Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1859-08-13
From the Franklin lN. C.) Observer,
Railroad Meeting.


The citizens of Jackson county, North
Carolina, met in Webster, on June 22na,
1899. %hcrcupon i Newton Bryson. Esq,
was called to the Chair, and \. NJ, Enloc was
requested to act as Secretary.
Col. L, -. BrysOn, who was called npon,
explained the 6biectuf tho meeting in n brief
but concise manner.
On motion of Il. If. Cannon, Esq, the
chairman appointed Col. Il. d. Bryson, j.
Keencr and K. H. Cannon, EsqS, who draft
ed the following resolutions, which were
unanimously adopted.
Whereas, the citizens of Jackson county
have understood that mass meeting of tile
friends Of tho Blue Ridge Railroad is to be
held at Tunnel Hill on the 10th day of Au-
gust next
Resolved. That the cilizcns Of snid county
concur in the propricty of said meeting and
the utility of tho meeting ut the time and
place contemplated.
Resolved. That the people of Jackson coun-
ty, North Carolina. desire to be represented
in said meeting, and that the chairman of
this meeting appoint twenty five delegates to
attend said meeting, in behalf of our citizens,
,Whoreupon the chairman appointed the,
following gchtlcmcn ns dccgatcs:' Col. T.
non, ESD, III. a. Boon, Esq, j. Kccncr, ESQ.,
a. w. Coleman, T. G.. Henson, Col. j. III.
Alley, w. A. Enloc, Col l.. NJ. Dillard w.
Iachcry, David Rogers. J. X. bills. Dr. j. G.
lave, III. Coward, Mai.W. III. Bt2son, dos
Wilson. w. r.. Buchanan. j. G. Bryson, ID.
d. Davis, j. W. Terrible, n. G. Abrams. Esq,
Il. p. Crawford, Esq, and Or. S. w. Hill.
On mutton. the-Chairman and Secretary.
were addod to tho list.
L, n. BRYSoN, Chm'n:
~. NJ. ENLOE, Sec'y.
GREAT EVENTS FROM SLENDER CAusEs.-
The following is an extract from letter of
the Rev. Thomas Bclshmun, dated Hackney,
August 10th lS05. which contains an ac-
count of II visit which he had Just paid to
the Dukc Of Grafton: admiral Cosdy told
me one circumstance whof VIVA curious -
When hc was COmmander-in-ch chief in tho
Mediterranean, during the late war. ut the
time that VIC were in possession nf Corsica,
and when Sir Gilbert Elliott was Governor
General of the island, General Paoli intro
ducod B4naparte, thon young man, TO tho
Governor and to the Admiral, as n friend of
his who would be glad to be employed in the
service of England but these wise men, not
having Lavater's skillin physiognomy, re.
jected the proposal, which obliged Bonaparte
to offer his services to the French, and this
was the rise Of Bohaparte's fortunes. / had
often heard that Bonaparte had offered his
services To the English aud had boon rejected.
but hardly gave credit to it till learned 1t
from Admiral Cosby himself" 'ff'."
PEACE AND WAR.--Tbe preciousncss of
peace is best understood by pointing out the
terrible injuries inflicted t.yon u notioh by
the prevalence of war. 0n.of the hundred
and sixty,s wen years intervening between
1858 and 1853 sixty.scyen were devoted to
war and carnage and tho nn9re epnte eost Of
those sixty-seven years was just one billion
five hundred million pounds sterling, or, on
the average, rather more than twenty-five
million pounds a year-tbat is about eighty.
five pounds sterling per niinulo, during that
long period!
. MYoU alwoys lose your temper in my
company" said an individual of doubtful
reputation, to person near him. True,
sir, and shouldn't wonder if | lose every
thing about me-" b'