Cheraw gazette. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1835-1838, 1837-08-30

kIns, which are from 100 to go wards
through.
With view to select point oftcmina-
ton en- the Waccamaw, | e:vam;ued the
river from Conwayborough down r. -, point,
below which, no difficulty T am satisfied,
exists in the navigation Of ,he river The
flrsi obstruction IN the river a few miles be-
~" oo""a' ooioI" II, IS Cox's Shoal. 1t is
' '"oo' d quarter 'of a mile long, and extends
20 ;n"te'' r 'eroS tn, river. A channel about
~ ~ tc.' ",.'e aid at the lowest water vary.
ii ,Ii;nn,. ,'o. feet deep, mtcrsects. the shoa
Ts, :. nom the right to the lett bank.
80. .iext obstaclcsio navigation, are two
~" ~. + shoals, each about so feet wide, with
.cr 6 to 7 feet deep; one above and the
,'her below the mouth oithe ''thoroughlare.T =
Pot Bluff, on the Western bank Of the r,v-
er, is below all the difficulties. The portion
of the Bluff which is Immediately Oh the
river, is about feet high and l4o yards
long, From this extends quarter OF a,
mile down the river, but it is separated from
it by strip swamp 20 to 30 feet W de,
across which It would be easy to wharfto the
channel Unnecessary. At the upper part of
the Bluff, the river is so yards wid" and -
feet deep; but below it becomes bolder, ex-
panding to the breadth Of $50 yards From
the b lff, dry level pine land spreads out,
aflording all facilities for a Depo', Store.hou.
scs, Work shops and town. Below Pot BIutf
is Woodard's Bluff, 800 yards long, from
- to Is feet high, and on the channel of
the river which is II to Is feet deep. Mrs.
Nev's Landing is half a mile below Wood
ards Bluff. . It is half mile long, and
from S to 10 feet high. The water at the
upper end of the Bluff, is II TO a feet Deep,
becomes shallow below, and terminates in
a shoal above the mouth Of Rothmanler
Branch. At the lowest water, by taking
advantage Of the tide, o. feet .draught can
be had across this shoal. The Bluff on
which Bucks saw mill is situated, is from
one quarter to half mile long. This, and
all the o'hcrs mentioned, offer ample &C.
conmodations for Depot.
About three quarters of mile below
Bucks Mil, is. s.another shoal similar to that
above the mouth Of Rothmanler branch,
with channel through it only so feet wide.
Below this shoai to Georgetown Bar, eleven
feet of water can at all times be had, so that
any vessel which can pass the bar can come
to this point. Killings Landing is below
this shoal. 1t is bluff, 800 yards long,
and eight feet high. Wharves, few feet
in length. built from i,would reach into wa.
ter Is feet deep. Dry and-aat pine woods
extended back from the bluff, afordng room
for every convenience and improvement
which the company can contemplate. The
river is rs vide here as at any point above,
and hence toSBuck's Mill, winds very, very
much. rs may be inferred when stated. that
the distance by water is four miles and by
land scarcely exceeds mile and quar-,
tcf.
J. consider it highly important that any
v.ssoi which can cross the Georgetown bar,
shenld be able to reach the depot OF the
Rail Road, and no point above Killings
Landing will allow this. But should the
Company determine, that a draughl OF only
9l.2 feet will answer their purposes, then Pot
Bluff would be better than any intermediate
point.
The upper line, Through Bennettsvlile,)
diverces from the lower line at Phll's Creek,
and passing over level ground to Billings
ley's Overseer's house, rises 10 or ID feet
in the next l,ile, and again traversess level
ground to Naked Creek, which is crossed
between pIedger's and Easterling's mills.
From Naked Creek (the swamp which is
quarter of mile wide) the country is much
broken, but becomes more even after eros.
sing Little Creek, and thence maintains an
undula:ins character to- Crooked Creek
Crooked Creek swamp is only quarter Of
a mile wide where the turnpike road cross
cs it, being there narrower than at any 9th.
er point in the neighborhood. Crossing 1t
there to ascend at grade Of 80 feet 10 the
mile, it will be necessary to make deep
cut, of perhaps 500 yards long, and l5 feet
the greatest depth; or effect the ascent by
making use of the creek bank, and ravlne
which lies to the west of the town. From
Bennet,sville the ground in the next four
miles is gently undulating, and thence TO
the head of Horsepen Branch, is, for the
most part, fiat. Horsepen Branch, by
descent Of 40 feet in mile and q quarter,
conducts the line to the swamp of Three
Creeks, short distance above Col. Dud.
ley's Mill. Having crossed the three creeks
swamp, which is about 400 yards wide,
ascend by grade of IS feet to the mile, by
means of creek bank and Jenny's Prong,
and continue that grade two, or two and
halfmiles. The ground is undulating from
three creeks, two miles beyond the North
Fork of muddy creek. The line there
strikes low sand ridge, which carries 1t
along the east side Of cat fish swamp TO