Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1860-01-21


for tho cause Of educate IN than any other living
man."
The Railroads.
The Legislature of South Carolina has ad-
journed and the two projects, for railway i'm
provemcnts, met with almost total defeat
The first bill in relation to the Blue Ridge
road was indefinitely postponed. At a sub
scquent period Of the session a bill was passed
to complete this road as far as Walhalla.
The French Broad route, when brought up
for action, was defeated in the House.
Our opinion is that South Carolina could
have built both these roads and thus have beeu
considerably the gamer, besides taking high
er position among her sister States. But her
law makers seem disposed to wall in the little
State and their action this session has cffcctu
ally succeeded unless the future will bring
to the rescue moro enlightened patriotism and
enlarged liberality.
But from the final action in regard to the
Blue Ridge Road, we think the friends of the
project may take much encouragement. For
unless the State shall eventually complete the
road, the little arm that runs up to walholla,
will be, as it were, the finger of dcrsion
pointing out the magnificent tunnel as the
best evidence of the folly and shortsightcd-
ness of the chivalry of South Carolina.
But there are other projects, which claim
some share of the Internal Improvement men
in the Western Counties. We refer espcci-
ally to the Western Extension of the North
Carolina Central Road. Engineers are now
| experimenting on the route from the mouth of
Swanannoa towards Ducktown, Tenn. We
learn that the corps found little or no obstmc-
tion east of SCOTS Greek mountain, distance
|
we must call attention to the route from some
point on Scotts Creek, by the way of Web
stcr, Savannah creek and Cowcc creek to in
tcrsect with the Blue Ridge road at the mouth
of Cowcc. For this route we have no spc-
cial partiality, except that, thus constructed
the Central Road will at once become part
of the Air Line Road, who9e beginning is at
Atlanta, Ga. We understand this route is
spoken favorably of by the Air Line Road s
friends and in making the great trunk through
the entire State, we think North Carolina
should have regard for this great Air Line
Road from the South West, as well as for the
roads in the West. If we thought others
! would agree with us, we would suggest that a
| Convention of the friends of the three roads
the n. O. Central, the Air Line and the
Blue Ridgc-be held in this place during the
coming spring and the consideration of the
whole subject be gone into, that something
may yet be done for the welfare and best in
tercst OF the South. What say you friends
of the enterprise and brethren, Editors p
| Our people are able and willing to entertain Il
thing of the kind, and will do the hospitai-
ties of the occasion with warm, mcuntaincer
liberality.
Since the above was written, we have learn
ed from private source, that efforts are be-
ing made by the Company to raise funds TO
carry on the work at the Tunnel by individu-
al subscription. We wish them success
[Fronhlm (N CD Observer
| DREADFUL OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Mass
Jan. LITTLE Pemberton Mills of Lawrence,
Mass, fell yesterday, and three hundred per-
sons were killed.
| SECOND DEspATcH.-Thc walls OF the Penn
bcrton Mills, at this place, suddenly fell at
five o'clock in the afternoon, burying five or
six hundred operatives. In the afternoon
the whole mass took fire, aud before IL o'clock
all the cOmbustibe material was consumed
1t is estimated that two hundred lives were
lost besides very large number being NOR
tally wounded, and many others variously
mntilated 1t will be impossible for long
time to tell accurately the anopIt of lives lost
or persons injured.
THIRD DEspATcH.--A portion of the en-
ployccs were at supper when the wall of the
! Mill fell, and six hundred were left in the
building. The dead and missing, number one
hundred and fifteen, the most Of whom were
I young girls, the main support of families One
hundred and sixty Eve were injured Loss
six hundred thousand dollars The fire has
been subdued.
TIE UNDEHGRoUND RArLRoAD.-Th Ro-
chester On. Y.) Democrat has information of
an arrival in that city of likely slave, about
twenty three years of age, from South Carroll
ma He had belonged to Armistead Mason,
of Virginia, who was killed in duel in 1910,
and his widow sold him South to Col. Green,
wioh, of Oak Grove, near Charleston. The
boys name is John Niles Nine years ago
he attempted to escape, but was taken back.
He now rejoins his father and mother in Can
ada,
lImE OF NEaRoEs.--Nogro follows are hiring
in Sumter district at $3.50 to $3.50 per annum.