Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1857-09-19
V0L IX.--N0. 10.
Air Line Railroad.

The kcowee Courier states that the
friends OF the Air Line Railroad in that
District lately held meeting at Fairplay.
at which the sum of $50 900 was subscrib.
ed, and the amount will be swclcd to $40.
OOO. we notice also that the Georpja
President and Directors of this Componv
met in Jefferson on the Sd inst. Messrs'
Dounegan, Burlington and Johnson, Com
mlttee, report S07, $50 stock subscribed in
Hall county, and pledge the county for
SloO,OO on one condition, the road runs
near Gainesville. Messrs. Morris, Pruitt,
Gambler and David, reported S118,0OO,
subscribed for Franklin county and
pledged the. county for 8150,00O.-
Mr., John B. Jackson reported SOL
600 for Jackson co. Capt John reported
~ 400 for Madison county, and Major w.
H. Poole S74, 900 for Hart county, making
IN all, when added to other subscriptions,
SIOO,OOO. by counting the pledgcrs $3.50.
900, and about $500, 900 of available stock.
let the road be located on either line. IL
was resolved by the board, that re-suryev
and the location of the road be immediate.
y commenced, and that all stock subscrib-
cd IN jackson, Hall, Franklin, Hart and
Madison be placed on a similar footing as
to conditions, thereby cxempting all Sub.
scnbcrs who wish to be exempted, when
the road Is located in accordance with the
condition on which they subscribed. It
was further resolved, that contracts for
work be let out as soon as practicable. on
the condition to pay to contractors one half
in stock and the other half in cash. 1t is
supposed from the numerous offers already
&c Il. 1
ON these terms OF payment, and at moJcr-
ate prices .-Char. STANDARD.
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Gen. HAMILTON OF SoUTH CAROLINA.
This gentleman has been nominated in
several of the journals of South Carolina
for the United States Senate, to supply the
vacancy occasioned by the death of the la
mcntcd Judge Butler.
Some of these journals, in giving sketch
of Gen. Hamilton's public life. in the yari-
Gus oihces he has filed with great ability
in his State, and of his services in Congress.
mention some interesting facts which have
not been generally known
Amongst other facts of the kind it is
stated that hewas offered by Gen. jackson
the appointment of Secretary of War. which
be declined, and afterwards tho post of
Minister to Mexico, with full powers to
treat for the purchase sfTexas, which hon
or was also declined, GG05 5Gamilton pre-
terring to accept the Govcrnorship of his
own State, which was then rendered to him
by her Legislature,
Another interesting fact is also mentioned
OF his having been affectionately spoken of
by MIR. Calhoun, on his dying bed, as the
friend he most desired to be his successor
and that Gov. Scabrook Immediately sent
him the appointment, which Gen. Gamil-
ton, to the great disappointment of his
| friends, also declined; otherwise he MIGHT
have held the Office of Senator to the prcs-
ent day
Upon this ground, Gas fulfilling the wish
es OF Mr. Calhoun, besides his high quail
tcations for the Office, his friends arc now
urSlug his claims for this honorable sta
ton; and in doing so they refer to him as
the last (except Col. Preston) of " tie IL
t'tstr'ous fire." (Caltoun, McDa6ic, Pres
ton, Hoyme, HamHton,) who for thirty
years invested their native State With such
a halo of distinction
There is no gentleman of our acouain.
! tance whose election to the Senate would
afford us greater qualification.
National htelligcncer.
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South CAROLINA CoRDAGE MANrPAc.
TORY. Among the industrial enterprises
of Charleston, the Factory of the South
Carolina Cordage Company, on Meeting
street, near Spring street, is one of tho
most noticeable when considered as an adj
Junct to the plantation and country inter
ests Bale rope is no small item in plan
tation expenses, and it is an evidence of tho
deep interest felt in the welfare of the coun-
try by the city capitalists, that factory,
almost exclusively devoted to its manufac-
turc, should be maintained at home. So
long as this and similar mills arc in opera.
ton in the South the planter is no longer
at the mercy of the Northern manufactur-
er.
This Company manufactures either mans
lila, hemp, or cotton cordage. Its machin-
cry is of the best construction, and Decu-
liarly adapted for it's purpose Its foreman
is skilled in the manufacture of coraaee,
conversant with its various department.,
and fcrtilcin expcdients for emergencies.
Twenty-Five operatives are at present en-
ployed at the factory, producing about
twenty-three cwt. of rope per day, of a dual
ity equal to any in our market.
Charleston MereRry.
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