Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1859-03-05
Senator Hammond.

Pink" the circumspcct and entcrpris-
ing correspondent of the Charleston Couyic,.
thus discusses Senator lIammond's claims
upon the democratic nominations for the
Presidency.
The time for making arrangements with
view of nominating any particular candi-
date for the next Presidency is n good way
off, yet the politicians here are already-to
use peculiar New York phrase" laying
the pipes for that interesting event. BY
common consent, the next nominee of the
Democrats will be Southern man, mas
much as the last two Presidents-and in
fact three, as General Taylors short term
is scarcely considered in this connexion-
have been selected from the Northern
States, AS the matter is thought and talk
ed over, public opinion, among Democratic
politicians, centre more and more upon
one man and he is no other than Senator
Hammond, of your State His recent
course in the Senate, and his late speeches
there and in South Carolina, have made
him the rising man of this time.
Many of the enthusiastic friends of Mr..
Douglas arc also coming to this conclusion.
The judge himself is reported to coincide
with this feeling, freely conceding that the
choice of our. next ruler belongs fairly to
representative from the South. Mr.. Ham
mond is regarded as peculiarly the man to
run against the Black Republican nominee,
in case their choice is Seward. lie will
be able TO cope with this arch agitator, and
measure intellectual lances with him, when,
where and on what topic he may choose.
The Douglas men will cheerfully consent
to the nomination of Senator Hammond AN
the Little Giant iscomparatively young
yet, and can afford to bide his time. If
the opinions of the leading and ruling pol-
itcians who gather in this metropolis are
to be taken as. good prophecies in such
matters, the event predicted in this letter
will stand a very good chance of being con-
summatcd. Then how popular will become
the by word---" Hurrah for Hammond"
TERRIBLE SrEAMBoAT ACcIpENr.- re-
Gret to learn, as we Ito from Capt, Mckay, of
the steamer Virginia Belle, which arrived
here at 6 O'Clock. lastcvening that the steam
or Comet, Capt. p. G. konnet. was lost in the
storm. about eighteen miles below this CITY,
Saturday last. BY the accident, no loss than
eight or fen lives were lost. and the steamer
andcargo went down in fifteen or twenty feet
water.
In 6dditionit to it's destructive effects upon
the steamer Comet, tile storm was fearful in
the vicinity of the disaster. The house of
Mr.. Scnnlan was dismantled ofthe roof and
chmneys; the roof of the stable and the fenc-
ing and out houses were greatly Injured, and
1T is feared the storm has done much damaac
to property and perhaps involved further
loss of lilo in the ghbofhood.- Mc,nphis
.1Catanche, irb. 81. it ,a5 ,.a
RAILROAD MEETING. .--The Georgetown
Times informs us that n meeting was held
in that place on the 3lst instant. The Hon.
j. Harleston Read, SEN, was called to tho
Chair, and Il. DozieT acted as Secretary.
Mr.. Solomohs, the resident engineer and
general superintendent Of the, North East
Railroad, gave the meeting the following
cstiinates for forty miles: For eonstruc1
tion S392,00c; equipment S83, 900; an
nual working expenses $780, 900 to1which
fhe adds interest on $3.50, 600 OF bonds: to-
gether making S805,000. The receipts ho
estimated at $50 $500. His estimate, he
said, was a very liberal one. q IIarieston
Read, jr., and Col. B. III. Wilson address
ed the meeting Acommittee was appoin-
ted 10 solicit subscriptions. -
Il 1s - =, Ssss------- ~ ~ at
YALUABLE Discovery, ,7-Mr. George @.
Henry, of Mobile, Ala, has invented mech
inc for spinning cotton yarn from tho seed
staple, saving the delay 9nd expense Of GIN
ming. andthe injury to the ffhFo Incidental
tsS :.!ha. .!ha. process. Sand. dirt and cAhor foreign
substances aro separated from thccotsoB with.
2Ut crushing , <fsz.ea.s, a.9fE 4N'