The independent press. (Abbeville C.H., S.C.) 1853-1860, 1859-08-26
TIL E [ INDEPENDENT n PRESS.

EDWARD FROST, President of the Blue Ridye
Railroad.
6. His Exccllency, WILLIAM II. Grsr Gov
ernor OF the State, and his suite, Coils. THOMAS
y. SiM"Ss. A. H. DEARISG. JAMES d. Grsr, Jo-
sErn WALKER, JAMES G. GipnEs.
Z. Hon. D. +. PERuY. orator of tho dny. and
Col. WALTER GwYHN, Chief Engineer of the
Blue Ridge Railroad.
s. Members Of the Legislature, embracing
Hon. j. FOSTER MARSHALL, AbbeviIIe: !, Hon. J.
ID. ALLEN, Barnwcll: H. c. SMART, st. Peters.
Col. A. I. ALpncI, Barnwell; GEo r. CHERRY,
IIoS. L. SHARPE, Dr. Ronr. MAXWELL, Pick.us.
j. c. I"rE, Lexington DR.. J. II. WARE, Lau-
rens; Jas. FAHnow, Spartanburg w. w. Ap-
AMs. Edgcfeld; Is. c. PEEssLEY WILLIAMSBURG.
ii. r. NASDrvER and j. r. SnANKLIX, Anderson
Colonel }. QrATrrEnuM. Elgefield; u $. Dur-
YEA, Esq. Charleston Col G. J. Craig, Lau-
rens; DIR. j. c. BnocKISGToN, WILLIAMSBURG:
DIR. il. l.. BYEp, Darlington: W. II. CAMPBELL.
Greenville: lion. LEWIS O'BnyAN. N. BAnrror.
oMEw, ii. ii. HARPER. j. J. WAKpLAw. Abbc-
vilie; GP. TOWNSEND, Marlboro ELIAS NEx-
MING, Christ Church; Hon. 5. j. MONTGOMERY,
williamsburg
o. The Press Of South Carolina, represented
oy the Pichcns Lo"ricr, the Walhalla Banner
the Anderson Gazcttr, the Ahhcvilic Press the
Newberry !S"n, the Columbia Souih Caroi;
"'d', the Camden J,nrmni, the Darlington
f1aA The kingstr"e Str, the Georgetown
1f"'eS, the Charleston Cnrier. and tho. .df,rcury
10. Delegation from Georgia, headed bv
Judge BLAxELY.
II. Delegation from North Carolina, bealcd
by j. SLEn, Esq.
H. "orkmen from the Tunnel, bearing n
banner representing n railroad train at the
mouth OF the Tunnel really to enter. Motto
sour motto is onward-wcstwari"
ID Invited guests, including Aldermen J.,
DRuMMoSD, B LUCAS and l.. ii. RopGErs. of
Charleston; Col. L. G PEnHIS, President of
the Greenvillc and Columbia Railroad: Gen.
PATTERSON, of Bnruwell Col. j. D. Asuyorr
member of Congress from the Fifth District ::
Dr. ALDrclr, af Earnwell; DR.. ArrLrny Of
"e"rset"w"; HENRY T.. RAvESEr, Esq, Of
iickens; Hon. J. L. REED, Of Anderson; and
other gentlemen from Charleston and yarous
| parts of the State
ID The rickcns District Band
a l"rge platform had been erected in pleas
ant grove near by, and number of seats had
ocen provided. and here an audience, number
ing between nv" and six thousand persons. as
scnbled. Col. SHARPE, Chairman Of tho rou
mttee of Arrangements, after n few ;ntro1,.-
tory remarks, introduced Col A. p. C,1uo,,x
VI rort ii'i'' who made n very appropriate
| speech with regard to the design of the meet. b.
! ing, and the Importance of the cut.rnris,
We make the following extract from the rcnort
| Of the Curoiinian:
Kermit rIeto say that great and moon;f
| cent valley lies to the West, from the hanks nr
Tie wonderful river that sweeps through i,
| ana It's vast tributaries and nlluvial nlains
stretch from the Gulf of Mexico to IN. i,l..
| in one direction, and to the base of tLc Roni =.
AlountaIns in the other. Within sirbt n f.. "
| 'nlics from where We are now stanlinp the
dividing ridge between the waters TINT aoyy
'n'o t!is valley, on the one side, and to the
Atlantic, on the other. is separated by ONLY
'cw iect. But this mountain barrier, before
invention hud devised n way separateL the
| industrial slope of the Atlantic from all the
region drained by the waters Of the Missssiu-
Fi. lhe railroad has broken down this burricr
nAd-How the products that float to New Or.
ienns are DETECTED from Mobile to Boston
and wherever the valley Of the Alississ,ppi can
oe 'lPPeu' every State but ourselves is reach.
| ing tor the trade. Even New Orleans. not con.
tented nor satisfied with the in land sen. stretch
ing back thousands Of miles, and covered with
Steamers bringing to her Ievees the most SRI
gnntIc trade upon the continent, is ru,ninr
ROAD almost parallel with the river. to com.
pete more successfully hv railroad than by
water. Alabama is building her rond from,
Mobile to the mouth of the Ohio and from
thence the Cairo and Chicago Road connects
her with the lakes. She is also stretching her
Selma and Tennessee Road into the region OF
competition and wealtli-Georgia from Savan
nah and Nashville, aud Memphis has already
reached the coveted valley.
North Carolina is ready TO pierce Il md
would not object to the French Broad Road
helping her on: Virginia. by her system of
roads. ls already connected with Knoxville.
mary lana has long since had her Baltimore
ana ONO Railroad, shat has made Baltimore
her great commercial emporium the third
IN population in the Union. Here, then, we
nave every State, except South Carolina. con
nected, or about to DO so, by their own sys-
tenn or roads, leading to their own sen ports,
and the change already effected isasn nrycllous'
'1outh Carolina alone cut Off except the trade
she can divert from passing between Atlanen
ana savannah. and even then broken link at
augusta, and a navgnble river and railroad
lending from that point to savannah md NOT
only So. but she is at nll times Mt the mercy of
Georgia, who can discriminate many WAYS, di
rectly or Indirectly, in favor of her own sen
port. Is South Carolina satisfied to remain
Inact''e IN the great rnce Of competition to
reach the wealth of the richest valley upon
earth, whose products now nre but tria,pr in
comparison to what they will be, when in.
stead Of ten millions. she will have two hun.
dred millions Of pop lations"
Upon the conclusion of his remarks, he in.
troduced the orator of the day, Maj. d. F. Pm.
RY, Of Greenvlle, who made an able speech
OF one hour and a quarter in length But as
we design publishing it in whole or in part
we will omit an abstract.
Next followed Col. MARSHALL, Col. ALLEN,
and Col. PERRIN. for an abstract of whose re.
marks we are indebted to the report of the
Aercury:
Hon. j. Foster Marshall, member of the
State Senate from Ahbeville District was then
introduced. who preaced his allusions to the
great results and objects to be obtained not
only for the present generation. but for poster.