The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1857-05-07
COMMUNICATED.
Is ABBEvILLE AsLEEp1


10 DC run from Atlanta to Anderson Tho or;o;
nai intention was, to carry this Road from An.
derson to Spartanburg some other poiu, in
that direction, 80 as to connect with tho Char
iotte Road. This might have made this Road
ah approximation to an airline But no ono
ever thought that this Road could be built os
the distance would have been over 900 mile.
and the whole way across country remarkably
broken. The Road could not have been hull,
for less than S6,0QO,O00, and no interest con.
nected with this enterprise could have raised the
one-slxth of this amount. see, however, that
tile friends of this enterprise are becoming more
alive of late. They arc looking to stopping
the Road Mt Anderson, and intend using the
"reehVlle and Columbia, and other Roads TO
furnish the connecting link with Charlotte
This would certainly not be un air. line R,od
o"c IL mas more sense i'll it than the air-line eu
terprisc, and may, by possi6iiitn be accom-.
plished.
thlhk have seen it stated that the distance
OF the proposed route from Anderson to ATLANTA.
will bo about 1870 miles, wlicl, at $40 900 per
milc would make the cost near 4, 900, 600 of dol.
lars If Il million Of stock could be secured.
and liberal State aid procured, the thing might
be pushed through under heavy pressure, and q
sacrifice of nll the stock.
The point to which wish to direct the atten.
ton of the people of Abbevillc is this: You
have Road that will be nearly as much of an
da-ene Road us this, and have Charters from
Georgia and South Carolina, for building it
mean the Road from Washington, in Georgia.
TO Abbcvillc G. H., in South Carolinn. The
length of this Road will bc but 30 miles. and T
think risk nothing in saying that it can be
buiit ior Sl0,Ou0 per mile less than tho proposed
koad from Atlanta TO Anderson. Assuming this
position to be correct, for $500, 900 we can
have Road built that will lnck hut little, if any,
thing, Of beng US short the Anderson airlinc
Road.
IhIs is not the only advantage we have. Our
Road would be through one Of the richest plant.
ing countries to be found in either Gcorgia or
South Carolina; whilst the Rond by Anderson
from Atlanta, would be through one of the
poorest
If the people of Anderson and Atlanta, and
the intermediate country, can build their Road,
with but little wealth, distance Of l3O miles.
over all exceedingly rough country, what u slur
would 1t be upon the enterprise of our people,
If with five times the wealth. und less than one.
third of the road to build. over Il com parativeIv
smooth country, we should fail to build our
Road. We do not blame Anderson for atte,npt.
ing this work; we commend her But if $l,r build,
her Road, and we fail to build ours, should
regard it as Il sad evidence Of our want of ell
tcrprlsc What say you, people Of AbbcviIIc =?
10 IL n,,rtl .,c Ia:
at this time, and l would suggest to the papers
OF our town, that if they would exhaust n lhtl.
oi their energy OH this subject, it woull do them
no harm, and might benefit themselves and the
country much. PROGRESSlON.
Emigration Somhmord-Opinions of f;eorge
I'eabody, the Baaker.-Mr. George Peabody, the
eminent American banker, whose visit to this
country has been the subject of frequent news.
paper coniment-both in consequence of ih. re-
ceplion lie has met with, and the generosity he
has displayed i'll the endowment Of several nj.
nrahlc institutions i'll reurE--is report ed, since
.he completion of his tour in the Southern aud
Western State, To have expressed some o,,iniops
which, from such source, and relating us lhcy
do 10 sub ccts which he perfectly understand.
are entitled to considerable attention
This gentleman finds the United States in :,
condition OF general prosperity of which, he had
adequate conception {; but as Il whole, h- con
sIdcrs the Southern States us occupying the
most sold and permanent position Of Them ALL
The great staple of cotton makes the whole
world forever tributary to them. This is some
thing which at present they alone produce in
such quantities as adequately to supply the
looms OF Europe and our own country; and with
out we may almost say the world would 10
naked. In the Northern States the industrial
pursuits Of men are liable to great commercial
changes. The form and the character of manu-.
fnctured articles, the course of trade, the de-
mand for shipping, and the price Of flour, are all
matters OF frequent and dangerous iluctuation;
but cotton, under The impulse of AN increasing
demand and the chenpncss of its machinery,
formed novelties. is basis on which its produ-
ce's may soidly and unfcarinsIy rcposc.-N y.
Herald
That Comct-Look Out for H-Wc are rather
i'll favor Of the collision theory, in spite Of the
mathematical demonstration against it. At the
distance the strangeris at present, the orbit of
the earth is not 40 great spnce. The theory,
Of course, is that, taking the space we have to
pass through and that which the erralc messef-
ger has to traverse, together with the speed of
each, we shall arrive simultaneously Mt certain
point, and then That,a comet is cold body
on ITS return from its excursion into space seems
likely enough, the supposition that, like other
members of our systcm, it derives its heat from
News TINT the contact will be NONE entary. But
at the rate both are travelling moment is
enough, unless the other pnrty be, ns our neigh
bor.- wittiy suggests, ga mass Of nebulous bril- |
lianceIin short, nothing with u tail to it." In
that cnse we'll go through it. as railway train
has been known to go through wagon laden
stones, scattering the fragments right
md left and JardIyesensible of the shock odr-
selves One thing is certain, there is 10 dodg-
ing in the case. ssant shnt of steau or PIT
io,cn the brakes There is no place to s,ciicI off
o. avoid the impending collision. If the ,saIth
md the comet, arc approaching, it is with the
!eedy certainty of fate. II there is nny.Iiing
;eperal wickedness of. mankind. Adultery,
auider, theft, peculation. blasphemy, devil wor
hip. seem to: be the order Of the day. If the T.
ast deceiver had come*we should think nothing
Wanting that is sign of the end Of t,e world.
st Louis Leader. ~. II
:: compas.ss os. I,o. Mips-The Liverpool
;ompass Conip,iaee,. fosned:: by the late DR..
'coTssby and dotiers!rfor the purpose of inquring
ntos t,pssaass of, and 4 possible, providing a
emedy Sfor the extraordinary varations OF The
Orluass on b0afd iron ali ins has bean <}isI}a,ed