Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1859-02-26
Growth of the Great West.

Judge Mcekin, Of Minnesota, in n re-
cent speech on the subject of Mail service
between the head waters of Lake Superior
and the Pacific Ocean, stated some re-. ark
able facts in relation to the wonderful
growth OF the West. He said, that in 1916,
the first effort in good faith was made to
navigate the lakes. In 1911 their com
mcrcc reached an aggregate of sixty-fvc
millions of dollars I'm 1856 it swcliod TO
the enormous sum of six hundred and
eight millions, Cities in the meantime.
arose on their shores like magic, vicing in
population and business with others that
had been growing ior centuries. Buffalo,
Chicago, Milwaukee, Cleveland, Detroit
and others arc classed among the cities and
commercial centres of the world. In a
speech delivered in New York more than
twenty years ago, Mr.. Webster, in alluding
to this subject, said; "These great lakes,
stretching away many thousand Of miles,
not in a straight line, but with turns and
dcfcctions, as if Designed to reach, by wa
ter communication, the greatest number of
important points through region of vast
extent, cannot but arrest the attention of
any one who looks upon the map. They
nc connected but variously placed, and in
tcryperscd os with studied ,a,.;ot,. - r,,.,',
and direction over that part of the country.
They wcrc madc for man and admirably
adapted for his use and convenience. -
Looking" says he, Cover our whole
country, comprehcnding in our survey the
Atlantic coast, with its flick nonulnt;on
its advanced amriculturc its scvtcndnd oo,,,
n,oroo ;+,,,,,, ,1 - :,
;ts ~ . 20 any ''iccii"n'c arts
~ "''uun'c"l'on, ltS wealth.
ana iCS Sencrai improvements and look
ing then INTO the INTERIOR to the immense
tracts OF fresh, fertile and cheap lands.
bounded by so many lakes. and wotcrcJ b,
So MANY moon;icSnt .+rn,,,,s' iat ,,,o Il
ifsuch o,.,,,. !, 80 ~ nv ,,N
.lo ~ "'' ~ '0'o'o P'IHcn'e" 10
=, y W ""y S.''VH'"ah us lhcntrc Tor
the exercise OF ms wiSdo"' and patriotism?
And let me ask, too, if any man is fit to
act part on such theatre who docs not
comprehend the whole of il within A.
sconc of his nol;cr ouI op,h,ooo ;tau ~
his corrtr,. ~ P;.I,,,e,,,1 D., on 80
-, .a"n'1mo ~. .,.. 1l'EP"'c"'
TnE WAR QursrIow.-From recently pub
lishcl statistics il onncors thottlo Im:... H."
Italian Siotcs oIo O6n TS TLSo Itoi; viE ",noreh'
ton numbers aG.OOO 600. In a war; VIII i";'L
Sardinia, Austria could begin with $4,000
troops in her favor, but they would he sur
rounded by ahostilc population. The iinan-
COS OF +nuS'l'l 1 r 90 not encourage The idea of
IN ~ ohontGi7 YS 0nn ~ 6GE lN9o WAS F-2,ouu'Voo;
better nosition inonciaIlv ;s Uo .noun ~. !"
Gus as to desire war. Most of the nnLIie
journals dcprccatc any interruption of the
present pacific relations. 1t is stated thut
lne projects whose position renders them too
"Pv 10 'o cJu" i" Wis".Gvor . may seem the desire
f,.ey live and nave nov and bSvo "I"Se thnr he grace
nave one and all made returns TO the ccntr59i
Government conGrmatory of the opinions
expressed in public journals. One project
is said to have written that he knew but one
i'uSo m.,. ;,n' wonia rouse IN france tax bear,
with En%!onS ~ T".; ..r%o @ v"v M'S nuIFFeI
our bnrrGit"ry cnnm,;ns y hn '' & y, i'''.t'u ~ "
added, lis more intense than Ihavclancnorc
to describe, aud believe there is no hard.
ship no imposition, of whatever duration,
!n"! c"uh'r! would NOT chcertuliy sustain
=" ,ul1Gor'n'' nE' ol so h1iy cause; but for
d ,ad !" ''' ''i''''' ''' p0P"'"'n'''F' Is
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~ MANS BRAINS KNOCKED OUT, AND
YET HE STILL LIVES The Eau Clara
isconsin) Telegraph narratcs the fol-
loving singular case of surgery The case
is that OF James Campbell, a luborcr in the
employ OF George &. lrvinS, OF Dunn coun-
~, whose brains %ore literally knocked out
by the falling of a tree, some six weeks ago,
and, strange to say, he is not only still liv-
ing, but has rcgamcd all his faculties, and
bids far to recover his usual sound health.