Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1846-10-21
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and Safuta are. very big h.@und IL VIII oe
sxpensife .toscross Broad River5in that di-
. rertion. they do amend their charter,
as they no: doubt will, then the Road will
~ be,ran from Hamburg or. Aiken to Green
.,s:yilles so. sthenour charter becomes i'm
!. mensely valuable, as we now have one
fromshere TO Aiken or Hamburg, and this
other interest!in the Greenville Road will
z lie conpeliedlo unite with Us, on terms
which we can control. Underlhese circum-
2 Ssta1ce ces, .Nfis rothingihul ulprudcni 10 wait
eveais'ansiliaEerslhe imeeling Of The Lee
.s4gislature. Our chaner does not expire,
shut we have the sPririlege 5toi open our
~ 6ooks.every year for five years from its
This was inserted with view
- TO take advantage Of what might occur.
&iheGawe. do move, Ihope we will move
with ecertainly ofsuccess aud not make
"a failure. Ourcharter is safe for four gears
Isryet. Lei us take care not 10 open books.
sandt ttheni fail in the Subscription. This
z would rain.us: Let every man who feels
interested iu the. scheme, draw up paper
y id the following form, and take it round 10
i his 1eishbers, and get them 10 puI down as
much as each one. would be willing to
4 subscribe when the books are opened.
ss1sA We the undersigned are willing 10 lake
stock. 10 tie following amount opposite
skqnr names in.a Rail Road to be run from
4 dsefeld e. H.,lo Aiken or Hamburg, as
sinay be determined OH by a majority Of
holders iu,such stock. :
;Yses See who are willing 10 put their,names
down on such a paper, then bring all such
papers TO the Editor Of the Advertiser, at
his office, and we will compare them, and
see what canSbeIdone practically. A great
7Smany men talk very loud about the Road,
5T and are always urging moves 10 be made.
4taand yet williiot subscribe 500 themselves.
sai Lei us see what can be done. A strong
spei ia long pull, idnda rali all together,
= and sWe will YET save every thing
A paper Of the above kind is now left in
sss.,he Office ofihe Adrertistr for names to be
nut ;doUn. lWish 10 see what he Green.
Svilte Interest will do this winter at Cnlum.
SBia, aud also wha, the Newberry Interest
'sswilfdo. a Road eau be ruu from Aiken
sfost5e Pine House on a level, and from,
sSa1hencei apdo point on the Columbia road
n in one mile Of the G.. HI, and from thence
on ridge neara Lofts ,old place, and ON
s below little Saluda TO its mouth to big
Il Saluda, on perfect level. F:om there
$40 Newbery G.. H., they can judge for
themselves. This would give US all we
6 want, as the elbow made al this point
would concentrate The produce above this
sup 10 Anderson district. al this place, and
iifwouldcuttae Saluda valley so low down
!, ;is 10 draw the produce all in this direction,
and bring: the Cotton Of Newberry dis,ric,
by this route. Remember, il will lake
near SiS0, ,000to finish road as ii ought
oibe from this pl;ccIo. Aiken, or 5000. 600
TO Hamburg: lnlhe road from Columbia
TO Greenville $4,000 were subscribed in
Newberry district, and only snme 900
elsewhere. So thai to make the Road
5 ftomzlere 10 Aikenor Hamburg will re-
lq,iire .us lorlo twice as, much as. they did
iuNewberry. mention, these ihingsiu
,V.sier tn give some distinct ilea Of what
,sp are Ii do, and leIps ;doiit ayitliout talk
.jns in nc b. when lie proper tiHie COMES for
!. subscribing. 4 &C 0gNTRYMtN.
The Courts. The Court Of Common
Pleas and General Sessions commenced
lis siltings fnr Chesterfield District, on
? Monday The 5ih inst, Judge o 'Neill pre-
siding. Ills ffouer iorcibly and e!oquently
charged the Grand Jury in regard TO the
= various matters brought before Them. A
LARGE number Of cases OIL the Sessions
Docke, were disposed Of. and as many
more continued. Itwas more Than once
' remarked that this Docket was one Of the
largest in the Stale. Several cases on The
Issue Docket were tried, but non. OF great
, importance -Che,aw Gazette.
TIE Gale at Georgeto,cn.-ConsiderabIe
injury has been done in the ncishborhood
70 Georgetowh,bythe late gale. II com,
zmenced blowing hard al N f. on Sunday
morning, and continued at that quarter
y until about four O'Clock Tuesday morning,
when it shiredto S., L. and blew aperrrct
Z hurricane, raising The Tide about two feel
above high watermark.
5MUch damage has been done 10 the rice
feid,on Serenity Plantation, which was cut
and in lie stable. was drilied To the main
and will be partly lost.
The extensive pilings and timber pens
AT Watie's Point were completely destroyed
q All the rice fields on this side Of Winyah
Bay are more or less injured. 81
- The wharves al Georgetown were much
damaged, and the enlIre supply Of mill
timber has 6een pu, adrilt.
4nother ! Niagara "A cataract has heen
discovered on The river 81. Louis, where
siifalls: intoihe western extremity of Lake,
Superior, which. has never been described
by any Geogrspher. ltis said to lie Sc
cond only TO Niagara. The volume of
is very great, and the perpendicular
height of the fall, one hundred and fifty
feet. "a - 80 s,s