? ?^ . TT^M ?TV .. ... ? *. ? r " *? W' ?? . ... rr-? r-v ? rrr. >" ?rj- i " * * 't* ' ' * ? . ?V . " ^W'^SSmBSBSSSSaSB^SSSSSSSSS^S^SSSS^SSSSSSSS?^???tl if l^l jj? jp jr~ Jp 'rp^ J ^^>r- A>^[ J> |K>C \4 < t:|S?% - 33SVOTED TO MTEHATOSB, THE AITFS, SCXBSCK, AGRICULTURE, MEWS, POLITICS, &?., &Q. : ~ ' TERMS?ONE DOLLAR PER ANNUM,] "Let it bo Instilled into tho Hearts of your Children that the i.Ibcrty of tho Press is tho Palladium of all your Rights."?Junius. [PAYABLE IN ADVANCE. . VOLUME 2?NO. 21. J ABBEVILLE C. II., SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 30, 1854. . WHOLE NUMBER 73. . - . .* Btj :v -1'?lL'-.-L . _g.1-"-"" > - "J -L-J I mmmmm-tui mm. m -r-r-. POETRY. . c Tho Printer -^gppondoth. [ In Masons when our funds arc low j, Subscribers arc provoking slow, t And now supplies keep up the flow j Of dimes departing rapidly. ,5 But wc shall sec a sadder sight, 11 When o*jr uvsh pour in from morn 'till night, n \_,ommanaing every sixpence bright, v> ? To bo forked over speedily. "Our bonds nnd duo bills are arrayed? n Each soal and signature displayed? u The holders vow they must be paid "With threats of "Law and Chancery." t-, Then to despair, we're almost driven? v Thore'fl precious little use in livin' ' When our last copper's rudely riven From hands that held it lovinglv. l! tl liut larger yet these dues shall grow t] "When interest's added on below, j] Length'ning our chin a foot or so, |( "While gazing at them hopelessly. Tis so, that scarce have we begun 1 j.o plena lor tunc upon ft dun, Jy Before there conies some other one Demanding moat ferociously. The prospect darkens. On ye brave, c Who would our very bftcon save ! C "Waive, Patrons! all your pretexts waive ! tl Aud pay tlic printer cheerfully. n Ah! it would yield us pleasure sweet, 11 A few delinquents now to meet, | Asking of us a clear receipt For papera taken regularly 1 MISCELLANEOUS. Speech of Hon. T. C. Ferrin. Tujt following abstract of the remarks of v Mr. Perrin, made at tlio rcccnt Railroad c. meeting at Edgefield, wo copy froui the el Ad vertiser : gi Every age is characterized by some leading eveut?some guiding sentiment. Ours Pc is emphatically an age of railroads. These great channels of intercommunication are now regarded as tile hand-maids of trade 'u and commerce, of civilization and refine- 'r< ment, and the necessities of all civilized countries demand them. The great idea of this.age of practical science is lo improve ex the channels of trade furnished by nature, nnu 10 invent oiners mat may rival and 11V even surpass those of nature herself. In giving growth to different commodities in ^' different countries, and thereby creating a necessity for trade and commerce, nature U1 herself prompts man to this exercise of his inventive powers. Some countries, and some States of this ?* Union, are greatly distinguished by the vast P( improvements they have uiade upon the *? natural channels of intercommunication.? Look to New York. See her beautiful 1" streams?her magnificent rivers?her broad HM, I IT.. 1-- til lUILCS; XUUIU 13 U1C yiU.lL 11UUSOII, WlUl US waters deep and calm as a lake, capable of r.( bearing upon hor brbad bosom the finest models of steamship navigation. There too ' upon her borders are the noble waters of Lake Erie and Lake Ontario, suited to the best inland navigation. Yet, not content with these great natural channels of trade, . the euergetic people of that State have ,u carved out new and magnificent ones.? They have constructed a canal 300 miles in tli length, from Albany to Buffalo, which has ra been and is now doing an immense business, ol The canal freights last year amounted to ?*o $3,000,000. They have constructed also a 0< railroad on the banks of this canal, along er its whole length, from Albany to Buffalo; tl and this too is paying handsomely. And e? strange as it may seem, they have built an- Si other railroad, running from New York city ?'< nr.roBS the whole State to Dunkirk and But- It folo, oil Lake Erie, actually rivalling these 10 othe'rgreai channels of trade. In addition ti to this, Sew,York has an immense number w of railroads running in and through every tl part' of the State. 11 '^Cbia enterprising people have made these n ox?ea$ive railroad improvements at a cost of'jridt ksa than $76,000,000. But has it lc been done without profit? One couid scarce- 0 ly believe the statement, if ho could hear a the tremendous results of these railroads in y Newiro$? Thoy have made^i?* chief city T th^ emporium of these Utrfted State*. llcr ,r vessels and other craft noW bfjar ense p commerce to every scapoit^tfliro on the globe. Hef capitalists direct nearly every h enterprise of magnificence on this, whole la Gfintmcht. NoW York has been rising nrwl 5r rising/rivalling evon Livcrpool and ^London I in .tbeir commerce, and will, in time, prob- ir ably surpasft them. And the people of the II whole gftate have been rendered prosperous, cl conteiri^ an? hippy in" the highest degree, g hot, us, for a moment, turn to South Car- y oliiift, nucl observe the contrast. Look at a Charleston; hot streets almost deserted; v licr"hotels almost abandoned; her merchants o looMncr to the North for their fields of op- e oration. The tale ia briefly told. Charles* n ton, compared with . York, lias do/io u litUd for the construction oT railroads tofeor v limits. ther Northern State,)with :i genial and deightful climate, tin; lands of the Stale are (ccoiiie impoverished ami worn. Unifies j mil washes upon our hill-sides, like wrinkles ipon the lace, il^nolo age and decay. Our > >eople, in a half-lethargic state, view this ad picture before their ores, with scarcely ,ny cft'orts worthy of their generous cliarcter. to retrieve the fortunes nrnstn'riiv 11 "I #? l -/" V if the State. We are doing nothing, liter-. lly nothing, to fertilize, beautify ami enrich i ur native land, whilst others, by tin ir ener-1 ;ie.s :it:1 suppose that these works can f ? achieved without great labor and expense, c o great good, no magnificent enterprise, c in ever be effected without extraordinary c forts, and large outlay of means. A nig- i irdly grasp of the purse, and a timid spirit a adventure will utterly destroy the pros- t ;cts of any undertaking requiring large I cans and liberal efforts. 1 )o not believe c at you can build a railroad of any macrni- v do without you uro willing to subscribe j I' :ely anil to unc? Take encouragement from the noble li amplcs furnished l>v citizens of other li atesand other countries. They have not s :sifated to engage in the most stupendous n irks, under the heaviest outlay of means, ti ie Hudson River Railroad, running upon I v e hanks of tl 10 river for 114 miles, cosl.lt] nvards of ten millions of dollars, at an av- C age cost per mile of ?70,IS'. Tlio Erie i ail road, 3G0 miles in length, cost upwards a thirty-three millions of dollars, at a cost ;r iniic of 871,209. In England the cost , is been still heavier. The railroad from h iverjiool to London cost *200,833 per | ile; the Great-Western Railway cost s 284,000 per mile; audit will bo found ], int tin? average co.st of the leading rail- l ads in England has not been less than ( 220,383 per mile. Yet in all the roads (, jovenamed, in ibis country and in Eng- ], nd, the stockholders have realized more t inn the legal rates of interest upon the a- j, omit of their subscription, to say nothing 'the immense incidental advantages result- 0 g from these roads. 1 At. tho Molllh nil ! l'lllllJ 1/.C-1! ili.Mi.rll ? icy will compare favorably in point of ads was then very imperfectly known.? c . was first made on short piles; but experi- t ice soon taught the necessity of laying the 1 inhere on earth. Again, it was first built s ithflat iron; this soon was abandoned, and le flanere iron adopted: but soon n 00 per mile. The Georgia Railroad cost > bout $10,000 per milo. The Macon and > Western Railroad al>out &12,000 per mile, i he Groom illo and Columbia Railroad, 101 I liles in length, cost #2,220,000, at a cost i cr mile of $13,414. 1 When others lmvo dona so much at so } nouv r? nrul lmvn /Iftrirml 1 ?r?nnlila pa ( irgc, how can you hesitate to engage freely i your enterprise with heart and purso ?? on must be satisfied that the best way to riprovo your country is to build railroads. " you desire your legion to thrive, and your bildren to settle around you when they row up, improve your country. Enrich our lands ; beautify your houses, gardens nd fields; multiply your comforts and coneniencej; opeu up to your children a field f aolion in which they can become iutollient, happy and prosperous, and they will ot desert the homes of their fathers to sqek ncertain fortunes in distant lands. S6o 'hat has beeft done /or.: ypur neighboring 'owns and Districts! " iL6ok at Nowbcrrv. jiurens, Abbeville, Pickens?jSflT blessed ! rith railroad" facilities; ^hicli greatly 1 icreased' their prosperity,'and are rendering lieir people cheerful, contented" mid hippy. J Vhero stands Ixlgcflcld ? Shoplifts pot ft "j w * '* >f4i> *m. railroad she cati call her own. Her people arc standing still, while all others arc mov ing ahead. You arc, gentlemen,behind 1 he r.ge in which we live. A lew years n^o \\v uf Abbevillo, in going to Columbia, had U |>ass through your District by stage. Aftci :i iiara any s journey, over rough road, the first night we abided in your village; w< then consumed part of two days to reael Columbia. You still triulgo along in tbt old-fashioned slow way; while we quietly Lake our b:va!:fast at home, at the usual hour, jump upon the cars, and are bom [deasiuitly to Columbia on the wings o steam,time enoughlo got our dimn'r at r convenient hour; in time to transact om business and rot inn home the next day U. 'inner, if we choose. Are you willing It tllow your neighbor.) to continue to etijov Lhe.-c advantag-:; over you i 'l'he truth is, the Uoad from Ninety-Si^ >r New Market to Aiken ought and will I.h l?r,i!t. Tills side of Saluda needs .a direc railroad communication with Charleston. Abbeville. Kd-'pflehl :md \ iideis:..!. It;*. Lrictmake not 1?.--s> than C'>,OtjO hah*s <,! otlon. Why coiiijK'l all thi.% and other produce, destined to Charleston,"to go thr'." Columbia, when it can ito direct, saving a' east miles' liut if the I?Iuo Kidgc llailroal be b::ilt. there will bi! an itujfcrnive necessity 1< ?r this road. The immense jnantity ft' Western produce, intended for Jharleston and for tranrhipment to foreign .<>] f the road hy Columbia. It is unreasonable that it should, when nature lias afforded i more direct and safe route, over this ?ee,ion of country, from Ninety-Six or Nettfarket to Aiken. Will you permit the T?lue llidgo lioad to ailThen down goes Charleston, the chief ily of your State, in the prospe rity of which very citizen of the State is deeply interest<1. This is indeed a great enternriso. nffent ng favorably every part of South Cnrolimi, ukI it- is tho duty and interest of every one o favor it, ami to urge it on to completion >y every legitimate means. It is almost crtain that the road will be built. Indeed rlio dares to say that it will not beon selected, except as to about three uiles. Tho main injuries to the road by lie large freshet of August were caused by . gin-house and pine tree striking tho piericad of the bridge. This may never occur gain. The bridge is abovo high-water nark, and not at all likely to he carried oil", iince that freshet much of the whole road las been re-constructed, and is now in exellent repair. The expenses of keeping up he road about Broafl and Saluda rivers will lereaftcr be little more than will be nccosary along tho line generally. This lload is again made the subject of -ensure on account of its curvatures. All te beginning, ' their Stocks were all low, s. lling often for ; uot more than uO or 40 cents i:i the dollar, j,-Shrewd men took the advantage of this reijdiiction, and made largo fortunes. They who wish to buy Stock of the Greenville S: ' Columbia Railroad at GO cents to the dol' lar had hotter do so at once. In a short j time it will be out of their power. Unless j all reasonable calculations arc battled, not , many years will elapse before it will be at I par and probably above par. The road has 1 passed through its severe ordeal. Its di'.liifrldlii'H nr.-. ni'nlfv well "77, I 1 "?v 1?V ..uinul j hour is just before ami it is fair to .suppose that our dawn is near at hand, when j all will be bright before us, ami 110 tongue ; will be needed to tell of our prosperity. These romarks have been inado with no ] view of lauding the Greenville >? iiiuu ?ow,vuu. uy raising ^i>u, I 000 of private subscriptions, the Company ' otters to Luild tlio road for you : to take you 'as stockholders, with all the privileges and rights belonging to them, itli exemption from all future assessment, and willi the full assurance of dividends from the fir.st year after your subscription. Can you build a railroad yourselves? Where is (ho money to come from ? And how much better off would you be than the Stockholders ia the Greenville & Columbia Railroad ? You would lind that your Stock, ! too, for a number of years, would not exceed I GO cents in the dollar, and years might roll j around before your Company could declare I dividends, livery new Company has its orI deal to lJaSS. durill.nr which thoir seem gloomy, and tliuir dilliculties hard to surmount. You could not expect toescape this ordeal. Judge then, for yourselves whether or not it will he to your interest to build your ltond in conjunction with the Greenville 6c Columbia Railroad. At all events build the road. . It will bring you immense benefits. If it I takes another direction, your losses will bo great. If Edgefield does not bring a rail\ road to her, she will tjo to the railroad. | Rival towns will soon make their appearj ance, and your village must fall into decay i and ruin. liefore closing his remarks Mr. Pcrrin begged to express his thanks to tho ladies for the interest they v.cro biking iu this noble enterprise. When generous deeds and liberal contributions were called for, they were I generally the first to respond. They had | done so in tho dark hours of our revolutionj nry history, and by their smiles of encour1 ngeiueut, had aided materially iu carrying out many of the magnificent enterprises of our country. For his part, he was willing to leave tho contributions to this road entirely to them, being well assured, that tho road would be brought to a speedy and happy Mr. Pcrrin sat down amid the applause of his delighted audience. Every 0110 was convinced by his persuasions. It is confidently hoped by the friends of tho enterprise which this meeting was intended to promote, that his words were as "seed sown in good ground," to bring forth at au early day thirty, forty, ayo, a hundred fold. - As souii as Mr. P. had taken his seat and a stirring piece had been executed by the spirited "Edgefield Brass Band," Judge Butler was called out and greeted by his old constituency in a manner that must have been truly gratifying to him. lie arose in response, and for a half-hour fixed tho atten lion and aroused the feelings of every list-1 enerby one of those off-hand harangues for , which he was in his younger days so justly celebrated. Many gleams of the old fire were still perecptiblo. ?. , Gen. Bonharn was also called for and re. spoiuled briefly, feelingly and pertinently. Many thanks are due the members of the "Brass Band,u for tho animating music with r which they enlivened the occasion. And . much credit bolon^* to Messrs Covar & Good. man for the admirable style in which;the dinnor was prepared. i Great good feeling prevailed throughout i the day, and, although only tweilty??ix thout sand dollars of additional Stock were taken J at tho tirao, the effect produced upon the - general tnind was of n kind to keep thef ball ? in motion. No little has been subscribed ? - * since tlic tiny ut' the meeting, and much inoro is fai.Iil'ully promised. Altogether, tliero is enough to make lis look forward with t'onfidenco to the early building cf a road "from some point on tli<; Groonvilb tfc Columbia Railroad to Aiken, via Edyrfield ('. //." An Irish Duel. The following purports to be contributed by a " G'orkomu'nto the London Sporting Magazine: And now my third duel?the last I .sawin Cork?remains to be told. L would I could induce myself to pa ovur; but if it were only as a lesson to young men, especially military men, 1 cannot forego the benefit 1 may, perhaps, caus? to some whose circumstances may be similar. Would i hud written this some ycarj hue!*, whe:: I ' first was honored with ponuis.:': ^n to take a : place amongst tho contiibutois to thi* spor i ? t . . iu'sj jieuouicai; 11 nn.?m nave cnm'lil tlio eye of oho or other of two noble follows, brothers-in-law ami brother oiticcr?, in the * * * and one of whom fell by I he hand of tlio oilier, ami it might have pvcvvuled a catastrophe which brought misery into the hearths of many a happy home. But 1 proceed :? Lieutenants Herbert ami Welsh buih refilled in Cork, one (Welsh) hail-pay i:i the army, the other (Herbert) in the navy ; they were dear, nay bosom friends: not a dny passcd that they did not meet orsp^ml the day one wiih the other. Tlio following wn* ~ f ? o tlic cause of this unhappy <;narrel, as well as I can recollect; and I ;mi sure tliero are some alive now iu Cork who will recollect this unfortunate circumstance, and can testify to the truth of my narrative. At the time I speak of, it was the custom for young gentlemen to walk in tho evenings on tho Grand Parade and South Mall, in Cork, with peculiar dresses?large hats, high shirt collars, carried to an extravagant size ; iu fact, caricatures of the then fashions. Lieutenant Welsh invited his friend I lerbert and wife to take tea on a certain evening, and that after tu.i tliov ivr.nU h?. ------ -J , their wives, go out to sec the " dandies." It was stated nt tho ti;r.e, by those v.-ho knew the cause of the quarrel, that Lieuteuant W. said, " Be with us nt seven o'clock, and | after that we will go out; now miud, llcr1 bort, we will not wait for you after seven." i However, seven o'clock came, and they waited until eight o'clock, when finding Herbert and his wife did not arrive, they took tea, and left about half past eight. At nine, Lieutenant Herbert and his lady arrived, and were informed that Lieutenant W. and his lady had taken their tea and gone Tt ?vnQ tl.a l>nf r.vn tli.i /tmil.l j be said to curl upward from the weapons' mouth, Herbert fell on his back on" the groitud, a eoipse. Nut a .sign of life was , visible, his was instant death. j I nu'.'J. coufesa I was not prepared for t!ii.i i fatal termination, and if we were to judge i of the conduct of the lookers-on, neither j \v :ro they ; a pai.iu seemed to take posses'si.m of all present, and 1 found myself, I with about fifty others, literally running ' away from the scene. On getting to the Igatj of the field, I looked back, and what a scene did I witness; there was the dead body, with Lieut. Welsh over it on his knees, his iinml inside the waiitcoat of his former I riviiivl, striving lo timl tiio beat of a pulse ho silenccd forever. In vain his second strove to loud him away; ho still hoped against hope; calling to !"i.-i dear friend Herbert to answer him and relieve liiin from the bias ting thought that he was his murderer. I saw at the time I>r. Sharp riding by the road on his well-known crcam-colored nag, and knowing the doctor intimathly, 1 called to him to come into the field, as I believed a person was killed in a duel. He dismounted and came to the dead man, and on his looking at him, at once pronounced lii'vi extinct; lie requested Welsh to leave the place to avoid an arrest, which he roluctantlv comnlied with, when the doctor said. " Let mo sec, where did lio hit him?" ami turning the body round 011 the sido, lie found where iho ball had entered, between the fourth and fifth ribs; he then laid the body on his hack, and actually passed his cano through tlio, hody from sido to side, and with (lio utmost uneonenrn, exclaimed, "Why, here is daylight enough let in to kill a giant." At the following assizes Lieut. AVclsh surrendered to take his trial; thero was 110 prosecution?tho duel was considered fair; I was present when ho was placed in the dock, only to he discharged; hut tho load of fifty years was added to the appearanco and gait of as fine a young man as I ever saw 011 tho day of the fatal duel. Making AuquiiHolks with a Gimblet. ? .uy injy, vmai jiro you aoing wun mat gi tablet J" T t0 a flaxen-haired urchin, who was luboiiring away \Vuu ?n his might at a piece of board before him ; " trying to" mnke an augur hole," was the reply, without raising his eyes. Precisely the business of at least tw? 'turds of tho world?this luaki"#" augur holes with a giniblet . Here is A*> who has just escaped from tho cWA."s desk behind the counter. He sports bis moustaobios, bis imperial, carries a rattan, drinks champaign, talks big about tho profits of bankiug or shaving notes. Ho thinks ho is really a great man ; but every body around him sees " ho is only making augur holes with a gimblet." Mr. B. may be put down as a distinguished proicssor 01 we giuiuiou ,.jua waaaiarmer. llis father left him A farm, fr^e from incumbrance?but liu wouldn't bo content, speculation in corn aud flour erase Ixjfore him; fortunes v.ero rondo in a twinkling, so bo sold out, bought largely, dreamt of Ino riches of Astor and of Rothschild?no more work. Hut at last tho bubble burst. The Ifish wouldn't stay starved; prices foil : and now Mr. 15. has found out M that it is dificult to make augur holes with a gimblet." Miss C. is a nico pretty girl, and migbfc bo very useful too, for she has iMolJjgeuco.;; ' but she must be the ton, goe??li(> plays, lounges on sofas, keeps her DOd-tlll noon, imagines that she is a belle, disdains labour, forgets, or tries to, that her father is a mechanic ; and all for what ? why Bhe iB trying to work herself up into the beliof "that an augur hole can be made with a girablet." ?A little boy caino to his nianfl8^toi|i6 gniny afternoon, as he returned frSttjtogwrool, aud said, "Mamma may I go'}3^acwri the street with a Jittlo girl that goes to our school?" She replied, "No iny son, it rains.'1 lie said, ' Why, ma, I must go." " Well,-then," said his mother, "go, if you must." - ' ?- " ' ' On his return, she asked if jU?o Jittlo girl w;is a favorite of his. * He said, "O, no ; she treats mo very ill, ! worse than any other scholar in school." | " Then why do 3*ou wish to go with her V1 He said. " You havo taucrhfc me that wo must fpreTil."?8. S. Advocate. ' Ladies who'have a disposition'to punish their hn&ban'ils, should bear in mind that a little sunshine will ro?Jt an jcfcfe miwli s/.f.non linn n rfvnlftr tutri1i^g?UA>.1 < r ,**^ "fji' * ' *' . * # -.*v AfSfS,'. - 'V'*# ?.*. - '9u *