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jg. . mmmmmmmmm ?ll I I M i ', i iU I ? _ 1 ' 1 " ' lllitl II n - ' ' *' "To THINK OWN S^Li' 1?F. tltCE, /1NI) fT Ml'ST I-OJ.T,OW, AS fflE NJ'iflT TilK I>AV, THOU CAN ST NOT THFN V.F, FALSF. TO ANY MAN." JBY ROB'T. A. THOMPSON. PICKENS COURT MOUSE, S. C. SATURDAY, JANUARY 15, 1859. VOL. X *6. MiflHI SSLEOTE? POEVRVi The Distant Land. Where dost thou lie. 0 Lnnd of Pence ! Across wh?f foaming ocenh's swell? My henrt, with sijr'jf'thht neifr cense, Yonrns in thy pHi*ces to (itrdl; Jlut yet, O fair and distant laird, 1 cannot see thy shining etrnnd. Sometimes when morning's iris1?ght Is flaming in the eastern #fcy 1 sny, benenth that rose nnd vi ?.i - i ?i -* - 1 i.nv> wiffi?vu mum nnifji f\UTi,V a But morning'* l>row by noofi is fatf.teo, And thou art still the distant' faftd. And Oft when sunset's burnln itd gftfrl Falls warm upon the wsitei's breasl, I j.iV, beyond the glorious fold Must gleam the islands of ther blest IJlut stars steal out. a silent, bill*!,And thou art still the distant lain!. And then I dream?a bllssfnl dfem'tf Tli.it 1 have gained thy tranquil foytrers, And lo! llfo's sorrows only scoin Wind that ? moment bonds ifs fifo"frerJv? i wako, I clasp no angel hand. And thou art still the di.->fa?rf laMl. I wntoli. I long. I filial for thro I Cun'st ihou not open wid? tho do?T', "Jlint I niny enter in and lVo Part of thy peucc forevermove. ? O send thnt sleep ?<v swoot so nrtifi<f, And thou sI>iiI he no-distnnt Ini*i-1 ! roil TilK KEOWEE COb'ltlKR. Mr. Editor?Dour Sir: W'ith till due W jiuufc tor uiu igsinigii 01 uiose wiio eonsuimc'i fills august body, our last Legislature, wc Would ask what !mvc tbcy do;*-. lltfre fboy pfrved the State. and her citizens i>s public pervants should liavo done? Ifave tbcy watch' M orer, and guarded tbc interests oi' tbc State, as bev true, loyal, and chivalrous pons should bnvo dono? To all theso questions We answer most emphatically, and without Sear of contradiction, that they baTQ not.? 3*ho rights and interests of the State, which {hoy bfcv-o forever discrnced bv tboir insane ! Legislation, was w huffy ami totally disregarded by them, or at least by a majority of fhom. It is true, tbey have tilled South Carolina's vacant soat in the United States Senate'with awisC, cnorgotic and patriotic States A?'in, ono who no doivbtf will honor bbfc State, ami win for him><clf bright laurels of fame. The same niny bcsuiifof thc Oyvoriwr, whom they elected, lie rt ft raaii'otf good batents, and will wo have no doubt libnOv the'State, and the high position to which' tofi' btih btstm promoted to. JUit bow aimld they htfro'dono otherwise than elciit wisft and honorable men flo these distinguished positions? Tnerewcrl' ho other kind of aspirant*. H Phero h.i*l boon rtn ignoramu* aspifrnni dither of those'distinguished mid hounrirb)c,t>Q8itipii8. ho vr.>u' ' all probability have been t?uev<*8sfnl. There was only one bill, we beli'tita, presented to this wisdom-burdened legislature, Whlul* was of vital to each and every portion of tho St?to; (Mid that was tho bill asking fur tho appropriation of oho million of d >l.afr" Do aid tuo Illtvo ltiftl^e Kuilr;>?d. Now, there isrtot a?sfngle >m<uv jn the State, jms.set-seu 01 common nense, ?i\iT iv itmnl iiuliiased by prejudico. but will acR-nowledgfi that tho curly completion of fehia p ent, ami grand enterprise is of the mfcst Vii;W importiinco to the inteiost and prosperity of every iiaft ami ftieirict! in tho State of Sflkitb ('arofinu. After repeated unsuccessful otfbrt*, and indefatigable working by Messrs'. PV.nnv and'M'kmmi.vokh, men who are ulvfuvs to be found At their nmt nesiil ou-dv Wotfkiug for the interest ami Welfare ot their country, after repented etforts made by the.-or timrsbns of Souili Carolina'?bill was finally lost, nngfe?riou*ly it is true, but in veirlhcleSH ih was t!ie decision of tho Legislature, and by thai decision wo mum hwiio. Tim linVuMi i impropriation for tlii? gi'oat tfntcr^riso wu* tliUh defeated, and that toothy men vMio were !looted'nml sent to Columbia to gnard and watuh over tlib intercut of t|ie State'.- Tho*e muiio men .saw lit, in their wisdom, to'Note a ftittii}1 appropriation to enable tlio work t? lie continued on the now State House.- Tii our own opinion, that money {or tV similar amount) ought to he expended on a certain liouso wo apoko of in- Columbia- -enlarging i**,-Ae., A-e.,for tlieirOwn Kpoeial benefit. With three ohcerx and a Ioujl lite for those who vo ted for the Huilmul and a " Wlioop" for tho ultimate completion ol tlx: llluo Uidgo liailroad, and n sincere hope I lint wo may never again. in alf time to com<J, navo anotli?r such n Legislature, ha tho tmo for 18.58 *A8. Wo roulAiii your*, The Coomes in Cubaa-A Virginia' jjrthi1cin?n ot'iatoNijroncc, who recently vi-otod fhiba, gives 11 sad picture of ?bo toil* and Buffering* to which tho Coolie ttlavofi aro'tub-joOToa. Tljoy have nothing like Uilf capacity of tho nogro for labor and onrluranCCl and vet the wiine ta^kn arc imposed upon' them. "When not engaged in the nolt!, they hertl ind'aerlminatolyr*? mon, wron;e'n iintl'wiMrMyj h?8K, Kith no acmblnnco ol' family tio <>* obllgptipim. Suiuidu id common among tl\0M' tiomctimoa ton oradovson hanging themselves ntutimo. No provision is oifiidb for thoir taffarn to their nntlv'o land, from which fhoy liftvo bosh begnilod, nnd thoir niaatora having no interest in thorn, except to got the groetw?t nmount i.f work potoublo out of thein d?r lug tlieir period of apprenticeship, heap upon thorn mi nmount of i?*b?r that noon brenk* them :<i6?r(i. and often oarrics them-, to the I* giavo.?1Suiee. n J As old negro slumbering, s\ itlt his fat jofnUh^ to ft Hro; opens ouo IjH ftjid goto. I u cHlnmo.of them) npthoy-stand- ip in the obscutity: mistakes them for two Imllf i|o.rroi.\?, ami Qf'rbs, "(lifTum 'fore mo," ai?d *, velapst'ii into a ?lcej>. 'Afterft while, onidftp s thd other ejrq, and i? alarmed to bCc Inein ftdv(Vpe(J tipon him, And exohtfmB, "Wha! .1 ^ ^ 1 * * c J'..J.' From the Charleston Mcrenry. I the Bluo Railroad finterpriRe- t Wo have spoken yf the great importance f of opening tins highway-to tho' West. We t have argued that the road cnnfiOf b'G hftilt f unless by the aid of South Cardiff*.- t\\> f have shown that, by granting the aid asked, f the Htate will not assume a heavy burden of I taxation for her people. But 't :..u nrgo'1 < that, this uranfea. after haVirur exhanstoil 1 the mean* hi their posses.<iofi, the compofiy f will sfill fail of accomplishing the. ontor- < prise, and only occupy a position to return ' again and attain to the Htntc (of further, in- 1 definite and ifttOfmifwMo aid ^ears (& i comtf. Iict fts prot)6' th?* matter to the I bottom, and satisfy ourselves folly. I The first thing to determine is th6 total i coat of the road completed. This detenuiu- i eel, ami it being ascertained what portion ltri* freon raised (whether afrca^y cx?feude<f i of'in hartd), it would be possible to know i preeiselyjiow much more will bo required, and to consider intelligently where it can ] be obtained?how much tlio State must < provide, and how she will he able to do it. I i lie csitmnrcw c;?n r?t tl>e J>l*? Ktdgc : Hail toad, con.?tv<ut6a from Charleston to i Knoxvillo, is 87,000,000. Thin is the cs- I tiniate of tho Company's Chief Kngineer, < Col. Walter (JwiiYn, of Virginia. It is ba- < scd upon very careful and detailed tables i of the cost and construction of the road i made f>y Cel. (Swiifn.- ^Cliis gentleman i-t a graduate of West l'ufnt, and was appoint ed to the I'nitcd States Corns of KniAVers. ; Tu tlint service. lio wan actively engaged 011 i surveys for the great internal improvements of the coftntry. After retiring from this corps, tlic first m the urmv, he hs's been employed on the principle WotfJis in the 1 ' HotftUern country. With high scientific accomplfshmOitsniY^rt lnvj^c experience, he i.i now in the matAtity oi hishifelfobll.- T-'hc i judgment of st?ch a man, based upon fact!* 0'?ri-?f?illv* vViirt^f Ma /ui'ii c^Wp\v1. i eion, aui> With ninple timo allowed* for cor- i rection, is surely worthy of confidence.? i Nor i* it only a mutter of conjectural1 cstiniufc a"*4 calculation. In the work pcrfbfmcd a< ai? cxpeudit'tfro of tv>0' millions of doHart anil embracing the principal difficult i tics, there is positive and experimental data affording little ?oom for error of judgment or miscalculation i'n tfhe cost of SWu nloflng the wbrlp.* Arid mitt' repVrtafiMfr aiVa judgment of (Jul. Gvrynn is not alone invoked. His estimate is only confirmatory , of that made by >W'. Benjamin II. Latrobe, ?lnr ffistirvgivi?ht;(l KngUWW nn*H Chief of the Baltimore' arid! Ohio* Railroad?a perttleman of the highest reputation, and of experience obtained on a road built with tlitt highest grades and sonic six or eight tmuiftls tfhrough (lie hardest rock. 1 hc?c (IiHfc:n?j;tiiVme<4* engineers differ little in theip calculations from {fliC csfimntc made by Mr.Cleorge li.- LytlligW, \Vho is neither unknown m>r iHirtj^cetfc^.- Such is the basis of character and' fttrfcNsitonnl ability on \yhich this estimate. 1 iJ appetna siVfHcient to satisfy the most sceptical wbo may yet , i . t . :..i- . "\u :ti 11 c u<M>])Cii iu uuiiviuiiuii. nu win. mcruiuru, , rflMwd it a* settled1 that the total cast of the road* -.VWl not exceed Z7, $?8,600.- , The next subject for ifujuiry is, I'tbw ' mirtjl*- of this estimated amount has alreu- j dy betiW rinsed (whether already oxpended ur still remaining in- hand), and how much . more will ho required'.- Wd'understand the . lty?gident and difcet^rs of the Blue lt'.d<ro (tailV&tid'tVmyany So rtwte that 88,5f>(>,7U0 hYive >ilrends> iVetv nnsedl 'VluV int'ludes , the subscription of tflie'ciwof* ?lihrlesfcn, subscription of the Stuteot South Carolina, . .subscription in-Tennessee, subscription of ! >uiiUti;('oh: 3&y?u;KS> rttfescripiion ?k Occr>!*???, i?tosi!vi|,^'ion in Nortlv Carolina, Tenn- ; osSco Suite aid ?*r irufi, Tennessee State . aid for brpljfl;?, (Thtti'H?lbn private subscription, udriltiounl subscriptioiufin South Car*olinn, ami stoek received by contractors for i hi.:,. .. r.C UVI?V .v II 1>~ Ittm iJ H UUMU'UIII J VJI ( S :?,f>44,ii00?cn)f i# $f,000,000?tl.c a- , mount that will be rc(,|uiiW. Where, then, anil how is it to be obtained ? The ti&itpany propose now to the J<*g- , islature to remove the condition on which , a gutawintecwas' prtwted for 81,000,000 of the company's bonds. Tins expended, there will Atill bca deficiency of 88,000,000. , Thn company propose hereafter to HiduCe ( the State to titKc $1,000,000 nioro of its , Btook, if noed be- A deficiency of $ 2,000,000 to bo supplied, will still exist. ]fc is not doubted that this nmount enn bo borrowed on firat inorigagc bonds of tbo oom- i pnny, now in* their bantfb'nnd undisposed ! of. Before this $2,000,000 itr needed the j grading will bo finished, liie mn^mry com- < ph-tod, and bvidgos, drains bnd culverts i niiilt. Tho county hiwjdst emerged un- t istiatbcd froin a jjront finnrteiftl crisis. We J arc uow oii the flood tide of an increasing j prosperity. Tho world is at peactf, oriu i before it OVcry fRW^jkctit and in<Jucomeut to I c<?nti?HH>pcacti. Oof tun, growing more and more in demand all the world ovor, in i selling at priced to remunerate and enrich | our people beyond oxamjde-J-for' iViS not' < based on a speculative mania, but ton the : fiolld^fotfndntiori of a healthy demand and supply;- ]Vfonfiyi?'caty;HlvthifrootH?try and in Kwropo: Jd 8ucl? a MMo of tHiujjp, it would Do ?th?nto, indocd'if, after tho' cx,petidftttl-e of art' amount' crti this groatf ofltfyprisc, uud1 getting iV in s? faVornblc.a condition of advuiicopicpi td t'omplctiou, juoficy.coMld' ilfet to bdrri)wtvd .oii' ittf iq^KAgp bonus. vfhQ tms)g f b:. aqomnioiw, ftnd \? a stipp^Uiou wbofty i unroHSonablo. " ,1 t But suppose, by possibility, tbo chdofrc- >( ' J*. - WM J J. 'L?. I1 L. ' " ."1. L1 1J.I nent of the Slate should bccofhO o'c'ccflxary o cfTcct a negotiation with fhrtCbonds, arid the should finally ho called rifirVu fo give hat elidfottfemtfnt. This ttill be (ho Worst bat cftrt occur, under extraordinary ciroftm>({iVf?cS. The road would then be finished, ts a fifftt cfn?w fond, ready to yield profits 'or interest or dividends. The State would w?Citt)V l.lin ' f "f Vioiiirr afnM;lw>T/fAr Lothe amountof82,u00,000. Thismnouut die would have ventured in common with jther stockholders in the enterprise, and ivould have to pay in instalments. She would farther tic endorse* on $3,000,000 sf the Company's bonds, having A3 seefftify therefor a Grtllhn on the road, worth 87,1)00,000, exclusive of the lien of Tennessee to the amount of S0-10,000 on the portion iir that State* Admitting the great value of the road, wnffld Shift n T,:id rvK. ?!?Jort t(>f her to oeenpy ? She alone of all tlic sfocklioWors and bondholders would have the pr'oferance in the ownership of the property. Every dollar subscribed by IHiarlefiton and by citizens of South Carolina, (Jeorqia, North Carolina and Tonnes<eCj and by the contractors who roceived if in I * l.~ !.?-? ?v | "tj ? \. 11 o / Ui IVUVLIVj llUliit UU liupv IoskIy lost before the property of the State can tie affected. We have already discussal the great value of the enterprise, and the argument in its favor is thus complete, if the State can safely raiffG the means. lkif i8 is lYrgtti thai the Hfafc has already as much debt as she cart safely shoulder. She has on hand the building of a new State-hotfee al a cost of 83,000,000?n piece of downright exflttwacancc* If to uiis dc aaaeit tfz,uuu,uuu 01 subscription to the Bine KidgC Rail Koad, and tho c?rlorseinvrtfcf-~probiibly of S1,000,QU(), bnt possibly of ?3,000,000 will hIic not bhrre incur obligation? to cripple h$V finances nrtrf oppress her people with taxation fov years to conic ? We answer 110. The Stiif^eim undertake fcoth ihc?^ projects and carry incm tnrougn saieiy without cniuarrassment ot1 any material incrcnso of taxes. By an insignificant increase of tlm taxes, Che hifcrcst on the stock will he provided for; unrf if tint' payniont of hef bonds are distributed during a period of say thirty years, tho surplus profits of the Bank of the State are amply sufficient to meet the installments of principal at the rate of 8:iy $200,000 a year. The S^ite-honse and lllnc> Hid?n? KailVonS rrofetil not interfere, nnrl can both be built. In taking this part in the enterprise, South Carolina would not embark, to an unusual extent, her means, Such enterprises on the part of Sfat'e arc neither rare nor strange. As the General Government has no right, it is the business of the States, according to our views, to undertake interna) improvements. North Carolina has contributed 8'5,000,000 for tho Central Railroad to Salisbury, and contributes to the extension of that road to Murphy.? Georgia, out of her treasury, has buiU tho road* from Atlanta fo Chattanooga, at a cost of $ 5,000,000. Virginia has expended 83,000",000 on She Virginia Central 1? 1 1 il.. 1>1 1 ! (tuiimnu n crura uii; aiiuu inngu, aim i? uiiQcvtaking as a puplic work, flic^ Covington and'Ohib Railroad, ostnnHWrf Co dost 812,000,000. South Carolina, therefore, s nut called upon to do what other Stafcs ire unwilling to do. It has pi ready bdfcty shown that she is amply competent. She is one of the wealthiest States in tho Union. IIcr financial condition and resources will vvifli tM>i?r1i. >?? ? IMIIUIJ " V.W..VI VWIVt bors. ShalYshc rio\V sink uflitCTft invested, iind turn her back on this grand projcet, promising such mighty advantages within uci jjuWct lo iC>iiuX i Shn!! sue not th'O" remove'the' iottdWon imposed upon the guarantee already granted, tfith the prospect of being'called upon to take Sfbck to the'amount of another million, and with the possibility of having to endorse the wellar?r*iii*r><1 li/nulu At * n nAtnnflhv tii t.lio r?V tout of$2,000,000 more? We ar.iv it becomeH her to make tilt; VonfiNre:- W tfee no where Jlxc an ontblf>riflo on fo great h ncnle or promising the same boncfieinl results. Wc, therefore,-trnst that,- having maturely considered tlie siilljcct', ttid'mijtnu ..c ?i,? r :,.i ?,!U ?w? m;in ui tin* jiu^ioicuuiu win IUIUIH juvpiticd', afc tlicir next session, to grant what is nskod' fefifho continmmcc of this nurgitificont worli. ^ Blue Ridge Railroad. Wo intend to present our render* t, 'Ui a lynopsis of the speeches delivered duringtho Session of tho begitflaturo, Upon this sub loot, it irono ot aoop interest, ana wo :lcsiro!H? a public duty to give tho community the benefit of whatever li^ht has been <hed upon it, by tho recent dtecrtfesion.-** Now that "public opinion is appealed to, Jet ill tho facta and argument* properly bearng upon tho iriattfety be brought fairly boibro it. - Meantime we express our eoncurroncc n the vicWM expressed in the closing para-'iraph of an article eup'qd by u? laifcTlmftj. Jay, from the Chawlc.jton Evening /Vents, IU l/kl)i\?0(l 9 - 1 / iuiivno ? Uut the pressing rpicfltioft-fo, what shiill tho Director* db<?- fil reply, fro onrf >o1y advance our opinion. The TvCgtnht:uro lirts not directed a ditfeontinuanoo of the work, nor that tho part of the fulida not vet expcnded'?Hiiirii6t/bo futttief i.icd! It hafndniply Vcfu oil to. cnlarfc# tho iid: I'ndrtr thcRc'circninstuhcM, frc .^aaa/iiIIi* ( >?.V/?Allf tlio't tllA fll'iwld nil.1 *|#Ut l?i Uiijf wiuv vi|v idiiuo (inn viw(* Wno\r iV)iWHd,.*hSrtt bfi forthwith Applied A) ttto (<rtnipk'Moft'nnd (kintpjgcit^ of ho imjyh >f the* Kbftc^ib'Hoiitb Ontwiiia i?s tWy-cnn WSJ-1-'.' "?? ' ui -fr* fini*li / It will be but nu extension of rail; road from Anderson C. II. via Pendleton I iflag^/ The coftrfi'c which ihe State hns sefc'n lit I to pursue, will suggest to interested parties, the nopejwity ot' a larger private ?ubserin ! tion, and the propriety aa well as necessity of aid being propuiud from tlio other States | so deeply interested in ,thc work. As it ! goes forward within tho Ifniifs of Softth Carolina, let these States show a corresponding interest in the part of it requiring to be conflicted within their borders. If these conditions bo fulfilled, we join the News in Che belief that tho Road will and must ultimately be built. [ So vlhem G ua rd ui n. An Act To Incorporate the Chcfrhee Mining Company I.- He it cnnotod by tho Senato iwid House of HcprcscntiUives, now mot nnd bitting in General Assfrtbly. And by the Authority of tlic samo, Tliat llenry \V. Kuhtman, L. Frederick Clmi'les, Win, S. Gmliam. Robert Mure, Win. T. Middlcton, and their associates and successors, are hereby constituted u lx>dv politic and corporate, by the name and style of the "Choohee Mining Company." lor tho purpose of exploring for iron, copper and otlier ores. mincVaia and mctsls, and for mining, working, smelting, manufacturing and vending the same ; and by that name may sue and ho sued, plead nud he impleaded, appear, prosecute and defend, in any Courts of Law or Equity, whatsoever, in all putts and actions ; may have n. common seal, and the Httine alter at pleasure, and may purchase, hoM or convey, real estate, and onjoy all tho Dril'iloiTfts incident. ?n i-nmnrntinnu II. T?hat the first meeting of s:\id corporation may be called by the persons named in tlii? Act, at such time and pl;v?o as umy be , agreed 11 uon by the persons named in this Act; ami A't ajVM mooting, and all other meetings legally notified, paid corporation inay mako, alter and repeal, such by-laws and regulations for the management of the business of said corporation as a majority of the stockholdeis may direct, not repugnant to the laws of tlm State or the United States. III. That the said corporation may divide their original stock into such number of share.*, and provide for the sale and transfer tlipronf in mnnnnn mwl >? ??! ' corporation fhull from time to tiiuodeem expedient ; and the said corporation ntav levy find collect assessments, forfeit and sell delinquent shares, declare and pay dividends on the shares, in such manner as the by-laws may direct. IV. That the Directors shall cause a book to be kept containing the names of all persons who arc stockholders of said Company, showing their places of residence, and the number of shares of stock hold by chch respectively. and the time when they became respectively the owners of said shares, and tKo .?:.i : book shall, during the business hours of each secular day, be open at the place of business of snid Odrtpa'ny, for the inspection uf the stockholders and creditors of the Company and their representatives. V. That the capital stock of said Company shall be one' hundred thousand dollars, and no debt sliall be' <Jbfttr;1etcd by' said Company until twenty-five thousand dollars is paid in, no part of which shall bo withdrawn, or in any manner diverted frombusinossofthcCoin I'uujr inui cimi i mil uoiruuei* uui js ill nn v I line loan amount cxfieoding th<S ainouutof capital stock actually paid in. V I. That this Act shall bo deemed a public Act,:uul continue of force for tweiity-oiie^ears Wc inako tlic following extracts from tho gonoral bill incorporating ccrtaiu Societies, Jbc,; also, from tho act ro?ulating rt Roads, bridges, ferries, &e. ' XII. That the white communing rnbmbers, fbr the time being, of tiic Presbyterian Church in Pickens district, known as iletreat Church, (being a Presbyterian congregation. holding tlic Westminister Confession of Faith and connected with the Old School General Assembly ot ttin i'resbyiorinn Church tif ihe United States of Anterica,) bo authorized to elect three Trustees by a plurality of votes, and that tho said Trustees, and their successors, bo appointed as hereinafter directed, shall bo, and they urd'lwroby ovcfited a body corporate'atul politic, by tho name and style of " The $rus(?!t& of Kctreat ^Jhurcli," whose duty it. shall ho to take charge' and management of tho lands, buildings, and other temporalities and property of the' said Church. in trust,-iM-conl'inf* to "the tenor (if this Act. XIII. 'fnrttf s'o Ionian the *ul<V Church, (or any congregation. to 13? orgrrhia^' in its 1 stead from timo to tihie, as hereinafter provided fur,) $lnill tho said Wonfcwsion of Kni'li', and shall not lie dissolved by the.superior Judicatories to which it is attached ami subject, nor beonjiVc P*ti?et.- dVery va^ojinoy which ninv firiniv lime' to time oocur among the said iVustqes, by. dcMh,- rqiuovul from tho Stuti irnsiiMiation. shall )io (ilii'd by an electron u< oe made by tlic' while uoninnmini; monitor* in tho manner aforesaid. , XIV. That iti onsc said Church, (or fifty congregation to ho organized in its etch a,' iw in thin section is hereinafter provided,) should at any time coaso to hold said-Confession of Faitli, or hd dissolved as aforcgniL tjr become extinct, tho tru.st.eqs shall thenceforth hold and manage the suid lands, buildincrs. tcnnitJtffilltteft and nVorteftV ;n> Irj ' t I I * , ? trust, for said' Ohnrch or congregation, ns may from time to timo be afterward dttty organ Jved at or noar thn yrMe'nt Ohv.i'ch bilUdiotffc, according to discipline of tbe Old School Presbyterian Cbuvoh of febc United- (States of America ; and in tbc in.tdriih, Via : (^bilc'fruni a cessation to'hold ffiiid ConfeSfiiorl" 6( Faitli, or from, a di&solutlrttfna aforosqid, or from oxtinctlqn, tbc snnj- i;iu;ron, or auy congregation ov^aMi/iCyr nV it? rtfcrtd'j titfnforflfliiid^ifi pot Authorized bv tho forcgom^fevMon?, tSo fill tfiewtine) tf?e tilling of vnonnclba iir th<! number of Raid Triintecrt hU?H beloug t?* lV<*byv . (cry of .-Kii'l <U:iK?nin?lii>n i?? .--lull ih$ltt4A i tha ai(Q ,of tl?? .,(JUurrt'ty builrHugn for the timfc ociijg within itH bomfdiitics. , )' XV. 'J liat tlio CQngregjttictn libffcby os-' *4k tal>lished bo allowed to liold pi'opc.rfy upon trust, aforesaid, to the value of live thousand dollars, exclusive of the increase, and 1 tflso the increase value of the property after ! its acquisition oy thciii, and the Act re- ? main and continue in force fov and duriiig 1 tuo term of fourteen yeard, 1'rOm the ra*ift- I cation thereof. 1 / lie it eriadtod by tho Senatemid 1 Io*ise ] of Reprcscutativef?, uo^ met and sitting in ^ General Assembly, and by the authority of the same, Thftt all free white persons who now arc, or hereafter may become, members of the following Societies, viz : The "Mount Olivet Church," in I'ickeus'Distriot; "St. .Mark's Church," in the town of Chester; " I,Jl?0n07?,r Church," rn Orocnville District ; " Tho Second Baptist Church," in IMckens District; "The i$ha: dy Grove Presbyterian Church," in Laurens District} " The Baptist, Church, of Bong Branch," in Darn well District; " The BeavCr Cr*ek Presbyterian Church," in Kershaw District; " Th6 Harmony Methodist Kpiscopal Church, South," in Kdge- ] I5f?lll I list ri?<f " Itniiiilwilli f'linvnli " 'it. At. <11 .l'7bcyillu District-; "The Wiljiouistou Pros-; ' bytcrian Church," in Anderson District; | " The Shiloh Methodist Episcopal Church, \ South," ?it Abbeville District; " The Beth- j leheni Baptist Church," in Kdjrofield Di?trict; " Bethel Church," in (Jrecnville , District; <l Doi/hcstcr Baptist Churcli'," i in Anderson District.; tlie ' Columbia Baj1)ti >d Church," in Greenville District; " Neal's Creek Baptist Church," in An uuibuu jmhiricr; " J 110 i>apU3" i?'UWVCll," at Manning; << 'I'hc Presbyterian Church," at Manning; " Chcraw Lodge, No. 15, j Ancient Free Masons," of South. Carolina; | " IJ amnion'! Lo^ge, No. 7, I nchjpfcndeiU Order of .Sous of Malta;"' " Bennettsviile ( Lodge, No. 88, Ancient Free Masons;" " Winnsborough Lodge, 2so. 11, Ancicnt ] Free Masons " The Orangeburg Mission- , ary Union," of Orangeburg District; " Tlic | Mount Bethel Baptist Chitrclr," in Andcr- \ sou District; " The Baptist Church," at Chester, South Carolina; " !St. Lube's , Church," in the, city of Charleston ; "The 1 Hethesda Baptist OliUreh," in Anderson I . District; """flic Pro^idenee' Mrthodist Episcopal Church," " i'lni FiVst Creek , Baptist Church," in Anderson District; " willistou Academy," in Barnwell l|istrictj " Fairfield Division, No. J 3, fcjons of Tomporancc, are hereby declared and constituted bodies corporate and politic. Ho it ennotcd by the Senato and Ilonxo of cs. now met ana siitingm wonoral Assembly, and by the authority of the same, That all frtie white' persons, citiz'enaof the UnitedlStat,CA,whobAVe o<l six months in the villngcof Pjckonpvillc shall be, and tho same ftvo hereby declared to be n body politic and corporate, by the name and style of Pie- i kensvillo, tho corporate limits whereof shall extend oncdialf of a mile in every direction j from the hotel now standing in said vill.ge, , ami the said corporation is hereby invested J with all the powers avid ptivilsg^a, and subV?ll lIlO mch'l.ifii.na om/1 I i which by law sir<Vnow conferred and imposed i upon the corporation of the* to$*n of AnJereon. ] That a now road bo, find the same ie hereby established as a public highway, leading from Pendleton village, in Anderson district, I by Warren Martin's, Thomas Crenshaw's, 1 and Watkin't) Tan Yard, and crossing Twenty-Three Mile Creek at Melton's Bridge, to intersect the roi\d leading from Anderson Court Ifouse to ricl.ensvijle. at a point: at or ' ncftr Forois' old place, (now ltitchcy's); and 1 thut J. Sloan, Thomas C. WutVmsand < W'n... ?.. l - i o I II tun w toilillll, uu UJ>|M>II1 ifU Olivt'ljll (JOIll* J missioneis to li'.y oui .a ml es^ablisn said roau. ] That $ie tiifihorar Board of (.'onnuiwiion- | 01 r of Iliads, Bribes and FOrrids, for j Pickens I>!dtrict, bo and they arc hereby ' authorized and em powered to elect a Treas- ' lifer, as well as she second and fifth or sub- , boards of said district; 1'rovided, That but one commission of fivo per ccnt. shall be allowed for receiving and disbursing the joint fun (ft of the several Hoards. That the road in PftdvOns District lead- < ingttom 1'ickciwU. 11. to (Jheolioe, be chnn<?ed under the direction "of the Commissioners of Roads fur the 2d Hcftlment South 'Carolina Militia'; and' that Milea 51. Novton, CnnVell 11 ester mid Morris Miller, bo appointed Specif {Vommwjioners to layout Hlid'e.^bJisli said change. SvniA.? A letter from JJcyrout of tire 30th September says: v>,fhe caravjni of pilgrims from Mecca returned to i>u the nisi., roiiucca m nunUiei* i>v oinMiall froih cholera nivl tlio faVignoa'' of the* jonrnov The sanitary authorities-of Damascus wished to j)Iuco tlium under quavnritino, but tlic pilgrims would not submit to the mcumirt). and, without coroluonv', pttt themselves in comnm- ' nit-fition with th<5 Inhabitants. A eanguinaty conflict took plnco on fc'io f-ltb i ^etwoon twohordosof ]ieUouin?nour^s;Uii'o:b i ai)d the aticieiUSichom now.ciulocl Nopliuu, , Upward of four buiuh'tjfl were kil!vd, ami the victor.? devastated Knd idliaired several villa- 1 Tlio di'iininnltf who Violated find niA5?acrcd '< i)n Am?H<an fuqiily in Jauuaryliipt Iibvq ut i length b'ccii diacovnred mid nvfontcd. Thojr ; ftjrc ?t? in numbcr.''i4h<? j\ishn'of Boyrout liha , wrUt?p-to OonKtantiuopU- for otUuih citljor ( to cxccltfo thoni in Syria or to iloiivct than ' up to the Auicrifiui"." 1 A ma spoiling lyatoli is announced in | Covipgton, Ohio, at tho llrgh School, when | t4i?'lad v)?at?j<tanUs longest on tlie ily rr, and < apclls tfordw vfitliout dforatfchi n?r ; M* hondj ?# to rcocivo a jlrinjc. , T/IV. jiftstaijd the futtiVci iUP alike sitrdi;<]- ] cp iroui lis?vm' OBi' wwratne wiaotv tVWH, | ajntVtlio othor thg vijf^i> - - , "7i'jv. p?;*rlv 1ib$ tlirmviimc OYOrlh.>:ird,'' 1 ?ui?f iV ?flsh]tyoW<*f poKtiuiuii, IVut T fi^yc ktrongth enough to swim to the other aklc. ' % ?. "> ' * ... ' -Mtfc : Curious Letter from a Sulci The Hon. .John A. Tucker, who eoiimjl^a cd'fiuieido a few vvcck's ago in ft behind him the following J<Mtefr iro.?fJfil "to P. II. Col^uit, Emlx>r (Vdimi^ Pav'son, HA., TlimI- 'h'y. fi'-c. 1*5. I am nljnut to do rt thing which J I>nfl in contemplation siu$fl 184^- v' / v IgjBfS # I rfd the world of me, and ni\."telf of n i&tencc usolc.x^ to n>?i Bii(Ldar?pi?to#\* to otf? f era; And, Mr. KditoY^Wfr daro . you>^ r*ny 6f "ir/i adorspny, h or unniauly to perform the nettlim^^^tD^^^&l iibout to perform. I>ife j.-> u burden to-18$$gg' ? lias been for years. I am driven on by ^ i destiny 1 ha?o no power to coutwl. i)on't toy to me, u It is your fault?jpu coultj^., ' ict differently." It is untrue, I always tvisbed to aet dilie'roiitly? I liaVo'praVea !o art differently?I have prayed to uod. to lu lp mc (o not differently. He " wixli and purpose was to be a mun. Tins l liftvc prayed tor From boyr^ liood; and yet I have not been n {rood main' ?S "There is a divinitythat shapes our enQ*|S There is a power (hat drives us on like ^ 7^s> feather before the wind, and we have as little power to direet our course !<s the feathor / ; rn Hie yrnle.Now, with ail hi?" sins, I follies and vifcfca ' ftlinjring to my skirts, I nl*i froiiijy, unhid-': den, into the presence of my God, to ^ Mm -why 1 am not tho mttfu I nlwnya siYc 1 (o bo ; (o ask whatpun/iduueut ! tp recei ve for knowing my duty, desiring to perform it, and yet not having th6 ncTVt*: gt> to do it. Ilon't say I am drunk either, 'ibe ... it is not .?*>'. I ti'll you Peyton CblmBjflH that I jftW doing this thing upon'reflection!' ''f&W. 1 fay all night think-big tffit. 1 have id at all tho reasons for and against ily? j In some respects 1 have been a suce*v<Ifjjt< Yrim. As certain as the world standi^! ,'Hj ivould beat tho race for .fudge by more t|ittn SaBl the Democratic majority. That in not. '.hrnjr with inc. 1 won hi not live to b? President of the I'rt'ited Siatcs, nnlei 3' fv?I :ould ho the' man' 1 wish to be. J*roil if V boy, 1 wishcid'fo be a great and good unit, i ?a man t sorting a <^rcat salutary in iral i influence o$ mankind, llut as it is, Uwm ; \pjfc shedding death shade and mildew frotnl the-'; high places in the land. i. 1 would have waited till I hfl>W(rtW|l. I know it would nofTTo. J wouhl'tho.n er have discharged tlie duty I /wo to sVlf and mankind. I curld not pay}, frouj'my tfife and little 6no's. Seven,! times'iiV lie lSWt few fears I have pfepnfed ihynctf fof {his eVent at home, when my wife nothing* of it.. Hut' to look at children and hear them yjy u Pa," or to lOofc ut1 ^ smiling affectionate wife, that anticipated ^ my wishes?that forgave a thoysflnd folli<yf., -- thai never did an unkind act?I did not have the courage to proooed. But hclicy ing as T do, that my departure from thi> life will benefit my family,- as \Vqll as Mb* 5fS, I am going to die here to*d:iy. 1 li.iV" plenty of friend.-! who will be sorry fir 'this*. but to all of them 1 say, John A. Tutlu^ never professed friendship to any oue, tl4\| lie deserted in too hour of trial. My wif?; ' \iul my liltle on:s I command to your eariv$ _ _ TlCKKlU T*rt5 ll-ftcilpTtON OF HON. .Tamrr Jj. ' Ohn.' at y-v.w York.?lion. Jantrs # Orr was received in the city of New York, V.111 tll?> 'IfWli nlf Viu )>iii (Vi/indo J1? Chambers of the Board of Aldermen, "iVqWiiB large concourse of citizens assembled t?> ijrect' rl?i?: dittCinguished b'ottthcrn Roprc:^ seiitatTve. At the time appointed hc.madiOjf his appearance in the room, andVatfJ i>d with erront applause. After oviMi?'WViflW restored the Mnyorniade a few c(nnplitnon4i i tnry remftrks in behalf of the city,- cxprosi' *ive of the feelings which the citizens' lif'* New York 'entertained towards him nw'rt1 mnti and Hepresontative, and the high*jufi^pj fieial positiou \if1iich he Occupied in th?' Councils of our National Union, in roply" ff| to which Mr. Orr mude the lolloping re-"- . jffijj mftvl'f _ JSbmK nrimm Mr. Mayor, and (fmtf men of Common' Council;?I avail myself 0t this occasion1, to mako my nokiiowlodgmpntH to -you fojt- -.rTj! your knidnoas, ccitisirienuioii arid cordii'.J? greeting nnd rccdjtoioii. J am sure I. o?i? indebted for it much moje to.the high ticial position 1 oaynpy than to any merit ^ niyowij-'v and I nm glad tliia i.s hp, (oo; Bin glad to find that there is a re^ponj^ivt \ / ol.Oid in tlio lioarfs of tKe pcoplp of New V York to the flovennhftnt, it's histlfutiohi imd Its officer*. '^hore in n comtfrvatlyin iin * politics in Nw York iV'hich has cl>nrjiotor4 i'/i'fl h.^r fr> ro llin i'nrt? nw.n'nl.mj!/." *-C ?!.?* aB [jovcvmncri' do^ri to the present time^ L| U'ust it rtiu> contiuuc. Thi# in. tJ?? .gwatj :*ityrif>?ew York ; rink single-tiijrht--of prosion-r-oiHi single night of revolution' iu& |P rtiy part of thisoui t ^-would e'nuKC jTia#.: : "'&? mngni6eenfc\coninierc'4 whieh spfoi'ds Over ' v\*2 ind enriches lijid (t:6hle,s- the Vniori -enf/ ingle rtight of Hlinrehy cir'roVnftition musefhnti do)iinr,;n??,^> whither ?YuM>fc do' . ? \royod!. J tiKist thti* that <riru*^ry.i*??nn' iin.y ?M>utinut?-ig<.'4xi$v arid th;?t Uh <I<-vo ii?>u *o MN? h father.'.4 mil/ c v.!.;ii,av. nn<l thsit North ami ' mtli, Ksist- 5?ml West, n.:.\ !?? ;i'w. yb nU<; lu re within ftio ^jnVoT the < ity if Nl'W Yolk t;i nvcivo lie ! i t > <' li < : t ?' I: < i lO'ost coriliu] f {V.n.k V-m ?j^i.iv. hV'vf.ur in ffendertftjfw iiio thto'Ci^mpxrished htyier. >- ' v I . A1't<?r ttoc bimrttUe* I -4; l<y iui>i u Inv^e tirni?bcrfit'x'ilfed6??^ ' 4?SE X n" !io)i<<sl' mftir is doIioveJ w'll.yut uu' / i>ath, for his reputation fcvrcars fo&Vwti