Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1849-12-08
Correspondence of the Reowec Cour;erl

Having left your Village for Columbia
by way of hamburg, Bmnchvillc, &c.
propose to entertain your readers with
lew brief general remarks pertaining to
such facts as come within my obscrva-
ton ee route.
On reaching Pickensvile found res.
pectable numberof the Sons of Temper.
ance assembled for the purpose of organ
lzlng Division at that place, in which, |
am informed, they were completely sue.
cesSt". We wish IT," Division great
prosperity there. Old Pickensvillc is cv.
identity on rising ground, and we sincere
ly hope her course will still be onward
and upward in the scale of intellect. NOR
as and religion. Her citizens arc social IN
telligcnt and energetic, and surely there
can be no good cause for her rctrograde.
Thence to Hamburg the roads were IN
ilne order, which together with the pleas
antry and social good humor of nv tray.
cling companion, w, rendered the Jour
ney altogether very pleasant one.
In AbbcYille Distric We travelled a
considerable distance along side of the
lfa'lroad' and were agrceably surprised
10 sec nearly the whole of it ALREADY
graded and ready for the timber and iron.
and am told that the whole of the road
from Anderson c. IT. to the Newberrv
line, except few miles, is entirely graded,
so that in a short time we shall realize
that which, not long since, appeared n
mere phantom, viz: the passage of
steam engine from Columbia to Anderson
and Greenville G. II.
The weather has been much milder du-
ring the fall, N these lower Districts than
IN l'lckens al / Anderson. In the South
ern part of Abbcville, Vegetation has not
been injured by severe frosts. the cotton
leaves and potatoc vines are still green.
and farmers anticipate a moro abundant
yield II m their cotton crops, by reason
OF the favorable fall We passed severn,
erovcs OF hogs on the way-thcy arc
as'ang cents per ID. gross, but the buy
ers are not disposed to give it. The
kaowing ones say that pork will be lower
tins winter than usual owing to tbs great
er number of hogs coming from Kentucky
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ana tennessee TO our markets. And
furthermore that drovcrs of are almost
entirely dependent upon our markets for
the sale of their pork
We took passage on the railroad from
Hamburg to Branchville at 5 O'Clock A. A..
and had the company of several mem
bers ct Congress, on their way to Wash
lngton, among whom was Mr.. Calhoun.
lhe old patriot is perceptibly wearing
away IN the service Of his ,untry; his
hand feels dry and bony, his face wrinkled
and rough, but the fire of his eye is still
sparkling, and exhibits a towering intel
lect.
AV DFanchVllle the passengers are com
PEELED to wait or s hours for the train
to Columbia, and most tedops
t'resome and unintercsting place it is
The principle population consists of an
avaricious landlord and half n dozen i'm
pertinent servants, both of which are
well calculated to wear away patience
AMI destroy pleasure. However the faro
is very good, and but for that, the delay
would be intolerable.
The cars were crowded with the Char
lesion members, and persons returning
from the Fair. Every body seems de-
lighted with the Fair, and it bids fair to
be of great service to IL mechanical
world.
Tomorrow the Session of the Legis-
lature commences, and from what have
been able to gather from the wise ones
here, quite stormy session is anticipated
suppose the absorbing topics will be
the Bank question, the Slavery question