Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1866-06-16
The Columbia and Hamburg Railroad.

The =" Edgeicld Advertiser" in an article
on this road, says.
There arc at present from $50 to 400 hands
at work on this road, which force will be short
~ increased to 500. The contract for the
bridge over tho Congarec, at Columbia has
been taken. The laying of the iron uponsthe
track will be commenced about the 1st No
vembcrncxt.
Col. William Johnston, the able and widely
known President of the Road, as also of the
Columbia and Charlotte Road, accompanied
by Col. Gardner, Chief Engineer of the for.
mcr, have been lately in our midst, bending
their united energies to the furtlcrancc and
speedy accomplishment of their great work.
The high integrity and known financial ability
of the President stamp with success any meas.
urc with which he allows his name to be asso-
ciatcd. He is plain practical and earnest,
and possesses in remarkable degree tile CON
hdencc of the entire public.
Sometime ago, when Col. Johnstons name
Hamburg Road, VIC had occasion to cast our
eyes over statement of the condition Of the
Charlotte Road. We asccrtaincd the fol-
lowing facts The annual income of this
Road was about 100000; and the nett
-
600. The entire cost of this Road was
about $2,O0O0O0; the yearly interest on
which is Sl40 900, leaving s50, 900 nett profit
to the stockholders, per annum. Besides this,
when Sherman marched through the country,
the Charlotte Road owned over 500 bales of
cotton, a large number of negro slaves and
much other valuable property.
The Columbia and Hamburg Road will cost
at close estimate 81 500 900; and it is rca.
sonablc to suppose that great and unavoida-
bic thoroughfarc from North to South, as this
Road must necessarily be, will prove moro re-
muncratiye than the Charlotte Road.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 2S.-The Mexican
Consu! has received an official despatch, da.
ted 10th inst, from Mazatlan, announcing
that the Liberals attacked the garrison at Her
manvilc on the 4th, and after bloody stugglo,
captured and pillagcd the town. Imperial
reinforcemcnts subsequently arrived killed
200 Liberals, drove away the balance, and cap
turcd all the booty. Don Gonzales, (who re-
fused to give the Liberals SAC, ,000,) together
with thirteen Americans, we're cruelty mur-
dcred.
Tho Impcrialists defeated Covona and Stu
galva Several wealthy families have arrived
here, flying from Liberal rule. The publish
cd accounts declare that in the attack on Her
manville the Liberals murdered 35 foreigners
and 500 citizens, who assisted to defend the
town. Letters corroboratc the statement of
forced contributions by the Liberals. The
town was plllagcd ana women violated The
population of Sonora was rising to avcngc the
wrongs pcrpctrltcd BY the Liberals.
New YoRK, May 30 Unofficial report
says that the steam ship Union from Liver.
pool, 164 days out, arrived at Quarantine yes
tcrday with upward of four hundred passen.
gers on board Thirty-three had died on the
trip Of cholera, and fifteen cases were still on
board. Since the 10th inst. nearly 1000 cmi-
grants have arrived at this port.
UArIoN.-A letter from A. IT, Stephens, da-
ted Charlottesville, Georgia, 18th instant,
says
az found all things in Washington, upon
the whole, in as good condition, if not better,
than expected. have not, from the begin.
ming, looked for anything from this Congress
My only hope for the country is in the next
fall elections at the North. Should the Pres
ident's policy be su,tained in these, all may
yet be we'll. If not, to me, the prospect of
the future Tor this country, North and South,
is gloomy indeed. But from what saw and
heard at Washington, my hopes for change
next fall were greatly stimulated. | am still
hopeful in this view, but far from being san.
guno Constitutional liberty will, inmy opin-
ion, in great measure depend upon the re-
suit"
BATTLE BETWEEN BOYS The "Alcxan.
dria Gazette " of Monday says:
The regular weekly fight between the Wash
ington and Alexandria boys, came off yester-
day evening, at the -Four Mile Run, About
two hundred and blaok-were en-
gagged on each side, and during the melee
guns and pistols were freely used. No Alex
andrians we're seriously injured. The Wash.
ingtonians we're defeated, and driven from their
position with the loss of their hats and jack
cts which had hcen denosite1 in niln nro