The Greenville enterprise. (Greenville, S.C.) 1870-1873, March 15, 1871, Image 2
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IfUtlmgj toi T?aiirmiMtill!
4?ce&tpU?h?A Tint U ImmU's
Manufactory.
[Treat Ik* CTikiln Xawe.]
Aaoag tba bu; lapwTwuli ia the (It;
wblob w* bar* kaaa etlkd apoa to aottea,
tbere baa aa( baaa oaa slae* tba war, of a ;rlrato
character, tbat will ba of aiora beaeft to
tba (It;, thaa tba atoaaa sasb, blind aad door
maaafaetory recently completed by Mr. W. F.
Reaeell, aa Haaai, aaar Kaat Bay street.
Mloatoea yean ago Mr. Raaeell commenced
tba baaiaaae ba U aow aa aged la, on tba eano
spot. Te* yean later, the ire wbieb swept
front river to river, known m 44 thn front ftro of
IMI," ori|<BaM by on accident la kin shop,
and destroyed nil of kin tool*, material*, An
Nothing daunted, howoror, ko mintd work
hortly afterward, in n room in tko Pbeenix
Iron Workn bntldiof. 8inco tbn wnr, Mr.
Rntnoll doterminod to rebuild, tbn roonlt of
which determination in n largo manufactory,
applied with tbn beet machinery now in nan,
and all driven by ateam.
TM riMT (TOUT.
On tko I ret Coor of tko main building, wktnk
ie throe atorlee high and forty foot wide ky
eighty font long, are the oflice of tbn proprietor,
aernral piece* of manhinnry, of wkiob morn
hereafter, and a thirty-home power engine
manufactured at the Phoenix Iron Work* ?
Thia engine, driving nineteen piece* of machinery,
i* a model of implieity, strength and
beauty. The boiler la ont in the yard, eneloaed
within brick wall*, with tile roof and no window*.
It I* fed by machinery which draw*
cold water from nn artesian well and aend* It
hot into the boiler. By the limply turning of
a crank, water ean also be drawn from the ci*tern.
The mo*t noticeable pieee of macbiery
on this floor ia the Rum Monitor Moulding
Machine for cornice*, Ac., only four of which
are in u?e in the United State*. A rough
plant will be put in the machine and when It
comca out is moulded to *uit?either of the
largest pattern, medium or the smallest *i*e,
the latter being no larger than an ordinary
lead pencil. There are one hundred and four"
teen pattern* of moulding, all of wbioh are
made in thl* shop. Near the moulding machine
are two lathe* (made in the shop,) large
and small jiu, by which anything of wood,
in diameter and twenty feet long, can be
turned. A circular law for ripping out planka
for the moulding machine completer the machinery
on thia floor.
ran sncoisn rtooa
la devoted to machinery eapecially adapted to
the making of blinda, doora and saahes. The
first piece the visitor cornea to ia for making
blind alata. A rough piece of wood ia inaertcd,
and, in a moment, cornea out planed amoothly
on both aidea, and the edge* beaded. Tbe
piece ia now long enough for four alata. It ia
taken to an adjaoent machine, and, at one
atroke, tbe alata are cut tbe required length,
and tbe pivot alao cut on both enda. Now tbe
alata are ready for the blind.
It ia generally known lhat the alata la
upper portion of a blind are inaertcd in groovea,
and are atationary, which thoae in tbe lower
part are on pivota, and can be turned at willHere
there ia a machine for eutting the groovea
for tbe atationary alata, and another cuta the
bolea for the pivot alata. Still another machine
mortises to any deaired depth, width, or
length. Another machine does the tenoning,
i. e.. cuta tbe tongue of any aite desired to fit in
the mortises. A small scroll raw, under *be
bands of a skilful workman, such as Mr. Una
sen employs, is wen wormy 01 noting. ocrous
of any design can be sawed out in a moment.
During our visit, Mr. Russell amused himself
and the visitors by cutting wood into all sorts
of fantastical shapes. There are one or two
circular saws for ripping out wood for the
frames of doors, sashes and blinds. When it
is known that fifty pair of blinds can be turned
out in one day, that most of the machinery
can cut out one hundred slats, or cut one huodred
tennona or mortises while one was being
done in the old way by hand, the advantage
ef this machinery, and the benefits of such an
establishment, may be readily conceived.
is used as a store-room, in which is stored the
work of tbe establishment. All descriptions
of mowldhig, scroll, sash, blind and door work
are to be found here, and will compare favorably
with any work of tbe kind made elsewhere.
Our citisens need no assurance of the truth of
this assertion, for everywhere throughout tbe
city are to be seen specimens of Mr. Russell's
manufacture. Mr. Russell also receives large
orders from tbe interior of this and tbe adjoining
Stetes.
TIE OTHER BOtLDmO.
Having finished an inspection of the main
building, we will go to the other and lesser
one. It is one story in height, thirty feet
wide and sixty feet long. In it is a tongueing
and grooving machine, one of the largest in use
in the United States. It cuts rapidly, and at the
same tine, a tongue on one edgo, a groove on
the other and planea both sides. This tongued
and grooved plank is used for flooring and ceiling.
Planks of all widths, from thirty to
one and a half inches can be tongued and
grooved. Another planing machine smoothly
and truly planes any sited timber, from twenty-four
inches to three-eighths of an inch in
thickness. Still another machine, known at
the self-leeding redlining saw, the only one in
use in South Carolina, is here. Its chief use
is for making weather-boarding. The usual
way to weather-board is to take planks of an
inch in thickness and lay one over the other, but
this method did not make the covering as close
and solid as was desired. By this machine, a
board of the usual thickness is slit into two
pieeet, in such a way that when they are
placed on a house, overlapping one another,
they lay very close, and make, by far, a much
better weather-boarding. This machine also
cuts oat backs for picture frames, of any sise
and tbickiKss, from one-eighth of aa inch
thick and twenty-eight inches wi'lj.
PROTKCTIO* FROM Vina.
What danger there most be from Are, is a
mull Iimurii iaou|oi 01 an woo tuii luie
manufactory before they become aware of the
precaution! which have been taken to prevent
nch a calamity. We doubt if any other
baildiag in the city ie aa well protected
against fire. The first things the v isitor
notices are bags placards, warning him that
" smoking is prohibited." Everywhere
throughout the buildings are stands on which
are severe1 large backets always filled with
salt water. Underneath the first floor is a cistern
twenty feet wide by eighty feet long,
capable of containing twenty-five tbonsand
gallons of water, and now has twenty-two
thousand gallons in it, from whieh In ease of
Are, water can be gotten by weans of the
pa naps in suffltflent quantities to prevent the
spreading of flames. All around the factory
are the docks convenient for nee of the engines.
The only fire used nnywbese near the manufactory
is that which makes the steam, and ft
Is so well protected, that it is impossible for
re from It to he communicated to the build*
jog*. *p nidi iDopi lb* giM MM la b?IM
bjr Arc, bat a? Mrolal U Ma, BwaaaU tk?l fea
)mi It waraaad by *taaa.
flaaoa, oktedt, Ao?r wbtN m BMk ???*
ArlB| I*4m?] kt <?, Mfli| of tfco kM k
?bdn?i Tfca aaaohioory ta an oofljplot* and
Am *? work m thoroughly, tkl U la vary
oldoo a piano la and. IT Mr. R. eo?M got
bhhUm to pot tko Tiriott ploooa togotkor
after thoy Iran tko otkor Machines, ho ooold
pot tod aador theea, atari tko tag loo, look
ap tko oatahliakaMat, go off and rpood tho
day, rotara tho aoat morning, And tho aaehiaery
atUl at Work toraiag oat railing*, ooluninr,
moaldinga, oeroll-work, aaahea, doort(
Aooriag aad weather-hoarding, whUa lying
ahoat woold ho enough of tho artteloa coinplated
to 111 tho hoar leat of ordora.
WHhia a fow foot of aad la roar of tho build
> mi rtiBitw omk, ta wbteb U kept tbe
timber of tbe establishment, and thus recalling
tbo benefit of aoH water ?modlog.
It U with pletnn that wo coo record tbo
business success of Mr. Russell, although it la
aothiag mora than waa to ho expected. A
a* of hie enterprise, practical koowlodgo
and uatiriag energy cannot fail to auooood.
)t (Snlnrprisf.
OR IE IE MWII J. IL IE, S. O.
WXDVttDATi MARCH IB, 1B71.
Tbo Doings of tbo Logta)attire.
Our roadora and exchanges aro invited to
oonaidar tbo vary Important letter of ono of
tbo representative* of Greenville, appearing in
tbia week's issue. It is a thorough expose of
eome of tbo rotten legislation imposed on the
good people of the State. The writer demonstrates
that the Sterling Bond hill does add
about one million of dollars to the 8tate debt,
and that tbis is alone for the benefit of the
bondholders and not for the tax payers. Repudiation
seems to be tbe only hope of the
State. It is time for honest men to combine
te protect themselves.
The Taxes-?Publio Olsaatlafaotlon.
The extravagant taxes levied by tbe majority
of the Legislature of South Carolina, their
?rr> vuvao HUM lUjUBklCCf IUQ I nUUUIODV
schemes and waste of the pnblie money, which
they are intended to support, the useless ofBoes,
the high salaries, the corruption of the Legislature
in selling their votes, the horrible and
intolerable rule of Ignorance and dishonesty,
all. all have made a deep impression on all
the people who have any honest interest in
the S ate government. We now record the
fact that there is, and of right ought to be, a
solemn determination among all the honest
men of the State not to stand a repetition of
these taxes, but unanimously to resist them,
" peaceably if we can, forcibly if we must."
There is no doubt of the faot that the votes
of committees and of members of the Legislature
have been bought bv money. We unbefitatingly
avow the principle, that every reprti?nu>Wf,
and every otncia), kUu mU? bis
vote and influenoo, deserve and ought to be
put to death by law. It is pure and simple
robbery. The people?we mean people by
those who are not idiots or fools?are making
up their minds. Scoundrels who sell their
votes and levy high taxes, must be stopped.
We hope another year may see a people in this
State united as one man to rctist these horrible
frauds and exactions. Let them dare sell
their votes again and rob and plunder. The
most stupid nesro in the State will mm* in
m? that hi* interest i* on the side of honesty
and every whit* man, ezcept the thieve*.
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The New York Herald end Southern Affaire.
We are sorry to see the Herald getting a*
blind as the Tribune as to the facts in the South.
It is trying to make the whole country of the
South responsible for acts of lawlessness here
and there perpetrated. For instance, the negro*
start a riot in Mississippi, by one of them
shooting dead a judge on the bench. The
jndge is a white man, and the sheriff and others
present kill the negro, that attempts to
escape, and another negro who aids and abet*.
The negros arm themsehes and take sides
with their color j the Iberllf n* seek
to disarm them, they resist, and some of them
are killed. The whole affair is a most savage'
negro-inaugurated riot, yet the HeraM holds
it up as an instance of Southern ku kluz outrage,
calling upon Congress for vengeance.
Then, because the people of Meridian permitted
the carpet-bag mayor to go away unharmed,
on his promise never to return, this
is an outrage. The Herald docs not give the
reason for his going, it was the conviction
that it was he who stirred up the negros to
deeds of incendiarism and murder.
I We suppose the Herald and Tribune will
make no comment on the pleasant result of
their carpet-bag friends stirring up the sense
of eonilitv sa Ki?K "
overflow! into the shooting of a white judge
on the bench. If some white men bed shot a
black judge, it would have furnished still
stronger grounds for a new anti ku klux law
and flippant adverse comment from the Afraid
and Tribune, Ac. In the North where
negros don't break through and steal, and
shoot white judges, you want all the white
folks in the 8onth punished soundly because
some of them are defending their judges and
sheriff* Irom black assassination and their
houses and barns from burning. This is your
justice I This is your protection of loyal men.
? ' St.
Dominge Annexation.
The correspondent ot the New York Herald
gives information that the negros in San Domingo
are manifesting fierce hostility to their
annexation to the United States, and that (ten.
owant's pet seheb.e must probably fail.-They
have commenced burning houses, and
Ilayti is said to be aiding a revolution against
Bans, the ruler of St. Domingo, all on account
of the proposed annexation. The next best
plan for Gen. Guant will be for him to annex to
Ban Domingo and Hayti as much of the black
population of the United States as the navy can
carry. Let him ship off the surplus blacks ?'
the country to that delightful climate for them,
where tbsy can lire gloriously without labor
and toll, or fear of ku klux ; that is the best use
our General President can make of Hayti and
Ran noasin-A Wk.t ?? ?-- ? "
n? ..... wmjm mv n<w iuri
Htratd to tbia t
Desirable Baal Estate.
W. call attention to the advertisement, by
tbc United 8tatea Marshal, of the Store House
and Dwelling on the public aqnare in tbia
plaee, formerly tbe property of J. W. Orady.
It ia aeldom that ao dealrable a lot la offered
in tbo market. It will bo aoid under torecloenre
of mortgage, on tbe brat Monday la April
next.
Mr. William Beattie.
It will 1m aeon from the advertisement of
tbia gentleman that be ia aelling off his
atoek of goods at eoat. Thin in vary low,
and those making purchases should reman:bee
tbe feet. By reading the ad ear ilea
ment, foil pnrtieulars will te learned.
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Tt| OwiwAnUI Iini^i
loia&ortla. Tba Freoeli Aooembly hw
aeWoi to ?ku|| flrta Biitim to VhwIOm.
Bom4 of tbe violent Repofctleeoa kw? reaigti.
ed tbelr mil tat the agemblj, Roe olot lee'
ory Mli|i km boon dieployed by tbo Porto
mob, bot Ihlap, at loot oecoonlo, were moro
qaiet. It io not yet known wbot form of
governaooat tbo Preach will odopt. Tbo
ebonceo fbr tbo ret (oration by the people of
1^.,.. ? k. J -
? . mm vpiMVIl US a <W VJ IIV IHVaU UCIJ/Vr?V<7p
in oar opiaioa.
The newspaper* in thi? oquotry, with scarcely
as exception, tbat bar* expressed any opinion
on the subject, are predicting another wan
at no remote future, between France and Prussia,
oa account of the ?auction of the cession
of territory, as an indispensable term of pease.
We totally disagree to such speculations. The
French have been too severely whipped and
the ambition for glory in tbeir leaders too
disastrously rebuked for them to go to war
with Geimany again. Besides, the French
people whe now vote have not one particle of
interest in fsvor of war, but all, on the contrary,
in favor of peace with all nations.
The true hope of France is in peace, and in
the sealing or repud iation of the greater part
of her public debt. The debt created by this
war of aggressive ambition, instituted by her
rulers and the Paris mob, ought to be repudiated
by the people, and tbe old war debts scaled
down. If tbe people of tbe nations would,
all every where, make it a rule to repudiate or
scale down every national debt incurred in
mere ambitions wars, or for Isrge government
frauds, it would promote honesty and peace
on earth and goodwill among men. The time
is coming when tbe nations will do this, and
ought to do it. Kings and Republican knave*
should and must be taught tbat tbey cannot
safely impose upon the people and posterity,
by their schemes for enriching and glorifying
themselves and families. Let them issue their
bonds for such purposes, and then let the people
just not pay them, and they would soon
find honesty the best policy, whether they likI
Ail it or nnt.
Victor Huso on Popery.
We call attention to the masterly expose
of the popish system, contained in an extract
from the writings of the eminent
| French author, Victor Hugo. We found
it in the Religiou* Herald Of oourse, the
city political papers would he, as usual,
afraid to publish such an arlie'e. and such
country papers as use no minds of their
own,and always follow the" rut " of city exchange*,
would not publish it, alt hough
tney have not one Roman Catholic on
their subscription list. They only discuss
what the great dailies discuss; hence
they say nothing to prevent Congress from
repealing the income tax, and taxing the
people unmercifully on their ealt and
ugar and iron and calico, and every neees
sary to make up for the Income u*, when
it is abolish-d. The curse of mankind, in
alt agea, has been the ahuee of religion
whilst the blessing of mankind has been
the truth or the nearest approxmalion of
truth in religious things Mankind naturally
hate religious truth, or else tlie Bible is
false, hence we find the eecular press ready
to suppress anything that attacks the
strongholds of Satan, of which false religion*
systems ore the greatest. We believe
there are plenty ot pure and excellent individuals
entertaining false ideas of govcrunwui
I .nil t..);-.-..- ? -* 11 * 1 - 1 "
I -uu ivi^iuue Pjcienif, mm ieaa ?o
destruction ; for their sake, nnd for Qods
sake, let the truth be spoken and pttbiUhed.
Marshall & Burse. Charleston.
We ask the attention of City and country
merchants to the card of Messrs. Marshall A
Burgs, of Charleston. Theirs is an old, whole*
sale, Meeting Street establishment, which does
a large business with the merchants of the
State, and even of the adjoining States. They
offer inducements to trade with them for cash,
or prompt paying customers. Their estahlish*
ment being large, and convenient, (nearly opposite
the Charleston Hotel,) persons going
down to buy spring supplies, will find with
tlu?m splendid stocks of Foreign and Domestio
Dry Goods and Notions.
Mr. B. Oscar Mauldin, of our City, so well
and favorably known to all of us, is connected
with the conoern, and will be pleased to meet
his friends and acquaintances from Greenville
and this section of the State.
Manofaoturs of Doora, Bash, Blinds, ko.
We publish this week a description, giv.
en somewhat in detail, of the establishment
of Mess. W. P. Hl'ssrll k Co., Charleston,
foe the manufacture of Doora. Sash, Blinds,
ka., which will be found of interest. The
manufacturer is one of the largeel of its
kind in the Southern Slates, and has a sups*
perior reputation. Persona engaged in
building, or contemplate doing so, will find
it to their advantage to send to these geu*
tlemen and receive from them a catalogue
of their sizes and prices.
See Urge advertisement in another
column.
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The Income Tax,
The Snmter New* of last we^k contains
an able Kliiorial on the Income Tax, Ink.
ing the same position that the GreeitwilU
hnt'ipritc has been contending for during
the past year or so, ever since its repeal has
been sgiialed. The New* opnoees its repeal
by an array of argument and fae*a
sufficient to satisfy, it seems to ns, every
flilizen of intelligence, unless it be tbe very
wealthy elaases who have the tax to pay
on their surplus incomes.
Thanks.
Splendid! Grand I Superb | We mean
the fine Shad seat as by Mr. J C. Smith
Wa never in ail our life eat anything better.
Fresh I Large I We enjoy it yet; both
the delectable eating and Mr. Smith's
friendship. *
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Chance tn Rnalnsu
The firm of David A 4tradl?t ha* been
diaeolved, Mr. J. A. David purchasing the
entire internet of the concern, who will
continue biieineeo on hie own account.?
Cept. SamuilSt?aplkt, we hope, will be in>
duced to remain in our midet, aa we are
loth to give up ao clever a gentleman and
eitisen.
We have received two pieeee of poetry
from " Rollne," and the artielee of " Late
Beginner,* and " Oivls."
The National Bank of Charter oomplaled
it* organisation on Thursday, S<i
inat., by tha election of John J. MoLu-o,
Esq., President, and John L. Harris, Cashier
and Tailor.
At tan Hon U called to the adrartiaaInat
of J>r. J. C. JvnsB, la wbiah ha oflara
far rata a vary ralaabla Pars.
t
' . Vrtmr?m
of tte Atr-L?M Beiirowd to
^pwUDbaij^
Th? Carolina Spar tar o{ the 10th OJC
" The woik fa lhi? rood U prugr|pMng
rapid I j in this Count jr, end Meagre. Bird 4
Livingston, suh-eontmetora, ore now tegag
ed in their work of grading. Id oar lowo,
in front of Wvfford College, and io o l?w
dtfi will be cutting through Churoh street
The bridge eerceo Leweon'e Perk, in o mile
and i half of our town li being built, ehd
the contracts for building bridges ecroee
( Pacolctt, Thickeliee end Broad Rivor ere
bo made. ^rowtiM ere being delivered
along the liner In faet, the work Is prog
resting at aueli a rate as to inrpire our people
with the belief that we will bsre rail
road communication with Charlottn, by the
Air-Line, in less than tWdlva mnnlKn Iweam
thka linao. We are informed that the work
ia progressing rapidly along the entire Una
Irom the point to Charlotte, there being
several hundred hand* employed In grading,
bridge building, Ao. We are alto informed
that a contract of twenty mi lea, be
tweeo tliia point anJ Greenville, haa been
let out,.and that the work will cornmenee
in a abort time. The Alr-L ne is one road
which will be built without much talk or
ooiae. Tho'e who hava It io eharge, know
that money and work taiild railroads, and
with thia knowledge they have commenced
in earnest. They alao act. in thia enters
prire, upon the principle that if it wara well
that it were done, it should be done qulckiy"
Wheat.
Jtaar Fbknch, K*q., of Dunklin Townehip
Inform* us that the Wheat in liis neighbor
hood ia not doing aa well aa it was at this
time last year. Many farmers, be
were lata in sowing, some ef them not get.
ting their seed in the ground before the 1st.
ter part of January or 1st February; although,
strange to aay, some that waa sow.
ed late la looking quite as well as that earlier
planted.
We believe the promise generally ia very
good, at any rate we have heard of no ions
plaint.
STATE MATTERS.
A broom factory haa been established in
Columbia.
The post office at Union Court House haa
been made i money order office.
Da. B. W. Bell has b?en confirmed by
the Senate as Treasurer of Oconee County.
John Heart, E q , has been confirmed by
the Senate, Commissioner of Agricultural
Statistics.
There were 35 deaths in Charleston for
lha wo-t, Mit;n? the 4ih Inst., of which
number 6 were whites. ?*The
Sumter JVeie* says: We have beeo
informed that Mr. John R. Pollard, one o'
the oldest citizens of this county, residing
in the neighborhood of Providence, died
on Wedutsday ol last week, aged about 86
years.
The Carolina Spartan, of a late day^
says: We are informed that the dwelling
house of Mr. Robert West, an aged and res.
pected citizen of our county, about two
miles from Glenn Springs, was destroyed
by lire on Thursday night, the SSd alt.?
1* t _ ??s- *
ins wus, a may snout seventy yesrs of
Rge, wn also burned up. It is really a
painful and shocking thought to reflect
upon the horrid death by burning, under
any circumstance-, but where the victim is
an aged and decrepid woman, tons Una*
new horrors. The contents of the hones
were also consumed, the time being only
sufficient after the discovery of the fire lor
the rest of the family to escape with their
lives.
Our Court.?Our Coort ia alii in session
but will adjourn to-day as hit Honor is
compelled to hold the regular term of hie
Court at Wallhalla, on Monday.
The charges of his Honor have been
characterized by his usual ability?meeting
boldly and presenting cl-arly all the issues
involved in the casee ; and as a consequence,
the verdicts of the juries have b en for the
most part very satisfactory. As to antewar
debts, they have adhered to the rule
previously adopted of giving one-half of
the principal with interest to January 1st,
1881.
One of the most interesting eases of the
term was that ef Wm. H. Paiker, Com'r,
vs. Mrs. Wilson, of Dos West, to reenver
the valua of a tract of land sold during
ths war. Roit was brought on ths bond
given for tha purchase money, and the defendant
pleaded a tender of Confederate
bonds about the close of the war, and also
of ((old, calculated according (ha broker's
scale ; and claimed at least an abatement o<
one half of (he true value of (he land.?
Witness# proved thai the land was worth
or $8 per aere, and (he jury found th?
true value without abaternenl?some
000. His Honor expressed his views verj
decidedly, that where defendants were Ir
|M>s*cssion of land sold during the war Ihej
should pay Its true Tolut'
[Abbeville Pret* and Banner, 10/A inel.
8t. Loom, lfarch 0.
A lerrifHe hurricane has oeeurred at East
St. Louie. The railroad depots have beer
demolished. Nearly all the derricks an(
appliances for the 'construction of th<
bridge have beea destroyed. A thirty toi
engine, with a train of ears, wss blowc
forty feet Into the slough. Another trail
of thirteen eere, loaded with grsln, ?
thrown from the treek. Seven pereom
are known to he killed and thirty rerioaelj
hurt. There is scarcely a building or t
tree standing In ike path of (ha storm.?
The steamboats lying at the eeetern side o
the river were ell mora or leas damaged.
M Rtrorr a ooicx tbatblbi,* 8UMTEI
BITTKR8 hu pro??d thin (ui, it* r?pu
tailon hat traveled far In the abort llm
it baa heao before tbo poblie, aa lha baa
Tonia in uae.
StrooaaavoL Boorana Ktrraaraiia ? O
many d?? Southern enterprise* which bar
bean undertaken alnoa the war, none haa<
met with freater or more deserved auoeea
than the door, ?aeh and hllnd manufactory
of Mr. P. P. T??nlr, In Charleston, 8. G. B:
hard work, indomitable energy and libera
advert ietng. Mr. Toale haa la thraa year
ouiatripped alt eompetliion and eatabliehe<
a bu?lo?*e which would do aradlt to aaj
aity la tiaa United Btatea. 4t~l
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IFROM;
OoMwmiA.8. C*'tilar?>i 6th, llH.
JVaatra.) B4ttor$?ThoL'glsUtura ^rM
^ norrow^ Ths r?Al*M expenditure of
tli? fiard earn?d money of ths psopls,
to' morrow, so for as this body is soaesrned.
Ths Dcatoeralio msiahets hare hsea po.wsr
Vms is resUt lbs tid? of tyiratpm sad
plunder, or to gthhroo|ti say of
sronomy in the general administration of
puhllt affairs. Madness and radlealma
b?v? ruled lh? hour. Argument, eommon
maw, Md ? ol rMpoaiiUUijf to m i(fe.
pov?riih?d and outraged eonstiuicnee have
ailed nothing against th? omnipotence of
moo ay and thn flagellations of pirty lash
OoTernor Scott, on his osth. before the
Blue Ridga Committee, said that he did not
believe it was possible for this Slats Got.
em men t to do one stogie set by which the
public la to be benefitted, unless a eery
large sem of money is paid over; and he
might haee added, that there can be no
! measure of plunder la the In tor eat of bond
holders and eorporatioea that eaanot be
carried through by tha same means. I in.
trodueed a eoaourrent resolution a month
ago, directing en inquiry at to the condition
end whereabout# of four millions of
bonds authorised to be made aed endorsed
by the Comptroller General in aid of the
Blue Ridge Railroad, by au act passed September
15th, 185g. I herewith eneloee you
a ropy of the report of said Committee, and
also a full rrport of the evidence taken in
the eaae. The following (sets were developed
as reel ted In the preamtde to a resolu
tioo I bad the honor to introduce; as fob
lows;
Whereas the Legislature of South Caro
Una, by an Act pas-ed September 15th,
1808, authorised the Comptroller General
to endorse the bonds of the Bine Ridge Rail
road Company, to the amount of four tail,
lions of dollars, under certain restrictions
therein providtd ; end, whereas, the officers
of the Bine Ridge Rall-oad Company signed
the bonds of said Company, on its part,
and procured the endorsement of the Comptroller
General on the part of the State, of
four millions of gold bonds, contrary to tha
spirit and intent of the Act aforesaid, and
committed the Slate for at least one million
of dollars more than was granted by the
el ; and, whereas, further, the Comptroller
General signed and delivered these bonds
before any contract was made for the negotiation
of the bonds at their par value, aa
provided for in the Aet; therefore,
Jit it Rrtoived, by the Senate and House
of Representatives, now met and setting in
General Assembly, and by authority of the
same, That the endorsement by tha Comptroller
General of the three million of bonds
mentioned in section 2d of an Aet entitled
an Aet to grant additional ail to the Blue
*t 9- Company, is allegal and
wltbout authority ol law, and therefore a.u
and void.
And further. That nothing herein is in
tended lo impair tlic obligation of tbe 8>*U
lo the Blue Ridge Railroad Company, end
the 8tV.e hereby rriUrrtoi ita guarantee of
the Blue Ridge Railioml Company, when
issued in conformity with the Utter and
apirilof ihc Act granting aid to the Blue
Ridge Railroad Company.
The investigation further diseloaed the
fact that the Company was prevented front
rolling thoae gold bonds, at 8ft cmtr, by the
inter*enlion of the bnropean war, which,
in my opinion, would,ha ve been clearly in
violation of law. My resolution waa referred.
and has been superceded by an Act to
promote the consolidation of the Greenville
and Colombia Railroad Company and the
Blue Ridge Railroad Company, whieh, by
vpeeial provision*, legalises the unlawful
endorsements of the Comptroller General,
and removea all restriction* in the rale of
the bonds. The Greenville and Colombia
Railroad has occupied much of the I,e&isla
lure's lime (or the lesl lea days. The first
bill provlded.lhet the 6tste should gueran
tee the bonds of ihe Company to the extent
of $10,000 per mils of its own rosd, sad
also on sll rosds acquired or built. The
bill ?nre authority or permission to extend
the Greenville and Columbia Railroad to
Asheville; the Spartanburg and Unl<>n
Railroad to Ashevllle or Rntherfordton ; lo
build a road Irom Anderson or some point
east of Saluda River to Aiken or Hamburg ;
also from Abbeville to Washington , Gs.
end also to eoneolidate with the Blue Ridge
Railtoad. This bill pot it in the power of
soma dozen of the present corporators ef
the Greenville and Columbia Railroad
Company to issue its endorsed bonds
on Its own Road for $1,660,000; on the
Laurens Ro-td $300,000; on the Spartan
burg and Union Road whieh tbev proposed
1 baying $680,000; on the Blue Kidge Railroad.
$1,950,000, as well as sueeeed to the
(nherilanee of the four millions of the Blue
Ridge bonds ; and, in addition to all this,
$10,000 per mile for all reads they in ight
acquire, md infinitum. The friends of three
> corporators, however, receded from this
monstrous proposition, and offered a sub'
elituie, whieh substituted hi the stead of
> I $10,000 ner mile $9,000 000 and fn,ik..
' provided that these bond* should be to*<
vsrUd into Slot* bond*, and that *n annual
Us over and above all olh?r loses should
bo collected annoallj to pay th* Interest on
those l>oad*?in other word*, it propneod to
I fi*o $140,000 toth* Greenville and Columi
bin RoilroaJ, annually a* a gratuity, for
| 20 year*. In thio shape it pawed the House
i by over a two.thlrds-77 to 2ft-vote and by
i what means your reader* may readily eoni
solve, the owner* and officials of the Road
i were busy Intermingling w th members on
the floor, and easily seeuiad th* ivqai*iti
i majority. The bill was cent to the Beanie;
r in the meantime, a general and unanimous
i condemnation of the measure it met with
in the prms and from all quarter* The
' swindle was too palpable and moaatroo* for
lha Sanata. But tba Or?aDV.Ua ringdoaa
uot rueeumb; lhay now ally ihimmlTfi
I with the Blue Kidga, and a n?w bill it aoneoatad
In the SfBilt, rotilltd I bill to pros
mote the aonaolidatloa of OrHtvilli and
8 Columbia Railroad and tha Blua RiJge
1 Railroad Company, although it purport# to
b? only a modification of tha Houaa bill.
It paaaad tha Sanata by aa a 1 moat uaani*
' Bout rota, only aarrn voting agiaoat It; It
than earn# book to tba Houaa, and waa paw
' ad by about tha aama majority on tba first
* bill. It la bow ao Aot. Tba ablaf proa itr
fona of tha aat an tha removal of all rvatrla
1 tlona upon tha aagotiatloaa of tha Blua
' Ridga bond#, and d aria ring tba andaraa*
f mania of aald bond* by tha Com pi ra liar lawful
and ralid. It aba poatpaaaa lha atato<
0
| |yy kpn bold* m both road*,
jocd ???bU?|fc? eonaolidattd eompaniea to
Wm j?Mt bMi domt M*?7 can mm
1-ajpi <bada~-oa a Mat MI|M" 1 d tho*
data *1' iMria.tli? Slfp* * hir?to?
4mre yld ah |i| tggjoada' H?*re is nothing
e<-mp?il*nry open tho ooooolidolod companion
to M|h od dollar upon the oon
a'.ruellon of tha Blue Ridxo, it la option*)
with tho partJed to apond the ontli* anaonat
on tho GreoneifTe and Columbia RailVoad,
or a* may enit the pecuniary iatereete of the
company,
Th* Sterling Porrlm Dalit MIL ??llwt ??t
tha full strength ?f tholobhy, Kliplw ??4
Keagle ware ??J pN?|D*n|; it U ?ld
|f?tt dsa I of nootjf wo* oird logtt the bill
through, beside* on Indefinite amount of
llauor and cigar*; liquor* were kept In an
ad{aeent room and C'g?rs handed rouod, all
furnished, no doubt, at the expense of leg
fay ere Thia bill pro* id?e for a flnenoial
agent in London, in wboee hands Sterling
bonds of the State to the amount of six millions
dollars shalj be placed, which shall
be used In tak'ng up the present bonded
debt of the 8tate. It further provides a
special annual tax, to pay interest on this
debt, which Is to be remitted to the agent
In London for thia porpss; also s special
tsx to pay two per centum, pel annum ?n
ths debt, which is also to bo remitted to
England and applied !o sueh debts ss may
be designated by lottery. The whole tfc'ng
is In the Interest of the bond holders, and
especially of reernt bonds ; it doea not benefit
the tax payer in any particular. Title
Aet adds nearly one million of dollare'>ab
so'utely to tha debt of the State, -without
rendering tha ebadow of an equivalent in
any respect to tha tax payer* of the State.
It declares a pound sterling to be five dollars
in gold, when in truth ills only #4 84,
whieh.in Itselt.adda to the debt $1?2,000,
gold. It converts all our bonds, now re-:
deemsble in currency. Into gold bonds,
which, at the present premium on gold,
adds to tha debt $690,000, add to this ll a
expense of printing new bonds and the emmissions
of the flnenoial agent for effect ing
the exchange of bonds, and you will see the
items aggregate at tenet $1,000,000. And
for whose g<H?d f Certainly not the people's,
not the already over strained tax payers,
but the in Interest ef n few doten aliens to
our soil, who havs been feeding upon the
vitals of the people ever sinee reconstruction.
Judge Thomas we* arraigned before the
House on Saturday, to answer lite charge
of having no residence in hie ctreuil, in violation
of the Constitution The Judge, ho* ?
ever, testified that Chester was hia place of
abode, that he kept hia wines, cigars and
books th'-re, and there being no evidence
that ha had any residence on l> hie of hie
circuit, or any other depot for his wines,
the motion of an address to the Governor
to remote him was loat. Tt>? ureof
office is alight; if sn impeachment
had been made on the ground of incapacity
and inefficiency, tha Judge would have gone
overboard ; even with tha insufficiency of
the evidence, it was a tight squeeze with
him. Col. Hamilton, of Chester, made hie
defense, and it was a good one, considering
hit embarrassment, as he said himself, of
appearing bafore such a grata and augus^
Itlbunal. Yours truly,
W.
Tna Casb or CoMoaaasuAB Rowan?A
Lama vaon His Last Wira.?Mr*. C.
Rows*, formerly Mrs. Potlgru King, has
written a letter to the Washington Chronicle,
imploring protection from the " persecution"
to which ber husband is snbjscted. In reference
to her husband she says :
M |U I?JI ? - ? - -
u. u>u iiuft concerned n'S snieeeflents
f roai me. I knew Iktl be bad bee a a? orphan
boy without relatives and friend*, bad drifted
into the company of gambler* and proatitutee,
and bad lived their life untU it pleaecd the
good God to lift bitn from the mire, and to
tir witbin him the spirit of reformation and
purification." In closing bar letter she says,
as a reason wby the public ought to extend
ber relief: "This persecution take* every
shape. Murder, arson, forgery, burglary, are
added to the charge of bigamy. The most
ridiculously ghastly stories are inserted in tbe
newspapers by order of one person. Warrants
are issued on his sole testimony again
and again. We aball be reduced to abject
poverty by legal requisitions. My life is
harassed, my health undermioded, my reason
totters, and I lie at. the merer of a villain
whose very countenance should Inspire disbe I
lief and mistrust.''
We give the above as the appeal of the unfortunate
lady who, under the best circumstances
of the ease, as even she may view it,
seems yet entitled to consideration and sympathy.
Ballou's M aganine for April.
The April nnmher of this superb family
msgsaine is already issued, and contains a
list of contents such as will please every
one, old and young. " The Rivata on the
Deep," whieh will he found In the April
number, alone ia wor'h more tban thepr'ee
of the whole magasine. It is the host story
that baa been written this year. Dat al|
the talea ia BaUom't Magntint, are good, and
here ls*a list of iheraFi'hes and Ang
ling," by B. P. 8hillal?er ; " On oar Boole
rard;" "A Picture af War;" "Stettin,
Prussia ' Circassians mannlaetaring Arm
orA Leap in the Dark " Beyond the
See;" "Dan Barton'* Lit# Romance
" Nan's Pelargonium *' To One who w?i
triad;" " The Iroa Mask "The Rivals on
the Daap" A Legend of Ancient Cor
inth;" " Dark Corner " Abel Budge's Ki
piation " Dr, llurlburl's Preeeriplion
A llntm ."O.. V ?- ~
j j , v"i i "?u| rupir i otory
Teller?"Ou'N : or,The Bon of a Politician;'
** The Rival Landers What arc found in
ihe Hollow Treo'' The Crlppli Boy
" Curious Matters"-The H ouaekespa r ;*
" Facta and Fancies; * "Our nature Oallery
nnmorotis I lilts'rat Ion* Thotnea A
Talbot, 68 Congress S'reet, Boston, nia the
puhlirh-rs, bat '' jf?llohi JFaftUfwa " la for
aala at all ths periodical depot# la tha sotatry
at fS evota per copy, or $1 IO pel yaar i
and It la alultbod with * Two Mhmiklf JftaW
effs " far $8.00.
Ma.y of tha Itast aad moat Interesting
amotions pariah lor ever, beeauaa too tornplan
and fugiMva for expression. Of oil
things relating to man, hi* fastings Irs perhaps
the most evanescent. tha greater part
dying at tha moment of thalr birth. But
while amotions perish, thought blended in
dlsiijn Is ImmortaL Btioh will h? the IH
of tboaa attred by tha nsa of Om "OLD
CAROLINA BITtRHH ?
The bwt " Worn C*m4j " In mo ? VIm
man's Or yrUJimd Ifcrops
l? '
f I 1*. th i.
yiJwj?),yl<j|li? IriM ibrM ?
gi |f?y if n#<?ik M* #
|b? fiaUj&NM TjUr*
Iplor^, (hotjferd pitilly filUfi Jnti??
BiafflVtia, precising. IntlWcriniUaU firing
I Mm ana (VO ItrgrMI war* killed
in the Coart Room. Tyler jumped froaf
?*i second etory to tt?? ground, paraued by
(ha 8h*riff and pooaM, nod ekot to <*mli
The eitin?ne esMmhled in large "number*,
nrnadLlq aroief the officer*. The She'Iff or.
tf'Nj rt?Wn lo dieerm tile negro**, and in
^ rtngnlit* kvarat werr fettled.
Laat night It* total killed on far na peel*
lively known were Ma negro**, and Ja^g*
Bran>l?rtle, Mayer Wm. Bturgem, long^tlrnoxious
to go** eitlneae. jurd the pioneer
of muoh mlsehirf among tb* negroee, wae
on hla own motion given a*fa ewoduet to
the rare tbia morning, by il.e eitlnene, en a
pledge to go North never lo return, niter
tendering hie reelgnellon.
rvRTtine Dtrtiu or ran nnm?i aw*?
n ana?roimcal u a wane.
Jackson, umu i'jirah .
A riot oennried At linridinn, nlutyfiv*
ntlUa Enel of here, yetterdny, during whirl
Judge lit ami-tie, of the City Coart,* whit*
man and 8 or 10 negroes wore killed. A
number ol white* end negroee wore wound*
ed. A Are occurred Retard*y night, destroy
ing rtrrntyfir* thonrend dollar*
worth of property. Loften, tb* negro *r?
rent* d ee an Incendiary, was being tried
before Judga B-amleite, when Tyler, m ne
gro, rose in the Court Room and that the
Judge through the head, hMlir.g life 1natantly,
A general melee rained, Tyler
and Loftrn were tilled insfortt'y. J. Aaron
Moore, a ntgro, and a primintnt politician*
and m< ml-rr oT lb* Mississippi Legislator*
a loo a piimner ai ah arcrsoty to the horning,
vn ehot, ai d, it 1a mppond, mortally.
I.art n ighl another fir* oeenrrrd, destroy*
I ing the Church and oilier building*.
, m m ing of the cilttena was hrld. and n aafe
' ly committee. to eo operate with the aheriff
ia pn earring older, was appointed. All fa
j now quiet. Sturgeaa Mayor, from Co not*
licut, v ho haa been a fermeuter of et? i a f n
llin town, took tha North bound train lost
night, promising never to return. The
committee arrised hern this craning to eon*
fer with Gov. Ateorn lo the matter. Hi*
Legislature have beeo trying to evade the
enactment ol n law preparatory te holding
the election this fail.
Yesterday Governor Aleom informed a
| Committee that he would order on election
: for all offices to be filled under the Con'sti|
tut ion. whether they enacted the lawu or
not. He also informed the Committee that
he wnuld not occupy hie Senatorial chair
nntil the election would be held. In Nuttiuher.
By thia bold atand the Governor has
thown h;a intention to work In the interest
or ?n? people, ffltf not rial the Stale Gov eminent
in uneertaia hauda, soaking many
eLaunch supporters of what a few wanks
ago were hie political enemies.
? '
The Colombia Union returns to tha dead
Greenville bill and the charges that hribery
was used io its manipulation in the
Legislator#. >,
It id effect saja that do bribery was aredN??
one can read its article without coming
to the conclusion that it eeske to throw discredit
on these charges of corruption t
It ean do no g?nd to protract tbU controversy.
If the Union believes that thera
was no bribery, it ia douhtlesa, though happy,
alone in its belief. W e know there was
bribery on that bill. It ia painful to aay is,
for the majority of that Legislature belong
to our own political pnrly.
But the Union again demands the history
ot that bill. We said we oould civ# tha
history. We shall If we ??r giee it in
full, give it thus in oar own good tint*,
when the public good demands it. Wa
now |ir? a part of that history by saying
that we hart some of the names ml those
who were bought, some with promisee In
pay, some with rath. One man was promised
one thousand dollar* Another made
more than ten times that sum in esth ;
s>m? said themselves for gold watahas; ana
I poor member of the House sold himself far
the paltry sum of twcaty*one dollars ;
some sold the last remnant of their meni
hood when the Judiciary Committee's room
was turned Into i ber room. Ete. Beside
this, one of the OreenvlIU Parly sought to
enter into negoUMoee with It. Jfasnea Brefes
nan (early in the seeeioo our Columbia eorrespondent,
and now Trial Justice for
Charleston C?only) for the buying of the
Chaileeton press ?and especially this jonr.
nal. Mr. Brmnan amured thagentlemaa of
the fat pockeUhook, that Ibis joeroal aould
not be bought. Tha gentleman had n no*
lion, so he mid. that he eould buy any nawn
roper. He is now a wiser man; ha has
found that there is one wbieh ha eaanot
buy. And this gentleman ie o member at
the Legislature! fished declared that the
bill could be paaoed for $80,000. Wa
know soma of the details of his plan. Ha
said, for Instance, $5,000 to gat the bill out
of the Railroad Committee, $80,000 to pees
the Senate, At,
Does this not satisfy the Union that
seen though w? did net glee names, we
knew there wee bribery, and that it Wee
i our dnty 8a rebuke HI It mUy set Satisfy
, that journal, bat the purple thaenaileea ,
need no more proof?Daily KiymHitmm.
A Stitch in Tims Saras Ni*b.?If you
, h?t? * Coutfh. do not mtftetl it ; thoceasde
gu lo an unlink slv grass by esgleetUg
wliut they Mil *^e sligkt koW* These
' eHtM eokU ere vofy kwdUw TWjr mm
?'*et.ni? d<-e?i I'Oird, aed del* ell rraiedUe.
, DR TUTT8 IXPSOTORAITT will eure it.
It cen be had of eey I>reggl?t.
Tub uirAnr ot Mr. Matkaa le Mew Turk,
i ia July U?t, is aaM te be ewe Billy ftrwir*,
, mI s reward ef la efered far kle ayproboo
sV#fc>
Lieotenaat Betas, ef the gar r ises at
1 OIhAm arrived In Colombia ee the lStb,
and reported mature aa qaieliag daw a la
thai loaatUy.
Colossi*, B. O, Marsh li
Bales of oeltaa, y^surdj, 91 Wales?mid*
Jllog l??1t fs.
<? a a teesse, Mseeb'Ul
Oat tea quiet mtddliag* raoetpta
MM bales; sales 509 ; stock ft,W*.
export and poe?|?|ion S 000.k ,
Maw Voma, Mink It.
Cotton firm ? off?rl*g tight, wftfc Ml??
f 4,441 UK it OoM,
r" . > ?