Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1872-02-08
For the Advertiser.
Hornets lettings.

For the Advertiser.
Horne's Jottings.
Dear Aduertiser,-I suppose many o.
your readers are aware that I am on my
way to the far west, and I may write g
few things hastily. by the way, that will
be of some interestyto many of them.
To-day, January eleventh, I am ready
at Ridge Spring, by 4 P. NJ, with the
little that possess in this world, consist
ing of myself, my wife, our babe Luis
Bessie, four trunks, one ball, and enough
Of the needfuI to carry us to Missouri
The Train is coming,-a hasty shaking
of hands. Tried friends behind me-
bright prospects before me,-farewell my
native Carolina! Farewell friends!
AT night, in Augusta, comfortably
lodged in the Mansion House, receiving
every r ossible attention from our friend
just ren. oved from Batesville, John Per-
ry and his estimable lady.
Friday, Jan. III have some business
in Augusta which has caused me tore
main here to-day. The city is, all astir
in business, cotton is buoyant, and near
ly every one seems to enjoy hope OF
being quite Independent soon. -
At7P. M. we are on the cars for At
lanta. Well-Baggagc. DR.. B., in the
Herald, seems to- .nsider it "a great bless
ing TO travellers. He must have received
his impression on a voyage to the East or
to the Moon-never in connection with
any Railroad travel. Yesterday that
man from Charlotte charged me more
on my baggage to Augusta than my
tickets cost; and this evening have has
tened to get my family seated, have run
to get myttickets, and have charged the
baggage thumpers to learn that these
trunks only can be checked-those must
be paid for, and that ball must go in the
express office; and there is trunk near
ly open now before it is fifty miles from
homo.-Baggagea blessing? Bah.
Saturday 18th Another fine day is
upon us, and we are above Atlanta, lit
orally shaking the ground beneath the
Western and Atlantic Road. Good for
us, that we were not on this humping
staving thing last night when we were
trying to sleep over the Georgia Road.
The lands mall this part of Georgia, so
far as one can see, are too poor for me to
attempt description. Is this the empire
State of the South? O We tillers of the
soil, why do not you move?
2o'clock, P. M.-We are in Chattanoo-
ga, Tennessee, where we wait six hours
for train. have been much revived,
and encouraged in conversation with
Judge R. M. Hope, Superintendent
Nashville & Chattanooga Road, and Mr..
B. F. Nevill, Passenger Agent. The
Judge, to whom I had written in regard
to minister's pass, advises that buy
an emigrant ticket for myself and wife,
and assures me that we shall have first
class passage. Mr.. Nevill has sold me
the tickets through to Kansas City, Mis-
souri,, and has checked all my baggage
through to that point Those who antici;-
pate emig1ating West, would do well to
correspond with Nevill.
Sunday 18th, 10 M.-We havepassed
through the Mountains and Nashville;
and what else cannot tell, during the
night and early morning, and are now
spending few hours Of the Sabbath at
rest, in Union City, Tenn. At $50 P. M.
we will take the Noble and Ohio train
for Columbus.
Monday 18th, IA. M.-We begin to
look out, after whirling away for the
whole night, and now what do we see?
and Mrs. Horne, and even our babe,
are all deeply interested, but what do we
see? Here on our right, as we arc dash
ing along, is great sheet of water. Soon
we reach place where itappears rugged,
and seems to be filled with great rocks
sticking out above the surface. Some
one remarks, here is an Ice-drift. We
look out on the left; the rugged hills
almost mountain high-bristle as against
the sea on whose verge we are moving,
and they are almost covered with snow.
Lula says "Papa, soda" No child, that
is not soda; nor does this appear to he
really "the world we live in." have
heard of man in the moon; have read
of the inhabitants of other planets, and
have asked how did they first get a foot
hold there; but now comes up aquestion
which never occurred to me before-how
did ue get there? Now, strange as it
NAV seem we can almost answer this
question, when we recollect a few of the
incidents of last nights trip. When at
about 10 P. M, we reached Columbus,
we heard stalwert lantern-holder eX
claiming, passengers on the right for
the Mountain Railway; on the left
for steamer to Cairo" We went to the
right, and were seated in q car, which
soon began to move backward. After
few minutes, forward we went, and were
soon verging upon what appeared to be
"thc jumping off place" when, sudden
~, bang went the train, with jar Which
,eemed to indicate that we were against
the very base of an immovahle mountain
of the hard metal, and we thought of the
Iron Mountain Railway. Soon we heard
the moving Of ponderous machinery, and
we began to move off. Cars, passengers,
baggage and all stock still in the centre
of a huge vessel of some Kind. After a
lapse of some considerable time under
these circumstances, we were again
whirling away on what appeared to be
"tcrra frma," until the scene which 1
have described as presented this morning
was before us, and these thoughts were
suggested.
Arrived in st. Louis at s A. NJ. And
failed to make connection with the North
Missouri Train. Are satisfied that this
is old earth which we arc treading upon,
though we have not seen pine tree since
we entered that huge vessel last night;
nor had we, indeed, for long while be-
fore we reached that point. By examin-
ing the map you will see that we crossed