Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1859-09-24
ron the kEowHE COURIER.
Railroad Meetinr.

III accordance TO previous iiotite n lnrCc and
! respectable portion of the citizens of Union
county,,Ga met in the Court House, at Hairs
ville.'HBnl muton. the Hon. S. S.,HousmAw
| WAS callcdto.the Chair. and Capt. AirREp Brrr
requested to act rs Secretary. Dr. ANDREW
| IouNo was called OIL to explain tho object of
! the meeting. After which. he introduced tho
| following preamble aud resolutions to wit We
portion of the people of northeast Georgia
feeling ON our isolated position our great need
| of raih >ad facilities and having assembled for
/ the purpose of deviSing means to forward the
construction Of the liiwassce railrond. unani.
mously adopt the following resolutions:
| lst. Rcsotucd That the Tiisassec railroad
| Charter, together with the Charter from the
| Ducktown Copper Mines to Cleveland, Tenncs-
| see, Ga distance not exceeding one hundred
milcs,) form the nearest and the most practica.
bile line of connection between the great. valley
OF the Mississippi and Charleston, 81 c., Qhis
being nearer than any other limo of roads which
is or can be built, by from i25 to so miles)
| 2nd, Rcsoiccd That Nature having provided
this route by causing as it were the lofty noun
tans TO bow to our necessities, evidently direct
! ng ua TO the great connection referred TO above.
We would prove rccusaut to the duties which
we owe ourselves and our descendants, should
we longer remain inactive on the subject aud
unworthy those railroad facilities which thc
| bcnchccncc of nature has placed within the
reach OF our energies aud our capital
Bird. ResolUcd. That VIC pledge ourselves TO
use all available means for the construction of
| the lliwasscc railroad, aud that capitalists bc
invited to investigate and compare distance by
thi, and other roads, either cOmpletrd or con-
! templatcd.
! 4th. RcSolcca, That onr Senator and Repre-
sentative to the General Assembly be INSTRUCT cd
| to cooperate with the friends of State aid upon
equitable principles, but To oppose the adoption
l,.t. .I. r 1T
to discriminate against this OF any other portion
of Georgia.
9th. ResoiVca That the Secretary of this
meeting forward n copy of the above resolutions
to the Chattanooga AdurGsrr, Cleveland Ban
ner. IaWcnceylle Nems, Southern Bonner,
| Clarksville Journal. Walhnlla Banner and hco
,40eei OaSHicr, with the request to publish the
DR., YoUNG and C. j. WgluonN addressed the
meeting in support Of the same at considerable
length. When on motion of JonN BuTr, ESQ,
they were unanimously adopted. After which
the meeting adjourned
$. 8. HoRsHAw, President
ALFRED Burr, Scc'ty
BuLL FIGHTING IN CAIIFORNIA.--Bu
tights have become a regular amusement in
San Francisco. At the last fight they had
four bulls. The second one leaped up
among the spectators, but did no damage,
though after lie was lassocd, DIR. j. N.
Eckel broke his leg by leaping down from
the seats into the pit. The end of the
fight is thus described in tho Bulletin -
The fourth bull was very wild, so much
so that Garcia Yane2, the bull-fiyhitsT-iii-
chief, was afraid of him, aud wished to
let him SO out of tho ring without fight.
This, however, was objected to by two
youhg members of the.Noe family, who
proposed fighting him on horseback, if va
nez was afraid of him. The proprietor
retired, and the Noes, mounted on spirited
California horses, entered the ring; and in
avoiding the attacks of the bull. exhibited
number of extraordinary and admirable
feats; of horsemanship. They Carried a
number Of banderilas, or barbcd arrows,
ornamentod with colored paper, which they
endeavored to throw into the bulls neck.
l but the barbs being good for nothing, the
arrows would not hold. In keeping out of
the way of the bull, they turned their hor.
SOS as upon pivots, and would sometimes
st'oG?p and pick up arrows from the ground,
while the horses were at full speed.
Meanwhile two Of the banderiieros, be-
! ing the only two who were not afraid, ~.
! tered the ring also, and showed considers.
bic daring--6ne of them hanging his hat
!. ! upon n, the bulls horns. THIS ended the
,Ipdftorhlance. During its course "a large
inunlbSerr nlSrrr Of bouquets were thrown into the
rl!gg,whleh were picked up by the Noes
while on horseback. Tic music, during
the intervals of the fight, was made by two
bands -onc consIstinso of brass Instruments
and the other of two guitars, harp and a
flute, played by native Californians.
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