Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1855-11-14
From the Anderson Gazette.
ONE WORD MORE As TO FREIGHTS.

We have once before protested against the
high rates of freight on the Greenvite and Co.
lumbia Railroad, and in recurring to the subject
again we shall be brief. The Directors have ~
right to charge as much or little rs they please,
that we admit; and We are now only protesting
against the exercise of that right because It is.
in1uring our people at large, our merchants and
the trade of the town of Anderson. When our:
town is suffering by the action of the Directors,
we must and will speak out. Every one here,
must sec and know, that the trade Of Anderson
is not 80 brisk this fall as it was last fall. An
occasional wagon is seen in our market, but the
usual crowd Of North Carolina, Piokeqs, and
Georgia wagons is wanting. They have gonn
elsewhere, and for good reason. Merchants
from the above places DECLARE that the freighta
on our road are too high, md they never will
order another package Of goods to this depot
until the rates are altered. Consequently,
Athens is now reaping the trade which Ander-
son has heretofore commanded. A merchant
from Georgia passed on to Charleston few
weeks ago, to lay in his stock of Fall and Win-
ter Goods. He bought half of his stock in
Charleston, when, on hearing Of the Increased
rate of freights on the G. and G. Railroad, he
ordered the goods already bought to Augusta,
where he completed his purchases and shipped
them to Athens. This ia one instance out Of
manv. The freghts on the G. g. c. Railroad
are double those on the South Carolina Railroad;
this we can prove by long freight list before
US. The freight on l20 bars of iron, from
Charleston to Columbia, distance of l30 miles,
was GIG %; the freight on the same iron, from
Columbia to Anderson, distance of l27 miles
was 1892 46 cents The total amount of the
bill on the 8. e. R. R. was SS5 6l; on the G,
g. C. r. R. $66 lS cents, making grand total
of Sl0l 10 cts, which WINS just $50 81 cents
more than it ought to have been. The people
are in the hands of chartered monopoly, but
they are not without remedy. If the Dlrec.
tors will not listen to reason; if they will not
reduce the rates Of freight on their road, the
people can instruct their members to the legisla,
ture to control the charges on Railroads by
specific legislation We presume that the Leg
islature has perfect right, to lnterpose the arm
companies and the people to protect the latter
from the encroachments Of the former. Legls.
aton is a last but sure remedy.
against the excessive charges Of our Railroads,
Il cost us on our cotton for freight alone from
Sc depot to Charleston Sa.25 cents per bale
This is far more expensive than to have wag-
goned it to Ham burg and brought It down from
that point. The delay in getting it down, il
oftener far greater than to have it brought by
horses to this place. AS for perishabte arti'
cles, the charges and delays cstop oil use OF our
railroads.
The South Carolina Road makes, too, the
most unjust and injurious discrimination on
many articles against the Columbia and Camden
branches, and thus against nearly all our Stats,-
in favor of the Hamburg branch and Western
accommodation. We allude TO this with regret,
as this great commercial artery of our State
otherwise pommends itself to our greatest in.
terest-Charlcston News.
POPULAR DEFINITIoEs-Wha; il fashion a.
Dinners at midnight, and headaches in the morn.
What ia wit That peculiar kind Of talk that
lends to pulled noses and broken heads
What is idlensss ?-Work yellow mountains
on pink subsol-or blue tailed dog 10 sky.
colored convulsions.
What is Joy ?-To count your money and
find it over.run hundred dollars.
What is conscience ?-Something that guilty
men feel every time il thunders.
What is contentment ?-To sit IN the house
auu see tlie otueT peope Stuch III sSo '1sva. ="
other words-to be better off than our ncighbora,
%"
ROLLING WHEAT In GUANo-As the proper
season for sowing Wheat will soon be here, We
submit the following to the consideration Of our
farmers,
Some years ago. it was thought that II grain
came in contact with guano, its germinal power
was gone the guano therefore is required to
be pIoughed in or planted separately, and after.
wards the wheat or corn put less deeply into :
the ground, so as'to keep a layer of earth be,
tween them. This idea and custom have given
way, until now great mahy farmers are rolling
their wheat in guano before sowing, as they for,
merly did in plaster. The experiment is said to
have succeeded admirably, in consequence Of
which the practice is very general this fall,
Rolling requires much less guano than the sys. .
TEN Of broadcastpg, its effect being !ise that OF
the guano drill, to give the, grain the prompt
and entire benefit Of all the guano put into tho
Virginia Sentinel.
THERE is a village in Michigan where the
church bell is rung every dky at 70 o'clock, for
the people to take their quinipe, as they have