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WXS9B8DJIT. JUNE 29. 1?70. '
Sullivan Manufacturing Company.
We are mneh pleased snd gratified (or
the information received from a reliable
and trustworthy source of the forming and
organizing of the joint stock Company
heading tire article, uuder the moat favorable
apparent nupic'l They have purobated
Uie apleudid and almost inexhaostihie
vrater power well-known as "Fork
Shoals," seventeen miles south of the City
of Greenville, nt the junction of Heedy
Fork Creeks aud Reedy River; a beautiful
and rouiintic plane, accessible from all
points, with good roads, and the surrounding
country settled with intelligent and
good farmers?having a most prodnclive
soil?who will be able to furnish ample'
supplies of the "fleecy staple" to thej
establishment for manufacturing. The Com
pany is composed of solid, influential oil i
tens from the immediate and surrounding
vicinity, have elected Dr. J.xmics M. Sullivan,
President of the Company, together
with William Pkkrt, Esq , of Pendleton,
and CapL G. W. Sullivan, of Laurens, ss j
Directors, all of ? horn are gentlemen of good I
r port, having abundant c pilaj, thorogh*!
ly eocigrtic biiu i-ii it. # t i*u??- i lie operatiou
of building will ut onco be commenced, I
with Ihe Iiojjc and expectation on the part J
of the Company, by a pioper division of i
the Ubor employed by tli?? contractor?
with the pnrohaee of the newly invented |
and improved motive powers now in i.se? i
be Hble ! an early day, before tbe piescnt j
year closes, to have their fuctoty in full 1
operation, with n circular saw and grist
mill attached for the ben. fit of the place
and vicinity.
Wc hail thie as an omen for good, and
shows there is life, hope and spirit in the
land alill. We can but congratulate the
community on their good fortune in having
this establishment located in their midst,
from which they will receive untold bonefits,
and be one of the sources of developing
the valuable resources of the County. Iu
leaviog the subject, wc soy "nil hail" to
the enterprise.
Meeting of tbe Stock-holders of tbe AirLine
Railroad.
Th?? stockholders ol the Air-Line Rnilroad
were to hold a meeting in Atlnnta,
Georgia, 011 yesterday, 23'. li inst. Gen. \V.
K. Easlkt is in attendance upon the meeting,
representing the stock of the County ami
City of Greenville, and wo could not have
chos?n out who could more nbly have advocated
our interests there. The contract
for the grading of the road having already
beon given out, the time is not far distant
when we will ren'ize the expictations of
the enterprise. Upon its completion, our
nirrcliAnte will no longer have to go 1-13
miles in n contrary direction, to lay in
ck? of goods from New York ; neither
those tiaveling to the ti'ies ?>f the South
and West be compelled to follow the tortuous
route by way of C lumbia and Augusta.
Time will be saved nud expense foregone;
our pulse will tlirob with that of the n:c
tropolis and New Orleans.
We will report upon the return of
General Easlkt.
Resuscitation of Worn-out Lauds.
The extent of the worn-out lands of Ihw
Stste, we all know, and if our old fields
could once more he made to I.loom, how
much it would add to the wealth of the
country. For l*nd once turned out, to lie
suddenly ti ansfornted toils pristine productiveness
we need nut hope, hut we can hope
for a gradual redemption of much that now
know* nothing but br.'om sedge and scrubby
pines Although our people have not
the means at their command for extensive
manuring, nor the l.ibor for thorough wo'
ttfh yet there aiesonie growths well known,
which if propeily conducted, will be mad*
to improve and benefit worn out soils ?
Tiii* quality the Cow p>-a i* known to
largely poea?f*, nn.l its wonderful effects
we have often *een *pok*n of in the ?gri- I
agricultural papers. We have printed on ottr
outside, two excellent ai ticles on I li? subject,
viz: "Clover ptd I\ne Contrasted," and,
" B'ack Eyed Teas an Improver of the foil.'?
These articles w ere handed lis l y a gent Ionian
who know* the necessities of the eoun |
try, and we wish all of onr farmers could :
read tlicm for tliir pactKal use.
Result of the Late Election.
The vole on tte subscription ol $200,000 j
to the flock of the Air I.ine Railroad, held
in tlite Conn'y on Saturday l??t, win over,
whelmingly in its favor, as will lie ?*en by
the return* published elsewhere. Thoee who
voted against the meat-lire, we know were j
sincere in their convictions, but much time j
will not elapse before they will he convinced
of the great benefit, to he crj?>yed by
the whole County and its people, and that,
too, to a degree not po-*?i' le an a result ol
the line passing l.y nr.y other route.
Vie congratulate the people, and their
unanim'ty is an evidence of their compter,
hension of the imnivse interest at etake.
Whlttemore Rejected.
On the '21sl ir.st., the House, in the con
sideration of the case of B. F. W HrrntMOnE,
member elect from lids Sla'e, declined to
allow him lo be sworn, and directed Ins I
credentials to he tetnrned to him. The i
vote was very decided, ]SI member* oppos
ed him, and 24 tor him.
Census Taker for ths Upper Part of the
County,
Mr. Jsaaa L. Picebssl has been appoint
ed to take the census of ths upper part of
Oramvllle Coni.ty, and enteied upos the
discharge of his duties Frank William sou. i
folorfrt, a[ pointed tor the tower pert, t* ;
l>u*ily engaged vititing the inhabitant*. I
The Fairvlew Stora.
Our reader* in the lower part of the ,
County have their atUDlion called to the J
poetical efftnion of oor friend, Mr Troma* |
II. Prut, who never perrni'a hi* eb-ck of
good*to get *o low but that, he can fill '
the wanta of hi* ftienda and cn(t.<>mrra.?
Thnae who or.oe trade at hi* *tore. will g
the'* again, hi* kindne** and goodneee of
baart goaraoteo* a return. Ill* shelve* are
aa loll, if jipt fuller, a* any of the cuuntiy
? *t ore*.
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Fur man University.
Tbe exercises of tbis institution were closed
for tbe Itrm on Wednesday, the 3M instSnt.
T\i?~ our.; 'gentlemen, '.Till: ah Benson
Haukisoi, Jamm Kbward Hareihon, acd
Jamks Henry Harbison, received the decree
of "Bachelor ol Aria. . I ^ iTbe
next session will open on Wednesday*
the 14th of September. It ia understood that
there will be a oonaiderable redaction in tbe
price of boarding. At ieaat it is known that
several heads of families havo agreed that tbo
charge for boarding shall not oxcced $12.60
per month, exclusive of light*, fuel, and
washing.
Tbcro is some expectation that, at the
meeting of the Baptist Convention to bo bold
in Greenville in July noxt, monsuros will bo
taken to increuso the number of tbe Faculty
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County Vote on Snbioription of $2Q0,00O
to the Capital Btook of tho Air-Line
Kailroad, June 26, 1870.
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S ?? I PLACES
TOWNSHIPS. " 1 I OP
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Courl House,,.. 869 2 Own villa C. H.
Dunklin 10 00 A. Chandler's.
Onk Lawn, 28 60 T. E. Ware's.
Fairview 79 47 Alex. Thompson's.
drove 36 21 T. C. Johnson's.
Austin 138 4 Bethel.
Butler 14 t H. T. Stroud's.
Chick Springs, 79 A. Taylor's.
dnntt,? 33 9 W. C. Yeargin's. 1
Paris Mount'n, 45 2 Reedy It. Church.
O'Noall, 45 0 Groco's. ,
Bates, C< 1 Wm. West's.
Saluda, 11 37 Jno II. G?"dwin's. 1
Cleveland 22 Solomon Jones'. 1
Highland, 4 20 Mitchell's. I
Glassy Mount., 8 30 George Center's.
1618 324 1
A Tumip-Cabbago. <
What a combination I It is not often 1
i that wc see such a enrosity nB a Turnip '
1 Cttlihoge, and we might not now hove seen
one nui lor me Rind rot aid pi ntioti of that
; worthy and very respectable old gentleman,
| Maj. H. M. Ccikt, who vent us one by his
j?on, on Monday la?t. It vmi gtovn in his
| garden, at his home. The leaves ore prej
cisely like other Cibbago leaves; but the
joiblity is presented by the growth, just
above the ground, of an excresenoc, ns it
were, 'u the tho shape of n turnip, on lop
of this the loaves grow. This " turnip"
is said lo be very g"od, having much the
taste of cabbage.
Correction.
Last week we alluded to tlie orto-ling ol
Jack Ward, by W. II MotiNcr, United
'States Deputy Marshal. We are informed
| lit at Fuank Williambton had nothing to do
| with liia arras'. The Deputy Marshal
I states to us that Stki'iirs Jounstom, who had
j b?cu called to his nssii lance, threw the rock
jiuques'ion; also that Wai.d was otferiug
resistance.
Ward i? improving and is likely to rcj
cover.
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Kinlvillo IIIkIi Pcliool.
The advertisement of the Messrs. Kirki
LAND, who have taken charge of this Institu'
tion, will be found elsewhere. The schools
j located at lleidvillo, both male and female,
have an enviable reputation, and oeserve to
be well sustained.
An Interesting Article.
We return thank* to our friend, Col II
I I'. HammBtt lor his inleiesiing communication.
We have allowed it to crowd out
other mailer, but onr render* will l>e much
j briiofiitcd thereby.
Tits: Lord's Supp-r will be administered
j in the Pr? shj terian Church, on nsxt Sabbath
; morning.
Stoves! Stoves !
Messrs Wm. siikriikitd ?t Co., Charleston,
| S. C., effer nil kinds ol Stoves for sale.?
Send for price list. See advertisement in
' another column.
Valuable Lands for Sale.
Mr. Wm. 11. PrKuv, Attorney, this week
i advertisoa some valuable property for sale,
riiua'ed on Tyger Rtvar and Mush Creek, in
this County. It not sold at ptivale *?!-,
I the propcr'y will le offered at auction lo I
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I IIIV iii?ii'ov UIUULI I'll Dmvo>'nj iu /\U^U"l | i
For the Greenville Enterprise.
M<s?r? Editor*?la it not lime thai we '
were putting in motion n programmeforiho i
[ selection of suitable Candidate* to represent f
ns in our n-xt Legjdulure ? We want men,
honest men, lei I hem be I)--mocr?t, Radical '
or Conservative, just so I hey are in faror "
of reducing llie present nionstrrua and out- ?
r.igeoos lax-s, and whose vole* cannot he I
purchased for any dishonest legislation.? li
Now. Messrs. Editors, 1 suggest thai we Cl
adopt the fnl'owtng m?thod to secure 1 liia |
much needed sclecti- n of good and honest
gentlemen: Let each ^Tnwn*l-ip seteot two "
(2) delegates, regardless of politic il proctiv- *
ities. and send to (lie Point lloua?, on Mon- i
day, 1 lilt ot July, and there, in put>lio meet- g
ing, nomina'e such candidates at above
mention-d. This is of vital importance,
and no one of the Tov.Hehips certainly will
neglect a duty so essentia', not only to 1
tliemselves, Initio '-lie whole country. It
strikes me, no good meaning ci'izcn eati l
object. * MERCHANT.
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CnritRrrT.Mr.es originalii g in V-uoyanc}of
disposition is more graceful and moie 1
permanent than such as ari*es from the re-, ]
ception of particular benefits. The latter I
rnny he eonipared t a sudden gush of wa ,
ter, which is soon exhausted. 1 tic former is |
like n perennial 'ountain, and iqnivalent to
the effects occasioned bv the continued reception
of t en- fits, each time augmenting 1
in value, for nothing less would maintain in I
cheerfulness a temperament naturally i
phlegmatic. To arrive at such a state it is ,
only necessary to purify the system hy
inking the " OLD CAROLIN A BITTERS." 1
Bare! sure! reliable I is Wioemto's Worm 1
Candy! r
Tiik F'almetto tree, in ihe vicinity of the
Charleato Courier ofhee, which has been a
land-mark of the city for so many years, is *
ultrrly dead. Cause? A phaltum pave
menta. b
How to BoitP Cheap.?-Every one who f
has any experience in holding, knows to ?
hi* S'orow ihstths llioiisand and one litlle j.
Items included in the one word fini*hintj,
make fully half Ihe cost of a house, and
that ill advised expenditure in this direction t
often i una ihe hili far shove llie estimate.? ?
To avoid such 11out-let and disappointment,
nuy ynr blinds, doors, sashes, monldinca 8
direct from the manu'acturer, 1'. P. Toale n
Charleston, 8. C. See ad vertisein -nt. f
ThsBmtYkt?Our friend. W. W. Bra- 11
A., p? ?... ,i ..n . a
' T i I'-'j., in" | *t j ??ii uur iinir u C??I.li?n
M?iU 32| iodic* high, with 24 ' form*." '
Thig is Hie hc*t wa have loan) of, and wo a
only hop* thai ha ha* at ree of kindred rel j
ativegot the cotton family. He u a g<>oH
planter aiot merits a success with which fie
iiopa h? will be crowned next fall.
[ Marion Star iid c
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Married. on the 21-t ot June, ly Rev. W. 1
r>. Thoma*. Mr WILLIAM L. M AULDIN to ?
Mia* LII>JKT KKKN. daughter ot Col. John o
F Kern, all of GraaiiVille. n
Mr Prln'eiR' ft* reoiiecd. | h
For the Greenville ifnter prise. t
,4 ^ALTiMOMy .Ton# l^th, 18*0. J
tiity?Uavlnp jusi OtuyAed to t
thin city trim an excuniiog over the Northern Q
Central, &annsylvaj>ia Central, Alleghany Q
Valley, Ort Creek and Alleghany River, and .
Philadelphia and Brie Railroads, and ae-tkis t
is a aection of country very acldoin visited by
peraona from the South, and especially from ,
our immediate section, anil is consequently ,
comparatively unknown to many of as* I bare .
thought that a short account of the excursion^ (
with a description of the country, tho mines,
niinorals, agricultural operation*, and other
resources of the seotion, Would not be unintor- 1
estiug to your readers.
Tho excursion was gotten up by tbo Pcnn- ,
sylvania Central Railroad Company, which is ?
the largest and wealthiest corporation in the J
Cnitod Sta'es, and boast of having tbo best
and best managed railroad in the world. Iu
their letter of invitation it was stated that the ?
object of the excursion was to afford South* '
orn railway raon and other guests an opportu- <
nity of viewing the scenery on their lines, togcthor
with tho iron works, coal mines, oil re* 1
giun and machine shops Iocs od thereon. e
The plan of the excursion was to leave Bal- <j
timoro on Monday morning, June l.'itli, ?t 8 '
o'clock, passing llarrisburg and spending .
the night at Altoona, where tbo principal ?
shops of the company nro located, tnence g
across tho Alleghany Mountains by Cresson <"
to Pittsburg, the principal iron manulactur.
itig city in tbo United States, where a day t
was to be spent in examining the objects of t
interest therein, tbenco up the Allcgbauy Val- R
cy aud Oil Creek aad Allcgbauy River Rail,
-oads to Oil City, wbere tbe principal oil wells y,
ire located, thence by Corry to Eric City on 6
l.ake Eric, thence by Philadelphia ? ' <! "
Itnilroad, crossing the m'Uintains at a differint
poifft to W illiamsport, and thence by liar- '
risburg to lialtimorc, where wo were to arrive
>u the Ibth?to-day. *>
When the special train for the party was
made up for the trip, nbout fifty gentlemen
bad assembled aud ready to start. It was a
matter of regret that there were not more
from the South ; tho excursion was for tlioir
special benefit, nnd was intended not merely
as ii pleasure trip, but one which wns to be of
immense benefit to them, by affording them
opportunities of gaining valuable information
wliiuli cannot be ns woll acquired iu any other
way as by witnessing the ojasralions whore |
skill nnd science nrc applied. This in forma*
tion, it was hoped, would be applied nnd useful
iu developing similar resources ut the
South, where it is certainly very much neededThere
was no reason to even suspicion from
anything that was seen or heard during the t
whole cxeursiou that there wn* any Fslfish '
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motirc on the part of the Company who lur> i
niahed the excursion, or any ono connected j
with it, or iu any operations we witnvsicd in '
the country. It was apparently a desire to '
furnish to persons from the South an oppor- ;
tunity of seeing the country nnd railroads>
and of explaining to them the various operations
connected witit tlio tainos, l>y competent1
intelligent persons, without cost, nnd to culti- i
vatc social und friendly relations. '
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The train itself was a magnificent nfiuir;
tha cars were of the very t est class, nnd ap- i
parcntly every thing which eottld in any wny J
contribute to the pleasure or comfort of the ]
guests had been amply provided.
At the appointed time the train moved off
over the Northern Central Railroad at line ,
speed in the direction of Ilnrrisburg, passing i
through a beautiful country in a high state of 1
cultivation. At Columbia the Susquehanna j
River was crossed on the ii"w bridge, the old |
one linviitg boon burnt by ticn. Early and bis
command during the war. Here we struck '
the Pennsylvania Central Railroad, nnd were ,
joined l>y the (leticral Sufarir.tiiideiit. Tress- I
urcr, several of the directors and other officers '
of that company, who accompanied the party i
through the entire trip?other officers had ,
started \vith us fr on Ilnltinmro. Just before '
reaching 11.mist ing the train was stopped a,
a large manufactory of steel rails, whteli had t
just been I uilt, to afford the parly an opportu- y
nity of examining it. We were told that they 1
had a demand for much more than they could
produce, the Pennsylvania Central Railroad {
alone proposing to take their entire production J
for one year. Stoelrails are coining into very v
general use on railroads over which a great ,
number of heavy traia* are daily passed, and c
ire especially used about depots and rwitche* '
ind other places whero the rails are liable to 1
jo worn rapidly?they are used as a matter of s|
jconomy. At one o'clock we arrived at liar- h
isburg, where an elegant dinner was provided K
or the party. After dinner, we left, the road .
unning north-west through a very mountain, -p
us country, equally as much so as the Faluda t!
fountains, in the neighborhood of Hodges, on
he Saluda Turnpike, yet tbo train ran at *
ghtning speed along the banks of the river,
urviug arour.d the points of the bills and it
arough the valleys, over a very crooked road
rilh the same ease and regularity as if we p
rcre passing over a level country, the scenery w
n many places being magnificent beyond de- *'
icription, so much so that on one occasion one
>f the party exclaimed, " Oh, that I had M
ffursey hero!" The stream we were running 1<
ip was crossed fourteen times in five miles.?
The valley was highly cultivated, the fielde ?
beautifully green with wheat, oata and ?
grasses? comparatively little corn being culti- H
ratod?the houses, bnrns and fencing all neat jj
and substantial, and a general condition of g
prosperity appeared to surround us at every
turn. A canal also ran along the river by
our aide, and now and then we would pass
boats upon it, drawn by mules. We were frojbently
told by those on board who were familiar
with tho history of Ihe country, tha1
the canal was >he first thing that developed
this section of country, but the business upon
t bocamo so great that the people became too '
ast for it and built the railroad, and now .
icarly the entire business is done by it; the (
npidity and promptness with which freight" '
ind passengers are moredby the railroad, rar? f
iea all except such heary and bulky freights ,
is can be mored to places where the parties t
re in no hurry for it. Towards craning we *
irgan to soe evidences of the manufacture o^
roo in the smoke which here and there arn?e (
rem the furnaces in the hills imond us, to ?
learly each one of which a track of railroad 4
tad been laid.
Promptly at fire o'clock we arrired at Al- f
oona, making the run of 132 mile* in three
nd a half hours, with one stoppage. This is '
i city built in the mountains at the foot of the '
nain ridge of the Alteghanies, and where the ,
'ompauy's principal shops are looated ( tbey> ?
lowever, have large ahops at Philadelphia li
md at curious other places. About .two 1
housand merhanioa aro employed in the shops ||
it this place. We stopped at the Logan a
louse," which also bolonga to the Company, ?
nd which for elegance in erery department }i
s not Su massed br anr hotel T know in the
ountry. The dialog room, we were inform h
d, would accommodate 3000 pertona at a '
ime. After a good night'a reit and breakfatt, 11
re were oondootad through every department
f the abopa, and each operation explained lo ,
a l>y competent per?ont, onr parly haidg lad a
y the C.aoeral flnpar intendent and the mat- p
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er machinist and the foreman of each dci
artu*ent. ^hese are said to b? Mm largrtt
nd beet arranged railroad ah ope In the
itfitcti States; they ooVelr about twenty acre*,
f lapd, and the machinery and tools are all
f the beat quality and first order. We no"
iced several labor-saving machines that He
lad not seen before, and which are of great
oneequence as a natter of economy. The
Company is building another set of shops at
be sane plaqe, of about Che. same site, which
s to bo-principally used in the coastrectieu
>f cart.
Leaving Altoona at eleven o'clock, we
itarted up the mountains to the dividing ridge
Mtween tho Atlantic and the Mississippi. A
inscription of the scenery is impossible; it
nust be seen to be tally appreciated. Tbe
ibarp curves in the road, juet similar to those
in the turnpikes in our mountains, gars great
rariety to tbo scenery, and presented many
landsome landscapes. Often as we were
>aaaing up one side of a valley or mountain
lide, on the other side, muoh above or below
is, we would see trains passing along either
>ver tho track before or behind ue, sometimes
he freight treins drewu by three engines and
sarrying from 40 to 80 heavily loaded ears.?
I'bey have what Is known ns camel back or
nountain engines to help the trains over the
teep grades ou-tbe mountains, they sre then
arricd on with ons engine. Tbe track is
loubls, and sometimes we would meet annth*.
r passenger train going iu tbe opposite direoion
at a speed of 30 or 40 miles per hour.?
it a place oalled tbe Horso-shoe the train was
topped to afford tbe party i?n opportunity of
getting out of tbo cars and looking at tbs
concry. It is as wild and picturesque s spot
s any in the neighborhood of I'resar'e Head
r Table Rock. Finally wc passed through a
unncl of ubout a mile in length and was on
>ip of the mountain. Here we took an oleant
dinner at a mountain hotel, in * country
cry similar to our Flat Rock country, after
rbich wc started down the west side of tho
nountain, running at a speed of from 40 to
0 miles per hour; at one time we run 42
tiles in 53 minutes. At Johnstown tho train
ras stopped to afford the party nn opportemiy
of examining tbe Cambria Iron Works.?
'bese are built on the Railroad In a valley
etween two mountains, with a capital of
1.000,000. Tho ceal, iron and lime ars all
nken out of the moun'.aina. within leas than
alf a mile from the Work*. The Company ]
mploy, end were working the day we were |
hern, 4500 men?a number nearly equal to the
thole number of men In l oth UreeuVille and
iHckcns counties. The product ot the Work*
* about 250 ton* railroad iron pur day, heaides
ileel and many other article* made of iron.?
rhe Prc*ldent of the Company showed vis
through tbo entire Works.
The next place at which the train was stopled
was a coal mine about a mile and a half
n length, which the party went through on
mall cars drawn by mules. The mule* boinmo
unmanageable once or twice, and the
'are ran off the track two or three time* durng
tho trip, which did not add touch to the
out fort of the passenger* ; each miner and
loch passenger was furnished with a small
amp, which furnished all the light we bad.?
Finally tho opening on the opposite aide of
he monntain was reached, and I think each
>nc of the party was fully satisfied with their
ixpcrimcnt, without desiring to repeat it.?
Still 1 have do boubt they were perfectly safe
n the mine, but tbey were unaccustomed to
io long a journey under ground. The miners
ippcar h ippy and contented, und make large
wages (trom $4 to $6 per day.) Thoy work
and are paid by tho ton. They often boeomn
dissatisfied with their wages and strike."?
They bad just gone to work when we were
there after a "strike "of two months. This,
however was only one of tbo coal mines
along the road ; the whole mountains are fill
??? iiuu juu can pcb iiic
antrances lo the mine* in all the Kills.
Heaving the mines, we started at n rapid
"peed, mill soon caine in sight ol" It ruddock's
ratal t utile field, on the Monongnheln, nbont
ten miles this side of Pittsburg, and ahout
night entered the city, (the Birmingham of
America.) and stopped at the Union Depot Hotel,
belonging to the Company, which, like
those we had stopped at before on the excursion.
was elegantly kept. I was somewhat
surprised to learn from statistics shown me,
that more than one-half of all the iron mode
in the United States is made in this city and
in this neighborhood, and three fourths of all
the steel.
After a good night's sleep, and a good snp!>er
and breakfast, the party was invited to go
ivcr the city and look at the different points
if interest, and on going to the door tound
[hat the t'oinpiny had pruvtJod twenty carriages
for the party. They \iere invited to be
icntcd in thein, when they started, under the
end of competent persons, to examine the
vorks through the city. They visited iron,
itcel and glass works in great numbers and
ariety, each operation being thoroughly exslained
by persons who thoroughly understood
lie process. The manufacture of steel and
tlnss were particularly interesting. The pary
rutin tied to the hotel, and partook of an elignnt
dinner at two o'clock. Alter dinner tbo
arriages wore again brought out, and the parv
iniited to look farther. They crossed the
tionongahcla River into Alleghany City, and
ieited other locouiotivo shops and iron manifactories.
Returning they were carried to
he Inclined Plane Railroad, which has roently
been constructed to conrey persons to
heir homes on the top of one of the hills near
lie city. The longtb of the track is 160U,and
be elevation J80 tcet. The cars aro confruoted
to run over it so that the seats are
vel, by elevating the rear of the ear. One car
oes up while the other eotnes down. Tbey are
loved by a stationary engine on the top of tho
ill, and are drawn by n repe n.ado of wire,
here is another wire rope attached, to ratch
ic car and hold it, in case tho one drawing it
ould break. It is said to he perfectly safe ;
it I think that, like the mine, one trip satis;d
each one of the party, and I do not think
tbor one of them felt a disposition to repeat
, or that they were at ease while either atmding
or descending. From the top of the
ill there is a beautiful view of tbe cities of
ittsburg und Alleghany City, which, by tbe
ay, contain 270,000 inhabitants ; but the
nuke arising irom tbe great number of iron
orks almost hides the city from view. In
nssing through the different works it was
uprising with what ease tbe men handled
irge pioces of hot ireu. A piece weighing
00 lbs at white heat < handled apparently
'ills as much ease as . not accustomed to it
rould handle blocks of wood of same sue,
reighing perhaps forty pounds. It is all acuired
by practice, the development of the
aoscles, and what is known as tltigki. Tbe
nen in those heated places dress as lightly as
tossilile, many of them without shirts, lint the
inspiration flows very freely all the time.?
rticy are said to he remarkably healthy, and
ive to quite as old age aa persons not exposed
o such heat Their wages are good?from $3
a $8 per day. Most of them work by tho
.on. These wages enable them to live well,
md to cat plenty of such food as they desire ;
ind they choose sueh as will contribute to the
levelopment of their muscular power, sueh as
leef, potatoes and bread. Tbey are said to
>e uncommon hesrty eaters. In the mannfaeure
of steel, one process is to subject tbe iron
At as high a heat as can be got upon it for ten
lays We saw some of the iron which had
>een thus subjected ; add how the men eould
itand the heat to which they were exposed in
tandling it, was a mystery to ns. One not
iceustomed to it was unenmfortabla at a dis
ance of fifty feel ,rom the metal ; yet these
nen aiooa immeaisieiy over me lurnare ana
ifted oat the pots containing it with their
ongs. Thii wai said not to he a very healthy
iccupation, and that the man ao employed and
ixpoaed did not oOen live more than eight or
en year* after com manning it ; but they got
[ood wages?>$14 per day?and there were alraya
plenty anaiona to bira, to taka the
ilaeea of thoae who die.
One thing yon could not lie'p observing
n and about Pilt*biirg, and in fact in all
he country we parsed through, and that
?*a 1 lint there were no idlera Everybody
ran at woikat something. and prodneing
omething. The laws ol tba city prohibit
>oy a from idling on the street a ; they are
aken up by the polloc, and if they have
o employment. they are aant to tha worki?tn<*
and made to work, or to the frea
ehoole. The vagrant lawa In reference to
duha are also said to be rigidly enioreed
n and about the city.
These mechanics and lahorera are aaid to
ie a very prolfiga'e set of itirn?rpend all
heif wagea, and but tew of them aaee any
bing for old age; but tha paopla who
urniah them with supplies, get their money,'
nd it ie left in P.ttahurg, and the oonnmera
of the articles they manufacture,
re the parties #hn ia raalUy pay their sparently
cxorbifaot wages.
LX?.' I li 11* I I II -|?|1| ; L ji?L l-ILLB- $:
r.;?s5jir "n,
At t oVloefc, olf it* (turning *N||e Idtii. (
the p*T't waa all f?ed? andllfK 0 the oil ,
region*, (having M*n joined hy Hlidatai ,
tha vaHou* p1ae?a on our t*ip,.M?e p*r*y |
now nvmburtd aKout*aa?ontyB?a)
' Parting out of Pittrliurg and up the Alio- (
gheny Riwr. the country continued moon* i
tatnru*?all the hllia containing c?al and ?
iron. After an h?ur'# ^ruo, we stopped to i
examine the f%emi<4l wdrks which a >
voi v laree ertali iahmeut eoveiinir at leas' I
20 acres of Kind. On tho iidc of the road
Wi? nn immrn*? pile of minetal, wliloh
looked it.ore like lamp* of lee than invthing
elo*. It io Cryolite. on-l ?? brought
from Ic-lsnd. and it the principal ingredient
u?ed in the minnhrttK of saponifler,
eanitlc aoda, bi carh. rod a, eal?ooua, ialet
at u a, #<>da a*h, eoparaa, ml. acid, mur. acid,
nitric aeid. aquafortis ammonia, ehU Jtinc,
poi u? atom, art |li? works Were extensive
and interesting, and aaeh operation or pro
ceee, was thoroughly explained to our party
by the Superintendent end foreman of each
departmenthnt not being very woii skill
ed in ohemialry, we did not understand llie
vat inn* operations ss well as ?f would oth
erwiae have done. Leaving this point. we
continued up the streams, the msd winding
its war along the hanks of the livers
until we resohed the oil region, and, fioally,
Oil Oily, where we took dinner.
This country h*s noly been settled since
the ennetrtietion of the railroads through it
and the discovery of th* oil, but is now a
thickly populated, wealthy end prosperous
country. In apeeking of the country, we
were frequently lold that it was only ten
years old, and that all we saw in the way
of improvements, had Iwen onnetraeted
within that time. First lite railroads were
hnllt, then the oil was discovered, then the
farms were opened and towns and citiea
built. The oil wells area cuiiosity which
has never been explained. The persons
pumping the oil out of the wells, and who
have heen familiar with them from the
time the oil was 6rst discovered, until the
present, are as ignoiant nf what produce* it,
and of what ilia composed, as soy one who
never saw the wells or oil. The only thing
they know, is, that if a well is bored a
certain deplh, or until a oer'ain kind of
; atone or gravel ia reached, the oil is reached,
I and can be pumped out for a time, when In
most of the wells it neaaes to ftow. At ft- at
I when it ceased to flow, it was thought the
| oil was exhausted, hut now it is not thought
i so, hut that the eontlnoal pumping and
(.suction towards the well at lite bottom,
closes up all the ereviors it: the rock
through which the oil peseta, and then thr
well ia dry?as it is termed?httl then another
well may he hofed wi>hln a- iew feet
of the dry one, and nil obtained Jy? perhaps |
as great quantity as the fit st one There ia a
great difference in the qnantity of oil pumped
out of the different wells per day. Some
3 barrels, some 10. ni|ior? 1M>, 40, 100 end ,
some as-high aa 3.0O0 barrels per day, > ut j
ihe laat. is not common. Tits average i
is about 20 barrels per day. Tbe product
of Oil Creek and tbe oil resr'on thereabouts,
we were informed, was 12.C4K) i'arrela per
day. The pr c- at the we'la is about <4 to
|4 60 per barrel. It is taken to various
places in its c?nd? state, called petrnlenm,
where it is refin-d end made into lite different
kinds of oils we see in the market*?
InbricHi in*, illuminating, Ac Large nmonnta
of money have been mads out ?.f it. One
company (the Columbia) tbe President of
which joined our party, and gave me h's
last report to his stock holders? informed
in* thnt. his company was firmed wi|?> a
captsi ol tl<0 .<m0. Tltey issued stock for
$2 600,000. They have paid dividends
$3,000 000, and the p'esent market vnlu- of
the stoek is $6,000.00?, sird all this within
siv years; so that npon a capital of $200.-000,
the stockholders have realised $8,000,000.
We stopped at th'ir works, aud their
emp'oyeea came ont to reeeive us with a
hand of musie, and slto-wed and explained
to us every process of pumping, boring, Ac
This company is pet haps an exception or
more profitable than mogt id them, atlll
there at e many fabulous s ories of tlie immense
fortunes mads by individuals and
companies There have also been many
bogum eompaaies raised, by which the stockholders
lost all they pot in.
Tits wella in the vall*y of Oil Creek are
about 860 feet deep Those on the mountains
are as much deeper, ni the ground or
top of tha well is alt tve the villey, the oil
being on s level.
i lie derrick* over ill* were look at a
distance very nine It like this (hipping in a
harbor?the well* in many place* attnort a*
thick a* tree* in the foreat. Each well ha*
a littl* at cam engine which drlv-sthe pnmp,
and a email tank, which contain* the oil.
which i* all the machinery there I* ahout
it. There ts a column of g** flowing from
each of the well*. and many ol the online*
are driven hj that a? fuel, nnd they never
ti?e any other. Tlta wella Joea'?d in the
mountain* at a distance from the railroad,
pump their oil from the well to the rail*
road. Some of them which we eaw pump*
ed it in ii on pip-s a die ame of *even mil a*
After examining lite wella and vicinity to
our sa'iafaction. wt left for Riia City on
Lake Erie hy tha way of Corry. which ia a
new and fl mrishing city built up at the
junction and crossing ol eeveral railroad*.
We arrived at Kd? at 7 o'clock, p m. We
topped at theK?ed House, wtierewehad a
good night'* rest and an excellent supper
and breakfast. After hteikfaat we were i
taken out on tha Lake in boat* We a *o 1
hoarded a man of war that wa* lying in I
the harbor, the officer* ol which were pre*
pared for us, and rceeived ua with great I
cordiality, arid had us to share with them
some of the luxuries of their ealilu. Wr I
examined the docks and other objects of I
interest about the whar'a. The city o' Erie i
appeal* to he a very handsome place, and
the party regretted that they did not have
time to i?e more of it. There is a natural
enrlnaitv ahout it, whi<-h, like tha oil well*,
haa never been explained. When a well ie
tmred to a depth of ahout 40O feet, a flow
of ga* is thrown out of it, which I* u*ed for
msny purpose*. Mant *'eam engines in the
city use it entirely fur fuel The eaa works
use no other fuel than the gas from a well
in their yard. Many,tonuses are lit with it,
and it makes quit* as biilhant a light aa
mnnuiaeiur?<i gee. n<? 011 nee yet been
di?eov?-rei in the neighborhood ot Krle?
There ia another peculiarity about coal and
oil. Where coal hae be?-n (ound, no o?l hm
been found, and where oil ia found, no coal
hut been found, which woQld ??eta to ?on
radiet the firs* O|dnlon, that the oil was
the dripping from coal bede.
Alter pee ing through ihe railroad ahope,
we left Erie a* I all paet^ll o'clock on our
return?|>a*a'.ig over a moUutainoua eaun-.
try eery aiintlar to thai we paae~d over in
coming up. We eriived for dinner at
Kane on the lop of the mountain. H-re
the company have ahopa iflao. It ia a wild
moun>ain ma place, with ju?t room enough
hetwaen the hilla for the ahopa tilUire lor
the mecharie* and the railroad. Our din
ner w<a e'egant, thought by aome to be the
heat on our trip?plenty of epeckled trout,
freeh venieou and almoal anything elaa ?
Orie thing I noticed in all the liotele that
we alopprd at, that when you ark'1 lc
i ring chicken, they invaiihly rent you a
? hole one. I never mw a piree nl one a-nt
to any oaa. Juat .b-|?W Kane, w pad i
a large tannery, aaid to I* iha largcet in
the United Sutea. It ia on the railroad,
the capital ona million of dollanr*. The
company own a large quantity id land,
upon which hemlock ietbe principal grrCwth
The company atrip th? hark Irom It for
tanning purpoaca and than uw thn loge
into luiabar. A great deal of lumbar ia
nut in aH ihia n<ouniatn?ue aooniry, wkioh
la rafted down tho atreama cither in luge
or aawed lumber. TMe country aroont
Kane M all new, and M l?(Mt>ted to the
[ railroad 'or all it ia. 1 met a gctilantn who
| waa iu CuagrNa ?hk Oooarnor Orr, and
I who Inquired particularly about hin>, who
I taformed that at that limy, ,b? *aa
^ dffared twenty inllaaaqaar# of tho laala ia
' _?
%
tU woivh |
r6f BaiHmpre/Jfhlladd an^syst
SI ea<*h ongTof iheNkaaoBapiata HkM
&ra?w&553.
rain?till* aama that wa n? ftnlablng lT |
tfcn ihopi at AWoona tln ?? <lajt baforr, and <
artifoh an* from fltWO to flfcOOO ?aeh ? ]
n>e pari lag going to theaeraral placaa tkatf
xRXm. j^dSsb ca
themaaWra ip Baltimore. r-frrahrd and feel |
ng vary Httla fatlgnrd from the trip.?
R:r. '
not brae o?H ow P^Hfr Vbr^rbaMo pre
ilmmrd wilb hard wopd (ijgnaqnai *) to
mall* them ride eaey and oMaeU*.
Oke thing I n?gteot*l 4a> imaMion at tha w
proper plaoe 5 that la, a 4?pr pptapt fcrtfa
u/htoh was ilUitlif^ ah> train ft U pI
inched lo lha engthe and Wpot Ofiby the.
?T>ginerr. Th*> powtk (a cpfA 4 t*om oons *
Jenaed air, and is tbe mort powerful brak'
r ver invented. Our train at, a J3A
qpilff per h.uir, wae etoppad in S'OQ feel;
?nd at a ip?#4 of 40 mllen'pee heur, in a
distance of 400 teat. It ft he Invented by a
lonng man of Pitteborg, bM m*d?a
Fortune by hi* invention, and U now n?lt> ,
ing thom in large qnantltiee and telling
J??m, with the right, to different nllreadf.
Our party wm perfectly d-lghted with
their trip, with the klndneee and court eey
r>f those having charge of the rtteweloe
irain, as well ea (he eiiitaae we met every,
where. Politics wm no where all*4*4 hf.
Everybody was at work at aomatb(.q?,,nn(l'
Lite country was everywhere procuring
lomoihingr, and crowing in weall'h and peoe
fieiiiy. I inquired eeveral thnea what the
jouniry would ba without the rattrahda,
ind the reply wa?, thai it would he abaa>'
toned?that their people would not remain
n any country without railroads: that the
*ailionda had made the country ad it ,W<|
hat lhay had turnirbod the meant for franksoiling
ihe material found in their itioun?
laint to the market*, which oonld aot other
wieo have been done without them. . When
heae people w int to do anything in a tea
lion Hf enuhfry where therer Ik no railroad.
Iha flrd thing they do it to bolld a railroad
into it. They n d to me. that lh?y intend
r<\ to t>nild many mora railroads through
Iheir mountain region ; and if you look opnn
the map, it appaafs to bo cheeked off
all over villi thorn now. It ia contemplated
to build a railroad from Pittsburg to
Charlealnn. Fnni what 1 eav, I am abra
that railroads caw he built through all the
mountainous portion of Western North
Carolina. A road from Greaavilla to Ashe
ville. would prevent oo difficulties at all to
those mountaineer* of Pernajtuania. We
passed through a hundred places much
more difficult. From all I saw. I am cure
that, with the exception ol the coal in the
mountains, that country haa no udyantage
over nara We have a better climate than
th.lr*. naturally a mora productive aoiI,
and with proper aare and culture our lands
ci>n be brought up to aa bitch a state ol cultivation
aa theirs 1 think thers ia better
clover in the City of Graanville, in savers)
Iota, than I saw la Pennsylvania, and it
can be made everywhere that the land la
made rich and proper care taken. What
wa want la railroads that prtil bring population?ihr
two combined wHl brmawealth,
it never can txist without them. We want
railroad*, not to rnn to the mountains and
atop, but to pa?a through in avarjr dl-eation,
O \ u III if IIS numk Ami AkoaW '?**
with the balance ff the world; affording
?ra an opportunity of tolnglhag With ohitena
o/ different localities far remote trona each
oiher?hearing the views of eaoh et.d profiling
by thorn. It i? known to every body
who h?a traveled at all, that whrn you
travel five hundred mile* from home, It ia
lb*; raraat thing to meet with any one who
know* anything about our ?eotion. Why?
B>ca<rre there it no way to get here and
get away whbout coming ngw fJreetirifle
R?nd and returning upon it. When you
ewo in doe* a stranger to rwu kere, 1 never
eaw one tTiat waa not fjeaacrl.
Upp~r Oeorgiir l? much more prnapereus
than we are j they look as if tbey waia
italf a century ahewd of ne ; and why 1?
Their country ia no better than onra. It it
b'Cnnae their country in actreaviMe fi-nm
every direction hj raihoade. They will
continue ahead of us, and to increaee tire
dhtance bit ween na, until wa learn wisdom
and I mid railroad# onraelrea.
Altogether, the a acromion waa a magnificent
affair. I doubt if one on a more
splendid scale waa ever attempted on thia
.mntinent The road itaalf la the finest one
in the coun'rr. It works over 8.000 axiles.
nod haa a capiUil 970,000,000. It* Ineome
l*?t. year waa $17,000,009 The board of
iiiie<'lora appropriated $10,000 to pay the
expenrea of thia excuraion. 1 presume it
did d< t coat half that aum, but aver^*
Lh>ng wiii provided that comfort or pUaaure
r-quired, and the cxaurtionlata. I have no
doubt, had an opportunity of witnessing
the operation and management of tha beat
ind beat managed road they every saw, or
perhaps ever will eee, at well ae erring
many object* of intereat and curiosity that
hey had never aeao before, and cam a a way
iiuch benefited by the trip. H. P. II.
OBITUARY.
On 26th June, at flreenviflt H. O , aa it
drew near to the Sabbath, FLORA Mo
N'BILL, infant (daughter of Rev. Dr. and
ilia K T BulH, aweetly fall **'e?p in
l-'Hi' boeom. and awoke amid the joys of a
U.-aVenly Hnbbalh.
She ai>ent llitia mora than five montha in
tbia woi Id; waa bean Ufa I and lovely; wa*
loucbad by aw row and eiakneaa, drooped,
and waa traa.lerrad to her Heavenly b?me.
It la wall, wa know, with bar, for aba ia
now an angeL
"Our Ond lb Heaven, from that holy place,
To each of ua aa angel guide baa five* ;
But paranta of dead children have more
For they giv# angela to their Ood and
Heaven."
REIDVILLE
Male High School,
12 Mil** from Apnrtanborg C. H., S. C
w O KIHKLAKD. B. A., Priaalpal.
W. I) KlKKI'ANr>, B. 8., AaaUiaot.
1HK NKXT 8KS-.IOK OP
w. I Uk n<> wn
W INSTITUTION
JL'Jr Will bat's o?
Monday, jtjly uth, 1870
TERMS
Par R#??ioa ef FWa Month*, ia Adranaa.
Primary |I0 00
ilii(h*r It 00
CooiintMnt Faa 1 00
B--a>d p-r including Wwhing
and Poal 10 00.
$A7 will eovrr (ha aipapaa* of Board and
Thimo ? lor U?a wliola rtaaaiao, ar $114 far
lb' amir* Seholaatla Taar.
P'?r l<irth-r paril?u|ara. addrcta tba Frlo;
eipal. Hal l villa, H. 0.
Jon# 29 t i
. . ? .
?UM HIV
sum mm krrii.,
November 1*, 1870?
CHAltLEHTON, S.
JWuA^aaafeMifc.
Praaalaai, Mot |<Wilti4A|'|8fM*Wp$A;
-?
Mrti(fiMd&ii)|'i InMrovcd, a'.ao Pnr*
iflkSafe^MhwdaAaoedsflh JSoelUh Nor?ltl
ml DtUh Ui|? Whit* Globe, Green
31eb?, Yellow Bione end Frrneh, (Henover.)
Tint Dutch end Golden Bell
The vegeteiive power of ibeee will be
reied Were they ere offered for aele.
Ample direction* from the moot eucceeeful
rrowere will accompany each rarer!,
rar A full lobpl/ef Gerdenere' end Art'XSW'4'
b,"d
? ?^ -
NotioOt .fiAt f,/
m''fl 't owned by the let* General Weddy
A fwe feraffiee eew he eeeewwwdMed with
nuMumr MMA
The-*?de?e%eed wiltefee thet the gneeti of
the phwei n wwA teeeteA. t >* > '
,* 7.- i. 44 - A. M. SIMPSON.
Juno 20 0 if
r^^nSs^s^r?or,~'
If*. M, ileyne 8tr*U, CWnton, B. O.
* hePtK- ?* efeeLtee rW '* -iyl
GOOKINO stoves, RANGfS AND
" Renting P-torre. Pietarte of Stereo
with prior* nod doec rip lion will he ernt upon
opplicpl^fl' Jfoo 2t s-ly
NOTICE.
HpO the Oitwwww of Fair view,
1 Greenville, Laurens, Spartan*
burg, and alt ttie country round,
Your humble ^ervAbt*66ildS yon
greeting molt profound;
Not to announce itmelf a candidate
fir legislative halls,
Nor to ft-tlr fur orM>n1iai>l-s to ?un.
port these monster railroad ca)/i%
But only to proclaim in aimple
terms,
That we are going to lead all other
firm*,v.. iJv ?'*
By letting off ctor remaining summer
stock
IJats, and
At cost and carriage for the cash.
This ^s no boa* ; Qome see for your
' self,
Prieo every article now cm the
shell;
And it yon don't buy and help
ipj gondbiofl*
Mf
I'll a nit keeping storfc and tarn
politician. a lo a*
T. H. nTJUTM, Agent.
Faii-vicw Store. .Tunc* 99H 1JT7rt
Jy ?? t, ?, :4TV, 8
VALWAOLR
LANDS
FOR
,i?wli A'djMk
mHRI theriaed to )?tl
BttiflBUBr1 a HU?* Wd5^2B2m^
TltACT? OF LANB:
One 7raet of 49# MKf, nor* or less, on
T/jw Riwer nod Slush Caeek, in flMtnrill*
County, 8. C? fifteen miles a^ove the- City of
Greenville, belonging to 8 AINU EX F. TODD,
of Texas, formerly lands owned by Olive*
Barrett, and well knees as bis plan* of reer?
dene* for many' years. There are S# or 90
acres of ititlSW ' V Low
Ground# in the Tract, Bottom
Land#
Of Tyger Hirer and Slash Creek, n a high
state of oultWalioa. The Up-Lands are of
a superior character, and a portion of them
cleared and in rnltiration. There is on tha
Tract a large and substantial
DWELLING HOUSE,
With all the necessary Oatbnildlaga, situated
on the State Road Hading from tha Salnda
Oap to ColamMa, 8. C.
The other Tract belnnge to W. P. GREEN,
of Tecas, and lias on Math Creek, In the upper
part of Orsearllle County, 8. C., containing
orer 20# acres, 4# or 4# acres of wbieb.
are the finest
BOTTOM L A NDl.
Id tbe County. Tbe Up-LamAs ui of n good
quality, and a portion of tbese o I eared im is
caltiretion. ' :
Tbete LANDS will be aold vary tow tot
Caah. If not sold at private sala, they will
ba offered at anetion to the highest bidder
on Saleday in Aagnst.
It is seldom that there is offered far Sato
nab a body of rieb Lands in this County.
Peveoaa wish tag to take permanent, prnfitabto
invtstaaapte, are invited St look at these
two Treat* of Lands before the .day of sale.
WM- H PKHiY,
Attorney and Agent, Ae.
OreonTllte C. H., S. C., Jane 37th, 1870.
Jnae 30 V' * _ 6
p&~ Abbeville Prtt and Banntr giro two
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