Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1871-06-29

For the Advertiser.
A Trip to Walhalia and the Noun.
tains.A
Mr.. ED1ToR,-As thsstide of emigra-
ton seems. to be. ebbing from the Low
and eddie tpsthe Upscounty, it may
Eproxa sonewhat interesting. to youI
readers to! havs2a detaiied account of,a
tripto the smountains laid before them,
lasthe writerhad all theS adgantag -
to1rby priSate eohveyance! ~
Leaving Oakland, on the saluda side 81
four District, Monday the 29d ult., our
route leads up the river, through that
beautiful and valuable section of country
known as the Ninety.Six section. we
found crops backward and materially
damaged by excessive rains and cool
nights. The general complaint was in
ferior stands of cotton, rust il. the wheat,
and thin stands Of oats. This was not
confined to ssan any particular locality, but
the same along the entire journey. From
our observation we cannot estimate the
small grain crop at more than one-third
an average yield. Through reenwood,
an enterprising little town, and Cokes-
! bury, our :" alma mater" our route con-
tinued, gradually mounting higher above
the level of the sea. Cokesbury is GER
tainly one of The most attractive places
| for Schools in the whole up=country.
Already are the efforts put forth by the
good people of Cokesbury to reopen
their schools, being crowned with success.
With such corps OF excellent Professors
and teachers as are at the head of her
schools, both male and female, she is
soon to resume her place in the front
rank.
Directly along the line of the G. & C. h.
r., we proceed from Hodges to Donald's g
Depot, of Donaldsville, in the vicinity Of
which is Due West Corner, the site. Of
Erskine College and Due West Female
College-both IN a very fiourishing con-
dition. Certainly Abbeville deserves all
honor for herneble efforts in the cause
of education!.: No wonder the roll eof
fame is inscribed with thetname of so
many of her illustrious sons.
Diverging to the left, I'VE leave the
Railroad, and passover "a lovely rich
codntry, crossing Rocky River at Emer-
sons Bridge, thence through the town of
Anderson. The merchants ofsAnderson
deserve great credit for their business en-
terprise. Trade is drawn to this place
for miles around, extending even to the
Georgia side of the Savannah River.
About 10000 bales Of cotton are shipped
yearly from Anderson, Of which about
5000 bales are bought by the merchants,
and to their praise, far and near, we heard
the farmers speak satisfactorily of the
Anderson market, both in the sale of
their cotton and purchasing of supplies.
From Anderson, our road crossed the
Blue Ridge Railroad, to the East side,
and after crossing Six and Twenty Greek,
and proceeding.some eight or nine miles,
we arrive at sloan's Factor situated on
Three-and- Twenty Creek. Here making
halt, we asked the pleasure Of being
shown through, which was politely done
by. one Of the officers. The factory is
now owned bya Northern Company, and
is in finely improved condition. Only
Cotton Yarn'is now being manufactured,
into which some one hundred bales of
cotton are monthly consumed. The Yarn
is very superior in quality, and speaks
well for the Company. ia
Some five miles from Sloan's Factory
is old Pendleton, once the home Of the
illustrious Jno. c. Calhoun-ther men
ton of whose name fires. ones soul with
breathings of noble aspirations, thatwere
wont to swell the, bosom of'every true !
patriot in the days of yore. I
From Pendleton we catch the first
glimpse of the Blue Ridge Mountains |
looming up to view some twenty miles
distant in the West, rand stretching, with |
one grand sweep as far to the North as eye
couldken. Just beyond the townruns the
Eighteen Mile Creek, crossing which,
and up asteep hill, and down few val
leys, in a cool dell, beside sparkling
rivulet, we halt, and unhitching and
setting bag of corn and oats to our.
"Bob Lee," we seat ourselves under the
dense foliage for refreshment. I've were,
kindly furnished a'"pigging'' of cool
water from a neighboring
spring by an old democratic freedman
and after hearty lunch, we participate
in real country chat. Andrew Reese,
our host, entertained us in true rural
style. We soon learned that we were
On the extensive plantation of George
Cherry-we.believe the largest tax payer
Of Oconee County. We were much in
;erested by Andrews narrative concern
i IAiC 1iitildil oOtticiilciik, WHlCli Was VII
| hill adjoining us: Through the kind
hess Of idr. Cherry, the Cherokee Nation
vas granted settlement on his lands 1
Turing the war, where they made a live
ihood by making baskets, &c, of the
ane from Seneca River. This settlemen
s now. broken up. 1t was this tribe, if
mistake not, that during the. revolution
ry war the British melted into hostility
gainst our forefathers; and still the place
$ located where Ft. George was built. on
leower River; and here the Indians
orned the plot of attacking and massa-
reing our little band at Ninety-Six, ;
'hich would have been done but for the ,
oble patriotism and self-sacrifice of one
ingle Indian sauaw, who, on a night ,
revious to the .enacting of the deed, :
rept.stealtllily from camps and Travelled :,
le entire distance from Ft. George to
'inety-Six to discover the plot to the in .
'nded victims,-traversing inpenetra. :
le swamps and crossing numerous Il
reams, from which circumstance the :,
ames Of the several Creeks she crossed ;,
ottheir origin, each situated from Ft. .
Gorge the same distance.as their names !,
7erally indicated, first one Mile Creek, | =, -
Ext Six Mile Creek, and then consecu ., 81
yelv Twelve Mile Creek Eipbteen Mile