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of the Okur i ti n
shalt eI e, lie.
to pay" hej sa
same stit a t
any persi; 5G olei -
pleading sir g ai
the-owheer ore 'getior siqen t' i1
n r, s the l:n he" resuch d 1i .i(
hurt, dlanige njurf a W i
- done or- camied the .i :
.caused or toni i
free padlge of vehieldi n tillelroi d Yo
- shtill be v ine:ed ar dS en and
-ma~y hba'll oesi ny; e! e V_
6 agent, or s'rvantef'the compai9~an Jtt
person e.tisfl;_(ih b tl, may be
i - ndicted and-i ni'shed for rIfug aIpub a
lie inidnce. -
XXII. Whenever, in the construetiui nl
- of said RaitIpons as shall ioinersearyitu e
cross cr intersect any'qstablirhed.;road or 0
way, it shi allbe thi ditfofy e said Presi- p
dent ani Dire'stiers, so to constrttucthe .11
Wa. Rail Road across such estoablished
or ways, as not. to Impede Ihe
sage or transportations of persons,or prop
erty along the same. ..Protided, howOever,
that in order to prSvent the frequent cros- a
sing of established roads or..wrys,; or in it
case it nmay be necessary to oectipy the
same, it may be lawfuil for the said Presi- C
& dent and Directors, to change the said p
roads 4t psoints they may deem it-expedi- A
- ent to do so; an I that, for entering upon p
or taking any land that-be necessary therer b
for, they shall be, and are- hereby atithori- .
zed to proceed under the provisions of this
Act, as in the casa of lands for their Rail
Road. Provided further, that previous ti al
the making of any such ch'ange, the -said si
- - company shall umake and prepare a- road so
equally g tod with the portion of- the road 'ir
-proposeid to be snbstituted; b'ut nothing 01
15. herein contiinel shall be so construed as it
-1 i make it incumbent upon the said com- tl
pany to keep in repair.any portion of aty s
- -rid whicl they may have chainged, as te
if aresaid. Provided also, that the con. il
miissioners of the roads in the districts or wV
parishes, or the justices for the coity in f
which such alteration sh'ill be desired, shall ir
assent to such alteratiois, and approve of h
- the substitutes, when completed. h
XXIII. All machines, wagonis, vehicles fh
and carriages, pur tchased as aforesaid, with Ii
the funds of the comnpany, or engaged in h
the business sfi 1ransportativn on s'qd Rail II
- n* u, usia ate asr worKs or saw emtnipaony, di
constructcd or properly acfjiired, under h
authority of this Act, and all prolits' which e i
shall accrue from the sam-, shall be vs. i
- ted in the respective stockholilers forever, d1
* *.. . in proportfon to their espective shurces, n
and the said shares shall be deemed perso. aI
11.l estate.
-XXIV. Upan the road hereby authoirized, d1
thle company shall have the exclusive right te
of transportation. Whten it is completedl, ci
~,. . they shall at nil timses furnishi and keep isn as
-good' repair, ' the necessry en'riages and da
* othmer requisites for the safe anid convenient as
transpor taotion of persons and property ; at
- and it shall be their duty att all times, upon ti
-~ the payment or temder of the tolls hereby
allowed, to transfer to any depot on the
road, which the owvne: of the goods may p,
indhicate, and there to deiliver all articles 13
which may be deliveredl to thema for trains- ci
portation, or offered to them0 ini pr'oper Ii
* ~~~~condition to be transported. unucpe. i
erence to the proplerty of one person over in
that of another, butt as far as p:acticable, ms
shall carry eachi in the order of ltme in ei
which it shall be delivered or offered for at
; ~ traniportationi, with the tolls patid or ni
tenldere).. If the Company, or anty of its 0
~~ti'officers or agents, shall fail to rcecive, di
- . transport, or deliver, in due time, any D)
property so delivered and otfferesd to theni, hn
- for transportatiotn, or shaill fail to take up s
~* -*~' or set dowun atny passenuger or passenigers, uh
at sucht convenienst station as hie or they ii
may desire, upon the payi3nient or tender
of the pass-age money hereby allowed, they
shall forfeit ansd paty to thme party, S) soju.
.4 ~red, double the amut of thme law ful toll ,ei
'--IW' paid or tendered, an I shall mohsreover be (0
liable to an action in the case, in wvhich p:
- full damage and double costs shall be re- til
covered. 'p,
XXVI. So pootn as any p irtion of the Rail re
--Road hereby attthomrized, maiy be in readli
* tines, for transpor-tation, it shall be lawvful
~ ~4 * for the saidl Presidentt and Directors, to
- - trasport by their oilicers or agents, or by
~~ . ~contracts tunder them, personts antd prsoper
.~, **.ty on the same, andl they shall have power t
- ~, *. ' ~ -to charge for such transportation of per.. tr
'4-'a~ *~ ~i" ~ ons, gootis, prodluce, merhammndize, ansl b, tri
~ ~ ~ ~er articles, andI fair the transpnrtation of the :
mail, anyaiu not exceedingt the folloswing WI
lates, to wit: oni persons, not exceeditng re
- Vsix cenlts per mile foir each person, untlessth
the distanc'e which -any person many be
-.. -tragsportd,be less thani ten milles, in) wh~ichI
case the Presidetnt and- Directors may he
-. eittitled. toa make an extra chtarge of fliy MI
e.-ota jgu and putttinlg dlown encht lIt
- person so'transiporteds fair the trantslmorta
- tion ofg~os produtce, merchantdize, andt
other aribdes, not eiceedinig fifty cenits
- per hundsred . pounds for -each hundred 'W
4 ~- miles, on'heavy articles; antd fifteen centso 1,
- per cubic foot, od article, of tr'easturement, lt
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M r n 4 h i
il Djsilihirt l
et- im, Olakaa
1440 9ilei:udes ey 'ug'fe-'
the 'neu jirifits erising frbm tiiN
~:dat comnpsany, ptrd t.nca
$ ..naaryeret and: cor ingett 0
of .1 ofte.ad onayenal
0' he sare amono the proprieltor.of
e.1ic e7ilompa . in propJortIqato
resIarieh.
X ileni and Director'
nctants of titelr pro-. I
e, r p isbu.rsements of- mni'ygto E
e n aothe stockholders. I
i4 p denaeside nd Directors -
~ida ba written,.or printed,. et
,aB_ epres of the'stock ipht
m 1 46 yandisbl dellver "Cn. such'
r~t y.n the*. President aoWlt
).s erglgnei Cb7 , Treasurer,,Aodach 'i
ersonfa.bc tniber ofslhares suabe ib.
lI him; ilela' c,9r4eatiles vhall bet
.i%,a ubieet, however to- all payments
je Or'tI'beome duo othereon; undtsuch'
isignee.hadiig first caused: the transfe'r
:.asignment to '.e entertin- book 'dr
ieconpany, to be kept-for ithat pirpausby i
allhenceforth becore a member :ol thi'
~aganuy araisesalid, and'shaal.libe liable~tdi
y all.sums-due or -to become- due tipon
s stock-assigned him.
XKX.. Be itfurther enacted; Thit this
et shall'be in foce from and afi'eriie-ra.
fication.thereof,,and shall be rega rded a
public Act, and iay be given'in evidence,
I such, int all casesviithout special plead
XXXI. Be it further criacted. Thutthis
harier-shall- in Ino ttise be subject to ther
revisions of the forty-first section of the
ct of the Assenribly 'of $outh Cardian,
ssed on #he seventeeith day of Decemt
r, A. D. one thousand eight hundred and
rty-one. '
t
lIIitflLE TRAoEDY,-OnI monday litat,
3otit 6 o elock, P. M. J. yP.Langfo'rd re
diig ln Rome toswinship, iii this connty,
yd the Bradford Pa. Argiis, of the 16th
st., murdered his nife 'by shobting her
rough the budy with a pistol! La for d
id been in the habit of threutening to take
a life of his wife, until she had become
accustomed to it, that 'she paid little at
uillon -to t )he said. On Monalay even
g libout dark, he tild his wife Ihut he
ais going-to shoot ler, and drew a pistol
om his pocket and deliberately loaded it,
ter presence, for thie purpose or ptiting
s dinbolical threat into execution.. AfiC
Ming chargel the weapoln very heavily.
3 stepped out of the house and tildl hid'
tile son 'a 110 of seven years iof ag, thaut
4 was goaing to kill his (the boy's) mother.
e inistaitly returned into the hous11e. .1uel
sri-igiis the entreaties ir his wvile,
id heir with ore tan id, while with the oth
discharged the contents' of the pistol
roughc hker body, the . entea ing her ah
men and coming put just above the hip.
?ar the back bone. Ste liiigeril in great
7 v
.ny, until Thursday night 10 o'clock,
hen she expired, The reaiaains of the
ucensed were brought to this place yes
rday, accomnpuanied by a numiber of the '
tizencs of Rome. Three inefant child ret
-e left to mourn th,.e loss of a fonid and
uatinag, mother, and deplore the errors of
C ii unnatural fatther. L ag ford made noi a
tempt to escape, antd is now in jail awai,
rig hisi trialh,&
NI'wOPAPER lBiL~is.--Postmaesters will e
~rreive by the folloin~ig article fram the
'aton Trumipet, that bills may, without
at, be. 'nchosed in niewtsp)apers by pub.
utiers to their subscribcers:
Can Printers &nd Bills?-Some doubt
is been entertainecd by publishers ofneews.
pers. since the laite Crirenlr of the Post- r
aster Gueneralh was issed, whtethser bili
ii be lawfulialy senet enchlosed in a paperi
di weitth no additional potae \Ve madec h
eplicationi for inf.ormation at the Bostoian
Ilice, -buit the postmiaster hiere was ine '
subt. WVe thmen aiddressed a letter to 'tilie 'b
eparatmetnt at WVasheiagton, to wt ich we '1
see receivedh the followving 'answer. It n
ems that pulblishers ill continue to have
e privilege they heave enjoyed, or send-"
g bills ensvelope~d in papers: -.
App't. Offce, P. 0. Department, t
Deccinber 20th, 1840. . ~
SiR. Yours of the. 24th heas beeni receiv
I. -Now as before the passage of the P'ostp
Ililce w oaf 1845, publishers of newspae- s
ra miay transmit their bills for subscrip. a
>ns ( due, free of poslage, accoring to) the u'
ocisions of Sec. 150 of the Post Of1ice d
gulations. '' a
Rea'pectfuly yours, WV. Bi110WN,
8cc. A ss't. P. M. Gen. a<
Thou. Whitenaore, 37 Cornhill, Doston. r,
Murder.-A mst revolting murder was'
mmiiittedl. in the loer part' of th.is Dis.la
ci, on Frilacy last, by Wmn. Ga ffnisy, oni
e buody of onie of hiletns slaves. Gaiecy, '
learn, has sinace aibsconuied. Tias is his
condl offuence, andl we trust he may be ar- .
sted anid mnadel t.. self--r the peialty oif ~
a lai.-Columbia Chkronicle, Feb...l0. -C
The Newberry Volunteers arrived aet
afntgomnery', Ala,.. on Thaursdaey last, ar.d
the sante evening for Mobile.
Char. Cour. A
'Jaine, youi must not learn A rithmnetic.''
Iby iiamusnn "Decauise, miy denar, in
iking through y ours yesterday, I aaw tI
it the frenetias .men vunt.." a
tJt t
,E ' 0~qV~
oi d W6i- h reW thd'
Ar duggen heqp of iftap d
r erI ih h-e, sies ariead fismt 1
t at
of a e g f' one 6
olssr .,he Moy Q .Hw bioy 5'g~'.a~
tiSepiu I"W
TA~ulvsN~lthoptan per Yh -lqJr~uld
t ie oAai .p'r the e u
!rl O. 4. 'I o tfh 'y
pt -.
1%y. rer g e a: a wpa
ki tre4"o day ,,w prvosy-a
Ile~ies 0 Da v -, Cp,no~tlci;e~ iOt
I'N .',*'t
0Rr In that.Rte. X
cA'.I; it be acording o haer gra86
d iy~ bi ttegth t~ mjory -p ' uh Carol
a ,:ommissitners mustappotit the necessary liqii';
Jaces and comj'misionero ndadvertise team tj
oo nwsp nie f t hirsty. dayI Pre
iaonsto t he o-enin of the hopk4;,an, Rs;-this has
Lot yet.been done by our coinmis'sioners, itis evidea~t
l adv re ent-co a jeh Wilmington .papeti.
annot~be,comp!!qd with -in-. this Sate., Wemuch
eget this eircumttancea but hope that thMajorIly
equired will meet, act, and ghaetio advttised no
ice previous to the rrt Motnday in M drig so that
ie boks- may ieoen oendonthe first.Mtonday In
Lptil, thouldbthe suggestion;in our lIst.umber
at bet Aesible at present, it canile:carriedoit 'at
ome more suit-dble time. . e
-in this ncirumster e putlib a opy of th.Ghajrter
uranted by-this Stte; and io recotmmeni to all of
ur reidersan careful pernsat ofthe sanie. We hope.
ni e lievethis ' publication-yil M devechpe thema
urs..which w e for sore time earnesti urgerd
ud that the iron will be struck whil it Is hemb
['he favorable oment must be seized or itomd atissa
y. Our people are, now almust unianlnimluly h's fa.
oemr' this measure and are to do their -mee
ost. Wilmington, at one extremit y of the route,
Sdoing her part; let Sumtbr, at the oether, do' allrr
ni it is incumbent on thisA I lace as our Ditle
aital, to take the necessary measures andihihe I
cope of the Distict here to concentrate their efris.
Sinc ritiope w r w above t we havebeeiin i- by
ij.' W . i1 m .esw--r n, the chief coo miisiheat
tumtervine, vtrougt our etumninsty oethe rouat
ie comimissinhe ers In this'State,'or asIn mjoi *e
nemt, will miet at Sunter C , alouse gn the firi
ponday in March, being sale asures ae the a
ures necessrity rt he furtherance of their impo~r.
int enterprise. The names of the Commis ioner's
riclie iund in the copy 6fe Charter b ublished
la this number.
Weho h commissIonrs or, 0 ainajority of e
lesilleetee acrdn Su tr or use thi
Mr.dJ. in Mar.., n isal now yi toi pae 'te.
hgiresecstyeo Miniaturth;ano his pr.enc iffor'
u nrprtuityet Thoe woaredros of omioersn
ng minatues ofhe mses or ared maoy f emoig
'ill mee ere accih whoc hhaoadirequest.
Mr. J.rk hS. CremK ow hin thiss toacer.kiuIs
).iueteashiyfrer iniatreond is roundte damfor
a e puposeuiyt hs v r eios of o-.is art.
nko las wel a d not w rom Ito metion thenr wel
Mr. le arte whiah eoed this mossl She ler t the&
vlharf at Mobile a little after 8 o'clock on the evenl.
ig of the 28th uit., crowda-d with passengers and a
cavy freight, and had proceeded only 10 oral2
miles up that river when cine of her boiler. burnt'
hattering the forwardl deck andi all that p~art'of Se
oat near the exploded boofler in a fearful mat ker.-a
'he ladies' dabiti remained 'uninjured and received
ti who were alive, and those of the wounded who
vera carrivd there. ' Thie forward piart 'of the boat
~as soon discovered to Se on fire; andl thE'ter 6f
~e passaingers was increatied by the lifowledge o(
ec fact that there were 25 'kege of powder in the
old of the forecastle. Most of the passengers land,
d on a marshy shore, by means of rafts, floats of'
lanks, r.'pe's and whlatever else could lie founud,-- I
hortly after landing, the expected t'xp'oeiati caime,
nid, in Its deafening soind and' destritetin' eflets
vcrc huahed the st.nians of iTa wounded and thie
yhng.' During the whole of this terrible disaster,
sdvere storm prevailed.' '
The remiains of Lt. lruox, which .were suposed
have been destroyed in the explosin, have ber
covered uninjured and sent onl to the, town of
uscaloosa
Front 3t% to 50 ,liies were lost.. The, passengers
aved 'were rescued by Ca pt.Qua nasis, arho, on hear
ig of the disaster, lrnmediately went trp ;the siver
ith his steamer to their sucor.
Since this eve nt, apother accident has hapindo
ie same river:4 The saeamer, W. R. Kigg ascend,
g came in corision wvith the steamer Wi nona ales
mdtng, with sue~h injury to ,the former, that shea
itak in a few minutes. The. passengers were all
tved; the boat and cargo sulppos'd to be a jotal los,
FRIOh 'fill 'ARY .'
'Flhr lattet* new infrorm na :t)(a Santa -I
nna hadl been shot-by his soliers; the re. :[
nirt needs confirinalitin. -
The Aslexen'Codless has authorizer
so goiverinment (,o raise fiuech ti~ (intu i
llars to ener on the war h~ecinga ta.
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urheO iY aI2:Yieope of
o carry on the wr fipr aix montihv, it u
vill 50oojibe see, It can be done -k h
B~Thfe aitryab een Tammenmc n h i
C
er is v lu'ceiied by'lli44mNeriedanforceesb
p the {S~Ianq hilma vree als KI n
'anus-on .t le rvadlgarenpow safferingspvere. .e~
yfor their coniducl. -
The above Itein are 1from neiv ufrs t
he 24la IuI 9tlauIL re
A. O JOKE.
A -frienid i iferms-us of an samusinigo. o
~urence wvm~hhhappened a f v dag laiee
nia -neighboring town. A persand, wvij II
ad&fidrged :a nate on a 1awydf rif net lP
luantaince of extoneare psract ee anid pas
V 0t
od uhe same, on bIingarzeiited anid to Ige. 1I
nsjiail, wrrote td the la~uye whsae 5lgnatture sa
methId forged requeutiigi n th'derdal h
RAthe Ishin ia ula Qr'inaal' t .
legeoeyiu noncllanic wii eer rit
wayc calh~d, musjt ovkea smile from ei
ver' one. 6
Carrespo'deneo of the SumterBaner. co
Exttract of a. letter fromar a ice f fhe
Sumter ZVohhte!.
ties
Sousr IANinda,o nAll, ai
3a6n. 29,. 1847. sa
Mr. .Editr -The ship isoi and
Faire time toe i nere'ss yti4 p 1-fwliees,'
As the PiBiBaa, .will be.l' in a few
m~anutes~ . - -.
Mlajfl ladlden we~nt oti to sea, Vester:d
h,. ih tome ship Ellersie, with the es
wrDBurnw:il. and Fartir ,eompanies...
Ul'e. Dickinson is just to eawil, the
Abbexille 'and L:ancaster Voluanteers - aad.
'tur Suamte'r bosys. Col hitter. in com
riande uf ihie Charletn, ilaniaa Ke*
Pik
ehauw tand.Jdegeielel S~ s, uuall be ug';::hi, e
evening.by 4.e'clothk. - We hadl fne lhar
racks, in -a large OCitfon jpress ware,lemuse,
in Mesbile. Orders $o keepi in PIPnpwere A
tricily obeyed, ad the menn -ere ivell C'
satised there. .Our abuysW,-re u.f'ru-a r
iate in~ one respecit we had- the mumps in is.
Dharlestesn, anal wenify~1le. were lin thi .m0
a ynospita, W hile o.'ere in thee -ity; tit.
hef. hfave-llga i beiaed -are uib'ad.-.. hi
We bIe aealed irdersyuot to'- e u.ened j.
ntil wte get fairleto se in o tiher w 1e r
w ill be ordorird t hilidut 'some plae
uth of Tampco, to be prepiared ffirt tte i hii
ettackin VEra Cru. StrIctordier and tin
ljiaiiIe are maitained on board, anl df
no quelnce, the men are sata ied, rid. th
excet wiena poor oitant'elr, rpapne "ck .
ry aie roli-ig;blieuwlih a w.ful lung face,
E'rui luining if hisa incapasiy taqucfee th
tiscenmpanmions laugig timnfandhe' Ml
nuele;agruf dealiare4i Tat .e rill hroi to
atmself~ uverbva~d dri1oon a& he -inble -i
O'i3a~datgrmgi l'nN~ie.'Byee a l
wo or three srinill craft Wefa reked~ a i
a large lteirvter thie rt e6aaf le tn a
luring the 5grle idendkmea o6~r 50 prsnan lea
nr ikid andi riAny O.r wounded, .
We are ver"ani~ionus tea be o4, though s
ye ar all' fearful'of thme sewavtyage.. "7 ab
Yotrag- &c. -.) ,.
nOi~N.-fly thes Tau iq, 'ps-e
rom.Qoe;lumbia, ~e hare 4a fe rf the Oe.N
ren pectator to. ngat 0.I This paper tilI
~rms a: pace,' with the colit: it . fsVor. I!ll
Ily-reilresents. m i
Tihe wheat c'rop of 1ab preyent season is Co
epresented as remarknhly fine. Attention thi
S.bting ternedl to hemp and- obacco, qad to
mansy valleys usnknmwns to the white-nanua le
t~w y'e'ts since, nrc ssaid nsw Io bug ord~u- lin
ied bynan industrious popualation. - .
cOregeon City, so. we gather -from tihe co
Ipecctator, eontainas?600 so00s -andl.aighty' of
talsese,,vo .-churchest two - taverns, -tW woC,
lacksndth's shops,, t eucojkr's sae Fil
seo cabinet shors, four tallbr sla s, opi se
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C.t ye gol"iaser wai.bing, 0,u1t t f
3 eiileniigiqsse -Ior r ~ ~.U
li saaitr . vii reft nte unuy .r
lideo tvuit.-on~ide u i 's WAia~sdi * 4
Pes i ftro aJtc r4 411 Ak14rrE 1k410
aiwk,.t~~~~~~lh~ uLSnFaawc, a bjti~Lz~
-20' Mormon,. . ooiboi hoWl
a ijese7 (nis ., ,xid..ln h qg~ 'e
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6i~t~f Aagricidwy.a) a~~~ pr~
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ehiil.riio-reacli o(11 ir u,,a lts ri.cSOOT