The independent press. (Abbeville C.H., S.C.) 1853-1860, 1858-12-10
aud now let our prayers ascend 10 the good
God to receive him with appreciation into
everlasting habtatious. .ss.

aud HOW let our prayers ascend 10 the good
God to receive him with appreciation into
everlasting habitations.
RAILWAYS. vE
Great credit is due 10 tho cntelprising
cit zsns who have prosecuted with energy
an! success the construction Of new facilities
OF transportation for passengers aud produce.
1t is notorious that travel and trace both
irctcasc rapidly in proportion to ;rnpr.v d
cI'lies and SO NECESSARY TO the public do
these facilities soon become that no railway
is allowed to be- discontinued, however pre-
fit!css it may be to its projectors Indeed,
where The pr"p'ic'ors i'll the vicinaye a,e
stockholders, the road cahnot he said to n
pro1ile>s, oven although it be far from yiera-
ing a dividend. The capital thus invested
IN South Carolina may be put down. At
eighteen millions Of dollars, OF whichssA,n
| the State holds shares amountingto S@42.-
300, anil the extent OF railway in wffkinc
order 1T nine hundred miles ~
The Charleston anil Savannah Road be-
yond rhc EIi>lo; the Union and Sp tan
burg Road beyond EnionvIle; the Blue
Ridge load beyond pcndIc,on, are all un-
der the active agency OF their skil!ful and
- -, :" ".couFst ot successful
''It'o'' 'i'Hc co"iiucncc III every
o'''' "'', trust " see at no distant day. tho
first linking our commercial capital will, tho
Cuff OF Mexico aud New Oyeans, the Sc.
conl and third with;the Mississippi and
Ohio.
:: WIN Ills. '''''''o'e.'' "'''Ih visited
''e'''e'' - progressing through ITS
'''.' % |,""'.c VIZ h'"c' ofGef' regular
IT,. ,;.' cc':a'"'S. ,>.'"'"g seems to be
wa, ~ NY 20 "s eo"'l'e''|" III inc course OF
~. e.''' o'' ',' "'il'e supply OF means.
iwen'S-'"" hundred 'eet "l i""ne had been
W, '''' '"e stump 'i'0>! Mountain (th'rty-
IN - ''u"','" 'c'''i''''."s o''ce that time
t.o i'.o'''e '".'"H' HAS oeeh completed So
.. Wv, ~" ~, "u'''' e"e l'''s"e." ~. morse ana
t,r.c1, S,.uo., T;,.o. ,,J '.,'S.', N "'o
v,n,.;n;r s.,,;sc,.,n,;l,, .nl .l>.., % ''
hc s,.,7,;nr ~ w. ,' r,o, Wv s"o o"'s WIN
I Th. ,I.i,,rda ,rI,;,l, :, o.,;. ~ 'o"n.'"'
g;on trr,noj, ,I,;,.h.; s 80 .ne
nrs.el - Il, ro.,l;, lI,Io,l . :. =. WIZ
snl,ir;.n1lv r.,,;,aI l., ,,'n ;',, = not
,hn v;c;n;',o osner,l, hn, m H., ''o,'',s l'' , o'
woull ho MOI s,a,y, ro;zl '0sI .,I ~ l"I.il q,
wnrl. Iv on,. nnss;i, ,;,;,,, I ., s"o"'u '''T
cannot bring myself to think of such n nos
sibiIi,v to work in which the pride Of the
State, as We'll as its welfare aud the inesti-
mable value OF a closer and more direct as
socation with our neiylbors of Tennessee,
cnrn.L c' ;,,,,"',,,, w. 'rI' T II ~: 20 .oh-
,.u,n,nr,'.,;nn -, ,,,o, 'TI Ii; '"'S .'ter,
L.,,hn nn;,v - W t,, ' s,n,a n oe'''so :. "'n
route br ,lc hun ro, ;s ,.o,,r,aI 90 v" 80 , sne
Eiu full operation, to lend her means, with
The skill aud energy of her engineers, to
Eastern Tennessee, by either the, Greonvillo
or the SpartanLurg Road: .Bunds for the
last instrument Of the State subscription to
! the Blue Ridge Railroad Of sooo, 900, wero
sigpcd by me on the 25,h October last.
- THE MILITIA SYSTEM. =
Tie Militia system, though far from bo.
iur ne,E.ct and odmi,t;nr .f on,.,dront =,