Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1860-03-03
The Value and Usefulness Of Railroads.

ln6 Value anu oSSlulucso VI RtiIVduS.
Mr.. Miller, in slate report of the Central
Railroad survey, exempliGes the value and
usefulness of railroadsfs follows:
Z" In 1887 [ was engaged OH the Georgia
State Road, just then commenced | there
became acquainted with the people along that
road-their habits aud their means, Beyond
their actual wants for food, they raised no
thing at all. The men mopddNarOund, and
shot at a mark The women seemed to do
but little, whilst tlleir children, poorly cared
! for, sauntercd about from place to place, as if
! their highest thoughts were bent on catching
rabits, opossuns or some such small game
What was the use of working, when it would
cost them two dollars per bushc to get thoir
wheat to market, and then get only one?
"In 1857, went back asuin, and what
change !! The rivers were the sumc-tho
Kcnncsaw Mountain had not changod-thu
(" Crooked Spoon still rolled aleng-tho
men and women that once knew were tbcro
the boys had grown to men aud the girls to
women; but their mien was changed. The
old men stood erect, as with conscious prdo
they looked upon the waving fields of grain.
The matrons busted themselves about their
dsrics and their Looms; whilst the sturdy
boys were graphing with the plough.
"What had broy hit this change about?
Listen for while, and soon you will hear the
irou horse come storming along? Hc stops
at station for fuel and wutcr---a man gots. off
the train. He is a Charleston man, or per-
haps the agent of the Montgomery Mills
"he cars 90 on, and Ire goes tothe house He
me, IS the farmer-thoy have mo5 SISGSvac. Ilisg
business is to buy gnain. Strange, but true,
that the demand for wheat should he so great
as to induce the merchant to buy at the farui-
cr's door lie offers one dolarand n half per
bushcl, cash, for the entire crop, and furnish
the sacks to put 1t in. That do Su-
vannah was hero yesterday, and Columbus
the day before, and they offered more Hero
is the key to this change This solves the
mystery. The great State Road-thc iron
horsc-tho dollar and half per bushcl, cash,
tells the tale. Tins is literally true as any
one can ascertain, by inquring of the man
that knows"
TIE CHARLESTON CoNvENT1oN On the
evening of the 23d, public meeting of the
citizens of Charleston, in favor of participa-
tion in the Charleston Cnmvcntion, was held
in llibcruian f!all. The Hon. James Simons
was called to the Chair, and siXtyfvc Vice
Presidents appointed. The list is filed by
names from the most respectable and infu-
cntial citizens of Charleston. Gen. Simons,
upon taking the Chai, delivered some peril
ncnt predatory remarks. Samuel Y. Tupper
submitted to the meeting a preamble and res
olutions, which were adopted, The meeting
was also addressed by Coi.ST Y. Simons and
II. G. King, Esq. Tnc following delegates
were appointed:
Col. J. }. Pope, Col. 4. Y Simons, Col II, ;
Buist, Col. T. l4annoau, David Ramsay, NJ
L. OConnor, G.. n. Reynolds, jr., Samuel d.
Stony, ~ A. Allcnoug, Col. j. j. pcttgrew,
NJ. A: Pringle, Il. G.. Baker Samuel Lord,
lr, VS.. lIastic, G. l.. Burckmyer, A. Me-
kensic, John s. Riggs, w. s. Elliott T.
Mclchors, w. Y. Lietch, Bdw. Magrath,
Samuel Y. Tuppcr.
we see that public meetings have been
called In Lexington and Georgetown Dis
tricts, for the purpose of sending delegates.
MorRSFCL. Howard IIaync Caldwell, tho
poet, editor, lawyer and scholar, brcnthed his
last in Columbia Tuesday of last week IIo
leaves awife and child!
THE FoRrIrIcATIoN BITI.-The bill re-
ported in the House of Representatives on
Monday appropriatcs the sum Of six hundred
and five thousand dollars (S605, ,000) in aid
Of Notifications and works Of defence, inclu-
ding $4,000 for Fort Carol, in the harbor
of Baltimorc $4,000 for Fort Delaware;
$4,000 for Fort Monroe; $4,000 for an ar
tesian well and bridge at same fort; SIS, 600
for Fort Calhoun, in Hampton Roads; S10,-
600 for Fort Macon; SS, 600 for Fourt NIoul-
triejS70,00O for Fort Taylor, at Key West;
$4,000 for Fort Jefferson, Florida; SO, OO0 Z
for Fort M'Kcc, Pensacola; $50, 900 for Fort
Point, San Francisco; and S25 900 for Fort
Alcatra2,' San Francisco Bay