Keowee courier. (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, January 30, 1858, Image 1
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"TO THINK OWN UK FALSK TO ANV MAN."
BY ROOT. A. THOMPSON. PICKETS COURT HOUSE, S. C.||\ L UDAY, JANUARY 30, 1858. VOL. IX. NO. 28.
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POll THK KKOWKE COl'illKH.
Why our Stroams are. named with Numbers
of Miles.
Yo bright spirits of Indians, w!>o dwo\t in our
land.
When our fathora' first trod its wild soilns their
own,
Inspire my mind with your thoughts, and command
That bright truths and fnir symbols within Hbc
sown,
With which to portray, among Tndinn themes,
The one of tho 8?ptaw who gave nuinos to our
afroomp
In tho war for American freedom she lieartl.
When some whites wcro encamped on a at renin
then unnamed
That her trjbo would thcin slaughter, one day
then deferred.
To prevent this she rau nil that night, unprocluimcd;
. The first stream that sho orossed, just oue milo
whence alio came,
"Mile Creek" lit* lw.?*n onllnri
?v. ,uu "Ijwmiv
to namq.
Tlion she ran till she camc to a stream of clear
waters,
Still flowing round lulls and o'er rocks to the
South,
Anil thought of tho whites?of their sons And
their daughters,
Who would cu!l this clonr air cam, from its head
to its mouth,
" The Six Milo," to deuote the great distance
sho ran,
fio soon, in fulfilment of friendship to man.
Noxt iv rivershe crossed sinco called "tho Twelve
Mile."
That holds its meandering course from tho
mountains,
Then with waters transparent and sweet as a
smilo, '
. Ol the moon when rofloctod by the shenes of its
fountains,
At tho foot of tho Blue Kidge, whosp crest in
blue dies
All tho sconery around from its base to the skies.
She went Southward, in South Carolina's now
plains,
Till sho crossed tho wiucrs Mnco culled the
" Eighteen,"
And "the Throe" and "the Six and Twenty"
domains.
Then she took the ridge-way that was lying bctweon
The Savannah, and "Ninety and Six," the miles
ran, *
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in one Jiigni, to the station, to save tho yyliitc
r man!
fctill those wators are running and evor will run,
While our language slinll lust as a means to
proclaim
Unto all futuro times that this Indian begun
Her long race at an crcning, and ere the morn
? came,
8he had finished her object of meroy and l6Ve,
While tho lights for her guide wore the stars for
above.
Yes! and ever they'll run, and forever proolaim.
v> Inlet imc shall endure,or How water* lu streams
That this Indian woman, in friendship's fair
name,
Did tlicm cross, and they'll murmur in glorious
themes,
Of eternal delight, that she crossed them one
timo,
When bcr tight was unknown, but her object
sublime! Cua.cp.ho.
Clayton's Mills, S. 0., Jan. 18">8.
The P^lmettoes in Mexico.
BY ONK OF TUB TWO ItUNDRKI),
NEW mniKS?WO. BIOUTBBS.
It waa Uio first <lny of April. Wo w?ro ouljF
on tho nrairio, ami t!>c u)iyi\ec was lo<\cHnd?
# It ? *
ninny uviiimcu njuoworsinto ft woory uudun^
availing chaso. Junt boyond us #e saw spark
ling wfttora in shining lakes. "Wo rushed to
t,ho spot, hut it still eluded our grasp. Still,
tli.ore sparkled the lakes of wator just a lmlfmu?
distant; hut that half-milo never could
bo accomplished. Such was tho mirage. It
was a refraction of tho rays of tho sun from
tho prairie groan. Never did anything loc>k
no much liko water. Indeed, if a real lnko
of rtlftOflfl hy tho sido of ft mirage,
v- M.vw.^u.oil wiu whuihuii
tho false. Aftor that day, I uevcr trusted
my eyes In a matter of water; I novfcr b?iiovea
anything was water until 1 torched it.
About rioon on this day wo wore suddenly
halted. A mossago had, been sent to Gen.
Quitman by X.icut. Hunter, announcing tho
Hurrendor of Alvarado. We were About twenty
miles distant from AlvaradO. (Jon. Quitman
took tho dragoons ai)d wont into Alvarado
that evening. Wo camped oa tho spot,
'.fust at this timo, some of our men who were
boof-har,'U?g, ran a drove of cattle through
rturcAmp/ Oft tonipiation was too'gMat.?
Many a nntftkct sent- its contends into a beef,
and many a beet" fpll i& that, ibrwo, Col.
Jack son, of tho Goorglij roqimflat, who wua
> in command, was very Airfous nt this violation
of ditfcipllu*. He sent patrols to arrotft
i- all tho boof-hurttora, aad to confl^attl >'10
lxwtf.4 . VA"
We camped horo from noon on this day
u^til next morning, and there was not a drop
?fa3W within seven milos I Just think of
rviuuiuiuK nonTiy iweuiy-iour hours, m tho
trApios, without water, Wo wore do\t again
on the Qutf, shore. Tho soft and damn ground
gave promise of wator noar tho eurJaco, and
with ?pad&> wo boon found wator, hut it wtm
almost as salt as tho wator in tho (hilf. It
was iuupoosiWo to drink it. Another more
\ ?uccoAsnil experiment was tried. Wo want
down on tho uoaoh within a fow foot of . the
tido, and dug holes in tho sand. In a fow
winuteRthey filled un with froah water. It
wmm ingubr fact; within ton foot of the
Gulf the water wa-? fresh, Win half-miledistantit
wu??aH, We scanty jmpplr of
i?*'. Patent matting'and n??oh dirticultj.
Wo campo.t in n palmetto ftrove, under
tho shadow of our Own palmotto tfce. I
<m*down A young rflA?tto and cookW the
tifalk. p if. ma i.. \ 1.
KToxtmuxni&g wft mafohod the bcnofi,
?nd marched Joto Alvunido iMHn the <mmW.
At thn niojiUi of tho riv.'.r nty tho wreck
1 t>f th? brig Sotftorn which had boon lost iftje.
W nr?7Ktu? attack l.y the navy iipm A'-yarndu,
fhc oifry Trn? wMf It h^a
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torts along the river, and tho immediate defences
ot the city were ample and strong. Its
garrison, howovev, disheartened by tho lull ?
of Vera Crust, made no show of resistance.? t0
Thoy loft, and Lieutenant Huntor took tho is i
city without firing a gun, As soon as he ap- up<
pcarcd, the Alcalde sent out a Hag of surrondor.
lie took possession ol" the city, and
leaving a vessel there, ran up tho river and _
captured Tlacotalpan. For this conduct Lieut , "
Huntor was court-martialed and dismissed 11
from the navy. He was sent to Alvnradonot fou
to attack tho olaee. hut. oniv lilnoUndn n.r, .i;>
J ...V UU
port, and no move. He disobeyed orders in pn
accepting tljo nurrendcr, an<f in attacking jia,
TlucOtalpr.n. lli* conduct wn? gallant, but ?j
was a blundor in policy, and was dangerous
as an example of disobedience of orders. He v*1
w as dismissed from the service, and ban since 'or
been known as Alvarado Hunter. His pre- tn<
oipitation defeated the object of tho expedi- pit
tion. Tho garrisons retreated, and drove off j,pj
large numbers of horses and mulcR, which we n,,.(
expected to get. Tho plan was for the navy . j"
moruly to blookado tho port, while Quitninn
was to take Alvarado in the roar and prevent ns
escape. w'1
We remained 0110 dny in Alvarado. It 1b (lit
a r'o'i c timncrcinl city. Tlic richest ngricnl- tor
tural region in Mexico lies back of Alvarado. f0
It is a very hot und sickly place, I visited ?c,
tlie graveyard, which was very,full. I re- J1
member leading the tombstone of Kllen Coch- *
rane. wife of our Admiral Cochrane, who ^:ir
was buried there. I remember seeing the JM*1
names of several distinguished persons there, inj
1 doubt if thero is on earth a more disagreed- '
ble placo than Alvarado. It swarms with et]
mosquitcos, sand-flies, and ail manner of vermin.
Tired as I was I could uot slcop, un- f
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vni mair HimnjB. j no only expedient by J'1"
which I could protect myself sufboiently to '?01
sleep, wm to keep on my shoes and gloves, Jul
and cover my faco with my handkerchief. inf!
Our day in Alvixvado wan a dny of foneting prt
and revel. Fish, meat, fruits, and vegota- f;l{|
hies were in abundance, and very cheap.'? kjr
That day iny name procured for me a good , . '
dinner, and a turllo soup. An officor heard 1
somebody call my name, and was so struck *?
with tho namo that he sent for mo. lie said ov<
it wn? the moat aingular name lie over heard rcj:
and ho had a curiosity to sco the man who wo
bora it. Thero must b6 ft charm in my name. p0i
Whilo in Mobile nn old lady vinited the Pal- *L.(
mottoes. I helped her from her carriage, ^
and walked witn her about the camp. When
9ho was about leaving she asked me my name, ul')
as she wished to remember to whom eho wns gai
indebted for the attentions she had received, ovi
I gavo my nnmo. She paid that she hud of- h:v
tou heard her daughters mention the name ]jir
with delight, and jrave mo an earnest invita- ? "
thin to visit her. One duv. whilo fiHlii7HT In
Mexico, my companion culled my namo. An 1 '
offuJer who heard it, gave mo o warm greet- K1'1'
ing, and invited mc to dine with him. A few Ne
ygard ago, I was in Washington, aud wrote a Mo
political article for tho Washington Union,
Father Ritchie almost cmhraccd mo when he
heard my name. ,
On the fourth day of April wo started back
to Vera Cruz. Tho first day wo mnrohed to 111,1
tho oattJo-poud, a distance of twenty-Hire oul
miles. Next day tho march waH still worse. Su
Tho wefcther wuh very hot, and wo bad no the
wntor. Many men fainted, many broko down, Jj01
aud fell by tho wayside, hundreds quit ranks js |
ami went off in search of water. Ah wo pass- '
ed a skirt of woods I left rnuks. nlnuisf tuint.
ing. I fell down under a abode, And throwing
off my clothe*, I cooled nnd rested for a aoi
half-hour. I woh left entirely alone. Kosu- am
lufhjt my lonely march I got hack to tho hench jsj;
and du?r a hole in tho sand for water. It nif
w?h cool and retrenhin". Stragglers poured Qjiu
until nearly a hundred of un were there. ,
WLo rofctud there about three hours, and when 1 l(
camp, it wan nearly aun-down.
I JgEgMufiMfr tired we flat down to rest. Thus ?>'
(grotorod into littlo irronns. At last SI:
Bne. It was ni<;ht, and I was a haf
leror along the gulf-ahore, in an ]011
ntry, with no human bolug in *
ing. I knew not whore camp ,
10 road but tho bcach ; on tho
tiling Washed from a d?rk ckmd, P,u
eamo the low, molanoholy roar Bu
of the wntojrof tho gnlf. I was Horo, cxhaus- qui
ted, and ready to fail from woakuofH. To vovivo
my llagghig strength, I undressed, and nic
bathed in tne gulf. I. did this under a mo- ^
mOntary * apprehension of an attnek from
'I'uA. K-.l. ~i\.~-.-.1 1? ? ---- R"1
I miiuivgi .iiiu win iniiunuuu miu revivuu 11)0, " "
and Bliii iu iiopv I I?iduniii4 ST.}* hjCCly BSSWh. "l<
Tho Coolings which snob ft eoonoawl such nn pi)
occi>flion produced, cannot bo doscribod. Af- bo
tor scvornl miles moro ovorooiuo, I cava up UU)
hope, and was about to throw myHoff down oat
on tho'sand, hungry nnd blankotlcss for tho.
night, but just then I saw tho camp-flares a- '
head, and with all my remaining ?norgies I !nc
Ijjirausi* wu. viivn iujuui. munignt. wucn i ?l"
got jo cum p. Stragglci-H continued to couio in iy
all night and until 8 o'clock noxt morning. I ns
v?rilv boliovo that tho forccd maroh of that thf
dfty killed a hundred men, "Wo woro now n)n
only 12 milos from Vera Cruz. Next day we j.
Rtruok camp on tho plain jonthof Vora Cruz. 1
>V? ropiuinod hero about ton. dfty a. Gort. m
Scott hud got off flQtno of the army, and wo
woro only awaiting tho- arrival oi njuloa to
rOmOVO U? tO tho llltflrior. W? h?/l nlrnmlv ?
lost many Pelrnottoos by disease, and him- ba?
dred# ot'us were disabloa and sick. Eating j)flp
groU^P ^ fatal poison to life in tho tropics,
and out Ju&on killed thouwehoa by eating ?
con. ?
<?? mo
A , SLKEPY BftJPF. AWD PI8QU8T15D t],c
BniDBOROOM.?The Courier de I/yom the
aayq, that at a marriage of a young couple, ^;r
durlrg Iho long exhortation of tho priest, 0Ui
fcho bride went fast aaleop. Tho grooin tire
discovered it just as ho wan about to put on 0UI
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mo ring. jio waa muon annoyed out conecaled
it out of rtwpoct to tho holy place. qU<
Biit as soon as tho acrviqo Ura# oyer, he got r,a
into ft carriage with his friends and drove fh
off, announcing to tho bride's father that ctK,
ho wrb leaving %on?, and she might do ai cot
who plenHod. Nothing eottld change hfa wo]
rwoTution. Ho ptiid .\o forfeit (2,000 nni
fraw&Virtiimlnted tn tho marriage contract,
pun "vmv w jwni^iailU) Biwre 11? I111S U BIHV ()[
atkm as foreman of fc toVsuico factory. ,
Notiunp a denseroloHdoTerthemind UTM
then discontent, rendering it moro occupied 8<Jf
about tho evit thi\* disquiet? H thnn tho n>**n# J^n
of j-erewvrlng 11, i? i
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Tho London Timos on Slavory,
We publish below a remarkable nrtioW
in tho Loudon Times, of Dee. 22d. It
ndioativo of a great change of sentiment
->n tho subject of Slavory in England :
It, requires no great foresight to pcrceiv?
it a great contest is approaching on the
>ject of Slavery and the Slave Trado.?o
battlo of the Negro will have to be
iglit by tho philanthropists with a groat
uinution of prestige, tho result of falsified
xlictions and blasfed hopes. The lirougms
and Wilberforces of the present day
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n nuvu w uuopo a somcwnat nunsblct
ic. The manifestoes of Exctcr-hall inuat
oncc bo defensive aud apologetic, fo;S
i world is ?ow Winer than when the puland
platform roSou tided with indignant
peals to humanity five and twenty years
3. The touching descriptions of philan opic
novel writers will go for little now
far as regards our owu colonics. Those
o are old enough, may rccolleet the traional
portraits of the West India proprics,
their wives and children, which arc
be found in the "moral tales" of the last
icratioiv. The owner of Jamaica properwas
always lying on a sofa, drinking
igarcc and swearing at Sambo, a fine mtito
youth, whoso quivering lips and Uasfl'
eye told how much he felt.
The lady of the house, always represo'ij>
as a faded beauty with her brow wfcatlttfJ
It lmnvlo tvna aP
.. ?mio, vi wmm:, ui:iu^ lillllirUMJ
3 female slaves, whoso delicate foffrs
ro rccout traces of the lash. The yontjvheiv
wandered about the house oxucJk
; a whip ^iven to pirn hy his mothM'^Jitifly
to bont tho littlo ncgrocH with,
thful and pious Pompcy exposed to cv<?'
id of ill usage because Dinah, who lov^Bl
n?oh, how fervently !?would not listwi
the unmanly proposals of Drive, t?c
srscer, completed the picture. ]ly
iresentations as those a body of as hnl
rking and loyal subjects as England c r
'sessed were held up to obloquy, and nc)
emancipation waft effected without ryd
to the interests of men who were pop?l?
1 i- \ 11: !_ mi
inj nnj?jMv?un iu uu ruvuiiui{r m iii-goixtjii
ns. But politicians and the public, ami
;n the friends of the slaves theniselvos,
^c now begun to hoc mutters in a elenrfer
lit. Our own colonies are impoverished,
t the sum of slavery is not diminished;
lasouly been transferred from us to more
isping, pitiless, and unscrupulous ham]s.
ver was the proepcct of emancjpatrftn
re distant than now that foreign slave
nors arc establishing a monopoly of all
s great staples of tropical produce. The
it i.i A: ! - >
uiun nuivii in tiiu uiu i iiihih suppneu HO
ich sugar, cofico and cotton, arc going
t of cultivation whilo Cuba, the United
ites and Brazil aro every day extending
s area of their cultivation and the nuru
of their slaves. So valuable, indeed,
the slave in Cuba that, in spite of treatand
penal laws, cruisers and blockades,
rnsands of Africans aro yearly carried
088 the Atluutic to work on tho sugar
J cotton plantations. Tho wealth of the
ind us such then, in spite of misgoverning
oppressive taxes, and a Spanish army
25,000 mon, its proprietors aro among
i richest in the world.
As to tho United States, it is, jndcctf,
ly to expect any ohnrtgd in thnt fjnnrtof.
ivory on the North American continent
i extended, is extending, will extend. As
ig an the supplies of cotton aro below the
mond in all the market, of the world so
ig will slave labor be too valuable to be
wWI, I C31?
. ?vvt utvit. jjf vu Vliu JL1V1 OIHJlll niKVV
itcs, which but a few years ago were discing
tho gradual abandonment of the
item, are now silent about abolition, imdiato
or prospective. Their slaves are,
present, a great, perhnpB thoir greatest,
iroo of wealth. If tlioy cannot cultivate
sir own lands thev breed Negroes to eujv'
new plantations in tho South, it may
declared that tho attacks of Abolitionists
i tho. interference of tho North are the
iso of this determination to uphold slav'e;
but no sensible man will believe that
re irritation and obstinacy could lead to
sh grfeat results. The existence of slaveis
an economical question, and so long
tho system is profitable wo oannpt doubt
it it will ho maintained. Much the same
y bo said with respect to "Brazil, wheve
> institution provall with fcaturos of
iclty Unknown even \n the worst of times
tier English rulo.
tfoW, to theso countries we hare given a
nopoly of products which tiro tho chief
lis of cdi* industry ^r among the chief
lis of our rovbnuo. They nito hceoming
h, powerful, arrogant, ?v*? v day loss inica
t<? be guided ny Englisli counsola or
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vcu uy j-iHgusn inwricronco, YMU all
i readiness which soif-ioterest iinluccs
ij havo learnt tho arguments ogainst lia)*
ig slavery and slavo importation, from
mishaps, our acknowledgement of failfrom
their own prosperity, i?ud from
dependence upon them. Thoy have
i law of nations on their sido, and may
)lc it in answer to any assertion of our
t\4? inf/irfftv/i irv l?A,/in\?un ?
uyv fc\f lU^IIIUW Iff WT' VMUO*' VI IIIIIIIUIMIJ,
oy aro froc nations, nnd Africa ii a frco
*t. Negroe# ?*o ucccaaary Uf raiae the'
tonr engaryoofTotf $nd tobacco V hioh.thc
rid wants. Tho white moil cannot Work
lor a tropical gun, and, uoJom tho Afrii
ho wed na a laborer, tho faitcst regions
tho New World must remain a dwwrt.
fine, uoaroca must be bad at any coat,
I no nation baa riglvi to impoeo ito own
npnlfMity on other fh>e oomiounitica. If
gfand ha* mined bor own colonics that
10 reason why "he ?<itfuW senk to chnoV
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the progress 01 the whole American continent.
Such is the kind of reasoning which
j is becoming more and more common every
' day; and we may depend upon 't that in
I some form or under Home pretext the slave
I owners of the other hcmisDhero will nsrain '
j attempt to obtain a supply of negroes troin (
the coast of Africa. Tho rccent importation
into the French colonies lias naturally (
arouped their attention, and it is no wonder
that we hour it nal d why a few cargoes of |
such "emigrants" could not bo brought to (
New Orleans or Savannah, there to be set- .
tied according to the domestic institutions ,
of the State. With this renewed vitality
?>f fl?v*x?ry, owing to the rapidly increasing
value of tho slave, wo have now to deal.
And it is not by preaching, or protesting,
or f.lirnnfmiiiifv ni' ?l.- -t
? ? .... wi vivuv'llUUlll^) Vim 1/ I XI'J UU*
jccts of Immunity can be attained. The |
Inst generation wero content to be merely (
destructives; they broke down tlio Slave
system in the West Indies without attempting
to replace it by u better, and the con- |
sequence has been the multiplication of the
former evils, and a deepening of the gnilt,
in which we indirectly participate as oousn-1 '
mens of the slave-raised produce. After
20 years' experience we aro now called up- '
on to provide a remedy. On all sides we (
hear the same cry?the colonies aro perishing
for want of sufficient, labor. By additional
supplies alone e; :i the prirtciplo of
free labor in the tropics bn vindicated and ]
a real blow str?ok at the inuiuities ngtiinst
whjob we have so long disclaimed. Our
att?:f.ion has been directed to a report of
the Council on Immigration for the Island ]
of Trinidad, which shows how a British
colony may decay wliilo all around it is (
flourishing. If Trinidad had remained un- 1
dcr Spanish sway, it might, in spite of
tyranny and misrule, be the wealthy island
which its position and fertility would naturally
make it. But we lenrn that although
the island contains 1,250,000 acres, yet tho ]
extent of oil the land now under cultivation j
is only about f>2,H07 acfcs, and of this area
the sugar plantations cover only 154,055) | ,
acrca. The entire mimbor of agricultural
laborers working for wages in the cultivation
of sugar and cocoa is only 14,000, of
whom nearly 8,000 avo immigrants from
India and China, introduced at the public
ex prn.se.
Tt is found that these are, by far better,
laborers for wages than the Negro, who it (
in stated, "will not be stimulated to greater
industry by any increase of wages." And *
at the present time the planters would .
obtain labor by an advance of wages, '''he
high price of sugar and other tropical productions
has stimulated enterprise, a greater
extent of land is being brought under ^
cultivation, and all that is wanted for the
development of the colony is a supply of ^
the lands; that "the expense of establishing
on virgin land an estate capable of pro- j
ducing 250 hogsheads of sugar, including
the cost of maeliinerv and buildings, would
^ ^ 0-., .
not cxcced ?6,000 sterling." But with
the present supply of labor ov<jn the present
production of tho colony cannot be kept
up. The colonists therefore beg the Government
to assist them in obtaining the immigrants
from China and Tndia. The colony,
says the report, could "without difficulty
incct tho expense of introducing and
without risk find employment for 500 Chinese
emigrants."
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Buivolauv.?Our worthy citizen, 1
John Veal, had his anxiety relieved yester- i
day, hy the recovery of his stolen jewelry. <
A littlo ncpro, chasing a chicken, crept 1
under an old building in the upper part of <
the city, and there discovered a tin box.? 1
Upon delivering it to hi? he >
ODCned it and found it contained wnh?li- i
es, jewels, &c., which were soon identified. <
We understand Mr. Venl thinks he has re?
covered all that wa.s stolen. I
A silk pocket handkerchief was left in ]
the store bv tho burglar. It was identified ]
as having been sold by Mr. Schwartz to a j
boarder at a private boarding honso, who j
thus became under suspicion. Tt was ar- i
ranged for a servant to oflor it to the ituli- i
vidua], as picked up in the house, when ho ]
claimed it ns his own?wheroupon ho was j
claimod by oflicor John Burdojj, and upon
nabbing him;oue of the stolon watches wan 1
found in his pockct. lie, therefore, has i
been boxod up, and will be taken care of by (
justico.?"Carolinian. i
Nfav Youk, Juu. 18.-?The monoy market
continues to incrcaso. Tho spcoio in
bank isf now over thirty million dollars?an
unmanageable amount. Tho banks arc at
A InQU wilflt frt /1a Wl4ll if TKaka '.i ..AM. '
little domnnd for money, either here or in
tho country. The country bank balances
aro on tho tncreosoi. The increase last week
was 81,800,000. Tlic inarkot favors borrowers
havinc Htate, bank and insurance
stock*, and tho best kind of stocks nnd tho
bent kind of paper, but no others, m dis-?!??
,1 1 . ? -
trust mm pruvuus, ana loaan id uupicaitant
discrimination. Tho rcves ore (> a 0 per
cent. fo* the discount of first ciloa# opdoracd
paper; 0 a 10 for ditto r.nindorsod, and '
10 ? 12 for second olass papor g^nenilly. J
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Acts of the Legislature. Gen
An Act to Incorporate tho Cashiers Valley
Turnpike Company.
I. lie it enarterf by the oouate And House
)f Representatives now met and sitting in
Gleneral Assembly, and by tho authority of
the same, That F. N. Oarvin, K. M. Keith, A
W. It. Calhoun, and such other persons as dare
ihey may associate with them, be and they the
ire hereby authorized and empowered to ,S
lay out, construct and keep in repair, a ;igr
turnpike road, commencing at Poudlctpn, fort
in tlio District of /Ynderwon, nod running in fi
fnm thence-by the moat direct and practi- Ho^
cable route by tho way of I'ickena Court jjdfj
House, to some point on the North Carolina nS|
liuc, most accessible to Cashier's Valley, in day,
the State of North Carolina; nnd for ilio tion
purpose of establishing the said road, the synt
?aid F. N. (Jarvin, E. M. Keith, W. It. foot
ualhoun, and their associates, successors does
md assigns, shall be, and they arc hereby Hpa
declared to be. a hodv rnrnnr.ntu iinil v?nlWi#> I 1.....
J J j.w.v.y, "VII.
by the name and tbe stylo of tho "Cashier's ta h
Vulloy Turnpike Company," nud shall have tho
succession of officers and members, to be muk
ippointcd according to the by-laws and reg- pose
ilations the said Company may establish, and
II. That tho capital stock of tho said shal
Company shall be fil'teon thousand dollars, II ig
n shares of twenty-five dollars each, to be go o
subscribed in books to be opened for that midi
[jurpoae, under tho direction of tho corpor- pit \
dors hereinbefore named, or a majority of wou
hem, on such days, by such persons, and brin
it such places, ns they may appoint; and a fo>
vhen the sum of four thmnnnd rfnllnnv: u)i >1l <
JU nul/ov/ii!ic\ij iv iiivcltiig f!*o D<UUK1I??M> vuu<
;rs shall be called by the above named cor- thin
K>rator3, and the Company may be organic a ft
;d by thoso representing a majority ot tho wl?i<
stock, caoh sharo entitling the owner to pose
)nc vote. visc>
III. That tho said corporation shall have
lower to make all such rulea, regulations
ind by-laws, not repugnant to tho laws of> \
he land, as they r.iay deem expedient^(hall
be able and capable in law to purehiiao;.
ako, hold and enjoy, and tlie samo toa&ep, ^ 11
it will, any estate, real or personal, not%pc-.. ^
;eeding in value doublo tho amount of their "
sapital stock, and by tho naino aforesaid ,5ot'
nay sue and he sued in any Court of Law 01 1
>r Equity in this State ; may have a com- t'10
nou seal and corporate existence for tho 0,.,r
;erm of twenty-one years (unless their ehur- "lsP
;er ho forfeited; hy law) from the completion .
)f the said road. m s
IV. That tho said Company shall be al- ' '-ro
owed two years from the ratification of this fi
A.ct, to organise and commence tho con- ,,ot
itruetion of the road hereby authorized, Ken'
ind five years from tho commencement of 81 ro
;he work to complete the .tame. sont.
V. That it shall and may bo lawful for r_0CI
he fluid Company to orcot one or more toll?ntas
for the collection of toll, and may *
,uko and rcccivo, as a toll for passing the ^
wid turnpike, a sum not to cxcced the fol- ^ou
owing rates, to wit: For ovcry four-wheel "
jarriage drawn by two or more horses, scv- . os
inty cents ; for every buggy, or other one- ,l1.^
ioi"8ii carriage, fifty cents j fur every wagon ylls
Irawn by six horses, oighty cents : for cv- ' v
;ry wagon drawn by five horses, seventy 8UPI
a y f i onfr
juiiui, iui every wagon urawn Dy iour nor
*ea, sixty cents; for every wagon drawn by ^
three horses, fifty oent.s; for every wagon l)ru
Jrawn by two horses, forty cents; for every Pre'
wagon drawn by one horse, thirty cents; ^ '
For every cart, or other vehicle, than as 'P 1
ibove, twenty eent.s; for every loose horse ' lC
jr mule, three cents per head; for every a ^
head of cattle and hoga.' two cents; for ev- Pl 11
jry head of sheep or goats, ono oent; i 'rovide.<t,
Tliat for passing over any nart of ?' '
mid road loss than it* wholo length, the
rates of toll shall be pro rrtta, to the sums . "
sbargod for passing over the whole road. 1S. ]
VI. That if any person shall wilfully dostroy,
injure or obstruct, the said road, c; .ny
part thereof, suyh pcinun shall be liable to '
pay treble damages to tlio Company, to be
recovered by action of debt in any court of ]
record in this State having jurisdiction, aud * ^ J
shall also be liablo to indictment in tho
Oourt of Sessions, as for obstructing a pub- an|j
lie highway, and punisbed by lino and im- jn
prisonment, at the discretion of the court.
VII. That tho said Company may com- s^0)
bine and unite their road with the road of ^
my other Company at the line of tho State
oi worth unrollim, on such terms and condi
lions aa the said Companies may agree ^fty
upon. # jocj
VIII. That for failure to keep tlio said .^c
mad in proper repair, after the same shall ^ r
havobecu completed, the said Oompany r
shall be liable to a forfeiture of tho charter
he?dn granted. _ . iort
mat mi questions conccrning the
light of way fbr said turnpike road, where wi>0
the Company and tho owners of the laud y
jvor which the said road is to pass oannot ^
if?;reo untuning uio saino, man Doaotorivuncd
in tho sumo manner ft* i9 provided bj ^
tho tenth soction of an Acf> entitled "An cu^
Aot to atithori&o tho fbnuntion of the Green- ^
vrillo And Columbia Kailrond Company," .
ratified on the fifteonth day of Deoomber, in ^ ^
the your of our Ijord ooe thoiwsmd eight . ,
Imndrod and fortv-five. for determininw *d
- ? f t ^
:j?c?tiooHj>f right of way fbr said railroad;
ind in nil canos of uppoal from a.?80fwmcntK I
by eommitwionors, full ccwtx fthtdl be award- fri
ad, and the oollooti6i> thorof enforced, aain mov
wise# of tvCHpww on the ?s?e. ovei
An Ac* to ftuthrfrifo tho Appointment of
in lUMitionAl Magistrate fov riokons Oia- 101
trief, to rcM<?e At Tnnucl Hill. 7
. J. .Be ftemtritulty rIn Senate Htic! flow?
i?f H^prcWniativpg, now met. an?l fitting ?n
0
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eml Assembly, and by the authority of
fame, That it shall be, and in hcrdby ?
arcd lawful, to appoint an additional %
ibtrate for the District of Pickens, to
lc at Tunnel Hill, in said District.
Santa Anna at Havana. ' 1
l correspondent of the Charleston Rt(inl,
writing from Havana, under uato'of
10th inst., says : j?
anta Anna is hero, iu sccrct, hatching
oatf iillibustorinir sohonio against Comtfunnd
Mexico?"God and Liberty," and
ivor oftho overthrown Constitution.?
v tho old chief got hero is not cxplaintiut
wo prauwv through tho ngoucy of
mnish war stenmor, which arrived a few
a HI 111 ?"? W !; rttlir* v Ssn?nn c<jrtr1unn n v rwv/l i _
to Mexico or not, JSanta Anna will have
p:\tliy.and assistance, if he can got bin
once more upon that soil. lfComonforfc
i not cOttto into the traces according to \
tiish d' 'tare, our large naval armament
: will bo put in aotivc service, and Sun- '
Lima -will be tho tool to help them in
completion of Mexican politics, and
c more effective the hluw we shall pro:
for the protection of Spanish honor
dignity* Then we shall see?what wo
1 see. The being here of his Sereno
liness is not acknowledged?he does not
mt, and nobody knows that ho is in our
st. To forego the pleasure of thecookivould
bo ioo much to expect from tho
ld-bc' Kmperor/soa privatenrrangement
gs his pleasures near to his bed-room,and
v only in regal confidence aro allowed to
icipute in the amusement and win his
xa. Wo sli'.ill probably find out Home
g of this strange affair in the course of
;w days, through tho palace soives,
:\i nic boinj^ gcutljr nliahvu f\ji vUslipuii,
and in duo time the world will be add.
An Important Decision.
!y rcfcrcnco to the decisions of (he Sutio
Court, recently pronounced at Saiah,
it will be Been that the judgement
ic Supreme Court in the case of IiciuuIwi'lln.
Sr.. vs t.lin 1 nforiiir r%.w
, , .w. ~..V. Vt
imoud county, was reversed. Wo aro
in the habit of either commenting upon,
lacing before our readers in full, through
columns of this paper, the decisions of
courts. But in thin instance wo feel
osed to depart from a general rulo, and
public attention to the facts of a case
vhieh this community feds a deep inst.
And wo arc the more disposed to
10, inasmuch as the point decided canfail
to provo of interest to our readers
3rally. fn doinK po, however, wo de
to Htatc that We do not express any
imonts of approval or disapproval of tho
sion either of the Circuit Judge or tho
re mo Court.
he case a,rose out of tlio following facts :
the last April term of our Superior
rt there were several important crimitrials.
The juries impanneled to try
io causes, unable to ngroc, were confined
lieir rooms ; in two eases, wc believe
confinement continued for some daj's.
direction of the Court, the juries werci
plied with necessary refreshments and
irtainmont from one of our h -tols. Afthc
adjournment of our conrt, the pro'fi*r
i >f f.lirt inofln r\?il liiu Kill nurl
jentcd it to tho Inferior Court, which
y rofitsod to pay it. The proprietor
lied for a mandamus requiring the payit,
ami upon a return to it the case was
led at the last October term of the Sn.r
Court. Judge Holt decided that
Inferior Court tdiould pay the bill out
funds belonging to the comity. Tho
ision of tho Court, as wc have boon inncd,
was heard upon the grounds that it
not only inhuman to imprison a jury
: ?
IUIIK ItaiuaillllUlU) 111 lliu JIUUIIU RUl V
that the day hns long since passed when
r imprisonment was considered an odccment
of jusiico. The Court, thcrc,
argued that if it was necessary to tho
per administration of justice that they
aid be conlined, it was also nccossary to
ply them with suitable refreshments,
that as tho administration of justice
every county is to bo provided for at
expense of the county, the county
net pay tor amtablo and necessary rchiuents
furnish'.to the jnry. From
i decision of the Superior Court an ap1
ttqs taken to iho Supremo Court aft
aunah. As yet rre have not neon tho
ision of tlte Supremo Court in full \ipon
point, but understand tlu-y deoided thct
efroahmcnfe were not allowed at com
i law, and our statutes have made no
nge in the common law "upon this flnh,
refreshments cannot now be supplied
he public expenno. Whether rignt or
ng, this dccifiion is fiual, find must now
egarded ns the law of tho Suite. Those
our citizens wlio arc frequently called
a to dischargo the duties of juror*, m?y
jafter look forward to a more rigorous
ircomont of tho old Knglish prnctico of
vL"g juries into tho finding of their vers.
And if ? redress for the grievance
> bo sought, thoy uutsl look 'o tho Legtore
to pr^v?f?n the retue^y.
[ A ugwta Ctmstftmionalist.
p you would hare an idea of the ocean
a storm, juflt imagine ten thousand
intniiiM nTT rlrnnlr nhfiuinn nn* nnAftia?
r nowly-ploughftd ground, with lot* of
frn* ift it for thorn to Rtoj> Into now and
%. ' u*'.Wsr- %
'he most fuahionabtc injnrriago?> at tjioi
;eai 4im?, are those whi?;h *r?
It love u a vc^ondnry article.
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