltchford F. & w. 80
per, Waller, Watson & o., D. Biemann, Wsg.
& j. E. Neville, VIM. Korber, Dr.. A. E. N3.-
man, j. N. Benson & Co, Carter & Msthesei.,
A. Taylor, Hendrix b Simmons, WhitmorssssE
Co., G. l.. Reid & Co., Boucknight & DartIeS,
r. B. & B. r. Chambers, and OstcndorfsSsS d.
Ansel.
The "Keowee Courier" formerly publishssE
in Pickens Courthouse, was removed to We
halla last spring. Messrs. Keith & Young ass
the proprietors, and Whitner Sims, Esq, is ar
rather Was, the editor; for Mr.. 8. having 81
Gently taken unto himself partner, has relsssy
quished his connection with the paper, asssS
Mi. VIM @. Keith is now the editor The Cosss
rier is q good paper, fully representipg tIsas
sentiments OF the neor.e Of t,rla pazssoR so
State, and contributing it's share to a healthy
restoration, political, industrial and social.
Walhalla, OF course, cannot get along with.
out lawyers, and accordingly took the CEN
sus Of the profession, which is as follows !:
Colonel ]. j. Norton, VIM. G. Keith, Esq, r..
H. Whitner, Esq, and w. Sims, Esq. In ad-
dition to these, l heard Of some others desir-
GUS Of pitching their tents here; and among
them julius J.. Fleming, Esq, of Sumter.
who, hope, will do well i'll this new field.
+ cannot enumerate all the mechanics of this
town; but it is far better supplied in this re-
spect than any place of it's size in the State.
1t boasts three watchmakers, timers, black
smiths, bootmakers, tailOrs, wheelwrights-
giving proof that this is the gathering point
and mart of large number of people.
The great desire of the people throughout
this section, as you may readily suppose, is
that the Blue Ridge Railroad may be complet-
ed. 1t may be that they overestimate the ad-
hot 4<A l.
enterprise; though am OF those who think this
road oug to be built, and will be built. AS Wal
halla is the present terminus, and must so re-
main during the tedious working and compile
tion OF the tunnel, it will necessarily be mate
rally benefited during all that time, whether
the ultimate completion OF the road be any ad-
vantage to it or not. The road, as far as it is
built, is in excellent condition, the work supe-
rior, and apparently more durable, than is
found on any other road in the State
There is much water-power within few
miles OF this town, which, in few years, will
set innumerable mills at work, IL not large wool
and cotton factories. The several streams in
the vicinity empty into the Seneka River,
which, with the Tugaloo (at Andersonvilla,,
forms the Savannah. In the extreme north :
WOStOAA H1kV ~ SCOAOo VIC WAtGTH Euu 1UGC
tributaries Of the French Broad, which emp
ties into the Holston, this into the Tennessee,
and thus through the Ohio, and the Missis-
sippi, some Of our South Carolina waters find
their way into the Gulf Of Mexico.
Oconee County lis SO called after tsOconee
Station" Ang1ice wild hogs,") an old Indian
settlement. There is also an Oconee Creek.
The first house in Walhalla was put up by
Mr.. D. Biemann, Christmas, 1851. In the ori-
nal drawing Of lots for town lots, Mr.. Biemann
drew the site Of his present house. Two hum
dred acres had been laid of for the town, each
lot in the Town an acre aud half; the half
acre on Main-street, and an acre on aback
street for garden. The farms were laid off
outside the town, andall drawn by lot, After
the mem bers had drawn their lots, the COM
pany sold the remainder. though it still holds
some land near the Little River Falls.
But this letter Is getting too long. SO must