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j , ^ -". ^ DBVOTBO Tfli MTlHATURiS, THE ABTS, SCIEHCg; ARRiaUI.TOTva, HSWS, POLITICS, &C., &cr ^ 1 TERMS?OWE DOLLAR PER ANNTJM,] "Lot it bs Instilled into til!.' Heart* of yo'-ir Children that the Liberty .oftho Press in tho Palladium of all your It^htn."?.Junht*. [PAYABLE IN ADVATIC T". 3--.-N0.'38. ABBEVILLE C. II., SOUTH' CAROLINA, FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY 25, i$5|j; WHOLE NUMBER 142&i ' - ^ ~ ;.. .-: : . ? ^ ' . . .. .' . ' .>1 TltjE IMDKPEHOEXT PRESS WEKKLY, AT ABUKVI1.LK, S. C., AT ONE DOLLA 11 A V E A 11, a circulation of noar'y <>nc thotiJnud Wn Abbeville District, w<l is constantIy >-^^BbSreosing. ? Itn circulation in thin State fi> hundred, and its entire lint of 'V 'v'j^M'^scfjbors numbers over -iyii-cu hundred. It . -.^la therefore offered to the i.n r..-ji;ilile and lin?i' ooinmunity cenijiitl.;. :r> the best tidverti?ing tnciiniu in the ni -count.-v of South Car ' * ratks or advertising. 1 square 3 months ------ $ 4 00 1 .square 6 months - .- - - ... c 00 l^Uore 12 months ](j 00! J^ ^jS'sqvarca 8 months ' C 001 C 3/squares *4J months 10 00 - iV^ff^'8<luare8 12 months ------ 15 00 3 sqonrcs & months ------ g <>o . square's 6 months - -' - - - 12 00 :ff squ?r^s 12 months - - - - - - >20 (to .^i'^^^uaresj 8 months . . ki u? , > 4 squares' 0 months 15 oo .4' squares 12 months - 26 on .:5/".-'-jif;fquar^ 8 mpnths - - - - - - 16 oo \ 6 squares 6 months - 20 00 6 squares 12months - - - . 80 oo ;eP Wi1^'A'drertiactuente inserted for rt"shorter Jibuti three months .will he clinnred 75 '^-.".-vjcents pcr square (12 linca <?r"lc.-<.?) for first inser-'.. -j tionnnd 37+ per pquare for each contiimnnce. tST'Any one advertising bv animal oraenii:*v5, anpual contract- can change his advertisement V. jnontlilj, if he .'c-fircs. .jar' Subscribers to the 'paper who do not | ^r ^4a,"p?iy their snbserfptiotiB within the Year will l>e charged $1 51). [April 20, 1855 ^~~3?as^ll any . r> , , J ";vi -The Tax BilL ' r Tb? following is the mnst important part Iblil passed at the late session: ..-4 . : . * . , E?^t.enactedf ire., that a tax for the - ^n<i in the manlier hereinafter niwitioned, shall he raised and paid into the pnh, /'tlid treasury of this State, for the. use and thoreof/Jthat is to say : sixty rents every hundred dollars' of the '.valueof all the lands granted in thin State, .-According-' to the existing classification as .8ieretofofe' established; seventy-five rents per head,qn all slaves; two dollars on each /';;;; : ;W;i)i^tittil?t!o or mestizo, Egyptians ^'V^^'flndi-fiidifetM.'. ffreo Indians in nmit v witli 'litis government excepted,) between the ages years, except su?-h as ?ball be clearly proved to the satisfnrt iop of incapnble, from maims or *.-* oflprocnring a livelihood ; twenty'}' -v'fiivayexfcad valprcm on every hundred dolJai?:bf.ille value of nil lots, lands and build-. ^/=??^tiiui:ahy city, town, village or boi-QOgh in'tlus State ; sixty coats per luindrod employments, faculties | n ^ndjprofcssions, including tlie profession of (whether,- in the profi-ssion of the 'CVl/l*^i&0?E.rofU?,l>o-derived from the cosis of ',?our<scs of profcwiotial in^j^BiV^ex'pUn'ff'olernrviijen, sehoolmasterp. " and'o'cliftqio-s, and on (lie received by vendue -. - merchants' forty lC^^p^^p^'^f^?dullHrs on the enpit.-il j vf: ban^Mf^ch for iheir pr&^rit^charlen have ; I not Sf"te(; lwi'"tj'! | _ all c<?mpnniw< ; one ?iv ;T^'pfTerfSiifttis'- t&lilian in- this j State b^ mwi^ratcd .msurarj eo company-*,; K7 "and by thej^^i^^\p01ri8iiranm ex>[niianies L>C .and uriderVrnt^ wfth'6ut"lln*?:SuiU': twfcn-' fef -ty-five centssale* of Bf&IV - wares ^4y;m^6I?an(Hi?ct' enif?r.ncinijj BjjUk alltbe articles of trade for bailor or.1 exchange, State and the unmnnuf^rtBi^ ip^oducte of. ^y of lbe Bfe- any. peiitpo sbdUta^'niaclc frJjn dky. or^RtUia|V ;6f tfi e f pi Vscnt-j $Hg& year, to the first dayfdf Januaryin thenar tiiouwind eight bn';?Jmi fifty-six, either on hft^teiyor tlii'VeW S^ r- .tal, or borrowed capital, or on mW.uut of Iise! s - mm** ?<i The Barefooted Printer Boy. '11 it* Pittsburg Mornitty Ariel under tliis caption, gives a short story ol a Uihtin-1 guished citizen of Pennsylvania, as follows: j Smin- 111ir(y yi-ars ago a barefooted boy | floated down tin- Susqiieliannah river, on an i humble raft, and arrived at llmrishutg, Pa. Hfi'eniho tVom iho North, and belonged to a large family, witft :ill his worldly goods tied up in a liltlu poek?-l handkerchief. He sought and obtained employment in a printing olliee as an .-ippreiiticc. From an upnrt'hllf'O tf> n imti novniMti ? frnin n itMirna.r. I'" ~ '~ " ? ?" """ ' " J J mnu to a ivporter; tiien to an editor; the barefooted boy worked his way against obstacle* wlii.li the siniirgling poor only know. Th<i )><;rsevciinj? follower in Franklin's steps began to realize the fruits of his p.'itietif toil and privation. The voitngnspirnut l>ec*iuie prinrer to the State, and bv frugal management was soon enabled to nc! complish the object dearest to his heart? the establishment of his mother in a'home above want?in possession of every other comfort she could desire. Hi brothers were his next, care, niul like Napoic- i, he luid a strong arm with which to aid tlii in?an inrimriil!il>lt> iii.Ki.vnffini... that nothing could -long successfully obstrue.t. In u lew ytfars they too, with his sisters. win- independent of the world ; the once ban-footed printer boy was in the possession of lini'.ieiiee, stirrounded by a young and affectionate family. He did not stop here, lie was the friend of the friendless, the patron of writ, nisd the encourager of industry, He ros,; in honor and office, until the poor, hare-footed hoy, who entered a printing-office in Ilarrisbnrg, hiingty and weary, and laid down his little bundle on a pile, of wet pjiper, and asked to become a printer's apprentice, was elected Senator in Congress! That man is Simon Cameron, of Pennsylvania. Btato Agricultural Society. A meeting of tho Executive Committee was held on Tuesday, January 1, 185G, the following members being present: A. P. Calhoun, President; James U. Adams Dr. It. W. Gihlics. Adam G. Summer, O. M. Ltantzler, and K-dtuer. The following riwlurions were adopted: Resolved, That a Secretary and Treasurer be appointed for the State Agricultural Society, in, addition to whose duties as prescriln d by the Constitution, tli<* duty of Editor of an Agricultural Paper shall'be mldod, and that for his jjeryieen'a compensation of %1,'SOO slbdl ho given, and lie shall be required to ke< )? an,office and reside in Co I u m bin. Resolved, That an Agricultural Paper bp established by thi* Committee. nn?l be published monthly, in the city of Columbia, with the title of the uSonth Carolina Agricultural." Resolved, That, the Secretary and Treasurer Iks elected by the Executive Committee, .on the .fiivt Tuesday of March next, and that the President of the Society shall give notice'of the salary -jriveTii and conditions required of such officer; ?nd that all. applications for the office shall be addressed to A. P. Calhoun, President, to the cure of Dr. It. \V. (Jihlji'k CVllnmhta Resolved, Tliaf gentlemen wlio have cirt Vulars and lists for the collection of in?-inl)i*rri bo, and are hereby? requested to -continue tlu'ir ettyrts, ami forward the I'cAfdtHto thy Pvcsiiknit, at'Columbia. The Committee Adjourned, to moot. - t?n Tuesday, 4th March next. , j A. V, CAUIOUN. Pres't. A. ^u>iMK*n, Swvy pro. tern, i jjjjltf ' Democratic Convention, Colombia, S. C.,. Dw. 10, 1855. AVe ttt^ t?fid?'rM^|i^f, '^i-tubers of the jJ#?^uVe oVmX}. . Carolina, are it) favor of. i ho Stnt^'s Wiag/, ii tVei Sa-! ?t}on?ir J)W?ooiHtiu Conviction, whirl) m to riVw>mble for the-pnrp<?sc ??f' nominating ojlftdWrtte*- for1- !thu 1-Vf??ir1i'iiry nnd' Vioe. ^<^enry/ and' *;e tlmt who iiro in , f;?v?r of l*jn<( _ii')>rej?nte<l< in thai. -Cohveutioii; do .jts^mjjlc M'their .resistive Obuit >^ale-daV in March. , next, ;inf) nppulut beh'gattw t/< nri'etin1-C<v'#1. M^riVJi^"'for the ^1^ l)6tnodmliQ'Cotiv?iitioit; B:,W; Obrtrlcs , Ni a.rngua. The following description of Ni'Virnrua will, at lite present time, be interesting ; On the west it is washed by the Pacific Ocean, and partly on the c;tst. by the waters of the Caribbean Sea, the Mosquito Territory running a largo share, of its eastern boundary. Honduras borders it on the north, and Costa Rica upon the south. Its area is ab..forj^v-tutto thousand sauare miles, and the population, is .estlimited at two hundred,and fortyrseven thousand.? The females are said to greatly exceed the males in number. Not more than twenty tlioiisand of the people are whiles, the rest being negroes, Indians,-imd mixed races.? Most of the-population live in towns, many of them going several miles distant to labor in the fluids. The plantations are scattered pretty equally over the country, and are reached by paths so obscure as to nlmost escape the notice of travellers, who are thus liable to fall into the error of supposing J hat the country is almost uninhabited. The dwellings of the inhabitants are usually of canes, thatched with palin, although the better classy construct-their residences of adobes,and by the help of fruit and shade trees, planted in the court, yard, t ender many of them exceedingly pleasant. A range of mountains extends along the \ve::t coast ?<f the,Slate, at a distance of a fe\V miles from the sea, but attaining no great elevation- until thay approach tin; confines of 'Costa Ki?:a, when tliey reach the height of five to eleven thousand feet. In the central |>art of the State is an immense level"! ract, known as the plains of Nicaiagua, comprising in its area the lake of that name. Numerous volcanoes exist along the Pacific const. There nro a considerable number of riveis, but none of them, except (lie San Juan, nre navigable in a commercial sense. Veins of copper and silver ore of exceeding richness are found in many pruts, but they remain nlmust all of theni either unexploredor only superficially worked. Gold, also, is said to exi>t. [Tlie climate is healthy, though, various. In the interior and mountainous parts, the temperature is more dry and cool than on the coast, where it is hot and approaching to humid. The greater portion of the State consists of plains and'gentle slopes, formed of a rich black Ipoto, o? winch but a small portion is made availably. . The productions are 'indigo, sugar, coffee, cotton of superior quality, corn, rice, wheat, die., besides 1 ~ ? ** ? umiiouj-, illlU irilllH OI VniKJUS KUHK The great bane of I lie country has been in civil wais, nnd it was one of those which enabled C<>1. Walker to achieve his almost bloodless conquest. - , Test of Abolitionism. All is not goM that shines, and the loudest mouthed philanthropists and reformers Sometimes cave in when put to a severe practical test, like the following: "I bad a brother-in-law," said Mose Parkins, "who was one of the. rave nest, maddest, reddest hottest Abolitionists you ever see. I liked the peskey critter well enough, and should have been very glad to see him cum to spend a day, fetching my sis!er to see me and my wife, if he hadn't 'lowed bis tongue t/vrilll z*n Oiv 'Kn?if ""'1 ?I - - 1 %v .. vm uv? i'uin< mu\?'i v, jiihj the equality of the races,-and the <iuty of overthrowing the Constitution of the United States, and a lot of nth*T things, some of \vhi? )i made im* mad, and thy; Ivst. part of 'em right sick. I puzzled mvd>rnin?.a.pood deal lo thrnlc lmtf I: could milled hit"u shut up his noisy headabout abolition. Wall, onetime when brother-in-law come over to stay, an idey struck mQ. I hired a nigiTfrtQ help me iu haying time.- He was the lligges t,j*trAi\cres', greasiest nigger you ever mo. '* Hlw-k! he wag blacker tlian n mack'Of n??U jfcst ns sliinoy n? n new heaver hat, I spoke to him. "Jnek st z T, <4wVcii yon hear the bi'enlifaM"- ttell. ring, <l<?n"*tily'o*u say'ft vt'ord,' hut you como into the parlor innd sit right ??Own nmong ttrofortk* nnd cat your brenkfnsf yheniggejfe; f^toiAfrttft ?&*$?' hfc?d ;n$out n feet*' '?Yoifaj^?),ipfysw>"scz-Jie,. "JokinT' sess I, *Fw?"SqKe.r'ns a'dcncon?** *6z he<,JTshart1t '1i*ve tirrN? 'to wrtrfh my??lf and HHU HC, aat au\yn^.'40P?iin<? ;?j?<J5)rQtlier-in-: law. He strtslt^ n w?,r<J. T.hcro wnpn'f WJ&mtyjtifot; jr.^Slmi. f,-: Ann ' V(> was irfirttraife ?ij$& **>%.;?& jrut#oiW^n-;<W' nen-r op<9Cil :/ , >'.v. ..' . ;'._ uw.il-avfn.twujjw.mi wmmmjum. ii j? iimi i?mliiki Remarks *of Messrs. Thomson and Noble on tho Savannah Valley Railroad. Wti are indebted to a friend for copies of j the Times containing a report of (lie debate j on the question of amending the charter of' the Savannah Valley Railroad Company. The whole debate Would doubtless prove of much Interest to those who have not seen it, but rv fi(irf'nSom only for the following extracts. I AtJbne stage of tlio debate, Mr, Thom-* ! 80N Slid : - . '/T This is' another question in regard to railroads that this House seems to on divided upon. I nm solry that I fori constrained to sa}T to the House the tew words I desire to say upon this-^nutter, for T would, at all tii.ic?, rather he silent liian speak. But I am compelled to do so, Ht. this time, bueausu the question before us is one that aftects the interests of a largo number of whom I represent. Ami permit nie here to say, in the nutRet, that the opinions of getitleUicn here j , seem to differ very much according to tin-1 circUHistniir.es t so miii-li *i? ?lmt T ..t?i f,i bly reminded by the m<*tiiU:is from Kdgefh:ld of ati old fable told by /Esop, of tlie farmer and lawyer, about tlii: ball and tlio. ox. Just as long as the Edgefield bill was before tlio House, the gentlemen Raid let u< go over to Augusta without restriction; but when we ask the snm?$ thing, tln-ir view? are suddenly changed, and we have a sound ujion another key. What is the argument uvd here? Whv that Hamburg is tu be uti'eetcd liv this railroad. Now, I want members tobrurin mind, that the argument is, not that, tlio in'terests of the State will be injuriously affected, hut that IIanibur?r will be iifti-ntwl.? Suppose wo aeeept the proposition of the gentleman frpin Hamburg,.(Mr. Lundriim.) and T ask you if flu; interests of a. I.irge portion of lli<; State, lying upon the Savannah river, would not lit- Mierifieed to life interests of Hamburg? Tliat is the plain) proposition. Taking it. for granted that the gentleman is right, as regards tho.efiecis of this road upon Hamburg, .the question U. s!::V.|jtliuge portion <>f the State,* upon >.!>? SavarSfah river, he snt-rifleed to IIainliurg?j Noiv, I think that, upon the proposition we have advocated here, ilial five trade is rijylii.' and the tariff is wrong, this LegM.-iiiire i ought to let Us (jo where we please, wid? <nir produee, and not eompel lis.to 'go o IJanihurg and sell it there. Now,.how is it with regard to Anderson. a i.? :n . ? t.i~ a i i - > IIH- JIIIW UHJiVllUIII W1WT rlClh f UUlI portion of those Districts lying upon the Salu<1a river. is accommodated hy I ho Greenville and Columbia Railroad, but tliAt portion lying upon the Savannah liver lias no railroad. And how many bales of cotton do they send to market every year? ' I suppose liu'V send over one hundred ..thousand bales, and their only mode of transportation is down the Savannah river, unles? they haul it across the eoutitry to the Greenville and Columbia K idroad. Now what do they ask-of you ' Permission to build this! road at their own expense and wi^li the | means they ran obtain. And wlmt is the j argument with which this roquc$t is met, here? Why, we must go to Hamburg." of that town-will be injured. What will Ham l>oi7T f'<> l(>r tlie road i Why, sir, she is unable to raise subscriptions now, and the pmfl will he lost ynless (his amendment passes. It is said, the^road is to Ik" secured' nt' the expense of Hamburg, and by ni-l from ' Augusta. Soppose, that is the c.;wef at>dtluil Augusts ia willing to furnish $.r)(i0,000 for, the construction of this road when (.lie cbnrter is granted ; the trade must "go to' Charleston; I Venture the assertion, fh;it out bf.one hundred and fifty thousand bnlee of .cotton that go to the city of Aiigiisfiy-paef liOndred and twenty tlwmsand bales go to: ' the "city Vofl^^rJ^pji^' And why f fic-.j 'cause, In tlio first place/'Charleot?h'i#.i-b4t-<f Ut poll th:i? Siivani)all ; in the rijpsi'pIai'L*, j itia;??|r?fe.^<{Wand <iwurtiK'KWIW linjrcmuii*. wim t CHiiiVftl ami (alt-nt. .Cliurlqsfoh h ft pJaco, imd 1-bifiMt^ii'fflVy ^wilT1 <^i^''thte "prtxluce^ Allowing (rot* ' Oeoi^ift Railroad la tbo Sou'li "Cnrolius Ejiilromi Mfl i^aUowe^. will be Ihftt the wliolo?pUon n>Hrk?l of Au-". gq'stn ivtij op to Charleston.tetesU-oftlie Jc^ityorf CbHrte*t6n tfid'tf^frvntirt^ Inteteilfr-^ipon rlver:tO' be : ^crifi?^ :>lbope*pWlk ^ 1 a 2 wrmronpcnp r.'- pj*': g"'' -,-T ?L~ -r." gggqggF . This proposition was discussed :it large in j iltal Convention ; it was the great question befoie flie stockholders; it "14* as road or nor road. They felt and knew that upon that very question now before, the JTouse, upon this very point, depended the question whether they were to have a road or not. Thore ' was nn animated discussion. IIai?hurg i was represented upon that occasion, by a gentleman who h<-ld stock himself, and was ' there, al*ot as proxy for others. When the ' I Convention came'to the conclusion to moke!' ! n.is.applirfftion (o the* Logish'itnre.^fhaljfoti [ | tletnnn wrapped his' rOnt aliout him, put on j ins iiat, and left the hall, witluJrawing.from : the Convention tlio. stock of Hamburg. That is what occurred there. Tliis crentlem:in left the Convention, and did not np- 1 pear ngain. He shook tlio dust off liir; feet, 1 and would have nothing more to do with 1 [thorn. The question then was, tins stock of 1 Hamburg having, been withdrawn, could j they go ihi under tiic charter? I do not know whet'her the gentleman from Greenville is informed of those things or not. Hut. they came under my obsurvation, and I ' felt constrained to mention them, when 1 saw the zeal o| his, in behalf of those very petrous who repudiated the road on that occasion, and held that they were not bound to scum ny if. it was (lie cIc*l?l??*ijito opinion of a large majority, an overwhelming : majority of that ' corporation, upon thatoccasion, to take llii-* stv|*, and have this 1 (pad if they couhl. . J There was also another thing. Tt was 1 determined hv theslorkhoUiers upon tlia* oc- 1 j casion, tlmt this road ought. wot to he attempt- 1 ed with less than one million of dollars, ior! otherwise they would ho compelled to*n'e- ! rifire n!I th-*ir subscriptions. It was further j known in lliat Convention, that cfi'nr.U had ] been mad^ for .years fur the benefit of the 1 ; town of Hamburg, to raise the nionov and I construct' lire road according to the original ! i i route; and it wi?? declared iti that Conven- J j lion, that those efforts had utterly failed, and j that without. this amendment the whole i scheme would fall through. And they have come to this "body knowing their fate is .sealed, Mules* they .get this amendment to their charter. And i would now m>k; are ^ihe people of this State to.be tpld that they ' Olll-tf Dm hound to tins cj'ty and wR&jk city ! Arc they to.he hound without and within? 1 Are they to he stopped from going tO' the very place where the natural course of trade ' and business would l?-nd them? Ilas'it come to this now? I hope not. Mr. Xodi.k. at the conclusion of the re murk* of Mr. Landrum in opposition, atT- j, dressed the House:' ' Mr. Noble. If the clinir will :il!o\v tup, T f! will say a few words in reply to the remarks of the gentleman last on the floor. 1 recollect last winter,'with other gcuilcmeu ou this floor, that I voted, much to my heart's 1 content, for the Rabun *Gnp appropriation. I did so, not from any.mere expectation of ! profit to my own district^ hut because I considered it to he the great connecting link between the southern seaport and the great ' producing west. It wns giving us a connection with a country as fertile as the botioiriV of the Nile; a country that yields to our cemmerco its moat valuable commodities ; that gives lo our great Atlantic, cities all of their wealth. I thought wo in South I'Carolina ought to do something to bring a i part. of. that commerce ;into our own State. For this ruasnn * I voted for- the npp'ropria lion* It vvjispotiit nil from irseojional- fefel- j in<y, and- in that view, I refsp$flfully differ : from n)y/rifch<l froin Grebnvilk>?.(Mr. Perry.)' ' It might bib inferred from Lis remarks, tlint ! Ito vfoled; for tjfe Tinhhft Gap. Railroad, be- i1 cauRO-ft had'a ootnmon.track, for a eoijnld- j ernble diftlanco, will) tho..Gr?oi>yil!o .R?il- 1 road,Jfowt_s?r, altboUgb a friend Jo vhe 1 Greenville road, I shall noi, for that reason, J vo?b against any5 competm^ Rhflroiid: being< * ibutlti irv So'utlr. Carolinri. ^ I was always a ?d ,tyil.lfa^noml?n<i aitbgeri- 4 .bed tai^grgj* i(> Uutjf |l\at rpnd .opposes ?n_v ; ol'fie/lirojm bivjjiisp 6be .ronrs itft cornptftii- 'i Hon 'bfr a pftrt oi$t1?e | prt>ducer that otheriUe:would. >rht? ?vwfc i*j ngaip*tbiaGr?*n-.\ 'viUt^rottft?, n* I shAll bfe ocfierte/LI.bBDe. to^' ?1TJIS : rtjitrondff wwlj 'm<*: mm* -^r W." lWve hpprpprihVvdl1 _ man in 11 i TOmna??*1 will bo doing them ? great wrong.- On ac- 7"*^? i-ount of this oU\ connection, and 'also Tor / H- ^8 tlic advantages of the Kabuh Gap road, ' ' Augusta has stepped forward, after Ham- <-'{,U.J burg Iiad failed to do her diity by the planter? of Abbeville and Edgefield, and lib?ralLy *rj 'f. offered to the Savannah Valley company ' :'f_ the aid of. five hundred; thousand dollars. Shall we be told it is for the interest of the Stafc that we bo made to trade-at Certain favored markets within the SVnte, and carry " , v our colfmj and- produce ovcr-favored.roflds, . . :x that, c^lujfwfsc ittighV'be want of our eu Jiom ! I thfnlc Ihe jusl ^cnLlmcnl^ iif- our S'ate arc too hi'iVh For'-fchis. ? - Iii reference to my position, Inst' Wfnf.fr, j with regard fn tlir? itninm'iGMp 'apprbpt^a-1.; o ij tion, I can truly any, tlint if l |md thoifght Lhe produce* brought to Anderson by tnat^ * roail would not be sufficient to silstatn a road from Anderson to: Hamburg, or Ail-. 2'istn, and al io the Greenvillo rond, I would havo voted for the appropriation with" tilnch - ' ?. reluctance. I would hata feared that two *.* ' millions was too great a venture b^r tho . State, for such a doubtful and uncertain p . benefit. That I was not wrong in this sup- : position, is proved by the fart, that the ; Greenville company immediately got a 6hartor for a road from Ninety-six To Aiken," h.?* , * knowing her present track wotild not carfy "."t ' all the frieght to come over the rnountairi*.. .* When the Edgefield charter was up, I- ^ -y, in favor of giving to this company this con- _ v" ' ;V nertion Willi A ikon, provided tfiey saved v ' their charter in the time-limited. After that, I xvos willing for the ljdg^fiotyl company to connect. at Ninety-Six, or N*eV Market, and thus, to some "'extent,; tap the Rabun Gap road. I repeat again, I nfn in favor of the largest competition, ccimptetition in markets, and in the means of trnn- . sit. Bv bnilding the Savannnh Vsilloy ; road, r we wili ndd to the St^te' tho markets oJT/AiliTiwta and Savannah'^-.tliesc- ninrkerp', in addition to Charleston, Columbia and Ham- - * burg, cannot fail to benefit "the agricultural-- ' interests, every where in the State. ;If -wo . ; A arc able lo sell our produce forahigfier price in Augusta and Savannah, than in . Charleston or Columbia, shaH'^e not be Allowed the opportunity ? It i? the doetriije :V* J| of free trade, and aft free tltfde'-fnetf: wVS - ' i ........I ~o j,oil*! 11 <io ism i -omce-.wtr iiRTe oecn n State, we Imrebeen contending* for tito >i right to sell for lhc\b&t~t>n<^?nd-buy In, -Jthe cheapest markets, ^hcrovtr we could - ' /* find then). II?vc wc not teeq ^Tstirijs^ttio , monopoly of the North, wMtffvvvouia rfe- -,'V. ' - V quire us to trade in No\V:Y6>lc pr'B^tpij't - i And are we on the Savannah 'River^td^bo V' compelled to* trade with Gha^estbn'or'Cb- v ' lutribia) By rt'ftiwn^ !us-'this garter, .tre . me driven to continue 'the otd WAgoij. trade, nnd the precarious state of thfe.WfreK'- \ My friend from Greenville, (Mr/Perry,) , Iwis introduced Columbia.us onfi"of thfl nrnr ties to lie injured. Suppose vCdlurftbU- is. injured, what' then ?' Shall, she stand by and forbid the rand, because a portion, of. her interests i? notlooked;^HiC^^m^..;"; Ims always enjoyed- thtf favoritismof "the < '/ . State in an eminent dfegrce. 'The'lar^e n~p- , propria! ions yearly made, for ,mngmficefit \ . ' public buildings, colleges, fltatc-bbaM*;,sw-' . hmis, end with n large portion Of vine ; r ^ , *.J% tronsuiy poiircd in)o hcT-. fap. aliputd 'wiJT^;, .- ^ Columbia,not to ,staT)d in. tbe'way of local V"" interests'in other parts of tlie;State.1 all parts of .the State, Col^mUiit: :o6gbt to - \ be the las^ to offer nn'. joW^ot|.;j.AndI' 'r , think, Mr. Speaker, that the Greehvil^JRaf!-. W??u BHviimi I?vaii{jvusf r? it^xnouth against uhj'*'" b?on no;iJ\ehn favkiti^ & v e > rot no nhii!l be'pfrom file tfe^y^gBR'l * *'$$2 this thno ought to be-: a&fV : ? )trn Jogs, ami fl9k ;j> t ought- to fear no comj>ptitron. ross a iuw jsnnls ^.thy j ur indict ii of, ^ ^ ^ ^