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' . T '. 1 1 11 ' ,*" , ' ' frujl ;"11 . J*( 1 1 i ' i i. ". 1 i 1 .'r. ' .' ! , . r '. , ., " . J CSBi^lMpW^p^,^'. u- ,r , ; V DBVOTBD TO MTSRATIFRB, THIS ARTS, SCIEHCB/ikGRICUlTuRB, NBWS, POLITICS, ??., ?. ^ : ; r ' , -v.;. ... ? :;<;; ; ;, ;.': /;rr . ' ' :- - ^l3TEBMS^tOIIE ,DOLLAR PER AMUUMJ "Let it be Instilled into the Hoarts of your Children that the Liberty of the Pro?s la the Palladium of all your Rights."?Junius. [PAYABLE IK ApVAHOBV v ' "VOLUME 3?U.0.51. , . ABBEVILLE C. H., SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAJ JiORNING, APRIL 25, 1856. WHOLE NUMBER 155? -^y\ - ; . ^-.^n IWPPPElf^T PRESS , * - V 't. . * ' vv: ' At ABBRJTJXtVS. a, | . AT ONE boXLAR A YEAR, 1 XT A3 ?<;irOTfaU^^iojr.ne?rly one, thousand , jn AblwsUlip^Emtpttk and is constantly Incrensini^WrltJiV.ifli^iilniii'in in-tKi? <)? )? .. i aWntJTourteoft lijart^rei "arid its entire list of subscribers numbers over.sixteen hundred. It | . Is therefore offered to -the mercantile and bu?- ; new community generally-af th6 best advertiaing medium.in the up-country of South Carolina. I KATES OF ADVERTISING. I 1 square 8 monttia - ,t 4 00 i 1 square 6 months-#'"?/- --- - -^ 00 : 1 eqaare - .J~. - 10 00 ? 2 squares 3 months^-.. - 6 00 2 tquares 6 months. - 10 00 2 squares 12 monUis A-c - - - - - 16 00 3 squares S months ;; - 800 5 squares 6 months " ----- 12 00 3 squares 12 months ,?- 20 00 4 squares 3 months' - - - - 10 00 4 squares 6 months' - - - - - - r 16 00 ? 4 squares 12 months - - - - 2590 <6 squares 8 months 16 00 6 squares 6 months - 20 00 B squares 12 months 80 00 Advertisements inserted for a shorter period than .three months will be charged 75 cent* per square (12 lines or less) Tor first, inserlion and 87-J per square for caul) continuance. ~ I fgr: Any one advertising by annual orsemi> t annual contract can change bis advertisement | > jmbnthly, ifv ho desires. r . tr Subscribers to the paper who do not 1 ? '.^.Jjay their subscriptions within the year will be ' chttvgod tl: 60. " [April 20, 1855 \ . ~i i i ' 'T ' " " ; w^soriiiiAinr. J ' < Report* of the President :aild General Su- { " i. perinteudent of the' Groenvillo and . ^ ^OolonliU RafirowL To iht'islockkoidern of the Oreenviile \ and Columbia R. R. Comjxiny : , " y- /FLo President and .Direttorex 6ubrnit the s following Antipal Pleporl: I The Tabular"' Statements of the Auditor i f . and.. Treasurer, herewith ? submitted, will j . ; ^..giwWu.ji foil and minu'te "^account of all i ^ ' the fij^nbifll-affiiirs of:the Company. .The, i v' account,- cfcureht of .the Treasater emhrnre . on^y uie transactions ol seven months be- I ^ 'ginhirf^ ttte.Tat^fJone and ending the I '}3Xit of "Decem&er--jou having,.at your r " lait meeting, diffccted vHnl tlie. fl?c?l jrear of ( ' '' Uie Compnny. be changed so as to.end on the 31st of December." The other statements \ exhibit the business from January to Dp- N cember of last year,, anjLfrom the >?om- i mencement'of.tjie Road. : ^ 1 " The business of4W last year compares i favorably with that of the year preceding. 1 From Statement No.,.. 5, it will. appear i ' that the income for the year 1855 was ..... r ; 7 $279,012 60 I Tbeincome?fbr &e.?eor 1854 < made op from* previous re- I ^ porta, waa "256,710 77 I . . > ; .. V- .j ' Showing ail increase of " _ 22,295 70 i The current expense for tho -, /* < ';ahowii^ m Af- Jfc I last report, whb. 192,241 19 , i .> ^ expenses tor; "] ^1865, as >b6wn <> 4" 181^35^ CO ' . :> ' ' < ' -r*-?1< Pecfea^, in ex- v " ^ * .. . 0.605 .50 : "r ; thg; expenses have been Rome- ' Is cxpected . that tliey-wnl;b?;les8 tlie present ; but it in - & ' nnd, . ^ >H.theflange ral| ;repTaeed witlvgood T.Tflil; ' "'<&. cannot be brought much 1 '^ - .' ToweriH'ftn they aro at present?due regard, 1 ^fety chiu^tfir Qf >' fmmM to bo tbo true policy^of the Company to np[)Iy the income to the extinguishment of the debt, ' Under ordinarv cireumstftnp.AH- ?? U 1? lieved that there would be no difficulty in raising money on our bonds^-The debt, when all funded, will amount onljCto about 11,000,000. The Road, with its equipment, is worth^more than three times that amount. The interest of 7 per cent, per annum, pavnble semi-annually, is a fair profit for the use of-money; the interest on the bonds Sold has heretofore been promptly, paid; the means of payment in future are noyr more at our command than heretofore ; the security is ample ; the bonds are good, and still they cannot be sold except at a heavy JiscounL. Under the circumstances, it is suggested that the stockholders themselves Lake the bonds at a fair price, and save the loss that would follow a present sale in market. The stock would then immediately jdvanco in nrice mora than tli<? nm?nn? bonds at present for sale. The .surplus income in future could be divided among the stockholders. ' The Report of the General Superintendent, herewith submitted, will ;give you an u'.count of the operations of the Rond for :b<4 time reported, the condition of the Rosd, \nd its motive power. It will be seen that ihc Rond is in good condition, well supplied ivitb machinery and cars, and that in all its operations.it has been pre-eniinontl}* mccessftil. This result cives lh? Infringe svidence that can be afforded that the men in the various departments of the lload !mve done their duty. The new Tron purchased last Spring has been laid down near Columbia, in the place if the flange rail. The o|d iron taken up ihould be sold or exchanged, and new iron jrocurcd nnd laid down in the place of the Sid flango rail on other parts of the Road ; ind so on the business should be continued jtitil all tho flange rail should be replaced pith the T rail. Tire heavy masonry at Broadaway"rIias jcen finished. A small portion of tho em>ankment at this point still remains to be nade. This can be done by the bands of bo Company, at their otfn convenience, f i.? 1- u..:u:? ?i?? ? lire nuiK Ul UUIIUIIIg vuiveru) HDQ em>ankraenta in the neighborhood of Newjerry has .been;,continued under contract ?itfi Hairik Singleton, nnd the Roa'd greaty improved, in that section. The points nost needing work it; ja supposed will all je worked otf in the ooUree of this year, ifter which the work will be stopped. The survevs that wcro mmmmMil two. 'ore your last annual meeting have been jompletcd. Reports and estimates thereof have been made and filed in the office of .ho Company at Columbia, to which your attention is invited. About the first of January, this much of the work having been jompletcd, and no'cvidence having been given of any substantial aid from the people lireclly interested in the construction of the projected Roads, the brigade of Engi oeere was aisoanaeo. l nese roads, connecting. with our Road, are highly important to lib, especially that one over the mountains and along the French Broad to the Paint Rock. But!it cannot be reasonably expected that ourTJompany, unaided^ will undertake thft-: building of it. Our Company needs repose and time to take care ofita financial affaira, which are, ilia now believed, rnpidly^advancing to ;o Bound and easy condition. 'i'he whole matter of these projected roads is now submitted to you. i'he Board will await your direckon before proceeding further. Ijf concluding, this Report, tlie Bonrd would express its grAtitilde-.nnd thankfulness & Htm who guides and rulta- the affairs of men for the success which has attended alt iWoperatfons of theCQrtfpany. All of which is respectfully submitted. T?og.p,;teRiNf ^o\ Pruidmt. ^ Report., j" To of :,-Y V Arm. . ' ^vrnpajiy: ";GwrrtK|f*? :-r-Id accordance with the herewith otibmit the following&fwiiof tb? operations of the Rond since LheJnst Annual M^etingof the Stockholders. itnd those of not 8 serious chsracter " weather for-the! po?t' two xtioptb* >&|nM| order. The table of the Master Machinist, Mr, W. B. Smith, which accompanies the report, gives full information as to the service of each engine, the cost of repairs,and other details connected with the motive power, to which I would invite attention for information on this subject. * Since my last repprt the Foundry-has been completed;-Btodfbe results of .its operation liave fully demonstrated that'ils erection was good; economy. The Company will save not onlv the nrofi?R ?n tlio turned outj-but in the expedition with whioh repairsenn be conducted, the use of (be old materials, and the safe-keepitfj^attd better preservation qf their: patterns" Z The passenger car contracfed'for previoUB to and noticed in my last report has been received, and is now in service. No other additions have since been made to either passenger or freight cars. The cars generally are in good order, and many of them have been almost entirely renewed since the last report; which will, in some degree, acc ount tor the amounts charged to repairs of cars. The joint Passenger House -with the South Carolina Railroad Company at Columbia, which was under contract and in process of erection at the last annual meeting, has been completed, and answers an admirable purpose in affording facility and comfort to passengers, as well as convenience and economy in the operations of the. Road. in the maintenance of way department mucb has been done to strengthen and secure the Road, while the work? of a permanent character under contract at the date of the last report have been pushed forward, many of them to completion As' these worksbelong properly to construction, and have been charged to'1 that account,-it may ub uo. inipivipcr iut ine 10 menuon some of them particularly. _^Cota)'nienciiijEf at tlie Columbia yard, about thT^-miles of T track has been laid in a substantia! nnd permanent manner. The trestles at and below Frosl'a Mill have been filled by contract with Mr. Frost, and will add much to the security of the Road at that point. The filling of Caldwell's trestle^ near Newberry, has been completed. An- arched.- ntdvort has been built rit Scott's Creek, near the same town. It is well constructed, and of good material. Tbe filling of the trestle is in an ndvancod state. Three box culverts, have been built on the Silver-Street station, and an flrchcd one commenced at the "Lower Beaver Dam." These yrorks hare been done by Messrs. Hair & Singleton, under contract made previous to my Ia9t report. Two arched culverts on tho Abbeville Branch have been completed. The work at Broadaway, fon. the Anderson -Branch, which was in course of construction, under the contract with Kev9 ?fc Benson, at th? time of tlie last report, has been completed, except a portion of the filling which can be done by and at the convenience of the Company. This is a work of great magnitude, ami has been executed in a manner that reflects credit upon the contractors, and adds much to the security and permanency of tlie Road at that point. These embrace all tbe works belonging strictly to the con struction account, which have been completed since my last report. In the maintenance of way proper, the decaying of timher and the wearing of iron have been closely observed, and replaced with new; and the strictest attention-paid to a thorough system of draining by which our road bed; has been much improved-Jind rendered more securo generally, nnd'wo .think cotft^jH-es favorahJy with other roads. It^will be necessary, in order to preserve lite Rood iji its present good condition, and protect the atructureaupon it, to cover and weather-board the/Broad River nnd the two Saluda Riverv Ridges, to securer the' bridges over WilsonVancl Ninety-Six Creeks with stofl? Portion}^ tb? trestle*, Sid b^^Wjldincr or filling al) other trestle# to bIiow signs of d^ay. " It is ,.ff subject''for' your consideration whether yon will continue 6lUgg treatjcs or rebuild'them when it niay"hS?|fcm6 n.ecCs[ iMtjfi If'vtM-.finances'of the^EjoYbpany;will . permit-, the" foriuej would^ <3 ^ S^ow^^;vWi'lson*8 ..ahd Ninetv-aix Creeks, it u worthy ofronstderiUotTwhGUi-. ; er urevifrioH Of t^lipo. of Hoad at those ; poiDti? couW not' bfe.. made, which would be policy to adopt than to expand Xha r niYiniintari?Apa?flrv In AnitM dii trains to oWervo^thebr-proper schedule time when compelled. ^ use it after, being exposed to the rains,-and not unfrequently snow apdsleet of a winter seafcon. A pawenger. house at Greenville is much needed. At-present, passengers gelling in and out of the cars are' nofc-Qttly unprotected from the'weather, but are com pel led to pass from and to the cars and caninges through tlio mud and water in the depot yard. .. Hie baggage, too, is' exposca in pu?-" tingitinandout ofth'ecars. jl ue^v Kiipruy^uiGuiB aua -ananions ore all very dediratle, And ,?roulds idd much tothe security of th'p Road, nnd the economy and facility -of.ua' raann^bment?and. to which I invito yoiir attention. --V In the management of tlje' ,Road ;I have been ably, assisted by the officers - of'the machinery nnd'toad department?, and in conclusion recommend them to your favorable consideration as gentlemen in every way worthy of the trusts confided to them. Ail of which is respectfully submetted. & P. RAAVORTH, v- General Superintendent. IFOR TUX IXDKFKTDJEXT PRE99.J a Lines on the Doath of Mrs^ Weitfisld. Yoa^^eBUB wept, and we must pay The tribute of a tear For her who was by all beloved, And left us mourning here. She lives on high, where angels dwell; Ekr work is now^to sing -v C" ' Ten thousand praises to His nsme Who is her Lord and Kine. - a*1- # . / r r *" SLe aits in heaven, where angels ait, And aings redeeming love, V ' An3*reart a bright, immortal.crown, With'all the aainta iibove. One little ton in lesos sleeps; ifer babe aho left behind riWntj|,Uie Qod of-Israel's care, '#'/ Who's mercifal and kind. May fr*fi*eh bless tbie.^d protect And aliield thee, darling child I And make thee, as thy mother wast, .. And thou bereaved and -mourning one With Job may'?t meekly ?ay, "The Lord'doth pVe, bleea'd be his name, The Lord doth take away."And oh I be faithful to the grace T>? or 1_ ?: WJ \JWi OV UWIJ glVCU, So when thy days art ended here Thou'ltmcet thy love in heaven. , &C2C0A. [KOB TBS UCDEPSVDENT rtcsu.] On tho Death of Mrs. Mary N. Liomax- . * - I saw thee in the morn of Hfo, ' A lovely bod so meek and mild,' " Bleat with the charms of infancy? A beauteous, blooming, gentle child. I saw thee on thy bridat morn, With gentle smile and fall of glee, "Welcome the greetings of thy ftiende, That thou a happy bride might be. - .The rao^eat rose had scarcely bloomed T.-i? -??? .ii - ??i? t - iu> leaves,' wiigu vui a urenaiai storm IIns swept It from tha tender ptom, And left two precious buds to mourn. Byt, Ijsten! he*r.^t|4jiDg one?. ^ "My Saviour Vfie^for me," she said ; jflt. _: J*. x ui uvb *Mr?uu w uwiiOfl^; ' ~.y. Then' meekly, gently Lowed her head. . Thus died tho sainted, gifted ono ; Hid' blest with all this world ccold\ At Jetns' fe6t she lajd it doTpn, . i r Ana gave np all ivjih ChH?t to live.- tS AJ Moore. . - _ ; g . ^?^1-dispatch from Wttbio^o/drttefl the Cth inetant, 'aays. i v<V; ... vF/.'. years ago, as wilV l^ 'g^erafly ^rriernbereU, a roan named "Wells waa corif victed of murder io this city and sentenced ChaT 2jP^^e pH*?ner'8 WUnse1' u?%>!>Td. g^gB^tStm reruW' no application and remanded .Wolla to the Speech of the Hon. P. "8. Brooks. We find^inthe offifcihl report of proceeding^,.in .Congress, of the 10th instant, tbe subjoined remarks''of Col. Brooks in aupp.ort.of a bill giving..to Mrs. Mary E. Tilmah a pension of eight dollars per month. At the suggestion of. Hon. Mr. mace, oif.,Indi6ha, after Col. Brooks had conc1uded?ins eloquent appeal,, the. .bill was ?o. -$i eight dollars, nnd in that shape was passed; On tbebill, as reported by the committee on invalid pensions,,Col. Brooks said : t Speaker, I beg"tjie indulgence of the Hou9e to make a few remarks explanatory of the merits of this bill. The bill itself is the unanimous report of the committee to which was referred, the petition of Mr*. Mary E. Tillman, a resident of my district, who, when the requisition waB made on the State of South Carolina for troops for the Mexican war, gave to the service of her country every 'member of her family at the time capable of bearing arms. ^They were threo hiclf-toncftl. stiftUpfl snno nnri n.~ i... o ' -r ? """ "*? band of her bosom. ; All went, but not one returned to dry b mother's tears, with tlie story of the gallantry of her soldier boys. The bones of one now lie nt Saltillo, another fell at Jalapa, the father" was buried beside the castle walls of Perot* nn?? Inst reached the goal, At once of bis earthly career and of hia youthful ambition, at the capital, of Mexico. - ' With a strange and crushing fatality, about the very time that this, harvest, of sorrow was rippemng for this, woman in a foreign land, ner only remaining son; Mn -the discharge of dtilies whicVhe was too young tofperform, and which were devolved upon him inconsequence of-the alo^nce of his older "brothers, Jby. a full from his horse bedime. the victimi pf coufirmed paralysis. This Jady is thus left iu the decline of .life, witb-a helpless phild and an infant dauerh ter, dependent upon her personal exertions for-their and her own support. >. This is the narrative of her petition, and upon it alio builds t"be hope that hVr country will remember her sacrifices, and requite her services. J3y the laws of nature, and of regulated society, thb services of a minor are due to its parent; and we, who are the Representatives of the country which has been benefited by the exertions of the children, ought not and will not forget the obligation we owe the mother. In support of the facts set forth-in the petition,it is my misfortune to be witness in chief. Those whom the petitioner gave to the service of her couhtrv were mr immn dUto' neighbors and friends. One of her sons' volunteered in the Alabama" regiment, in tbe company commanded by bis unclc, Capuin Gallman. The father And; two other sons enrolled in my company, nnd were mustered Into the service of the United States nt Charleston, and under my command. * ' .j. Considerations of personal', attachment might, possibly did, influence tlicm in joining tbo army. But, sir, the love of our friends is after, all but another .nnmo for tbe love of our country; for he who is incapable of the firsts will be. surely found recreant in tbe hnnr nf Ilia ""'j MIV vwuuil^ o uwcu< <* ' "The Interest I take in the passage of this bill for the relief of their wido*?4f mother is but a ;poor reflection 'of the fnendaty.ij$ borlnfe^to mjBelf by her noble sons; but it constrains roe to do that for her ryphicb she Wit nbt jgo for hfirtetf.- She. appeals. not to ffife/'ohariiyV but toujour magnanimity. I ft,i]bread ;f6r ti^S.^jdow and the fatherless. She <^m(S^fcOTBaeb6e ab;d d%rtityras' the Mother (rf. tftts modern Qracchi, and deniBnl4ft rfxt haf ??ma' U' ^ honors pon the statntesbf btj country. ; Mfe pUtancd of eight 3ollftrt per rnoTith, .wtiich U^ll that? granted . WW* tea*c6feted by: th? lady-Uiftfi^the ofiffcnia &&rscorded ?plpio.w!6Jg0fent of Mr service ^d. Sta^f ;at>a yet, sir,-because * <?*; SafertVara: iriV6lyed^-a sum :&*$*** Wm ^bupdred benjion ire*p>e^ ^t;thep?^^nt^.ny r^ri^W iSide'AKOTftNTiin^ "moa lucre that portrait of the savior ofhkWOT;;, : try, [pointing to the portrait of Washing'*;. ' ton,T or that of him, hia choeeq [pointing to the portr aitof La . Money, sir, is neither the wealtli.or of r State. Virtue, genius, knowifedg?spour-^i age, patriotism 1 these are -lis "'' compared with which,, inltbisir ;inllw6S*45^8HI r%J? Ll2Vl^?5.?*V-fif v?fr.v.. ^upmpi wiiiMuniui; yiun i ? jrow-tji^D; \ v / , worse than dross. . : TChero .wealth flocu)tiulftte? tS& ' Three ?MntunM ^rwhtro' border' fe^;3^J^v ^' were common, a maiden bom od tb'e?bo??<* ^ . of Lnko Constance had gone to seek her r fortune in Switzerland^ and leariring.b^f^^^^^cident, in the family in which ahe wtt sticated, that an assault was intended her nativo village, under the cover of nigi?" ' . she took a horse, and Swam the current of . the Rhine, and by her timely wanting saved * jf her birth-plnce: and people from sack and ' slaughter. An equestrian monument erected to her ho 11 rir Kn?' ti? -J?a'.i , 1 ? ?? '"'""ISigLW ?*' ' tliia day commemorated by* memorial more <- . ^<r touching. Each night as the watch Ulan; " goes his round, when the hour of midnight <: arrives, he calls aloud the name of her who, three hundred years before, awoke thesleep: :.v-L!??a- -- ' "" ' ' *' " ' lug wiuauiianis aau rescues mem Mom dun- ' t ger. The historian appropriately?ayB, that -Steffi* the fame and memorv of tnatgirl has given y " ' a tone and spirit to the yonth ?f>that litft*;: i C town,which is worth in its^defensfe battsl- ' r ion of armed men. 'I but repeat the rfptjr;; j?. it is for the gentlemen of tbe?fouseto -. . '*! make the application. ... ? "r It is proper that I sh'onld *t?te that thepetitioner has already received the bountf&V of the Government; but thear^allowanceii^^, . ccase on the fonrtfipf Marcli^iilf^^v^D.'?^-, . unless this bill passes, she will v upon the cold, charities of the. world: r i unve stated tier case with asmtjch ns a full understanding of ? permit, and I now appeal'y "< man who bears mcj to,-yl^ld . - :, ous impulses whiub/now swell; {Kerfr bo- *C soma, to unite with" me iu paeaingthiy bill'^.^^ with a unanimity which will he ^bonpTO-^* " >hle to them as it will be gratifying i^p the Lpetitioner. The claim isjjp juit, so peculiar, : * that I regard the pnssnge'of the but ? a matter of form, end. I therefore apik for its; third .reading, with a view, to its immediate passage. :-W<; ? * ". fs?-w; * Lykcu Law ik China.?The New port ' " c'^ Commercial , has the following extract of > " letter from Cfiina, dated December 8th: - * "Our peaceable suburbejwere a sceueof t unwonted uproar yesterday aftdfettpn^ A *. / I ' Canton man quarrelledw^h a Fqnt Chau ? urn* iu m? svreei ana miiea mm on th6 ' spot. He was instantly Mixed by tlie mob, r and with liis b^^aytied^^jnd him, taken 1 ' ,-i censed Coofie^Cooka, the body, shoulders, breica^^^ea ^ul*-f.: bfeody^f^ dowu^i^^ouj^fter. wj^^^^^^^piaoded by ; A P a ACTIO AL WOMAN'? ~x?ere i? now- upon .ue/^.iu?Diga^rjH^ fCr U $ | J ifBHifliilrTr III fflili ^iff*fTM?lfr^tir - r '? *11