Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1858-12-04

pe uiscohtlnuCu, however prohtCSS 1T may
be to its projectors Indeed, where the
proprictorS i'll the vicinagc are stockholders.
the road cannot be said to be prolitless, even
although it be far from yielding dividend.
The capital thus invested in South Carroll
ma may be put down at S18,000,000, of
which sum the State holds shares amount
ing to S2,342, ,300,) and the extent of rail
way iii working order at 900 miles. The
Charleston and Savannah Railroad beyond
the Edisto the Union and Spartanburr
Railroad beyond Unionvlle; the Blue Ridge
Railroad beyond Pcndlcton, are all under
the active agency of their skl!tul and eff
cicnt officers, i'll course of successful con
, struction have confidence in every one
aud trust to see, at no distant day, the first
! linking ourcommercial capital with the Gulf
OF Mexico and New Orleans, the second
aud third with the Mississippi and Ohio
The work last mentioned, which [ visited
in Septembcr is progressing through its
barrier of granite with much order, rcgu-
larty and certainty. Nothing seems to be
wanting to its completion i'll the course of
three years but an ample supply of means
| Twenty-Five hundred feet of tunnel had been
tv.,ix bmndroJ r,,na;mim,. G;"a N,u', n''.
t;mc thc middle tnnmnl hns moo, anH,,lo.nJ
50 far rs to admit tbn nasen.rc Of bnrSa y
cart rho mosonrv Of ITronty.six NI;la
| Crccl, Scnoco Rn.or ond oloovlo.n :, ~
vanclng satisfactorily, and soon the cars
will be stcaning up to the foot of the noun
tain. The change which is going on in the
region through which it passes must be
sufficiently realized bv the ;nhnb;tonts Of
the vicinnoc ccncrolly but tho lose tn thou
would he most sodlv rcal;yod should tLn
work. bv onv nossibiIitv he stnnnnI
cannnt 6rin,r mvsclf to tlinl of suob ,o,
sibilitv to work in Which ti,, nridc of tLo
| State rs we'll os tho welfare and ;no.t;nn
bic value of n closer and moro d;rcct osso
citation with our nc;mbbors of Tonnossoo
| Kentucky. Alabama and NI;ss;ss;n,,; ;s nnn,
ccrncd. So imnortant do hold tb;s ;ntor
communication IN ns th,t I bol;o,c - IN
be the policy of the State os soon nc tbn
route by the Robun Gan is comnlctnd and
in full operation. to lend her means with
! the skill and ENERGY of her cnr;ncors 70
pushing forward another ropte of trovoI In
Eastern Tennessee by either tho Groon.
Vile or the Snortonbnro Road Rond. fnr
the last onstoimeut oftbe State suheor;n,;on
to the Blue RIDGE Railroad of 5000 900
was stoned bvm on the o5tb Octobor Ioot
MILITIA SysrE, The m;lit;o svotoM,
thouob far from bc;no nerfnct on1 aa
! mitting of amendment in ccrtnn details
we must not be induced to abandon because
of it's interference with the conven;onca ot
a citizen, or the exoction of Amos from do.
,lnlters oblivious of tLcir nnhEc dnt;ns w
It has nroduccd in tho service IF tho conn
t,v some Of the hest soldiers outside of tbo
regular army The duys of1776-90 mmst
never become SO remote. nor can tbc mem.
ory of a Gallant ancestry he 50 forgottnn 10
to permit their postcrity. the men of the
day, however Great the love of ease 70 over.
look the fact. that their liberties os we'll sc
the public peace, are in their own l,ccnino
and depend upon their own VIGILANCE and
ability to protect and defend them. Al
any and all moments the citizen is liable tr
be called into the field How imnort,nt
therefore, that he should NOT onlv cnltivotq
steady habits of temperancc and obedience
himself but also encourage them in other.
how important, bv associative at muster
with the men in his beat to know who will
be reliable in the time of trial, upon whom
lie may depend for the confident touch OF
the elbow when facing danger, or in com
bat. This bond of confidence is soon form
ed among the members of the volunteer
company; the same may be realized by a
person who has done his regular tour of
duty in the beat company; upon the man,
whose study is how to avoid duty, all rca-