The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1872-02-01
A Voice from "sewanee."
Tile Corner ,Stone-Green's TieaO- University
Coal Mine-Rutledge's Paint.

| gorge at one instant and around the DrlnK OF
fearful chasm at the next-the wild and grand
scenery changing at every moment-it will be
satisfactorily answered after few days of ad-
venture on the University domain. Until the
visitor has seen all the "Views" and "Points,"
he has enjoyed meagre portion Of the gran
deur of Sewanee; for he who anticipates
magnificent stone College and a superb Gothic
Cathedral here, will be ruefully disappointed.
True, We have every accommodation that the
limited means of the University will permit,
and our able corps of Professors is sufficient to
compensate for the absence of marble halls;
but we must calmly await the events of the
future, ere we can hope to build the University
upon that standard of magni6cence which its
founders so fondly intended to establish. am
DEPRESSING, however.
In my last sketch, spoke of the history and
location of the University. In the present one
1 will speak of Sewanee scenery.
Among the points first visited, the
CORNER STONE
stands prominent. 1t is situate within view of
the present College site, but is now designated
only by the scattered fragments of what was
once beautiful block of Tennessee MARBLE
and which was intended to denote the erection
of the central building of the University
Here, on the 10th day of October, 1860, among
a concourse of more than five thousand people,
this memorable stone was laid. Gen. John S.
Preston, of South Carolina, was the orator of
the day, and speeches suitable to the occa-
sion were delivered by other distinguished Wis
itors present A brass band from Nashville
was in attendance, and when the stone was
laid, that grand paraphrase of the 14S Psalm,
| 10, all ye works of the Lord,
Praise Him and magnify Him forever"
was sung-the clergy and people chanting the
first line, and the brass band pealing forth the
soul-stirring air of the second What memo
rable and impressive occasion This vast null
titude upon the summit of wild mountain
where the white man had scarcely ever trod
before, and which had hitherto reverberated to
the footsteps and war-whoop of the savage
swelling the air with an anthem to Him who
had laid the foundations of all mountains
While we linger around these time-honored,
not to say classic, shades, what crowd of
mingled sensations arise in retrospecting the
dead past, tinged, as it is, with the sad memo
ries of the last decade. Many who were pres
ent ON this occasion have rested from their la
bors while many still living are anxiously
regarding the growth and prosperity of Uni
versity which has forever been crippled, to some
extent, by the ravages of the late sad conflict.
Leaving the Corner Stone, brief walk
brings us abruptly to the mountain brow, and
we are now at
GREENS VIEW,
the most beautiful on the domain, and named
in honor of our present Chancellor. Below
lies slumbering and expansive valley, and is
girt by the blue and distant spurs of the Cum
berland. The silence of the cove is broken
only by the sound of q neighboring cascade,
and the plaintive wailing of the wind as it
Courses downward through the gorges; while
the eye delights to rest upon the varied scenery
below. the silvery brooklets, all resplendent
in the rays of the sun, turning here and there
q rustic mill the numerous rural, but comfort
able cottages, dotting the landscape far and
near; the fields teeming with the prolific har-
vest, and the orchards laden with an endless
variety of fruit, all tend to form pleasing and
entertaining picture. We do not behold the
magnificent stone dwellings and the immense
fields of clover, for which the Shenandoah
Valley has become famous, but we do see a
marked indication of diligent and we'll repaid
labor greeting the eye in every direction.
Retracing few steps, and proceeding more
southerly along the brow, we are soon on the
road to "The Point"-distant about two and a
half miles.
Before reaching this, we arrive at the locali-
ty of the
| UNIVERSITY COAL MINE,
and to visit this, brief but precipitous walk
midway down the mountain side is required.
Arriving at the entrance, few visitors are per-
suaded to proceed further The low, dripping
walls, and the gloomy pathway renders an ex-
pedition therein by no means prepossessing,
and thus the miners are seldom bored with en-
quiring visitors. This mine was discovered
and worked prior to the war. Now it supplies
the University with much better article of
coal than our neighboring sister, Tracy City,
can furnish and as soon as its resources are
sufficiently developed by the authorities, it will
supply Sewanee with coal for years to come
In truth, an inexhaustible belt of coal underles
this entire spur.
Ascending the mountain, few steps bring
| us to
RUTLEDdE's POINT,
the grandest and most expansive view on the
domain, and named in memory of Bishop Rut-
ledge, of Florida, whose demise occurred in
1866. This view not only comprises command
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