Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1869-11-05
Bius Ridge Railroad.

the following facts regarding this important
line Of communication -, .t ip YHc,
Tie corps ofsurvoyors which left Wulhalls
in the latter part Of last sumner tti re survey
and locate the route Of the Railroad, has pass.
cd through Clayton. Rnbun Gap, the Ten.
nessee Valley, and had gotten some distance
i"to North Cardlina. A corps of surveyors
had also started from Maryvile, Tennessee,
to meet the party of engineers just mentioned.
1t Is expected that the two corps will meet
each other this winter, ia the region of the
Smoky munntsins.
As we have before stated, the engineers
permanently locate the line of the road az
they proceed with the survey, and appoint or
d"t"ch members Of tho corps to take charge
Of and superintcnd tho construetiona.of the
different sectiona Of tha railway, and every.
thing seems TO indicate thnt this most impor
t"nt work will be urged to completion as rap.
idly as possible. .rrr a.
Our readers are, no doubt, aware that
thirty three miles miles of this railroad, from
Anderson to ,Walhalla. SDuth Carolina. on
the southern end Of the line, and that norton
% the linz from KNOXVILLE to MaryviIle, Ten
S"'e, on tho Western end, are already
c'nf ed nd in opcr .tion. II o road from
W"iitaIIa to Clayton. Georgia, about twenty.
five miles, has been put under contract and
l..t out to a sub contractor named Steers, a
ma" who has done great deal of work on
Sntl'ern and Southwestern railroads since
the Termination of losiIities. and said to
lave been very successful in his operations.
This part Of the line is considered by railway
engineers to comprise the heaviest work on
the Whole road aud our infornlnnt does not
tI'i"k that it will he p,ssble to complete it
within the time August, 1s71-specifrd in
the contract. On this purtinn of the route.
r'nning through very rough aud mountain.
aus country three large tunnels will have to
hc "xcavAted under the mountains. One of
these is the celebrated Stump. House Noun.
tim tunnel. situated few miles FROM Wal.
h'iln, AMI which is ut this time more than
tw" thirds Completed The shafts are so full
o 81 ter hnwevrr. that it will tnke much time
and .'n"ney t" get it ready for wnrk. and the
remainder o. the tunnel will be so difficult to
c\c'vnt' that the contractors at one time so
r;'nsy thought nf abandoning it, and running
tie road around in .tcatl of through the NOM.
t''", "'thon'h so much money hnd already
been sunk with the snfts. Dicks Greek"
nnneI IL the next one to Stump House
Mountain. aud will he also very heavy job
on account of Is length and the hardness of
the rack which viii; be encountered Both
OF the tunnels just mentioned will be bored
with mncI.inery modelled after that which is
now hring used viii, such complete SUCCESS
"p the tunnel under Mount Gents in Italy.
Tnc third, 9,dll, h,.untain Tunnel, will be
worked after the old style.
Slanes were being put up along this line
when our informant left Rnbun, workmen
were on their way there from North Carolina,
and by this time work hus, no doubt, been
commenced. The construction of the entire
line fr"m Walhalln TO Knoxville, will be com.
,nrnccd ~ SON ns the surveys are flushed,
n"d every effort made to ensure its compile.
ti"" With the time specified.
Golpsnono', N. g., Octnher 24.-Our
town Was TOW" intu state ofthe widest cx.
ctp"'""t lust night by II riot, which coln,ncn-
crd early in the evening and lnstcd until
O'Clock L NJ. hetwe,h tho United States
.tro"rs >tti"ncd here aud tho negroes.
Al"nt seventy. five guns were fired, and one
soldier nr'ti "nn negro were wounded. TT
rrgr"m G u i not stand the fire they retreat.
ed "'tr the first volley. The negroes walked
up and d"Sn the streets cursing tho damn
Ymkees. Individually aud collectively. 1t is
now twenty four h"urs since the riot, and our
authortics have not nade, or attempted to
make. Ihe first arte-t, The negro lesders ire
well known There is II strong probability
OF the light hcing renewed again to night.
There were three fights, tho negroes retreat.
ing in the last. % lo 'G''''
WHArt N;hEEs A. ,RUsHEr. - Wo ruhliSR
this rYn' f'ni"pt pnd useful table, fir the hone.
fit Of ",ir = readers; It's wei! worth, sasjng
tnr reference: ''''' ~ ~ ="
4" What aixty piuhris '"N0''" 4
"' Corn. sldlled: fftv six pounds ',s"t.'G z
Rye, Gifts Fix pnundsiaai r'ont i,
~ y, 9 ~, thirty tw", ,pqundsl mom Yai c,]
I,w B'rry, f"rty nix pounds. It. ...ya.,dy
a9Buekwhtit. fifty six pounds.
Irish pnt,soS.' isix,y pounds @'".'
L Sweet pot't.sa, Aisty ponhds: iY'"a Hop"
tsltf1utnnA k{tv uS sn 80. A.aff, n ~ ~. stt,