The Anderson intelligencer. (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, April 29, 1868, Image 1
An Independent Family Journal?Devoted to Politics. Literature and General Intelligence.
VOL. 3.
ANDERSON, S. C, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29, 1868.
NO. 45.
BY HOYT & WALTEES.
TERMS:
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&REENVILLE AND COLUMBIA
RAILROAD COMPANY.
PRESIDENT'S REPORT.
To Ike Stockholders of the Greenville and
^Columbia Railroad Company:
The President and Directors respect*
fully submit, Herewith, their annual report
t>f the operations and condition of the road
for the year 1867 :
The earnings of the road for the year
are, as shown by statement No. 4:
From freights.?.IH 162,698 82
Passage and extra....... k.. 90,o95 25
Approximate Government ac?
counts. 4,958 40
Mails. 11,535 UO
Total! .$269,787 47
Current expenses, as shown by
Table No. 3... 169,973 90
Nett income. 599,813 57
This amount has been applied to the
3pay?hsnt-of the floating debt, contracted
4n ike restoration ot the property ot the
Company destroyed by the freshet ol
' 1865 and the war; for the particulars ot
which reference jp.tnade to Table No. 2, j
Therewith annexed, by which it is shown i
how this amount has been appropriated.
By reference t<* the same tajbJe, it will be
seen that the floating debt iias been mate?
rially red-iced,.as compared with the pre?
vious year, and is now entirely within the
control of t lib Company?there remaining
?ouly a few claims of. any considerable
?ampunt, and which the income of the
?road, if applied to that purpose aione, will
?soon entirely extinguish. The pay rolls
for 1867rhave been paid, and the material
purcliased, including wood, fnmber, and
isupplics for the work shops, have nearly
'all been paid for, leaving u small balance
duo for labor and material furnished pre?
vious to 1867.
The-nett income for 1867 is nop, as large'
asnnay have been expected; but it must
?be remembered that we have been sub?
jected to every conceivable misfortune and
disappointment,-?far greater than has ever
occurred before, or is at all likely to occur
jtgain, except by some Providential o<c lr
rehee, by which the working of the rottd
should be interrupted. Tbeeropof 1806,
along the line ot the road, was almost an
entire failure, both of cotton and grain.
There being comparatively little cotton
or other produce to sell, there was little
to be sent up the road in return, and the
extremo scarcity of money reduced the
income from both transportation and
travel. This, in connection with the
straightened condition iu which the eoun
try was left at the close of the war, com?
pletely pin alyzed and prostrated business
of every kind. As an indication of the
great scarcity of provisions, resulting from
the unprecedented failure of the provision
crop, liiere was sent up the road during
the year 209,655 bushels of corn, and
1,047 hogsheads of bacon, of which 22.8u3
bushels of corn and 19 bogheads of bacon
were charitable donations from other sec?
tions of the coun?y, and were sent up
the road free of charge. It may be added,
that in consideration of the great destitu?
tion of provisions along the line of the
road, the Directors reduced the tariff on
corn to ten cents per bushel for the entire
line, and in the same proportion for inter?
mediate stations, with the intention of
contributing, as far as possible, towards
the relief of the people. There was also
a large quantit}' of guano, and other fer?
tilizers, sent up the road .'it a nominal
charge; but clhis, it is believed, has been
amply remunerative in the increased pro?
duction of the crop of 1867, resulting from
its application?but little of the crop was
bropgjttt to, parket until after the 1st of
January, and does not appear in the tables
of this report.-. That the amount of work
done inT867 exceeds that of the year pre?
vious, is shown by the tact that during
the year. 1867.the' number of miles run |
was 183,872; while for theyear previous
it was 118,4-16, being an increase of 65,426
?and that the gross income is irot in?
creased in the same proportion is account?
ed'for', in a great measure, by the fact
that a.large portion ot the freights moved
were of the class which were sent at a
nominal rate, and donations for which no
charge was made.
Then the road-bed, trestles, bridges and
rolling,stock, were in sneh condition that
they required a large quantity of limber
and other .material to put them iu such
condition as to make them sale, audio/
sufficient capacity to do the business
which was reasonably expected to l>e of?
fered. During the latter part of the war,
and for the' two first years after its ter?
mination, and when the line was broken,
very little limber was put into the road.
Consequently, the limbers became yerv
much decayed audit was indispensable to
replace them. The Company was not
then in the condition to make such yen
era! repairs as were absolutely necessary.
During the past year we have been ena?
bled to use part of the income for that
purpose, and the condition of Ihc road and
rolling stock has been materially improv?
ed. During theyear there have been put
into the track 73,923 cross-ties, and 6,619 i
Stringers, including 9,113 cross-ties put
into the Blue Ridge Road, from 1st June
to 31st December, besides a large quantity I
of timber used in repairing the tresiles |
alon^ the line. While these repairs have I
increased the current expenses of the year,
and reduced the nett income which would
otherwise have appeared, it was thought
best to do it, as it increased tho value of
the property of the Company and will re?
duce llie expenses from that source in
future, and make the road safe. The
through depot at Columbia has also been
bnilt during the year.at a cost of 84,357.82;
being one-half the cost, tho South Carolina
Bftilroad Company paying the other half.
A depot has also been built at Pomaria,
to replace tho one destroyed during tho
war; and, also, a temporary one at Wil?
liamson. By referonce to Supplementary
Table A, an estimate of* the cost ot the
restoration of the property destroyed by
the freshet of 1865, and the war, is pre?
sented.
In our anticipations, as expressed in the
last annual report, that the business of
the road for 1868 would be largely in ex?
cess of 18G7, or any previous year since
the war, wc are not likely to be disap?
pointed. For tho months of January,
February and March, 1S6S, have been
brought down the road 32.253 bales cot?
ton, which is an excess of 2,970 bales over
the receipts of tho entire year of 1867.
The gross earnings for the same months
are $102,765.26, which is S29.272.31 in ex?
cess of the corresponding months ot 1SG7.
There still remains large quantities of
grain on the tipper end of the line to be
brought down ; and as the quantity of cot?
ton sold, and the high prices realized for
it, hus increased the amount of moric}
along the line of the road, it is reasonable
to expect an increased income from all
sources during the balance td'the }"car.
By reference to the tuble of thc fore?
man of the work shop, ail exhibit of th?
quantity ol rolling-stock, and its condition,
is presented. It is estimated by him that
it has been doubled in value during the
past year. The pay rolls of that depart?
ment, including those.of the work shops
I aod "conducting traTnkportatinn, amount to
S53,801.88 ; beiirg*Sb. 107.62 less than for
' the previous year. The increased quan?
tity m? roiling stock now in running order
enables {Ik- business of the road to be done
with comparative promptness and des?
patch. There are seven locomotives and
a number of car-s*now undergoing repairs,
which will increase that department suffi?
ciently, it is believed, to do the business
of the road for tho next crop with more
ease and promptness than we have been
able to do beret oro re.
The following is a statement of thc
quantity and condition of the rolliugstock
ot the Company :
LOCOMOTIVES.
Locomotives in working order.
u undergoing repairs.
Total.
CA KS.
P: sscnger, first class in rumdngordcr.
u undergoing repairs.
" 2d class in running order.
" u undergoing repairs:
Majj, baggage cars in running order.
" undergoing repairs.
u ??. i-eliuilding..
Box Cars in running ordei.
u being rebuilt.
" " repaired.
Stock Cu rs in usc.
fi ravel 41 .
Freight.Conductor's Cars in noe.
Flatform Cars in use.
Total number of cars.127
This does not include the cars belong?
ing io the Blue Ridge Road, now being
o ^ o
used, by us.
During the past yenr there have been
transported over the road 32,201 passen?
gers, against 31,820 for the year previous.
The tailing off of the income derived from
this source, amounting to $'1??>'??.~'?, can
only bc accounted lor in the reduction of
thc rate of fare. It is gratifying to be
able to state that no passenger or,em?
ployee has been injured by any accident
while on the roath
In compliance with a resolution adopted
by you at your last annual meeting, ne?
gotiations were soon afterwards com?
menced with thc Blue Ridge Railroad
Company, for an arrangement by which
our trains could run over llieir line from
Anderson to Walhalla, a distance of 33
miles. A contract was made, commencing
on thc 1st of June, and to continue for |
one year. (but. which might be discon?
tinued ?it any time hy either party giving
thc other thirty days' notice of their de?
sire to do so.) by which it was agreed
that we should take possession of their
trin k, rolling stock and other property,
and run our trains over their linc; and
when the contract terminated, the prop
city we received I rom them was lo be re?
turned in as good condition us when wc
received it. There was no other compen?
sation to be given for tlie use of their
properly. Cor trains have run regularly
over that line since the 1st of June, and
while our accounts do not show that it.
has been a source of any considerable nett
income to our road, il has assisted in keep?
ing alive a project in which our Company,
as weil as thc whole Stale, have the deep?
est interest; and which we should look to
and encourage by all possible means
within our power, to wit : the completion
of the Blue .Ridge Railroad from Ander?
son to Knoxville. When that road is
completed, (and wc arc lcd to believe that
lhere is a probability that tho work upon
it will be resumed at no distant day,) then
ourliiiCfUS the connccling link between
the great West and the ?eilboard of our
State, will become one ol the most im?
portant and profitable roads in the South?
ern Slates.
In this connection, t here is another pro?
ject for the extension of our linc, connect?
ing us with all tlc great lines of thc
North-west, which should receive our
most hearty approval and snub material
aid as we may he able to command. Thc
We-tern North Carolina Hoad, from
Salisbury, N. C., via Asheville to the Ten
uesssee line, ul Paint Rock, is now being
rapidly pushed forward, and is so tar ad?
vanced that ils completion can be looked
forward to with curta inly. When that is
completed, and one or two short lines in
Tennessee and Kentucky, which are now
being constructed, the connection hy that
line will be completo with Cincinnati,
Louisville, ?nd tb? on tire Nortb-weat.
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The distance from Greenville to Ashoville
is about G? miles, and by ex peri mental
surveys, as we are inlormed, lias been
lound to be a practicable route and of as
easy grade as any other point of crossing
the Blue Ridge. The whole line across
the mountain could most probably be con?
structed without a tunnel. Then the con?
struction of an extension from Greenville
to Asheville will be ot immense value, not
only to our road but to the whole State,
The citizens of Western "North Carolina
look to this connection with the deepest
interest and anxiety, and should be met
by us in a corresponding spirit?taking
hold of the first practicable scheme that
may present itself for commencing and
completing the line. A connection with
the North-west by railroad is of the
greatest possible importance to the sec?
tion of country through which our road
passes?not only to the road, which would
at once be placed on tho list of roads of
the first importanoe, but to the whole
people?as the great level" for developing
the resources of the country und stimula?
ting the energies'of the people.
The following is a statement of the
bonded debt of the Company on the 1st
day of January, 186S, und also of certifi?
cates of indebtedness issued in 1867 un?
der the Act of the Legislature and the
second mortgage :
Of the original SS00.00O. first mort?
gage bonds, there a:e ?326,000 outstand?
ing and not retired, as follows:
Due 1st January, 1802, $3.500.00
1st July, 1802. 12,500.00
1st July, 16T,3, 151,000.00
1st March, 1804, 159,000.00 $32G,000.00
Bonds guaranteed by the
State under Act of Jan.
2$, 1801, vi? :
Due 1st July. 1881, SI34,000.00
1st July, 1882, 77.500.00
1st July, 1883, 88,500.00
$250,000.00
Under the Act of Dec.
20. 186G:
Due 1st July. 1881, 5110.000.00
1st July. 1882. 1-2,500.00
1st July, 1883. ?5.5UO.O0 $621,000.00
Bonds not secured by
mortgage or other lien :
Due 1st July. 1805, S27S.000.00
1st July, 1808, 220,000.00 $504,000.00
Bonds issued under Act of
December 2o, 1800, sec?
ond guarantee, viz :
Due 1st January, 18S8. $25,500.00
Bonds under second mort?
gage, due 1st January,
18*8, 42,000.00
Ccrulicales of Indebted?
ness, Acts of Lcgisla
t u rc.gu.-i rani eei ug iiin c,
due ist January, 1808, 100,100.16
Certificates of Indebted?
ness under second
mortgage, due 1st Juuu
ary, l?fcS 2,420.20
Coupons outstanding on
fu st mortgage hondsuiid
j interest nu the face of
I ' bonds, from maturity to
j Is: Janjary, 1868, $123,112.50
Coupons outstanding ou
guaranteed bunds to
1st January, 1868, 94,615.84
j Coupons outstanding on
noa-aiorig.ige bonds.ind
iuteresi on the face of
I hos?; past due.from date
of maturity to 1st of
January, 1868, 153,592.20 371.350.60
$2.001,030.00
The following is a statement ol ex?
changes of bonds and funding of coupons
and interest for the year lc'G7, and to
April 1, lS6\S, under the Acts of the Leg?
islature of January 2S, 1801, and Decem?
ber 20, 1 SOU. and also under the second
mortgage executed May 1 :
Guaranteed bonds, Confederate States
caption, exchanged, viz:
Bonds due 1st July, 1881, in 1867, 232; in 1868.23
?? 1st July, 1882, in 1867, 345: in 1868. 37
1st July, 1883, iu 1867, 171; iu 1868, 23
818 08
Coupons of mortgage and guaranteed
bonds funded in guaranteed certificates of
indebtedness, with interest on same :
In 1867, enupons, $162,601.66
Interest, 25.1U8.08 5187,885.64
In 1S6S, Coupons. Si3.5s().uu
Interest, 1,864.40 515,444.40
Coupon bonds not secured by mort?
gage, coupons from bonds and interest
' thereon, surrendered at a reduction to one
third, and guaranteed bonds and certifi?
cates of indebtedness, issued under second
guarantee, viz:
142 bonds due in 1865 and 1868, $500
each, $71.000.00
Coupons, 17.675.0U
Interest on past due bonds and coupons, 12,780.24
5101,455.24
Issued 51 guaranteed bonds
5500 each, $25,500.00
Issued guaranteed certifi?
cates of indebtedness, 8,283.52
Amount of reduction on
bonds and intcreii, C7.C71.72 101.455.24
In 18U8?!i9 bonds due in 1865 and
1868, $500 each, $14.500.00
Coupons. 3,885:00
Interest, on past due bonds and coupons, 1,662.58
$20,017.58
Issued 10 cunranteed bonds,
$500 each, $5,000.00
Issued certificates of in?
debtedness, 1,685.86
Amount of reduction on
bond and interest, 13.301.72 20,047.58
Coupon bonds not secured by mort?
gage, coupons from bonds, and interest,
thereon, surrendered, exchanged and
funded in new bonds and certificates of
indebtedness, under second mortgage, at
par:
In 1967?50 bonds due in 1866 and
1868. $500 each, S25,000.0(>
Coupons, 10,71)7.50
Interest on past due bonds and coupons, 6,883.(>()
$42,681.10
Issued 82 bonds, at 3500
each, $41,000.00
Issued certificates of in
debtedaM, 1,011.10 42,881.10
In the last annual report it was staled
that ihc Board of Directors had directed
the President to execute a second mort?
gage upon tho property and estate of the
Company for Si,5U0,0b0. In accordance
with their direction, tho mortgage was
executed to C. D. Mellon, Esq., of Co?
lumbia, as trustee, bearing date May 1st,
1SG7, and was properly stamped and re?
corded in all the Districts through which
the road passes. For a statement of the
bonds and certificates of indebtedness
issued under it to April 1st, ISfiS, refer?
ence is made to tho bond account furnish?
ed in this report, and also to the Audi?
tor's Table No. 1. Tho bonds and certifi?
cates under the second mortgage are
offered in payment of all claims against
the Company, of whatever kind or nature,
not secured by prior liens, without pre?
ference to any creditor or class of credi?
tors.
For the information of stockholders, it
is proper and due to them to state the
nature and condition of the several cases
of legal proceedings which have been
commenced against the Company.
On the evening ef the 2d day of May
last, (the date of your last annual meet?
ing.) service of a subpoena was made up?
on the President by the Sheriff of Rich
Iand District, in the matter of Charles M.
Furraan, Trustee, et aL against tho Green?
ville and Columbia Railroad Company;
a bill having been filed (on the same day)
in the Court of Equity for Richland Dis?
trict, to foreclose the mortgage. The
parties whose names appear in the bill,
and at whoso instance the bill was filed,
(as it woidd appear from the bill.) are
John Caldwell, T. J. Robertson. John P.
Southern, Robert N. Lewis and Charles
Smith, representing about ?75,000 of
bonds, secured by the first mortgage. A
letter, however, had been received from
C. M. Furman, Esq., Trustee, dated April
22, 1SG7, in which ho says: "I have re?
ceived from Col. Perrin an application for
my assent to the filing of a bill in my
name .as mortgagor against the Green?
ville and Columbia Railroad Company on
the part of holders of sundry bonds." The
case was continued at tho last term of the
Court of Equity for Richland District,
and an answer to the bill has been filed.
A portion of the holders of State guar?
anteed bonds which have been substituted
for first mortgage bonds, under the Acts
of tho Legislature of January 28. 1861,
and December 20. 18GG, have* filed a bill
against C. M. Furman, Trustee, and the
parlies whose names appear in his bill,
against the Slate and against the Com?
pany, claiming that they hohl the lien
under the first mortgage the same as if
they held the original bonus, and cannot
be excluded by any proceedings under
the first mortgage. A copy of the bill
has not been furnished to tho Company,
but it is understood that objection is made
to the foreclosure of the mortgage.
The Slate, by the Attorney-General,
has filed a bill against the Company. C.
F. Furman, Trustee, and the parlies whose
names appear in l:is bill; against the par?
ties complainant in the bill filed by the
holders of State guaranteed bonds; against
other huge holders of first mortgage
bonds, and Hgainst all other creditors of
the Company. The bill, by its title, is
?'Information in the nature ol a cross bill,
and bill for injunction and relief." In this
latter bill objections are made to the fore?
closure of the mortgage, and in pursuance
of it an order has been made by the Chan?
cellor, by which the further separate pro?
ceeding in the suit of C..M. Furman. Trus?
tee, and others for foreclosure, and of the
suit commenced by tho holders of State
guaranteed bonds, have been stayed;
and the suits commenced against the
Company at law by Thomas C. Perrin,
Executor of James M. Perrin; John B.
Karle and George Sims, enjwincd, and all
persons restrained from instituting suit
against the Company, ami the several
causes in Equity pending against the
Company consolidated with the case in?
stituted by tho Attorney General.
Reference is made to the Auditor?
Balance Sheet No 1, for the condition of
the Company's assets, tfce., and to the
table of the Treasurer, No. 2, showing the
receipts sind disbursements for the year.
These tables furnish a very plain,full and
satisfactory statement of the accounts in
their several departments.
Reference is also made to tho report of
the acting General Superintendent, for
information in that department ? his ser- j
vice only commencing on the 1st Novem- i
her, his report of the operations of the j
year will necessarily be limited. It af?
fords much pleasure to hear testimony to
his industry and perseverance, as dis-;
played, and his devotcdncss to the inter?
ests of the Com pan}*. The employees in j
all departments, taken us a whole, have j
exhibited an energy and dovotedncss to I
the interests of the Company.and a cour?
tesy in lhoii- inlereousre with the patrons j
of the road, in their several departments,!
rarely excelled, and which entitle them to j
your confidence and esteem.
It is a matter of regret that it has been I
found impossible to comply with your re-!
commendation at your last annual meet !
ing, to publish the reports for theyear'
one month before the annual meeting.
The increased labor in tho Auditor's office, 1
caused by the exchange and renewal of
bonds, and the funding of interest, to-j
gether with tho regular businoss of tho,
office, and iho small force in that depart,- J
ment, has unavoidably caused tho delay i
in furnishing the fables.
In compliance with your recommenda?
tion, at your last annual meeting, a state?
ment is herewith annexed, in which it is!
net forth explicitly, tho number of cmploj*
ees of the road, their por diem, monthly
or annual wages/the capacity in which
they arc employed, and upon what por?
tion of tho road they are laboring.
H. P. HAMMETT, President.
1 Columbia, April 11,1868.
"White Laborers;
We learn from the Associate Reformed
Presbyterian that Messrs. Montgomery and
McCarthy, of Mobile, arc now engaged
in introducing into the Southern States
laborers from Scotland. They have al?
ready aided :i eonsiderable number of
I Scotch farm hands in making settlements
j at the South, and are now expecting a
I fresh supply of immigrants of this class.!
Dr. Turner informs us that his fiist settle?
ment in the ministry was among the
Scotch, in Eastern jS'orth Carolina, and
that he had ample opportunities for form?
ing an opinion respecting them. He rep?
resents them as a remarkably orderly, in- j
dustrious, economical and thrifty people.
Although they settled in some of the
poorest counties of "North Carolina,many
of them became quite wealthy, and con?
tributed materially to tho'wealth of the
State of their adoption. The}- constitu?
ted an admirable society, established nu?
merous schools of a high grade, support?
ed a large number of flourishing churches,
and set a bright example as to the ob?
servance <f those primeval institutions?
the Sabbath and marriage?and were dis?
tinguished for their obedience to the laws
of the land.
Inasmuch as tha patii.trcl.al institution
of slavery, unquestionably sanctioned by
Holy Writ, has been destroyed among us
by brute force, and as the slaves, who,
beyond all controversy, were benefitted
physically, intellectually and materially,
b}' domestic servitude, have become the
dupes of infamous, designing intriguers?
have been used by them to subvert our
social and political economy, and have
been induced to' regard their former mas?
ters as their enemies, and as they now
manifest a determination to cany out, as
far as they can, the diabolical purposes of
our bitter enemies, self-defence, thai first
law of nature, calls upon us loudly to do
everything in our power for bur own pro?
tection, without doing violence to the laws
of the land. We arc not conscious of
any ill-feeling towards tho negro. We \
have been willing to employ him as a la- j
borer since he has been forcibly taken !
from his master, and allow him reasona?
ble wages for his services. We have been
gratified by the efforts made by the min?
isters of the gospel and by others, here
and elsewhere, to do them good, in spite
of tho difficulties thrown in their way.
But we do not feel unckr any obligation
t? hug a viper. When a negro will re?
fuse to make a coffin fur the dead child of
another negro, bceai se that other would
not vote for the Radicals, and when oth?
ers, for the Panic reason, would not hejp
to dig the grave, we think it high time to
provide ourselves with laborers who will
not imitate the ferocity of the brute. We
understand that one of our citizens has
already opened a correspondence with
Messrs. Montgomery and McCarthy. We
commend his prudent example to others, j
Let every family, without delay, engage
iu this worlc. For tfcc wages which they
have been accustomed to pay for negro
laborers, tiny can secure lahorers of a far
superior character, who will perform a Jar
greater amountjcif service, and perform it
cheerfully, and without being constantly j
watched. JJy degrees we can change tin' j
character of much of the population in
mir village and in the "District. Introduce
the Scotch and the Scotch Irish, ami the
old lauds of Abbeville, occupied by hon?
est, industrious, thrifty, law-abiding, and
Sabbath keeping tenants, will again stnii-j
with verdure. Will not some one take
this matter in hand, and go to work at
once ??Abbeville Banner.
On this subject, the Lancaster Ledger
discourses as follows:
It is of the first importance to the citi?
zens of this District, and State, to take im?
mediate steps to introduce while labor in
the country. Keceiit events have shown
plainly the bent of the negro population, j
Facts nrc stubborn things, and we need I
no further manifestation of hostility from J
the colored people to convince us, that !
their chief aim is to compel us to give up i
the country or submit to the most degrad- J
iug domination. No sense of justice have |
weight with an ignorant rabble; and we i
find even the most intelligent of them giv- j
ing adhesion to ruinous doctrines dictated ;
by statigcrs to the land and turning a deaf i
ear to the counsels of their former masters !
and only true freinds. We were among
the many friends of the colored people
who advocated at first forbearance and j
conciliation, with the hope of bringing
them to a true sense of their condition arid
dependency. We conceded ail that was
fair and just; we have given lhem all that j
reason and an enlightened Christian view
demanded. We have urged upon them
correct views of justice and right, but all
to no avail.
What arc their position to-day in rela?
tion to the white people of this District?
Has forbearance and kind assfefrtnee ad?
vantaged the white race in the least? has
I it awakened one grateful emotion iu the:
heart of the negro V On the contrary, it
I has had the direct opposite effect from ;
j that intended. Jt has rendered the negroes,
I as a body, insolent, and in many instances
utterly worthless. We lind them upon
j every'opportunity acting ill solid phalanx
i againsi the interest of the white people;
I \ve lind tlumi ever ready to execute the
' commands of wicked and unprincipled
; men to a murderous degree. They have
i mistaken a spirit of kindess on the part ol
the native whites for intimidation; they
1 have shown an ungrateful spirit in their
! every action, and look upon t;s as their
mortal enemy in whom there is not the
, least, dependence, and have >e-retly deter?
mined to.compel as to leave the country
: or submit to their r.uie,._ . '.
The case is plain ! Will our citizens
! move on in'the even tenor of their way
and take no notice of these appalling facls;
> will they still stick to the negro after he
The Intelligencer Job Office*
Having recently made considerable additions to
this department, ive aro prepared to excouU
3?2 TOiEE QI Lil E2??DS
In the neatest style and on the most r?ascn&ble
terms. Legal Binnies, Bill Heads, Posters, Cards,
Handbills. Pamphlets, Labels, and in fact every
stylo of ?work usually done in a country Printing
OGce.
??3? In ell cases, tue money will bc required
upou delivery of the work. Orders, accompanied
with the cash, wili receive prompt attention.
has abandoned them and bring rain upon
themselves, or shall it be the determina^
lion of every landholder to strike now
while the opportunity lasts, aud secure lol*
the ensuing yent- white labor to till our
soil. We hesitate not in declaring this
course our only escape from the evils
which threaten to engulpb us. White
3iEX to till our soil, should be the motto
of every patriot of South Carolina.
"Who can Vote in this State?
The new Constitution is doubtless rati?
fied, and in less than four weeks county
elections will take place for the different
county officers, district, be it remembered,
is now changed into County. According
to the plain obvious words of the new
Constitution, each and every citizen of the
Slate is entitled to vote, after tlie ratifica?
tion. At least none are disfranchised'for
political reasons.
According to the seventh section of the
Oldina nee "to provide for the ratification
of the Constitution, and the election of
certain ol?icers," the Beard of Commission?
ers consisting of Sicssrs. E. W. M, Tdackey,
F. L. Cardo/.a, A. G. Hausier and C. C.
Bow en are to see to it
"That, within thirty days aller the rati?
fication of the Constitution, an election
shall be held in and for each county, at
such times and places and under such reg*
illations as may be prescribed by said
Board of Commissioners for the election of
all county officers, required by this Con?
stitution, lo be elected by the people; and
thc said Board shall also have authority
to call elections for all municipal officers^
at present elected by the people at tho
same time, and subject to such regulations"
as said Board may prescribe, not inconsis?
tent with this Constitution, or the charters
of such municipal bodies. At such elec?
tions, every qualified elector, under tho
provisions of this Constitution, may vote
for all officers to be elected." '
Let u? see, now, who are "qualified elec?
tors" or voters tinder the Constitution.
As this is important to every body, wo
insert that part ci' thc Constitution dcter
mining the question. Article 8, section 2,
provides as follows :
! Suction 2. Every male citizen of the
United States, of the age of twenty-one
year* and upwards, not laboring under the
disabilities named in this Constitution,
without distinction of race, color or former
condition, who shall be a resident of this
State at thc time of tlie adoption cf this
j Constitution, or whoshall thereafter reside
I in this State one year, and in the County
1 i:i which he offers to vote, sixty day? n?xt
; proceeding any election, shall be entitled
I to vote for all officers that arc now, or
I hereafter may be. elected Ly the people,
and upon all questions submitted to tho
electors at any elections; Provided, That
no person shall be allowed to vote or hold
office who is now or hereafter may be dis?
qualified therefor by the Constitution of
the United States, until such disqualifica?
tion shall he removed by the Congress of
the United States; Provided further. That
no person while kept in any alms house or
asylum, or of unsound minci, or confined in
any pa Mic prison, shall be ailowed to vote
or hold office.
The 7th Section of Article 3, relaies to
the right to hold office, and reads as fol?
lows ;
Section 7. Every perron entitled to
vote at. any election shall bc eligible to'
any office which now is or hereafter shall
bc elective by the people in thc County
where he shall have resided sixty days
previous to such election, except as other?
wise provided in this Constitution or the
Constitution and laws of the United States.
? We now furnish the extract from the
j proposed amendment of the Constitution
! of the United States referred to in above
section,- which read.- as follows:
; Section ? of the I-tih Article of thc Con?
stitution :
"No person shall be a Senator or Repre?
sentative in Congress or elector of Presi?
dent or Vice I'resident, or bold any office
civil or military under the United States,
or under any State, who, having previous?
ly taken hu oath as member of Congress^
or as an officer of the United Stales, or as
a member of any State Legislature, or aa
any Executive or Judicial officer of any
State, to support the Constitution of the
United States, shall have engaged in in?
surrection or rebellion against the pnincj
or given aid and comfort lo tho enemies
thereof. But Congress may, by a vote t f
two-thirds cf each House remove such
disability."
Tims it is very c??ar a?id unquestionable
that every man, without respect to by?
gones or past political or official character,
is. as all tax payers deserve to be,entitled
to vote for those who are to represent him
in any office, Stale or county. The Con?
stitution, the 14th article which wo have
quoted, disqualifies no one from voting,
only persons iii; rJn named from holding
office. In this respect the late Charleston
Convention has acted liberally and wisely,
and gone as far as they could go to protect
al! the white people of thc Slate lVora any
disfranchisement.
Wc hope the press in this State will at
once call attention to thc fact that in the
approaching election, and all future elec?
tions in this SI nie, whilst this Constitution
stands, there is no hindrance to any citi?
zen voling, who i? 21 vcars old. And the
Legislature is prohibited from depriving
any one ol'the right, except those who are
convicted of tj-> :;>nn, murder, robbery or
j duelling.?Greenville Enterprise.
' Wanted.?Ten promising young mon
of our town are anxious to procure shui
, lions as soiiS^nlaiD in some respect a fo!b
families within the corporatun limits or
neaiv In return they are willing to bo
: used for parlor ornaments, keep pound
cake from moulding, scatter ]\n\ a in taw's
green-backs, and make ten fair damsels
supremely happy. Mere is a chance for
' somebody to increase their families, and
' onght to be improved by doting parents.