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111 r"-'-' "TO THINE OWN SELF BE TRUE, AND IT MUST FOLLOW, AS THE NIGHT fllE PAY. THOU CAN'ST NOT THEN BE FALSE TO ANY MAN." I!Y ROUT A. THOMPSON. PICKENS COURT HOUSE. S. C. SATURDAY. JANUARY 8, I8.">t>. VOL. Xi N0- ~3" I ? ^,L??Y?E) PfcRYRV" Alabama?Here we Rest."* " , IIY l.LOLA. Ever from tlie white inn 11 fleeing, ci Driven from their eastern liuine, 4 Did I lie children of ilie forest. Haggard, fainting. westward roam. l>ivtiMit far tlieir sparkling rivers, j 1,1 Fur behind tlieir forests wtivc; I V And each red mail leaves in sadness I On the hills some treasured grave. \i 'Twas the hour ot sunset li<dy, Wlieu tlic. weary feet w ere stayed. tc By i? river calm ami peaceful, Winding tlirougli liic finest glade: Ami lliere rose a slioul of gladness. Springing from each aching breast, Ringing o'or (lie placid waters? n ' Alabama?hero we rest." <1 And I know of yet another Band of watid'rers oft distressed. Journeying on. thn' faint and weary, .s< Scfcking for a place of rest; t< Oft the way is steep and rugged, Oft the days are dark and drear. 11 Our their watchword tliro' the desert ; ' Alabama"?rctit in near. n 'Tis not in the world ?f sadness. Disappoint men t, d<M?h nnd pain, llut there flows ? peaceful river, Thro' a bright celestial plain, ti Thro' the land of Ueulali pleasant, Thro' the city of the blest, y. Christian traveller shout in gladness : i " Alabama?here we rest." * There is a tradition that tho Indians, driven from their eastern forests, weary and dispirited. r. unexpectedly came upon the banks of a bcantifid river. They considered their jourrtcy over, nnd, in their joy cxehiiined: ' Alabama!"? li which in tlie dialect of the trilte signified. "Here we rest!" and the river has ever since borne 0 that mime. C1 List of Act?, PASSED AND HAl'lKIKl), DKC. 6K.SSlON,1858 1. An Act to raise Supplies fur the year, commencing October 1, 1^58. T ii. An Act to make Appropriations for the year, commencing Octobet- 1, liS;>8. 3. An Act to incorporate tlic South Carolina Stave lit? . i?arrel Company. j', 4. An Act to incorporate the Palmetto t| Engine Company of Columbia. tl f). An Act to revive the Charter of the r Sooioty for the Ifclief of elderly anil disa- t bltid .M inisters, and of the Widows and Or- ' plums of the Clergy of the Independent or j' Congregational Cliurch iu the State of (l' ffc, South Carolina. . ' G. An Act to increase the Componsa- t tion of Grand and Petit Jurors. f 7. An Act to incorporate the Columbia " and Hamburg Hail Hoad Company. n 8. An Act to confirm the Military Di- ? visions of Sumter and Clarendon Districts, , and the Elections held therein. ,1 9. An Act to incorporate the ChniK'i i . o and Lime Manufacturing Company. 10. An Act to authorize tlm issue of llnnds and Stocks for* the purpose of con- '. tinning tho construction of the new .State " House. " 11. An Act to incorporate certain So s cieties, Associations and Companies, and u to renew and amend tho charters of others. " 1*2. An Act to incorporate certain Towns " and Villages, and to renew and amend the ' charters of other heretofore granted. 13. An Act to raise an Independent j Battalion of Militia in St. Helena Parish, t 14. An Act to authorize the formation J of a now Volunteer Compmy of Artillery, t a a within the limits of the 10th ilegimcul ol 1 South Carolina Militia. v 1<). An Act to alter the law In relation ' ito Jj::st Wills and Testaments, and lor oth ,, cr purposes. * IB. An Act to amend an Act entitled li A an Act tor organizing the Fire Guard ol ' C'lliirlontou. 17. An Act to authorize the Conmjjssinners ot' Public Buildings ut' ()rangeuurg . District to s .-ll t!ie Jail Lot in said District. f 18. An Act to alter the law in relation p to the Registration of Births, Deaths and u Marriages. ' 10. An Act to provide for a Oonsus of " the tree white inhabitants of this State. 20. An Act to "establish certain Roads, (j Bridges and Ferries. ,. 21. An Act to regulate the mode of n Electing Directors for the Bunk of the <i State of South Carolina, and for other purposes, ^ 22. An Act to authorize the Northeas- j tern Rail Road Company to continue the n use and present location of their track near |, the city of Charleston, kuowu aa the cross- o ing of Meeting street lload. 11 >0 A ~ * - - 1 f' " ^ " 4 i.o. ivn yvci providing lur ft IJode of the ? Statut* !i;iw of South Carolina. " 24. An Act to incorporate the George- jj town Kail Road Company. 25. An Act to extend the Charter of the K South western Ka il Road Rank. u .2(i. An Act to vest the right nnd title of }l the State in a certain'lot in Lexington vil- 11 lago inr certain persons therein named. ^ 27. An Act to incorporate the Carolina () Steam Packet Company. h 28. An Act to amend an Act concern- n ing the Lunatic A?yluui, passed A. I), ti 1831. 29. An Act to punish Assaults commit- P wif.h i<r.nnn:ilml iwr*innnp 30. An Act toropcuf an Act entitled an ' Act ?o uofine the terms upon whiuh the tt State will aid in the oonatruotion of Turn- ft pike Hoads, ratified lUth December, A. D. 8 1*38. ir( 81. An Act to increase the number of ol Commissioners of Free Schools for St. Mat- ft] thew's Parish, KirtgiUra Parish and Barn ... well District. 1 r" - A . 32. An act to provide for the appoint- i cut of Commissioners of the l'oor for the < istrict of Lancaster. , 1 j 33. An act to authorize the City Coun1 of Charleston to appoint Inspectors of j aval Stores. , 84. Aii act to provide for tin appoint- < icnt of Commissioners of the l'oor for i /illiambur<r District. 3o. An act to afford further aid to the orthcastern Hail Road Company. 80 An act to increase the compensation > owners of slaves executed. 37. An aet to secure the purity of lOlccons. *58. An act to secure to mechanics, tradesion and material men payment for work one and materials, and supplies furnished ' >ships and vessels owned in the Stitc. 89. An act to alter and amend the 37th jction of an act entitled an act for the bet;r ordering and governing of negroes and tlier slaves in this J'roviuce, passed 10th lay, A D i (*40. 40. An act to incorporate the Blue Lidge Mining Company. 41. An act to exempt Samuel Rivers, tax, u free person of color, from capitation I jx. r:. v,. ; 4'J. An ar t to authorize the formation of new Volu itcer Company of infantry to e called the Saluda (iuards. 43. An act to incorporate certain Tlcli ions and Charitable Societies and Socie- , e.s for the advancement of Education, and > renew and amend the charters of others eretofore granted. 44. An act to authorize the South Car- j lina ltail ltoad Company to retain it.s pres- j nt Ur.dge over the Watcrce Kivcr. 45. An act to incorporate the Chcohee lining Company. 4ti. An act to provide for the punishant of l'rivily-Steaiing from the Person. An Act 'o raise Supplies fur )lie year commencing ' in October, one thousand eight hundred ' and lilty-eight. 1. He it enacted lty the Senate and lf>ue t' Representatives, n.>\v met and sitting in Inncial Assembly, and by the authority of lie same, Tnat a tax fur the sums, and in lie manner hweinafter mentioned, shall be aised and paid into the public treasury of his State, for the use and service thereof, lint is to say : eight-one cents, ad valorem,on very bundled dollars ?.f the value of all the inds granted in this State, according to the xisiing classification as hcruUiturc establish.1. ~ i 1 v. h-imj uct m-tiii on :t11 hiii\os; wo dull sum 11 nil seventy-live cents on each rco negro, mulnttu or mestizo, between i lie gea (>1 fifteen and Iiliv years, except such s shall lie clearly oil to die satisfaction f the Collector, u> be incapable, from maim.- i r otherwise, of procuring a livelihood; .?evnteon cents. ml valorem, on every hundred ( liars of the valuo of all lots, lauds and mildings, within any city, town, village, or lorough in this Stale; sixty-eight cents epr 111 tidi eil dollars on factorage, employments, ucnlties and professions, including the |>i\< ussion 4ii dentistry, (wiieihcr in me prolesioti of law. tlie profit bo derived from the osts of .suit, fees, or other sources of prol'esional income.) excepting clergymen, schoolinislers, school mistresM- ; nU journeymen leolianics, whose income lepouds oil ibeir \vn ii ni 1111 si I lalior, si.\ty-e il cents on eveV liutnlred dollars mi the amount of commisi-?iis received by vendue masters and commission merchants: thirty-live cents |ier liunred dollars on the capital stock paid in, on lie first of October, one thousand eight bunre I and filly-eight, of all banks which for ne:r pre-ent charters have not paid a bonus i> the State ; thirtv-ibur rents on every bunred dollars <>fcapital of banks of issue, out 1 I this State, used and employed in this State j iv a;; iu> oi so lit haiik*. beiwoo11 the first day i O.t.ber. ill the your of our li >rd one thouhikI eight hundred nud tifi ysevon. and the rst day ofOct/dier. in iho year of our Lord no diiiuxaud eight bundled and liflv-eight, i exchange or unto*; twenty-seven cents per u.idred dollars on tlie capital sti ck of sill in rpiuaied (Jus-Light Companies: one and liirty-live one hund.cJs per centum on nil ro.ii: it in * taken in this Suite by incorporated ! isurnncc companies. nnd by ilie iigeuoies of i isurnm-e companies, and underwriters with- 1 u( the limits of this State ; twonty-nnQ cents u every hundred dollar* of the amount of llllY-4 ?? ' ffmillj u-'ii'rti '""I ! 1'. h , ??nn;o linvi IllUll'llil llll I Clll" i racing all articles f>?r sale, barter or ex- j Ir.ingc. (tlx- products of this State, and the j ntminufactur')d products of any of the Uui- I L*d States or Territories there.if excepted,) 1 rhicli any person shall have made, from the rst day of January of the present year to lie first day of January, in the year of our i >rd one thousand eight hundred and fiflyino. either on his, her or their capital, or oirowed capital, or on accouutofany person ? persons, as agent, attorney or consignee; hirty-four cents upon evpry hundred dollars f the amount of sales of goods, ware < and k imtcici, nuivii unjr iruiiKicin oi'Aon. not resident in thin State. shall make t any Ihiuhb, stall or public pi ft co; fuurieen olhus per dny for repie<cnt n ,' pubiiciy for aid ftiul reward. any pi ty, coniody, tragedy itorlude or fnrco, or othor onipl ?yment of 10 sta^e. or any purt therein. or for oxhibing ivax figure?, or othor shows nny kind huts ?cvor, to be paid into tlio hand*of the . lerks of the Courts respectively, who hIiuII o hound to pay the same into the public -etixury. oxoept in ensos where the name in iiw 104111ten ?v law to bo paid to corporation or otherwise. II. That all taxes lovicd on proporty, as roscribod in tho first section of thin Ant, 1 mil bo >nitl to the fax collector for tho tax istrict in which said property is looatod. III. In iiihkiii{^ assessments for taxes on 10 vnltie of taxable property used in mannicturin/ or fur railroad piirpono.i. within this 1 tate, tho vulm of the machinery used there- 1 1 shall not bo included, but only the value r the lots and buildings, ns nronortv mornlv IV. That tlio Tux Collectors in the severI districts itiid parishes in this Stato. in their j sturos hmuftor to he ia?do, ho, und they , \re hereby required and enjoined, to state tho precise amount of taxe collected by them for the purpose of supporting the police of Lhe said several districts and parishes aforo>aid, stating tin rates per eentuin on the amounts of the State tax collected for said ilistrict and parish police purposes: and the Comptroller (General shall return the same in his report. V. That free negroes, mulattos and mestizoes. be. and they are hereby required to luabn 1 - I.l!_ . 1 >... ?? iviMiim, ii i i mvir ia.\?suur- i i11the month of March. VI. That the lots ami houses on Sullivan's Islam! shall l>e returned to the Tax Collector of Iho tux district in wliicli they are situate, in the same manner as other t ?\vn lots ami h nine*, and shall he liable to the same rates of taxation. In the Senate House, the twenty-first day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and lifty-eight, it mi in me cigniy-uiiru your (it Hie sovereignty nnd independence of the United Suites of America. Wv. L). Porter, President of the Senate. .James Simons, Speaker ILmse of Uopresentutives. An Act To incorporate the Uluc Hidge Mining Co. I. Be it cnactcd by the Senate nnd House of Representatives, now met and sitting in (ieneral Assembly, and by the authority of the same. That llenrv \\\ Kubtman, L. Frederick Charles, William S. Cirishain.i Robert Mure, William T. Middleton, and tlioir Associates ami successors, are hereby constituted a body politic and corporate, by | the name and stylo of tlie u lilue I'idge I Mining Company," for the purpose of exploring for iron, copper and other ores, minerals and metals, and fur mining, working, smelting, manufacturing and vending the same; and by that name may sue and be sued, plead and bo impleaded, appear, pro- I sccute and defend in any Courts of Law or j K(|iiity whatsoever, in all suits and actions; j may luivo a common seal, and tlie same altcr at pleasure, and mav puiclia.se, hold or convey, real estate, and enjoy and have all tlie privileges incident to corporations. 11. That the first meeting of said corporation may he called by the persons named in this Act, at such time and place as may be agreed upon hy the persons named in this Act; and at said meeting, and all other meetings legally notified, said corporation may make, alter and repeal, such by-laws and regulations for the management of the business of said corporation as a majority of the stockholders may direct, not repugnant to the laws of this Mate or the I . States. III. Unit the said corporal ion may divide I lieir original stock into sue It number of shares and provide fnrtlso sile and transfer thereof, in sui'li manner and form as said e trporation -liall froi. time to time d< ?in expedient ; and I lie said corporation may levy and collect assessments. forfeit and >ell delitu|Uent shares, declare and pay dividends on the shines, in mic!i manner as the hy-laws may direct. IV. That the l>irectors shall cause a book to he kept containing the names of all persons \\ ho arc stockholders ofsaid Company, showing thoirplacesof residence and the miniI.,,.. l.... ..I- .. -i. i -l.i i > ... . ... . ..... , .11 .^K.crv m ill lIV CIICII respectively, and iho time when they became respectively the owners of said .shares; and the amount of stoc.k actually 1 >:it>I in, which hook shall, (luring the business hours of each secular ilny, he upon at the place of business of said 0 mpany, f?ip the inspcc ion of the t-iekhohiors ami creditors of the Company, an 1 their representatives. V. That the capital stock ofsaiil Company shall he one hundred th >u*iiml dollars, and no deht sha'l he contrnctcd hy said Company until twenty-live thousand dollars is paid in, no part of which .shall he withdrawn, or in any manner diverted tVma the business of the Company, and shall not contract debts at any time to an amount exceeding the amount of capital stock actually paid in. VI. That this Actshallhe doomed a public Act and continue of force for twenty-one years. A It kmc ?The Pendleton Messenger says: "Wc have lately exhumed in a eel l.ii* of our village, the old wood -n press that the .Mossenjxer was first issued upon. It was the identical press that Gen. Greene printed the despatches of the army with. It is made mostly of mahoirany. To compare it with tjie pressi s of the present d.iy, it is indeed a curio", ty.'.' And upon ?hia the Yorkvillo Enquirer remarks: Our ''friend and pitcher," .John H. Glist, fclic veteran of the York nress. _ ? I and now employed, leisurely, in the Enquirer oifiee, becune enthusiastic on reading of tlie old press, and discoursed thereupon, eloquently. He "served his time" in the Messenger office; worked it out on (irecpc's old mahogany machine; remembers every joint ot' its worn-out timbers; and in their mutual old age, sends greeting to the old veteran. Iii the day of his apprenticeship, when the Messenger was the only paper in the Stiite outside of Chyi4estoii mid Columbia, John Miller wan his "boss," the editor and proprietor of this 10 by 12 pioneer.? And John Miller was, in earlier days, a journeyman in the olliee of Woodfall, in Loudon, and set in type most of the letters of Junius. Thus the authorship of Junius was mado known to him ; but he. was fnithful to the trust and the secret died with its possessor. So it was said, long ?{To in the Messenger oftioo, and " tho old iu?n" tclln it yet. Wiikn two inon dispute, you niny he sure thnt there is a fool upon one pi do or tho other; nnd tho man who interferes be twcon the two is gcnorally n greater fool than cither. There is scarcely a man who docs not inveigh agaiunt the scandal of women, but they ail of thorn liitcu to it. " * . 4 f . From tlio Moivurv. The Blue Ridge Railroad Eatci prise. aiiioiij; the several ini]>??it.mt mntter.s 1 for which the members of tin; Legislature that luis just held its first session, must answer to the people of the State, not the least jiravo is the failure to remove the ctiliil 11 it in fiiriiu-rl v iiniwivixl ?n tli.> tec offered by tin' State <>n 81,0110,000, to the 151ue llid^c Uailroid ('oiupany. I?y the '.muse they have pursued, after tin expenditure of some two millions of money, her own and others, the work of eon>trimtlon is stopped. ' No man havinjx ]>ut his hand to the plough and looking hack, is lit for the kingdom of God.' And in the domain of wordly entt rprise, whether private or public, vacillation and delay arc equally fatal to prosperity and success. The great project of connecting South Oarolina and her .seaport city with the rich and inexhaustible .regions beyond the i likttll nt.-i in li:irt ii.i ? wliii 1? .. ..- IV..... | ; v I " " " tho West, lias boon variously canvassed for twenty odd yours. It curly met the ; proval of the ?rc!it minds of tlie State.? Our peopje looked upon it :us an object of attxi us desire. 1 u lX)(i, when the eclebratod Knoxvillo Convention met, Si nth Carolina was ready to incur a responsibility of Slli.OOO,000 for the constitution of this great highway. The financial disas tcrsof1Ki>7 prevented the undertnkiuir.? I'hesubsequent unwillingness of ticotvi." to grant a charter prohibited a renewal of tho scheme. But, in 18.~>2, by much cxj ertion, charters were obtained from the | Legislatures of North Carolina and (?eorI gia, under which the Blue Hidge Railroad enterprise was inaugurated. The opportunity was hailed by this State and aid given to a large extent. In lieu of a subseription of 81,OOU,UUO to the stock of the company, and endorsemc ats for 81,0UO,UU0 more secured by a common mortgage with other bondholders, as tirst proposed, South m i: . .... i . i .11 i . V/iin>r iiiirrcu u> ciuiorse II1C lionUS ol 1 111' conip.niy to tlie extent of ? l.2.)D,000, on a (hut mortgage of tlie road. In 1*51, tind in?j tlie aid granted vmnvsiilwble tins State agreed lo subscribe for $ 1,1)00,000 of the stock of the company, and to guarantee, on certain terms and conditions, its bond* to the amount of $1,000,000 more. The principal condition was, the production of proof to the < iovcrnor of such subscriptions | or aid granted elsewhere, as would give i reasonable nsMirance of the completion of i il. . I 1 i* ... 1 I * iik: niiiu. :\ iavorau;e coiitiiici was iiiiicio with lhmgs & Co., to construct a mail, receiving in payment of one halt' of the work, .stock and bonds, instead of cash. This ] would have ensured the completion of the I road on the terms stipulated hy the State for theobtaiouicnt ot her guarantee; hut Batiks & Co., failed. ()tlier contractors have nut boon found to perform the work on the same terms of credit. Cash became necessary. The company rpplied to the State to remove the condition on which the guarantee was provided. 'I hoy otler every reasonable assurance that, having exhausted this, they will lie;tbh\ from other resources, to finish tlio work. The Legislature has refused to remove tl c condition. '1 he company arc brought to a standstill, not knowing how to atvomj lish the enterprise, or whence to obtain the funds. Wts learn that the President and directors have issued orders tost the work as soon as the thirty days' notice required by their eontract has expired ; that the settlements of ! U'orW in rln^ iiu>iinttiiitu -ii'i. ( . ln-j.-ii- ?'? ! ~ "7 ?" .'-V...X and t'.iut tlie principal p u t of the workmen, and tho^e most accomplished, will shortly leave us by sea fur lira/.il, never again to be re-assembled within our borders. Such being the facts of 'lit1 past hi.*tory o #1 i f ii ?ii pf fills: cr?v*?t npiij'V't the oauses of the Legislature's refusal art Worthy of thorough invc.-tination. Iti. obvious that body must havs been inlluoneed by one of three opinions; Kitlier the road could and would lie built without fur titer aid from tlio State; or, by granting tho endorsement ns propositi, tho State would assume a burden t.f taxation greater than hor people can bear; or tho enterprise i itself is 0110 of little value, not worthy the venture required. Let us examine these opinions and weigh their force. Now, what reason is there tor supposing that the enterprise ean proceed without the aid sought ? Whence is it to come ? "A" ill it be received front private, subscription ? | aid from Charleston, or other neighboring I States that may he interested ? i.> it reaj sonahlc to expect that, in a gigantic underI taking of this sort, entirely beyond individ* 1 it-il control, recjuiriug tho investment of ! great sums ami paticaoc in waiting lor rci turns, the cautiouscapitalist should embark [ his fortunes '! Wo have few capitalists, and the enterprises which attract them are those beyond the contingcOcy of uncertain completion, managablc by themselves, and prompt in yielding profits. The experience rendered elsewhere, is not disproven here. And, however grand, patriotic, and ultimately beneficial In the Shite. this is not. of tlie kind, in its inception or present stage, io attract private capital. Nor can Charleston be looked to tor further aid. She is already heavily laden with a burden of debt assumed in this and similar enterprises. A small city, she lias not the resources, however public-spirited her people.? And any attempt to shoulder this project Would only impair her credit, and drive off Kap i tilmlki t i nit* witluuif a ?-* A ?"? V..V. W..VI sought. To expect nsnititnnco of Georgia, who reluctantly granted the chnvtcr, ever ttincu rogrcttcd, aud whuao roada the rival J-Jluo ilidgc project cannot benefit, would be floating in tbc regions of romance.? Noil 11 Carolina, too, ;it a cost of SU.OOO,0U0, is building a road by Asheville to compete for the same tratio weseek. North < Carolina and Tennessee, however, arc ready to do a considerable portion, if njt tin/ whole, of the work within their borders. I Fifty-eight per cent of the total cost occurs ' in South Carolina :ind Georgia. The un- j dertaking will accrue principally to our j benefit, and it is vain to expect anything ! further from cither of these quarters.? . There is no other source from whence we I- 1- I1 .. '? I -I IllilV I < IOK nil II. I IK' < | II l'Sl IOI1 I lien colli' ' buck to u*, Whether to abandon the cuterprise totally, with all the money invested liy the State, by her seaport city, and by her public-spirited citizens as stockholders, or to guars iif e the bonds of the company without proof that funds arc previously pn vided for it> completion, 1 mt with a reasonable certainty that they can b?' obtained subsequently. I> 111 it may be thought that the State j w< uld assume :i burden of taxation greater | than her people can bear. The force of j this (il.jcuti.iii will be justly estimated wlicn i the proposition of the company is under- ' I stood. It i> proposed tl ?t, after psiyinix off ; oth'T im.umbianees. the profits of the liank | 1 of the State should he employed in meeting I ! the principal of the debt incurred, and that 1 the interest only on the amount be paid tin , nually hv a trifiinat increase of ' ;xeK. This increase would he so insi t that ! noon? in the Sntc would f i it in the j least uegree. I lie raw licail and bloody hones of increased taxation, so terrible to ! scrupulous U'lpresout itivos, arc therefore ! ! laid entirely :>t rest with all of those pco- I i pic who can comprehend the proposition. ' The Hi.vk llincK K.\ii.i<om> Entewpkise.? The refusal of the last Legislature to remove J the condition on the guarantee formerly gran- ! ted hv the State to the Blue Hidgo Railroad Company, may have been influenced hy the idea that the enterprise is one oflittle value. ' It may he thought that the road should never ! have Keen begun : that as money lias been | already punk, it is well now to make an end . I of losses incurred without consideration. e> 1 i tlier 11: esent or iirosncrtive. This view lends ! i inevitably to the conclusion that tlie Stale > j ha*. f?>r a numl or of years, been guilty of the 1 m >st egregious and reprehensible folly; for j she has not only thrown away Iter own inon- i i ov, hut has indued! the people of her princi- j ' pal city and many public-spirited individuj a Ik to wreck their means with her. In 185'2 I and IS.', I. by legislative action, shecontrihu tc< 1 aid to tlie project. In 1 X">lj and 1857,after the failure of Mangsand t_'o. was know n, and : it became certain that this great public e iter! prise must loan on her for assistance or fail. I (die s!< od by an approving party to the ex' penditure. year alter year, of all the means j in possesion of tlie company. And to take I the position now that the road is \alueless. I and should, on that account, be stopped, is ; simply to chargo the Slate with wauioa slul' till < ! t i i ii i _ if mif in. i?*:i 1 iun ic i the conclusion ' which this kiln! of argument ; iiiovilalily lends. \\ ill the peopleof theStulo siMa n such a \iewofhn cootie? \Vill they 11 t, on the contrary. l ee I ashamed (if theap' l<eara? (? of eensurahle ine n<isteney and ir- I resolution wliiidishc has exhibited before the J I world within 11 c last low weeks/ Hut it is eass to show that she h s not ontiM'taiiied a visionary project, n.ir foolishly , i etnl>arki!d her means in a scheme of ill-oilleulntinjj enthusiasm. There are, doubt le-s. some who arc unable t'> appreciate the magnitude and importance ofeonneetin^ Sooth t 'ai-"lina with t he various i|uarlers of the greu' ; West by an inilepemh.'iit route through the m iiintaius and a net-work ofrai road-beyond | Tliefe are snnie who Would measure the beu.11.: i r.. .... i.: > i* 111 > in nr Mi-iiwti mini uir ?;rr:u i'iij torpr'-c 11y the lit lc pocket rule at immediate <ii\iik'iiiN. Wu im.k upon it us a j?r??joct ' on a grainier .?csih\ ami destined to confer nieisnre!e*s I iMu-'i's?social, political aiul commercial?upon lln; people of Ilie* Slate.? As she sunais now, asiuc iV?.in iho iiiiIn-i|>ai highways I.et\V"i*n (!" Wo-^t and the Allantic scahoard, Sti'iih Carolina is destined to dwindle into pivj^i csm ve iuMgnitienncP.? There i-< ti" reason wliv this should I?<_ so.? The Blue llidj^e It >ad, as located, eanslitfttes the shot test ?;i. at trunk lino between a splendid portion ?>1" thp West and a considerable 1 portion of tin* S uthorn seaboard Atlantic .StiiU.-s. No calculation can estimate the in eroaso of wealth and p >| uhition in these Western S'nle>. It has herettI'ue defied emv Ijecturo. nmlw.il <l? no again. Until within a few years, great regions of splendid soil I liavo been laioMoekod anil s-parM'ly populu] ted lor tho want of roads. Those are now rapidly tilling up and improving. Tliey will r.'fj hi re largely inereas'ing supplies of every ' variety of inoreliatnli.se. and vmII pour into I tlie lap* of our people tlie riih prod nets of 1 their teeming country. Wi111 (lie growing 1 markets of the West open to tlio enterprise | of our citizens, and the shortest route to tlie Atlantic open at all seasons of tlio year, and i 'f light grades, we need not despair of building up u foreign import trade. An export ; trade of the heavy nroduets of the West, wo I ill c.tdv enjoy 1" some extent, through tiie | Georgia ronil. This is likely to he increased | and expanded beyond measure in the future. In all the benefits of both these trades, the people of the State, throughout its lit its, will participate, and by social intercourse and political importance'bus derived, will bo amply remunerated for their investment. To wnteh and wait now at this critical period, is to cut olf hope forover. These convictions will impress unprejudiced minds. Tiiey are view* entertained by most of those here whose iudement has been oraotienlW tooted in rop.Ii j onlcrp: iscs, i\nd wbn have studied the suljcot in ti utli find sol ernes*. The practical question now nrko*, what course shall be pursued by tlie President and Directors, under the circumstance? in whiuh they are placed? We trust tliey will not give way to feelings of disappointment and chagrin. They m iy entertain the idea of calling upon the Stuto to represent her stock by proxy and winding uj> the hnsiness in ! UJJ)UiU&3 UlXlllUJUUlOUl. OOQ^'.UU Io?l of innn;* of tin' most puhlie-spiritcd woll us intulliuoiit xeutlomen in our emu* iiiiiiii. Y. wc trust tin y will not suffer themselves to he overcuie by such consiilcrutionp. Indued hv mothes of tlic public good. we have o nfidenoe to believe tlioy will hrnco themselves for loncwo i efforts in accomplishi 11 ^ this imtjiniliccnt enterprise. Wo trift tin appeal will he made lo tin-people of tint State for the purpose of satisfying :?n? 1 rcii. \ i11 tr the hesitation ami doubts of representatives. We trust theropieseutiitives who h-i'. * felt scruples, ill consequence oftho fuipMnsi'<l iiniiorniiiKiii of their c>ii*titucueie&. will cv. it themselves to Anli^l.tcn their pcoj pie. \Yc cull upon our eotemporarics throughout the State, t i Kpuak out boldly and earnestly. With H-iiicc an exception, the J'rcss in fuvor <?!'tin? work, and it becomes tb j to il.form titul instinct. Shall South C'uroli| nn. standing u!.n f in isolated and complacent I !'".;visni. re tiro fn.iu tlto field of competition I 'i?r the trade and connections of tlio great : W o-1 while other Stale, loss capable, aro [ putting forth all I heir energies? Shall she, lor the want ol timely exertion, mm nv a stationary. hesitating; and unstable policy, }jivo up tin* strnjrle ami its rich promise. and hce uiio insignificant in influence while receding comparatively in all else? I* ti 11 willingi oss to meet ilio annual interest of the doht by a i>itil\i 1 inweave (if taxes t i* a lew years a reason in .satisfy any rational man? Wo answer, N'nt Letter from Col. Orr. Wo take great pleasure, says tlio South < '-rolinian, in publishing the following lot, tor from Col. Oir. lie h;.s explained his language in clear and unmistakable terms. Wo do not believe that any one, even the iniiwt. Civil,1i.m< i- in iusllv ooiuiilain of the sentiment therein expressed: W.nkiiimi ion, l'ic 10. 1858. Dear Sir : Your letter of the "J'.'tli u!t. ha* been received, and 1 take pleasure iu responding to your inquiry whether tho speech made by nic on a recent occasion here, when I was serenaded by the citizens of Washington, was correctly reported.? The speech was extemporaneous?it was delivered in the midst of a snow storm, and v.; - n< t fully reported. The reporter, whom 1 have since seen, does not claim it to be a full report. The first l 'mwlcdgo f had that it was reported was t follow in?r niornintr, when I road it in (In? Washington I'nion. The last sentence, to which you specially call my attention, docs not represent truly what I said on that occasion. My concluding remark was this: ' In conclusion, gentlemen, with the constitution j maintained, and administered upon its true principles, wo can all proclaim, in the lan' iMiajre <>i' the great Webster: "Liberty | and I'nion, now and forever, one and inI separable." This is wliat 1 did say, and ? i have no explanation or apology to make for | the sentiment. 1 have learned from other sonn e- that it was used by persons opposed to me politically, its evidcuoe of :i Want of dcu.tion to .~>iau\s n ignis, and i avail niysoir, mcrcj fore, of this occasion to a Hir in that 1 hawi ujion ni? occasion, in speeches, letters, or private conversation, ever expressed anv opinion or sentiment in opposition to the strictest reading of the States' Mights doctrines taught by M: dison and Jefferson? the fathers of that faith?and I challenge my opponents to name a single instance to the contrary. \\ ill you do me the favor to publish this | note in the Carolinian? 1 am, very truly, 1 yours, <.Vt\ James L. Oku. J. P. 111.r.i), Esq. Ai:?i:st*.?Fviir stray hirds. hadly in need | ut* e-nginji, I in vp been put to roost in our iail I during tiic past woo!;?a Ki'iilurkiitn. a Toni nesseean, and two Hmtli tV<rolinihn*. Tho I former wpro committed for nn aswiult 11jtoit a < negro wagoner. mude, it appeared. from no in .livo 1 mit tliiit sneki'?I in w irli mean willsj ky. They havo since given bail for tlicir nr>| pearaiice at Court to answer. Tlieolhor (? ? | were ocaping from Chester, S. C, where I tlipy stand ehargod witli murder. Tliov reached this vdacu oiu.' day last week, hilt a ! hand hill, giving ndoseiiption ofiltem, had ' arrived tin: dav before, and fallen into tho i hands of Mr. I). I.. Triplet!, who knew them ! oil si'jrht r.nd at once s uiglit the assistance of Sheriff Young, The latter soon put his elnteheson them, and they are now hoarding i with Jailor Martin, awaiting dispatches from ' Chester.? Asfiriflv [ A. V.) .Vcw, 3\><l inst. Tim Missot ni liKnisr..\'n RR.-St. Louis, IK- :. 'J\t?'l i.t: Legislature of Missouri I organized yesterday. 'I In- (Inventor's t'nes! satro shows t!tilt the roeeipts for two yours I in t!ic treasury sue larger than the expendi! turea. lie recommends additional State aid for the completion of the 1'noiiic Railroad to Kansas city, llesnys he has re coiviti nim-smvcrv coniniunicntions twin ihi: legislatures ul Maine, New Hampshire iiikI Massachusetts, but bits not answered tItem, not will lie submit them to his legisj hitui*c unless *pecif.oi?lly ailed upon to do J 80' | PitftADFUfi Accmikm'?Wo learn from ! private Seoul e that on Christn a? morning , some children of Mr. Jolin lUireh in d Mr. John lluntly,?t the residence of Mr. liuroli I I1- I .n, juimiiv v m^iiiui, wore nmusinp' tliewj koI v</8 by pouring small f|uantiticb of powder from a bottle ana not': ij. fire to it., when tlio puwdor in the bottle 100k lire and exploded the bottlo, injuring three of the children in :i dreadful manner. One, a boy about tbir-. , teen years old, bad one eye torn out and bis fuec badly mangled, and is thought to bo in a d:in^?oU8 condition.-/'r. J he Jkrah'. Ca?. .. 1- V - 'II ' uw.nr, mules win lorpivo Kilitnc5??hub none ill-numm rs. And there nre but few cupublo of judging of your learning or genius ; but all of your behavior.