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Impromptu Linos.
D V WILLIE L1UI1TIIKAUT.
Without thee, llie sunlight never
Seems so beautifully bright,
"Without thee, the breath of flower
Yieldeth little of delight ;
Without thee, there Cometh ever,
Clouds upon the nzure sky.
Without thee, the w<prld is nothing
JUut a scene of yffsery I
Severed from thyself a inotnpiit,
Noonday blackens into night?
Moonless night, without a glimmer
From the rolling orbs of light ;
Heart within my liosotn morwieth,
Like a dove whose mate is gone;
I.ike a mother, from \vli.i-i,> liomm
Death has watched the petted one.
Ah ! while fitting here so louely,
In my cozy little room,
Ycurning thoughts come ever welling
Fiom the heart so full ofjrloom I
Jlueic caunolyield me pleasure,
Poesy cannot avail ;
Eveiy effort to forget theo
Dolh continually fail !
Five long hours without thee, Mary,
Seems to me ns many years,?
Tears made up of sail complainings,
l.ongitig siulis and hitter tears.
Ah ! 'lis fearI'ul thus tu love thee,
Thus to life alone in thee ;
Anil to feel that thou hast power
Thus to shape my destiny !
Oil ! to sit beside tliee always,
Always press thy dainty hand,
And to have thee guide nie ever
To the far off " happy land ?
Were a blessing, sweeter, purer
Than the fjold of enrlh ean give ;
For 'twere better to die with thee
Than without thy love to live !
Charleston, S. C.
[ror. TilK IMd.l'KXDCNT I'RUS.J
INCIDENTS OF THE
MEXICAN CAMPAIGN,
DV A MEMBER OF THE PALMETTO REGIMENT
The Cnmp at Puebla.
Very soon aft?>r our arrival at Puebla, sickness
mostly diarrhoea prevailed to nn alarming
rxtenl in our army, and on the 30th of May
2215 mon wore reported sick m 11??. hospitals.
The diarrohoea was confined principally to
the volunteer Regiments. In our Raiment
alone a hundred men died here of that dis
ease. The malady ill its primary stage presented
the following symptoms ; a dry scurly
appearance of the skin followed by u simple
discharge from the bowels, which was sometimes
attended with light fevers. The treatment
pursued by our physician? was low diet,
broken doses of iJover'g Powders and opium.
Their prescriptions failed to produce a proper
reaction iti the system and a majority of their
rtnt li'ltld nfloP U<iiol.-a ntt<1 ni'on nm.tlia />f id
I . V <*.. ........ .. > ......
tense suffering were can ied ofT l>y dysentery
iu iis mo:-t aggravated form.
Very few of our Regiment escaped this distressing
sickness in its first stages. It was pro
duced solely l>y the dljnossMtiJtliP atmosphere
and a consequent want of regularity Ha the
secretions. Xftllivcs tif Southern'emulates are
more 6ul>ject to it, or even those wlio.*e huhits
of body iuduce them to more copious perspiration.
In this dry atmosphere neither men nor
Animals perspire freely, and it i-s a well known
fact that a smaller amount of food is consumed
by all classes of animals. Animal matter doi-s
not putrify here if exposed to a current of air,
and a carcass suspended in a cool draft, will
cure like an Egyptian mummy. Our physicians
were km<l to the sick, they had good
quarters, clean and comfort aide beds and at
teutive nurses. Still they died ; and if all tlm
inhabitants of our Southern States, had heen
here under the saine medical treatment, they
would have died in the same proportion. Ami
whoever goes there now and neglects to wcai
warm clothing and use a ?t iinuluti ng diet wil
die likewise. Our poor patients luul the inoa
inordinate thir.-t for water, no quantity o
which could for u moment ulluy their denir<
for it. It acte<l as nn emetic in most custb stil
they were allowed free access to it.
Home of our men, who were sick in ou
quartern with this disroav, were cured by tli
most simple remedies puggestcd t>y experienc
and the advice of the natives, some of whon
were kind enough to explain to us to the ns
lure and origin of our sickness. The writer ?j
this narrative whs attacked with it as had u
any one, and in the meantime was cured by
email dose 01 on loiiowea up. uy pepper let
The natives eat a large quantity of led peppe
pr chile nn it is culled, eerved up in their dnil
food. The olimute absolutely requires it an
nature suggests it. Oar men were atnuted ?
the Mexicont, because of their fondness for th
article. And happily would it have been f<
pur men generally nnu our meuu-ai proicsaiona
ists laid aside their books and sought the ad
vise of the meanest pnon. or else paid more a
tention to the rules and maxima relating I
thwsingular climate. I have stared my ear
nest cpuvietions about the matter at substai
linto.l Kv innnnLroVMi'tAhh* Ificta atul Avnor
"???' -J ?I?
once in my own efuis. My heart yearned ov<
oar poOf sufferers, *1mtl I longed to reliei
them U>t my e1 tu a tii>^ ?-o;npje lied yus to silenc
Every'dajr and almost ltuur]},M({'lpw nionr
, ful a?3 solemn notes of the muffled drum, ai
pounced the departure of another ojie of m
companions in arms. I could view with pa
tinl indifference a comrade who fresh with li
and vigor, had fallen upon a glorious and ti
umphant field. But to stand a silent at
mournful spectator over those who had bet
stricken down as it were by an unoeefl ban
brought with it reflections of a most sorrowf
naturq, Qur officers visited the hospital d?i
find none of them ofteuer than oar Colon*
Colonel Batlef dWall that lay in bjs power
too tribute W the eomforte tad pleasures of ti
' f icl?. Those who neeineil convalescent, were I
j l>y his order allowed to visit n beautiful |uil>- !
j lie garden in the environs of the city.
Our time for the iirst few weeks passed I
i tiwny gloomy and unheeded We occupied as
quarters the old convent of St. Maria. It was '
j a very remarkable lmildini; ; old and gloomy,
j the greater part of it had fallen into ruins. ,
| Still there was space sufliciciil. to contain all j
i of Gen. Worth's army, he-idea noine forty i
j monks Mul friars whom we sometime!* termed ,
our boarders. The front of the huildiinr was u ;
! large Cathedral all enclosed by massive wails
and iron gates. There were ureal passages'
intersectin^r spacious ur.as an<l lofty domes,
where on." men often met to frolic ami dunuc j
with violin accompaniment. "Old Boots" as the j
I lioys called ("o|. Iiutler, relished the sport, hut !
| our Monastic friends said il was sacrilegious j
arnl as well as disgraceful to their house. Tint !
passtmes, chapels an<l latere rooms Were a<l?rn- :
eil with magnificent paintings in oil, repri^en- i
tin^ Itilile scenes, atnl some of them covered up- '
wards of a hundred feet of canvass They too j
! hole the marks of age and oi;t of five or six I
j hundred of them, few seemed interesting to I
mo.
We remained in quarters here nearly llnvo I
mouths. It was a long period for volunteers j
to he i-hut tip hi garrison. Some ol"our lei? i
lows relished the open nil* much better, mid j
| all would have preferred more iietive earn- 1
j moans of prosecuting the war more vigoruii-1y (
j live aii'l hye troops h<?gau to arrive almost .
: daily, which had the clfoet "I diffusing more
| life iiml activity in nil department, nt.< 1 bitter
! than al! they lightened its of our in ilitary ntid '
guard duties which were very Severe. When '
at leisure we strolled out. to meet them, an>l
; their travel worn itppcurancc and dusty vis? '
| ages enli?te<i our sympathies. The companies |
of our Regiment heretofore had worn as imiti v I
] different. colored uniforms, the donation of pa- !
j triotie citizens from the vicinity where tin; j
( companies Were organized. That, of the llieh i
I land volunteers of grey cloth, stiong and dura 1
j hie. They were m.ide hy Mr. Antwerp, mer- j
i chant tailor of Columbia, S. (\, and I will state j
j for the credit of that gentleman, that in same
casPB those uniforms out. lasted the Mexican |
War, and far more, I never knew an instance I
J where the materials had pat ted company except !
' from unavoidable accident. About thistiltic!
I Col. Hurler and the re-t of our officers procuri
cd blue uniforms for the Regiment similar to .
that worn by the troops of the line : with the )
i exception of a beautiful Palmetto tree, couspie- j
| uiiiiB on the front of our capo, we were umlis- !
! lingiiishnhle (rotn others in the regular nrrny. j
J The tirst -rrival of troops after our oeeit|>a- :
J tinii ofl'uebla was tin- ijpleiid.d division of (I??n. )
i Twiir<*V. justly sty led "The Corro (.lordn L>i- I
| vision." Tlie mouuted riflemen seemed great- !
! ly attached to liim. At lirs-t ?i?^li?. I would :
| have thought t he reverse from his gruff appeal- j
| nnco, luit. behind a rough exterior lie hides ail '
j open heart. This Regiment has never lietMi j
' mounted since the landing at. Vera Cruz, thoiigh
! tlie wore the uuifnriiij and equipments tliey
| had prev iou<lv, and were dismounted hy tlie !
loss of their steeds on hoard the transports,
j The whole of this war tlie American army was ;
' deficient ill cavalry, while the enemy boasted !
; of. overwhelming numbers of this powerful 1
I arms of tbesi-rviee. On the Mil of June. (Jen. '
j Seott arrived in l'nehla escorted l>y four com- I
pun icH of Dragoons. Soon afterwards lie can :
>ed the record* of the prisons of 1'iiehhi t<? lie t
(r\tihiincd int'i, and many unfortunate living* |
J who were immolated ill llicir gloomy roewsess |
! without, any specific charges prepare.1 npiitiM |
] them were set.at lilierty. Some of litem had j
I ncit i.?e tt the light of day formally year*. Not j
a few had hecn incarcerated for religious and i
political offence*, and a larger nnmher for no !
offence at all. The prisoners were of hoth !
sexes, when the interpreter informed thorn of
the human ity o f the American general, th?*y '
! gave vent to tiieir joy and gratitude in copi t
uus tours.
REMARKS OF HON. M. L. BONHAM.
On Monday last quite a number of our !
most intelligent citizens were in attendance '
at this placo notwithstanding tliu heavy j
' rains of tin- night previous ami the swollen j
I j condition of ihe creeks ami branches. At j
, j the hour of 12 M, it was announced that
f our immediate Congressman, General I?onb
liam, was ready to address liis constituents
' on the political matters of the day ; and in
a short time the Court House was thronged.
r General Ib?nham said that he found
* I pleasure in being ahle thus early to comply
n I with a call that had been made upon him
i. to address the people, lie responded rcadi>f
ly and cheerfully. The events of the pa*t
8 Session of Congress were of great moment
B to the country, and he deeply regretteil that
r the indications were of that inauspicious
.. character which prevented his replying
d with hopefulness to the inquiry addressed
to him as one of their sentinels? Watch8
man, what of the night?'' lie could not
say, with the sentry ot? his lonely round,
I "All's well!" Duty compelled him to dol.
clare that it wa? not a time of security
'.o with us, but that, to the reverse, the righu
and interests of the South have never been
in more pern or in greater Ganger. iNine
1 years ago Mr. Calhoun predicted with his
,e accustomed forecast, that if this hlnvery agie.
tation were not arrested in its mad protean,
n- it would end in a dissolution of the Union.
n Were lie now alive, be would find but too
y mue-h cause to realize the force of his preye
diction,?to be convinced, in fact, that the
events he foresaw in the. distance were al)<]
most immediately atliand. r
;n "V There "were man^ matters of interest ho
fore Congress at its receot Session, but
that which towered in magnitude above
^ the rest was still this ceaseless question of slato
very* Inference Id (lie later debates wtthe Si s
ie rfion will iodtpate with sufficient clearnesi
*?
what we are to expect in this connection
from the Federal Congress.
General Houham then leviewed the progress
of the anti-slavery agitation an<! i(s
icpeated encroachments upon tlie South.
He spoke >,f till- legislation of Congress begun
as far hack as 1 784; of the famous
ordinance of 1787. by which Slave States
reded to the anti slavery demand extensive
and iiivaluahle territory ; of the Compromise
<d 1820 ain] its adverse cfT.els upon the
power and well-being of the Slave States;
til the California swindle,by which territory
purchased largely by Southern treasure
and.Southern blood was yielded to the
cravinir appetite of a rjinaciousknuti>slave>-v
majority. It had been said tl?Jil. to compensate
for these* frauds, a repeal of tin*
odious Missouri Compromise had been effected.
15lit what will he the value of that
repeal, if the dangerous positions of Senator
Douglas are to exercise a controlling inlluence
in the direction of affairs? It will
prove to hi* but a phantom to allav Southern
indignation ; and instead of resulting
in her benefit, its advantages will rather
accrue to the North, opening to her citizens
vet more available means of occupying even
the Sou'hern territories and of banishing
slavt-rv from their borders,
HM . 1 . * i . ? -
i mi sjii'iiK?T ln-xi proceeded 10 coinnai
llit; dangerous views of the Illinois Senator.
Tl.? mischief began with a real or affected
misunderstanding of the Kansas Nebraska
Art.
I?v the non-intorvention of Congress, no
more nor less was ever meant than this,
I hat Congress siioiiU not Legislate slavery
into or out of a Territory. Abolitionists
said Congress had that right. l?oth wings
of tin; Democratic party denied this. Tim
Southern wing maintained that the question
of slavery-or no slavery, is to he decided Initio
Convention railed (win-never the number
of the inhabitants justified it) to form
the Constitution of th?j new State, preparatory
to admission into the Confederacy of
Slate?, and not before. Sijuaiter Sovereignty,
whilst it admits the right of tinslaveholder
to go with his slaves into the
Teilitories, says, that the power to deter
mine whether slavery shall or shall notexist
in the Territories, is iu t he Territorial Legisla
tun*; and if the Legislature,:!* lists been done
in Kansas, say slavery shall not exist in the
Territory, although it admit* the action ol
that Legislature must he subordinate to the
Constitution and the Supreme Court, still it
lunher says. Congress can not interfere t?i
onlbree the rights of the slave holder in tin'IVrritory.
If this doctrine be true, it is as
[ ad astlie Wihiint Proviso, and renders the
repeal ??f tin; Missouri Compromise a dead
letter. It is the idlest mockery to tell thv
slaxvholder, you have as much right to t)ik<
your slaves into the Territories, as tlie north
ern man his horse, but if the Territorial
Legislature, backed by a handful of Srjuat
r?,*rs, say slavery shall not exist, that then
is no remedy.
AV! <1 : .? =
?? iiru-u'i iiiriii i.i ii iijihi, mere is ^
remedy. Tlit* Kansas Territorial Legisla
ture has undertaken to prul*il?it hlavery
This set> nt jiaunht the Constitution am
the d?-ei?i..a of the supreme Court of tin
United States, and whenever a ease arise:
of a ?davc holder being deprived of tlie en
joyineiit of liis property l?v m?Hi Legisla
lion, it will he the duty of Congress to pas
such laws as will carry into effcct the Inn
intent ami meaning of the Constitution
Any other doctrine will prove destiinliv<
?.?f the lights of the Southern people in th<
common Territories. The creature can no
, bo greater than the creator. Congress ha
! no ri?rht to Legislate slavery into or out n
I .
j a Territory. Can its mere creatures <lo it
| But Congress has passed a fugitive slav
i law, to carry out the provisions of the Con
1 stitution even in Sovereign States. Ilm
I much more then is it competent for Con
' gre<s?ay, its dury, to pass necessary Law
! to protect the rights of the citizen in th
' Territories when the mere creatures of Con
' gress not only refuse that protection, l?u
I legislate adversely.
No other view thnn this was entertaine
1 anywhere, or at least not declared, unt
Mr. Douglas, finding it necessary to seeur
, his seat in the United States Senate, pri
i in hi {Jim I Ins erroneous views of Sqnallt
Sovereignty,?view* at once antagonistic t
the Kansas Nebraska Act ami at varianc
with the democratic platform announce
by. the Cincinnati Convention, which Mi
I Douglas is understood to have cordinlly aj
! proved.. But he has gone against us,t
tiio declarations of It in Freeport speech ut
it: ' ? ?
p>??x. jliib nuw-ni'dgt'CJ pru
ciple is dangerous to our republican systen
an.I especially detrimental to the interns
of the Southern people. It prepays in 01
territories an inviting resort for the flocl
of emigrants daily arriving at Norther
- ports, and for the surptiin population of tl
Northern States, many of them draw
from the vilest purlieus of their cTfles, -1
, its operation, it presents the startling ape
tacle of a few thousand sueh settlers giftt
yi.ith the extraordinary power of exoludic
, eight millions of freerjjjn from the coxmc
" property of the people of these 8tate?. 1
I tho late Congressional debate, Senators,
j Mason, Davis, Known, and oliters, mot this
view of tlie Illinois Senator with the declaration
that his doctrine is not, was not,
' <im/ cannot be the doctrine of the South.
i I>nt for this dangerous develupcment hv
one who has occupied so prominent a posi|
tiun in the democratic rank*, there was
ground for hope that our territorial organization*
might have proceeded peacefully
in the future: but now that Kansas has
i
tiiideitaken to abolish slavery in her bor j
deis, now that this doctrine of squatter i
1 soveicignly is t-eiug embraced openly by !
' the North, and at least bv the Douglas fae.- j
| lion of I hi* deuioeraey, the question is upon J
. us an<) wo arc obliged to meet it.
| The speaker then followed Mr. Calhoun |
in traeintr the "radual severance that hail i
I .
; been Ion;; going on hetwecu the Xorth and !
the South, the rending asunder of the links 1
' of the ehurches standing prominent in this !
manifestation, lie would follow up that '
train of thought The political parties of,
j llie country are also going l>y the board. !
! The \Y iiig party is already gone ; and the |
Democratic party, he feared, was also about i
' to lose the prestige of its greatness and sue- !
' <e>s. No man had more to do v illi bring- j
j ing this about than Senator Douglas, by !
his combination with the lihick Republicans j
' against the Leeonipton Constitution. If;
' lie was (hen suspected of unsoundness, what ;
i can we say of him now, that lie has palpaI
bly gone over to the enemy.
General llonham then proceeded to touch j
; briefly upon the tarrift* declaring his belief |
I I lint we would be speedily called oil to look j
j this <|UC-?tioti in the laeo. He entered into j
! ?i ...It;,...I ...... I.ti... 1
? ? ! %?? diifii ) .-10 wi i ut; |M i HAI HJ, nmmf
I iiiir its unequal bearing on the South. He
| feared no division on this point in South
j Carolina. Even in 183:). when differences
; existed aniun<r us as to the mode of redress,
lu*r people were a unit in hostility to the
j protective system. To this day, their hos- j
I tiliiy is the same a? when it was first fully j
| enkindled l>y the matchlesseloquence of our
own McDtilKe. llappy for us, thai it is so ;
! for that buttle is airnin to he fotiirlit. Dii
! ling tin- winter, we of the South had j
! cause- to realize the mining of the storm, i
' . 1
j L |>on the veiv first day of the session, h j
| Democrat succeeded in suspending the rules j
of the llousc, and presented a resolution to
revive this abomination. The object had
in view was suftjciently clear: indeed it
' was not soiiirht to be disguised. The aim !
< and purpose was protection, by increasing
l the duties on articles at present taxed, withj
out reference to any abiidjrment of the
j present free list, as was hinted. By great
' exertion the measure was smothered for
| the session; but it will in all probability
' ! come upon us next winter. With the fallin;;
oft* of the Democracy, to be expected
I in Pennsylvania and elsewhere upon this
" .subject, we cannot well hope to avert, the
; j measure longer. It will be forced upon U9,
| if we are prepared to submit.
' j The speaker next alluded to the Home"
j Mead Bill, spoke of it as a pet scheme of
j tlio abolitionists, well calculated to assist
' ; the emigration societies of the North in fil3
I ling tip the territories with free votes. With
"" J the allurement of a homestead in the distance,
free of cost, the operations of these
societies would h? increased tenfold. Hrinjr,
. j ^
s I then, into successful play, the infamous doc13
j trine of squatter sovereignty; ami we of
; the Sunt!:, ami ours, are forever excluded
! from ail paiticipation in the benefits of tlit*
L' public domain. In this connection lio would
1 j tender h deserved triiiufo to the manliness
s | and virtue of President Buchanan. who had
' holdly vetoed this insidious bill. * The prea*
ent administration, he thought, had come
'* into power under rather unfavorable auspi'*
ces; and up to .lie time of Walker's dis*
missal from Kansas, it could not be Raid
'* that the President was n I together acceptas
hie to the South. Some of his principles
v were not ro now. IIis recommendation of
'* specific duties in lieu of ad valorem*, Rtood
" prominent among these, (flere our representative
drew a lucid distinction between
'1 these kind* of duties.) His Pacific. Railroad
il project and his suggestion of a Mexican
e Protectorate were likewise objectionable.
>- Hut Mr. Uuchnnan has yet stood the friend
t of the South on many questions, and lift
<> deserves the gratitude of our people. His
o veto of the Homestead Bill, hi? ardent pup<1
port of the Leeompton Constitution and his
f' prosent unflinching advocacy of the restric)
live clause of the English Bill, form a part
t?i af hie itAiirca ivtkioli ziulla fnr niir lino! Sntari
)- npprovni. lie (General B.) whilst ever
>- opposing the administration where he
r?, thought its policy incompatible with the
la interests of hi* section, had ever given it
ir his most cordial support when right.
t8 In regard to the-Public Expenditures,
n there was ample cause for dissatisfaction in
,e knowing that #i*ty millions of dollars were
n tkiw called for to defray the expenses ol
n administering the ..government, whereas
n* thirty millions were sufficient for thlit pur!l'
pose only sixteen years ago. This rapid
tg . m .
>il r * Tlkim i^ a mistake in.our r?|?ot. .1^ tkt
- Agricultural College Bill whieh the frosklaal
In' vftteed.
i ?
increase of expeiMliturus could bo rationally J
accounted for, in part, by the necessities of I
our growing country. The increase still i
was enormous, and presented a lit subject
of reform. Tin* Democracy was not alto
lT<*tlicr responsible for this state of things. (
1 he Republicans must bear their share of \
the blame. The form had already com- i
menced tins woik ofrcn< ichment.
"'I'hus," said the speaker, "have I briefly '
adverted to some of the dangers that beset 1
our pathway iu this Government. Y..u j
will now fiatiirhlly ask me,? what is the ;
remedy ? Tno question is one of tii^PM
mcntons interest, and neither to be asked '
nor answeivd lightly. In replying to ;l, 1
can onlv speak for myself; and I utter what i
I would say if my voice were potent in the
South. Since the time when you li3Eored
me iviili a seat in liie Stale Convention of I
1852, J have ever been a secessionist, ami n j
seperate secessionist; I?ut. the events of that i
|
period showed too clearly that no Southern
Stale is likely to make a great movement,
like tlii-, alone. My suggestion is, that the
South stand up as one man in defence of
her rights in t';e Union, having f->r her first
great object the control of the. Democratic
party. 13ut if that parly shall refuse to
stand with u<, then will it become necessary
that we take our own position as a section.
If our whoh-people, Democrats, Whigs ami
Know-Nothings, will lay aside their dill'erences
and unite for this woi k ; if we shall
resolve together to avoid all distracting is
sues now or old ; wo can then make this
Deinoerntic parlv of the conn try feel that
we intend to have our rights in the Union
or out of it ;?and then there may he hone.
I hit, failing in litis, what should we do?
Stand still and have the chains of slaves
forged upon us? Every true Southern
heart will answer, ''never" Some move
mont must then hi? hegun, if not by nil, hv
some portion of the slave States at eveiv
liazaid \\\- have the example of the Ohl
Thirteen l<> cheer us, in the history of their
movement towards me war 01 tne itevoiution.
That movement \v;is not a simultaneous
one; ami so may oui* not In*. I.ike
them, some two or mure of tlie. slave Slates
may bo compelled to take 1 lie lead ; ami
like them, all ilie rest will follow ami consnmate
the jjreat achievement. l)tit in the
initiation of sneli a movement, there are
two or three steps it will be rii^ht in us to
take. First, let lis drop the existing Cumpaet.
Secondly, let u> form a new Com
J >?I(J L Willi UCW ^IlilKIS IOI our Mll'lv SIIKI
.equality in the Union. If this be not accepted,
thc-n what is left ?s but to flinjr to
I (lie breeze the banner of a Southern Republic?"
The speaker here closed amid "the applause
of his gratified audi'ory. We ra
grot that, owing to his indisposition, we
i liave been dependent for our report upon a
I few meagre notes taken during the'delivery
I of the speech. We have nevertheless endeavored,
as far as we have reported, to adhere
to the substance of what was spoken,
and spoken so forcibly and eloquently.
Hidden Things.
What a {find world this looks like, as one
drives or rides along the valleys and over
the hills! 1 have often thought so when in
I torei<;u countries, wliero tin- hclils ami wnmls
j have looked to me like our En^li-li Lohdii
shire? the rich land ti)U;?l with just as
! milch fare, the woods lollini; down the genlie
slopes to the green meadows, I have como
on soinethiiii,! by the roadside which has reminded
me that I am not in Loamshire : an
i image of a great agony?the agony of the
Cross. It has stood perhaps hy the clustering
apple blossoms, or in tho btoad
! sunshine l?y tho cornfield, or at a
I turning by the wood where a clear
j brook was gurgling below; and surely, it
there came a traveller to this world who
I knew nothing ofthe story of man's life upon
it, this image of agony would seem to him
I slangely out of placo in the midst of this
j joyous nature. lie would not know that
1 Iti'lmtil flu* 'iitTiLi-lilf
the eh roil (I in t4 boughs of the wood, there
might be ;i huiiiaii heart heating heavily
with anguish: perhaps a young blooming
girl, not knowing where to turn f<>r refuge
fr?m twift-advanitiiig shame; understanding
tin more of tins lite of ours than a foolish
lost lamb wandering farther ami farther in
the nightfall on the lomly heath ; yet tasting
the bitterest of lile's bitterness. Sueh
things am sometimes hidden among the
sunny field and behind the blosornitig orehaid*;
and the sotind of the gurgling
brook, if you ramo close to one spot behind
a small bush, would ' be mingled for your
ear with a despairing human sufgi No wonder
man's religion has much forrorttfsin it;
no wonder lie needs n Sufl'cring God.*
Legal Tknpkr.-?The law regulating
the payment of debts with coin provides
that the following be loirnl tender.
1. All gold roiiifi at their respective values
for debts of any, amount. , 2.
Tim ..half-dollar, quarter-dollar, dime
and half-dime, for their respective values foi
debt* of any amount under live dollars.
8. Three-cent pieces.for d?bt? ofanj a1
mount under thirty cents.
4. By the laws passed at the ]avt session
1 of Congress, we may add one-cent
! for any amount under ten ..cents. - By
the law of Co?RreB<* pxseed some fbui
or five years ago, gold was made the ^ legal
tender ^'or large amounts. Those who, tc
get rid of large quantities of cents and small
com, soj|ie^ii|ies pay their bills with it to the
K (ibtloyVoce of the creditor, dill perceive thnl
tljero is a stop pot to that antic, br the law
ANNUAL REPORT
Of Ihc President and Directors of the ;
Greenville and Columbia Ii. Ii. Co., i
to the Stockholders.
Tiie President and Directors submit tin*
follo\\in<j fiithiaciiti; i!?? operations |
of tin; Company tor llns year 1858. and tlie :
cniiilition thereofoil the 1st January of tin;
proven I year *.
Tin- reports of the General Superintendent,
Auditor and TicaMirer, atnl Master of
Machinery, are full and particular as to tin; '
liu>iness ill t ln-ir different drl>:nt inenta
Tin; Tabular S'ate.nonts of J. 1'. South- '
cm exhibit tin* a Hair*.
Table Xo. 1 is an exhibit of the Capital
Stock Jill'I liabilities mnl the property ami
assets. I'lotn this it will lit; seen that, the
capital stuck and ussei-bmi-lit amount* to,
& 1,421).007 1)2
l.onds issued, 1,145.000 00
Oilier li.piidated Debts, 211.002 58
Surplus Income, 131,54 1 14
| Amounting in the whole to $2,1)19.554 02
Tliis sum is balanced by tin* ljoad,
equipment mnl asset*. This falls short of
' the tiuu value of tlic Road, or wealth of the
; Company. It is believed that the liuad
! could not now be built and furnished as it
^ i- for less than four millions of dollars.
: There have been added to tlift cost of the
\ Il.mil, liming tho year, ?99,fj02 77. 1 In.'
entire co-t ??t tint lJoad ;i11?) ils outlit, ini
cliiilin^ all dial Iris added for ils rci
c(iii-tiu<'ti(iu, amount* to 8-1,703,030 33, or
j $>}(>.827 per mile. Under all tint ciiviimi
stance.-, ive tliink that you must be batisli*
. ed that it lias not cost too much money.
Table No. 2 is a statement of Iii<> annual
! receipts and disbursements of the Treasurer,
j wliosu accounts are well kept, being both
j neat and accurate.
! Tabl?- No. 8 is an exhibit of the expenses
| of Wiii king the Road.
I The expenses as shown by it
' amount to, ?215,32.0 9-1
i The expenses of the^ previous
| year were, 210,405 14
j Excess of expenses of the last
I over tin: previous year, ?4,915 80
i In this amount of expenses is included
! it 1* iT-<> AHA OT - I '
mi- r-n ii i in i-u.iniu > i, which w'iis ]);ilil nil'
colton burnt oh the joint plallurm in Colnm|
l>i:i in 1R55. It' this sum is deducted from
i I lie expenses, which should lie done. ;is it
I tonus, no pai l of tin* expenses of the year
! will l>e Ic>s than for the previous year, by
, ^-,074 57.
! Tahle No. 4 is an exliihit of
the bu.siiiei-s doue amounting
i to, ?310,150 4G
| To which may he added
amount rereived from minor
! sources, 1,040 10
i ;
?341,100 50
! The business of tho pievious
j year amounted to, 294,fi27 71
! Showing an increase of, 40,502 85
i To which add expenses diminj
isl.ed, 2,0 71 57
i And we have a business of, S^S.G.T? -12
belter ilian that fi?r I lie previous year.
When wi' con-ider that lliis increase* of
hiMiiess lias been done at le>s expense than
i heretofore, we are led to helieve iliat as soon
! a> the lload shall have heeii built, that a
! much latter business may he done without
I increasing the expanses. When it was said
i in the last Annual Report that the falling
j oil' in the business of that year was believed
j to be caused by the witiiholding by t e
j planters of the crop of cotton of 1857, and
! that il might he expected that it would be
j brought foiward in the year 1858, and that
| the falling oil' which amounted to about
! ?13,000 would he made up, it. was not ex;
pHfle:l that the bu-iness would increase to
j the handsome sum of forty-six thousand
dollars. This increase, under the ciivum
j stances, is cncourayiiijr. and fowls lis to hope
j tlint you may yet realize a profit from your
iutvM llleld.
Table X">. 5 5s an exhibit of the business
at the different stations. Tin* debt of tlio
| company is not vel. ail funded, a small
j amount still remains as a flouting? debt.
The ]><>uds ordered lo bo issued. if sold at
! a fair price, are sufficient to cover the debt,
so tliat in the judgment of tlie Board it
. would be unwise and unnecessary to make
a further issue oi Bonds. We are also ol
: opinion that, if from any easnahy or press
j of circumstance* it should become Accessary
to issue an addilional amount ol Jiomts,
good faith require'that I lie Bonds already
ordered to be. i^sged should have a preference
and prior liyn upon the lioad to any tmbseqnemly
to he it-sued, except it be to discharge
tho?e already having a lieu.
It is alxoAiio deliberate judgment of the
Hoard that, Ss soon as the first Bonds fall
tine, the mortgage, which is the only lien
upon the Bond, should l>e discharged hv
the payment of the debt "secured bv it. and
tlint then all the Bond creditors should be
equally secured in. their debt. In order to
meet objec.tioHfkiOfuthb Bonds which had
?oiue effect tipop Jnc-m iff-reducing the price,
we Celt it to b<yjijr?diity, form of jesolutionR,
to publish our opinfflhs as expressed
above, which we Lriit.L will intuit vunr nr>
probation.
.It is with pleasure that'wo can say that
, throughout llio pressure in money matters,
I ho credit of like Company-La* remained
good, and that it U now fair.--* In maintaining
lliirt sound state of credit we have been
i greatly indebed 19 John S. Ryan, of the
city of Charleston, whom we selected a$ our
broker. We have upon all occasions, when
. .wo needed aid, found him willing, activc
and efficient.
From the report of IJ), F. Raworth, Gen
! eral Superintendent, it will be Been that the
work of construction and repairs has been
carried on without relaxation. All the
| works of construction that were commenced
I at the time of the last Report, except the
I Broad River Bridge, have been fiiniahed,
1 Tli? Brtdge,"will be finished jh . tb& niontli
l' 'bf May next. The woikof filling'trestles al
. Rocky River, Bush River, and at Robertson's
V
I>raael>, i-now nn?lt-r eoiili;iel, iiiu) will bocompleted
in (In* cout.su <>l ilnj |m-M-iil year..
When these tills are made, wit will L-ivy but
a lew more loitc I resiles lo liill. The trestles
at Frost's Mill, Lwiig (.'alio, and Criins
Creek. should b<- tilled as fcuoii na |>o.?nil>lu.
All who have tin; interests ot IJ10 Company
at heart, or who are concerned in working
llit- liou'l. will rejoice when these works ar?
done. W u will I hen have a h'oad that will
compare favorably willi any lioad in thu
country. In the way ot icpair?, a largo
amount. ot' wotk lias been done. Nt'arly
100,000 eioss-tii's and stringers liavo been
1 at a u?t of v'J.j.DTS 00. In the course
ot iwii veins, ituaily eighty miles o! tho
Ii?ail have been rt:-laid witli timber. Tho
payment lor inaintniiinuce of ways wuru
1 ~t less the last than the previous
'year. '1 he Koad is in good lepair. Wo
take pleasure in bearing testimony to tho
statement of the <?i in r.d Supeiiiitomlent,
tiialtlie lioad is ill better condition than it
I lias ever been heretolore. ^
1 l ia; lejioit of J. 11. Drow n, Master of
Maeliinery, gives an account of tliu Machinery
and tho Working of tins engines, Tlio
' business of! he shops at Helena is well regulated,
ami the uiotivo power and ear.-, in
1 good condition, 'l be shops arc kept up at
1 heavy expense, but tiiey au; necessary.
! W e have endeavored to keep tlie expenses
within proper bounds, and in proportion to
; the woi k done.
! The olljeers and men in the employment
t ot the Company are skiilful and prompt in
' the discharge of duty, 'l'liey ale all colli1
mended to your favorable consideration.
Allofv.lii. h is ii-soi-etinllv submitted,.
I>v or<!?-r <>t tIn- I ioaii),
THOMAS C. I'KIilil.N", I'rcsitlcnt.
| 30'Ji March, 1S50.
Fro./i I/il I.ift: 11- f.j'-trJ.
A Real Magician.
i Mr. I'rckfi.itl, of once related.
, that in l'aris. he casually lull in with a rwdi
; magician, or. at leaM, a veiy old man, with
i whose appearance ami manner he became
; much struck. The man ;?ja mysle,
rioiis charactcr. and advanced m, years.
! They used to taik together upoti the sub*
; jeets of inajriij and incantations, until the
| siranjji'rjj.Sceinj; the interest Mr. lieckl'urd
i liii.k in Mich' loii'ws. in which lie liim.-elf
I sreiiied to take iio less, lie told liter.', that if
! lie would rail upon him, ho would exhibit
: to liihi one of the most extraoidinarv tiling
, 11is imagination could conceive. The snl!
dress gave was in an obscure pail of Palis..
j'Gui iosil v ami fancy for such I lungs overj
powered everv other considralion, though.
j I Iio man was only a chance anpiintanee..
j Mr. I'l'i-kf.ml determined to go, ant! went
; accordingly. The approach to the dwelling
indicaltd was through an oM tiniber!
yard, which appeared to have remained long'
i in the same slate, the timber in many inJ
stances appearing to have lain long enough
j t<> fall into a state of deeay. Taking through.
j the yaid, the visitor entered a sort of hall,
j of considerable size, ill which he met tho
j owner, who had to sustain tin* charcter, and
I Mippovt hi< averments, of being a believer
J ami an adept, in magic, lie. had dressed
! himself in a mode to sustain, in some dei
giee, that charaeter. The apartment had
j tapestry hangings, and many ornaments,
j in jiuoil taste wcie dispersed about. A.
i flight of steps nt the top of the loom or hall,.
I led into a garden at llio back ol liie house,
1 and at tlmlopof the stairs stood a large innr-*. '
i ble or stone vase, almost as large as the A\ ai*-*'-'
i wick vase, filled with the purest water.,. .
1 Some unimportant i-onyersatiou ensued,,
j wheii the Frenchman badeG his " Visftor logk
I into 111o vase, and say it' hg&Aw anything*
| whatever but pure water. Tie ivniied that
i he could see nothing e!&e> The man then
J uttered some iny-tejioiis or cabalistic words,
: and all iit iiIK'm llie Viise appealed to la* tilI:
ed with an innumerable quantity of living
i creatures of* the most extiaoidinary shapes
; and forms, as odd as those small, strange in|
sects, discoverable in impure liquids. Tbo,
I apartment, too, seemed liiled with various ""
| living and Rtran<;u forms, lie became nil . "
I at oticft in a sti?|e of surprise and a-tonish!
iiifiit, from which, when he lec.iveicd and
{ looked around, he could sec noti.ing more of
j what had just attracted his wonder, and
I even the man himself had withdrawn. Ilonever
met the magician again, which might
t?a*ily have been the result of accident, cot)-- .
siderint; the oonvulsed stale of 1'aris; but
-it i -..i i. i... i.
' HU illMiMn inuumil MIC nun, liwnv* V? j'V.|;
for in id, was one of I he most uiyMtriou.3 and
! unaccountable lliat ho bad ever met willi,. .
j lit; Intel no iloubt of its being a trick ; but it.
i was admirably played oil", and for wlint* ***
j object but to startle him, ntnl remove lii*. *
incredulity oil similar subjects, lie could' "
not conjecture, lie paid nutbing for tbo. u
exhibition. . . I
For the oilier half of a courting match, y
! there is nothing lik* an intcreslin<; widow., v
J ThereV as much dilliTcneo between courting
| a damsel and an attractive widow, ns there
! is between cyphering in addition a Ad tlio.,
double rule of three. Courting a girl is.liku ,
eating fruit,?all very nice Ko_far as it ax-.
tends, but doing th? amiable to a blue-eyed * '
bereaved one in black <#ape, come.* 'Guilder '? ' '
I lie bead of preserve?rich, pungent 6y nip,
P Vau /li.lioiitiiu ?aii i*l ? \rt u'n VulA/iaf rrivo'lie a
i wi UV.IIU.UI.' ' " "t.'.jn "V J.'V.M, ^l.V UJ I},
livo "widder." ' . , _
^ ^ -
''Marv my love," fai<l a not-very-ntlentire.
' husband to ln? wife,.at the dinner labV,. ^ kV
Khali I tlelp yon to a piece .of the heart I9,
"I believe," said she, "that a~. piece afdh|?/;-;ni
heart was all I hat lever got." There wm 4, ?*'?
commotion among the dialies. '~x
^ , t ,?? wae
1 Fellow ciiaons, said a candidate fjj>r Coft^'
' gre?>, recently, somewhere out \YSffttj,.
low oitizch* ! Vou are all well ;uv&r? X ^etfcis tn-^n
went to* m-.hool in my life, hut ibreu'lyMfagMl*>
an*! ?bi??. ???>* to n rrirrlif tir.ooL
the leaflher didn't Joihe, tfaj
night riia'du't any candle." , * #nJ ^
Snsan was destroy of^urclmbinga
The maker showed her, among othfM>,?ii nh >?
beautiful one, remarking th*t it'wrttt thitly^'* '
^ix hours. "Id
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