Keowee courier. (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, June 04, 1859, Image 2
KEO W-EK COjUlEB.
SOS'T. A. THOMPSON, Editor.
TEllMS,?>1.'?0 per annum, in advance. If
payment ho delayed until after the expiration of
tlie yoa?\ $2.00 For six months, 7*> cents, in
itilvuuoe.
Advertisements inserted at the usnnl rates.
PICKHXS C. II., S.
Saturday Morning, June 4, ^859.
The Mass Meeting.
His Kxetdloncy (Ji?v. Gist 1ii\^ kindly cousonted
to allow un interval of two or three
days between tho reviews of tlic 2d ami 5th
llegimonts, to enable nil to attend tin? nmu
meeting at Tunnel Ilill. The]reviews havo
not yet Imjcu ordered ; when thoy nre, a day
> ill bo fixed on for tlie proposed meeting.
In tho meantime, wo would urge that subscriptions
bo taken up throughout tlic district
and elsewhere. A li.st has been opened
at our oflioc For this purposo.
GoldWo
have hcon shown sonic beautiful specimens
of gold taken from tho mines of Mr.*.
Campbem., on Martin's Crook, in this district.
Five or six of the pieces were worth a little
over Tho mine is reported to us most
favorably, and we have no doubt it could be
workod tu advantage.
Extraot
From a letter dated DeUcviow, Texas, May
13. 1859:
AVo have had plenty of Irish potatoes and
beans for tho last two weeks. Corn is from
lmoo to waist high. Tlioro will bo a general
harvesting next week. Wo have a fine
prospect for fruit, and the corn aud cotton
crops arc unusually flattering, us we have
had a very dry spring. Tho general health
of the country is good.
The Census.
Wc learn from Mr. Mulmnnix, tho census
taker of tho district, that ho has nearly
completed his labors. He thinks the white
population will not exceed 1"?,000 ; to which
add tho idavc?, and it makes tho total population
of tho district something over 19,000.
nn.?- -i ~
una snows an increase ot tlio white population
of over 2,000, when compared with the
returns of the lust census.
The population of Tunnel Ilill is 1,003.
The Virginia Election.
Thfc election for (lovornor, Congressmen
nuil members of the Legislature has just taken
place in the Old Dominion. The contest
has bcon exciting, and both parties have
been roBndly abused. Returns sufficient
liavo not been received to decide who hns
been elected, but it is believed that JuiiN
Letoiikr, the democratic candidate, has been
puccesftful. gofjciv- IIlinn wlinm tkn /?r>rw.ui
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tion of every shade centered, gains largely
on tho previous opposition voto. One or two
of the regular democratic candidates for Congress
have boon defeated hy "independent"
democrats. Tho political coinplcxion of the
Legislature is yet unknown, though it is reasonable
to infor that it is democratic.
The result of this election, let whoever may
be otected, is suggestive of grave considerations.
Mr. Lktcueu entered the canvass
with a democratic majority of near 10,000 inscribed
on tho banner of his party, ntid ho
comes out of the conflict with it trailing in
the dust. Gonot.v run without principles,
and stoutly contests the prize. But wo await
full returns before we say more.
A Richmond paper says:
Below we give by telegraph the returns
ns far as they wore to be had up to midnight,
of the election yesterday. Gov.
AYise's majority 9,921. The returns below
indicate a considerable reduction of
that majority. In the Congressional Districts
we have the following result's : 1st
istriot?JohnS. Millson re-elected without
opposition. 2d District?Muscoo IX.
II. Gaructt re-elected without opposition.
JJd District?uncertain, the contest being
John S. cain.n.1 It ^ TVJ < '
. V- ?? ?? V v. jniiiuuu. *t t ll
District?W. O. Goode is doubtless ro-elected,
though opposed by W. C'. FJournoy*
fith District?Thomas S. Boeock has no
opposition. Oil District?A despatch
from Charlottesville says that Shelton F.
Leake " is certainly clected," over Paulus
Powcl. 7th District?William Smith is
doubtless rc-clcetcd over Henry W. Thomas,
Whig, and Henry Shackleford, Democrat.
8th District The only reports wc
have by telegraph show majorities for Alexander
K Huttelcr, (Opposition,) and none
are reported for Chas. J. Faulkner, Democrat.
Oth District, tho Tenth Legion.?
The candidates hero aro John Harris,
Demnnriif nn#l -T II ?1
* . xniuiiui, j/uiuucrill.ic
nominee. The report wc have is from
"tauten, ohov.'ing .1 hrgc majority for Skinner.
10th District, Henry A. EdmoudHon
lias no opposition. 11th District,
Sherrard Clemen* lias noopposition. 12th
District?A. (r. Jenkins haR no opposition.
13th District?Here, Benjamin.
Jiush Floyd, nominee, is running against
Elbert S. Martin, Domocrnt. The telegraphic
report# show majorities for both,
though the larger numbers reported arc
for Floyd.
M * D
Tho programme of the Commencement oxorci*es
of tho "Electic Medieal Inntituto"
of Cincinnati, Ohio, Ja bvforo ua. Thorefr m,
we learn that tho title ot M. I). has bo<ui conferred
on a young citizen of our distri?*?J.
D. Beach aw, at tho rocont commencement.
ImronTant Movement.?Tho colored peoplo
of Chicago, nt a mooting on tho 25th nit.,
Trbieh wu vory numerously jittondoH. n/font.
r<\ resolution* declaring it the imperative
duly of ovory free colorod 0140 in the Dotted j
States to omigrato to Ilayti, and appointed a '
cvujiniuce to open \ correjpftridonf oy thui
. wVjWt .\ri'k thii'v roj>\rtlic. Glal to hear it'
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Goneral Intelligence.
The intelligence from Utah is interestingj
Ju'Vi Sisci.air has calle<l ou Col.. Johnson
I for troops to project tlje sessions of Court at
! S.ilt Lako city, l>y noting as a posse domitatus.
Gov. Cumincj called out 5,0(00 of the
J Mormon militia to oppose the entrance of the
i troops. From the tenor of tho correspond
j cnco it would appear that a oollisiou in inovj
"liable, if the troops attempt lo enter thocUy.
Dates* from St. Louis to the -3tl lilt, in
, form us that a largo numher of starviug
l'ike's I'eakers are roported to have attacked
! and captured the outward bound train, killed
tho conductor, and hung the newly appoint
j <?u I'optmaster at Amnna.
Stirring times continue in Mexico. Thero
j had been a movement at the capitol in favor
! of Saxta Anna's return. There was somo
i fighting, ami much marching and oounterI
marching of troops throughout thcconntry.
; Latest Kuropeau advices show a dcelinc in
j cotton in Liverpool. Trade and the (uanui
factoring interests arc greatly depressed.? ]
I There is iiothinrr later from ilm nf I
The Fmiperor of Frouce liiul arrived at (Jenoft, I
and taken the command of iho French army.
Kngland lias formally proclaimed her neutrality.
The Anstrians have retreated from
their tir?t position, hut are nioro safely bouvnuked.
The conflict will early commence,
it is generally thmijrht.
Exchanges.
; Pcndi.kton Mkssenukk.?-The last number
I of this journal announces its discontinuance.
| The proprietor states that, in a short time,
| he will issue another paper at llartwell, Oil.
i? ? ?..? -e ' .......
I itinu uiiinv-T ui ameere regret mat I'ciuUeton
is to bo deprived again of a locul organ,
but a luckless fate sceais so to have decreed
it. Wo bespeak for friend Symmes tho largest
measure of succoss in his nc>v entorprisc.
Tllfe CoUTHEltN FlKLD and Fireside.?The
first number of a large and handsome weekly,
with the above title, comes to us from Augusta,
Ga.. James Oardnkk, Esq., is the
' proprietor. Mr. Wm. W. Mann is the literary
editor, and Dr. Daniel baa charge
of tho Agricultural department. The paper
contain? original stories, poetry, etc., with a
| choice dish of agriculture. Altixmtlinr >?
w o > *v *"
ouc of tlio boat papers in the country, and
\ro take pleasure in recommending it to our
readers. Terms: $'2 a year.
Knickerbocker.?The June number of the
Knickerbocker lms been received. As usual,
it is tilled with choice reading. A specimon
conjr can be seen at our oflico.
Temi'F.rature ok Si'Rinos.?"Mr. Lieber,
in hib recent report," says the Sonlh Carolinian,
"gives a statement of the temperature
of famous Springs in the upper portion of
the State. For comparison, it mny bo well
to state that our spring and well water in
this portion of the State ranges about 02 deg.
Fah. In the lower part of Groenvillo and
Pickens, Mr. Lieber states that the tempera
ture rarely tillih below (30 deg. Ho ascerI
tained that of following-named Springs, as
annexed : l'oinsett spring, in Greenville.
I near North Carolina line, old State Road, 56
[ deg. 80 win. ; Camp Spring, a quarter of a
i mile east of Iliglitowers, on same road, 57
j dog. 2 mitt. ; Camp Spring, on joiich' Gap
; ltond, near Turnpike Gate, 57 <log. 5(3 min.;
j Cold Spring, on Caisar'a Iloud, 55 deg. 4
min. ; House Spring, on Caisar's Head, 57 |
deg. 5(5 min. The observations were made j
withgreater.ro. In the report, Mr. Licber
gives the date and time of the observations, |
and also the temperature of the atmosphere." i
cllf.iia\v, May 23, 1850.?Mr. Editor
Intelligence has reached this place of a
uielaucliolly event, which, from the entire
authenticity of luy source of information, I
deem it my duty to report to you.
Mr. Joseph Irby, a young man of wealth
and standin<; in the un couutrv. committail
] suicide on Sunday morning, at the residence
of his brother, iit Marlboro' District, about
seven miles from Bennettsville. The poor
unfortunate was laboring under a fit of insanity.
Heat first attempted to shoot himself,
and with that intent discharged both
barrel* of a double-barreled gun> but through
the interference of a person present who
knocked aside the muzzle, as the discharges
took place, he escaped with but slight
wouuds. Foiled in this attempt, he ran
intn n mnni m?.l ,4> 1
.vo ? 1 III1U, OULIII- IIIIIIMUII IIIIIDWIHl
by the same person, violently threatened
tho life of any who further intorfcrrcd with
hiin. Ilis preserver deeming him safe for
a few minutes, rau fo? assistance, but before
hi" return the poor lminiae had cut his
throat with a rotor aud leaped from the
window, and then hid himself under Ihc
floor of tho house, whcrehc was found dead.
Mr. Irby was a young man, unmarried,
of noblo sentiments and great generosity of
heart, and much beloved by a large circle
of relatives and friends.? Mcrcury.
Edwaiid Fvkrktt ifays of tho Bible:
" Apart from its direct claim* imnn
vcronci as the depository of a divine relation,
we umuot but respect the Biblo as
the foundation of our virilization. Strike
from tlie political, moral, aud intellectual
condition of modern society, all that hns
flowed diroctly aud indirectly from this
source, and you would rcduce European
and Amorican Christendom to tho state
of the barbarous and semi-civilized coitnfri/.u
- ? *
I v..*-o, niiiravvimmivr nu3 uuun pjjWCNUlly I
inllucnced by tlio Koran or other religious'
codcH of the Baj.t. The highest historioiJ
I probability enu be adduced in support of
' the proposition, that if it wero possible to
annihilate tho lVible, and with all it? influences,
wo should destroy with it the whole
spiritual sy?tom of the modern world?all
our great moral ideas?'refinement of manners?Constitutional
government?equitable
administration of law and security of
property?our schools, hospitd and honex'olent
associations?the press?the fine
arte-?ih? quality of tho sexes?and th?
blessings of tho firo-sido j in a word, all
that distinguishes Amovic.i and Eujojw
from Tuvkdpr r?nl
Pexmings and Clippngs.
Dead.?Jcsjo Ilayucs, a ptup.tr Lunatic J
from this district, died in tho Asylum, at Co- ;
lumbift, rccontly.
The Market.?Cotton was quoted in Charleston
on the UOth ult. at 8 1-2 to 11 eonts
per pound.
Rr.3ici.VED.?Gov. McDonald has resigned
hie offioo id' Judgo ef the Supreme Court of
Uoorgia, and lms bcon succeeded l>y lion. |
Linton Stophons.
Sad Cask ok Drowning.?Two young ladies,
nui.f Francos Cady und Goorgiaiiu
Urowu. wcro carricd over tlio dam at High
lluck, lllackstone, (Miuw) Wednesday Kvoning,
and drownod. Their bodies were recover
od next morning.
Ccrk roN Shoring.?-An Inventive Yankee
has prodneod an apparatus which he
claims is a cure for snoring. It fastens upon
tho mouth a gutta pereha tube, loading to the
tympanum of the oar. Whenever the snorter
snores, ho himself receives tho first impression,
finds how disngrotnblo it is, and, of
course, reionns.
P.icq(iters ok Mai.ta.? Tlio Indies of
Blisslictd, Michigan, have organized a,lodgo
of the " Daughters ??f Malta," and arc hold*
ing their mysterious meetings two or three
evenings in each week. The men hove thus
far failed to ascertain tho object and manners
of the new society, though, it is said,
lhey " tried their prettiest."
! Mas. Poi.k.?A correspondent "says that
! it is a remarkable and fitting token of pub"
I lie regard, that annually on the first day of
the new year, both houses of the Tennessee
Legislature formally adjourn, and proceed in
a body to jiay their respects to Mrs. Polk
Destructive Tornado.?A tornado has
occurred at Iowa City which swept away a
number of houses and barns, and extended
ten or twelve miles, carrying destruction in
its course. Four persons were killed and
12 scriou ly wounded. The loss is unknown.
From Washington Citv.?The "States"
of Wednesday intimates that instructions,
strongly in favor of the Liberal Government,
of Mexico have been transmitted by the President
to Minister McLnne, and it says: " In
all probability a treaty between the United
States and Mexico will be dclinitely concluded
within thirty days."
" Westward the Star ok Emimre.'' ?
Thirty years ogo (1829) Now Knglund hud
39 members in tho House of Representatives
and tlio North western States 18. Now tho
Now Kiiglnnd States send 29 and the Northwestern
59. New Hampshire then sent 6, and
now has only 3 members ; while Illinois,
then sending only one, now has 9 member.
j The census of 1800 will niako tho disparity
j fur greater than it now in.
| Suicide.?Mrs. Edwards T >rreo commitj
ted suicide at Middletown, Connecticut, on
I Monday morning, by cutting her throat with
a razor from ear to oar. Siio had been doj
jectod ami melancholy for some time, and id
supposed to have boon deranged.
llow tiibv Served Tukm.?It is stated, in
a letter from Pike's Peak, that a orowd of disI
appointed gold seekers caught " two pike's
| Peak letter-writers" at the Fort, nnd lwigo 1
I them, for having so grossly humbugged them.
Heavy Robuerv.?Tho clotfiing establishment
of B. Sherman, Providenco, U. I., was
broken into on Sunday morning, and robbed
of$7.0!M) worth of clothing.
Body Found.?The body of David Dunbar,
of Memphis, Tenn., was recently found pack!
uii in a barrel, which was floating in tho Misj
sissippi river, lie was murdered, it is said,
, by a mau named Moore.
Tiiue*?An exchange says that the peace
most coveted by European monarch*, at the
present time, is a piece of their neighbor's
tcrritOVy.
vjuii'K i'Rir.?The steamship Vandvrbilt arrived
at New York Saturday from Southampton,
having made tho passage in nine days,
nine hoars and twenty six minutes?-tho
quickest on record.
Coming Ejection's.?Elections will occur
in Virginia, on tho 4th Thursday of May;
on 1st Monday of August, in Alabama, Kentucky
and Texas; on 1st Thursday of August
in North Carolina; on 1st Monday of October,
in Georgia and M'ssissppi; on 3d Tues-*
day of Octobw, iu Minossota; on 1st Mon1!
day, (7th) of November, in Lo\)ftiana, and on
1st Wednesday of Novombor (2d) iu Mary*
land.
PATnlATir a Prun-I- 1
... ? ivuvii jiiunmi announces
that M. Nicholas Uleary, a gentleman in possession
of an income of $110,000 a year, has
engaged as a private soldier in a cavalry regimeut
which is about to take the field.
Sentenced.?J. Newton Floyd, recently
convicted of murdor at Charlotte, N. 0., lias
beeu fentenccd to bo hung on Friday, the
10th June.
Crowino IIens.?Tho New Jfork Obscrv
j or, ^uki school I'rcsbyterian) calls Lucrelia
Mott, Susan 11. Anthony, and tlio Women's
Right* females genet a'ly, "crowing lions."
ouod Advice.?Never allow misfortune to
ni.tko you selfish. hat: imitate the example of
Fenoloi), who, when hi* library Was on fire,
exclaimed : " Clod ho praised that it is not
tho dwolling of a poor man." .
Smai.i, Pox.?A easo of small pox is hop or
wu in >y mimnoro' id tlil? Statu. Tlio patient,
it negro, litis been removed to ft house beyond
(he limits ol' tbc town.
Or*at DisAn^N+MEXT.?brnco of loufnra
in St. Louis, one night last weak, stole on
tho lovee wlmt tboy *upposud to be a barrol
of wbUkty. Aftsr rolling it eetaral squares,
th6y tappid Inspecting a "splendid drink,"
b?i1y chagrin*! to find it tomato
Wtfuy .
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aL Ssm
S.viabt Titant'.action.?Mr. J. Smart, of
St. Paul, wan recently prosocutcd l?y a ynu'ug
widow for brcachof promisO. Ho nettled t|io
difficulty liy marrying tier. Prentice says,
" be made her 8mar I lest sho fchould him."
Li itkb a?Win. Poncc, of Unleigh, North
Carolina, has subscribed $10,000 towards tlio
I establishment of a i'rosbytoriau school iti
that city.
j A -Counterfeit.?Tlio Savannah Acic#
i .luiu'o ihu> ii uoumunc'ii 0111.011 uic i>;i 11k
of Hamburg, was passed at. a hotel in that
city. The counterfeit is badly executed.
Puni.isitKi).?"William Wiggins, a magistrate
of Colleton district, has been officially
published by Gov. Gist for ' official misconduct.''
ILc was found guilty, at W'altcrboro'
in November last.
Burnei?.?The town of Key West, I'lori!
da, has been burned to ashes, as \v<; learn by
I a toletrraiibin tlesimf^li iliifml *^Ttf nit Ti n
j loss is estimated at &JOO.OOO.
llei'i'diatcu.?The democratic: State coii;
volition of Texas lias passed resolutions do
j claring opposition to the policy of re-opening
! the African slave trado.
j Woii.iin'tGo.?'5'iiiity oumKeipatcdslaVos
from Western Virginia on route for Liberia,
; under the control of the agent of the C>doni
zation Society, started fur Norfolk 1?y the
wmy of Petersburg. Only twelve arrived.tlio
others escaped, preferring slavery to freedom.
Yk';i:taiii,ks rott tiik Xurtii.?Among the
exports per steamer Marion from Charleston,
for New York, wo observe 1 100 "barrels of
; vegetable;.
K11.1.1:11.?The Marion Star says that Tris!
tame Cottiiighain shot ami killed bin.self ae|
cidontally, in that district, 011 the l'Jth inst.
' A pistol was the weapon so carelessly hau!
died.
Lost.?(Jon. Shields, U. S. Senator from
Minno?ola. on arriving tit Hastings on Sunday,
the 8th in*t., found himself minus hi.s
pocket-book, containing a draft 011 Xew York
for $2,000, and .$500 in cash. It appeared
j that having taken his pocket hook out, ho left
I it on the dock of the steamer; and somebody
i rewarded lii.s (!iircln.?:ios>i l>v
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Willi It.
Lola's Co-vkusiox.?L'udcr tho head ol
" Tho Devil I'urned Monk," tho Syracuse
Journal announces the reported conversion
nf Ij )lu Montez.
IIe.vvv Haii..?Hail atones as lar^c as hen
egg*. fell near Cylutnhus, Ohio, on Saturday.
I'kksentko as a Nuisance.?The grand
jury of Alachua county, Florida, have presented
Clov. l'orry of that State, as "a nuiRnncn."
Chicago, May 20. ?There was a terrible
tornado in Imvn City on Tuesday, which
Kwopt away houses and barns. It extended
tcu or twblvo mile*, carrying destruction irt
its course. Four persons were killed, and
twelve seriously injured. Loss unknown.
IIisino.?The war news has had the effect
of rarsing the price of wheat. It is now quoted
in New York at $2 por bushel.
Great Loss ov Liie.?The American ship
Pomona was rocently wrooked oft' the coast c?l
Ireland. The pat-^engors and crew, numbering
over four hundred persons, wore drowned.
The vessel is a total loss.
New Fi.oLii.?On tho 17th ult. Messrs.
Carmiehal & rf. of Augusta, Ua., shippod
new Hour to Now York. This is tho first
new tlour in the market.
Pkksiivteri.w Assemdi.v.?In the New
Sellout Presbyterian Assembly, "hold at Wilmington,
Del., on the 2lst inst., the Hoard
reported adversely to the prayer of the
ceding Southern Synod, asking for a parti
tion of the funds. The Committee of ConI
fcrence, with the American Homo >Jissiou
| Society, reported the timft SIR nmv njiino a<?.
cute iv final adjustment of tlio difficulties 01
separate from tho Congregationftlists.
C?oob Business.?The Charleston Courier
one of tho best exchange* on our list, from
a ly quarter, it is said clears $30,000 per an
num. Pretty good business, but every dime
is richly merited, us it is laboriously earned
Louis Napoleon?The Emperor of Francc
is in the fifty-first your of his ogo,
Gkeenvi'.'le.?The tas of urconville dis
, met is $16,50$,52; diridod thus?State tux,
I $3,0.>tj.02, and district tax $7,012.60.
it? ?
I * ,.a., vum.,? xwtj juung inon iroro Acw
Orleans, named Stlth ami Vicks, fooglit n
duel near Mobile last week, and the lattoi
was killed.
A Cnam.knoe.?A man in Indiana lmi
challenged tho world to eat Diush and milk
with him for $10,000 n side, nnd the mush
and milk championship.
VOTING in ViiioiNlA.?Persons voting in
I Virginia must not only hand iu thoir ticket?,
j but th# persons for whom they voto must bo
I proclaimed audibly.
Slavs' Nkw Volume.?S. U. Courtcnay it
| Co., 9 Uroad-Htroot, Charleston, havo rccoivJ
cJ W. Oilinoro Simms' last Novel " Tbo Cassii|uc
of lUawah, n Colonial Houiunco," as
just issued from the press of Uod.'ield, Now
York, in uniformity with xxviood edition of
j " Simms* Novels."
Do Rioitr.?A man who has a soul
worth sixpence, must have cuptnics. It is
! utterly impossible for the best nmn to please
; the wholo'world, and thesoouor this i? uudor&tood,
and a position taken In view of
the fact, the bettor, J>o right, though you
1....,- 1... *r
j nam UIIUIIIIUH. I Oil CflllllOt CHCapC UlCII)
by doing wrong; and itiH.littlo gain to
hai'tcp ?w:?y vour honor and integrity, and
divcnt yourself of moral cour(igepto gain?
nothing. Better abide, by the truth-r?
frown down all opposition, and rejoice in
tho feeling whtefi must innyire a jfyoo pik|
iurt^pindent man.
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TefrlAo BtorliV !
The Yorkville Enquirer gaYft lust Vroek j
an account of a devastating storm in the :
1 Western ami South-Western portions of
; that District. A correspondent of that pa:
per, writing from the scctiou of-Bullock's
Crock, gives in this wocku issue, u uiinuto
and interesting description of it, which we
trrtimfer to" our columns.
| " Yesterday evening, about 5) o'clock, we j
saw a black and threatening clotid arise in ;
! tliodirection ot Kings .Mountain, Itcatne
i vapidly M Southwardly direction, hut nf- i
ter a time changed itn coitrso to the iSoUth
| cast; the wind, rain, hail, thunder and (
, lightning combined to Make the ino.st tor- (
j. rifle tpcetacle J have ever seen. A neigh- ]
i hor describes the roar to ho nearer than
| anything else like "a thousand wagons and
teams running away in a crowd." 'iholightI
ning was constant, and the, whole heavens
appeared to he an intensely burning sheet
of ilame.
Whon the cloud eamc overhead, it appeared
to he about a mile and a half in
I wmtii or troni turoo to tour miles. .So rapid
was it, that in half nn hunt' from the
I time tho cloud appeared* the destruction
Was complete, and we could only hoar tho
rottving of ij?o eloments lar ahead as their
I fury passed away.
In an instant, almost, tho branches wore
j swollen into creeks and rivers; a solid sheet
I of water and hail covered uplands and low;
lands, and added its irroMstahle force to
the power of tlieuthcr elements, The land
| is washed into gullies ; the fences were all
.1 f 1. >; 11 <1 < 1 fr?r li it 11< 1 n?il m nf vnwl< *!???
is .strewn over tho fields ami forests, literally
stripped of foiliajre'more completely than
over l>y tho frosts of winter, for tlic evergreens
are its bare as the more tender trees.
The pine forest* presents tho appcavance
of a new ground, after the timber has been
j dead long enough for the leaves to drop and
! the birds to pick away tho bark ; and tho
I undergrowth is as bare of leaf and bark -is
i u willow basket. I
j In the bottoms great rafts liavo lodged,
j which in depth and size are to be eonipaI
rod to si mansion house. And in these
; drifts, as well as in tho bottoms elsewhere,
there remain perfect mountains of hail
stones, m ;asuriugin placemen feet in depth!
I Of course, the growing wheat is literally
! beaten and ground to atoms; large plots
! growing beautifully, almost in an instant
i present tlic appearance of a stnhhle field
! t I. .t l.?ul..l.>n o.v,..?.,.l. of 1 'I
I .hipwvvii OVI'.IU) juiomivu IU1 a 'IKMll II
i after UnrA'C.-1 You can see but little sign
! of the straw : it is cut up and mixed willi
J the soil. Corn and cotton, too, is ruined.
Putfaing to-day.you oould scarcely tell what,
had been planted in any field. The plants
wore all cut down by the hail, and then
washed away.
The section I have passed over to-day
; has thousands of waggon loads of hail scat!
terod in every direction^ and the appear!
anco presented is like that of dead winter,
| when the grouiul is covered with sleet
j drifted into heap.-^to the depth of 2 1-2 to
;l feet. I did not .measure it, but riding
a nor.se it> nanus nigh I easily lifted up a
handful of hailstones without dismounting.
They were thou not ,nrgcr than a
partridge-egg, hut must h:\vt decrfcagcd in
, size since falling. * ,
The house from which Mr. John C'onil
removed, sonic time ago, near the Chester
line?a lo^r building of considerable si/.e?
was blown down upon six persons: Mrs.
Nelly Alhtnoii, uii old lady, who was
instantly lolled ; .Mrs. Sarah Henderson,
who was dangerously hurt; and her daughter
the younger Mm. Alberson, with her
tin oo children.' Tiic entire family wore overwhelmed
in the ruins and how any of
i them wore rescued is past my oomprehenj
sion. The parties thotnsclvos cannot exi
plain their osoawo. which, as the whnln
I house is completely crushed) is indeed
imrac ulcus.
Many other Houses were blowu down,
i hut no other life was lost. At one point,
a corn crib waa blown away; tho corn
. strewn along in a *ooutinuous Ucap for
more than a huudred yards, nr.d a w
i?? the shed wM'HjU.ai to the criB, unlocked
> mid driven fifty yards against another out
?house, and torn into a hundred furgnicnts?
A solid rock, more than three feet square,
. was carried across a hollow, a distance of
. twenty yards. A washnot was taken from
: ? ?
? ?^?i-*usf. nviu .ntgrncwts of it found in a
J thieo ov four hundred yards distant.
But it is impossible to give nn accumte
idea of this terrible calamity. Those only
, know its awful violence who were overwhelmed
in the rnins it has made. I do
not pretend to tell you all I have "learned
to-day; but I hope ycucrtn put into shape
1 what I have hastily written, so as to muke
u serviceable."
IIksibttiie Hbuinni.vos.?The Arabs have
1 u table of a miller, wbo was ouo day startled
i by a camel's nose thrust ill tho window of
tlio room whoro lio was sleeping. "It is very
cold outside," said tlio camel ; " [ only
want to got my noso h;.'' 'l'lio noso was lot
in, then tlio ndek. ami tinally tho whole birtlV.Presently
tho miller began to bo extremely
inooiivonienced at the ungainly companion
lio had obtained, in a ropm certainly not
! largo chough for both. "Ifynuaro in .:mvenlonced,
you ,mny leave," Raid the cnmel;
"as for myself, I shall stay where I am."?
; Tho moral of the fublo concerns all. When
| temptation occurs, we must not yield to it.
! We must not. allow so much as its " noso " t<>
! come lit. Kvf-rvtliii,?? lit?? ?! ? I - ' 1
- v ^ ..nvoui IOIU UU lUllll'U
nwny from. 11o who y told* oven in tho ?m?l,
lont dogruo will Houii ue entirely orproomo ;
! arid (lie l.mtKtato of tlmt man U wo'rao than
tlio tirst. ' I
Nkw MU8if" Do th'o ladies piny mo*lo
in Vermont?" flftfeed a you tig lady of a \'er
rfmnt green-looking cntAfipMcr. ' 0. ,\ery I
nnivorcitlly, Mihn," vri^s tljo ronly. * I<1<I0M<I. j
; [ >v?s notawaro of that; do tfloy ?*o tho .pl? 1
uno f" " Novur, Misa. Tho yi6truinout j
that wo-lmvo up our way in tho iphiet'-i, and ;
tho jirlf alt play it." ? 0, 1 ntjj sure I tier* |
, oi wiini ui uint instrument litftoid; <lo t?'l|
I what it is, hik! how the.v plKj it/' * "\Voll, |
thef i???traiiicr?it In u mrfnll pjg, ami cni'li jj j
iHkoaono undwnnfl arm ninf chew* tlio cnH i
ofd1iis tail, nml that brings the music/' Af,
ter that, Yorroont "yroohy" wfi$ tho lion !
fcf.tho bUoT, j
nv
GraysVille furniture Manufactory.Tho
grout bcpctits arising iVoiu tho conKtruction
of Railroads, in the building up
ot' eiticH and tjio development^" tlxc rcsouvcv'?
of a count?-, defy computation. Twenty
ycSl's ago f Iterokco CJeoVgiu was awil.1
..i ? ....i ?...i
m. i ni.co tuiiiu^v vvi.Miun u, cnu no
immens<v\awo unappreciated. Bodies ot'
Imul which thou would hardly have been
taken as a gift are now worth from live to
ten thousand dollars, and sonic so highly
prized as to bo almost unpurehasablc.?
Such has been the iliflucnccof tho construction
of the Western & Atlantic JUnilroad
in this respect, that it is true that if tlio
six millions of dollars thr.t it cost were ;t
dead loss to the State, Georgia would still
have been gainer by its construction.?
Hut thanks to tho sagacious statesmanship
1 of those who projected this entciprito, and
1 persevered in pressing it forward to com,
plction, it has not only served to dcvoK?pu*
I the resources of that immensely valuable"
' region, ami benefitted the State in this way,
but those resources contribute largely even %
now towards making up the monthly install'
meuts paid in to the State Trcasurv by tho
; i? i I' .. . ?i.:. ?..:i
HUi.'U. ilr* 11IIB tHHiinUUllWll IHMT l."f
we hesitate not to declare our conviction,
111: t when tliis region shall become fullv'
I known, and Ciijiit.il shall have boon invest'
i'd ho the extent it should, and ovohtu.'illy I
1 will b'>, the Western & Atlantic Jtailrond
will pay mure than legal interest on its cost, II
; 1?y the business t'n,Hiishc<l along its line,
j independent ot the feeders at and s.car its
; Northern terminus.
The above remarks made to the K, to wait
T .. . 1. 1 . 1 A . .1 I V
imil uoriis,sum, uii yesterday, 10 mo rurnifure
Miiniifaeturin?: establishmentof John
I). (I ray, Ksip, at < Jraysville, near Johnson
Depot ami the Tennessee line, in C'atoos.i
county. Mr. (.Jray is extensively nnd fai
vornbly known as an enterprising tiivt-chiss
; Railroad eontraetor. lie hrs invented n M
portion of his accumulations in the estab- ft
j iishnieut wo visited, with highly gratifying
1 results. Ilis buildings are erected on tlm
! Kastcm folk of the ('hiekainnu^a, less than
half a mile from Johnson Depot. A dam
1 built across the stream afford.-* idhd feet
head of water, but at present, owin^ to some
j damage sustained by the d im, they haw. f
(llllv (Mirltf f i ? Tine lidU'.iVAr f ? t'i>4 ?
"t"*V " \n " " ' " . ...17) IM'.?V>^I| w # ^
' forty-five horse power, wllicli is enough for
all purposes excepting sawidg stocks -V
(Jrist Mill with three run of stone, with all
the noeessay machinery for cleaning and
grinding Wheat, into the hest Hour, first receiver
a pirtiou of the water. Ln dry sc isous,
this Mill is resorted to hy persons living
thirty, or forty niilcsdistant for milling
purposes, when the premises have the appcurunce
of a Camp Ground. The present
building is a wooden one, hut Ml*. ('5ray is
preparing to rebuild with rock. Next the.
Grist Mill, the Saw Mill is placed, which
| is eapah'e of turningoif three thousand feet ,
j ol' lumber per day. , 1
Tho l??iiKlitt?rsappropriated to the prep- f
I aration of lumber ami tho manufacture of 4 '
; Furnituraand Buckets, aiv u Drying House
I and a building one hundred and tifty feet
rhrm;* by thirty-two f wide and two stories
hijjjh?fifty feet of .iio lentith having been ^
1 recently added. The lower H6or is divided
into three rooms, besides having a lean-to
at the end next the Saw Mill. One lino
of shafting runs the en tiro length of tho
ohl huildiny. and is to he uxtaudt>tl through
I tlu: $yv. From tlii.s lino all the nccossary
counter shafts arc driven. In the Ic.n ( )
at ihc end next to'this, in the first room, V
arc two softs of Hip and Out-O.T Saw*?.>no w ,
largo and one small Plainer for wood?a
i Power Morticing Machine?a Tenon Macl
no, a Scroll Haw lor i awing fancy and
iwirular shapes, and two Wood Lathes.-? -j |
A Wo jd worth's (Minder PIuiht. of Fay ?fc I
Co's make, is on tho way, which tfill In; W
placed in this room. Tho next room on - *
this floor, contains a sett of IJuekct Machine- ^
ry; com pie to, with which two men can turn
off nearly eight dozen Duckets of (Jidar,' )
Pino, or other wood, p?r tl iv. Tho third A
room, which is the lowor floor of th<r addi- |
j tlou ju-jt undo,, will contain a Planer, 7
1 Lutl.g .".ijd Drill Press, fur Iron work ; (obis,
driven from tint line of shaiiing to be ex- ,
tended as already mentioned.
The seeond flwr of the main buildings f.v
( divided into rooms! the second (Iwr uf tho- |jj
(vddiilor! w not partitioned. The fir?t room |
next tiiv "W Will is oecupiod by the Cot- f
tnge Uhnfr linker, *?ud in it arc piles of'
('liaiiH in tho -"'-"i;08 of Jlnnufarturc.
Tho next room UlC* iu ,i,,? t
Sofa*. L
ruriinurc?"-JMlVQnu*, Wh.fitted '
Tables,. Wosh-stuiuli, kc., &c.,
up, and in tho ot'.ior room?woond .. . ^
tbe addition?tbi painting and flnhtn*
are done.
About ono hundred yards from thcKO
buildings, tbo original Dry House i? loc(\tod,
which is on tho primitive order (a lojj j
hou.so) throughout, Hut Mr. ({ray in ore<>?
j ling a now Dry House ; thoftidos and on.d*
to be of rock, and tho roof tu bo of Iron,
which will be supplied with patent ?ppa?
ratua for drying lumber in tho u?o*t thor. P
! otygli manner.
I'liis establishment, including the Grist
and Haw Mil's, gives constmit t?m ploy men fc
J (tf bcttteet) thirty flfQ and forty men, and
I turns oflf now, per wook, about two hundred J,
Cottago Choira, and sixty common bed- j|''
steads, and a proportionate r|iianlityjpf other
finer Furoituro, including Mahogany, \
Black Walnut, and curled Maplo Spring u *
and ('anc bottom Chair, Sofas, Bedsteads,
X'c. AmMigon)fMit? arc rapidly progressing
I towards completion, for manufacturing ono
I hundred Bedsteads ]?er week, with ft pro- 0
portionHto quautity of other Furniture.?
Tho Moohanieal department. ia under tho
iiiPiViffO^ncut of Mr. John Walker, un
intelligent and thorough poin^ mechanic,
to whom wo nreunder obligations for bin* v
t&urtcKy in conductiirg us through tlic establishment,
mid ho explaining the operations
of tlio Machinery us to make it both
entertaining and instructive. Mr. Fleet,
the gentlemanly Superintendent, was absent
until within a ahyrt Uiwo before wo'
left.
Mr Gray owns a body of about twentytlirc?
li'viq,.)ic4 of land, lying. mo^ly ^