The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1874-11-28
The March of Improvement.

The ligencc that tho l,co ,tivc
= that dcmon which is always shrickiny
its warning note in nearly every by way
at the land-is about to steam md
whistle heinrc the gates uf two of nu.
most delightful anci nt town., will
bring with it certain pan. TO all lovers
OF the picturesque. St Augustine, in
Florida, and San Antonio, in Texas, are
Socn to be linkel with the outer " ,rll
ty ra'lro,d., over which trli ,s will
daily convey tourists. The rom,nca OF!
the ride in ,ickcty volante through
the rich !or sts and acros, The p Il n.tt,
strcwn plains Of our winter p,ralisc"
to the gates OF st. Augus,in, tn.
ever faithful city, of which the Spln
lard hoas'ed so proul|y-gavc way, somc
tine since, tn the unvomautir horse car;
but now the town is t. be rs easy Of
access from the st. Johns river AS Lo,,
B:anch is from New i"rk The ch,r;
"' the Ion. jolrAcy in til. rl'tl;l; stage
coach over Tie rich plains OF Western
Texas, by day past adobe villages an
long 'xpanscs OF road, borlarci with
l"c:Tu;tr aud cilapi,ar.l anl by II -,,t
through the pcrlumci thickcis where
the crdsnicn aud wag'ncrs Ii We kinl
IrI tIit.Ir
bcinrc the convenience ol' the rluii
ride iiom Galveston IL San -Antunin in
Pullman ear. I'll. 2O3u all - be
tween Ncw York anl tic vrncr.hl. ciy
or the slain, surrounded Il WITH lis cnnb
iinI: ami ornate Era c'scun ii,i>si ma. t.
soun be coinpl, tel cn.rrc w,h r,n
rails, and tnur,s;s wil, consider :. vi,,i
I" the Aiino-u,c Of tae ,i,s c.i .,r,t
cd oi The shrina> uf An.ric n !i1 .r;y--
an Indispensable pleasure
Yet one mi, -,ht al most wish tll.ti
were not So. 1t would B. sat s..,:i,ry
to Know that 81 evhcr.l Ia ih.S,. t-..i;c
N'"''' '"ciC "cic )'nGrH III Wl;cl III
least the ghost oi' IL Iaa 70 lti,;a p.,e
fingered, never To b. iri ,h,en.l ,Say,
because the resent, with is bl:z 81
crowdins aul vuls gritty, WIS kep:ac il
sale distancc. Bus we lv. in ~ ..e If
Saratoga trunks, quick j urna,s an Il
vast ambition; aud thc mass orlolrisis
doubtless resent it as IN i;no .rtin .rc..
to themselves that St. Auyustin. shou!l
have so long shyly discouraged rairp ID
enterprise, and they Will nov te:ch tn .
I'D town IL lesson lol her uver-nples
mien They will crowd the nl.c. viii,
new villas, and bull ! rna;,ways, al n
which YiiitcrinS eq,iplg:i !.ii,sh -
side the l"ns lassoon'; they wi. a.r..l
every thicket anI o.cu,y eyary site;
they will press i'll ,unl't.I,l, :on5s
III winter alongt beautiful b.lcl, and
VIII perhaps carry aw:y pi::a m.al An
moss grown gatowa!:s III. Vi plllco
walls, arl tie graft f,.i i,>... san
Marco tho magnificent, nn y,,4,. !, ,aint
Mucrish towers The sunli sIit OF the
beautiful Southern cliinut, h IS s.is .nod
Tor an hundred years, ~ VIII icil stanls
on tEc site ct turiiicati,nS erected by
the Sranurd, more thnn three &c l,ur
les ago Rnmnr hath il thai tie ! WAS
once q 'c.,i,i, pro ,o,i,i,n t, rize
the venerable 'olti!iclti,n 40 | t.biis!i
terminal railway station on its ruin,
And now that the loc) notv. Is co ming
in earnest, well may the lovers Of st.
Augustine the fair, the Oldest toyn in
tho United States, for it was settled in
1865, tremble for the fate of the fast
dccaying ruins
When the older Maxican families in
San Antonio heard that the r.iro I'll,
were soon to invade their town, they
prophcsied that there would shortly be
cpidenics, tevers, and all manner OF un
cleanness, among them. They shrunk
from contact with what seemed in their
eyes rude aud not owe rnice world some
where outside their gates. v hat cared
they tor the increase of values of their
property? Had they not tho i: lovely
skies, their wonderful streams running