Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1859-09-10
Meeting otthe Stockholderssof the Ten
{. nessee River Railroad Company. Il

TINS DAY. ~ majority OF the STOCK peinE
represented, tle meeting wns organized by
the appointment of MIR. Jesse r. Siley,
Chairman, and William II, Peronncau, Sec,
rotary.
!, Hon, Edward Frost, President, made
verbal report on the condition and prospects
of the work.
DR.. IL G.. Woodfn, after few eloquent
remarks, introduced the following resolution
which wax adopted ~. -
Resofscd. That we approve and sanction
the. e.course pursued by the President and
the manner in which they have directed
the work, in view of the means TT their
command. @ = s.
DIR. Wocd6n also. introduced tho follow
ing resolutions, which were adopted:
ReSotceti, That tho Justices of the scv-
cral Couaty Courts of Cherokee, Macon,
jackson and Haywood Counties, BIO re-
quested to make subscription to the stock
of the Tennessee River Railroad Company
for their respective counties, subject to the
ratification of the people Mt the ballot box
ReSof,ieI, That application be made to
The next Legislature of North Carolina, to
authorize elections to be opened aud held
in the counties above named, to ascertain
the voice of the people in regard to those
subscriptions.
RpSokee,l, That we recommend that mass
meetings be held incach of those counties,
during the next month, in order to ayccr-
tain as far as practicable, what is the pub
lie sentiment in regard to aiding this rail
road, 10th by county and individual sub.
scription. - ..
ReSolccd, That committee of five from
each county be appointed to- carry into Of
feet the first md third resolutions.
RcSoiycd, Thata committee of three be
appointed to carry into effect the second
resolution. ,.e.
The following are the committees uppoin-
ted under the fourth resolutions:
Far Chcrohcn' Coumty--G. W. Haynes
A. T. Davidson, w. G. Walker, NJ. Fain,
n. $. jarrett. >
FIN Why@ood Coupty-B. Turner, H.
l.. Smith, j. Cathcy, S, Walker, 9. {.
/ Rogers.
fbr Jackson County-W IT, Thomas
J. Il. Love, jr., 4. ID, Bryson,J, II. Dllls,
j. Kccner. ,f.r..
For 4Mmoa Coumty---H G. Woedfin,
II. 2. Silcr j, w. Dobson, j. Ingram, III.
w. Nolcn
The following committee WAS appointed
under the fifth resolution:
j. Il. Moore, Billiard Love, Ill. c.
Woodiin.
After reading letter from Isanc B. Saw
yer, of Ashville, North Carolina, published
in the. Southern Guardian, of Columbia.
South Carolina, Mr.. n. S.,.Jarrett offered
the following resolutions, which were n,op-
ted: ..- '..
Rcso1vo1, That any statement to the Of
feet that any part of the subscription made
by the stockholders represented in this
meeting, is bogms stock, is without founda-
ton. in fact, and utterly false.
Rcsoircd, That any statement which in
Inmates that the friends of theBluc Ridge
Railroad in North Carolina are opposed to
county subscriptions, deserves the execra-
tions of all honest men.
An election WIS then held for officers
for the ensuing year, which resulted as
follows: So
PrUHent--IIon Edward irost
Sccrct,uy and TrenSrrrr--Wm. ii.
Pcronneau.
DircctorS--.Jcssc r. Silcr, William II
Thomas. n. S. Jarrett, II. G. Woodfn,
billiard Love. Joab l.. Moore, George a.
Trenholm, Henry Gourdin, Wm H.. ID.
Gaillard. -
l.. The meeting then adjourned
JESSE r. SlLElt, Chairman.
WM. III. PERoNNEAu, Secretary.
....t Se----~
A MAN REsuREEcrEp,-The Franklin
(I.a.) Sun has the following:
"a man who says his name is Ridcns,
arrived here a few days ago from the Ba-
you Mason, He tells the following story
on himself, which would seem to pecd con-
iirlpation
" IIc, isidcns, was one of party to run
a girl of. who wished to get married with
out the consent of her parents They took
a boat somC where up the Mason, and some
tinic afterward the parents. with pnrsu-
ing party, overlook the beat and stopped
her. a. fight then ensued between the
two parties for the girl. in which Rideps
received two severe blows upon. the head,
one of which laid him as Scnsclcss as death.
He WIS believed, in fact, to be dead, and
was consequently huried]y buried, About
two hours afterwards, two doetorsi who
wanted his body, dug him up, and finding
symptoms Of Vitality in him. applied the
necessary remedies audrestorcl himtolifb."
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HGRRIBLE Case OF ELF-MUpIISr
--0ne of the most horrible ooscs of selEmu-
tilation we have ever heard of, or read of