Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1843-07-19
MEsCELLANEOUs.
From. ole CAa-.sston Mercury.

7iiY and business capacity Of its 0fieers
caa AgeRks.-We hope We shall not be
charged With State vanity in asking tbe
attention Of our readers, everywhere, to
the following shnr extract from The semi
annual Report Of Dir. Tupper. late Presi.
den, OF s. c. & C. r. II. Company TO The
meeting Of the Stockholders 10 January
last. x .s'f3is5
!, has teen usual 10 sneer al the 5us,-
ness habits Of Southern men, as il meihnd
and exsc,i,ude were things quite beyond
our power 10 rcuch,-whe,hcr from e''u :
cation or climate we have never heard ex.
blamed. II has been very cnrrenfly sup
posed, too, that commercial integrity and
official fai,hiuluess bad, by 10 meops their
chosen reaidence in the South. LIE, the
following facts as 10 the way in which our
Icadine mooied institution has been man.
aged. for years past, and is now, speak for
themselves They are as honorable to
the parties and their native State, as they
are true.
The concluding observation of Mr..
Topper (which VIC have italiciscdl is poi
more noble, than, economically regarded,
profound; aud il in dying. he leave 10 his
children no other beguest Than character
formed on these priociplep, it will be an
honorable heritage snongh, aud they will
wan, no other. Lnns-long may i, be. we
devoutly hope. before shat he 81 signifi-
caully terms, 10 speaking ofibe New York
frauds-..tac popsf!ar custom ef The times. :"
--obtains foo,hesd !iSn the soil of South
Carolina, '.0td fashioned honesty" for
Us. though poverty come with it.
FaiDifuiaess Of Officers. SCI cannot
close this Report wiltou, expressing 10
the officers ard n,ep. in The employ of The
Company. he obligation feel 10 them
for the aid have had. IN iransactius The
business allotted to rss.
Ia fact, the duiies cf the Pyesiden, have
almos, been annihilated, by the ssricincss
snd fai,hfu!n-ss OF o,hers 10 their respec
tive duties. For IL al! others perform theirs.
there is little left him to DO.
Aud il has beeh en ,nrsti 80 of larc. that
lhaye felt myself almost an idler in the
way OF those who wero busy in the varied
engagements 10 which their respective
empioymeb,s called them. Ard when
any defect has heen discovered in auy de-
partment. before the, formal rsqucs, 10 the
proper offices could he made for its cor
reclion. il has been dUno and my wishes
anticipated, d..
And wherever engaged. whether at the
bureau or in the swamp. iiaye fel, as II
tho officers and men were all Of me. fa:ni-
iy, desiroas Of contributing 10 The comfort
OF each other, while attending TO the in
sercs, of the Company wi;tI apparently
more zeal, than ]! the business were lheir
6wu, -.
This has done much 10 tighten the
bnrihcn Of these duties, and added TO the
pieesore'of recording the performance Of
theD.
This is certainly something to he said
respecting the integrity Of those who have
handled che money Of this Cnmpnny.
From the time Of riie firsi paynen, Of in.
Stalmenrs 10 the preaeut time, no, one hun
dred dollars has beea los, by The defalce-
sien al any Of the officers or agents Of The
Company, though sniliieps have passed
fbrongh varioas hands in ,kespace Of these
fifteen yeass--and when il II reealIecied
tba, the last few years have been more
remarkable shan any former period. 70.
fraud and defalcaiioa, j, is 'isa more to he
admired. tIia, we have been blessed viii,
so many faithful to their respective trusts.
Scarcely day passes without some
new account Of grea, fraud Oh monied
institution. dcfaication Of some of their
officers; one paper gives no aecouni OF
thar have occurred 10 New York city in
the last year, amounting TO $500 600. and
when these t,inss are heard. aud ,oen, all
around us, The integrity aud vigilance uf
our officers have kept them holding on TO
old fashioned hanes,y! wiIhou, regard 10
the popular custom Of the times.
or atout S600. 600 RENTED, and good
deal Of j, when large shipping houses were
falling, Only about Of ] per cent has been
loss by bad bills-and 10 other lransac
tons the whole amoun, of loss will not
exceed few hundred collars. 10 so;rc