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Columbia and Augusta Company to build a rail? road from ?ranitovillo to Augusta," was ona of tho points exrreBflly made and expressly decided by tho Court of Erro?, the significance of this reply may bo readily aeon} This should have sufficed to dispel all hopoe of negotiation, bat tho Columbia and Augusta Company Were not in a condition to invite or foster antagonism. They rvero not a rich corporation, but, on thc contrary, were struggling with pecuniary difficulties and embarrassments. Their credit abroad had beon i m [laired by the litigation, and their interest was deeply involved in tho adjustment of all matters of controversy in the most pleasant and mutually advautagooua manner. They, theroforc, persisted in thoir efforts to treat; they were anxious to avoid the expenso of a separate track to Augusta; thoir interest impelled them to desire tho uso of the South' Carolina Railroad track; they were interest? ed in tho economy of joint depots, of a common bridge across tho Havannah; their location trout Gr&uitoville to Hamburg was necessarily upon tho "right of way" of tho South Carolina Railroad Com? pany, for, according to the sworn statement of Mr. Magrath himself, that location was "thc only practicable location between those points"-all these matters impelled tho Augusta and Columbia Railroad Company to desire an amicable arrange? ment, and to this end they spared no effort. At no time, however, wore they able to draw from the President of that company any singlo proposition in roply to tho many overtures made, or to ascer? tain from him that any proposition whatever wonld be entertained. This refusal to treat, or to invito or suggest any firoposition which might lead to a treaty, tho Co? ombia and Augusta Railroad Company well knew resulted from the singular view? entertained by Mr. Magrath in regard to what he deemod tho "exclusivo rights and franchises" of hiB oompa.iy, and not to the farther idea that their "right ot way was a peculiar possession and not tho subject 5f condemnation and assessment." These views, ' singularly opposed as they wore to the opinion ol the highest judicial tribunal of the State, and to .the opinions of nm i no nt jurists in this country and England, led to a denial of tho very right ol tho Columbia and Augnsta Railroad Company to construct their road; to a denial of tho authority of tho charter granted in 1858 and amondod in 1863 a>nd 1866; to tho contravening of tho validity of tho Act of 1868 proscribing thu mode of assess? ing damages for appropriations of right of way and to the many and seemingly interminable issues which have boon thrown into tho case. Some allusion to tho history sud cotirso of the litigation will be excused. Tho construction of the Columbia and Augusta Railroad was commeucec in 1863, and waa continued until intcrrupptod bj tho advance of tho Federal army in February, 18C5 - Soou thereafter tho work was resumed, and wai oontiuuod without interruption until tho spring o ' 1867. In April, 1867, tho South Carolina Railroai Company, after having Blept for near four yean over what they assumed to bo thoir rights; aftei having quietly watched the irrevocable oxpondituri by tho Columbia and Augusta Railroad Compan; of nearly a million of dollars, filed a bill to oujoii the construction of the railroad, on tho groom that such a railroad was in derogation of thoi chartered rights. This bid was twioe argued bu fore Chancellor Carroll, on two distinct motions thoona for perpetual inj unction, tho other for in jonction pendente lite. Both applications woro do cided adversely to the prayer ol tho bill, after ubi and thorough argument. Tho oauso wau the hoard in Do ce ni ber, 1867, boforo tho Court of El rora, and tho dooroo of tho chancellor ou Circni was sustained. In this first bill the right of th Columbia and Augusta RaUroad Company to coi noct Colombia and Augusta by railroad was di med; their right to cross tho track of tho Sont Carolina Railroad, near Columbia, was doniei their'right to connect Gruuitovillo and Ilambur was domed; and their right to construct thoir rai .road between Granitovillo and Hamburg, upon tl: ? right of way of the South Caroliua Railroad, w< denied. In reference to the last named point, tl fact was distinctly' brought to tho view of tl . Coin t, upon tho affidavit of Mr. Magrath, (and wi not denied by tho Columbia and Augusta Railroi Company,) that tba location of tho road fro Granit ovillo to Augusta waa upou tho right of wi of tho South Carolina Railroad, aud within fif feet of their main track, and that was the on practicable location, 'these points, thus raisi in tho bill, were all adjudged adversely to tl claim of the South Carolina Railroad Compan and with thom were adjudged every princip whiob ie now involved in tho pending litigation. Only on* new foaturo was presented hy tho b filed in October, 1868, and that was as to the rig of entry upon the lands of thc South Carolina Ra road Company without the previous competi? tion required by the Constitution and Act of 13( Tho difficulties which met tho Columbia and A guata Railroad Company in reference to thc pu meut of this compensation, was that every otb to that end waa resisted by the South Carob Railroad Company. Not only did thoy refuse unite in tho selection of commissioners for tl purpose, but resisted every effort which wau ma to procure them to bo appointed by the Cou first, boforo Judge Aldrich in October, 1867, a again boforo Judge Platt in October, 1868. Tho application to Judge Platt has boen, in I first i ust anee, granted, and an order issued tori em pa n nell ii g of a compon-at ion jury under t Aot of 1868 Dut this order wau aftorward aside, on motion of the South Carolina Hailre Company, based upon the oath of Mr. Magra that ho had not refused permission to enter sii thc tii???gi! of tho Act of 1868. Notwitlistand tho fact that this uction liad beeu a persistent fusal from beginning to end; notwithstanding communication of tho 25th of July; notwithsta mg the fact that thia motion to defoat tho oxo Mon of tho order was, iu itself, a refusal, yet made oath that he had not refused since tho of '68 was passbd; and aa proof of such reft .tas necessary in order to givo the Judgo Jurist Mon, the motion to set aside the orclor, \ granted. Pending the renewal or thc motion, before Ju Platt, tho second bill for injunction wau filod I a motion made before Mr. Juttice Willard, to join tho prosecution of the work until tho ca should be heard. This bill, as I have ah ead v s presonted no new featuru, except as to tho ina of previous compensation. Aud it iu somow remarkable that, notwithstanding' tho pursisl efforts of tho South Carolina Railroad Comp to pre veut tho ascertaining and payment of c Ecnaation, the faot that compensation had eon ascertained and paid was urged as au eq entitling them to a temporary injunction; am this ground, and on this alone, a tomporarj junction was granted against outr; upon t lauds until such compensation simula be mi.do. Every further effort to procure a jury thereupon resisted, and successfully rosistot nearly two months; and not until January, ol present yuar. when tho compensation verdict rendered and tho amount deposited, wore tin bimbi.i and Augusta Railroad Company ena to move a dissolution of tho injunction, t thon nave followed motions in prohibition, tiona to sot asido tho verdict, motions for a jury, and every other sort, ol motion which th guuuity of counsel could suggest-all of li have so far boen determined adversely to movers. In thin wanton and vexatious litigation ei found nothing lesa than a persistent lt tem il every moans which power, ?ntricuc and ni could command, to break down a feeble adver and ruin him by mero process of exhauetiut has not borne thu features of an orderly ai to tho Courts for tho vindication of rights, frtouds of it have not scrupled to resort to i paper appeals, pending the litigation. Thov ?ot hesitated to parade tho litigation for" purposes of mischief, to scatter abroad cop tho ce parte arguments of thoir counsel, in to cloud thu prospect of tho enterprise; to do public confidence in its ultimato completion thus impair, if not wholly doatroy, those roso of credit upon which 1 had to roly. Porh wonld not exceed tho mark wore "I to say ?lO?.?tK? would not to-day repair tho daraagr-i ?^?^MMteB-r - ri rn - .' wantonly caused to tho Columbia ?nd Augusta Railroad Company. Such an admission may. per? haps, yield a peculiar pleasure to the mover? or this litigation. It may gratify them to know that even to thai, extent their effort haa beeu success? ful. Tho public miy not, boweverj be equally well content to know that the power and influence of a powerful and wealthy corporation hare been tba? used to defeat a struggling publioienterpriae, and to prevent tho development and promotion of pub? lic interests in othor directions, where at? much of prostration remains. Tho pubhomay not be equally content to know that powers and privileges conferrod for tho pub? lic welfaro, have been thus perverted to tho sus taiuiug of a monopoly of that class, against which the framer* of many of oar earlier Constitutions thought it proper to"?ioard, by tho declaration that .'exclusive right? and monopolios were auti-repub lican, contrary to public policy and not to be tole? rated"-a principle, the wisdom of which ls to-day, moro thoroughly impressed opon tho public mind than at any former period of our country's histo? ry. Nor can this plea avail that this litigation has boon thus urged for the vindication of rights. With one who earnestly and in good faith asserts and seeks to vindicate his rights, there isr. public sympathy which will always sustain it. Bot this differs much from the assertion of a merely pre? tentious claim of right, for purposes of wanton vexation, and to annoy, embarrass und cripple a new and useful enterprise. Such haa been the character of their claims. Tho Courts of the State warrant me ni saying that it rested upon the assumption of exclusive rights and privileges which wero not granted by their charter. And from tho first inception of thc litigation, thc movers of il should have known that such was the groundless character of this pretense of right. I have authority for saying that in thc year 1857 or 1858, after tho project of a railroad noni Columbia to Hamburg liad as sumed form and shape, thc then President of tho South Carolina Railroad Company, after consulta? tion with his Board, referred the subject of tho rights of his company to able counsel, and altera dcliberato examination of tho subject, the Presi? dent was advised that his compauy had not thc legal right to resist tho construction of the pro jectod railroad. This advico the Court of Errors bas since unanimously sustained. Mr. Trenholui was then a member ot the Board, and must have forgotten this part of thc history of the South Carolina Railroad, which comes to mo from its former President. Doubtless ho remembered it when he subscribed to one-fourth of the eapitul stock of tho Columbia and Augusta Railroad to make a good investment of his Conf?d?ralq money. In reply to the remarks of Col. Siebela in tho Convent)? ti, Mr. Tronbolm earnestly denounces "popular clamor," and eoutendd that tho public have no right to complain of the policy and ma? nagement of thc South Carolina Railroad, in view of tho fact that ''.stockholders had not received ono dollar of dividends siuco thc closo of tho war." A stockholder, as well as tho public, may fail to find in this faot an argument to sustain thc ad? ministration of tho road. But this is a family quarrel in which I may not properly participate, nor need I to make a defence of "popular clamor," tho denunciations of which furnished so much of tho matter of his speech and that of Mr. Courte? nay. Public opinion is generally right and is able to defend itself, and I need only to add. that, in this instance, has been vindicated in the Courts of Law and Equity, iuevery form and variety of sui's and motions, injunctions and prohibition. But Mr. Trenholm moro particularly seeks to arraign mo for my illiberal spirit in negotiation. "1 havo always been williug to meet him," says he, "on fair and liberal terms. But he never came." no thereupon undertakes to repeat a proposition as coming from me, and giving it in quotation marks, as though in my very words. I certainly made no such proposition, and used r.a Mich language. My friend is authorized to pub? lish auy and all letters I ever wrote to bim in re? lation ti? railroads. And in that connection, hi can also publish his lotter io me, wherein ho pro? posed to break connection with the Wilmington and Manchester Railroad at KingvUlo, and give that through buisncss to tho Charlotte and Sont I Carolina Railroad, provided tho latter wonld di? rect its freights to Charleston instead of to Ports month, with my reply thorcto. To this corre spondenco he has thought it proper to refer ii order to reflect upon my illiberal spirit. Further says Mr. Troriholm: "Wo wero willing to make money o>.;t of Mr Johnston, but could not make a bargain with him Wo hail paid the city of Augusta $250,000 for tin privilege of building our bridgo across tho Sa van nab River. We had built that bridge at a grea expense, and it was incumbent npon Mr. Johnsoi to pay us something corresponding to tho expeun WO had incurred." lt is difficult to determine how to reply to sue! specious reasoning. It is difficult to believe tba it falls from one whose judgment on business mat tors is ordinarily so accurate. Bet us look at il The estimated cost of the Columbia and August Railroad from Graniteville to Augusta, iuolodilij the bridge over the Savannah River, is short c $200,000. At any time the Columbia and August Railroad Company would have been willing t save one-half of this expenditure by paying to th South Carolina Railroad Company $100,000, o even $120,000 for thc use of their track. It wu ample for tho uso of both companios, and in a probability would continuo so for twenty yonrs t come. Readily, too, would tho Columbia and Av gusta Railroad Company have consented topa for tho uso ot the South Carolina Railsoed true an annual sum equal to seven per cent, on th estimatod cost of constructing a separate track and would h ive consented to refer the estimate I any competent engineer. Such terms as thc* would have been much more advantageous to tl: Columbia and Augusta Railroad than tho pn position to nay tho entiro recoipts upon the cleve miles. Bnt no proposition of thia or any otb? character would bo entertained, for the reaec that this same idea y resented by Mr. Trenhol: has pervaded tho miuddof Mr. Magrath and son others associated in interest with him, to wit That because it hasjeost tho South Carolina Rai road Company a half million of dollars to coi struct their road from Graniteville to Augusta, was, therefore, "incumbent upon Mr. Johnstc to pay something corresponding to tho expense thus "incurred for the privilege of using thc track ! That is to say, for tho partial and rostric ed use oft Inven miles of tho South Carolina Ra road trac'-, including their bridge, the Columb and Augusta Railroad Company shall pay "som thing corresponding" to a half million of dollin when they can construct a soparato track ai enjoy its exclusive U30, tor loss than half th amount '. und these wero tho " fair and libel terms" to which Mr. Johnston "never carno Admit that it has cost the South Carolina Ra road Company, as alleged, $500.000 to conni with Augusta -admit, that tho privilege is wor to that company what they havo paid for it-de it follow that it is worth tho aanio amouni to t Columbia and Augusta Railroad Company V what respect would the partial uso of this tra bo worth to them something corresponding $500,000, when they can build a separate track I $200.000 ? Whether or not the South Carolina Railro Company have purchased and now own tho < clueivo right to cross tho Savannah River ;r Augusta, is a matter which rests between t company and tho city. Tho Columbia and / gusta Railroad Company is bound by tho city Augusta to cross tho river, and to conduct th road into the city; and moro than six to one lior voters in 18GG voted for a subscription $100.000 to tho Columbia and Augusta Railrc on this very condition. Mr. Courtenay, in his Bpecch to the Convente is reported to havo said : "A road is chartored from Columbia to na burg, tho routo is a practicable one ; for the cords of tho courts will prove that by compet? witnesses, but for som" ulterior reasons it div gos and oomea to Graniteville, and when it g Utero, tho President of that company make . ? . _;_?_ proposition to the Sooth Carolinr Hoad to enter upon the free nao of otu* road, bridge?, and privi? leges to Augusta for a consideration which really amounts to no consideration at ail." I snppose ho meant to refer to the route from tho Pino House to Hamborg. If so, in referonco thereto T bog to say, that "tho records of tho oourta will ?how, by competent witnesses" that, in the opinion of two scientiflo engineers of high I character, wno surveyed the route referred to, it I was found impracticable at any reasonable coat, and that without any " ulterior design'' thoso eu I gineers recommended the route via Graniteville. j That point Was not only on an afr/ins from Co? lumbia to Augusta but was "on tho most practi? cable route," within tho Btrict aud literal moaning of tho charter of tho Colombia and Augusta Rail? road Company. Iuutoad, therefore, of casting about for tho "ulterior dosign," which directed the location by Graniteville, would it not bo well to in? quire what earthly reason could exist for t bc avoid? ing of Graniteville. If a dozen other ' practicable" routes could bave* been found, was there any ono more practicable? To reach Hamburg through thia same valley of Horse Crock in which Grr.nitevillo ia situated, the South Carolina Railroad Company, in the loca? tion of their road, diverged widely from their direct line, making their track at letiHt fifteen miles longer between Charleston and Augusta than too oid wagon road, ?nd twenty milos longer from Charleston to Columbia. Thc divergence of tho Columbia and Augusta Railroad from the road usually traveled adda less than ?-ix miles to the distance between Columbia and Augusta, ami it is now tho straightest road in tho Statu of ?qu?l or gre&ler length, except tho Northeastern and the Wilmington and Manchester Railroads. Ono word more as to tho "insignificant thousand er two" which I offered for tho uso of tho track of tho South Carolina Railroad from Graniteville to .'.ugusta. Tho length of tho South Carolina Rail road, with all of its branchea, in about 243 miles. Roforo the war its income was over Jl..",00,000 per annum. Since then it has averaged for the last three years over $1,?100,000 annually. This is over ?5.300 for every mile of track, including tho Cam? den branch of 38 miles, which is said to have been a charge upon tho balance of tho road-not pay? ing its expenses. As to tho Columbia and Aii guata Railroad, it is fair to assume that, after it shall have dovcloped the country along its line, and have attracted, by reason of RH shortened diatanco, much new frolgbt and travel that never would have paused over tho South Carolina Rail Road because of ita moro circuitous route-it is fair to rasnnio that their per milo recuipts will ap? proximate the per milo receipts of tho South Carolina Railroad. Ir so, and estimating these receipts at, Bay, *5,000 per mile, the proposition made by mo to Mr. Magrath for the use bf eleven milt's, would, if accepted, have yielded to tho South Carolina Railroad an aunnal ineorao nf 155,000, or putting tho per mile receipts at only {4,000, tho offer was still better even than tho one referred to bv Mr. Courtenay, as having been made by Col. Childs, (to wit: $30,000) and which he refused lo accept, unless upon tho further condi? tion that tho Columbia and Augusts Railroad vtould agree not to compete at Augusta for freights, but would leave them wholly to tho South Carolina Railroad Company. That such propositions aa those made by tho Columbia and Augusta Hail Road Company should have been rejected by any corporation under simi? lar circumstances, can only bo explained by at? tributing it to tho delusivo infatuation thal tho Colombia and Augusta Railroad could not bo built, or eonld be stopped at pleasure, and herein lies the truth of tho explanation. The President of tho South Carolina Rail Road Company uover realised until recently that thu Columbia and Augusta Railroad would be completed even to Graniteville, much less did he entertain the idea that it would or could in any short period roach Hamburg or Augusta. From the repeated offers made by mo to treat for thc use of his truck from Graniteville to Augusta he supposed that T could not make the connection otherwise ; and that he needed but to shut his eyes and close his cars to every proposition 1 should make, and as a matter of course the whole scheme must necessarily col lapso ! Hence his refusal to treat or "to take any atop which wonld directly or indirectly involve an ad? mission of tho right of the Columbia and Augusta Company to build a railroad from Graniteville to Augusta." In tho meantime, whilst ho thus slept in fancied security; tho work of construc? tion has gone on; and now, having become awakened, ho finds a separate track to Augusta nearly completed, and his opportunity for a good bargain irrevocably lost. In this oxtroinity, he again raises the clamor of "charter rights! privi? leges! oxclusivo franchises!" forgetting that the changes had boen already rung before tho Courts on all of these words and phrases, and that they were found but as "sounding brasel" This much, sir, I have felt compelled to state, from a sense of official duty, in vindication of thc course, policv and interests of tho company I re? present. WM. JOHNSTON, Prosident. COLUMBIA, S. C. Tuesday Morning, March 23. 1869. Political S<ittal>t>lt-s Ovtr tiiv Ttnurt of Office. They aro still considering and debuting tho tenure of office law in tho Senate A compromise ia occasionally proposed, and a compromise is occasionally rejected. Tho greater part of tho radical Senators are still opposed, as they have been from tho first, to the unconditional or even substantial re? peal of tho law, but the Democratic Se? nators all go, somo of thom quito warmly, with the radical minority in favor of the repeal. We have no doubt that the law is unconstitutional, sagely observes the Louis? ville Courier-Journal, and, were we in tho Senate, wo of course should, if we voted at all, voto for the repeal, but wo have no idea that we should make any great exertion or manifest an}' rcmarkablo zoal upon tho sub? ject. Whether tho law remain upon tho statute books or bc repealed, tho letter and spirit of the Constitution in regard to re? movals and appointment.-- arc not, accord? ing to present appearances, to bo main? tained. And if tho Constitution is to be brokou, it matters little or nothing whether tho brooking bo done with or without the sanction of an unconstitutional law. Thc President, it appears, has declared to ono of tho State committees waiting on him that, after providing oflicos for a few of his own relatives and particular friends in each of tho States, ho will leave tho members of the Congressional delegation of such Stato to divide out tho offices just as they can agree among themselves, and surely, if this is to bo tho order of things, wo don't see why anybody should care whether there is a tenure of office law or fifty tenure of office laws, or no tenure of office law at nil. Wo commend to our friends in and out of Congress' a cairn indifference upon the whole subject. Try their hands at what they may, there isn't muoh probability of their being able to do much toward restor? ing or guarding ibo tuousaud-times-brokon Coustitutiou during the rule of tho party now in powor. Tho first offeitivc blow iu behalf of tho Constitution mus* bo aimed directly at the overthrow of that party. In that blow, lot the nation's strength bc con? centered. Mr.. EDTTOH: A correspondent, over tho imposing signature of "Honest," takes ex? ception to thc report in Council of thc Committee ou Alms House, in tho case of Miss Mary Lyons, and wishes to kuow in what particular manner .she was a terror to many of tho inmates. Now, it is not j thought necessary, or proper, to gratify this curiosity of your correspondent, the more especially us ho professe? to be ac? quainted with the lady, and is also aware, I have uo doubt, of tho reasons which com? pelled this "devoted Christian woman" to take refuge in the Alms House, while the houses of so many fricuds und acquaint? ances were doubtless, or should havo been, open to her. The committee dealt as ten? derly with this subject as was practicable, consistently with their duty to tho public and to other unfortunate inmates of tho in? stitution, who are. equally entitled to their care and protection; but if your corres? pondent is "honest" in his wishes to have tho details of the ovideuco on which they based their action, however reluctantly, they will give bim the THU TH. Funeral Invitation. Tho friends and acqnaiutances of Mr. and Mrs. Josip'.D. Mint and Mr. and Mrs. Dr. Charlen H. Mint, aro respectfully invited to attend the funeral sorvicoa of J. D. Ml UT, at ll o'clock THIS MORN? ING, at the Washington street Methodist Church. March '2;l_ MARRIED, On Thursday, March ISth, by tho Rev. A. R. Rude, Mr. W. STEIGLITZ to Mrs. F. LEAH MONT. * John A. Chestnut and W. J. Whipper, MEMBERS of tho House of Representatives, from Kershaw and Beaufort, will please call on tho undersigned and settle their bills at once. March 23 1* "UNCLE." Watch Found. f-<2 A WATCH was found a few nights ?go, yyV which the owner can obtain by proving pro ?7. .aft nert v. paying for this advertisement, and snowing a small gratuity to tho finder. For fur? ther particulars, apply at this office. March 23 r Piano lor Pale. A second-hand PIANO FORTE, 74 ?Octaves, by a first-class maker, can bo bought at a bargain. Itisasupo rior instrument and in perfect order. Can bo aeon at tho residonco of the enbacribor, "Steward's Hall." WM. H. ORCHARD. March 23 Sewing Machines. fTIHE undersigned is agent for Singer's celo JL bratcd SEWING MACHINES, and will attend to orders for all other kinds. Repairing of Sow? ing Machiuos, Guns, Locks, etc., promptly attend? ed to. F. A. SCHNEIDER, Gun and Locksmith, Main Street, next door to E. Sttuhouse. March 23 3mO* Owner Wanted, FOR a rod and whito no-hoi nod COW, taken up at my place, about four months ago. The owner eau havo tho _ COW by coming forward, proviug property and paving expenses. Apply to March 23 3? * Du. A. WALLACE. Final Notice. ASSISTANT ASSESSOR'S OFFICE, CoLUiiniA, March 22, 18G9. ALL neicons residing in this County, who have failed to mako returns of their income for 1H6H, are notified that tho Assessor will bo com? pelled, after Saturday, March 27, to mako tho assessments, from tho best information ho can obtain, and add fifty per cont, to the proper tax, from which there can bo no appeal. C. H. BALDWIN, March 23 2 Assistant Assessor. PROCLAMATION! Jig Hi? Excellency ROBERT K. SCOTT, Governor oj the Slate of South Carolina. WHEREAS, by an Act of tho General Assem? bly of tho State of South Carolina, passod on tho 2d day of March, A. D. 1809, entitled "An Act to chango tho location of tho County scat of Barnwell Court House to tho town of Blackvfile," it was made tho duty of tho Governor to issue his proclamation, announcing a change of tho County beat of Barnwell County from Barnwell C. H. to tho town of Blackville, on tho roceipt of a cor? uscate from tho Socrotary of Stato of tho filing in Iiis oflico of tho cossion by tho town of Black? ville of a suitable site for Court House and Jail; anil whereas, I have received tho certiticotc rc weired aforesaid. Now, therefore, bo it known, thatl, ROBERT K. SCOTT, Governor ol tho State of South Carolina, by virlue of tho Act aforesaid, do hereby proclaim and make known, that tho County scat of Barn woll County is romoved from Barnwell to the town of Blackville, and tho County Commission? ers aro hereby authorized and directed to take all needlul nioasures, at tho expenso of tho County, to effect such removal. In testimony whereof, I havo hereunto sot my hand, and caused tho crest seal of tho Stato to bo affixed, at Columbia, this 22d day of March, in tho year of our Lord 18l>9, and in tho ninety-third yoar of the iudepondonco of tho United Statos of America. R. K. SCOTT, Governor. March 23 1 feB-Barnwell Sentinel copy once. 50 Cutting Cheese. B0X?8 GOSHEN CHEESE, for sale bv Feb 14 E. A G. D. HOPE Hs o o a 1 lt? TOO. ? . -o THE RAILROAD IMBROGLIO.-Wo publish, this morning, an artiole relative to the great railroad case, which we are confident will bo generally read. President Johnston is correct iu his determination to fight it out, und be will eventually succeed. -o Le Hon Ton, for April, has just carno to bund. It contains n monthly report of tho Puris fashions, besides a quantity of inte? resting chit-chat, fashion plates, etc. S. T. Taylor, HOI Caunl street, New York, is the publisher. -o HISTORICAL RECORD OF SAVANNAH.-Wo have received, through the mail, a copy of a little book with the above title, from tho press of J. H. Estell, Savannah. It is edited by F. D. Leo and J. L. Agnew, and comprises a history of tho city from ita original settlement to tho present day, em? bracing a description of all the public in? stitutions, A:c. As a book of reference it will be invaluable. SOMETHING PARTICULARLY Goon.-Tho bell ringers gave their first entertainment last night, and it was well attondod, too. Tho songs were excellent; tho bell ringiug une? qualled; the brass baud equal to thc best; while tho personations,by Mr. Russoll-from gravo to gay, from lively to sereno-were of a charactor to plcaso one and all. Take it. all in all, tho performance was particularly pleasing. Tho hall was crowded last night, but wo look for a perfect jam to-night. Se? cure seats iu advance. You will be pleased. -o In the April "Riverside," Hans Andersen sends a special greeting to liisyouug friends in Americn, in his pretty story. "Luck may lie in a Pin." Porte Crayon, who has a portfolio full of stories and pictures about old Virginia, reappears here iu his serial, "Tho Young Virginians." Dr. Abbott tells a big fish story. Mr. Benjamin, author of "Tho Turk and the Greek," begins a series of rambles about Constantinople. There aro stories about flowers and about dogs; "Suggestions for Tubleanx;" ouo of Aune Silveruail's charming sketches, witha child's droll picture; a story from the Bible; be? sides other attractive articles. Published by Hurd A- Honghtou, New York." Two dollars and a half n year. -o NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.-Special attention is culled to the following advertisements, published for the first time this morning: F. A. Schneider-Sowing Machines. "Uncle"-Chesuut and Whipper. Jacob Levin-Auction Sale. T. J. LaMotte-Assignee's Sale. D. B. Miller-In Equity-Richland. R. K. Scott-Proclamation. D. Hicks-$50 Reward. Miss Lily Lory-Danciug. Risley Sc Creighton-Groceries, Ac. Wm. H. Orchard-Piano for Sale. Apply at this Office-Watch Found. Dr. A. Wallace-Owner Wanted. C. H. Baldwin-Final Notice Johu Templeton-Theatre. Swiss Bell Ringers. - o The great Lifo Insurance Compauy of tho United Stater id the National, of which Jay Cooke Sc Co. are tho General Agents, Wash? ington. Compared with other big compa? nies, it is destined soon to be the BIGGEST company in tho country. Why? Because its growth and popularity, measured in its iufanoy, warrants it. They have issued, in five months, nearly 4,000 policies, embra? cing a sum insured of upwards of $18,000, 000, and tho applications daily increasing. Another reason is, that the plan of the Na? tional is the correct one, tho cheapest one, the most liberal one; secures the largest amount foi tho sum paid; no fictitious or distant dividends deolared to dazzle tho im? agination with its glittering promises, but gives you a cash dividend in hand before you shirt. How? A young clerk, ago twenty, pays #12.95 a year, and seoures a policy in the National for $1,000. In other companies he pays $19.89-a difference of $6.94, or a cash dividend of over fifty-two per cent. This differenco will enable him to take out a policy for $500 moro; so that, should he die, his family secures $1,500, and pay no more premium than other com? panies chargo for $1,000. This don't look like, what, is supposed by some to bo the cuso, that tho company divido all tho profits among themselves. Why, tho fact is, they givo you a dividend before it is duo-in ad? vance-and no contingent operation of ma? king a profit is dependent upon it. Insure in tho National. Call and get circulars. E. H. HEINITSH, Gem-mi Agent, South Ca? rolina.-o-Mil A HEALTHY DIGESTION.-Life is rendered miserable when tho digestive organs are im? paired. Food becomes repulsive; the body emaciated; the mind depressed, and melan tdioly broods over you. T?TT'S VEGETARLE LIVER PILLS is the remedy for these evils: they produce sonnd digestion;create a good appetite, import refreshing sleep and cheer? fulness of mind. M6 Three men named Darnells, passengers on the Missmipi steamer Belle of Momphis, recently asked the captain to stop nt Island No. 10, as three passengers would get on ut that placo. He did so, and when the ex? pected passengers appeared the Darnolls ?hot and killed them all. They then dis smbarked, and left without being molested.