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THREE .DOLLARS A YEAR,] FOR THE DISSEEINATION O. UEP INTELLIGENCE. [INVARIABLY IN ADVAFCE. VOL.V. __ WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 5, 1869. NO 18. "~ 1. IUPI>Lse<s0 ;VggY WEDNISDAY MoRNING, At NWbd?PF V. ., z am s a fr mi L -N N RE C -aas uma~w.-- -- - 8-000 ''" q 4mbIyeIm .eiatpae. bt B..- wwa....agn *7.......... - -B. - .O!*. B. _..n. a. ,.B e. ws.aJ - err. e.. o a.. Man. WAIuu6iir MrN *.f" a "*'e |Ei * 8 *i .*ai: -W-- , a . M ., ).q . w of, W~~~~ s 0; ro. P usMt . (irat M Ss Rbwa ? Co.; George tc b'heteeC; . Ker, . J. i rrCo.; . D- Lke. , 0(4.:,.R RNWB$RRY vEMALE S .moe. , .s.a i Ires Lcm.....a ,egraphy, Ackb t"iei. : . u a . l . . . ..e m. e.a me ieee 3..a......dracE.es. ers.e NO .?iii..bpcie& t ane u , whb Ulmroe f h .w .L.onPi atCo okStove T - -f . tre stoPp and Ser4esonesyia Euel; ~pcItyn Beking,Boil ~or8inpijIt U Mauage FemaanHaas n(Cooking; power of Heat in . and Boiling, with a wery alil Consumption *kauty of Design. ~oi-Staootbness of Castings of Finish; .'AI3W Qa Iis S. "., Owith the BRIDGEPORT, CONN., Lieabed to select the most perfeot isebed Machines, and forwird them to abimetiay want, at the manufac tbfbs prie, free of comnnissions to the pnrebuaer. Any emders .e.t through uuta.,asan & Win. F. Nance, will Dee -6~' The Greenville and Coim bla Railroad Company. The annual report of the opera. tions of the Greenville and Col umbia Railroad Oomnpauy,for the year enrding December 31, 1868, shows that the gross earninge fran all sources were $345,543, from which are deducted $196, 231, for current or ordinary ex penses, and $20,000 for rebuilding and improving locomotives and cars, rebuilding . trestles and bridges, and for the . permanent improvemeot- of the road, not properly included in the working expenses, leaving a net income of $129,312. This net income was applied to t{he paymeat of :ac counts chargeableto maintenance ofwy and ond6eting transpor tation pri4r to 18,. and to the ciiqtio of hls payable. All the y rolls for - 1868 have been payed, and the materials used in hatayear paid for. The estnings for,the past year were greater V;an the earuings of any prvous year except 1*59, and 1860and the three last ears of the war. The number of pas sengers carried in 1568 was 45,214 or'f3,013 more than- in 1867, and the.number of.bales of cotton 45, 111 or 15,824 bales more -than in 1867. The reult*, Presiden, Hammett says, "must be gratify ing to aitjteressed-ia te pros perity of the road and the country through--wbieb it passes, and elear ly de monstrate t. at the road has -passed tbougb its greatest- trials and difeulties, and can in the future sustain and protect it self." . it is expected that the earn ing-for the present year will be largely in excess of the earnings of 1868. For the quarter ending March 31, 1869, the gross earn ings were $120,677, or $16,905 more than the earnings oft he cor responding months of 1868. No less then 6,000 tons of guano and other fertilizers were sent up the road in thesame period, and, not withstanding the large increase, "all freights have been promptly forwardedtotheir several points of destination. A through ar rangement made with the South Carolina Railroad Company, by which freights, both up and downi, are sent through without break in:g bulk in Columbia, has also fa cilitated the transportation 0! freights to a very considerable ex tent." iThe increased business looked or during the year, will make ne essary an addition to the rolling stock ; .bat this is expected to be btained by repairing and rebuild ng old loeomotives, and by build ng new freight cars, all whicb an be done without a large ad itional expense except for mater ial, some of which is on hand. Since January last, 250 tons of new rail have t'een purchased and paid for, and are now being laid down ; and it is believed that much of the worn iron may be re placed in a few years "rit.houtre duing the net income below a point which will be necessary to meet all expenses, and pay all the interest on the bonded debt, when readjusted, promptly. as it ma tures." During 1868, 65,262 cros ties were put into the road, in luding 8947 for the Blue Ridge ood. This road is still worked ly the Greenville and Columbia Railroad Company, the business of the former line between Anderson and Walhalla, having al mosat doubled since the b inning of the lease. This, says President Ham met, "is some slight indication of what may be expected when the entire line is completed to Knox vile ; an event whicb we shiniild look anxiously forward to, and which we have reason to believe will be' accomplished in a very few years, or as soon asit can be done in the ordinary course o railroad conatruction." A condensed statement of the torym tea roaad its nresent condition, gives the following as the total cost : 1641 miles of road, with branches, outfit, real estate, shops and out fit ---- - - - - -$3081,213 Stock of other companies - 80,475 Cost -----------$3,161,708 Capital stock paid in - - 1,510,374 Excess of odst over capi tal paid in - - - - - g1,651,433 .The original bonded debt was as follows : First mortgage bonds 18 52-54 -- - - - - ---800,000 Debenturea (not mort gage) 1855 and 18 58 =------"-----60Q,000 41,400,000 In January, 1861, the State agreed to guarantee the bonds of the company to the. amount of 4900,000 to retire the first mort gage debt then maturing, and to fund the floating debt. At the end of the war, the debt of the company was only partly road justed, the unsecured , debt was 'falling due, a large interest ac count had accumulated, the road depots and bridges were seriously injured or destroyed, and the country which should support the 'oad was prostrated. In 1866, therefore, the Legislature author .zed an additional guarantee of $6 )0,000, of which $350,000 was to be applied to fund the interest on the notna i and guaranteed debt, at par, and $250,000 to ad just the bonded debt-outside the mortgage of $600,000 with inter est.- The acts of the Legislature contempstaf, threfotb, y' gtd'r antee of $1,500,000, which was then sufficient to arrange the whole bonded debt, and would leave but one mortgage, that of the State, upon the property of the company. The company again proceeded to readjust their debt, when their operations were.stop ped by the ordinance of the Re construction Convention in 1868, suspending all acts of the - Legis lature passed since December, 18 60, lending the name and credit of the State to any corporation. On February 6, 1869, an act was rati fied making valid and confirming the previous acts for the relief of the company, which "is now in a condition to proceed in the read justment of the debt, with a pros pect, it is believed, of not being again interferred with or annoyed." The President says: "In the meantime, during all their diffi culties, the company has gone steadily forward in the rebuild iand improving of their road adproperty,, whilst their income has been as steadily on the in crease. It has certainly ceased to be a question now as to whether they will be able to pay their in terest and operate their road suc eessfully ; and the holders of their bonds past due, are respectfully invited to come forward and re new them, and take others en dorsed by the State.~ They are now paying their six month's in terest upon their mortgage and guaranteed debt fallidg due on the 1st day of January, 1869, and funding all interest maturing pre vious and up to July 1, 1868, in their bonds guaranteed by the State." The following is a statement of the bonded debt of the company on tbe 1st day of January last;: First mortgage bonds, outstanding- -- ---8 320,500 Interest and coupons - - 147,715 Guaranteed bonds, 1861.-- 629,500 Interest and coupons - - - 96,360 Guarant~eed bonds, 1866 - 246,618 Interest and coupons - - 17,867 Bonds not secured by mortgage- - --- ---485,500 Interest and coupons - - 223,279 Second mortgage bonds - - 50,683 Interest and coupons . - - -44672 Total, January 1, 1&6942,21,696 Red'uction by funding noa-mortgage bonds and coupons at 33* per cent.- -- -- ---472,519 Adasted debt - . - , - $1,749,176 TTpon this deht the yaarly in terest at six per cent. w. d be $104,950. The net earni of the road last year were $ n00, so that if no large extrao nary expenses are incurred and cred to income, the road should -with out difficulty be able to'i6et its interests as it falls due In conclusion, President iam met says: "The litigation in to the foreclosure of the no :.ge, together with that cosiented by the guaranteed bondhold*s for their owp protection, and b by. the Attorney-General fe t4e pro tection of the State, re.aiOh un cbanged since our 1t ' nnuai meeting. It is hoped thit the parties who eomminced elbe suit will see that it is .o their intereat (as it certainly is) tb withdi -it, and accept the terms of the com pany for the renewal of their bonds, and thereby aid them)in the readjustment of all their g-pt due debt. This course would aelle all the parties of much. snaney anee,.and I to the interesof all concerned,.because when that : is done, and it is- evident: that the company will be able to continue the payment of their interest promptly as it matures, which Ys certainly now clearly -demonstra ted-the guaranteed bonds will advance-in market to a price much above the first mortgage -bonds,' which have not been- exclianged. We have given thiS fdllfnop sis of the report of the oper'tions and conditions of the roa, be cause of its importance t the & e-and- te4he pablie ttarge The figures which we publish will enable each person to judge for himself what are the prospects of the company, whose affairs, it must be said, have been man aged by President Iammet with economy, sagacity and discre tion.-Charleston News. A nice way of overcoming bash ful scruples has been found in North Carolina. At a recent wedding a guest proposed that one man in the. company should be selected as president; that this president should be duly sworn to keep entirely secret all the communications that should be forwarded to him in his official department that night ; that each unmarried gentleman and lady should write his or her name on a piece of paper, and under it place the name -of the person they wished to marry, then hand it to the president for inspection, and if' any lady and gentleman had reciprocally chosen each -other, the president was to inform each of the result, and those who had not been: reciprocal in their choice were to be kept-entirely secret. After th,e appointment of the pres dent, communications were ae cordingly handed uip to 'the chair, and it was found that twelve young la4ies and gentlemen had reriprocally choices,:'and eleven of the tywelve. matches were solem pized. So, though no serious results may follow our unkind words or deeds, let us still remember they are none the less cruel and wicked. You little girl or boy, may be un kind to your sister to-day, and she may be taken from you to-morrow. No dout if this -be -so, you will re pent sincerely of your evil-doing, yet if God's mercy spares her to you, you will foi-get and treat her unkindly again and again. Bui remember that He will write down each . offence, and some day you will be reminded of it to your bit ter sorrow. Be.careful Qf the lit-' tIe 'things-the -hasty: word and selfish act. With every one some delicate nestling of affection will perish in the heart of your loved one, to be revealed-perhaps when. you most yearn for it a silent n responsive-witnaess to your cruelty, as-poor Beauty's lifeless form was to the usikindness of his master. . CIniida Hour. A Woman's Dreams. She sat alone in the moonlight, her beautiful cheek resting upon her hand, so soft and white and dimpled. You could tell, as you looked at her, that her thoughts were far away, and that she was thinking of something beautiful. Her eyes were wistful; her lips were softly pressed together ; the dimples in her cheeks had died out, and only the dimple in her chin remained, that little rosy cleft, the impress of Love's finger. She was less glowing than at times, but none the less lovely. I thought to myself, as I looked at her, that she was nearer heaven than we coaser mortals, and I longed to know whither her pure heart turned itself. I approached her: she did not hear me. Ispoke; she did not answer. I touched her softly on the arm; she looked up and smiled, a far-away smile, such as an augel might have giv en. "You are thinking very intent ly," I said. She answered. "Yes," in a sub dued tone of voice ; as though that which was on her mind was too holy for discussion. But I persisted. "Will ynu tell me what your thoughts were ." I asked. She shook her head. "You could not understand," she said. "I could try," I said humbly. :4-am coarse and rude, I know, but I-could strive to comprehend." She smiled sweetly, but still with that far-away look in her dark eyes. "No, not coarse," she said. "but you are a man. It is so' different with men ; ,were you a woman you would understand it at once. Now perhaps, you may smile, may laugh at me." "Believe me, no," I whispered ; "I adore the beautiful, the true, the pure. Let me know your sweet thoughts." . She gave me her hand. "I will tell you," she said. "I ha v e thought of nothing else all day. Last night I lay awake thinking of it. I am sure I must be right: but iflIam wrong, oh ! if I am wrong, Edgar, I tremble to think of it." * "You cannot be wrong," I said. She gave me her other band. "You think not ?" she said ; "ab! but you cannot be so good a judge as a woman. I think -I b e lieve-" "Yes, yes," I whispered, bend ing nearer ; "yes, Angeline." "I am almost sure," she said, in accents softer than the ripple of falling water, "almost sure, Edgar, the blue fringe will look better on my new walking suit than purple velvet. Don't you think so ? W~E CAN'ALL BE LAWYERS.-Mr. Justice, member of the House of Representatives from Rutherford County, has introduced a bill in the Legislature 'allowing all citi zens who can prove good moral characters and pay the license tax, to practice law." This bill has passed its third reading in the House, and we suppose, it will pass the Senate. We pever studied much law but have printed a large number of law blanks, and if Mr. Justice's bill becomes a law, we intend to hang ot our shingle and become a Pro fessional gentleman. As to moral character, we shall select our wit nesses to prove that. We can make up about six hundred cases from our own subscription books, to commence on. If our practice does not prove profitable, it will be extensive, for we shall have cases in every County in this Con gressional District, and we think that is extensive enough to grati fy the most ambitions lawyer. Good to begin well, but better~ to end well. God help the poor, the rieb can heln thenaelves. The Dance of Death. Grim death at any time or place is an una elcome visitor, but more especially when he stalks among scenes where only the sound of music and the laugh of pleasure should be heard. A dance was in progress last evening at 144 Au gusta st., a place where Teutons most do congregate to enjoy the pleasures which a combination of lager and music will voughsafe. A large party was present at an early hour and at 8 o'clock the band struck up a lively waltz. Away went the dancers, tripping the light fantastic toe to inspiring music, and no one dreamed of an ill-wind, when suddenly a woman's shriek rose high above the sound of the carnival. Almost simulta neously the body of a man fell heavily on the floor, forming a barrier to the dancers, several of whom fell headlong over;the pros trate form. Many thought it was only a slip, but when the man continued to lie motionless the crowd gathered about him, and an investigation disclosed the startling fact that the person was dead. The deceased was a young man about 25 years of age, named Albert Craft. . Among his friends the impression had prevailed for some time past that ha was afflic ted with heart disease, and he had been counselled not to enter into festivitives calculated to engender excitement. But young blood is heedless. Being fond of dancing he entered heartily into the festiv ities of the occasion. About 8 o'clock he chose a partner for a walts, and it was the~ sream forc ed from his companion when she discovered the face that looked into hers suddenly- grow rigid in death, that first attracted the at tention of the assemblage to the sad occurrence. Dr. Freyer was instantly called, and pronounced life extinct. The cause of death he alleged to have been heart di sease. The parents of the deceased reside at 136 Cornell street, to which place the body was subse quently removed. Coroner Clea ver has been notified and will hold an inquest over the remains this morning. It is perhaps need less to say that after this occur rence the music and -dance lost their sweet flavor, and among the ladies there ensued a panie that nothing but absence from the scene of death could quiet. Trom bone, fiddle and horn were quietly packed in their boxes, and shortly the hall was given over to t.he gloom which death and dark ness usually inspire. [Chicago Tribune. The "Charleson Courier" con tains the following: "The Ad visory Board, consisting of the Governor, Comptroler General, State Treasurer, Secretary of State and Attorney-General, created un der act of the Legislature, have appointed Senator Leslie Land Commissioners of the State of South Carolina. The act under which the appointment is made bad appropriates $2,000,000 in bonds of the State to the purchase of lands, to be sold on a credit of five years to actual settlers, in sections of not less than twenty-five nor more than one hundred acres, the purchaser to pay interest at the rate of six per cent. per anunm, and every year after the time from the purchase to pay one-fifth of the principal." PLANT LIMA BEANs.-At our suggestion, our friend, Capt. J. B. Ray, of the firm of Clayton, Ray & Burnett, has brought to Asheville a quantity of Large Lima Bean Seeds, and we advise those who wish to plant a profitable Cask crop to buy and cultivate them. They are worth $11 per bushel, in Baltimore to.day ; and from 30 to 40 pushel can be raised on stn acre. A Merchant told us, a few days ago, that he would g.ree to pay $5 per bushels, Cash, in 4she: viwle--ehlWt Parmer. The Poet and the Newsboys. William Cullen Bryant, the venerable and beloved poet, says a late number of the New York Independent, spoke to the news boys of New York at their lodg ing-house last Sunday evening. His very presence in such an as sembly was a sermon itself, and his lips distilled for the boys the very wisdom adapted to their needs. He said he was glad to see that they were so well provi ded for. He had no doubt that they were thankful, and that some of them thought they ought to make some return for so much kindness. They could make such a return, and reward their bene. tactors, by behaving well. Two things they could all do that would ensure their happiness and prosperity. First, every boy could resolve by God's help to maintain an honest characterthat be never would be guilty of a false. hood, and always do what was right and just. No trust could be placed in a boy who never pays any regard to the truth. On the other hand, the boy who told the truth, and never took any unfair advantage, was good and noble, and would be trusted. Having taken an honest course, every boy should resolve to always resolute ly adhere to the truth, and in' so doing form the basis of a noble character. Every boy should also resolve to do all the good he-could to others. By doing good to oth ers they would lay up a store of satisfaction in the future, and make themselves respected and loved. One who was selhsh, aad paid no regard to others, would be regarded as a disagreeable pe son ; therefore all should try to do good and make others happy bj kind actions. Tbe greatest frien4 of the human. race, the Lord Je, sus Christ, lived a life of unselfish goodness-an example for all man, kind. LOVE FoR THE LiTTL -ONms. Looking at each other'erose the river, across the vallew,. are the white stones that mark the sleep. ing places of our dead. The tiny soul buds, just softening and swell. ing in the sunshine of paternal love, just throwing the dimpled tendrills around our necks, and rumbling sweet, broken syllables in our ears are, with one gust of snow, swept away and hidden in the ground. There are the empty chair, the little dress. limp fbr the want of the little form, and thp crumpled shoes will be dented no more with pattering feet; all wreathed with sad remembrances of the happy hours when the closed eyes daneed with wonder at each fresh sight of the new cro ation. Love for the little ones is all the world round the same. The sparrow eroons just as tenderly over her 'brownies' as oriole over hers clothed in velvet and gold. Ifearts are inside of us all, and no costly weaving makes love the less or more. Brown hands can build castles in the air as deftly as white fingers, and the wring with equal sorrow at the wreck. - But think how full of pleasant ness the little lives have been ; the unfinished ring of their tiny years has been plaited all around with love and blosrome, the scent of the lilacs and the lilies. The mem ory of carressings that in after years we forget, the dear ones barry with them to heaven. Ban ished from one paradise to anor ther-from this, where shadows sometimes drive away sanles, tci where there are no shadows any more. Upon that mysterious, UDnknown sea that rolls all round the world, how many ligte saala daily drift out ? Mothers are crying onth - shore, of their great loss in an, guish and in tears. But oander~ invisible hands welcome tblittle earth orphans and celeatial voices shout in glad delighit another an, mal is born in heaiven!