The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-09-16
rERoM AN OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENCE

G%REENv1LLE, s. c., September II.
The soiourner at the mansion House" Is
awakened from his matinal reverles three
times a week by the melodious strains of q
largo tin horn, which, when applied to The
practical lips of the additionally selfimpor.
tant uJehu." proclaims the tldings far and
Wide that thu United States mail coach foI
Ashville is about departing upon is Two days
journey, frelghted In part with sucn inteal,
gence, let US hope, as will bring more OF Joy
ihan sorrow to our brethren beyond the Blue
RIdge. Having concluded to lake a trip, we
recently engaged passage By the fOur.norse
CONVEYANCE mentioned, and were soon riding
over what at this season IL q good road OF
hard red clay for more than two-thirds OF inc
way to the first stopping place, twenty
cha1eed horses. The following ten miles,
at the termination of which we were
again provided with fresh teams, was lne
most tedious part of the journey, put our
animals logged patiently and carefully over
the rocky road, which winds beside the Clear,
dashing streams OF the mountains, ana
through their forests perfumed by the breath
of the waysIde wild flowers. Care in horses
ia an eminently ~commendable qualification,
especIslly observable In cases where drivers
who. through familiarity with the beautiful
scenery, have become Indifferent 10 It's In
fiuences and are not particular as to the time
and place when they find 1t convenient TO In
dulge in slumber. It may not be irrelevant
to state that the popular idea concerning the
hardy physical condition Of mountalneers Is
speedily dispelled by personal observation.
The natives generally have g sallow, cadaVe.
rous appearance, attributable TO coarse 1000
improperly prepared, and their haoitual ex
preston of stolid Indifference does not give
earnest of a people easily susceptible OF
S,.~rauaraonf fhr0nOh fhR ciViIiZlnE dPSQCleS
of s~smisslonaries and cold water"
kny meditative and sympathetic traveller
who cares to speculate upon the subject mat
ter of our depression for several CONSECUTIVE
hours Will, at the end of that Time, PROBABLY
find himself at the milestone which marks Inc
boundary-line between the Carolinas' at wniea
point emotional passengers from the Paimetlo
State generally become patriotic or sentimen-
tal-inst as the occasion suggests. Old travel.
lers with chronic dyspepsia, therefore, avoid
callIg attention to this stone. Eight miles
further, making thirty-seven miles from
Greenville, we reached the plateau, more
than two thousand feet above the level OF the
sea- which extends beyond Ashvllle, and,
as the last rays of the setting sun were gid
Ing the nelghboring hills, we were ushered
into the Charleston settlement OF Flat Rock,
where q goOdly number Of your citizens were
assembled in CARRIAGES, at the postof1ce,
awaiting the arrival of their letters and b
DAILY NEWS.
This Charming retreat, the very look of
which Implies peace and rest from all worldly
careH4conslsts of about forty houses, nearly all
OF which are handsome residences, situated
in the midst OF commodious grounds, ana oc-
cnpied during the summer m0ntns Dy. Inc
present representatives OF the Colonial faml-
lice ofMlddleton, Drayton, Rutledge, Plnckney,
Lo Rndes andSothers who have given this $50
lated settlement q social prestige, which adds
materially to its other advantages. The Gil
mate la bracing and delightful, and through
ont the WarmesL weather 1t Is necessary Tor
comfort to sleep beneath a blanket.
Flat Rock Is provided with q comfOrtaole
of DR.. N. C. King. The products OF the coun-
try are cheap, but 1t must cost considerable 10
transport other necessaries OF living from
Charleston. The only local house for divine
worship ia the Episcopal Church OF Isl. johns
in the WIlderaess," q substantial. 0rlck oulla-
Ing, consecrated in 1886, and capaole OF seat
ing about TWO hundred people. Its pastor,
the Rev. J.. q. Drayton, has q fine place, tne
grounds of which are tastefully adorned VIII
Tine choicest of flowers, and also include a
tempting variety of rare fruit. The Messrs.
KING. Trenholm and Memminger also have
desirable country seats, commanding extern
sive Views of the surrounding mountainous
Tbroseh the courtesy of friends. we could
revert to The primeval lines at Flat Rock, its
oririn. It's past glorles, and the distinguished
personages who have figured among It's inhaec
ttants; but, as this is merely g simple tale Oh
the present, we must forbear. during NoVem-
her. while the gaily tinted foliage ofautumn ID
fading before the chill blasts OF approaching
winter, the settlers return to their iow-coun:
try homes, and Fiat Rock, clothed IN garo OF
snow and ice, reposes In arlstocratic seclusion
nntilewakened to life and beauty By The genial
warmsh Of another summers sun. bozINA.