The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1878-09-13
CLARKsvILLE, GEo, Aug. "a,

sSsSs''nB Couhtry takeS tD5 nfeu truSetor 10
Clarksyiile. In tho good old time, ante bslun,
C'arls'iilo was one Of the most popular resorts
in upper Georgia. With its excellent Hotels,
pure water, bracing atmosphere, and mYuntain
scenery, ii combined many ether advantages
1t was salient point from which daily excur.
sion parties could with case visit tho "bcautifup'
Toccoa, the 'terrible'' Tululah nnd the sweet
Vale OF Nacsochee-tho "TeR,pe Of the South"
Nor was this all; many gentlemen OF wealth
and culture had located their summer rctreats
arouudihe village, which formed nucleus for
genial and intellectual intercourse. Among these
might be numbered tho eslimablc and Hon. Rich.
ord Hasersham, who represented this district
In Congress for many years, the learned ju,ist,
Judge Law, the distinguished iurist and statcs-
man, Judge Bcrricn, the Hon. w Ward, minister
to Russia, DIR. G. ID. Philips, who had rcprcson.
ted tue county in the State Legislature for many
years, aud held various Offices Of profit and
trust under The State Government, tho McA,iis.
ers, Ovens. Mathews, Alstons. Kollocks, Valid.
IL was not strange that such coterie should
gather around its bospitaLlo board in summer
the iirsI men in the State, and that many grave
State and General Government policies should
take their shape here. Amer the "Com.
mencemcnt' Of tho State University, fn Athens.
| it was always q gala season in and around
C'arksvilie. Rounds of dinner parties. dancing
parties and excursion parties, were the order Of
tho uny, until jack Frost warned Tho pleasure
seeker and tho invalid that he might return to
his mslarial homo. But liiun, fruit may now Le
| inscribed upon the walls Of Clarksyillc. Tho
fortunes Of war have swept away tho wealth Of
its people, wliis that grim messenger who visits
| with as equc! certainty tho mansion Of tho rich
as the howell Of the poor, has removed from tho
| secne most of those who wcro then tho most
| conspicuous actors.
C!arksyilo now, although ii can still boast OF
It's good ho'eis,' pure wafer, and bracing atmos-
phere, is a dreary, dilapidated looking village.
Visitors, however, sill como aud strive TO amuso
themselves, while the good people nurse the il
'usion that the Biue Ridge Railroad will some
day 10 completed, when tho North Eastern will
tap it at Clayton, and Ihe rich production of the
| west Will now IN upon them, and "tsut 10
Smonde come hither to spend their money, en-
JOY the scenery, lis healing waters and its TOM
perate Climate. How many stations and vii
lagos and cities $50 ca!lcd) have sprung up unS
der this Illusion, yet what dreary world Of
ours would this be, if its people we're not allowed
to build Gd HbRum their choteaur en- espayne.-
Let US leave Clarks'ille for awhile, TO seek
amidst its surroundings something more attrac.
tive to the pleasure seeker.
urIvo OF Twelve miles iironcJ T.-J,----- -
es'ins region, brings you TO the Falls Of ..roc.
oo4. Inc stream, (Which Is q small one) cool
A"o 'ienr as crystal, winds its way through n
series OF gorges and mountain spurs, until Il
makes It's final leap over Perpendicular preci.
Piceot IsO feet height. 1t is beautiful picture.
Sno water is converted into spray before IT,
reaches tho rocks below, aud tho sunshine. M
plays through ths silvery mist, spa, lIes
win the lines of the rainbow. The hiil-sides
are donnins their gorgeous Autumnal t;n,..
rampant Wild vines are climbing over sLrubJerv
anu clitf, many tinted flowers pccp OUT thro.ob
'"e green ntice, the little birds are flying hither
aha 'h'lher In wild excitement and alrn,st burst.
lug 'heir throats to add 10 the harmony of tho.
picture. The whole scene is one Of encbanti,e
| peau'y ana II Toccoa means beautiful in tho
lndian dialect, no one can doubt but tho "R.a
Man appreciated the spot.
any one could spend an hour In this en-
N nd go away uneonvinced OF tho
chauted dell an the sen,imspt = IL,
appsSpfjesssSsss' Sy SessSsss OH w " p'' M
TALULAH.
A ride Of somo fifteen miles oyer q rough
country, now AMI then relieved by . burst Of
good scenery, will bring you to the Falls Of Ia
iuiah. Parenthetically, II may he as well to in
form the reader that in this region the distance
between two points Is not always right line,
and that there is peculiar ececntricity in
measuring distances, 80 that the neare- you
approach place, tho distance shorteus by ali
inverse ratio-hencc you need not be surprised,
when asking how Ear it is 10 q place, to. learn
that tho miles run backward. Dut 1t il an in.
.teresting illustration of the maxium that "dis-
tanoo iends cnohantmcnt'ts-%h -%hs-vicw, .ud ..vs--
risty is tho spice Of life and gives it all its fla
vor."
| Talulah is said 10 mean, in the Cherokee Ian.
guage, "tcrriblc," and it is not naisnomsr.-,
The marks Of violence upon every thing around /,
you, the grand upheayal which brought into
existence these immense walls Of granils, thoss
columnar masses, standing like -~ig1y pillars,
| the wild chasm, the. .es1fid, rushing. roar