Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1881-11-10
The Greenwood and Augusta
Road.

i meeting OF the Directors Of tho August,
ana Knoxville Railroad was held yesterday q
tho oflloo of President Verdery. All Of the Au
gusta Directors, with tho exception OF Mcssrs
NJ. A. Stoyall and j. v. II. Allen, were present
Messrs Bradley, Middleton, Aiken, Riley, Neil
aud Duokhalter wero in attendance from South
Carolina. Tho reports Of the Finance Commit.
teo and OF tho Treasurer woro very satisfactory
ana tho Directors expressed themselves rs much
gratitied with tho condition of tho road The
gross receipts from freight aud passengers, sc
for, on twcniJ miles of road, foot up over
9i',ooo. This is capital showing, when it is
considered that the g,eater part Of this business
has been donc since tho track was hid aoross
the river.
Chief Engineer Kirk, Of Tho Atlantic and
French broad Railroad, and President Latimer.
OF inc savannah Valley Ra:lio DAD, wcro in tho
o'ty and held conference with the Board of
Directors. The object of their visit was to
secure, it possible, aid from the Augusta and
hnoxVi'le Eailroad 10 enable them t> complete
inc aradlng of those roads They say that q
| comparatively small amount will fuisn the
grading, aud The roads can then be bonded TO
purchase tho ircn. Tho Savannah Valley Rail
ROAD connects with tho Augusta and Knoxville
at Dcrn's Mine and extends 10 Anderson, SO
miles, Nearly half Of this road-20 miles.
has been graded. The Atlantic and French
Droad extends from Trickcm, on the Augusta
and Knoxville, to Pickcns, 90 miles. OF This
distance Of 80 miles has been g,aded Tho
Augusta End Knoxville can do nothing at prc-
sent towards extending substantial aid 10 these
enterprises but it is hoped that Augusta and lis
will H. ~:
Augusta Chronicle.
RICHMOND. November 5.-rhe committee
of military officers hero rom Boston. in.
yestigatins the chargos Of misconduct arapst
tho Ninth Massachusetts Regiment con-
c'oded taking evidence in tho case last egon-
ing. To-day they will visit scseral pacca
where in the courso of tho inVesti-u, ion it
was developed that mcmhcrs Of the regiment
had damaged property and Committed other
"anton nets. There ia nothing to base an
opinion rs to what recommendation tho com
mlttce vii make in their ,cport, as thcy
ha7e ma 10 no statement whatever in rc,a d
to me matter. An astounding amount of
testimony las been taken by tao commission.
Tho Quantity and character of which nre
moch m"tG damaging t;an was ;nicipatc
Tho e'st of The cr lcnc, is ,!..s tic ,,ber
OF s'lu'eis Of the regiment cn..!ad in tho
alleged misconduct wns rom 10 20 -; that
Outrageous UuraaGas were ma = coward
ladies' 4 tho pnbl;c stress: that many of
the sollir, p""mcnaacd ono of III. main
streets in broad daylight with negro women
Oh lowest character on their arms, ombracn
and kissing them; that they took possession
OF vehicles putting tho divers of; that thew
invaded barrooms and helped themselves.
retnsing to pay for drinks. and committed
many o'her ncls of wantonncss The officers
composing tho commission have shown eyory |
disposition 70 make their Investigation as |
searching as possible, and their report will |
doubtless prove that they havo faithfully
discharged their unpleasant duty The
commission did not leave last evening. as
they desire to confer with Gen. Fitz llugh
Lee upon matters appertaining to their in,
q"'iy. They expect to leave for Washington
this evcning.
PAcKING TIE SENATE. -Theic is be-
|lef among the few Democratic Senator's
cit hero that the Rcpublic,ns will bring
n bill at the beginning Of the next scs
'loh to admit Dakota, or q part of that
Territory as State. Symptoms of an in.
Ient''n 10 revive that project have APP
'eared and tho peculiar situation of par-
les IN The scn-'c give somc ground for the
eport that 1t will be attempted. The ar
5nment is that the Republicans have 10
confidence ID Senator Dlyid Davis, and
hut many OF them are weary OF tho obIi-
,ations to Malone. Mr.. Mahouc however,
= SO committed to them that under no cir.
umstances would he go back to tho Dcmo-
rats. Therefore, if they can secure the
Omission Of tho two new Republican
Senator'S they can repeat the process of
hanying the President pro ten of tho
Senate and put in Mr. Davis's place as pre-.
iding olicer some one concerning whom
here can DO no qucs.on. The election of
'lr. ID Wis in the first place was so strongly
PIP ed by several Republican, Senators
hat only through that party dcpline that
makes the republican party SO compact
nd so potent wero they induced to vote for
lin at all. If the attempt is made. how
YER, to pass an enabling bill to admit Da
ota tho contest will be long one. :Wc
7'll have no more rotten boroughs,o' said
Democratic Senator to night, 'if wo have
o keep the Senate 10 q deadlock from the
rst day of the session until the last-Mc,o
Yorh UcraM.