Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1859-10-01
Railroad Meeting in Towns County.

instant, for the purpos> of holding a Rail
road meeting. On motion of Col. s. Y
jameson, John Corn Esq. was called to
the chair, and Z. j. Kinscy requested to
actas secretary.
The object of the meeting was then en-
planned by the Chair. in few brief and
pointed remarks.
w. L. Sutton, Esq, then introduced
the following resolutions:
| lst. ReSOlccd, That in view of the great
advantages to our State and to the citizens
thereof, which have resulted from the COR
struction of Railroads, by State aid, in
Georgia, and for the purpose of extending
those benefits to all parts of the Stntc, we
recommend the passage of a general State
aid bill. similar in its provisions TO one in
troduccd at the last session of the General
Assembly of the State of Georgia., " En-
titled an Act to aid the citizens of Gcor
eia, i'll the construction of Railroads in this
State, upon the conditions and limitations
therein sp,cifcd p" Provided said act shall
not be applicable to any Railroad that has
heretofore received State aid.
2d Rcsoiocd, That We instruct our Sen
ator and Representative in the next Gen
eral Assembly of the State of Georgia, to
vote for the passage of II General State aid
BILL similar in its provisions to the bill
above.
Col. S. Ried of Union then addressed
the meeting in favor of the resolutions.
and enumerated several momcntous crcum-
stances and events, indicating the ccrtninty
OF the ultimate cOnstruction0f the Iliwas.
see Railroad, and of its paying character
when made Mr.. George Smith then ad-
dressed the meeting in favor of the uiwas-
sec Railrood- compared it with other pro-
/ posed routcs-spoke of the shortness of
the route, and the greater choapncss of
construction uron this route than any other
that has yet been proposed. Col S. Y.
jameson was then called upon, and ad
dressed the, meeting in few appropriate
remarks. He WIS in favor of IIiwasSee-
| he had voted for lliwasscc-he had battled
for lliwassce, and that he WAS still ready
at any and all times, to do all he could to
advance the interests of Hiwassec.
Col. s. j. Smith was then called upon,
and addressed the meeting in his usual hap.
py stylc---spoke of the advantages of State
aid--wlnt State aid had done for other p0r-
tions of the Stute--thut it was rght--thnt
is WAS but justice to us to have like uid in
our portion of the State-spoke of the
school system--thc result of State enter
! priscs of a like charactcr--that it would be
apaying road-that taxation WAS prcfcra-
| bic to the State OF commercial slavery in
which our isolated condition places us
that we have aided other portions of the
State in times equally trying, &C., after
which the vote was taken on the adoption
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unanimous adoption, after which it was on
mo'ion.
Reso}sed. That tue proceedings of ibis
meeting be published in the Athens Bon-
mer, Lawrencevllc NewS, Clurkesvillc
Journal, and Kcowcc Courjcr
On motion of Maj Josiah Carter Esq,
Resolved that the meeting do now adjourn.
JOHN CoRN, Chairman,
t. j. KiMsEY, Secretary.
UNPARDoMABLE OUTKAGEs IN UTAn.
The Mormon iniquity has at last reached
its crisis. Our readers will not forget the
recent murder of citizen, who having
brought su:t against Brigham Young, was
conveniently put out of the way by his
myrmidons before the case came to trial.
But the Last crime of these atrocious ont
laws exceeds anything that thcy have hith-
crto dared to commit. Tie assassination
in cold'hlood, upon the very streets of their
capitol and beneath the broad light of day
OF SergoanS Pike OF the 10Th Infantry,
was an outrage against humanity, which
must show the necessity of bringing these
miserable wretches TO torms in tho shortest
and most effcctual way. The unfortunate
soldier was standing near the Salt Lake
Hotel with some of his companions, with.
out the least expectation of being attacked,
when rutfian came up and shot him NOR
| tally immediately, upon the commission
of the murder, the Mormon populace in
great numbers interfered successfully to
prevent the arrest of the nhscreant, and
he was thus assisted i escaping The
only prctence of provocaton for the cow
ardly deed, was that some time previous,
, Sergeant Pike had struck the sc0undrel a
blow, which had boon given in obedience
to the orders OF superior officer, and pure
ly in selfdefencc' The killing was alto
gether as malicious, wanton and pusillani-
nous an act MS ever dis9raced tho annals
of violence fetcrsb~y Eaprcss.
ARITHMETIC Julius, ] suppqsc YOU arc
a good scholar" I" Not as gond as ought
to be. Sam. Why" g Because wanted
to ask you aquestio' =" =" What is it, Sam 2"
+" Have you ever studied arithmetic 2" "Of
course" "Well, now, suppose that a man
should buy pair of chickens at twelve and
q half cents q pound, and tho chickens
weighed seven pounds and u quarter, what