Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1857-05-09


the cone. The long rods" have at their
ends dead eyes. through which rods
passed to transmit, the pressure to The ma
sonry, In each of the five remaining cables
! thesero rods have givenway leaving the ''dead
eyes" unbrokcp. The masonry appears but
little disturbed, though il may have yielded
even but slightly under ground, aud thus
have been the real cause Of the tumble. The
iron, however does not appear to have been
of proper strength. The floor of the bridge
from either partto the towers, lies at length
upon the ground, every suspensionrod hav-
ing given way. Between the towers the
flooring and cables are crushed between the
the banks, the wood haviog hoated on, and
the iron probably is awaiting submarine
diver. 1t IS cveIy way total and entire
loss, and the $4,000 already expended are
forever "gone up"
The Gepesee Suspension Bridge was
commenced in 1855, and finished last sum
mer. Mr.. Bs,ell was the engineer and the
Messrs, Holylands the contractors. The
bridge was constructed between iron towers
standing on the banks The towers are
built of cast iron cylinders, bolted together
and standing one above the ether. They
were los feet high, and their tops were 235
feet above the water, and proceeded in al
,''",i " etr~,i5h' G"0 From sl,U top of "a nigh
bank on the one side, or the other. The
cables were 7S0 feet long, and the entire
length of the bridge was over 700 feet
Our opinion is, that lhe iron structure was
defective aud nsutficicr, ii has failed of
its purpose most miserably. The entire
weight on the bridge, calling it 700 feet long
and 20 broad, and making an area of 1000
square feet, could not have been, supposing
the snow was one foot deep and weighed
| % pounds to the cubic foot, over IT'S tons
The bridge was calculated to sustain a
weight Of 1000 tons. and it was claimed that
the iron wires were capable Of sustaining
such a mass But they have cracked and
broken under a-twentieth of the weight, and
the whole concern has gone to utter ruin.
INTERESTING SrArIsrics. The United
States are. composed of thirty one States
and nine Territories.
They contain population of $4,000, 900,
of whom 23,0oO,oO. are white. ~
I The extent Of sea coast is II, geo miles
The number of miles Of railroad in ope,
ration is 10000, which cost STS,0o0,Oo0
The length of canals is 5000 miles.
1t contains the longest railroad on the
! globe--the Illinois Central-which is 1884
miles
The annual value of its agricultureal pro-
ductions is $2OO,OOo,OOo.
The length of the ten principal rivers is
| 10000 miles
2 The surface Of the five great lakes IS 0O,-
1000 square miles.
Its most valuable production is Indian
Corn, which yields annually 4OO,ooO,ooo
bushels.
The amount of registered and enrolled
tonnage is 4,407ol0.
The amount ofcaplal invested in manu-
facture is 100000, ,00O.,
The annual amount of its internal trade
is $G00,oOo,OOO
The annual value of the products of la,
/ Dor lother than agricultural is $500, ,o0o,-
600.
The annual value of the income of the
inhabitants is 81, 100000.
The value Of farms and live stock is $50o,<
100000.
lis miues of gold, copper, lead aud iron
are among the richest in the world.
The value OF gold produced is 81 90, ,ooO,-
600.
The surface Of its coal fields is 138l3l
square acres.
Within ~her borders are $4,000 schools
5000 academies, 234 colleges aud $500
churches. -
ELEGAST EvERYrHING.-W We came across
a paragraph the other day, showing hcw to
make elegant bread pudding p This
word elegant" is gradually supplaning all
The other adjectives in the language. The
Cockney pays his highest compliment to nj.
agara Falls when he calls it elegant. The
! Petersburg politician thinks his candidate
some when he makes an elegant speech"
The young lady talks of an elegant sermon,
an elegant dSyt an elcgan, honnct- an ele-
giant opera, and an elegant mutton chop !
The surgeon goes into enthusiastic fits over
an elegant stump of a broken leg. The
market women sells you elegant onions,
bects, carrots and potatoes--in fact. she
never has any other kind. The tailor inva.
rlably fits you to an elegant coat; you die
dcran elegant system of medicine; and
you are buried in an elegant coffin; and
have an elegant tombstone with AN elegant
epitaph put above you. From puddings to
I poultry, from sausages to solar eclnses ;
everything is elegant nova days! But the
most elegant thing we know of the dodge
OF an aspirant for political notoliety in this
burg, and his double sommcrsault: III
Proverb: Cease to enumerate your adol
escent pulets ere thcv bpcon,e ovicorroi ,.-