The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1859-08-25
PROCEEDINGS At TUNNEL HILL


great barbecue on the l?th has been varlouslv
eS'iinat"d ut between four and five tIiuu>an,l.-
FOR several days previous there had been IL con-
staht influx oi visitors from most sections of this
State and from Georgia. North Carolina and
tennessee But on Friday morning, nll the diff
Ierc't lines oi road leading 10 this rnuuntni n
village, were thr"ngcd with every description of
vehicles, ana many of them containing. whole
ia'nics. At tunes, we could see IL fair couuiry-
woman on hors.back riding over rocky and ,n.
even ground with the cas-. of an ACCOMPLISHED
equestrian. The village itself bore the appear
ance of Il Fourth Of July fcsi,viiv. Flag, were
suspended from most of the 10y cabins and resi-.
hcnc"s' others again stretching across the roads
While over cacii shaft wus nailed 1, banner sir-
hiiyInS the progress of il,a work over Nos :.
and = were nailed banner, with :; border Of
black, ana Inscribed thereon, "Su>I,cirlcd for
" am oi MrauS. Al each arrival the new
cohl"fs We're sur" to IL: welcomed. ly s,,n. of
the villagers, and frequently hv some acGua:u-
tnnces, who had preceded them. At Il ht..
alter a. m, TIA: orator of the day, Mai. Il. +.
Perry, arrived, and was escorted by the Prc>-
dent, Hon. T.. Frost, To the entrance nf The Ism.
neL = large party Inspected the tunnel with
the above gentlemen. AT ? IL. ui., The t:o~c,nor
and stall arrived, aud were conducted ove- the
works. AS the G"vcrn"s party were leaving
The tunnel, the w"rkmcn simultaneously ceased
work. and turning round, with their heads and
lamps III Il row, gave !hrce cheers for the Co.
e'h"i' thic' lot '1o'l'h Cafcli'A. ana an0tler fu
the stump House Tunnel. Before reaching the
mouth, some seven eight blasts went off, ma
KING Il d-afrnlng noise, aud resembling 81 many
blasts oi thunder or r"ars of artillery. One, who
was tak"n i'y surprise, almost jumped from the
car in which he standing
AT 10 Il. III, the procession was formed, un-
der the command "f Col d. y. I..a,lhr,ter.
commander Of tho Second Regiment The fol.
lowing was the order of procession: l. Music
Rchand Rifle Band of CoiurmLa 2 Wal
hall; Riiirncn forty men, Cnpt. IIenkcn. 3.
st. Pairick's Society-Dr }. j. OConne, Pres.
ident 4. Miners, with banner, having u rep.
resentation Of n mechanics arm, with n raised
hammer. Motto. 'Wc doing nnr part" s.
Governor an,! suite. g. Orator Of til" day ans.
Pf:s'dc"t If che H!uc Ridge Railroad Z
Members Of the LEGISLATURE Press. o.
Delegations from G"or.,,a Nor.' Carolina and
Tennessee. ~. W"rkmen, with banner with
representation of railway tram Just entering the
t''iicl Motto. =" Our motto IS onward and West
ward IL. Pickcns District Band
very large stage erected, and rents in
front for over $1,000 pcrson7. Not the least in
trtcsling seen" WAS to witness the large. number
ui ladies IN Attendance, and The interest they
nFlearc'l t" take IN The gathering. Col a. L.
'"lh"'n, OF Fort Till, was called upon to act rs
Presiding officer of the day. Col. Calhoun then
stepped forward and invited The Governor anI
his stall /" seats upon the platform. The follow.
!ng composed the staff in attendance: Col. L.
!. SinlonS, Charlc>"n; Col. James d. Cist
Union: Col. Jas. Walker, Spartanhurg; Col
a. H. D"aring, Elgciicld: Col J. G.. Gibbcs
Columbia; Col. &. L. Townsend, Marlboro
The members nf the I"uisla,urc were next
invited nn'l the fuowin. took their seats; Hon.
J. j. Foster Marshall. Ahbeville; Hon. ]. j..
Alien, 'arnwcll; II. C. Smart, 81. Peters; A.
t. Allrich, Barnwcil; Geo W. Cherry, Pick
ems; l.. Sharpe. rmkcns; Dr. Il. a. Maxwell.
Iickcns ). Z. Hope, Lexington; DIR. J. H.
Lam urrp IrS E,rr
W. Adams. I;ig"sicld; B. &. Presley, Will
IL. X. Nan'iiver an,l J. II. Shank
In, Anderson Col. J. Quatilcbum, Edg.iield:
r. 5. Duryca, Esq. Charleston; Col. J. c.
Craig, i.aui",iS; DR.. }. e.. Brnckinvton, Will
!iansburg; DR. II. T.. Byrd, Darlington w
II. !, Ha'"Ihrii, GIrcnvi'ie; l.. OBryan, III. ii.
Harper, j. J. Wardlw.
The delegates from Georgia, North Carolina,
ana tennessee, were then invited uni took their
seats upon the stand The members Of
The press were alSv invited to seats on the
Ih atirrn,
Col a. +. CALnorS, the presiding officer Of
the day, then cainc forward who stated the OBJ
Jcct "t the meeting; and after Il brief, thouyl,
appropriate ad'lirss, introduced the Hon. B. +
PERRY, orator Of the day, but owing to It's cx
trenic lcngih We are compelled To omit his speech.
The frcsi.lcnt announced the Hon. J. Foster
AlnIShhll, Senator from AhhcviIlr WHO spoke of
tn" great interests involved, and his detrrtuna
ton, hcncciorih, To devote his entire bower io
the advancement Of the work. Mr.. Marshall
n.so hwc't upon the ohj"c,s. purposes. and the
benefits to be drriyrd in building the road.
The next speaker was Hon. j. d. Allen NJ
Barnwcll. who gave some int errs,in. Statistical
details Of In" money spent in other States for
railroads We regret limited space prevents our
giving, Tor the present. any extended rrport of
the above speeches.
Hon Thomas G. Perrin was then introduced
AIR. Icrrin SAID II was from profn,lnd sens. Of
duty yielding To ha own feelings Of prn,i,u,l
that he rose to reply TO the call made upon him
lie would beg leave TO add few remarks to
those already made, aud To add his voice and en-.
enlargement III favor Of the Blue Ridne Rail.
road in favor of the State granting such aid MS
may he necessary to accomplish the work lie
did not tlatter himself that he would be able 10
add anything. or any new argument in behalf
Of the enterprise. They had been told that j,
was an enterprise Of grca, magnitude. They
were all pacImred. at least, to conccde that fact
They Ind been told that il was an cnterpriso
which, if ac"ompl lisl,eh, would bring prosperity
and fortune into the State Of South Caro.ina.
They had been assured that the means were at
hand, and without embarrassing and without
taxing the people. Was it not true, if this en-
terprise was accomplished, il would bring pros
pcrily to South Carolinai Was there nny one
III the sound of his voice that could doubt the
propositIonf Was there any ony one who knew
en- little Of railroads, what thcv have done for
thnlr country, US to doubt and contend this pro-
posi,ion7
Mr. Perrin then alluded TO the increased value
OF property They had built railroads at n cost
OF sis 100000 The value of lands in the np
per division alone from that outlay was Sl2. .OOG,.
0oO What might he said of the increased value
OF property in the lower division? What might
be said as to its prosperity on Charleston7 They
were obliged to leave that out of calculation,
because there was no certain data upon which
TO PROJECT all argument growing out Of it. All
that he could say was, that they who have the
means OF trade use them most, and could not do
without them. Rather than them go down,
they would contribute from their private capi.
tai, more than it took to construct them altopcih.
er.
They had listened to what had been said of
me states OF Georgia, New York, Maryland
Not one. half had been told them The prosper
Ity oi these cities from railroads has never vet
been properly estimated, for there was no data.
Look at New York. and who could doubt that
reilLOats had hceu instrumental IL, ,nezaaso;,,a