Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1870-07-29

inc country ls flch bottom lands, heavily
wooded and thickly settled, and tho crops
corn, wheat, oats and hay, principally, arc
fine, beyond comparison. NIauy saw mills
along, and all soem to be doing il heavy busi
ness. All along, you find life in everything.
From this Junction to ST. Charles, the samo
may be said of tho whole railroad limo, except
that in some places the lauds are not so heav.
lily tlmbered, in fact some places prairie and
undnlating, but most all of it in cultivation
or fenced. At St. Charles, 90 miles from
this city, we cross tho Missouri river again,
the cars crossing without breaking bulk, on
railroad steam boat The track is so ar
ranged on tho banks of river that the cars run
right on to the boat, as if on land. The ride
across tho river was 'steam boat time" and
they count by the "knot," you know, aud
not by railroad time, but the delay was but
little. From St. Charles City to this is
beautiful, level, rich country, and superbly
80 1t had raincd for day or two and ali
night. and was raining as wo came in, and
that perhaps added to the general livcIness
of the crops, vegetation, &C., principally Of
which is corn, wheat, oats, (cut,) sorghum,
hemp and hay
We paid two dollars for hack to drive us to
the "Southcrn Iotol," and allow US to say,
that when you come here, make bargain
| with your hack man in advance, or elso he
will ego for all you have"
| st. Louis reminds us very much Of Charles.
ton, once the queen city of the South Call
tho Mississippi River bay, and you would
judge all the great shipping of the world was
here 10 look at her boats in the distance,
loading and unloading, passing and rcpassing,
&c. The city has, also, that busy, running,
draying and business aspect that once was
seen on the Bay at Charleston. The city
claims not to be less than third or fourth
business place in the United States, and also
of population, New York, Chicago, New Or
leans, San Francisco, and then St. Louis and
perhaps St. Louis ahead of Chicago. should
guess it was. The upper Mississippi, more
than three centuries ago, found Ponce dc
Leon on her turbid waters, attempting to find
tho "magc fountain of YOUTH" but he failed
in the attempt, A few years later, Desoto,
a bold Spanish adventurcr, landed, A. d.,
| 1911, on the Southern coast of Florida, aud
pushed out Westward until he also struck
the banks of u wide and turbid stream, the
Mississippi. ~ century later the French
Jcsuits penetrated the wilderness, up to the
St. Anthony Falls, now in Minnesota, and
formed treaties of friendship, &c, amongst
the wild Indians who then Inhabited these
immediate 'Wcstcrn wilds," the principal
tribes then being tho Sioux, Saas, Foxes,
Obcjibawas and Crows, and still later. in
1901, Mcssrs. Lewis and Clark started upon
their expedition from this place, to make
peace and treaties with these same people
and to explore the country to the Pacific,
which mission WAS accomplished to the salts.
faction Of the American people, they return
ing to this place in 1896 So it seems that
the hand of destiny was always turned in the
direction of this great Western world, and
could the first adventures see the fruits of
their labor and peril they would, no doubt,
feel amply compensated for their discovery,
&c. Where once, (and comparatively lately,
too, was The Indian waking" "4s"tepc," now
is city or town of gigantic proportions, aud
tho Wild wastes utilized for the benefit Of II
great nation, now lorIing it over It's wide OK
pansc, aud payin" into our Treasury untold
wealth, i'll way of taxes, &c aud allow us tn
say, just here, that the national capital, at
| Washing, ought, Of right. to be located some
where Just here. For it to longer re,
main the scat Of the general government of
the United States is a wrong that should be
corrected. just think, moment, and run
your eye over the map of these United States
and locate Washington. Do you Gnd her on
to approach her? One raiIronA, ch What
arc the resources and productions of her ad-
Joining States --"woodrn nntmrgs '"Ynnkce
notions" and "Oncida tree lovers" ell Then
contrast the wealth OF the West, the real
landed mechanical, planting and mercantile.
strike the difference and then say whether or
not this section, the center of the United
States, with every facility of approach, by
water or railroad, one or many, should not
have, for her convcniencc and that of the far
West, the capital here.
We attended the "Manning hiinstrels"
last evening, and was we'll entertained. The
bes thing we saw was burlcsquc upon the
Rev Hon. Hiram Rcvcls, colored Senator in
Congress from Mississippi, his speeches, his
toilet, dress and rooms in Washington and
never saw ali audience enjoy thing more.
To-day We calculate to leave for home, Uiu
Cincinnati, Ohio, Louisville, Ky, and Knox
vile, Tenn, and as we may reach home near.
ly by the time this scrall reaches you and as
all your readers are familiar with the country,
we need not, nor will not bore them with our
crude rambling notes. Then allow us to bid
you an adicu, and sing to you our Irish song,
that we generally endorse:
60 we have roamcd in many lands,
And many frisnds we've met,
Not ono fair scono or kindly smile,
Can or fond heart forget;
But we'll confess we're content
No moro wish to roam:
o. steer our bark to Erin's iisc,
For Erin is our home"
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