The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1869-10-27

Affairs in Washington.

The South is to have Pscif Rail
ROAD, with eastern connections at Chan.
lesion aid Norfolk. Unlike the NORTH.
efn Pacific ronds, It is to be built with.
ont one dollar of financial subsidy from
the United States, and possibly, with
out even soliciting m ncrc Of the public
lands. he Congress can certainly do
ho'h'ng less ,han 10 grant the righ. OF
why. through the puohc domain, anu
furnish the company with a charter
restrictive of the government rights and
protective in its character to tie stock
and bond holders Of the road. The
Southern road will not be lobby
scheme, and will have no conflicts in
Congress against the coheslve power OF
public Plunder. 1t is to BE- the work OF
the, capitalists, unaded by Congress,
ahd is IN The hands OF men in this coup.
Try and IL Europe who will furnish the
slnews Of the road, Yesterday toi(r
teptrsspbhdqnt Vas iti.otffmmed OF al Of the
details OF the great Improvement. SUI.
lice that it be said that IT ia the inlcn-
ton OF certain New York capitalists to
place, this coming winter or next spring,
loan on The market for sixty millions
Of .d6lIars in coin or, cutrency s:S Dor
cent; bond, secured by n frs. mortgage
on the road. Assurances have been re-.
celyed that more than half Of this
amount will be taken in Europe. The
road is to have three eastern connec-
tions-the first with the Kansas Pacific
Railroad at Sherican and thence cas-, to
ST. Louis; the second with Mrmphis
via Little Rock, aud then with two ter.
mini on the Atlantic seaboard-at
Ch .rleston and Norfolk. The latter will
be ,ftathpd Sy notifications of existing
railroad lines running east and southeast
from the Mississippi RIVER Not only
have the projectors OF this line all the
confidence needed from Eastern capital.
California are just as earnest Tor the
Southern road, and will come forward,
as they used to say in war times, with
men and means to build it, Tho COM
ing wlntet, it is believed; will block utIp
with snow the present overland line for
three ,mpnths.., Rhd demooinstrate most
'conclusively the necessity Of Il gsfea.t
interior continental line south of The
snow n belt, The contractor who laid
fysry p.ess' foot Of iron lrom Omshe to
rromontory, distance Of eleven hun.
dred miles, is now here. aid saEs t,ist
the Southern road can be easily bnilt
and put IN running order in four years,
and ,s willing to risk tho prophecy that
the care wonld 60 Owe, that line on the
first Of January, 1875.
During the past week there. have
been Ante a number Of immigration
agents, capitalists, &C., passing forwards
ard backwards through Washlngtor to
tho Southern States, looking on, for
places OF settlement, the purchase OF
lands, &c. In every instance they have
funds which they intend to seek for lib
eral investment. just now Virgin,e
seems to attract tie bllE Of this capital,
Tor the tonsrrvative course Of her new
State Government and tho death Of
carpet-bagism there have placed her
Ave years ahead. A company OF thrifty,
well to do Poles have about decided to
leave the cold climate Of Minnesota and
Wisconsin ard bny ono hundred tbou-
sand acres of land near Lynchburg, Vlr.
glna. They are pleased with the land,
tho climate and the people, and are al
ready arranging their plans to Develop
manufacturing interests. Tho Hin.
Caleb Cushing is at the head Of the
Polish coonisls, and represents them as
vefy Intelligent, w6TtHy ifdustri9ns blsas,
who will add to The ma!eria! prosperity
Of any State IN which tkey may be locat.
ed.-- Wash. Cor. Chcrlcston Nsws.