Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1849-10-20

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CHARLOTTE d g. e RAILnoAD.-We
have a slip from the Fairfield Herald con
tanning the first days proceedings of the
stockholders, at their annual meeting in
Winnsboro', on the 10th inst.
The President, in his report, compli-
ncnted the liberal indulgence of the con-
tractors, complained of the tardincss in
the payment instalments, and sugges-
ted the propricty of Selling Columbia
to@ds. He reports that $4,000 had
been received from the State in bonds,
which had been taken by the Bank at 90
cents, $500 tons ofiron had been bought
costing in Charleston $40 per ton; making
$4,000 less than the original estimate.
The Chief Engineer made u very en-
couraging report stating that the road
was progressing finely, and would be
completed by next summcr-,SouM Car
oliaion, Oct. 10.
a Railroad Convention has just been
held in Taladega, in Alabama, for the
purpose of considering the most pactca-
bic route for connection between the
waters OF the Tennessee River and Nc
bile Bay. There was large attendance
from the counties on the route and from
the city Of Mobile. Selma on the Ala
bama river, was selected as the best point
from which to commence the work, and
they will have the advantage of surveys
and grading already made for twenty -sev
eli miles, in an old enterprise abandoned
some years ago, during the revulsion of
1867, for the want of funds. The
country through which this road viii
run is incxhaustblci coal beds, marble
,quarrics and iron mines, and passing the
Tennessee River, the road will bring down
TO Mobile great trade that now goes TO
Savannah and Charleston.
tREEDoM Or TIE PREss-TME UNIoN.-.--
The bitter"ess of party spirit has been
recently carried to an extent VIC had new.
CT hoped to see in our day. Several
Wing papers of frespectability have sug-
gcstcd that the editors of the Washington
Union should be made to suffer in their
persons and pockets-fned and imp,is9p.-
cd for their fearless exposition of the offici
al conduct of the President and his Cabi-
net. Had this ncfarious proposition en-
! anated from press of no character, it
it might be passed by with contempt; but
originating WITH the New York Commey.
cial Advertiser, cndor cd by the Courier
and Enquirer, and transferred to the col
umns of the organ of the Cabinet, it is
time the press should be looking after
their own interests, and nip in the bud
this attempt to introduce censorship of
the press.
We have not noticed a single instanen
ANY attack upon the personal charactcY
of either the President or any member of
his Cabinet, except as connected with
their offici1l duties That the Union has
done good service in the republican eauS.
we hive need only TO refer to the result
of the recent elections in Maryland. 1t
is poor commentary upon the intelh.
gencc of American voters to LaImate tl@
this was produced by libellpus articles
from the Washington Union If politi-
cal papers are TO be legally muzzled for a
free expression of opinion on the acts of
the officers of the Government, it Will not
be long before that Government demands
the right to silence any press which may
dare to question its infalliblity. Such
doctrines might suit Louis Napoleon's
views of rcpublicanism, out will be mo (.
summarily disposed of here. So&(&
Cdrolini0n.
The Washington Republic has the follow
ing notice of IL new and useful invention
Mr.. w. S. Thomas, of Norwich, New
York, has invented a tclcgraphic manipu
]ator, which we saw tested on Saturday
afternoon at Bain's office, in the Ode0;
building, in the presence of a number oi
gentlemen, and it's results were in the
highest degree satisfactory. The opera
tors at the Office were greatly pleased at
its success, allording, as it does, means
of transcribing "lightning" writing as fast
as the apparatus can turn out the paper.
This is highly important improvementin
telcgraphing, and may have an important
bcaring-in the legal quarrcls of Professor