Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1879-12-11


woro returning We passed school of por-
poiscs playing, and could 500 plainly thor
head and hump back as they tumblod along.
White duoks, sen gulls, oraues, SO, could bo
soon in large numbers.
On reaching tho city we determined to take
look at tho shipping, aud aftor worming our
way through pilos on piles of cotton, wo for
the first timo went on board q large Spanish
cargo vossol, and wero shown oil over it. 1t
was called tho Nuoyo Ponoo, and cost as wo
woro told, twenty thousand pounds, boiug
supplied with both ongino aud full spread of
sails. 1t was loading with cotton for Liver
pool and proposed to carry two thousand
seyon hundred bnles Tho crow numbered
fortY"three and tho officer who showed us
around was very kind, taking US into ovory
part Of tho vessel. The engine and ovory
pieoe OF metal about the vessel woro thorough.
" vpoished, and tho wood freshly painted. Tho
cabin of tho captain was q perfoct paradise in
point OF neatness and elegance Of furniture,
and in an adjoining room were winos, liquors,
&c with good stock Of medicines. The
yosscl was from Havana and wo wero in.
informed that on threc months cruise it had
realized lifty-hvo thousand dollars, though
this was unusual. mover before felt like
vcnturing to trouble olicors of vessels without
some person who know them TO 60 along, but
these Spaniards certainly spared no pains to
give us full Wow of tho entiro vessel After
going over this vessel we proceeded to visit
tho Kon, German yosscl from Bremen, aud
said to DO the largest that has been n this
harbor for many years. 1t was originally
passenger vossel, but it is now converted
into Il cargo vosscl. 1t is thrco hundred aud
twenty-five foct long and thirty eight fcot
broad, being supplied with means of tcle,
graphing from tho ccntro to Tho Prov aud
stern. SO that proper orders in time of storms
may DO given by an index finger on dinl
plate. 1t is flushed in better style than tho
Spanish vessel. tho wheel house and evcry
part of tho deck machinery being protected
1t was engaged in loading while wo were
thoro and expected to carry out six thousand
bales Of cotton. It's crow numbered eighty
three. The mate informed US that it cons
sumed about thirty tons Of coal per day 1t
proposed to sail from Charleston vim BaltJ
moro, to Gibraltar for ooaling and thence to
Sebastopol and then by various points to
Buonos Ayrcs, in South America Whom wc
first went on board wo found VIC could not
speak so we'll of the German officers rs Of tho
Spanish, but after q short timo one of the
mates, we understood, mot us, q portly, jolly
follow, and by his courtesy and good humor
won all our party's best wishes. IIc showed
US everywhere and everything, including tho
cabins, dining room, sailors quarters, bakery
and kitchen proper, When he opened the
cook room he Informed us TINT ho regarded
that tho most important room in the vessel
and without it ho would get eick sure. lie
was as full of jokes as our Walhalla king and
made everybody about him feel agreeable.
Both these vessels wcro iron steamers, and
appeared to havo strength enough to with
stand any storm. We then went in search
of the steamer St. John, which runs to Florida,
and being u passenger boat, is said to be the
finest that visits Charleston, but it was not in
tho harbor
During tho day wc visited and wcro shown
through tho United States Custom House,
which cost two million seven hundred tlous.
and dollars. According to the original
design it was to cost four and q half million
dollars. The floors are all Of marble with
granite steps omd columns in front and rear,
aud contains a large number of Offices, all
furnished in splendid style. We also visited
two cotton presses, for comprcssing bales for
shipment, but Mother wero in operation. We
also visited tho telegraph ofIoo and saw tho
improvements, the telephone, talked with
person mile of, gota rcply, &c. This is
invention and from the number of
wires it seems to bo connected with all the
Lending business houses of the city; as also
with number of private residences.
There scoms to bo largo amount of cotton
IN Charleston and business appears lively,
though l hear the cotton receipts this fall
have fallen Off nearly forty thousand bales.
have seen more and enjoyed mysolf more
This trip than ever before in this city, but I
must cut off this hurried letter here in order |
% get it off
There is great deal of feeling hero over
he municipal election. 1t comes off next
Tuesday. The friends of Courtcnay appcar
'anguinc OF success. w. G. X.
PROCEEDINGS Of THE LEGISLATURE.