Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1859-10-15
Interesting Mattcrs.

"The Hon. clam Sharpe, Senator from
Plckons District, delivered us u capital
spcech-chastc- appropriate eloquent. -
TIC said he gloricd in meeting his friends of
North Carolina, and in being permitted to
say even word in behalf of 50 grand and
noble an enterprise as the Blue Ridge Rail
road. South Carolina had looked to wcs
tern trade for more than twenty years
but she had been a'lcep-had been en-
gagged in political strife while she silent
Georgia had pushed forward her works of
internal Improvement and robbed her of
her crown; that the true policy of the
State was to sleep no longer-to arouse
and avail herself of the advantageous cir
cumstanccs which now surrounded her.
and contend nobly, generously for the OK
haustlcss stores of commerce pouring down
to the Atlantic coast from the great west
lie said that Judge Frost had been thor
oughly tried during the session of the Leg
lslaturc of South Carolina last winter-that
as President of the Road he had never
swcrvcd from truth and candor-that he
had always rather ovcrrated than undcrra-
ted the cost of the Blue Ridge Road-in
this he had shown himself the friend of
the State in her legislative action, as we'll
as IN her greatest commercial interest, as
involved in the completion of the Blue
Ridge enterprise. Mr.. Sharpe said, the
friends of the Road had fought the battle
in her behalf, last winter, nobly-werc
ready to return to the field and fight it over
again-were resolved to contend for it. rs
great and vitalintcrest for South Carolina,
so long as man of them should be left
The speaker then paid we'll mcrited com
plimcnt to our beautiful Tennessee valley
said he had never seen more beautiful
and interesting country, with its pure
springs, and crystal streams, and meadows,
and landscapes, and undulating hills, and
mountains draped in grandeur and sub
limity-that God had done much for us in
our rich lands, productive resources, and
mineral wcalth-had made wonderful
depression in the Blue Ridge as pass for
Railroad-thot nature had done all she
would do, and it now remained for enter
prize, skill and capital to appropriate it to
the use OF commerce and civilization. He
closed with stirring and eloquent appeal
to the friends of the entcrprizo to lend
strong arm and vigorous hand to the work.
and success and prosperity would crown
our labors
MIR. j. ). Shanklin, member to the
lower house of the Legislature of South
Carolina, made us short but apprc pirate
speech touching the merits of the Blue
Kidgc Road, as a State enterprise with
South Carolina lie gave us assurances
OF fidelity when the friends of the en-
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winter"
Maj Perry writing from the North says
" "To-day visited the Greenwood Gene
tory, and more beautiful and lovely rest.
ing place for the dead, there does not OK.
lst on this broad globe. One of the mon
umcnts to be seen there, that of Charlotte
Canda, cost forty thousand dollars There
are many others which cost several thou
sand dollars. The grounds are beautfcd
by hill and dale, lakes and fountains /
suppose we rode four or five miles i'm passnp
through this beautiful place.
Whilst in Natick, was politely carried
through one of the largest shoe manufacto
res by our other second cousin whom |
met there, by the name of Leland Every.
thing is done by machinery. The shoes
are cut out, dozen at time, by machine
ry, and they are scwcd by machinery driven
by steam +! The whole town of Natick has
been built up by shoes | saw private
residences there which cost fifteen thousand
dollars, paid for by shoes! The shocma-
kers have become nabobs and livelke prin
ccs! What wonderful people these Yam
KEGS are }! Their industry, skill and energy
overcome everything Every town has its
historian, and every family in its place in
the history. | was presented with a his,
tory OF Shcrborn, in which every family
III the township is traced back one hun
drcd and two hundred years | find nv
own family history going back two hundred
years, and my father mentioned lis moving
to South Carolina in 1874, and lost unheard
of afterwards
Senator Wilson, of Massachusetts,, resides
there Ill very humble but neat house,
lie was originally shoemaker himself,
and still concerned in the manufacturing
of shoes. He educated himself, and now
ranks for ability with the first me n in the
United States Senate. His father is still
alive, and makes his living by going from
house to house and saving wood He is
an intemperate man. and the Senator lets
him pursue his original occupation to keep
him out OF intemperance. But, what a
commentary on our republican
fatherof a United States
Senator now earning his bread by mcnial
Office
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