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iD the various and coordinate branches ot Govern
tnent; did I not repose, with unwavering reliance,
on the patriotism, the intelligence, and the kindness,
ota people who never yet deserted a public serv ant
honestly laboring in "their cause; and, above ail, diu
I not permit myself humbly to hope tor the sustain
ing support of an ever- watchful and beneficent ito
Tothe confidence and consolation derived from
sources, it weuld be ungrateful not to add those
which spring from our present fortunate condition.
Though not altogether exempt fn?m embarrassments
that disturb our tranquility at home and threaten it
abroad, yet, in all the attributes of a great, happy,
and flourishing people, we stand without a parallel in
the world. Abroad, we enjoy the respect, and with
scarcely an exception, the friendship of every na
tion; at home while our government quietly, but
efficiently, performs the sole legitimate er d ot P0^'"
cal institutions, in doing the greatest good to the j
greatest number, we present an aggregate ol human
prosperity surely not elsewhere to be found.
How imperious, then, is the obligation imposed
upon every citizen, in his own sphere ot action,
"whether limited or extended, to exert himself in
perpetuating a condition of things so smgularlj
happy. All the lessons ot history and experience
must be lost upon us, if we are content to trust alone
to the peculiar advantages we happen to possess ?
Position and climate, and the bounteous resources
that nature has scattered with so liberal a hand ?
even the diffused intelligence and elevated charac
ter of our people ? will avail us nothing, if we fail
sacredly to uphold those political institutions, that
were wisely and deliberately formed, with reference
to every circumstance that could preserve, or might ;
endanger the blessings we enjoy
The thoughtful framers ofour Constitution, legis
lated for our country as they found it L<?oking :
upon it with the eyes of statesmen and oi patriots,
they saw all the sources of rapid and wonderful
prosperity ; but they saw also, that various habits, i
opinions, and institutions, peculiar to the various
por ions of so vast a region, were deeply fixed,
ihstmct sovereignties were in actual existence, I
whose cordial union was essentia! to t he welfare and ?
happiness of all Between many ot them, there .
was* at least to some extent, a real diversity of inter- ,
ests, liable to be exaggerated through sinister de- j
signs; they differed in size, in population, m |
wealth, and in actual and prospective resources an.! ?
power; they varied in the character of their indus- I
try and staple productions, and in some existed do
mestic institutions, which, unwisely disturbed, might j
endanger the harmony of the whole. Most careful
ly were adl these circumstances weighed, and the
foundations of the new Government laid upon prin
ciples of reciprocal concession and equitable com
promise. The jealousies which the smaller States
might entertain of t e power of the rest, were al
laved by a rule of representation, confessedly un
equal at the time, artu designed forever to remain
so. A natural fear, that the broad scope of general
legislation, might bear upon, and unwisely controul
particular interests, was counteracted by limits
strictly drawn around the anion of the federal au
thority; and to the people and the States was left
unimpaired their sovereign power over the innu
merab'e subjects embraced in the internal govern
ment of a just republic, excepting such only as ne
cessarily appertain to the concerns of the whole
?confederacy, or its intercourse, as a united commu
nity, with the other nations of the world.
This provident forecast has been verified by time.
-Half a century, teeming with extraordinary events,
and elsewhere producing astonishing result-, has
passed along ; but on our institutions it has left no
injurious mirk. From a small community, we have
risen to a people powerful in numbers ami strength ;
but with our increase has gone, hand in hand, the
progress of just principles ; the privileges, civil and
religious, of the humblest individual, are still sacred
ly protected at home ; and while the valor and for
titude of our p ople have removed far from us the
slightest apprehension of foreign power, they have
not yet induced us, in a single instance to forget
what is right. Our commet ce has beer, extended to
the remotest nations ; the value and even nature ot
our productions has been greatly changed ; a wide
difference has arisen in the relative wealth and
resources, now existing and to be found in every
part of our country ; yet the spirit of mutual regard
and of faithfbl adherence to the existing compacts,
has continued to prevail in ouf councils, ami never
Jong been absent from-our conduct. W e have learn- .
ed by experience a fruitful lesson ; that an implicit
and undeviating adherence tn the principles on '
which we set out can carry us prosperously onward
?through all the conflicts of circumstances, and the
vicissitudes inseparable from the lapse of years
\ The success that has thus attended our g-eat
experiment, is, in itsel? a sufficient cause for grati
tude, on account of the happiness it has actually
-conferred, and the exampie it has unanswerably
given. But to me, my fellow-citizens, looking fbr
W*d distant future, %itti ardent pnirer*
.and confiding hopes, this retrospect presents a
gr and for srifi deeper "delight. It impresses on ray
mind a firm belief that the perpetuity of our institu
tions depends upon ourselves; that, if we maintain
the principles on which th<?y were established, they
?are destined to confer their benefits on countless
generations yet to come ; and that America will pre
sent to every friend oftnankind the cheering proof,
a popular government, wisely formed, is
ing in no element ot endurance or strength- Fifty
years ago, its rapid Vlure was hoMlv pre-'icten.
latent and uncontrollable causes of dissolution were
supposed to exist, even by the wise and good ; and
joot only did, unfriendly or speculative theorists an
ticipate for us the fate of past republics, but the
fears of many an honejt patriot over-balanced his
sanguine hopes, Look back on these forebodings,
not hastily, but reluctantly made, and see how, in
every instance, they have completely failed.
An imperfect experience, during the struggles o.
the revolution, was supposed to warrant a behei
that the people wou d not bear the taxation requi
site to discharge an immense public debt already
incurred, and to defray the necessary expenses of
*he Government. - The cost of two wars has been
paid, not only without a murmur, but with unequal
led alacrity. No ?ne is now left to doubt that every
burden will be cheerfully borne that may : e neces
sary to sustain our civil isstitutions, or guard our
honour or our welfare. Indeed, all experience has
shewn that the willingness of the people to contri
bute .to these ends in eases of emergency, has
uniformly .outrun the confidence of their represen
tatives, ? u
Inthe early stages of the new Government, w-hen
all felt th * imposing influence, as they recognized the
unequalled services of the -first President, it w?s a
common sentiment, that the great weight of his
character could alone bind the discordant materials
pjf our Government together, and save us ;rom the
violence of contending factions. Since his death,
joeariv forty year^are gone. Party exasperation has
Ibeen often carried to its highest point; the virtue
?And the fortitude of the people have ?>mcti mes been
greatly trie-* ; yet our system, purified and enhan
ced in value by all it has encountered, still preser\ es
its spirit of free and fearless discussion, bended with
'unimpaired fraternal feeling
The capacity of the people forself-government,
.and their willingness, from a high sense of duty, and
without those exhibitions -of coercivc power so gen
erally employed in- other countries, to submit to all ,
needful restraints and exactions of the municipal law,
"have also been favorably exemphficd in the history
of the American States. Occasionally, it is (rue, the
afdor of public sentiment, outrunning the regular
?progress of the judicial tribunals, or seeking to reach
.cases not denounced as criminal ">y the existing law, j
has displayed itself in a manner calculated to give
pain to the friends of free government, and to en- j
courage the hopes of those who wish for its over- |
throw. These occurrences, however, have been
far less frequent in our coiintrv than in any other
of equal population on the globe; and with the
??diffusion of intelligence, it may well be hoped that
they will constantly diminish in frequency and vi- i
olence. The generous patriotism and ?sound com
mon sense of the great mass of our fellow-citizens,
will assuredly, in time, produce th s result; for as
every assumption of illegal power not only wounds
the majesty of the law, but furnishes a pretext for
abridging the liberties of the people, the latter
ha^'e the most direct and permanent interest in
-preserving the great land marks of social order, and
maintaining ,on all occasions, the inviolability of those
constitutionaland legal provisions whit h they them
selves have made.
In a supposed unfitness of our institutions for j
those hostile emergencies, which no country can j
always avoid, their friends found a truitlul source of ;
apprehension, iheir enemies ol hope While they
foresaw less promptness of action than in Govern- !
roents differently formed, they overlooked the tar
more important consideration, that wi.h us war could
never be the Fesult of individual or irresponsible
will, but must be a measure of redress for injuries ?
sustained, voluntarily resorted toby thos- who were i
to bear the necessary sacrifice, w ho would conse- !
?uently feel an individual interest in the contest, |
and whose energy would be commensurate with the
difficulties to be encountered. Actual events have
proved their error; the last war, far from impairing,
trave new confidence to our Government , and amid
recent apprehensions of a similar conflict, we saw
that the energies of our country would not be want- I
j r) g- in ample season to vindicate its rights. V e may ,
may not possess, as we should not desire to possess
the extended and ever ready military organization
of other nations ; we may occasionally suffer in the
outset for the want of it, but, among ourselves, all ,
/Joubtupon this great point has ceased, whilo a salu- I
tary experience will prevents contrary opinion from ^
inviting aggression from abroad
Certain danger was foretold Irom the extension of
our territory, the multiplication ol f a ' ? ,
increase of population Oursyse
to he adanted onlv to boundaries comparatively nar
row These have been widened beyond conjec
ture : the member, of our confederacy arc already
doubled and the numbers of our people arc mered
ihly augmented. Tbe alleged eauscaof danjerhave
I long surpassed anticipation, but none of the conse
quences have followed The power and influence
of the republic have r sen to a height obvious to all
! mankind ; respect for its authority was not more
appnrrent at its ancient, than it is at its present
limits ; new and inexhaustible sources of general
prosperity have been opened; the effects of distance
have been averted by the inventive genius of our
people, developed and fostered by the spirit o. our
institutions; and the enlarged variety r.nd amount
of interests, productions and pursuits, ha\ e strength
ened the chain of mirual dependence, and formed a
circle of mutual benefits, too apparent ever to be j
overlooked. . . ? , , |
In justly balancing the powers o. the Federil :
and St i;e authorities, difficulties nearly insurmount- j
able arose at the outset, and subsequent collisions
were deemed inevitable Amid these, it was scarcely
believed possible that a scheme of government, so
complex in construe. ion. could remain uninjured.
From time to time embarrassments have certainly
occurred ; but how jnet is the confidence in future
safety imparted by the knowledge that each m suc
cession has been happily removed. Overlooking par
rial and temporary evils as inseparable from the
practical operation of all human institutions, and
looking onlv to the general result, every patriot has ,
reason to be satisfied. While the tederal (.overn- ,
ment has successfully performed its appropriate i
functions in relation to foreign affairs, and concerns ,
eviden.lv natW, that of every State has remarka- j
bly improved in protecting and developing local
interests and individual welfare : and if the vibra
tions of authority have occasionally tended too much
towards one or the other, it i.< unquestionably certain
that the ultimate operation of the entire sy tem has
been to strengthen all the existing institutions, ana
to elevate our whole country in prosperity and
renown. , .
The last; perhaps the greatest, of the prominent
sources of discord and disaster supposed to lurk m
our political condition, was the institution of domestic ,
slavery. Our forefathers were deeply impressed
with the delicacy of this subject, and they treated it
with a forbearance so evidently wise, that, in spue
of every sinister foreboding, it never, until the pres
ent period, disturbed the tranquillity of our common
country. Such a result is sufficient evidence of the
justice" and the patriotism of lheir course; it is evi
dence not to be mistaken, that an adherence to it j
can prevent all embarrassment from this as well as ,
from every other anticipated chu r of difficulty or
da. ger. Have not recent c vets made .? Odious
to the slightest reflection, that the least deviation
from this spirit of forbearance is inj?nous to -j ery
interest, that of humanity included? Amidst the
violence of weired passions, this generous and pa
ternal feeling has been sometimes disregarded , and,
standing as I now do before -ay countrymen in this
place of honor and of trust, 1 cannot refrain from
anxiously invoking my fellow-citizens never to be
deaf to its dictates. Perceiving, before my e.ectmn,
the deep interest this subject was beginning to ex
cite, 1 believed it a solemn duty fully to make known
my sentiments in regard to it ; and now, when every
motive for misapprehension has passed away, 1 trust
that they will be candidly weighed undesetood At
least, they will be my standard of conduct in the path
before me 1 then declared that, if the desire of
those of ray countrymen who were favorable to my
election was gratified, " 1 must go into the I re>iden
tial I. hair the inflexible and uncompromising oppo
nent of every attempt, on the part of Congress, to
abolish slavery in the District of Columbia, against
the wishes of the Slave-holding States; and also
with a determination equally decided, to resist the
slightest interference with it in the States where it
exists." I submitted also to my fellow-citizens,with
fullness and frankness, the reasons which led me to
this determination. The result authorizes me to^be
lieve that they have been approved, and are V?.n^
ded in by a majority of the people of the Lnited
States, including those whom they most immediately
affect. It now only remains to add, that no bill con
flicting with these views, can ever receive my con
stitutional sanction These opinions have been
adopted in the firm belief that they are in accordance
wi'h the spirit that actuated the venerated fathersol
the republic, and that succeeding experience has
proved them to be humane, patriotic, expedient,
orable and just. If the agitation of this subject wm
intended to reach the stability of our institutions,
enough has occurred to show .that it has signally
failed; and that in this, as in every other instance,
the apprehensions of the timid and the hopes ot the
wicked for tfce destruction of our Government, ur?
destined to be disapointcd Here and there, indeed,
instances of local violence have been witnessed : and
a reckless disregard of the consequences of their
conduct has exposed individuals to popular indigna
tion : but neither mas esof the people, nor sections
of the country, have been swerved from their devo
tion to the bond of union, and the principles it has
made sacred. It will ever be thus. Such attempts
at dangerous agitation may periodically re,u,rnjr?u^
with each the object will be better understood. I hat
predominating affection for our political system
which prevails throughout our territorial limits; that
calm and enlightened judgment which ultimately
governs our people as one vast body ; will always
be at hand to resist ai.d control every effort foreign
or domestic, which aims, or would lead, to overthrow
our institutions. , . .
What can he more gratifying 'hat su h a retro
spect as this! We look bac'vcn obstacles avoided,
and dangers overcone, on expect at ons more than
realized, and prosperity perfectly secured, lothe
hopes of the hosti e, the fears of the timid, and the
doubts of the anxiom, actual experience, has given
the conclusive reply- We have seen tune gradually
dispel every unfavorable foreboding, and our con
stitution surmount every adverse circumstance.drea
ded at the outset as bevond control Present excite
ment will, at all times, "magnify present dangers ; but
true philosophy must teach us that none more threa
tening than the past can remain to overcome ; and
we ought, for we have just reason, to entertain an
abiding confidence inth* stability of our institutions
and an omire conviction that, if administered m the
true form, character, and spirit in which they were
e tab,ic,iea, they are abundantly adequate to pre
serve to":* and on r children the rich h -ssin-s al
ready derived from them ; io make our beloved land,
for a thousand generations,that chosen spot w he
happiner-s springs from a perfect equality o pohtica
^For myself, therefore, 1 desire to declare, thattne
principle that will govern me in the high duty io
which my country calls me, is, a strict adherance
the letter and spirit of the constitution, as it was de
s gned by those who framed it. Looking back to it
as a sacred instrument carefully and not easily fram
ed ; rcmemherirg that it was throughout a work of |
concession and compromise ; V!?wmg it as hmt
nation .1 objects: regarding it as le ^ ng to . P P #
and the Statos all power not explicitly parted I witn ,
I shall endeivor to preserv e, protect, and defend it,
by anxiously referring to its provisions for direction
in ever v action. To matters o* domestic concern
ment which it has intrusted to the Federal (.overn
ment, an I to su h a. re ate to o r intercourse with
f ireign nations, 1 shall zealously d-vote m> sell , be
yond those Umi s 1 shall never pass.
" To enter, on this occasion, into a further or more ,
minur exposition of my views on the various ques
I rions of domestic policy, wo-. i! be as obstrusiveas it
is probably unexpected Before the suffrages of my
co u r trvmen were conferred upon me, 1 submitted to
them, with great precision my opinions on all the
I most prominent of these subjects, Those opinions 1
I shall endeavor to carry out with my utmost ability . I
Our course of foreign policy has been so uniform j
and intelligible, as to constitute a rule of executive ,
! conduct which leaves little to my discretion, .unless,
indeed, ! were willing to run counter to the lights of ,
experience, and the known opinions, of my constitu- ,
enrs. We sedulously cultivate the friendship of all .
| nations, as the condit:ons most compatible with our j
welfare, and the principles ofour Oov ernmeu . ,
decline alliances, as adverse to our peace - i
sire commercial relations on equal terms, 0 :
willing to give a fair equivalent for adv anta0es re- |
cei ved. We endeavor to conduct our intercourse ;
with openness and sincerity ; promptly avowing our ,
objects, and seeking to establish that mutual frank- j
ness which is as beneficial in the dealing of na ions as ,
of men. We have no disposition, and we disclaim all ,
right, to meddle in disputes, whether in ern ,
rciTi that may molest other countries, .
them'in their actual state, as social c^nimu -ities and ,
preserving a strict neutrality m all their controv
?es Well knowing the triedval. r o! our people .
and our exhanstlcss resources, we neither z nticip
! nor fear any designed aggression; and in t e I
ousness of our own just conduct, we feel a set y ?
that we shall never be called upon to exert our e- ;
termination, never to permit an in vafion ot our ng s? .
without punishment or redress.
In approaching, then, in the presence of my assem
bled contrymen,to make the solemn promise that yet
remains, and to pledge myself that I will faithfully
execute the office I am about to fill, I bring with mc
a settled purpose to maintain the institutions of my
country, which, I trust, will atone lor the errors I
commit. . i
I In receiving from the people the sacred trust twice ,
confided to my illnstrious predecessor, aud which he ,
has discharged so faithfully and 90 well, I know that
I cannot expect to perform the ardoous task with
equal ability and succe-s. Bu', united as I have been
in his counsels, a daily witness of his exclusive and
unsurpassed devotion to hi? country's well fare, agree
ing with him in sentiments which his countrymen
have warmly supported, and permitted to partake
laraely of his confidence, I may hope that somewhat
of the same cheering approbation will be found font- I
tend upon my paih. For him, I but express, wit Ij my
own, the wishes of all ? that he may yet long live to
enjoy the brilliant evening o( his wilV?pent life ; and,
for myself, conscious of hut one desire, faithfully to
serve my country, I throw myself without fear, on its
justice and its kindness. Beyond that 1 only look to
the gracious protect i m of the Divine Being, whose
strengthing support I humbly solicit, and whom I
fervently pray to look down upon us all. May it be
t rton? the dispensations of his Providence to bless
o jr beloved country with honors and with length of
days: may her ways be ways of pleasantness, and all
her paths be peace
MARTIN VAN BUREN.
At a meeting of the Richland Light Dra
goons held at Briggs' hotel on the evening of
the ^5th ult , Capl. Thomas Stark was called
to the Chair, and Thomas Davis appointed
Secretary.
On motion of Lieut. N. Monteith, the fid
lowing preamble and resolutions were offered
and unanimously adopted.
Whereas, we have heard with deep regret
the death of Mr. James 13. McMillan of Ala
bama, formerly a citizcn of our Town, and
for many years a member of this Company,
Resolved, That we deeply d plore his death
and sympathise with his friends and faintly
connexion, in their bereavement.
ResolpeJ, That as a token of respect, and
esteem, the members of this corps, wear the,
usual badge of mourning for thirty days.
R*s<>lved, That the above preamble and
resolutions be published in this town and a
copy be sent to the family of the deceased. r
THOMAS STARK, Chairman.
Thomas Davis, Secretaiy.
For the Telescope.
"* THE COLUMBIA CANAL.
Mr. Editor : ? Many of your subscribers
who feel a great interest in the repairs and
continuation of the Columbia Canal, wish t d
be informed whether the iiuperintendant of
Public Works is making any progress in the
execution of thjs work, according to the law
of the Legislature at the last session 1 It is
really much to be regretted that this work has
not been undertaken two or three years before
this, when it coulci have been done at a much
less expense than al the present time. As the
liberality of the Legislature has made a hand
some appropriation for this purpose, and di
rected the Supermtendant to have this most
useful public work repaired and continued to
the Bull-Sluice, it is 'presumable that this
gentleman is taking active measures towards
its execcution. Yet we hear little or nothing
about it. It is here respectfully suggested
that a consultation between this public officer
and several persons in this place whose inter
ests and official situations have made acquain
ted with the localities and difficulties of" the
route, might be attended with some ad vanta
ges. Their public spirit, as well as their own
interest would undoubtedly induce them to give
the Superintendant every assistance in their
power.
It is now most probable that this greatest
work ever undertaken in the United States,
the Charleston and Cincinnati rail road, will
be constructed and that it will pass through
Columbia. Every facility, therefore, that can
be given to the transportation of produce to
this market should be promoted by every
proper and practicable means, for the prospers
t y of the place and country around, the
interest of the State geneially and the advan
tage of that magnificent enterprise.
The people generally and particularly the'
poor have suffered much this winter from the
dearth of fuel and the scarcity of all country
produce, on account of bad roads. This also
warns us of the necessity of providing add:
tional means of supplying the deficiencies.
By furnishing the information you may
possess on these interesting subjects, you will
oblige, sir, many of your
SUBSCRIBERS.
I
Mr. Editor :
I am happy to see you calling the attention
of the community to the production of Silk ?
a branch of industry which, i:i the opinion of
thosr best qualified to judge, is at no very
distant period, to assume an importance in
this country, and especially in the Southern'
States, second to no other ? not excepting even
the great Staple ? Cotton.
This branch of husbandry commends itself j
most strongly to the attention of the Philan
thropist and Patriot, in its peculiar adaptation
to the condition of a large class of our popu
lation settled in the sand hills and upon the
poorer lands throughout the State. Their
nabits of life disqualifying them for any pur
suit requiring long continued industry ; but
surely none are so lost to the wants of nature,"
as to refuse a few weeks attention to a busi
ness, which would secure for themselves an 1
families, comparative comfort for the whole
year.
It is only necessary for the experiment to be
once fairly made ? the example to be set ? to
awaken the attention of the whole community
to this subject, and to* enlist thousands of
families in the business. It requires little or
no capital for domestic establishments. Every
sand hill family have it in their power to plant
out a few Mulberry trees, and to procure the
worms necessary to the prodhction of cocoons,
to the value of from one liUrtdrH to one thou
sand dollars a year ! In tlrs way they might
be raised from poverty and degradation to
comfoitand respectability.
To secure the success of the proposed en
terprise ? (I will not call it an experiment,
for ail doubt ns to the result has been long
since removed in almost every State in the
Union) ? it will be necessary for a few gen
tlemen to associate themselves m a company
with a small capital, say from five to ten thou
sand dollars, for the purchase of a suitable
farm and the erection of proper buildings.
For the first two years all the labor that
wouftl be required might be done by one nurse
ry-man. After that, another man experienced
in the management of the worms and such
?
transient labor as might be easily commanded
in the neigttborhood, would be all sufficient.
From this establishment the young trees
I - ?
might be supplied to individuals, and it would
also afford a sure market for their Cocoons.
I It was not n:y intention, Mr. Editor, to
convey information by these few remarks, but
to aid you in exciting action in this most im
portant business, and should tl is end beipro
moted in any feeble degree, it will be abun
dantly gratifying to
A FRIEND OF CAROLINA INDUSTRY.
We call the special attention of the Com
missioners of Roads for t his district, to the
almost impassable condition of the road be
tween Columbia and East Granby. When
the great value of property is considered, which
pass* s over this road, it is of the utmost itn- j
pontance it should be frequently and efficiently
attended to. We look to the proper authori
ties to see that the commissioners do "thetr
duty. MANY SUFFEKJ5RS. |
SALUDA FACTORY.
For the Telescope.
Mr. Editor: ? Permit meto occupy a small
space in yonr columns with pome ad-litional
statements and remarks, in relation to the ex
traordinary resourses and facilities of this vi
cinity, for^the most useful and profitable man
ufactures.
In addition to the ample wat r power at
Saluda, w hich is sufficient for a sro e of mills j
of different discretions, there are blocks ami j
b ds of Granite, surrounding the Factory., in j
inexhaustible profusion. From this source, j
Colunv ia m ! Charleston mu.-t ere long deri v ?
their supplies, of most valmbta building mate
rials. There is no il ifHcultv here in obtaining
blocks 30 fee*, lo>g, by 4 feet through ; and i
this without removing one sod of earth. ? :
n %
The place is accessible from every quart".-, by J
wagons. and fla*. boa's can reach it from !
0 * m
Charleston, unless the ri \ < r is very low,
1 :i a commercial poi?:t of view the town of [
Salu-la bids fair to r.val lo'h Columbia and j
Hamburgh. It is situated in Lexington dis- '
trict, miles from Columbia, on the w.-st
side of the Congore?, and on the Soutn s.d :
of the Saluda, and about i a mih- above its
conjunction with the Congaree. It joins the
great leading rond from the City of Charl s- i
ton which crosses the Saiuda bridge, ent r- j
that part of the district of Lex ngton which i
lies between Broad river and Saluda, passing
through Newberry, I^aurens, Spartanburg,
Union and Gr< env He d^'ricts, crosses the
Saluda mountains, by the State road, and
thence to the valley of the Mississippi. The
great queen of rail ro ius ? the Charleston and
Cincinnati? it is supposed will cross the Con
garee, from Charleston through Columbia, at
or near the Columbia bridge, about 1? miles
from this Factory, and the space between the
town of Saluda and the bridge, is an unbroken
inclined plane ? the descent not exceeding 14
fe?-t in the mile.
Thus it is evident 1 hat the cost of a branch
rail road connecting these two points will be a
small affair. This position assumed, in what
relation does Columbia and the new town of
Saluda stand to Charleston, the great empo
rium, of State, an emporium, if she is true
to herself that fears n? rival. Cast your eye
over the map of tiiat extensive range of coun
try, above the town of Saluda, enfolded in the
arms of Brotd aad Saluda Rivers ? watered
by them and their numerous tributaries ? and
you will discover the garden of Carolina, whose
immnnso wealth and exhaustless resources
must one day be poured into the lap of this
infant town.
The town of Saluda, as was stated above,
is situated about 1^ mile, above the west side
of the Columbia Bridge, where it is supposed
the contemplated rail road will cross. To
lay down a branch for this distance will cost
but a moderate sum, as there will be no ex
pense of embankments or excavations, and as
tliel imb.-r for the r nils is growing on the spot.
Gentlemen acquainted with rail road affairs,
can make this ca'culotion ? 1 cannot. To
carry the rail load to ( olunibin, the Congasee
must be crossed some where ? to cross it any
where, unless the company buys the Colum
bia Bridge from the Bridge Company ? who
also own, \ understand, the Saludi Bridge,
will cost at least one hundred thousand dol
lars. And after it shall have been crosscd,
you are then one mile from Richardson street
in Columbia, where all the mercantile business
is done ; and this cannot be reached but by an
inclined plane, the elevat ion being not less than
50 feet in the mile.
No liocomotive has been invented yet to
overcome such a declivity as this, but proba*
blv before the rail road reaches the Columbia
Bridge, such improvements may be made, in
this important branch of Steam application, as
will enable locomotives to overcome greater
declivities than this. Probably this may be
the case, as stranger things have come to pass
the last 20 y ears? there is no limits to the
improvements of skill and industry.
If any one predicted in 1816, that within
20 years he would be able to travel from New
York to Bos: on in 18 hours, and to Philadel
phia in 8 hours, by ordinary conveyance, he
would have been considered insane. Yet this
apparent impossibility has been achieved.
The spirit of improvement and enterprise
which characterises our age and nation, should
stimulate Carolinians to avail themselves of
all their resources, and skillfully to improve
the peculiar advantages they enjoy. The
astonishing improvements at the North and
West, show what wonders can be effected by
persevering effort, under circumstances frr less
favorable than those in which we are placed.
There we Ixive 6oen villages and cities rise
up as if by magic, and large communities
living in comfort and .plenty, where a few
years ago, there was nothing but rocks and
sands snd forests. And in most such cases,
this unexampled prosperity has been owing
to the existence of water-falls, and to the
staple commodity of the South. VY hile 1 was
examining the local advantages of Saluda, I
was led to reflect, what would the estimation
and results of such a situalio i be in New
England. Such water privileges there, would
be a princely fortune ; and in a few years
there would be 20 manufactories, hundreds of
families, and millions of property surrounding
those Falls. The proprietors of such an esta
blishment, would employ our Cotton, which
has been sold in Columbia, shipped to Charles
ton and sold there, thence shipped to Boston
and sold again and yet make fortunes by its
manufacture. Again they would send the
cloth, made from the same Cotton, to Boston,
to Charleston, and to Columbia, and sell it
here so as to increase their gains. If with
the lo?s of more than 20 per cent, by the
double transportation, they can make it a pro
fitable business, t'ien by what possibility can a
Cotton Factory on the spot, with tolerable
f management, fail of* being greatly successful.
Why should fifteen thousand dol ars be | a d,
.by Richland, Lexington and Fairfield, for
Cotton go??ds made at the north, when better
goods are actually made here for fen T hou
sand. .
Why then shou'd not the establishment at
Saluda follow the example of Waltharn ano
Lowell 1 In many respects, it possesses supe
rior natural advantages, to either of those
places. The Company own the whole water
privilege, which at the north would be worth
two hundred thousand dollars. The ccst ot
building is less, and of machinery but a trifle
more, than there. The raw material is at our
doors? the operatives are at hand in sufficient
numbers ? the demand for goods is almost
unlimited, what then is the cause that such
an enterprise languishes 1 I he answer is
easily given. It is because men of capital do
not come forwa d,to invest their funds freely.
Whvdid Lowell and Waltharn flourish ? Sim
plv because there was the advance of millions
of* dollars at the outset. And the sa.ne men
who made these advances, have realized such
| enormous profits, that within a f w months
they have paid S'X hundred thousand dollars
for "the water-f?ils of a single river. There is
spare capital enough, within 50 miles of Salu
da, to make it rival any northern establish
ment, and the investment must be more profit
able. >
With these views of the prospects and advan
tages of this location, 1 have been surprized,
; t bat the Directors c>f the Company did not en
largo their plans, and r*ap the rich bafvesl
within their power. Upon inquiry I find, they
have gone to the extent of their means, and
that therefore the e:;terprize must' go on slow
ly and on a very limited plan, uuless large
additional investments are made by other?
For my own pait, Mr. Editor, I am fully
convinced, thit this is a nios ad\n. tjgeoi 8
enterprise, which inu-t enrich its pa!r< n - and
greatly benefit the public and that it will be a
reproach lo o ir s n t?*, if it b .'retard d and
crippled for want of funds. I shall therefor**,
on my return home, not o ily invest ail my,
sparo funds m this stock. I.u: shall tt-e all m v
ir.fluence with some wealthy friend*, to induce
them to subscribe liberally, to the support of
au undertaking, at once so k:crati\e and so
patriotic. A TRAVKLL10K,
COLUMBIA, DECEMBER 3, 1833
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BALE ROPE,- ... lb.
BACON, Round, - - - - ;lb.
BUTTER, Country, - - ; lb.
COTTON, Prime to Choice, - 'lb.
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L4KGE SALE
of Real and Pergonal Eat ate
The Subscriber, desirous of changing the invest
ment of a part of his property, offers for aale, a^
Public Auction, on the first Monday and Tuesday in
June next , the following Property, at his residence in
this tow n? the sale to commence at 10 o'clock, P. M.
on each day, viz. :
All and singular, that well known HOTEL, north
of the Court House, occupied and kept by Mr. W.
H. Ilamner, fronting on Richardson street 104 feet,
and extending back 261 feet, and northwardly to
Plain street, and fionting on it 52 feet This admira
ble location and long established Hotel, is so well
known to the public, that description is unnecessary
(If not sold between this and that time, will be rented
to the highest bidder.)
Also, Those two extensive STORES and WARE
HOUSES adjoining it, on the north, fronting on Ri
chardson street 58 feet, and 203 feet deop, under
1 ase to D & J. Ewart & Co. until the lat of July,
1840, at an annual rent of eight hundred dollars, pay
able in quarter yearly instalments. r
Also, Tli it extensive STORE and WAREHOUS
ES, situate on the east side of the 14* square on the
upper end of Richardson street, and fronting on that
street 52 feet, running clear through the square, 417
feet, now occupied by and under lease to D. & J.
E wart & Co. until the 1st day of July, 1810, at an an
nual rent of three hundred dollars, payable in quar
ter yearly instalments:
Aho, The HOUSE and LOT, on which the Sub
scriber lives, extending 158 feet on Washington street
and 203 feel on Bull street.
Also, An unimproved LOT, opposite to Mr. Sa
muel Pcarce's residence, fronting on Plain street, 104
feet, and extending back on Pickens street 2C8 feet.
Also, AH that farm or tract of land, known as Ma
loan's Springs, fronting on Pickens street 600 feet,
and 2C0 feet deep. This will be divided into six Lots,
of 100 feet each, fronting on Pickens street. To suit
the convenience of purchasers, the purchaser or pur
chasers will b ? entitled to the free use of one or more
of the excellent springs of water in the rear of these
lots in common for ever.
Also, His Sand Ilill SUMMER RETREAT, three
and a hall miles from Columbia, containing sufficient
fuel for the supply of a large family. On the pre
mises ore three Dwellings, one well finished and
commodious, suitable for the accommodation of a
large family. The other is a comfortable building,
and would accommodate a small family; and the third
a small building which would also be suitable for a
small family ? together with several odt buildings,
and several never failing springs of excellent water.- j
ALSO,
Fifteen of the most likely, intelligent, and valua- j
ble SLAVES to be found any where, viz. :
Ned, a carriage driver, a very handy man about a
house ; Melissa, his wife, a good plain cook, washer,
and ironer, house servant and lady's maid L their son
George, 12 years of age, an uncommonly smart boy ;
their daughter Fanny, 10 years of age, a smart girl ;
Henrietta, Edward, Clarissa, Emma, an infant at the
breast ? their children.
Mary, an expcricnccd cook; her daughter Scrina,
14 years of age, a first rate house servant nnd lady's
maid; and her son Joe, 11 years of age, an exceed
ingly expert house servant and waiting boy.
Isabella, a plain cook, washer, ironer, house ser
vant, and lady's maid, with her two children, one an
infant, and the other a small boy. The females, ex.*
ccpt Mary, are all good seamstresses.
A ho,
A Waggon and Team of Horses; and all his House
hold and Kitchen Fu'niturc.
Terms will be made known f n days ofsaiC.
The whole or any part of this p operiy may be
contracted for between this time and the da y of fale.
Will be received in payment, Columbia Bridge
Stock, Saluda Manufacturing Co. Stock, Commer
cial Bank of Columbia Slock, Insurance Co. Stock,
or any oilier Stock at current value.
When it is taken into consideration, the growing
prosperity of Columbia, its pleasant and healthy lo
cation, its many advantages for nioralsand literature,
and that the Charleston ami Cincinnati rail road w ill
certainly pass through it, few places in the United
States present so fair a prospect for permanent in
vestment, either in real estate or in merchandize.
The sole object the subscriber lias in view in ma
king this offer for sale, is with a view of investing j
the proceeds ultimately in the Stock of the Saluda
Manufacturing Company, a joint stock company, con
sidered either as to its present advantages, or future
results, holding out prospects to its patrons scarcely
equalled, and but seldom surpassed any where.?
Hie subscriber disclaims any intention whatsoever
of breaking up or withdrawing his interest or atten
tion irom the mercantile establishment with which
he is now connected. DAVID EWART.
Columbia, March 1837.
Sheriff's Sales.
W)S7ILL be Sold before the^iport Home in th#
ww town of Columbia on the. first Monday and
Tuesday in April next, on stmdry ?nts of
fieri facing, within the Lgal hour* of eale
One hundred acres of Ijind more or less, situate
in Richland district on l>oth sides of the rn?d lead
ing from Columbia tn Li?-? Cn.ek Springs, boundei
be lands be losing to the < t-mtt of jol>n P Brown,
James S. Guignard and \a mas Davis, r.t the suit
of A. M. White, vs. A T. Sm^h and M. A. Fnust.
One hundred and twenty six acre* of 1 ami, more
or le s bounded by E'i CmsweH," Dr. Pcrciv. L
Dor:: y and James J'. Wade'* < land, at the st:it of the
Stnte. vs. Jon it! .1 Manor. Term* cash, purchasers
lo uav for SUc-iffs papers.
JK.ssE DE3RUJIL, S. R. D.
Slieri,! s Office, Columbia, ) *
S F/ 2
March 13. 1*37.
Ailcsii?ojs Riiemcii !
rglUK Company {meeting to -have bcon held on
the 1 It It in Jaiit, is postponed till Suturduy Vve
1 *'h t usf. at 7 tr'c'ock I \ Jf. m the Town flail. A
general attendance of the mcttbera is requested as
uusii.Cfs of importance will belaid before them,
liy order ..-s .
T E. BAKER, O. S.
M irrli il 10
insurance Stock* at rfuclion.
ON Mmday ner, ot 11 o'clock, will he sold be
fore o>:r door, 25 shares in the Insurance Coin
yany of ' 'ohitubia. Sale )?>sdtive.
TO! OCK, SOLO- ON; & CO. Aucfrt.
.March 10 1437 J 10
i'or Sale.
N Consignment, a negro wench ?inmed ROSE,
3J y fur.: of age, a field Hand, and plain Cook.
D. & J, E WAR i*, & CO.
Mnrcl, 7,1. 1337- fe- ' ~ - ">
Mouth Carolina.
HIGHLAND DISTRICT, ,
IN Tilt; COURT OF ORDINARY,
Wiliam Crown and wife Mar-")
garei, Applicant <,
vs
Randeli Grant and Sally his wife,
John Miller and Mary his wife,
Heirs and Repre
sentatives of ben'
Jordon Lee and Leuy his wife, i- ji min Hodge, da*
John Sims and Lucy his wife, J ceased.
Danl. .Martin & Rachel his wife,
Reuben Cusad & Anne his wife,
Trinity M'arun/fade Hodge, &
.Nancy Martin, Deiendant*. ^
ST appearing to my satisfaction that Randel Grant
an>i Sally his wife, John Miller end Maty his
wife, Jordon Lee and Leitey his wiie, and Renben
Cusad, four of the defendants, reside without this
State; it is there lore ordered that they do appear and
object to the division or sale of the real estate of
Benjamin Hodge, on or before the first day of May
next, or their consent to the same wiH be entered on
record . -i
JAMES S. OUIGA'ARD, O. R. D.
Mar<?h S, 1837 ^*1<> 8t
? 1 ? ? ? ? * *. " ?? ' - 1 '
Crockery, China, and ttlass
Ware.
THE Subscriber ha* just received a Splendid as>
sortmentol Crockery, China and Glass Ware,
imported to order, consisting of entire new pattern
Blue Fruited Plato#, Dishes, S jup and Sauce Tu
reens, Sauce Boats, Covered Pishes, Sailed Bowfc,
Hot Water PLyes and Dishee,Gravy Dishes, Bassos,
Pickles, Fish Dramers, Muffin Plates, Custard Cups,
Water Pitcher* and Fruit Baskets. Asall the above
to match. Dinner Sets can be made upiu quantities
to suit lam i lie*. '
Blue printed Tea, Sugar and Cream Pots, Caps and
Saucers, Bowls, Mugs, Ewers and Basins, son?
extra Large Soap Boxes and Tooth Brasher
Covered Chambers. &c. Together with all
ment of Common Wara- . *. .r
CHINA. ^
White end Gold and plain White China, ?
Breaktast Sets, Plain -White China pinut. ^ -r_.
White and ( >oid and plain Wlute China Chamber'
Sets, White and Gold and plain. White China "Cup*
and Saucers, Bowls and Suvcers, Tea and Cop
Plates, Butter Pots, Segar Stands, Covered Mugs,
with names, and Mottoe Fruit Baskets, Bo wis, dtc.
GtAas.:'.^
Rich Cut and Plain Decanters, Pitchers, Tum
blers, Wines, Cordials, Jellys, Champagnes, JU? mon
ad ea, Ilock Glasses, Goblets, Buuer Pott Bowls,
Dishes, Candle and Astral Lamps, Shades? Salt
Cellexs, CaUery Gloves. Lau p Glasses, Lamps,
Glass Ja??f#md Show-Caaes, Ate, . ?
Also* V i
Knives & Forks, Astral Lemps,Tea & Bread Tmyi|
Andirons, Brass &. Green Fenders, Nursery Fenders,
Shovel and Tongs, Spiuoons, Ch tfiing Diahft, 0.1
Cloth and ludia iable Mais, Japan Sorar Bores,
Snutfers and Stands, Nut Crackers, Brooms and
Brushes, Bellows, Cork Sc/ews, lxwking tilsdies,
from one to five Drawers.
- Nest Tu*os, Brass and lion .iiountl Buckets, Iron
bound Churns, Market, Cloth, and Fancy. Baskets,
Fishing Baskets, Nest Wooden Sugar Boxes, dfcC
&.C. Persons wanting any of the above articles sto
requested lo call and examine for themselves
J; D? MORDECAI.
| iYo. 3 New Brick Rarvre.
March 11, 1837 10 6t
I j air JYotice .
GUEtiG ADDISON.
A VE-renewed their Partnership, in the prac
tice of Law lor Lexington District.
March 1 1th 10 4t
Strengthening Plasters. ?
LIST received at E. Sill's Drug Store,
^ (next to Roach's Hotel :)
A further supply of those fine Strengthening Vlas
ters , which have heretofore given 6uc h general satis
ficiion. ? * .
March 11 ; 10 >
I^'otiec.
ALL persons having demands against the estate
ol the late Col. W. J. Myddlelon, deceased,
are requested to render in attested statements of
their claim-, nnd those indebted to said estate, to
make payment to the Rev. Mr. Shand of Columtjui,
whom 1 have constituted my attorney, with full
power to transact the business, and bring the afflsirs
of said estate to a settlement.
MARY M V DDL ETON, Adm'x.
March 11th " 10
Clark9 s BJolcl. rM*
III AVE the pleasure to inform the public that?|he
above Hotel wril be opened o:i Saturday, tlio
11th instant, by Messrs. J. M. Hoach, & A. Thomp
son, for the accomodation of all respt:iabU persons
that may think proper to call. 1 have nqjiesttaiion
in recommending them as well qualified* to keep a
well legulated, quiet, orderly house, and hove no
doubt bat ihey will give general satisfaction' to gew
thmen and ladies. Each of t hose gentlemen have
assisted me in tha hotel for several years
% J W. CLARK, former Propt ietor.
JAMES M. ROACH, ) PreseiU Prvpri
A. THOMPSON, 5 eton.
March 11 * 10
Lcsittglon Acadciiar.
T II K Trustees of this institution having pro
cured the services of Major Lemuel Boozer,
as Principal, it is now open Jor^the reception of
StU'lents. Those who desir* it will be prepared for
a lmission into the higher classes of the obutfc Caro
lina ( 'ollege. Of the healthiness and tnany other
ailvantages and conveniences of this instiiution, It is
unnecessary toxpeukforthey are already sufficient y
known to the community.
Students will be taught the Classics at from S3 to
SlO per Quarter. The higher branches of Mathe
matics at the same prices, &c., aiid English Gram
mar, Geography, Arithmetic, Ac. at $4,00 per Quar
l0r* ? ' ? k/4
Good boarding can be procured at $3 per month,
exclusive of washing Ac.
THOSt H. SiMMONS,"
J NO. MEETZE,
F.PHR AIM CURLY, .
K. HARM AN. f Trustces.
SION MILLER,
DAVID IIENDRIX.
March 1st, 1S37 10 3t
FIT/ J&flES. ,
WILL make his prelfcnt ?enson at Mr? J- C 4
Singleton's plantation, 14 miles below Co
lumbia, and will be let to margs at #8 each sinti*
leap, $15 the season, which may be discharged ny
the payment of 812, if paid by the first of Jnly.
$23 to insure a mare with foal, and 25 cents to the
groom. The insurance to be paid as w>on as the
mare is ascertained 'o be with- foal or parted with.
Every attention will be pajd to prevent accidents or
escapes but no rcspons*lnl;ty for either if they ocrcr.
Pasturage furnished gratis, grain fed at $3per week.
Hoys found gratia, for further particular* See hand
bUb. . V. V. TAYLOR Manner.
Mwch 11 10