The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, January 28, 1851, Image 2
Report of tho President ofthe South Carolina
Railroad Company.
Office S. C. Railkoad Company, i
Charleston, Jan. 25, 1851. $
To the Stork holders of the
South? Carolina Railroad Company:
Gentlf.mf.n : The President and Directors
of the Sonth Carolina Railroad Company, have
the honor of submitting to you the following
statement of the affairs of the Company for the
past year: .
The gross fbceipts of the road, it appears from
the Auditor's Statement annexed, marked A,
have been for the year 8012,720 25
And the expenses of management
equal to 42 per cent 383,040 85
Nctt profit 8528,079 40
Less interes on Sterling and
other bonds, and other charges,
including $14,794 31 interest
on instalments paid in'advance,
and on notes and script now
paid off.. 188,991 10
Leaving for nett income ... 8339,688 24
From these profits two dividends
of 3 per cent each have
have been declared, amount
ing -to ..... 174,600 00 ]
Leaving a surplus of 8105,088 24"
to the credit of the Reserved Fund Account
This result seems full of encouragement, for
it has been accomplished under many adverse
circumstances. For example, there has been
a deficiency in the down freight of ?71,393' 29,
cl?arly attributable to the combined effects of a
abort crop and the break-down at the Watereee |
Swamp.* From this latter cause alone, there
was a loss of reveuue, as compared with last
year, of 826,769 72-100, for the months of October
and November, and an increased expen
ditare for repairs, of $5,236 10-100. It seems,
therefore, not unreasonable to infer, as there
was an increase during the same period of 891,710
38 over last year, in the up freight and
passage, that had it not been for the adverse
circumstances alluded to, the income for the
year would have reached $1,000,-000, and
without any material addition to the expense of
management
Early in March last a call was made upon
the Stockholders for 825 per Share on their
stock, payable by instalments, with interest at
l*?k rnfo r\f fi nn?? nanf In I* 1>II VlllPlitS
IMV lUVt VI V pvi VVIikt UI4V VV. ?vr. X *V
made in advance.
It will be seen by reference to the Auditor's
statement, marked B. that there had been received,
up tothe31st Dec. 1850...8611,316 55
much of it in advance, leaving to come in
3358,933 45 on acconnt of the last two, and
for arrearages on previous instalments.
The del t of the Company, it will appear on
reference to the Auditor's Statement, marked
C, has been reduced within the vear from
83,515,507 01
To ..... - 3,173,6G8 05
Viz: Notes of the Company pd.
up in full ------ $244,310 87
Scrip redeemed ---? 37,403 82
Interest scrip for
Dividend, No.
9, paid off ? 8,935 00
Palmer, Mnckil.
illop, Dent
and Co, and (
others. - ? 51,189 27
$311,838 96
It will he observed that the Bonds Payable
account for 7 per cent Bonds, predicated on
Caqyien Branch Stock, is $159,000, against
8141,000 last year. 'Hie increase arises from i
the issue made in January, 1850, of $27^000
of these Bonds, of which $9,000 have since
been paid, leaving the addition of 818,000, as
indicated by the account.
The Bills Payable account, was also increased
in January oflast.year, from $244,310
87 to $264,801 71; but that account has since
been extinguished, and the Company have uo
note or debt that is due outstanding.
The Auditor's Statement, marked D, shows
the receipts and expenditures of the Company
for the year. It will be seen that the Chmpany
have paid for iron, for relaying the Road $277,OOK.
OA
This is for the 5000 tons previously ordered,
,and for 1500 tons ordered since to complete
the Road, all of w'.ich lias been received.
Fifty-eight and a half miles of old road have
been relaid with new iron, within the past year,
at a cost of 340,790.49 for labor and timber,
leaving 39 miles, (exclusive of five and twothirds
at the Inclined Plane) on the Hamburg
branch (above Branchville to be finished after
the 1st of January, 1851, besides 10 miles ol
a heavier, rail, the relaying of which may be
deferred until a later period.
As the condition of -the road, and the increased
number and weight of the trains passing
over it, seemed absolutely to demand the
immediate reconstruction with the new and
heavy rails that had been ordered, all the necessary
preparations bad been made to accomplish
it by the 1st of last month; but unfortunately
the shipment* of the iron were delayed
in the early part of the year in England, and
subsequently, when orders were given for its
immediate shipment, great difficulties and de
lays were encountered in obtaining vessels to
send it forward; the conseqonce was that it did
not arrive in sufficient quantities to furnish employment
to the hands, nnt'l just before the
time when circumstances occurred to make it
necessary to transfer the force to the VVateree
Swamp.
The work is again progressing, however,
with spirit, and the remaining 39 miles will be
new ironed by 1st April, or aery soon afterwards.
The motive power of the road has been increased
within the year, by the addition of 5
new Locomotives. (3 for passengers, and 2 for
freight;} by 5 passenger, 1 baggage, and 187
freight cars.
The Locomotives are lighter than those
heretofore used; of superior construction, and
in every way admirably adapted to the road.
They cost $7,500 each, and with charges ad
dad amount to 838,668 59.
The passenger and baggage cars have given
equal satisfaction. The former cost on na
average $2,000 each, the latter 81)000;
Amounting together, with charges, to $12,548-1
36-100.
The freight cars were delivered mostly un- i
iler previous contracts; those from Hacker and
Co. are superior to any others on the road.!
The property in Car Account, stands charged
in the statement referred to, witu 190 freight)
cars; this was the number paid tor, but 137
only were received within the past year, as
previously stated.
Tiie freight and passenger depots, which,
when we last met were already far advanced,
have since been finished, according to the
oiiginal plans. There has been paid within
the past year, on account ot the depots and
fixtures, including $2,000 for a house and lot
purchased adjoining on the east, the sum of
$17,995 73; and there is an unadjusted balance
due to the Contractors, of about $9,500;
and the brick, amounting to about one million
and a half, which was furnished by the Com
- ?
pany, and lias nut jet been ctiargea up.
The totsil cost of depots, and lands, after
crediting the account with $15,000, less broker's
commissions for a house nnd lot at the
corner of King and John-streets, sold, will be
from 120,000 to 3125,000.
Early in July last, a contract was made with
a highly responsible nnd efficient Company for
grading the 1st, 2d, 3d and 4th sections of a
-xmUg--pi eviuusly "Adopted by~lTie ik>aiHt for
avoiding the present Inclined Plane at Aiken,
the 5th section being reserved for tho Company's
own hands.
The route was adopted after the fullest consideration,
from a survey made by G. B. Lythgoe,
esq., the Company's own Engineer and
Superintendent of the road, and under advice
of some of the most eminent Engineers of tho
country. It leaves the old road near Mrs.
Schwartz's at Lower Aiken, and ruuning to the
left crosses the present Plane ahout 800 feet
from its summit, and intersects the old road
again near the Graniteville Station, making in
I.. l-I-j:-. nnannii r miles
lis WllOle UISl<UlCU'Cri7,C7W 11, *T\jU01 vu
being 1800 ft, or a little over one third ol a
mile shorter than the preccnt'road. The route
is a straight line for five miles, with the exception
of a curvature of 1 1-4 inches in 50 feet at
, the lower end, and another of 700 feet on a level
near ,Mrs. Schwartz's where the radius is 2000
feet The grade is 5*2 8-10 feet to the mile,
and the estimated cost 8110,000. The period
stipulated in the contract for the completion of
this work, is from the first of April to the 1st of
July next. An eliicient foice of 139 hands has
been at work on it since August last, and the
progress already made ia the work warrants
tin. expectation that the contractors will lie up
j to their time.
Great efforts will be made to complete the
whole, and have it in readiness for the business
I of the ensuinfr season. A heavy rail, of the
? o
| bridge patterns, and weighing "70 lbs. to the
yard, has been ordered, and is now on the way
for ironing it.
In August a contract was madeH'or building
work shops opposite Tivoli Garden, according
to plans and specification^ furnished by J. L).
I'etsch, superintendent of machinery and motive
power. The contract for bricklaying, carpenter,
and slater's work is 81G,G84
The bricks and lumber are to be
furnished by the Company, and estimating
them at the actual cost, without
freight, the amount will be 88,235
Making .... - 821.219
The work is far advanced, and will be completed
about the time specified in the contract,
say 1st April next
Machinery for the shops of the latest and
most unproved invention and construction, is
now being selected by an agent sent on to tlie
North for the purpose, and will be received by
the time tl e shops are ready
The report of the General Superintendent of
the road is herewith submitted. It sets forth
the condition of the road, with the character
and extent of repairs done upon it, and the
cost of keeping it up The principal item in
the repairs for the L'amder^ranch, it will be
cee'ii, is for re-building the road across the
Watereo Swamp. The tresscl work over that
swamp gave way early in October last, while
an engine and train of VZ cars, loaded with
cotton, were passing over it; and as the caps or
crossties, resting upon the piles, and supporting
the frame work above, some 10 feet iu
heigh t, were not fastened to the piles either by
dowell pin, tenon, or otherwise, the whole su
perslrueture, wbeu it commenced Calling, fell
to tlio abutment of the bi idge at the river, a
distance of 3 1-4 miles.
The force engaged in relaying the road on
the Hamburg branch, had just then for the
first time received a sufficiency of iron to keep
them in full employment, and were progress
ing rapidly in laving it down, with the view of
finishing the whole road by the first of January,
1851, as first contemplated. When the breakdown
in the Wateree Swamp took place, the
Company had no alternative but to abandon
this important work for a time, and devote the
whole force to the icconstruction of the road
over the swamp, while the waters were low.
By extraordinary exertions on the part of the
superintendents, carpenters and men, the road
was re-built and open for passengers in little
over 6ix weeks from the date of the accident;
and in less than two months the freight trains
were passing over it. The cost to the Cotnnnny,
in labor, materials, and provisions, in re
building tin* road, was $5.?36 10. But the
chiei loss lias been. u9 before slated, in the
revenue, and ii: the loss of the profitable use
of two engines, and some twenty-six freighting
ears, in the Wateree Swamp, and oti the
Camden side; but more than all in the delay in
relaying the Hamburg branch.
Wo also refer to the Repot t of the Superintendent
of Machinery and motive power, for
the condition in detail of the engines and cars
in service; their number and value; the repairs;
the work done in the work shops, and the machinery
on hand. By the inventory appended
to his Report, there appeared to be in service,
31st December, 1850, thirty-seven locomotives,
(five having been recently condemned) valued
at % ... 8205,91s 00
Fifteen passenger cars, (4 baying
been recently condemned,) valucd
at - - - . 27,842 86
Nine omzgage cars.fl having been
at 7,400 00 {
And 427 box, platform, and stock
(fifteen having been condemned,
and 33 broken up during the
year,) valoed at - 182,000 00
8413,257 36
The work done in the shops, in
repairs, and, including three pas
Benger cars re-built, it seems 0'-'
therwise, has been for the year. - 825,157 00
While the expenses of the establishment
appear to be, for labor,
as per pay rolls - - - 60,735 76
Overtime provisions, ?kc. - - - 2,500 00
803,235 76
The tables annexed, marked 1,2, 3, will
show the Receipts of the road for freight, passenge,&c.
for each month Of last year; the comparative
receipts of Cotton for 1849 hnd 1850,
anil fur each year from 184?igtf850, inclusive.
It will he seen frotn these flbles, that while
the receipts for the first six mbtiths of the past
year were short 61,652, bales, Jtficreceipts for
the six months ending 31st'. December, 1850,
show an increaseover the corresponding months
of tiie previous year, of 6,591 bales, making
the total decrease in the year 55,061 bales.
Besides the usual current business of the road
the motive power of the Company has been severely
taxed, especially in the last six months,
in transporting large quantities of iron for other
companies, besides the iron and timber fur its
own road, and brick and furober for its own
workshops and other purposes. For the last
six months employment has been furnished constantly,
for at least three engines and sixty cars
for these purposes alone, and comparatively lit
tie compensation for the transportation for oth
er Companies, while that done tor our own
purposes adds materially to the expense, but
nothing of cout$e t? (he revenue.
Presuming upon -a continued increase of business
for the ensuing season, four freight and
two light passenger engfnes, and two passenger
and baggage cars each, have been ordered.?
Two of the fieight engines are expected immediately;
the other two later in the season, and
the passenger engines not until the 1st of July.
Th?? passenger cars have already been received
?one of them from Hacker Co. the other
from a Northern maker. They bo h compare
well with those previously received.
The expenditures required for the currenl
year, apart from the ordinary purposes of tlu
Road, will he principally for the lucined Plane
and Work rfiiOUS.
The receipts, other than those of the Road
will bo from balances due on instalments, anc
the amount to be received from the Greenvilh
Company under the existing -agreement with
them for the Flange Iron from our Road.
The agencies at the different points have undergone
examination at the close of the year, by
Committees from the Direction, and all have
been found right and satisfactory.
By a Resolution of the Stockholders at their
last meeting, the report and resolutions from the
Committee on Proxies were releriedto the Hoard
of Directors for their consideration and action,
and the Hoard have had the same under consideration;
but while they comprehend the dilliJ
culty which the Committee on Proxies labor
under, they could not, as they conceived, undertake
to make an arbitrary rule, the effect ol
which illicit be to deprive many absent Stockholders
of their votes. It was therefore resolved,
That the subject be referred back to the
Stockholders.
All of which is respectfully submitted.
II. W. CONMER, President.
Thirty Firit Con^rewSecond Senlon.
Washington, Jan. iiO, 1651.
Sbnatr.?Mr. Hamlin presented a petition,
praying the repeal of the fugitive slave law,
which was laid on the table.
On motion of Mr. Downs. 5.000 extra cop
ies ol the report of the Secretary of' War upon
tne inundation of the lower Mississippi, were
ordered to lie printed.
Mr. Berrien reported back the bill to ascertain
and settle private land claims in California,
with a substitute for the same, und it was
fixed for Monday next.
Mr. Pearce reported a joir.t resolution for
the purchase of the works of Alexander Hamilton.
Mr. Clay submitted a resolution, which lays
i over, directing an enquiry by the committee
j on commerce into the expediency of making
I more effectual provisions Dy law to prevent me
I employment of American vessels and seamen
in the African slave trade, and especially us to
tho expediency of granting sea letters or other
evidence of national character to American
vessels clearing out of iirazilian ports for the
western coast of Africa.
Mr. Seward introduced a joint resolution di-.
reeling that in the purchases of inanufactuied
steel by the government, American manufactured
steel shall have the preference.
The bill from the House to reduce the postage
on letters, dzc., was referred to the committee
on post-oliices and post-roads.
The Senate then took up the bill providing
the payment of the claims of Americau citizens
for spoliations by the French prior to 1800.
Hunter addressed the Senate till V o'clock,
in opposition to* the bill.
And then, on motion of Mr. Seward, the
Senate adjourned.
in the House, Mr. Hammond presented the
petition of one hundred and nine farmers, mechanics
and workingmen, of both political parties,
citizens of Baltimore county, Md., representing
die greatly depressed condition of cot1
ton manufacturing, and other interests of that
! county, which they belive arises from the want
i of a proper modification of the tarilF laws; and
! praying that laws may bo modified by C'on
i *i - ?r
[gross, which was reierreu 10 uie cuiiiuuiicv ui
I ways and means.
! The bill was then taken up, having for its object
to ensure the prompt execution of the act
I parsed last session, granting bounty lands to
olticers and soldiers, who have been engaged
in the military services of the United States.
' Mr. McCleland, of Illinois, moved an amendment,
which excited considerable discussion,
for securing to registers and receivers of the
sstisral la id offices, for their services in locatiug
oHIitary ana bounty laud warrnts, from persons
applying to locate the same, a fee at the rate
- of twenty-five cents for etch forty sores so
?
located; provided that the salarv nf each of
such registers and receivers shall in no case
exceed three thousand dollars per annum.
An amendment to the amendment giving a
more extended operation to the former, the
Speaker ruled was out of order, it being applicable
to other laws than that to -which the bill
before the House referred, and to cases which
th# act of September last does not embrace.
The chief ground upon which the payment
of the fee was supported, was the tho additional
duty which the bounty land law imposes?
the wants requiring six times the labor ordinarily
required when other lands are applied for.
During the debate on this bill the Secretary
of the Interior was attacked and supported; the
routine of the pension office was copiously animadverted
upon, and the inefficiency of the
department condemned.
The hour of three o'clock having arrived, a
iiiuuuu was uirtur iu nujuur ii. l ne vtr/tu iiiiu
nays were then called for, but a sufficient number
of members did not vote for taking the
question in this wav. A division was then
moved, and there being 93 in the affirmative
and 49 in the negative, the House adjourned
till to-morrow.
Thecamden journal"
; THO. J. WARREN A O. A. PRICE, Editors.
TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 28, 1851.
A FALSE REPORT.
We understand that it is reported in Ihe upcountry,
that the small pox is prevailing in 'Jamden.
This report is untrue, and without the least
shadow of foundation. Camden was never more
exempt from disease of any kind. The proper
authorities have adopted efficient measures to
prevenet th approach of small pox to our town,
and if there is a case nearer to us than the infected
Districts in North Carolina, we are not aware
[ Of It
I Of one thing our country friends may rest as*
I sured; if we should ever have the disease amongst
I j us we shall consider it our imperative duty to
' 1 make it known through our columns, as soon as
I the fact corne* to our knowledge.
II There will be a meeting of the Southern
' | Rights Association for Kershaw District, on
the first Monday in February.
JOHN CANTEY. President.
. j Our Market.
i On Friday last, our Cotton quotation, for tlis
best qualitv, was 13J?since then, the market has
1 -.? J :?t. - .1..?!!..? n?
I UtftJIl CICUUJ) Willi a uc^iitir III ]/! IUV9* VII
Saturday, sales were effected at 10 to I2?. Since
! i the last news from Europe, prices have lowered
We quote for yesterday and to-day, 10 to 12 7-S
extremes.
Our market, in other respects, is still one of the
host in the State. Country produce will command
the highest prices, and Groceries and Goods ol
all descriptions, as will be seen by our Prices Cur
rent, (corrected semi-weekly) are sold ou the
most reasonable terms.
Iii Charleston, the Cotton market may be said to
| have been brought to a stand on Saturday last,
| so little was done in the article, and prices for the
present must be considered nominal. About 400
bales were sold within the range of 12$ to ]3$<\,
and a small lot of strictly choice as high as [3?c.
Census of Kershaw District. *
The following numbers have been kindly fi*r^
nished us from the returns of Mr. Joseph E. Nef>
ties, Assistant .Marshall, showing the p >puiation
of our District:
J Fkf.e Inhabitants. Slaves.
In i860?1.^96 In 3850?9,578
1840?4,938 1840?8,040
i tnon-nsp. 058 Increase. 1,538
Showing an increase in the free population, including
white and colored, within the last ten years
equal to 15^. and in the slave of 19^ percent.?
The owner's valuation of Real and Personal Estate
is as follows:
Real Estate, - $1,153,004 00
Pesonal Estate, - - 4,183,938 00
Total, - - - $5,634,943 00
The number of death? in the District for the
' year 1850, was 180, including white and colored.
Rail Road Report.
We have been necessarily compelled to exclude
i several articles intended for this evening's paper,
j to make room for the Report of the President of
thp Rail Road Comnanv. It contains much that
* I J
is interesting relating to the operations ot our Rail
Road during the past year.
Southern Bights in Virginia.
We have received the Address of the Southern
Rights Association of the University of Virginia,
o the Young Men of the South. We are proud
to see such a spirit manifested by the students ol
this Institution, the number who have signed the
Constitution is over 130, and the Resolutions
which were passed unanimously, are of the right
stamp, to-wit: the 3rd. Resolved, That compromises
and remonstrances having failed to check
the onward march of fanaticism, our only safety
now, neeiii3 10 De in -iniaic /icuon, iu euppuu ui
which, we pledge "our lives, our fortunes, and our
sacred honor." We hope in this noble band of
young Southern Patriots, many Washington's and
Henry's may be found fearless advocates of justice
and equal rights, who are not afraid of being
charged with "Treason" or of meeting the "Traitors"
doom.
(?r We lntd the pleasure of 6eeing iu our
city the Editor of The Camden Journal.?
He has added to his vacation, filled with credit,
that of member of the liar. May his efforts,
both in Law and at the Press, receive a rich
reward wherever ho labors, then we may be sure
of a good Price.? Char. Eve. iVetw.
The Hon. Judge seems to be a lawyer, a poet
and a wit He is deep in the first, elegant in the
second, and brilliant in the third?but we must
member that good Porter is always sparkling.
South Carolina and her Position.
The Southern Press under this caption, has recently
administered to the National Intelligencer,
a few wholesome lessons, which we hope may
benefit this compromise Organ, at least, so fai as
keep it in check, and teach it a practical lesson
that some things can be done as well as others.
The organ of the "Northern Loyalists" must know
that some people hare as much intelligence as
others, and although it may continue busily engaged
in its vocation, as the Press very properly
remarks, "in magnifying Northern Loyalists, and
abusing Southern Malcontents," it will prove love's
labor lost, and a useless experiment in attempting
to palm off its rile slang upon us; the warning
given to the South, intended we suppose, for South
Carolina's especial benefit, abused villafied and
misrepresented as she has been by the Intelligm.
rer and the whole tribe of Northern adherents,
the portentous language of the following: ("Let
Southern Malcontents read and see that there are
6trong men in the North, as well as in the South.")
tup hnnp mav mppt thp samp rpsnnr.Rp. lbi't tins
given when Lochiel was warned "of the day." To
the Intelligencer as the organ and expositor ?;f
Northern Loyalists, whose ends and interest* it
subserves so admirably, we say, "down toothless*
insnlter ire'll trust not thy tale." Your "strong
men in the North" are those who neither fear God,
nor regard man; whose strength may be found,in
endeavoring to counteract the laws of nature, and
to a perversion of all the principles of justice and
humanity; these are your "strong men;" very
strong? too strong for law ; wedded to their blind
fanaticism, they are unwilling that othere should
live in the enjoyment of their own opinions, even
in this "glorious Union." Go and preach to your
"etroug men in the North prate as much as you ,
please about the "local disloyalists;" abuse, villafy,
an i misrepresent, and grossly attempt further outrages
upon South Carolina, it is an easy task for
an adeyl to perform. The Intelligencer, lias served
its time at this trade for lo! these many years, and
' is graduating with the Jirsl honors of the season,
having served its masters long "with a spirit so
1 loving and loyal; indulge your imagination toils
' utmost capacity ; do your best to destroy the per.
petuity ot' this Govern men I as a glorious Union?
you are succeeding finely; a few more threats,
1 and an adherence to the established order of'tho
i day?oppression to the South?and the work is
accomplished?the die is cast, and the Rubicon?
will be crossed?a few years longer, it may be, and
"The conflict is done,
A nation has fallen,oppression has won!
A nation has fallen, yet how noble that fall,
' Fame lives in her ruin, and glory's her pall."
1 Such may be our fate, and the Intelligencer will
' have the satisfaction of knowing, that in common
iriih rnhpr rppr.>ants to the cause of iustice and k
I J~~ I
equal rights, tlit-y have done their p?>rt to l>rin^
this result about?and of course will share lately
in the spoils. ^ .
"The Intelligencer may stuff its columns with
^ silly conjectures about the climate, geography, or
aristocracy, of South Carolina. lie may call her
mad?irresponsibly made; but there is not a man
inutile Union, who has any knowledge or human
ndture, or any knowledge of history, who will not
' t$ru away with contempt at the display of such
Kolidity or hypocrisy." ,
jt .
f South-Carolina Rail Road.
J: We are authorized to state (says the Mercury,) ^
I that the Committee appointed at the last annual *
? meeting of the Stockholders of the South Carolina
Railroad Company, "to consider and report to the
next meeting of Ihe Stockholders what number of
Directors is provided for by the charter, and the
amendments thereto, and also what are the provisions
as to the mode of electing the President,''
are prepared to report to the Stockholders, That
fifteen Directors are to be elected by the Stockholders,
and will form the Direction of the Company,
and that these Directors from their own body>
elect the President of the Company.
The receipts of cotton at New Orleans on the
16th inst. were over nineteen thousand hales, considerably
exceeding those of any one day for the
pest, or for several previous years.
Tho Waekly News. *
The first Number of this excellent Family
Paper has been received. Published in the city ot
Charleston by Messrs. Paxton & Co. at Two
Dollars per annum. and edited by the Hon. Benjamin
F. Porter. There is no excuse now for Southern
people to complain of a want of gooi Litera\
lure at home, the "Weekly News," and "Southern
| Literary Gazette," are superior to any Northern
Weeklies that are received at the South. Woare
plad to see the "News" in such a handsome dress.
We confidently hope the pride of our citizens will
notallowthe.ee admirable Weeklies (th'e "News"
and "Gazette) to fail for want of patronage; every
family ought to take them. ^
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Edgefield Advertiser.
The last Number of this excellent paper, contains
the introductory af Col. Arthur Sirokins, the
newlyinstnlled Editor, judging fromjhe specimen,
if this be a fair samplr, we may reasonably hope
to be favored with many more ot the same sort of
capital editorials. Wo wish our brethren abundant
success.
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For the Camden Journal. **
T x! 4U. T. i iU. r.iu : . .
1 nonce II tilt; nisi journal, uie luuowiug in?terrogatory
propounded to the nominees for '
the State Convention, viz: "In tlie event of no
other Southern Stflte co-operating with South
Carolina, in resisting the aggressions of the
North, will yon go for separate State action !*
To which I unhesitatingly answer No. t -4
I have never douMea the right of n State to
secede, whenever her rights under the ConstitnI
tion are infracted by Federal legislation?but
| the policy of doing 60 is another and a different
affair?and I am not prepared to advocate
a measure that in my opinion would (dace -SJft
Carolina In a position she could not soctaM^
and whioh would protract, if it did
mately prevent the formation of * mSSSm
Confederacy. -UWterexisting ciHAtMfrne&e, I,