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PUBLISHED WEEKLY.
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COLUMBIA, S. C. FEBRUARY 11,1881.
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doctkm.
Agtie and Fever,
And every Symptom of General Debility,
SPEEDILY ani> permanently cured by
COSTER dr COXE'S
Original
SOUTHERLY TOJYIC,
FOSTER <k COXE, the inventors of this cele
ry brated medicine, from a long residence in the
Sgath, and frvm the nature of th?i? vocation, Jm**e
been brought "immediately into contae: with the
Agoe and rever in its most obstinate forms, and
frequently been compelled to witness the en
tjre want of success in the practice of the most
ttfKal Physicians. The usual and popular mode
^ treating thia disease has been, first to evacuate
the stomach and bowels, and then report to the use
m? Tonics? of which class of Medicines a very great
variety have been recommended to the Public?
a& of which have had their advocates, and that
W&sek has been by far the most popular one, has
beea IVruvian Bark and its preparai ioas, particu
larly Ibt of Quinine. There are insurmountable
abjections to the administration of Quinine, as to
most individuals, 'when carried to a salutary point,)
it produces a roaring in the ears, nausea, and a
fcndach, very similar to a bilhous headach ; and
whoQ it effects a cure it is seldom permanent. It
woe the hope of avoiding thii state of things that
induced us to try '*the Southern Tonic, ' and we
are happy to say that its success has surprised even
us. As tnere is no Arsenic, Mercury, or any thing
in the least hurtful to the human constitution in it,
there can be no objection to the administration of
the Southern Tonic to the most tender infant : in
deed it will be found the most delicate and effective
Medicine known in those cases of Disorganized
Stomach and Bowels, and of general debility, which
ao frequently present themselves in children.
We subjoin the opinions of a few Individuals.
Trmxa. Coi. JNO B. HOG AN, Collector of the Port
of Mobile ? rbrmeri y Senator from the counties of
Mobile, Baldwin &c. Acting Adj. and Inspector
General of the Army in the recent Creek Cam
^ Mobili, Aug. 18, 1836.
Gentlemen-? During the late Creek Campaign, I
wm violently with Bilious intermittent Fe
-rer; which ibr several days confined me to my quar
ter* at TaBassee. Your "Southern Tonic" was re
eemmended to me, and my friend Dr-Bussey, actu
ally rode from Tallassee to Montgomery and back in
one day to procure me a bottle* which entirely re
lieved me, and enabled me, before I had taken ha if
the qua mtity, to proceed on and join the army on
.Hatehaehubbe. Since my return home my son was
end i sent into the city for your Tonic,
ead regretted to loe* h there was none for sale in
Moteto. Cannot you send some to this place, so
tto our citizens may enjoy the benefits of the beat
medicine of the sort I have ever tried ? Your at
tention to this request will confer a favour on the
afflicted, and oblige one who has already experienced
it? beneficial effect*. Your
From J. R. M'LEOD, M. D.
Montgomery, Nov. 1835.
Messrs. Coster &Coxe : o
GtXTLtMtN ? I hive used your Southern Tonic j
in a number of cases, and I have no hesitation in
saving, that I have found It decidedly more effica- i
eious in Ague and Fever than the remedies in een- j
erol use. Its great merit is its judicious combina- i
tjon of Stimulant, Purgative, Tonic and Diaphoretic j
Rcpectfally, j. R. M'LEOD. '
Extract from a letter from Capt. STRINGER, of the j
U. S. Army.
. . Tallassee, June 13, 1836.
Governor Clay of this State is with us, and has
frequently introduced the mention of the great re
bel he received from the use of your Southern
.Tome in my presence It is evident he is assured
he is indebted to your medicine for his speedy
recovery from his recent severe indisposition. Ilis
good opinion of it is certainly a high comp!iment
Yours, truly.
THOMAS STRINGER.
Montcumert, June 30, 1836.
Messrs. Cotter <fe Coxe : ,
Gentle* en ? I have used von r Southern Tonic
with unparalleled success. I cured four cases of
Afoe and Fever permanently with one bottle of tnis
invaluable tradicine,
JESSE H. MOSELY.
FROM AGENTS.
Cahawba, August 5, 1836.
Messrs Coster & Coxe :
Gentlemen ? It a fiords na pleasure to add our
Heliui! >n jr. founded on experimental knowledge, to
MfT? the efficacy, and establish the reputation, of
f9H invaluable Southern Tome. W e have sold all
yoflient ua except two bottles, which were broken,
And see have not heard of its foiling m the first
f instance. You will please send us 10 dozen bot
-flef by the first opportunity, without fail, and
obhse roars, &c.
HARVEY & CREIG.
Treip oar representative to the Legislature, Col.
Jao. A. Campbell.
"Gentlemen ? No medicine stands so high in my
estimation as your Southern Tonic, for the cure ot
jmb and Fever I used it at first by the advice of
wy teiif Physician, with success, and its effects
sipoo ssoreeecsnt cases have been equal y gratify
** A. CAMPBELL.
From Wat. ATLemore, Esq. a member of the Legis
lature, Abfeaoa.
Montgomery Cod. ntt, Dec. 1, 1835.
Mow. Coster <fe Coze :
pKAft Sins ? I feel gratified by this opportunity of
testifying lot he merits of your "Southern Tonic."
I hare used it in many eases in my white and color
ed family, and not one case failed. In short, I assure
the public that it is in my op nion, the best medicine
for the cure of Fever and Ague now in use.
Very respectfully, yours,
WM. M'LEMORE.
From Major J. B. MORSE.
Dean Sirs ? I have been afflicted with Ague and
Fever for a k>ag time, and although the remedies
which were prescribed gave me temporary relief,
yet none removed the cause of the disease, and
thereby permanently cured me till I used your South
ern Tonic. It did so. This gave me great confi
dence, and as I saw that you had recommended it in
cases of debility, general weakness, and inactivity
of the digestive organs, I induced my wife, who had
been laboring under these symptoms for a year or
more, to try it. She used one bottle with some evi
deneea of an increase of. health, and a few bottles
jgort takes in moderate doses entirely cured her.
Reapecuiilly, you?, ; R MORSE.
Prepared only by COSTER & COXB, at their
Laboratory, Montgomery, Alabama, and sold by their
Agents in every part of the United States, <fcc.
Sold by D. <fc J. EWART, <fe CO., of this town,
Agaola fprthe safe of the Southern Tonic.
Pnee, H 50 per bottle, or $12 p?r Do*.
Aroary J4
i School for Civil Engineering,
GEORGETOWN, KENTUCKY.
THIS School was opened in May 1835, in con
nexion with the Georgetown College, Ky. It
| wiJl hereafter be connected with the Bacon College
i lately established in the same place.
The great and increasing demand for Civil Engi
neers throughout the United States, affords to young
gentlemen who embark in this business, a more lu
crative salary, than any other profession in our
country.
Weil instructed Assistant Engineers now receive
from $1000 to $3000 per Annum, while Principal
Engineers readily obtain from $4000 to 10,000 a year
Several young gentlemen have finished their
course at this School and immediately obtained em
ployment at $1000 to $2000 per annum.
Tne favourable manner in which they have been
received by the most scientific Engineers in the
Union, has indured the subscriber to extend the
course of studies ? to increase the facijities for ac
quiring a thorough and correct practical and theo
retical knowledge of the science, and to adopt many
valuable and important improvements, suggested by
the most eminent Engineers in the United States.
A Student who has completed a regular course of
Mathematics may graduate in this school in six
monrhs at an expense of $120 or $150.* Others will
require at least twelve months ? all things being
favourable.
COURSE OF STUDIES AND INSTRUCTION.
1st, The full course of Mathematics studied at
West Point (Davies' Mathematics,) from Arithmetic
to Fluxions inclusive.
2nd, Chemistry, Natural Philosophy, Geology, and
Mineralogy.
3rd, Drawing and the principles of Construction.
4th, Civil Engineering, theoretical and practi
cal. "
The Text Books in Engineering are Sganzin,
Long, and Mahan ( Professor ot Engineering at West
Point,) Wood on Rail Roads (American Edition,)
'Inland Navigation' from Brewster's Encyclopedia,
and various other works in the different departments
of Civil Engineering which will be used for works 01
reference. . ,
The Practical course will be attended to m the
vacations. (April and October.) During
months the subscriber will be engaged with the Class
in a regular tour, with the Theodolite, Compass and
Level, making preliminary, definitive and final sur
veys for Rail Roads, Canals, and Turnpikes? in
specting the public works ot the state, the Rail
Roads and Canals? the Curves, Culverts, Bridges,
Embankments, Excavations, Inclined Planes, Locks,
Dams, &c. to conclude wv h a Report of the Survey.
The Students of this School have the privilege of
iftending, gratis, any other department of the bacon
College, which is perhaps the most fully organized
restitution in the West. The Faculty consists of a
President and Professor of Hebrew Literature ; A
Professor of Ancient Languages ; a Professor of
VIodern Languages (a Foreigner;) a Professor of
Metaphysics, Belles Lettres, Political Economy &c;
i Professor of Mathematics and Civil Engineering ;
l Professor of Topographical and Architectural
Drawing and Painting ; and an A&sistant They
iavp likewise the free use of the Library, Philoso
)hical and Chemit-al Apparatus. ? They are required
o observe the Rules and Regulations of the College.
2ach Student who completes the course will be
urnished with a certificate of his qualification, made
?ut on parchment.
Expenses. ? Tuition for the first session will be
}50 dollars in advance, which will include the regu
ir College fee of $20, the fee for the Practical Tours,
)rawing, Drawing Instruments, Materials, Station
rv, &c. Tuition for every subsequent session will
ie $30 dollars in advance, including the above items
ind every expense incident to the school except
rext Books.
Board can be had in private families at from $40
o $45 a session t uel, Lights and Washing a seDa
ate charge. Text- Books about ?5 per session
A Student may erfter at any time.
T. F. JOHNSON.
Professor of Civil Engineering , Bacon College , Ky.
The following extracts of letters from two of the
nost scientific men in our country, will show the
itility of this School.
Frankfort, July ICth, 18%.
Dear Sir ? The four young gentlemen from the
Georgetown Mathematical School, who are engaged
is assistants in the Engineer corps onthe State,
iave performed the duties assigned them in a very
taiisfactory manner. Among the young gentlemen
>t my acquaintance who have embraced the Pro
fession of Civil Engineering, those who have been
jducated at Mathematical Schools have generally
succeeded better than the graduates of our com
mon Colleges.
A knowledge of Mineralogy and Chemistry is of
^reat advantage to the Engineer ; and it is absolute
ly necessary that he should be acquainted with
Architectural or Line Drawing. The Student
diould be taught the principles of construction at the
same time he is taught to make his drawing.
Very respectfully,
"Your obedient servant.
SYLVESTER WELCH,
(Engineer in Chief for the State of Ky.)
To T. F.JOHNSON, Esq.
Professor of Civil Engineering, Georgetown Ky.
Louisville, July 29th, 1836.
Sir ? It affords me pleasure to testify to the very
correct and satisfactory manner in which the two
young gentlemen from your School have conducted
themselvs during the time they have been in the
service ; and the ability manifested by iiifi prpm.pt
and skilful discharge of their several duties, is alike
creditable to them and the character of the institution
in which they were instructed.
The- Books comprised in your course of studies
are appropriate and well selected. I am pleased to
bear that Topographical and Architectural Drawing
is to forma part of your future course. This is an
elegant accomplishment to an Engineer, and in the
early part of his career will frequently bring him
into notice and hasten his promotion to more respon
se stations, where his talents mcy be fully devel
oped.
? Appreciating as I do your efforts to elevate the
profession, 1 trust they will be crowned with success,
and I assure you it will afford me very great plea
sure to render any aid in my power to second your
views. Youx most obedient,
THOMAS F. PUROHELL,
Engineer in Chief Lexington and Ohio R. R.
To T. F. JO HNSON, Esq.
Professor of Civil Engineering, Georgetown Ky.
FROM A GRADUATE OF THE LAST SESSION
Indiaxapolis, Oct. 1835.
Dear Sir.
* * * We are about to commence the location
of a Canal, 34 miles in length, to meet the Central
Canal, which will take us till late in the fall. I am
perfectly satisfied with my situation, and shall never
reeret the money spent in obtaining it. I consider
the fact of ray having attended your school one Ses
sion to have saved meat least three years hard a
bour, for it would have required that tune C?*" n0 _
joined your Class) to qualify me for the discharge o
the duties I now have on hand. I believe this is i
opinion of each member of the class which gradua
ted last Session. Respectfully yours, &c.
Fiom a Correspondent of one of the Students.
Geneva, N. Y . Oct. 29th, ^1836.
Your intention of going to Georgetown. Ky. is,
think an admirable one, and you would be very muc
to hlame, not to go through with it? for, irom all
accounts, the School in Georgetown is better a ap
ted for preparing Engineers than any ?|"?r m 1 e
United States. I have spoken to several Engineers
on the Subject and they all,agree in recommending
it strongly. * * * *
January 14
South Carolina .
j CHESTER DISTRICT.
ROBERT LEATHAN, tolls before me, Clem
ent Wood, a justice of lhe Fence, n said dis
j trict, a bright bay MARE MULE, about 13 and a
i half hands high, supposed to be about six years old,
two small white spots behind her ears, two white
! spots on her nose and one on her right hip, reached
I mane aud tail, marked with geers on her neck and
i sides, in good order, not shod, very unruly, no other
; marks or brands visible. Appraised at one hundred
I dollars.
CLEMENT WOOD, J. P.
I January 19, 1837 5 2t
j:
JPotatoe Oats.
UST received a few bushels of this valuable
grain, from Thorburn of New York, weighing 50
lbs per bushel. Also three bushels of the eight that
Mr Pots of Chester raised from one quart of the
Potato Oats, weighing 45 lbs to the bushel.
At the Garden ? Apple Trees, Pear Trees, Green
Gage Plumb Trees, Damson ditto, Peach do. Some
very rare Fig Trees ; Ornamental Trees and Shrub
bery ; 1000 Giant Asparagus Roots ; Chinese Olian
thu? or free of Heaven, with leaves 4 feet long;
Willow leaved Catalba, beautiful flowers ; Stercula
Platinafolia or varnish tree, leaves like a lady's para
sol ; Moss Roses ; Lady Banksea Roses ; Velvet do.
N.B. The subscriber can always be found at the
Seed Store or at the Garden.
- R. E.RUSSELL,
jan 13 2 Seedsman and Florist.
State of South Carolina
UNION DISTRICT.
IN CHANCERY.
QWiilig Benson, et al. )
vs. [ Bill for Partition.
Elias Benson, et al. )
IT appearing to ray satisfaction that Eliae Benson,
Gabriel Benson, Nancy Walker, Jeremiah Greg
ory and Theresa his wife, W. W. Stokes, and his
wife Elizabeth, late Elizabeth Foster, William B.
Stokes, Melinda Stokes, Hiram Tatum and his
wife Ellen, late Ellen >tokes, James Titjuor, and his
wife Eliza, late Eliza Stokes, Peter Stokes, John
D Martin, and his wife Rachael, late Raehae
Stokes, Rebecca Stokes, Nancy Stokes, anc*. John
F. Stokes, defendants in^he above stated case, and
heirs at Law of Abtier Benson, late of Union dis
trict, deceased, reside beyond the limits of this State.
It is therefore, on motLn of Dawkins, Solicitor for
complainants, ordered that the said defendant do
plead answer or demurt to the bill in this case, within
three months from the publication of this order, or
the said Bill will be ordered proconfesso, as to them.
Commissioner's Office, )
Union C. H. Jan. 10th, 1837. $
D. WALLACE, C. E. U. D.
January 21 3 3m
DR. PETE US7
Vegetable Jinti'BUiousPUl*.
HAVING now acquired an exalted reputation in
private practice by an invariable efficacy
which copld only have resulted from their exalted
worth, lias convinced the proprietor that he has only
to make them extensively known to render that re
putation universal.
It is only a few years since these Pills were first
presented to the Public, but in that time some thous
ands of persons might be found who would solemnly
declare that they believed their lives were saved
by them, and in many cases after they had tried most
and perhaps all the common remedies in vain. ?
Wherever they are known they arc rapidly coming
into use and this affords the most substantial and
convincing proof oftheir merits
They are composed entirely of vegetable matter,
and honestly promise no more than they faithfully
perform.
A physician of eminence who had witnessed the
efficacy of these Pills in his own private practice,
had the candor recently to acknowledge to the pro
prietor, that he had never msed an article that answ
ered a better purpose for what they are recommen
ded, and that they ought deservedly to stand at the
head of the whole class of such remedies. Perhaps
no article of the kind has ever been offered to tnn
Public, supported by testimonials of a character so
decisive, from sources as respectable, or that has
met with more general favor.
These Pills have been most successfully employ
ed in almost every variety of functional disorder of
the Stomach, Bowels, I jver, and Spleen; such as
Heart Burn, Acid Eructations, Nausea, Head Ache,
pain and distention of the Stomach and Bowels, in
cipient Diarrhoea, Cholic, Jaundice, Flatulence,
Habitual Costiveness, Loss of Appetite, Sick Head
Ache, &c. They are a safe and comfortable aperient
for females during pregnancy and subsequent con
finement, relieving sickness of the Stomach, Head
Ache, Heart Burn, and many incident Nervous Af
fections; literary men, students, and most other per
sons of sedentary habits, find them very convenient.
Those who indulge too reely in the pleasures of
the table, find speedy relief from the sense of op
pression and distention which follow, by taking the
rills. Those who are drinking Mineral Waters, and
particularly t hose from ague and fever districts, will
find them a valuable adjunct. Those who are ex
posed to the vicissitudes of weather, on voyages or
journeys, can take thPTO at all times with perfect
safety.
Dr. P. having been educated under the most emi
nent American and European Medical professors,
and practised his profession many years in different
climates, considers himself well qualified to ju<l?e of
the nature of inveterate disease.
Prepared by Joseph Priestly Peters, M. D, at his
institution for the cure of obstinate diseases, by means
of vegeiable remedies, No. 129 Liberty street. N. Y.
inventor and sole proprietor. Each box containing
forty Pills. Price 50 Cents.
DEATH AND DISEASE.
Mens sana in, carport sano ?
4A mind well lodged, and masculine of course.'
Death met Disease the other day,
And thus they gossipped on ihe way.
Death? How comes it friend, in every shape,
You let so many folks escape?
A few years hack, and every elf
Once sick, you laid upon the shelf.
Dyspepsia then had power to kill ?
Asthma defied the doctor's skill ?
The lancet too at all times sought,
Its hecatomb of victims brought;
Then Costiveness could fatal prove,
And Rheumatism no power remove,
A simple cold where'er you went,
A subject to my kingdom sent
How comes it then, that now-a days,
Folks slip your gripe and go their ways?
Asthma subsides ? Dyspepsia's cured,
The lancet is no more endured;
The sick to day forget all sorrow,
And laugh at both of Us to morrow.
Disease: ? Dread sire! I use all means I can.
To abbreviate the life of man:
I dog his footsteps from his birth,
'Till he returns to mother earth;
And though 'tis true that my success
Is daily growing less and less
This satisfaction I can fuel,
I have not slackened in my zeal ?
I use all means I used of old;
Changes of weather? hot anil cold;
I give them colds; I give them paint,
1 rack their bones ; I fire their veins;
! I poison them with rancid bile,
Jn place of the digestive chyle,
Yet all is useless ? nothing kills,
Death ? How's that!
! Disease ? They all take Peters' Pills.
A large and fresh supply of these celebrated Pills
with the Patent Vegetable Medicinas Stomachic? et
Hepaticae, for the cure of Dyspepsia and Liver com
plaints,
? Just received and for sale wholesale and retail by
A. FITCH.
Sole Agent for the City of Columbia.
N. B. Drugists and Country merchants will b? sup
plied at New York Prices.
Dec. 3 50
s
?1
8?OE'? R V.
TRIOLET FROM CAHKSTAINU.
_0 ? o cold and still.
That love it never more could know,
That withering lime nnrl Sorrow'* chill,
Had frozen all his earlier glow.
A year ago, a year ago,
1 said "I ne er shall love again"?
But I had not seen thee then !
A year ago, a year ago,
j My soul wac wrap in grief and gloom.
And sighs would swell and tears would flow,
.* As bending o'er the lost one's tomb!
t thought of her who slept below !
i A year ago, a year ago,
?ielt it ne'er could love again ?
X. But ? I had not known the? then !
A year ago, a year ago,
All v*in were Beauty's witching wilei.
And eye of light, and breast of snort',
And raven tress, an.l step of smiles.
They could not chase a rooted wo !
A year ago, a year ago !
I never wished to love again,
But ? 1 had not kissed thee then !
A Young Poetess. ? There is a pretty turn to
the following lines on I lie death ofa youthful po?te?s.
They are from the Asiatic Journal.
The lummer rose not yet Inth faded,
The sylvan brook not yet decay'd ;
The purple sky is still unshaded.
And from the glimmering ivy-shad?
Floateth the night-hirls serenade.
Flower, and stream, and song remain ;
Not one of Nature's charms hath fled ;
But she who breathed a softer strain,
Herself a fairer flower, is dead !
DOMESTIC.
From the Charleston Courier.
Col. Memminger. ? We publish below, a
highly interesting correspondence between
Gen. Ilayne, President of the the Charleston
and Cincinnati Kail Road Company, and Col.
Memminger, in which the latter details the
results of his brilliant and successful mission
to North Carolina. The tribute paid to Col.
M. by Gen. H. meets with a hearty response
Irom our community. The letter of Col. M.
will be found to comprise a full account of the
North Carolina amendments, both to the Bank
act, and the act amending- the charter of the
Company.
Chaleston, Jan. 28.
To Col. C. G. Memminger.
Sir ? I have had the pleasure to receive
your very interesting and valuable Report, of
the result of your mission to the Legislature
of North Carolina, in reference to the amend
ments proposed bv South Carolina, to the Char
ter of the Louisville, Cincinnati and Charles
ton Rail Road Company. Whilst I congra
tulate the Company, and the country, upon
your success, you will allow me in behalf of
the Stockholders, to return you their thanks
for the very able and satisfactory manner in
which you have fulfilled your difficult and
important trust. ? The zeal aud ability you
hive displayed, no less than the 6ucces3 which
has attended your exertions, have conferred
on you the highest honor. You will receive,
I trust, an appropriate reward, in having jour
name identified with a work which is destined
should it be accomplished, to turn the tide of
prosperity back upon the South, and to unite
our whole country in enduring bonds of mutu
al sympathies and common interests.
1 am, with great respect,
Your most obedient servant,
ROBT. Y. HAYNE.
Charleston, Jan 26.
Gen. Y. Hayne,
President of the Louisville , Cincinnati and Charles
ton Rau Road Company.
Sir, ? I respectfully report to you for the
information of the Stockholders of the Com
pany over which you now preside, the result
of the mission entrusted to me under their
resolutions, adopted at Columbia, on the 20th
December last.
The chief object of this mission was to
procure the co-opera'ion o* the State of North
Carolina in the grant of Banking Privileges
to the Stockholders, just enacted by ihe Le
gislaturc of this State. This grant expressly
required the concurrence of the State of
the ?tate of North Carolina, and as it was
deemed essential to the success of the rail
rGud, I lost no time in repairing to Raleigh,
where the Legislature of North Carolina was
then in session. The subject was immedi
ately submitted to their consideration, and
the explanations the-eon were received with
the greatest courtesy and attention. The
public journals have already detailed the sub
sequent proceedings of the Legislature. They
eventually passed an act granting the Bank
Charter in substantially the same term3 as it
had passed the Legislature of South Carolina.
The amendments which they have added, are
herewith submitted, antf wi'I presently be
annafysed. They will bf? found to be almost,
if not wholly, immaterial to the interests of
the Stockholders.
It is difficult for, any one not on the spot to
conceive adequately the embarrassments and
opposition which this measure encountered at
every step. I allude to them now merely to
show the extent of obligation under which
we are to all the friends of the enterprize in
North Carolina. It is entirely owing to their
zeal and ability that success was eventually
achieved. Fixing 8 steady eye upon the ad
vantages to their cQuntry, which their sagaci
ty saw in this measure, they sustained it
throughout with firmness and ardour. To
the zeal and activity, particularly of Gov.
Swain, the distinguished Champion of Inter
nal Improvements of South Carolina, and the
Chief Delegate from that State to the Knox
ville Convention, most of what has been ob
tained is due. The representatives from the
Western Counties, especially Messrs. Carson,
Morehead, Hoke, and Dobson, have entitled
their section to most favourable consideration
in the location of a route, by their strenuous
and united fupport ; and if 1 may be permitted
to pay a just tribute to disinterested and inde
pendent public virtue, I would beg leave to
acknowledge the zeal and ability with which
Speaker Waddell and Bryan of the senate,
and Messrs. (Jraham and Moore of the House,
lent their efforts to the cause. The fina! suc
cess ef this great work will reap for these
gentlemen the brilliant reward of having
treated a new era in t.ie history of their
country.
The following are the amendments which
have been added to the Charter by the Legis
lature of North Carolina.
"J 1. After the rai! rood shall be comj>Ie*cd,
the Bank is to issue no iVotes ot a less deno
mination than ten dollars.
2. The Branch in North Carolina is to be
located West of the Catawba lliver, and its
Capital is not to exceed O.ie Million of DoU
Jars. This location would, in all probability,
have been adopted by the Com Danv as a mat
ter of course ; and the amount of capital it is
conceived will be found fully nd< qnate fo all
the pu -poses of a Brand: in North Carolina ;
espee'aJiy when it is considered that the
Branch of the United States bank formerly
located jn South Carolina, had a capital of but
half a million more. It was thought too that i
if another branch or a larger capital, should i
j hereafter be found advantageous to the Stock\J
holders, the very increase of business and j
I progress of the road, which would inakc it ;
| advantageous to iliem, would induce tbe peo- j
pie of North Carolina to ask for change, j
3. The State reserves the right of -roterpo- i
sing a tax not exceeding' ? par cent upon the j
capital employed in North Carolina ; but no j
tax is to be laid until the road is finished, and j
until six per cent per annum is realized by the j
Stockholders upon their whole investments j
for the entire period during which the*.
been out of the use of their money. '
amendment was nesessiry to preserve eq'1^ i y
among the Banks in North Carolina. icy
shall pay an annual tax of \ per cent, an i
was thou/ht that after the Stockholders had
been made whole, and the road tinis.ied, i
Bank should stand upon the sam i
with the rest. For the same reason the -sot n
section of the Charter (which makes the
Notes a tender at State Treasury) was strick
en out, there being no claase in other nan
Charters. .
4. Counterfeiting the Notes of the Bank is
made a crime, an l subject to the usual punish
ment of forgery.
5 The Legislature of North Carolina may,
whenever a forfeiture of the Charter has been
incurred, order proceedings to be instituted
against the Bank, for a trial of the matter
before the Courts, reserving to each pirtv the
ricrht of trial by jury, and of appeal to the Su
preme Court ; and in case of judgment against
the Bank, the Court may appoint receivers to
collect and pay it* debts, and distribute the
surplus among the Stockholders. T his clause
is nothing more than a special repetition o
the general law, applicable to all corporations.
6. None but citizens of the United States,
are allowed to vote at meetings of the Stock
holders the only effect of this clause will be,
to give the management to cituens of the
United States ; a thing which would take j
place without the amendment.
7. In case of an over-subscription, preter
ence is to be given to the citizens of those .
States which grant the charter.
8. Other Banks are restrained from sub
scribing to the Stock of this Bank.
Another subject submitted to the IN^r^1
Carolina Legislature, was the act passed by
this State, to amend the charter of the rail
road company. The object of this act, was
to irive corporate existence to the Company,
in the three States of Tennessee, North and
South Caiolina alone; in case Kentucky
should not relinquish certain conditions im
posed by her. If Kentucky should release
these conditions, this amendment will be un
necessary. To this amendment the legisla
ture of North Carolina added on amendment
which was then more important than subse
quent events have now made it. It provides,
ihat the rail road shall pass up the valley of
the French Broad, and shall cross the B ue
Rulge East of the Butt Mountain, into Ruth
erford county. # .
The gentlemen who insisted on this amend
ment, tvere well acquainted with the locality,
and affirmed that it would leave open all the
routes which would be found practicable or
desirable. In one respect, their declarations
have been verified by th3 adoption of the
French i3road Route by the Company. But
I was well aware of the inexpediency of legis
lating upon the route, and urged that it shou.d
be left to the Engineers and to future exami
nation. At all events, I insisted that the Gap
Creek route over the Saluda Mountain should
be left. open. But it was stated in reply, that
great sensation had been created in N. C. by a
proposition to turn the road through the ex
treme western point of the State; that the west
ern counties had ever been the warmest friends
of the road, t hat their zealous support oftheBank
Charter entitled them to some consideration,
and that unless the road crosed into Rutherford,
they would be entirely excluded from all Partl*
cipation of its benefits, ? that what they asked
vvouid be found consistent with the true in
terests of the Company, and that in proof ot
their confidence in the justice of their views,
and in the liberality of the Company, they did
not insist upon this amendment as a condition
of the Bank charter, but merely added it as a
clause to an act which the company may
accept or decline. Under these circum
stances, no doubt when this matter .s to be
decided, full consideration will be given to the
feelings and interests of this very interesting
section, and to the zealous and valuab.e ser
vices of the' Representatives in promoting this
great enterprize.
It is incumbent on me, however, to bring to
yournotice, that although this amendment, it
accepted, will preclude the routes West of the
Butt Mountain, yet the necessity of its accep
tance is very much relieved by the passage of
the 20th section of the Bank Charter. In
deed, it may be affirmed that if the great pub
blic interests in this matter should render i
advisable to take the Gap Creek or Saluda
Gap route, it is yot at the optionfof the com
pany to do so, and if they should find reasons
to countervail the very strong claims above re
ferred to, they can yet yield to them, in
other words the location of the road is yet
within the power of the company, and nothing
which is yet done prevents their yielding a
iust weight to all the various views winch ma)
be offered, and in finally sel-cting the best route
for the Road , a selection (be it where it may.)
in which every true friend of the project wil
eventually concur.
I have the honor to be,
With much respect,
Your most obedient sTv t,
C. G. MEMMINGER.
Jacksonville, Jan. 20,
Col. Warren who returned last Friday from
Fos t Drane, has favored us with the following
information, given hnn by the Quarter Master
at Fort Drane, and al that time just arrived
from the army*
' ' Gen. Jessup was on a trail of Indian* leads
ing towards the Wacaaassa country ? and in
tended to pursue, -if possible, the trail wherever
it led, til) he overtook the Indians.
I The Indians are, it is supposed, scattered ia
small parties through the country.
On the 13th inst.the Alabamians tinder Gen.
Jes-up came upon an Ind an on the west aide
of* the Withiacoochee, while he was in the act
of skinning a beef. Seeing himself surround
ed he made nc resistance, nor endeavored to
escape, but gave himself up with jjood grace,
a prisoner of war.
| This Indian states that he belongs to a town
situated on the west side of the VVithlacoo
i chee, at which are about one hundred Indians
? warriors, women and children ? and that
they are willing and wish to give themselves
up ? and would have done so some time a go
had they not feared the whites would kill them.
The Indian offered to point out the town lothS
army.
M&j. Graham, wiih about 200 tpen and the
Indian for a guide, proceeded on the I8th i oat.
for the town.
The Indian also states that the other tribes
are willing to come in to the whites ? and that
all his warriors, except fifty or sixty, have let
Oseola.
A party of about 110 men arrived at Fejt
Drane on the 18th inst. with ordere to proceed
against Alligator's tribe on the Ochlawaha,
and to proceed thence around Orange Lake,
scouring the country between the lake and St.
Johns river, to Black Creek.
Office of the Courier, )
Jacksonville, Jan. 28. J
More Indian Depredations. ? One man
killed ? house attacked ? white man v*tb the
Indians. ? "Mr. Rossau who arnved in this
place to-day, informs us that on Tuesday, the
24th inst. Lieut. J. M. Smiley, of Capt. Reed's
company, stationed at the Mineral Springs,
was shot by a party of Indians near the house
of Mr. Sykes, his father-in-law, with whom ha
lived. Mr. Sykes, residence is five miles from
the Springs, on the road leading to Levin g
ston's Kerry, on the Suwannee river.
lJ. Smiley was about 150 yards from the
house engaged in cutting wood, when he was,
shot. Three balls took effect? one in his body,
one in the head, dud one in the arm, He was
killed instantly and scalped.
Mr. Sykes^was in his corn house amtd a
volley of shots from the Indians. He closcd
the door. The Indians made a furious attack
npon the house containing Mr. Sykes
and Mrs. Sykes, and Mrs. Smiley and
child, and two or three negro women. Mr.
Sykes defended the house by keeping up a fire '
on the assailants, supposed to be from 25 toW
in number. The attack was commenced at
half past 3 o'clock, P. M. and continued till
after dark. The house is literally cut up witk J
bullets. '?! ' ' "
After dirk Mr. Sykes raised a plank from'
the floor so as to get out a negro woman whom
he sent to the Springs to notify the men thef*
to come to his relief.- She succeeded^ and 4 '
party of nine men reached the hoose by eleven
o'clock. The Indians had retired. None of
the inmates of the house were wounded, al
though bullets passed through the clothes of
some of them. Mr. Sykes is confident ha
wounded or killed four. On examination ne?t *
morning at the four spots pointed oat by Mr. '
S. where he thought the Indians were shot bf '
him, blood was found, indicating some exeeu^ J
tion was done ? and one lndiau was found shot'
through the heart Mr. S. had seven guns in
his house, lie also states that he is confident
he saw a while man with the Indians ? for ha "5
had so fair a view of him as to be able to not#
that he wore blue clothes and a white hat.?
The trail of the Indians led into a hammock -
near by. A small company had ridden around 5
it without finding a trail leading out. When
Mr. R>scau Jeft the springs they were raising
a party strong enough to pursue the trail into
the hammock and secure the Indians if fxusi- '
ble.
The inhabitants who had returned to their
homes in that section (Columbia country) art *
again abandoning theen.
Can it be that there is in existence an in
human Devil with the form and lineaments of
a white man, leading on the Indians to murder
his brethren ai.d attack their dwellings ! then
ought the incarnate fiend to be suspended be
tween Earth and Heaven,- there to hang till
his flesh rots off, and his bones shiver in tin
winds, till blown joint by joint, and scattered
over earth by the whirlwind."
Correspondence of the Baltimore .Patriot*
Washington Jan. 23*, 1837.
SCENE IN AN ARTIST'S STUDIO;
Of all the humbugs in this humbugging fge<
Tom Benton is undoubtedly the greatest. 1
have already recorded in your columns some
proofs, that since the passage of the expung
ing r 'solutions, he has grown twenty stories
higher in his own eonceit? ^and I did not be^
lieve it possible that his vanity and egotism
could go much beyond these instances, ; But,
indeed, they do not, by many degrees, come
up to the mark.
He has just had his picture taken by a young
Italian artist, who occupies a room in one of
the lower stories of the Capitol. A day or
two ago a scene occurred in the artist's studio,
which" would that the peoplo of the United
States could have witnessed that they might
judge of the exact height, breadth, and depth
of the "great expungerV soul ! The artist
is busily'engaged in making a likeness of Mr.
Van Buren. Enter Mr. Benton. "Good
morning, sir! good morning, sir-" (The chief
of the expungcrs, like Justice Shallow, is fond
of iteration.) "Have you my portrait 1 Have
you my portrait 7
The pelite foreigner, all smiles and grace*,
dropped tlie Vice President and his pcncil,
and hastened to present the gr eat Colonel with
the i mage of himself. The Colonel gazed upon
it with the highest satisfaction. Haslett, it
is, who says there is a natural desire in the
inind of man to have one's likeness multiplied.
The Colonel evidently feJt it. * Admirable!
excellent!" he exclaimed* After a pause he
added, "You must'have it lithographed ! And
my friends liave suggested a motto, which I '
wish you to have placed below the picture in
the lithograph copies.? It id short, sir ? a tin
gle sentence, air; Here it is." And he fortlr
wth produced a copy of the Globe. ?It'iafirom
the great expunging speech ; ? my greit ex*
punging speech? -vou have heard of it, thf -
a speech, sir, which will be read every where,
not only in this country, but in Europui JfH,
sir, in Europe, sir ! Here is the aenteM^
sir ? a single eentenee.' Ho read, wftfe the