Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg Court House [S.C.]) 1877-1881, 1878-06-08

other virtues which he is ready and
willing to bestow upon his people
should he be the choice of the Con-
vention. The gentleman l alludo to
is MIR. Geo. II. Cornelson. We need
but mention his name. His qualifi-
cations and unimpeachable charac-
ter will commend him to the people
every here.
BErwEEE THE RIVERS.
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For the Orangeburg Timee.]
SANrEE, ORANGEBUse &c, S. c.,
June 3rd., 1878.
jUr. Editor:
"l.ives there n man with soul so
dead' to the beauties Nature dis
plays with lavish hand in every part
OF our "sweet sunny South" as to be
unwilling occasionally to HE him
away to some rural retreat afar from
the care and burden of his daily
walks, and there, to pass rcstful
day of calm enjoyment beneath the
free blue sky amidst the cool reccsscs
of our forests primev.l IF there
is such person, I beg to he excused
from an intro ductinn. IL seems to
be prnvincl;, custom here, to de.
vote the forrietr llv after Easter to
the dlviniLIr> wU" n'">'dr v", wnnd
and stream, which Interpreted liter
ally, means, to devote our best en-
deavors to spend pleasant day in
the woods, by stream if possible,
and obtain, if not the favor of thes
divinities, the more nppreciable one
of picnic dinner. BE that rs it
may, last Thursday beheld many
persons en- ron fc for Il landing OH
Santee River which has the reputa-
tinn of having been fnvorite resort
for picnics nearly forty years ago.
Then, however, they were conducted
differently from the present method,
for, one or two large planters gave Il
feast, and invited everybody else
without the now indispensable bask-
ct as n ticket of admission to til e
festivities. Wealth and pride, worth
and fashion, youth and beauty, were
assembled in those prosperous days
Of -yore; not only from the fiue o Id
tasies Of 0rangebnrg, but from
Sumter and Clarendon came many
representatives aristocratic gociety,
and even regions more remote sent
numerous happy hearts cover the
river" to pa ticipate in the delights
of those social gatherings. But, ali,
me! lit amt like it used to be" and
we must be content to merely imi-
tate those o"fe-bcii"m:sccnes.
The place selected for our picnic,
is eminently adapted for such pur-
poses, as oversadowing oaks Of great
size and beauty efitctually vanish
the heat of day, inviting roads walled
with green, entice the idle strollers
to follow the windings of the river
and penetrate the hooks and glens of
the deep old forest, while a very
picturesque appearance is presented
at an ancient mill-seat where
solemn silence broods over the tall
trees robed in their drapery of long
gray moss, undisturbsd by the low,
continuous murmer beneath where
6The blue waters rise and fall
In sleepy sunshine mantling all"
as they gurgle down the brok en-
declivity. A steep embankment
obstructs the view of the river, but
on descending to the base ofthis
bluff, All imposing scene is presented.
The river makes several graceful
curves;-the sky, the green ban ks,
the silent flow, the broad expanse,
and the historic associations dear to
every child Of Cardinals soil,-noth-
ing is wanting but the dark tint of
the Edisto t" ma Ike it per!e, tly en-
chanting; unfortunately. tnouph for