The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-08-25

We take nom tho Augusta ConsusutiohsU0s
the following lively account Of the meeting OF
the stockholders Of the Port Royal Railroad
Company. held two weeks ago in Beaufort:
!. The meeting was held in dilapidated Meth
ei5ist chapel. There was what ls known "
sshj9h fold time' at this convocation. Inc
battle royal seemed to be between the contract
lt,pO1 1led theland that ronted the most eiigi-
- Vatsr courses for the termini OF the road.
a horrible suspicion had seized upon the Beau
TORT atcckholders, and they trembled' lest the
road should. terminate,At what u known as
nod Point, and leave their lands and their
town IN the lurch. 30 blinded we're they with
this idea that not the charter itself, Wnle9
eause the road to make an absurd and expen-
sive detection Of twenty miles, could convince
them to the contrary. Impeiled By. such .
EpSoicion. there we're some racy developments
a 70 land monopoly. The shsrpehootng
between tho Beaufortitee and the chlef con-
tractor, Mr.. flanagan, WAS something ter
rife. By some Bismarckian diplomacy. the
coptrsctor seemed TO know the Way intoevery-
boaYS Blue Beard chamber of the heart.
Honoe Of his retorts we're as telling as .unex,
pected: some we're surgical. and others we're
- rood a opera bouffe. In mercy We refrain
SEpsT pelt.S1lars; suffice it, that no end OF
SoIJed linen #ask skblousht to the public wash
~ On that OCCASION, The trial OF strength
sSts: ey slSsa, wns saAe9 N.Sous So
IN election ote8ic@Li A. KA3oeity OF the stock
h;Ssrs M i Tfeseedf aWefes 'Shzldsef the future
Doser- az. ethA.. contractors, who as the
HSsf sSses eSsdassE pfoSlssssd, xould gradually
control The istocka Henos they, wanted TO
check this move Keeping IN position
their old dhectory. he vote was nken a9a Ia
the contractors lost the DAY. AZ @is POM sae
American potentate, King Caucus, began his
:1sigp, preliminary to the night assemblage;
ma njsht session came and Caucus performed
nnirscles. The voice OF the Georgia Railroad
Was omnipotenty yaud when it satisfied Beaufort
that Foot Point vas not to be thought OF, Beau
fort surrendered the hatchet ano sg!eeo 20 su-
3ourn sine die. When the next meeting takes
Sieoe enough OF the road Will be completed 70
give high contracting parties virtual control OF
2he stock. II matters progress as anticipated
4haeere Win bS anew sbfiue and new deal. Two
directors will be chosen nom the Georgia
Rsiroed and two rom tne savannah :; van 20 iha tSa
sDRkpresideuoy, % 70 the choice OF rodses aud
- te the exact locality Of . Southern deep
Vator terminus. We think We know the cominG
mai: but We cannot tell oil fhe world and his
wife. No one csn yet designats tha precise Q
iips ofsesd. i viii at this end pass 5 thronS rh y
sbly not vriegle over everybody's plantation.
We ara OF opinion thst the Southern terminus
viii be- where certain anxious parties least sus-
pect.. seo oMr. Fiannagsn is somewhat myste,,
fiously Inclined, Ike Stonewan jackson, ana
nav 20 to other places than those be was most
,IarCS TO praise and most sedulous IN 1nsrects
I'M. More than this We do not venture TO say,
Tor ne ,6iaIike false prophecies and love to Dc
aeeTefly ,Nise., The. .momentonS fact remains
'fhsf the road Will be promptly built and that
Augusta will have another magnifcent outlet 70
the So. Already the work has been begun, and
Here 20 money behind to push it forWcfd.
4lrst.clsss ocean steamers may, something IKE
xyew honoe, sound their steam whistles IN the
IlcainR e the ssa Islands, and the iron horse
I Ill ultpee Ike q thund6rbott trom the waters
~ Port Royal TO the fertile lands that compass
is about, bringing and bearing trbute, and
prosperity, and Q new ssr reff-prngrees. we
shouid not Be surprised IT sthe day were not
EveFv remote when the Georgia and Port Royal
HoSds VII become unit, and under one pres-
q 6oot and one directory reach forth 70 the
iiauii1es OF st, Louis. BY aloee ulliancee, and
fysithout breaking bulk on land, send forth the
.hsryeets OF the Northwest tosssthe posts OF
tEnrope. To Colonel George p. Elliott the in-
.ueurstion Of this great enterprise 10 due. AS
early, We think. as 1842, he succeeded IN start
!. inc. .the ball. Il rolled slowly for many years,
but he stiIl lives, hale and enthusiastic. to see
Il marching on. Mr. Millett. has, with greater
personal incentives, the credit OF reyivlng the
enterplise when it dropped. 1t has passed
now, let us trust, beyond that possibility oi
any future failure.