The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-07-14
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dAEEAvuiIM. - There are few, towns in
The Sopth that one feels the smallest de-
sire tQ visit the SECOND time; but among
the few L count Gteehville,. to whIoh T
returned, last Saturday, With pleasure.
not only becatse the cool breezes chat
blow from the ,mountpine were q grateful
retlet, after weeks spent in the swaltar-
ing low-country,; but because II was to Be-
Tor me point of departure for a ioiir-
ney across the great Blue Ridge range
thas ! had seen. on my previous visit to
the place, lying like 9 huge cumulus
cloud stretched along the Northern ho
ri1on. Besides, the town is exception
ally pleasant, and the people kind and
hospitable. Although they hold to their
old opiniona still, like most. people at
Tue south who were .conyinced against
theIr Will by the logic OF war, they are
iriendty TO Northerners, cherish no Ill:
VIII, and seem to be in earnest in the de-
sire they uniformly express that ,emi.
grants from the Northern States shonld
settle ID theeir midst. They laye 'iat,ia mofe
culture than It is usual 20 find ttt1onn the
inhabltants OF Southern i villages. and
they sustain q little reading-room, where
one can hpd most American periodicals
and English magazines and reviews.
The women are famous all over the State
Tor their beauty, and justly go. The ap-
Rearance OF the men does not, however,
confirm the assertion that the climate is
one OF remarkable healthfulness. They
are much inferior to the women. Per
haps the cause is too much whiskey md
tobacco and too little work. It is mar
ye1oqs with what an air Of perfect con-
tentnlent the men in Southern villages
Will sit all day in groups upon the tavern
porches, moving only when driven by
the sun from their first positions, or for
an occasional visit to- the bar. They
have little conversation, ior they long
ago talked each other dry. and they are
: seldom troubled with what Huxley calls
.:the malady OF thought that doth infest
ms ALT They enjoy the luxury OF per-
Ieot idieness. u thing never fully expe-
fle1eea 1ary Gy Rsn R q Northern x9 !ia5, races.
the summit OF Saluda Mountain. an ad.
-vanoed Southern span OF the Blue Ridge
chain, and found rude mountain
tavern, which is usnally the resort of
pleasure.seekers from the Tow 'countrJy in,
the summer, and Of deer hunters i'll the
fall; 1t commands view OF greater ex-
tension than from the Catskill Mountain
House. To the East and North, the
bite and green ridges and peaks sweep
of into the hazy distance. Westward
the, eye follows the great, green noun
tan waves, until they fade away in. rim
pies far off in Georgia; while to the
South, all OF the vast plain OF Sbnth Ca
rolna seems to be stretched out like O
map. II is scene OF wonderful grand
eur and beauty. As we gazed upon it,
yesterday, filled with that feeling OF en-
thusiasn and exaltation. which he who
has never, stood on mountain tops, has
never experienced, q big cloud came
FAILING from over the Georgia hills.
.bfushine tie sides Of the mountains in
Its course, tapping, its damp skirts in
ont fades1; for few minutes hiding all
the world below from. view, as it held us
in''its cold embrace, 'andnthen HoRtinR
'awsSto fall in rain upon the low coun-
4. Uasags g Heedis tha name nam d doi th'ee high,
they best vie%'ls dbtained!I There. ii a
faint semhlancs OF. aumau e. haaif nnnf, n
rock. which gives the. plaoe its. nsme.
,'44aAsbSf THAI that' q aby|b5odE Siss, ho ono
AAfs, gan tali:n.,. TIE elevati61ihl aboyA The
: ,gsR Is abonk $500 feet, Mg, hosa 1is a
.ro1gb affair Tie, rooms khdw neither
!ps(pt, pfaatHr, paper. earpels, ,RSJE, 8ther
adornmante; but the 6eds are arsea SfesthH,, /, and
tbe cool mountain Air gives soad appe-
j tIte for the qhteke44, ham, tic5, h0niiny
anS etIst ehSt bisSaits tbas h th2A y !tsble aF9fas.
Southern country Inns. Tie fu;sesta That
cover the mountains abound In. deer,
wild turkeys and smaller game, It is
nm unpleasant circpmstsnnco to hunters
that they abound also, in rattlesnnaIes.
The landlord says thai deserters and
refugees from the consoripiion, betook
themselves to these mountains during
the war, organized themselves into pre-.
datory bands. and made raids upon the
country below, plundering The farmers
OF, their money and cattle. After the
surrender many OF them remained in The
mountains, and, according to the land
lord, joined the Republican party, and
with the help of the negroes below,
elected one of their number to the f3ret
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