Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1854-08-24
F.un the Charleston Courier. Feb. 6.

In reply To I,.e commnnic:. ion signed :. Many
Citizr,,.' published ,onle days since in the Gnu.
rcr, inviting lie Ch.;g!rs."a Dclrgi ION % give
some pi;m.,,nn Is 10 ;he passage OF 'H.e
Act of lie Lr.i- iii u:r. an .r"rizInI 40 'Gd.I'd-
ual, 10 cxact iuIi un Ibis >Ie OF he river from
all PERSONS crossing The bridge over ine SavH'-
nah, w!,icn nov belongs 10 I ely of Augusta.
the following statement of f,ci> is oubmlised:
A memorial to he Legislature WAS r;cSrnrd
in the Senate on the Is. December by Col. J. T.
Carroll Senator from EdgrIirId, u",ler The lille
of i" he memorial of James Jrncs and }. }.
Kennedy, PRAYING for an amendment OF their
charter % iIe August; idgs," aud whS refer
red to the Committee of Roads. Bridges aud
Ferries. This ii appears PRAYED for 'he memo
riasis The authority 10 cyari Tolls in question,
but no rrpn,, w;,s ever made on i,tc SUE jeri Ly
committees Of either body. nor was any farther
atlcniori paid 20 il on he floor OF either House
until the righ Of he l7,I i ihc senate, when
the general bill fr thr r>taLli. hneu; of r"ads
br idgcs and ferries from :hc l1un>e WAS before
;at body on lis second readiIg. On that orca-
sion the following clause WAS moved as an
amendmcm to &c bill:
"rhai James JumcS and joseph ]. Kennedy
assi.nrcs of Henry S ul.z and John MckIn"e
be- and they are hereby III horiz't TO collect
the tolls p"r.crhcI by ihe 2lS. section OF lhc
Act Ia establish crrI"in roads, bridges and fer
ries. s,rd he l9.i Drrrmber 1918 from all
persons passing from either side of iie bridge
across the Savannah river, nj Hamburg Hnd An
gu>;a; pro, idrd. however. TIA, nothing hc' en
contained shall in any wise impair or prejudice
ANY righi or property claimed by The Ciy Coun-
,cii Of Augusta. III rc>prc /" ON" 'rt IL 'jr ma
erial structure o. the said bridge within ihe
Territorial limits of ,h> State" This was sup
purird bv Col. J. T. Carroll. adop.rd by the
Senate. aud Incorporated inlo The till. The bill.
thus amended. came Up for lis third reading he
fore the House on The night of 'hc l9in, Inc
day before The adjournment. Wien attention
WIS called To il by ,hc Chair. Mr.. Hammond.
one of ihc representatives from EdgelicId, op-
posed ihe amendment, aud VAS supported 10y
Mr. Mitchell, rom Charles on; il wae however.
defended by Mrs>rs. Middleton, from George
town, BoylsIon. from Fairfield, Sullivan, from
Laurem~, and Perry, from GrecnviiIc, and re-
criving the warm support "i these gentlemen,
was, upon division, adopted by Il m'Jority OF
lhirlv-.iy against thriy-onc. As above re-
marx ed. no report had been made on The sub
icct during Inc session by any committee, in
which mode of matters of importance are gen.
eralIv brought to The attention OF tue House.
The general road bill is one. Tor The most
part, OF mere local concern, and in which l"e
citizens OF Charleston have little or no inier-
est. Surh Of our members is were present
voted against The measure; and it is believed
that the whole delegation WAS opposed 10 The
action There were, as appears ny the vote
above stated, = great many members absent,
there being scarcely more than one half pre-
sent, say sixiy-seven out OF an hundred anu
twenty. four, and unfortunately The Chairman
of ihe committee on roads had been compel
led previously TO leave Columbia, so that he
could not he in his place.
On behalf Of ne delegation,
W. D. PORTER,
G. N. REYNOLDS, Jr.