Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1872-09-19
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continue their quarryiL. mey Will
sometime form suflicaeu Iase for q
street, where now the cabi ire perch
ed on slate shelves cut in he noun
tain sides. And now the Isain runs.
into the ''water gap,'' a lYn formed
by the river flowing beti "a itsIim-
mense barriers, WHICH at me remote
period must have been town apart
by great convulsion of na re's forces
plowipg this deep channethrough
mountain wall fifteen htared feet
high. And if such displ1of power
was wonderful, almost Tally so is
what has been done by Il perseyer-
ance and skill of man, in kyellous-
ly short interval of timd Ahe exca-
vation of parallel railroad through
this rugged pass. And Ill less than
ten years the business oft@h resas
has so increased that fra in many
sections three and IS s. oh.ays,al.
ready necessary to eoss- siooa ssNoyato au. cts
finding an outlet herr. Sd ali .pshe
curves of the L9high are 9, 49, and
abrupt, the river almost doff1s upon
itself, that from the rear eApf o long
train the passengers can setnAeiengine
apparently, and in Fact reaih going in
an opposite direction. ASMher half
hours ride under the shad0aof noun
tains that hem US in, and Nv loftier
as we advances, brings usHthe spot
where nature made her IQck dia-
monds. And here at I'M ~ Chunk,
resides "King of Diamog Al" in the
person of Mr.. Asa Packer, te OF sev-
eral who have achieved lase fortune
by the unearthing of the coabedsthat
that underlle the whole reion. His,
home-for he chooses to resie where
he gathered his wealth-is&ttiy laid
out upon an artificial terace, some
hundreds of feet above theriver, al.
though it is backed and oyeiopled by
hills rising thousands Of fft higher.
The town furnishes curiof-TTspyhibi-
tion of applied energSsA T9siAd
because there was wf3rrfs5Hfor it,
and necessity, to ensure pt eyerance.
The coal was there, and kneu and
the great and expanding iterets Of
the locality required houses AID streets; !.
and both are here now, thoghIregu.
lality, and the laws of aroitGture,
and the ordinary systems ofnna and
parallels have all been seta hnsught
and disregarded. Where. a. house
ends another begins, ssS by esne of
it, but at an upper cofner, Eske isec-
ond flight of STAIRS starting hon the
landing place of the first, 8 that the
dweller on an upper terrace l6ks Town
his neighbours chimney for iiveIsion, /,
and can smoke him out, If b desires,
by covering the chimney top And the
gardens; bushel baskets flied witt im-
ported soil, are like the hanyinggar-
dens Of Damascus, or Of HSylsn in
Eoldeu time. The main street, about
quarter ola mile long, ress on the
lowest shelf, say twenty fst above
high water mark, with house only on
one side. A gorge ruuning uEat light
angles with the river, iuruS gubpor-
tuuily for another stresas - 8
houses on both sides, some q which
are built of limestone, andre hrge
and pretsulious. There is 10 good
reason why these should net sMd for
ever, with rock for fJuudaSi I'D b.
lean against. The entrance pa arge
and stately Episcopal chur&, up a
llight Of steps about half as high as
Bunker Hill monument, giyetOn an
idea OF the heavenly way, in hat it is
steep ascent, and narrow, and ex
lremely fatiguing 10 the ehihren OF
this world, and judge the siailltude
likely to hold gO0d in aEotherpoiat OF
view, To wil: "F,w 90 in threat. y
But it is iiue church, much he cost
lieSt building in the place, and NJ
r,shet in the Lehigh or in phe side
gorge where it is founded @Ill1ever be
lkely toswtep it away; albeit : would
not acquire seven league bootsto stell
from The tower 10 tie ledge ofeternaI
rock tha. tanks it. s1x
y ride up and over the hEwitcf
backT occupied too much TIM, aud
WAS productive of LOO much ppy ment
to be discussed AT the end Of aietter,
already over long. li.'G. j.