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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1860-11-24

gown had opened like parachute and was
floating OH top of the water | was already
more than knee-deep, and each advance made
matters worse. The position of young lady
exposed to violent gale of wind would be far
better than mine, but her efforts to arrange
things could not be more earnest. glanced
at the group opposite; a general litter burst
from all sides, but particularly from my young
lady vls.a-yis at the dinner table. | resolved
to be avenged and to put my gown down where
1t ought to be at the same time; So with n
sudden spring upward fell on my side, send
ing hot wave over the laughing company.
French, German and Italian arc the only Ian
guagcs to be heard in the baths, and doubt
much if female Anglo Saxon voice has ever
| issued from those precincts, unless from the
lips of a spectator Still the greatest deco.
rum was preserved, and [ did not see an act
or sign that would have been unbecoming in
parlor or anywhere else. The ladies gener-
ally kept very quietly in their seats, while the
gentlemen would paddle about paying visits
first to one lady and then to another, or take
seats by particular ones and pass an hour in
conversation" The Rev j. II. Headley has
described these baths in a more elevated strain;
his turgid, hJututin description of them was
very entertaining to me as school boy
| The Gemmi pass looks like solid pcrpen-
dicular wall and at the distance of half an
hours walk the idea of getting up without
wings seems prcposterous, but on approaching
nearer we began to discern deep winding gorg.
cs in various directions, up which zigzae
path had been cut, resembling winding stair
way. After several hours of hard climbino
we at length reached the summit, from which
we had grand view of the Alps from Mont
Rosa and the Simplon to Mont Blanc while
around us lay the ctornal SHOWS of the J.acm.
mer-g letcsher or lamb glacier. just below
the Slac'Nr is the Daubcnscc, muddy lake
two miles long, around which were immense
herds of sheep, goats and cows with hundreds
of tinkling bells, producing soothing, dreamy
sound, which is impossible to forget The
valley of the kandcr into which we now
descended, is highly picturesque but the
inhabitants arc n miserable, filthy, soualid
race, many of them having most unsightly
gotres; occasionally, too, we saw one of those
miserable crctins or idiots once so abundant
in some valleys in Switzerland.
The next morning, which was Sabbath VIC
arrived at Thun, in the canton of Berne, and
from thence took the steamboat up the lake to
lntcrakcn, where | brushed up and attended
service in the English church-a large house
crowdld with English tourists and addressed
by distinguished clergyman
| Yours, &c, r
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1860-11-24
Engineers Report.
10 lie President and Directors Of the Blue
Rtdge RoHroad Company ia South Gar

10 lie President anil Directors Of the Blue
Rtdge RaHroad Company ia South Gar
olina:
Gentlemen In my last Annual Report 4
stated that the only works in pr ess West of
Walhalla were the grading of Section No. 2l
with one third of full force, the Stump
House Tunnel with onc-third of full force.
and that Mr.. james Lawrence was working
his section voluntarily with small force
These works. in accordance with your instruc.
tlons, were all suspended on the first day OF
January last; and the operations of the year
confined to that portion of the road between
Pendloton and Walhalla With the excep.
ton OF the embankment on Seneca Bottom,
OH which the contractor hnd been allowed to
work with half force, and the masonry for
the Bridge over Seneca River which had been
brought to completion just prior to the date of
the last Annual Report, all the contracts on
tins portion of the road were suspended
some in December, 1856, and the rest in
1893 and 1859. On being summoned to re-
sumo work by your directions Of the 22d day
OF December last, some of tho contractors
obeyed with alacrity; but others whose con-
tracts were nearly completed considering the
little remaining to be done incommensurate
with the cost of the outfit, preferred, to Il re-
sumption and completion of their contracts,
the forfeiture of their reservation of ten per
cent. Other contractors were procured in
their places, and the whole work of grrdua.
ton between Pendleton and Walhalla was
commenced as soon as the inclemcncy of the
wiuter months permitted. The graduation
will be completed and the cross.tics all beddcd
from Seneca to Walhalla by the first of Jan.
uary, about which time it is also expected the
superstructuro of the bridge over Seneca Riv.
or will be finished. Nothing will then re-
main to be done bnt to spike down tho iron /;
which will occupy but a short time. So that
allowing for bad weather, the road may be
opened to Walhalla in February, or early in
March next.
The track was laid and the trains ran to
Seneca Bottom, four miles'from Pendleton, in
September. When the train reaches Wal
halla, thirty-three miles (one-si8Ch of the en-
tire road) will be completed.
The actual cost of this portion of the road
is $SS ,065 less than the estimated cost.
have again made a careful revision of the
estimated cost of the entire road, and a com
parison Herewith of the actual cost, MS far as
the work has been executed, which veriGes
the statement made in the Annual Report
OF lS5S--that the aggregate cost of the road
will not exceed my estimate
The lumber and iron arc in readiness for
the permanent superstructure of the bridoe
over Twcnty.six Mile Creek, which will be
raised and the bridge completed early iu the
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1860-11-24
BY R0B'T. A. THOMPSON.
SlEago TgD POE TRY.
Ruins.

Over sea. and over desert,
Wandering many weary mile,
by the lordly banks of Gnngcs--
BY the softly flowing Nile;
Travellers wander, seeking ever,
Ruins which many tales unfold,
OF the rude, barbaric splendor
or the mystic days OF old.
An they w,tch with straining vision
Watch "a pilgrims Mt shrine
For glimpse OF those hnlf,hidlen
Ctstte crtgs along The Rhine,
D er oil aucicnt lanls they wander,
Ever with n new delight,
Seeking ruins which are sacred
To their wonder loving sight.
But they know not that arounl them,
Close at home are ruins spread,
Strange as those that gimpscs give them,
OF ages that are dead.
Crumbling fame and falling turrct
Ruined mosque or minaret,
Teaches not the solemn lesson.
Which we learn but to forget.
Everywhere nrou;ll arc scattered
Ruincd lives aud broken hearts,
Wrecks OF manhood iar more shattered
Than those fragments of lost arts
Aud We necl not 60 to seek them,
Far from our own native land
For, unnotcd and forsakcn,
Near us many ruins stand.
But when eyes AMI hearts are heavy,
Gazing on them, comes the thought.
That, though corniccd aisle and column
Soon shall crumble into nought
Still these dnrkened human ruins
All rebuilt shall one day stand,
Bcauteous fancs and noble structures,
Within Coils most glorious land
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1860-11-24

MOBILE, Nov. 5.--The fowl boat Balt,c. ex
pioded her boiler yesterday, killing several and
wounding others.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1860-11-24

DEATH OF "OLD JOE SWEENEY" The
original banjoist, +" Old Joe Sweeney" diod
at the late residence of his father, in Appo-
mattox county, Va, on Saturday evening, the
9th inst, at about the age of forty-6vc Years.
He had travelled exclusively in Europe and
almost entirely over the United States, and
enjoyed probably a greater reputation than
any other man as Banjoist having been the
first white man to introduce the banjo to the
public.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1860-11-24

No doctrine is good for anything that does
not leave behind it an ethereal furrow reaJv
t1r the planting of seeds which shall spring
up and bear abundant harvest, rfTo
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1860-11-24

pany.
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AN honest man is respected by all parties.
We forgive hundred rude or offensive things
that are uttered from conviction, or in the
conscientious discharge of a duty M
Brownlow's Knoxville Whig. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1855-1861, 1860-03-24

TO MERCHANTS AND SHIPPERS
TIVE GREAT THROUGH FRIGHT
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szsth ssa ssafA Ssst. rs LfesAs@fE- ksa'Affis
ta.sss, 1hssisaasA- aal8 AsHa ftls . tan
fstssr sss -sffftss fFsdsss - ~ -lvssf tssa -
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40 O. NySsAss sFts a5sss esHtrf -
uIstsassd - rrses- eel 81 49, Fszzts'af
pass tasA - q Ia p, "a * 49, sstst
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Brownlow's Knoxville Whig. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1855-1861, 1860-03-24

Efirats - TefFutsss tstaFRiHs Huiatas ftBA3f tss
farn A. si9 aaAs - tsAss u aFaeFs tiss
sa,eyiss asia fssetiea Mstthss sas s'hss eHHsbast
o.. sftliss ssss ~ sAsFfea y lsi Sse4 = tEsA ssa
ssa usts a. fsssap F1sVesianca
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Ayers Cathartic pills,
FOs AL The PURPOSES CT 4 Family PTSis

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a., 81 q ttet can saF~lv stthstasl tssi' thf va
Ihrjr ist 'rutiHz p;uHti.s stafa 3. Ht'' ir''''-
sal tatgRsrstr stprt lsoftiVa ~ iira bansa ~,
eau.ss ,,srrsussnS its rIfeasssf 80, asa frs
t!u5rnE its huslfss 1ttaiHife a csstFt9 ~ 49,
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~ o5.v ~ sitafsir zSsi iusiisstE
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FsafgFa- sst 1892 fie.frfAsTa, 9ssa.srths 7Tts
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Ague Cure.

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Intermittent Fever Of fersg and Aga
HsmitteBi Fever, Chill Fever, Dumb
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Hssdaehs, aaa Rslleas reyszs, indeed
fE Tie uAsis clan Fl Diseases eFigf
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assu .nra. is.saasA o. rseps ,isss 10 harm ssa
ssiss fsua i.s ase IN an qasHtisF.
That rhifh iusteCfs it1fa as prevents thls ais-
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shaa ssFs, fr she psIiant ssrsfes The Fssk Si,t4i
b. mat rba IN violent sitatts n this balvfsi
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sliins ~ tssIssFafiy rvssi''g b. ~ iaala'r'ps
di-tFl-tt Il takcu arss-tnsllr. ~ asstys Vie
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f1sns Tive systrrr s,.i ssuipi sssulssaiass 30 s-
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sal tru eli Fses suarr ffuta i''sssss,stEsats y
tsy sss3l tlsuusites u tie pFsessssa usts si''-
els sfitHts.
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AaN Fsts7a ~ - ~ .f'-tr 80 -
Tfe ~ sss-fsse ssruas - Nss gft. NsshsnxtRn.
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Sc -aaiFs tss stssss ~ Nsaegsss s-tst q
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NEW CONCERN.
IIANIN ASSOCIATED OUR
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OVERCoATS

nT BEANEa Pilot. FUR, PE
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ha.sa--s lasss. y Easas 80 fsaST csreHs7s. 49,
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r-sS 60 - FrsH-A C2zsss- Eissa 49, Etes
49, szslE-ss sssssai sEsa-s--sst 49, sssss -
$50
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49, Fssss - sssvsssui fsftsrss Fls's - faSsl
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ahgs - ts.e asa EaEssstT-as HtsiEtt
Rsts kuaa Fats 3-stkia Nss fsFk. aHA Asi ts
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WATER.WHEELS!

si fsFStss thE sisp asias4 Astfihaff 81 saaGHeets
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u sftsl~s q Aii saEss " fasi I-aassa-s = -
ssr-tts 3 III a. EtlstiS.
SIS Esasrtar. Ee-@,
Delaware inquirer. (Wilmington, Del.) 1859-18??, 1860-04-28

The writer having imported from England
number skylarks, seventy-fve in all, liberated
about one-third Of them in March, 1853, in
New Castle county Delaware, and the remain
der of them some months afterwards, in the
hope of naturalizing and perpetnating in the
United States, this celebrated minstrel, solong
the theme of poets in the world; but soon lost
sight of them, until the summer OF 1854 when
he found that portion of them, having passed
n summer ana winter, of average temperature,
had cOlonized upen farm near Centeryille,
in that county, where they continued TO soar
and sing for more than three months, and where
they were visited by many persons from Will
mngton. Since that time lie has heard but
little, with certainty, from his enfranchised
captyes, though he believes, from occasional
accounts, not perhaps entitled to full conf
dencc, that they have now spread over large
extent of territory, and probably also largely
increased in number. 1t is the purpose of this
communication to elicit reliable intelligence
from any farmers it may reach, either of their
presence now, or of their ever having been in
their neighborhood, with an account of any
nests to be sought only on the ground, that
may have been found, or any other information
respecting them, the more minute the better,
of which they may be in possession, A letter,
addressed to Post-oilice, box No, 23l, Whining
ton Delaware will reach the writer, and be
gladly received.
The bird is about the size of the recd-bird
Of our marshes, or the cedar-bird so well known
to most farmers as depredator on their early
cherry trees, and not very unlike the former in
its nlain plnmage, except that the breast is more
spotted and less yellow. 1t never alights upon
n tree, the foot being so formed as not to al
low it to clasp a branch, but will be best known
during the singing seasen-April TO August,
incusve-by the manner Of its song, differing,
as it does in this respect from all our Birds
II springs from the ground, often soon after
daylight, commencing its song Mt once, and
continuing 1t as II mounts slirally upwards,
some times until quite out Of sight where hay-
ing reached its height, it remains either poised
or moving slowly in more contracted circle,
and only visible when, in its turnings the wing
occasionally reflects the light, but still singing,
from five to fifteen minutes; when it commen-
ces its downward movement, still apparently
following the spiral line by which it had as
cended, and with but little diminuton in the
gushings of its melody, until within twenty to
one hundred feet Of the ground, when, with
wings closely clasped, it shoots, from some inn
pulse probably gathered in this somewhat rap
ID descent, In a line often but little inclined
from n perpendicular, though sometimes, when
it comes low before commencing this movement,
in direction nearly horizontal, and with the
directness and seemingly almost the celebrity
of bullet, until within afew feet ofthe ground,
when its motion is suddenly arrested, and
spreading its wings, it alights.
Delaware inquirer. (Wilmington, Del.) 1859-18??, 1860-04-28

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