Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1869-12-24
EDITORIAL Correspondence.
CoLuMurA, December Is. 1875

CohuMDrA, December IS, 1869.
Dear Courier 1t is a pleasure to com
muunlcato sRithSour mutual friends, when
have anything Entertaining or important q
\ their intctests to relate, This rarely occur
in these days Of sclflshhcss, ignorance an,
corruption, Every one is too much exercised
in the prosecution of his individual interest,
to study or encourage the general good Rome
IN her palmcst days, pronounced him a vir
tuous and patriotic citizen who. placed the
public veal above his personal aggrandizo
fment Such people once inhabited ythis
country, but tho race is pretty we'll extinct.
| PERSONAL and party success is the prcseut mo.
! tive power in all matters of private enterprise
and public good. But there is no desert but
has its oasis, and now and then, in this tav
and tlme,, measure of general interest is
adopted. e. i..s4s.5a 4
This is the case in the reduction of passcn.
ger ana freight rates on the Greenville and
Columbia Railroad The Directors Of this
load have been in session here for several days
during tho past week. Crcswell & ,Co. bnv.
ing found Railroad jobs profitable inrthis
State, desired to lease the G recnvillo and Co.
Iumbia Railroad for twenty .Gveyoarss Thcy
proposed to take the road, pay yoff its debt
and " at at the expiration Of the lease turni vcr
to tho Directors in as good condition as at
present. While the Directors wcrc consider.
ing the proposition, they withdrew the offer,
The Board then made one step in the right
They reduced the fare for passen
gers from sixto five cents per mile, and
frcght (except cotton with rope ties) in like
The freight on bales of Cotton
with rope tics was increased This was done
because OF its creator liability to destruction
oy ire, and consequent loss to the Company.
1t the Board, at the next meeting, will tax,
mother stitch in the same direction, wc fool
sure the ultimate effect will be an increase of
'he annual income. Of course time must be
Allowed for these reductions to have their due
'cisht, but we entertain no doubt of the final
erect. Freight aud travel will gradually in
crease, business become lively, and the Goun.
ry prosperous, Among the Directors pres.
mt were Judge Orr and Hon j. p. Reed.
TIE pENITENrIARY.
we visited this great reformatory institu-
ION to-day. But little work has been done
n the walls during the present year, though
nc hahds are now engaged at them. The
ullding has three stories complete, with cells,
'c. one end has the fourth story finished
nd the fifth is going up. 1t is designed to G
live stories high. The outer wall is to be !
mlt OF stone, and is started on the side next
the canal. 1t will take number of wears
build this wall, as it will enclose several Z
res No additions or improvements $50 far
we can sce) have been made in the ma. ?
lncry since Major Lee left; and in fact, to p
Ok at everything, one can hardly realize that ~ ~
year has passed. There are good number - "
tradesmcn among the convicts. Here is -
OLD forge, which has withstood the march
inventions. The bellows blow the coal
cks, and the iron sparklcs Just as they did to
entury ago The shocmakcr's department. of
we'll supplied, and turns out some of the ri
est ana best work at prices 25 to 33 per a
1t. less than the city mechanics The loom sa
lying shuttle is novelty. 1t would dis. be
81 our weavers with the old system to see ap
york. One hand can weave from 40 to GO is
ds per dny. Hero arc the tailors. the co
and weavcrs in one room. and cx
sc three trades can make IL man within ad
hours We were told there is about 3O6 COZ
ylcts in the Pcnitcntary, large MAORI Gle
(over two. thirds) of them ncgrocs When tn,
building and walls are flushed, We be. crc
o the Pcnitcntiary can be ia Smcd out, 10 sh,
erent tradcsmcn, for considerable net pei
ONE to the State. l'r.
TIE LEdfsLArun!Ethe atton. 49,
-he House, on yestcr4datc salar"
'lution directing nccrs of thc.'@
,nty Comm;~gc will not.,ay, passed joint
ends ~ elcify only. tFtho State Audi,or and
ate al Sars curt Mf'ssiouors tolcvy certain taxes.
an, he % labo .olIows ."I,o it ordained by tho
auAascd md House of representatives, now
least j sitting in. General Assembly, and by
thSree:slthority of the same, that the State Au.
ditor be, and he is hereby, authorized and d.
rectcd to levy and c,use to be collected tax
of J of one per cent. on all taxable property
in the State to meet appropriations Cor the
fiscal year 1860; and tho County Commis