The daily phoenix. (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, September 13, 1866, Image 2
- COLUMBIA.
Thursday Morning, Sept. 13,1886.
Showing Their Hunds.
Our Northern exchanges come to
na willi many words ot warning aa io
tho designs of the radicals and their
future policy. Their assaults on the
President, and their bitter denuncia?
tion of him as n ''traitor," "tyrant,"
?fcc., is accounted fur by tho New York
World as intended to fire the popu?
lar heart and preparo the way for a
forcible ejection of the President
from his office. If this detestable
faction carry tho elections this full,
an impeachment will follow a,-- soon
as they can settle among themselves
tho grounds of proceedings. A New
York delegato to tho Philadelphia
Mongrel Convention, who shar >s.the
feelings but not the cunning of his
party, offered tho following resolu?
tion :
"Resolved, That in view of the
pro- able impeachment of n high
officer of tho United States Govern?
ment", it would be exceedingly im?
proper, unconstitutional and danger?
ous, to have twenty members of the
Senate designated, in effect, by the
President of the United States."
The World says that this resolution
was not passed, only because the
leaders of thc party aro too crafty tn
alarm the country by so formal an
avowal of their intentions. But all
their diatribes, and thc whole spirit
they manifest, show that tb.ey are
preparing and expecting another civil
war.
Thc Republicans of tho State ol
New York held a convention at Syra?
cuse, last week. At this convention.
Mr. Tremaine, its presiding officer
made a speech, in which he used tin
following language:
"From the President's haste to de
nounce the Louisiana Convention a:
an illegal assembly, although it wa
not held in violation of any law, '
cannot doubt that ho will preven
.any election or meeting of tho Tr^si
dentin! electors which shall be prohi
bi ted by Act of Congress, if. con
trary to my assumption, Presiden
Johnson shall refuse to perform thi
plain duty, I assume, further, th?
other constitutional means will b
employed to execute the btw-.. Again
I assume that any attempt by th
South to trample such a law undi
foot would unite the North, and tin
the South, standing alone, would in
obtain that majority which would 1
wanted as a pretext for taking po
session of the Government, and i
either of these cases the scheu
would fail; and as to a second robe
lion, why, if these gentlemen ure m
satisfied with their experience in tl
first, let them try thc second. Ye
let them try it. AL the fir.st tap t
tho drum, an army, composed <
veteran troops capable of overcomii
all opposition, would come to tl
rescue, and, adopting the President
opinion that traitors innot be punis!
od, soldiers would proceed to puni.1
them. And, I assume further, th
this time it would bc efiectually dot
-done without thc intervention
President or Congress, court, jury
military commission. We tend
these people the olive brand), but
they will not have it so, they ct
have the sword."
This is pretty plain language, ai
intimates, beyond a doubt, that
successful, thc radicals will oust i
President, ahould he refuse to coi
into their policy, by recognizing t
electoral votes of the Sonth, and th
give them a title to admission to Co
gr ess.
And again: Senator Yates, of II
nois, in a speech at Philadelphia,
reported us follows:
"Governor Yates commenced
declaring his amazement that thc ;
cidcntal suoe-essor of tho great a:
good Lincoln should have turn
traitor to tho high principles
which ho had been elected, and I
frayed the loyal millions who h
conf< rred upon him such a high u
distinguished honor. He. would a
ply to President Johnson tho la
guage of an amiable Illinois judge
a man who had been convicted befe
him of murder. 'Mr. Smith, it
my duty to prononnce sentence up
yo It is a painful duty, but t
law requires me to fix some til
win a you shall bc hanged. Now, A
Smith, I want to know when it w
snit you to be hanged?' Illinois,
said, had raised 250,000 troops
battle in tho cause of the count]
and was now prepared to raise ?r>0i
OOO more to linisl?. tho Ramo go
work."
Forney's Philadelphia Press,
last Thursday, speaking of tho Pre
dent, says:
"And whatever lu; intends, ft co
d\ tat or a coup </,; grace, he will
accommodated to a fair trial, ahk?
his experiment and himself." T
American people were never in
rare a humor to dftal with u new rel
or a new civil war."
Such is tho tone, at thc prese
time, of all tho speeches and wiitin
of the radical party. It is plai
therefore, th?* they design ah fl ex?
pect another civil conflict. The World
raises its warning voice, and in con?
cluding its article, truly says that ' 'un?
less the reckless radical incendiarisf
ure sternly rebuked by tho people*
weare on tLe brink of another civil
war, by which the couutry will be de?
luged with horrors such as it hus
never witnessed." We havo always
written against self-expatriation, but
should tho radicals gain the ascen?
dancy, we aro free to say that wo
would not choose to live long under
their rule.
The Obligatio? or Contracta.
The article of Mr. Abney, pnblish
ed in another column, will bo read
with interest. As tho subject dis?
cussed is one of importance and is, at
present, engaging much public atten?
tion, thc arguments of Mr. Abney
may throw some additional light on
it, and aid in leading to a correct de?
cision. It docs seem a hard matter
to press debts which were contracted
?and aceopted on tho basis of pro?
perty, which was destroyed by an
amendment to tho Constitution, and
endorsed by the highest law-making
power in the State. In thc multitude
of counsellors there is wisdom, and
we hope that, some equitable mode of
adjustment may bo the result of thc
discussions on this subject.
Sacing in tlio Unit?-?! Staten Court?.
We have heretofore believed that a
creditor in one State might transfer
his claim to another by temporarily
assigning it to a citizen of that other
State, for tho purpose of bringing
suit in the United States Courts. A
co temporary makes the. point that n
suit on this sort of assignment would
not lie, and quotes, as its authority,
from thc 11th section of tile Judiciary
Act of 1789, as follows:
"No District or Circuit Court shal
have cognizance of any suit to rcco
vcr the contents of any promissory
note or other chose in action, in favo
of un assignee, unless a suit niigh
have been prosecuted in such court t<
recover the said contents, if no assign
mont had been made, except in case
of foreign bills of exchange."
This, it would appear, settles tba
point, and is opposed to the prevail
ing opinion in relation to the mattel
Immigration.
The following is from thc circula
issued by Mr. W. M. Riehardsoi
President of the Virginia State Boar
of Immigration, to which we referrc
a few days since:
1 am just informed by Gen. Tod
man, that 700 emigrants, mentions
in my card of 27th instant, os t
arrive at New Voile in ono of tl
steamers of the American Aid an
Homestead Company, will be in 1
5th September, and will wish to pu
cbas?i farms of fifty to one hundit
acres "muiediatoly on their arriva
and t.. <:.ter at once upon tl
requisite building and other prep;
rations for permanent settlemen
thai they have ample means for baili
ing, stocking and provisioning thc
\ homesteads, but will require a ered
of live or six years upon the pureba
money, paying interest from tho dat
and with the privilege of paying po
tions of thc principal as from time
? time they may be able to ?lo s
They are skilled agriculturists, ai
have among them mechanics of j
kinds, and some laborers; that if ai
number of them be settled favorab
, in Virginia, others will soon folio
and Gen. Tochman, who is well a
quainted in the State, considers the
as valuable and desirable as ai
whatever. Those who wish to s.
lands will, I believe, lind it to tin
interest to embrace the opportuni
thus presented; but there is no tit
to lose, as the emigrants cannot wa
and if not located here, v\ill ir
mediately go elsewhere.
Any communications, with descri
tions and prices of land, if sent
this ofiieo, will be forwarded ii
mediately.
A Paris letter says tin; war
America, was tho means of introdn
ing thc umbrella in Prance. T
writer says: "The war drove so mai
Southern families abroad, they fori
a largo sized colony here, and win
the y raised their umbrellas to ke<
oft' the sun-beams, they kept oi
another in countenance. Thc otb
foreigners herc, seeing so many nt
brollas raised on sunny days, thong!
naturally enough, it was a Parisi;
euston), and conformed to it. Tl
Parisians, in turn, seeing so mai
timbrel lxs raised, were persuaded
was a new fashion and conformed
it. They found it comfortable, ni
persuaded their friends to adopt :
In this way tiie firing on Port Sut
tor has made the Parisians adopt tl
Southern fashion of using timbrell
to keep oft' the SUD-beams as well
cloud drops.
M. Drouyn De l'Huys has retir*
from the French Cabinet.
A MtBgonr?aii writes io Horace
Greeley that "any amount of money
eua be raised to comp?nsate the dele?
gates from the South to the Loyal
Convention, if they will remain in
the Northern States until the fall
elections are over, and canvass them
iu behalf of radical candidates. In?
asmuch as many of the bogus dele?
gates in question have no local habi?
tation, no money, and no friends,
this offer will no doubt excite in the
breasts of such a lively feeling of
gratitude, and will bo hastily accept?
ed.
Forney speaks of the "mistakon
staba" which the assassin of tho me?
morable night of tho 14th of April,
18G5, directed at Mr. Seward, Secre?
tary of State. Does tho shameless
miscreant mean to admit that he was
a party to the assassination conspira?
cy? Docs ho confess that tho radical
party were tho agents of "Provi?
dence," iu the work of that night?
Is tho mischief they intended return?
ing "to plague tho inventors?" Aro
tho real assassins now draining thc
bitter contents of "the poisoned
chalice?"
Tho New York Evening Express, of
the 5th, says: "Two colored men, re?
spectively named ('liarlos Washington
and John Marris, have been arrested
at Plainfield, N. J., charged with the
trilling (dienet! of stopping on their
way through the town and breaking
open and robbing a dry goods store
of goods valued at $200. Thc pri?
soners wore committed to tin Union
County jail for trial. Upon their
persons were found documents rcgu- i
lary accrediting them as delegates to
tin? Radical Convention now in ses?
sion at Philadelphia.''
From tho Gazelle d'- Moscow, wo
learn that avery serious attempt has
been made at insurrection in Siberia.
The Polish exiles, long ground down
with oppression, rose in a body, and
overcame the garrison, took their
horses and went off towurds thc gold
mines of Petrowsky, where also a
large number of Polish exiles are at
work. The ultimate success of such
an ?meute is, of course, hopeless; and
we can only feel sorry at the inevi?
table fate that awaits them.
Tim New Orleans papers are filled
with Gen. Ben. Puller's speeches lu?
is delivering all about thc North, to
excite tho people to radical frenzy.
Thc New Orleans papers take great
pains, and waste a vast amount of
good ink, to prove said Butler a liar,
a scoundrel, ;i thief, a coward, and a
blood-thirsty villain. Now all this
is unnecessary. Sonni things should
be taken for granted, and ono of
these is that all thc world by this
time has heard of Untier, tho Boast.
Tho new internal revenue law con?
tains a provision that all pupers
which are executed in insurrectionary
States before tho establishment of
collection districts therein, which are
invalid for want of stamps, may be
legalized by fixing the proper stamps
at any time before the first of Janu?
ary, I SGT.
The inhabitants of Sydney have re?
solved to erect a monument in their
town, to commemorate thc discovery
of their country by Captain Cook.
The monument is to be completed in
1870, in which year, precisely one
century will have elapsed since the
discovery of New South Wales by the
English navigator.
--? ?? ?-- -
lt is reported that thc representa?
tives of tho leading New York daily
papers have had a meeting with a
viene of advancing the price ot' the
papers ami advertising. The enorm?
ous expense of cable despatches, alni
| the continued high price <.f paper
j and labor, are urged as controlling
I consid?r?t ions.
The Viennese jokingly say: '"We
gave Venetia for a Napoleon, soul it
turns out to be a had one." Thc
sting of the joke lies in the fact that
j the French Emperor, on accepting
? the cession of Venetia, made promises
i to Austria which ho afterwards did
i not fulfill.
IL is computed that one-fourth tho
j negroes liberated from bondage 1>\
! the war are now in their graves; ami
tho process of destruction will go on
j as long as agitation is kept np.
I The radical journals speak of the
i so-called "Southern" sneaks at Phil?
adelphia as "tried men. One ol'
? them at least-Chaplain (?lavis-, who
has the impudenco to hail from North
Carolina-has been not only "tried,"
but convicted also.
Soa trient Mar'nfaetar?ng
The Louisville Courier says:
"Wo hail with pleasure the present
jroclivity of Southern capital toward
nannfacturing enterprises. The
jolley of inordinately high protective
?riffs, which seems to bc saddled
ipon the country for au indefinito
period, will compel the South and
West, in self-defence, to embark
.argely in manufactures. As the
Government seems determined to
jive American manufacturers a mo?
nopoly of the homo markets, that
monopoly will become a great and cry
in g evil, rendering all sections and
all other industrial pursuits grievous?
ly tributary to tho immense corpo?
rations of the New England States,
unless the other sections make some
effort to break up the monopoly and
divide thc spoil by starting rival estab?
lishments. Let tho effort be made.
Let joint, stock companies be formed
wherever there are natural facilities
to justify the enterprise. If they do
not declare large dividends at first,
they ought still to bc persevered in
from patriotic motives; aud if they
shall be, English capital and skill
will eventually begin to seek tho
South and West to renew that com?
petition with Yankee, companies from
which the tariff would otherwise ex?
clude them.
Thc experiment thus far of freed- j
men's labor on cotton plantations is,
to say the least, discouraging. The
gregarious nature of the negro impels
him continually towards thc cities
and towns, and it may be, if thc race
is destined to remain among us. that
there will bc no way left to utilize
that element of our population save
by finding them employment in large
factories.
TITE 1' lt ES ID EST IN LlN E. - Wc fi U d
the following despatch from a way
station, on thc linc of the President's
journey :
The President, Admiral Farragut,
and others, were introduced by Hon.
John Hogan, of Illinois, to thc large
crowd. The greatest possible anxiety
was evinced to section. Grant. Loud
I and repeated calls were made for him,
; thc spectators being wild with excite?
ment. The General appeared on the
; platform, and was greeted with voci
! f. ious applause. When ho retired,
President Johnson commenced speak
j ing, but was interrupted bj- renewed
cheers for Gen. (?rant, aud a voice
1 said: "We don't want traitors hunt?
ing bread and butter nt thc home of
Lincoln;" to which Mr. Hogan re
? plied: "All you aro afraid of is
j losing your bread and butter, and
i that's what the mat.er."
The response raised ti general
! langi t.
Tho President remarked to those
who wore disposed to create a dis?
turbance, that he was on the "lino"
with (ron. Grant, and contending for
tho union of tho states. Before he
could say more, the whistle screeched
and the train resumed its way.
- -.-*<?-.
The Memphis Arulonche is respon?
sible for this squib at an attempt to
! colonize Jerusalem with New Eng?
landers:
\ Going to Jerusalem, arc they? God
; h; !p that already plundered und
j priest-ridden country, called Pules
tine, if the Puritan radie.ils locate
there. Wc s.-o it stated in our ex?
changes that some religious lunatic:*
are about starting out from Newport,
in Maine, with a view to "colonize"
j mid civilize und Christianize Jerusa?
lem!
Wo advise our friends, tho Jews,
. over there, 1" look oct for witches and
j fagots. If n strong olouy of Puritan
j Yankees should once obtain foothold
I there, tho Jews will bc converted tc
: the true faith, (John Brown's school)
, by persuasion-or by violence, should
I persuasion fail. If the John Brown
? Yankees shall once determine that
Jews must believe ns John Brown
did, why tho dows will have to <lo
it, that's nil. Jerusalem has our
j sincere sympathy.
Fi sr.K.vL or v SOVTII CAKOUNIAX.
! Tho Fr; d< ricksburg. Va., Acnes soys:
Tho Ladies' Memorial Association.
i of Fredericksburg, at his father's
request, had removed to Fredericks
burg lveentty, tho remains of John
; K. Witherspoon, Jr., of Camden,
I South Carolina, who was killed while
; hearing a despatch from thc Rapidau
to Gen. Lee's headquartcrcs, on 20th
j of August, l??i2. lie was .shot by a
Federal spy, who was afterwards
hung. lb- died a few hours after he
was shot, ami was buried in the
orchard of Willis Madden, in Cnl
peper County. On Sun-lay last, his
1 funeral ceremonies were performed
in thc Presbyterian Church. A very
I large congregation accompanied his
remains to tho cemetery, where ho
was interred.
Tho bogus Southerners, mean
white, petticoated politicians, and
blaspheming parsons, who have just
gone bonn* from Philadelphia, have
covered themselves with ridicule by
thc address they adopted before ad?
journing. Its grammar and rhetoric
are alike execrable, while its tone is
low and its statements meanly mali?
cious. Thc Now York Cominerci'tl
Advertiser, while commending some
of the objects of tho Convention, is
compelled to say of their performance :
"Tho address of tho Convention is
in its style intolerable. Stilted, ven?
omous and undignified it would dis?
grace a school-boy. lt is a pity that
so good a cause has so poor un advo?
cate. Thc public is sick of this riotous
rhetoric."
Two Straws*
When the President's party reached
Cleveland, Gea. Groat and Admiral
Farragut, -wearied Kith ihe journey
and its excitements, and anxious for !
a night!* q?i*t rest tool the night
boat for Detroit, .meeting and rejoin?
ing th*$ Prerfrlentml parry again tho
next day. The radicals, therefore,
announced to thc bogus Southern
Convention that Grant and Farragut
had deserted tho Presidential party,
and set that body of ferocious, fanatics
into a howling ecataoy, thus described
by the JVibttne:
"At the end of business, this after?
noon, ? telegram was handed to Pre?
sident Speed, reporting that Grant
and Farragut had left the Presidential
party, and gone to Detroit. Its pub?
lic reading by the secretary provoked
tho wildest cheering, which busted for
several minutes, and was renewed
when the baud struck up the 'star
spangled bar ncr.' Enthusiasm did not
stop herc. Home one sang out, 'Pally
'round the flag,'when the whole as?
sembly joined iu thc song."
The Tribune correspondent keeps
up the shameful slander, and has thc
insufferable insolence to say that
Gen. Grant is disgusted with the
party-travels in auother cai'. Of
course ho travels in another car, in
order that as many people as possible
may be able to seo the President, the
General of our armies, and the Admi?
ral of our fleets, all of whom are in
perfect accord with Presideut John?
son in his national policy, and all of
whom-these defenders and pre?
servers of the Union, its Chief Ma?
gistrate, and its foremost men
Greeley, at Syracuse, the other day,
scurrilously called a "menagerie."
Another incident equally perverted,
was that in which Secretary Seward
asked an audience-alluding to the
fact that Mr. Johnson's vetoes had
put away from himself more than
kingly power-"Do you want Presi
dent Johnson President or hiing?"
Now, let sober men consider th?
I fact that thc mau who, with Parser
Brownlow, chiefly controls the Phi
ladelphia Convention-namely. Juc)
Hamilton-got up in its presence an?
?hew dowu thunders of applause fron
its members, by reading the despatel
which announced thc above circum
stance; as if Secretary Seward lia?
put Mr. Johnson in nomination to th
people of Michigan for King of th
United States!
Doubtless Jack Hamilton ami Par
son Brownlow are quite unable to dis
tinguish between the power of n eon
j stitutional prescient and that of
j despotic king. Their own actions i
power show that their passions ur
I their oidy guide, and that those pas
sions have no brains behind to toinpr
their heat. But let th?! sober reade
consider tho significance of the fae
that Hamilton could unblushingl
assert that thc Secretary of State ha
proposed thc President for Xing, an
tho further fact that nil the rec
mouthed radicals whom he addresse
believed the poor creature, and haile
thc subsequent denunciations wit
thunders of applause. Positively
there has not been as much intelle?
in the white men ?>f this bogus cox
j ventiou as goes daily to the curling ?
j Fred. Douglass' hair.
[Nete York World
j ALL TOE DECENCY.-In the radie
convention in Philadelphia, on Thur
; I day last, thc following seent-s occu
j red. which cannot fail to shock tl
! moral sense of every right-thinkii
, man iu the couutry:
j Mr. Hamilton, of Texas, read tl
i despatch in ycstertlay's papers i-ela
I iug to tho^ Presi.lent's visit to tl
i North-west. On reading that part
! Mr. Seward's speech, ami inquir?]
, < whether the audience desired M
I Johnso!) for King or President, loi
j cries of "Nary ?ni?!" were heard fro
j all parts ot the convention.
A Delegate.-No, sir; we'd s
, Andy Johnson 3(>5 degrees into he
, j with Bill Seward and Montgomc
. j Blair on top of him, first.
Parsoi Brownlow gave uttoran
I to these disgusting remarks:
Some gentlemen, not through ai
I unkind feeling toward me, b
; through a mistaken appreciation
j my motives, has said that we we
, afraid of tho negro suffrage questi?
: and sought to ?lodge it. Why,
j should feel ?lisgraced now and forev
if 1 felt doubtful on any subject
; national concern. I never w
! claimed on both sides of any qm
. lion, und never intend to be. Win
j am satisfied with what has be?
j done, 1 am the advocate of neg
! suffrage and of impartial suffrag
; [Gnat applause, iueludiDg "thr
: cheers for Brownlow."] I won
] sooner be elected to any offico und
Heaven by loyal negroes than by dj
I loyal white men. [Applause.]
j would sooner associate in private li
I with ft loyal negro than a disley
white man. I would sooner be buri?
ina negro grave-yard than in a reb
gravc-ynrd. ] Applause. | If I hav
j after death, to go either to hell i
to Heaven, 1 shall pitier to go wi I
loyal negroes to hell than with trai
ors to Heaven.
John Brown, not the man with tl
foot-sore son!, but the Higblande
; in connection with whose position :
Queen Victoria'a household ti
; absurd scandal was circulated son
j time ago, has been mustered out <
j his office. Ho was too fond of U
. quebftugh, anil presumed so far c
his favor with his mistress as to g
drunk at unseasonable times an
places. Tho scandal-mongers, ?
: coarse, predict that he will bo takf
! back.
S lim iii milMlUM'lliiMiHIIWiMI* illMU?Wimi!
Xjiooal Itomc.
STAT? PKIMTE*.-The proprietor of the
Ph?-?is. hz? been re-elected State Printer
jy the Legislature.
'VAIL AKBA>\U:.\TSSTS.-All tnailb are
ipen for delivery at 8 o'clock in thc morn?
ing, and close as follows: Northern, 5? p.
m.; South Carolina Railroad, 8 p. m.;
Charleston, 9 p. tn.; Greenville, 9 p. m.
"Throe newspaper thieves were captured
in Nashville a few days ago, and tined ?7
for the offence."
Wish a fow of these gentry in this Bec?
kten of country coul l be overhauled.
MUSIC, FlBJC-WOBKSAXD IGECI?EAM.-Tho
above is the programme for this evening,
at McKenzie's iee cream garden. Persons
who have attended these pleasant open-air
concerts will not need a second invit^yaji
to bo present. Full particular.-* will i J
found tn our advertising columns.
TH ic Bcr.Nixo <T Coi.i JIIUA.- AK r
eating account ot thc "Sack and ''<? ? -
tion of thc City or Columbia, S. C.,' in*
just been issued, in pamphlet form. Loni
tho Phii-uis. power press. Orders filled to
any extent. Price 5<> cents. Copies can be
obtained at this office ami tho bookstores.
At a meeting of the Columbia Fire De?
partment, held on the 3d instant, the fel?
lowing preamble and resolutions were una?
nimously adopted:
Whereas the late Festival held by the
Fire Department, for the purpose of rais?
ing a fund to enable them, to some extent,
to rebuild their engine houses, has been
brought to a successful termination by tho
united efforts of the ladies and those gen?
tlemen friendly to thc cause; bo it, there?
fore.
Resolved, That tho thanks of the Fire
Department of this city are justly due, and
are warmly extended, to the ladies who so
kindly and zealously assisted at the late
Festival.
Resolved, That the thanks of this De?
partment are gratefully extended to those
gentlemen who voluntarily assisted by
their efforts in our behalf.
Resolved, That the thanks of this De?
partment are hereby extended to his Honor
tho Mayor and Aldermen of tho city, for
use of the Market House.
Resolced, That the Secretary be instruct?
ed to enclose a vote of thanks to each of
those ladies who had charge of tables, arel
by their efforts materially assist od in suc?
cessfully carrying out thc objects of the
Festival.
Resolced, That the thanks of this De?
partment are hereby tendered to tho press
<>f the city for thc free use of their columns;
also, to the public for their generous sr.p
P?rt. _
PATES OF FuEionT.-Tho high rat^s of
freight on the South Carolina Railroad have
been thc cause of much complaint fron
the merchants P.ncl others in Columbia.
Whether or not the advanced rates aro
justified by the necessities of tho Compa?
ny, wo have no means of knowing; bnt.
there Ls oac thing self-evident: the rates of
froight during the timo of scarcity of
money should be reduced to the lowest
point consistent with a fair remuneration
i to the stockholders. A correspondent
sends us the following on the subject:
MESSRS. Eorrons: By tho Act of tho Le?
gislature of Mouth Carolina, passed in De?
cember, 181"?, incorporating the Cincinnati
and Charleston Railroad Company, section
20 states "that tho said company ebal!
have the exclusive ri-jht of transportation
. or conveyance of persons over the said rail?
road and its branches, to Ix: by them con?
structed; provided, that the transport?ti<ni
or conveyance shall not exceed thirty-ii ve
per cent, per hundred pounds, on heavy
I articles, and ten cents per cubic foot on
' articles of measurement, for every one
? hundred miles of the said railroad." The
. Act of December. 1838, authorizes tho
" S< mt li Carolina Railroad Company to
charge for the transportation of goods by
' weight, not exceeding fiftv cents per one
hundred pounds per hundred miles; pro
? vided, that it shall bo in the power of tin
Legislature, at any time hereafter, to re?
peal the above provision authorizing thc
increased freight.
F These are the Acts and authority by
r j which the South Carolina Railroad Comp a
' j ny ure entitled to collect freights. It is a
. well known fact to the Charleston rner
' chants, as well as tho merchants of tho in
i terior and upper portion of the State, that
the South Carolina Railroad Company has
, charged frieghts far in excess of its char?
tered limits. Cotton has been carried at
' 15 to $(> per bale from Columbia to Charles
' ton-the chartered limit for a bale of 4ts?
pounds, a distance of 130 miles, being
, $2. GO. Even at thc present time. $3 is
charged, which is an excess, and is, be?
sides, three times the rate current in ISC*.
Many goods are now charged seventy-five
t cents per one hundred pounds, which were
t formerly carried for twenty-five to thirty
cents. In addition to thia, the company
' discriminates against our own citizens,
i and carries goods beyond the limits of the
State at lower rates than when delivered at
. any station or terminus of the road, as may
. j be seen by comparing their through rutes
of freight to Charlotte or Augusta with the
1 rates to Columbia or any other point on
the South Carolina Railroad.
lt is to be hoped that Mr. Tillman, ? ho
offered a resolution to check any an;; :.'.!
violations by tho railroad companies wdl
1 fi.How thc mutter np, by repealing,th. Act
of 1833 allowing increased rates of freight.
Ry legislating so that no discrimination
shall bc made in favor of citizens of other
Statesoii our own people, ns it is cvider.i
that the company have forfeited th? iv ori?
ginal charter by extorting rates far in ex?
cess of any authority given them, and, as
<7 consequence, hace furfeded the exclusive
righi oj transportation on ?As road and its
(tranches, ana are now s iib j act to any pe?
nalty which tho State may see fit to im?
pose. This isa subject in which the pros?
perity and rights of the people of this
State are involved, and it is well that the
Legislature should bear in mind that tho
road is now principally owned by sp^'i
lators, not original stockholders, mau^t
whom acquired their stock by purchase for
investment during the war, und are now
using the road, which was authorized t.?
be constructed for a great public blessing,
for their own selfish purposes, and much
to the th trimmt of our nutted citizens.
COLUMBIA.
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ed to the following advertisements, which
i arc published this morning for tho Ii mt
! time:
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