Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1873-04-24
For the Advertiser.

I do verify believe, Mr.. Editor, that
the valley of Savannah River, together
with the adjacent basins and slopes, is
one of the most desirable sections of the
habitable globe,-"a goodly heritage"
susceptible of the most elegant improve
ment, and also of the most profitable
cultivation. About the sources Of this
noble stream, each lovely vale eand snowy
cascade, each lofty peak of everlasting
granite, rivcts tbs a;lmiyiag gaze of the
inspired bard, the cunning artist, and the
curious traveller. Here too is Rabun
Gap,-that wonderful mountain defle,
which seems to invite the South and the
West to meet and strike hands in per-
petual fellowship for the exchange Of
their various commodities. Along the
Southern base of the Blue Ridge and
throughout the hill country Of the Seneca
and the Tugaloo, the water power is i'm
mense, the best Of timber is plentiful,
the provision crop is cxuberant, and even
cotton by the aid of commercial fertili-
zers natures to the tune of over bale to
the acre, whilst the climate is exceeding
ly pleasant and salubrious.
In the middle country, with the city
Of Augusta as great business centre,
the people enjoy peculiar advantages,
which are generally either overlooked,
or underestimated Here the way is
open to success in almost every depart
ment of human eXcrtion. Disastrous fail
ures in the cotton culture are unknown.
The husbandman is rewarded in proper
ton to the care and labor bestowed upon
his crops. This steady glow fprospcri-
ty follows in the wake Of energy with
the regularity of the seasons, and it may
be regarded as the strong point in favor
OF our immediate section. Enough OF
old fields may be reclaimed to economise
the balance Of our magnificent forests,
and in the "oally woods" barley, clo-
yer, oats, corn, and wheat can be raised
in sufficient quantities to make the bulk
Of our tlcecy staple so much net gain to
the planter. Among the long leaf pines,
nature has been so benefccnt, that, in
short time, there will be no elbow room
left in consequence of the influx of popu-
laton. Here the invalid tirdsa soothing
and healing influence in the balmy odor
emanating from the extensive pine for
ests; here the industrious farmer Las
every inducement to Jo-ahead in making
permanent Improvements; here the man
ot lE,:pre and wealth can indulge a re,
fined tasts i0r Gomology and horticul
ture; and here some really lire fellow
will realize q handsome fortune by turn
ing his attention to the raising Of sheep,
bees, and fish, in neighborhoods where
nought but rosemary hills, and barrfn
bluffs of kaolin overlook the little black
ish swa4nps watered by streams as lim-
pid and pure Us aNs il the mountains.
The advantages of diversified labor have
been demonstrated among the Sand Hills
by the successful establishment Of diff
ferent kinds OF factories. There is yel
room here for thoinvcstmcat Of millions,
and there is po lack OF the raw materia!
Of the best grade grade .Gsl.l.eapi and easy Of
access.
BY the way, we would bo inore apt to 1
appreciate shop for making wagonsan and
agricultural innlements, if we were
destitute of beech, hickory and white
oak, like the people west of the Rocky
Mountains.
approaching the sea coast adown the
Valley, tic ecenery, as well as
the productions Of thslapq,. change in a
manner. The live oak, the
yellow pine, the rice fields, and Sea Is
land cotton excite the liveliest interest
among all civilized nations. A large
scope of country here is without a single
land swell of any prominence, but the
monoffoGny is broken by impenetrable
swamps, whose gloomy shades, fecked
by weird and waving piulmdesi Of long
moss impress the way laring man with
m indetinable feeling OF awe and dread
These fenny and tangled thickets are
well stocked with the finest game wild
cattle, wild donkeys, bears, catamounts
aaRd panthers arc not uncommon.
The whole Of this delightful region of
country, the resources of which have not
been half developed, and of which I
have essayed hasty sketch, is directly
N Hhe straight line between Cincinnati
md Port Ro, -:
Time will show that we have been
over the choicest gifts of
kind Providence. that our willful blind
ness and cherished Incidence are but lit