Edgefield advertiser. (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, October 17, 1839, Image 2
MiscellancouS.
EDUCATION.
E.-tracts from a Lecture on Education.
Delivered before the Lyreum of Ports
mouth. Va., by Theophilus Fisk.
The wants .,f society in the United
States are of a pecu!iair cirwacter. The
youth of our count ry etter itto the active
business of life at a much earlier age thatn
in almost any other: it is, therefore, in
dispensable that their faculties should he
developed and strengthenel at the earliest
season practicable, It is anqtural for man.
as soon aq sono as his natani-l wants are
.satisfied, to seek for wisdo:m and knowl
edge. Our political welfare, the well
being of the masses of which socifty is
composed. so materially and essentially
depends upon the universal ditfusion of*
intelligence, that it would seem to be the
first dtty of Govern:nent, inideed the only
test of true Government, to encourage
age a general system of education. Knowi
edge is the only true conservative princi
pie of this Government. We have so
many examples before us in the world, of
an ignorant people becoming the abject
slavesof superstition and tyranny, it would
seem to he the paramount duty of every
American citizen to put in requistion eve
ry possible means that can ::-nd to elevate,
universallv, the intellectual and moral
character'of our people. I have no fears
whatever resnecing a government of the
people, provided they are well informed;
but I consider a despilt ism of'ignorance the
most appaliag ihat could disgrace the earth.
No reasonable apprehenzion ever need be
entertained of the suhve-rsima of our liber
ties and privileges, provided the great
body of the people can he enliahtened by
a proper system of instruction Our
Government was the first successful effort
to establish rational freedom upon the
face of the earth. No other spot upon I
the habitable globe now remains where a
second effort could be made (should ours
fail.) with the least hope of success. But
our obligations end not here. We have
roused the nations of Etarope with our won
derful improvements in the science of selt'- I
government. And is this all-is our duty
done, thatnine out of ten of us take as
little pains ia improving our minds. - as
if wiqdom grew upon republicaus, upon
Americans, like fruit upon the trees; or as
if we were wise by mutinet-, like the beasts
and birds?" Is it well for us "to boast
of our kill in steering the vessel of state
scross the sea ot self-government, when
we will not study the navigation of our
own little bark along the .arrow streams
of common life !" Is it not hing that be
tween one and 1 v.o millions of free white
children in the United State.are growinig
up in ignorance and conseqluent crime ?- I
We make provision for the necessities of
the poor, so far as food and raiment is
concerned; iut is it a ditty -to satify the
hunger of the body, and leave the mind
to starve ?" Doi we on: know that -noust
of the criminals of our country, are tihose
who are destitute of useful knowledge ?
Cohlthoun, the efficiet investigator of
the police of London, ohserves: In my
opinion. there is too little exertion used in
preventing the propagation and growth of
critnes, and too tmutch exertion used iu
punishing them when the) arrive at ma
turitv." Another forcible w riter remarks:
"To suffer the lower orders of the penple t
to be ill-educatel, and then to punish them a
for crimes which have originated in had f
hahite, has oo much the appearance of'
creating delinquents. for the purpose of
putting them to death." As has beena
well observed, the question for the state
to settle is, whtethaer it will paUy a mtoderate I
sumn for thte instruction of its citizengs, or a
far greater a~nonut in money, and suffer
inag, antI blood, potvertty anad crime;t wheth
er it will dry tap the sources of' wretched-i
ness an t vice, or whether it will wait fori
the accumtul~ttintt torrenats to whicht thtey
give rise twhether it will inacre-ase the
duties of the jutdge, ahe sheriff, anad 'he
cxecutiomner, for secaarm~g the p)ublic safe-a
ty, rather than encourage the schoolmnas
ter; whether it wilh unseal 'the fountains,
of knowledge; or leatve the ignorant, the
depressed, to thae paralysing~ influnence of '
the atncultivated, sluggish', and nar~arow-i
minded, anal allow vice anid error to with
er, blast atal dlest.iy, aad thae intellect toat
stagnsate into despaitr.
In this camaim ry the mas< of thre people
are the ruilers taf the latnd-thaey select the
law-makers .nnd a he law-executors ; they 1
have the dir-ci ita andl ct-rol of athose in
stittions on which "life, Iherty, andt thee
pursuit of happine." e'tih-ly dlepend.-- I
Should they- not the furnished, unaiversally,
with thte knoawledge necessar'y to guider
them: in theirt resp.msible dataes ? T1ham
there are headls atnd hearts itt our' lnde
perishing for lack oaf knowledge, will ntotr
he denied. WVhy, thetn, this unpardontablee
indolentce-thais inexcesable slta Itiless, b
upon a question of such paaramroutnt ian- r
portance ? I 'h~e imipassibtle ramplatrts mto i
our liberties and la-ee instittmion~s, antst heb
comtaposed of intelligent heads and sautnda
hearts. Outr punaoaly. in peace or watr,
must be the heaving hosoms and vigaaraus
arma of enlithtene~d afd vir-tuous fr'eemren. (i
Shall wve not, then, affoard to all, especially s
to the ignotranat, the~ por, the dlestitutte, a
the means utt our' coemmtand--the onaly
means, perhaps. by which the~v can ae- I
quire knoiwledge? Whoa tare the firs.t to
be bentefitted l' The childrena of fiarmearaa,i
mechanics, and ma nuf acatu retrs. WATheret
do we look, and where maust we look, for
the tmoral tand physical p'awer of the na-f
tion ? Tao the agricultael antd mn -chani- a
cal interests--to thes handierahismnen of the I
land- Unsoundnes:, here wall he fatal. It
is rottenness at the heart. Is knaowledge
power ? Dates our power-, dotour litaerta,:s,
do all we honld. dependl tpotn the reiulof
our fellow men. whether ihar will be left to a
the guidance of eanlighted reason tar un
tempered ignorane AAnd da we need I
argument to econvincee us taf the imperative
necesity of proiinag mean s for teachaitgi
the igoarant and deisittate, that we may
therebv eive permanence amai staility tat
our Govertnent. anad our Reptablie with
new an.l indlissoalble botnds ? How shalli
we jastify it to ourselves, or a0 the worid,
if wes leave uanemployved the means in ourt'
power, of placing the goaver'nment of thee
people under' the ctantrol of wisioma and
rea~on !
. * * * * 4 e
C'hildtren of both serea have rCoo little I
exercise. ana by far too little amusement
whether at school or at home. They an
not allowed to romp and bring all th
muscles into active exertion-oh, no! tha
is vulgar. The young ladies must si
moping in the parlour for hours, hardl:
dlaring to speak above their breath, o
walk more that a yard at any one time.
No wonder that we hear of diseases of thi
4pine, of early deaths and prematur
graveswheni muscular exercise is sacrificee
at the shrime of Ialse fashion, empty c
cotpli--hments. and useless learniug.
Health destroyed and the temper spoiled
comprises, itt a great many' instances, th
beginning and the ending of a mnoderi
rashionable education.
The Greeks and Romans spared n<
pains to give health, vigor, and activity 1
the body, %while they cultivate.I the mind
rhey had iheir gymnasia and pdstra
chools for bodily exercise. They wer
thug prepared to serve their country it
peace, in war, in the cabinet or the teate
Seld, with the hardy vigonr of the veteran
iud the wisdon of the sage. The motte
ts- sana in corpore sano -" a soud mine
n a sound body"-was with them a in
jua non-it was laid down as a fundamen
al principle, that a healthy organiztttioi
is the!ba-4iseof all enjoyment: and that thi
regulation of the vegetative functions wa
the first and most important point in edu
eatiou. The great Spartan lawgiver uni
red in his system, hard bodily exercise wil
ret ial application : this gave the Spaiat
Vouth theiriron hardihood, their constanc
and resolution. Th- Persian system, too
:onsi-ted of " plain and frugal diet. colt
itant muscular exercise, which laid a foun
farion of strong health as would enable
hem t- undergo hardships and fatiguo t(
a inod old age." We hear nothing abou
ickiv sensibility, low spirits, gloom, the
ffects of a diseased body upon an en
eebiled mind. How melancholy is th
everse in these degenerate days. W
ave dispensed with bodily tiaiuing. Ou
olleges are dedicated to the genius of lux
try, indolence, and refinement. The mint
s cared for-hut the morals and the healt
ire neglected to an alarming extent. We
ire becominga generation of effeminat
>ook-worm..; delicate dwarfs, utterly un
it fo manly employment.Are not these de
bets most obvious &startling-so much s,
is to admit of no apology and no defence
The term ofeducatiou compreheuds ant
neludes all that relates to health, temper
lisposition, intellect and morals. What
ver is essential to either, will be foutnd it
outribute to the others. The people o
his country require a system of educatiou
which will give to every member of thi
ast communit) of freemen such an a
nount of knowledge, as will enable hiu
o discharge his duty as a citizen and t
nan-to maintain the public liberty a
ione, and the interest of the nation abroad
Sducatiou, in its broadest sense, has beet
mnderstood to mean the complete and har
nonious developernent of all the iniellec
ual and moral powers of our nature ; ait
hiseducation negins at the hour of ou
irth-it commences with the momout we
irstsee the light. Providence has confi
led the beginning of the work to the moth
r's watchfulness, :he mothers failhfulness
nd unweari-d love. It is her rAk tt
nould the infantile mind-it is in her pow
r to say, to a great extent, what shall b
ts character in afterlife. It is her exam
dIe, her countenance, her totes ot voice
hat give the charactergloom or cheerful
ess, harshness or kiudness. It is fin. be
say in this tender season of susceptioii
y, when, like the melted wax, the hearto;
he child is ready to receive any impres
ion, whether vicious and selfish propensi
is, a peevish and violent temper, shai
ce contracted, and sulfered to expandh
which, in after life, will lead to nmsery.
irolligacy, and crime. " It is from im
>ressions whiich the chikd receives wvnile it
us mnothers's arms, and thte direction wvhach
a given to his thougbis, his disposition
td his feelings, wvhile a pratrier by hel
ide, more than from any thing else, thal
he future character derives its qualitie:
nd its hues."-How all-important then
hat she should be enlightened, educated
vel-informed, to whom is conmmitted the
riceless trust of educating a family
reemen ! And yet how few of our seam.
aries furnish such a course ofinstructim
s will render her compeaent to dischargi
ese responsible duties! How mnan)
inish their education, as it is called, anc
re yet utterly ignoanint of that knowledge
rich is 5'o inidispenasable to the (are of
ousehold-how many etnter uponi the 'It.
ies ofa ma~rried life, uniprepaired hior its
ares, unqualified for its heavy responsi
ilitiesm. How. few are prepared, while a
chool, to become the adviser, counsellor
ompanion, of mani; to enliven his hours o
are, an cheer him in prosperiay, and te
omfort himt int adversity. These are wo
ran',, duties-and these duties she dis
harges with utnshrinmking faimhfultness
ut they are not tatight her at anmy Anr
an school within the compass of me
nowledge. She learns to perform them
y her native quickness of apprehension
nd by the example of others. Are not
'en, our systems of education deplorahl)
efitct in all that ennohles, exalts, puri
es, and expatnds the human mind ? Ane
hall we still r~o oin in the oldi beaten path n
niquated censtom, like the henst in am mill
In a contn ry like ours where he poores
oy mnay be elevated to the highest otfre
i the gift of the people. where our moant
o, that "intelligencee is the life of Liber
v," it would not seem to require any an
:ument to show the necessity that exist
or untiring activity and zeal in piromottiniI
iniversal educatioin, that intelligence ma)j
eep pace with our crowing population
ha!- we may brig to every bo~om the hiax
ries of a well enitivated mind. We pimlh
eurselves upon atn egntaliay of rights an<
mrvileaes; let there also he sotne degice
cC equality in the mneanis of nequiring use
l instruction. Let worth andi talents be
rought to Iight-let the tmental eye be
nealed, the intellectual energies de.
eloped. until true kntowledge ahall covel
he earth, as the watters cover the sea.
The Philadlelphia Herald, ef the .5th
mstant., says :-A MISS. ntovel, by Pro.
'.-sor Nout,' (one of the wrecked in the
-otme,) which found its way ashore, the
nly portion ,,f the Professors electse whic?
vere saved-has been placed in the hand.
C Mr. Ingraham, by whom it is forthw~itl
a be publhislhed, with the memoir of the
aaned author."
The subjoined additional particulars of t
the recent fire at Aiken, we copy from the S
n
Charl-ston Mercury:
"AtKF.s. S. C., Oct. 14, 1839- d
Moise, Esq.
"Dear Sir.-- embrace this opportunity
to intl'rm you, that this morning otir little
town was visited by fire, and in the short
space of two hours. every connercial g
house in the place was a heap of ashes. a
The fire originated in my own premises, If
and consumed my whole stock of goods,
(tbough small at present,) say $6000-no 5
insurance; thence it proceeded to the store i
of Steedmnan & Merrit, and burnt their
store, dwelling, and all the out buildings, r
(1 believe they are covered tearly by insur- I
ance.) Thence to our little Market House,
which was nearly completed ; and thence
to the lot of' Lewis Jones, sen., and burnt
all the out buildings, but the dwelling was
saved-not insured; thence to i lie store of
E. Durbeck, very little saved. but insured; E
thence to Wise &Durheck's confectionary, S
all lost; thence to Jones, Meetze, &
Bouknight's store, loss $8000, insurance ,
$6000; thence to Jas. Mosely & Co.'s, ,)
saved nearly all their goods, but no insur
ance on their house; thence to Jas.Tupper o
& Co.'s, loss $3000, no insurance; thence ,t
to H, Catada, house burnt, but very few I
goods in store; thence to McKee & Poag. 1
(1 can't form a very correct idea what their si
losses are, but will suppose them at
84000,) not insured ; thence to Schwarize e
& Toney's, loss 32000, no insurance; and ,
several other houses burnt, which were un- h
occupied. This is a mtere sketch of what I
I conceived to be the result of aboit two h
hours, say from 9 to 11 o'clock, A.M. We 6
have had an entire drought of 5 or 6 s,
weeks, and could not get water to suppress I
the flames. We conceive ourselves fortu- c
nate that our stocks or goods were so small. ,
I lost nothing myself except my goods.
The money of the Batik all saved. Ex
cume the hasty manner in which I have t
tried to explain this awr'ful catastrophe.
Your obedient servant, 1
" LEWIS JONES." a
P.S. I presume business will ao on as f
t usual, as Ihere are plenty of vacant houes
in the place. L. J."
e
From the Auguasta Constitutionatst, Oct. 10.
HEAL'I H OF AUGUSTA. a
If we cannot say to our absent friends,
that the fever has nhated in the city-our t1
list this morning gives the gratifying intel- t
ligence that the number of deaths are di- I
minishing, more. however, from the want
orsubjects, than from any favorable ch*oage tl
in our atmosphere since our last notice.
We are still without rain.and until we have
enough to cover the bottom of our river,
(which. for the most part. is now dry.) it
will not be prudent for our absent friends
to return to ;he city. As soon as we get a I
heavy rain. we look for a change in the A
weather, (which still continues warm,) ac- p
co;apanied with a black frost. e
In our last, we reported the deaths of c
195 persons by fever, since the first death It
occurred otn the 18th of August-ince o
that time we have to report the follow .
ing :- i
Residents.-*Patrick McGovern. *ira ti
Lee, Master John Sindersine, Miss Mary o
Elbert. (6 years old), Henry O'Neal, Miss s
Frances King, Charles Hart. Robert Lyon, s,
Mrs. Mary Da ucett, loses Datcett, John a
Nelson (son of Mitchell), Joseph Collins. ii
Georgia.-W. C. Grimes.
Germany.-James Collins.
Ireland.-Mrs. Anti Burns. t
And five negroes.
to
Died out of the city. ti
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From the Advertiser. f:
.310ma:, Oct. 1. C
Health of the Cit.y.-WVe hadl indulged ti
thte hope that by this day, the first of Oc- '
toher, we shotiul be able to anoutice to our.
distant friends, a perceptible abatemient of ~
the dreatdftul epidlettic,ns hich for the last six y
weeks has raged with such awfttl severity
in our city. But it is our uoipleasant dtuty
still to repeat the paitnful declaratiotn, that I
there is tn improvement in the health of
the citv. The number of cases, as wvell i
as of deaths have still decreaseddttring the h
past week, tbut this is obligted to he thte f
case. withtout an increase of subjects. It i
is the opituion of those who b~tve the best h
means fttr itnfortation, that in proportiotn It
to the populatio t now liable to disease, ihe a
new cases nod the deaths, are as titmer- c
itts as at any periotd this season. A large a
port on of ruur pop)ulationl have recovered i.
?ro. at tacks of greater or less severity, and h
with exercise ofrcommon prtudence are no~t e
co~n~idered subject to a reattack. We un- to
derstaud that there have heeti several
Fcases during the past week, extremely t
tmaligntant in their character. We, there- s;
ftore feelit our duty to solemnly warn those ta
whot are absent, not to think of returning v.
to the city, until we shall have had a t
thorough frost. s
Sitice the first appearance of the epide- Ii
mic amoun us, which was early itn the n
rnonth of Augutst, the numbter ofdeaths has
heeni five hundred and thirty ! !-thre
hundred and eighty three of which, have
been in the tnntnth of September! On the '
1wo fir..t days of the month, there were. F
32 dethts ; ont tlbe succeeding week, 127 ;
the ttext, week, 100 ; the next, 80; and
the last week, entding lost night, 54.
Such is the miourutful 'ecord..
NEW OtL.5ns, Oct. 2.
Health of Baton Rouge.-An utnusual
otntiler of deaths~ in this place during the
past week haus excited apprehtetnsion with
regard to the prevailetice of an epidettic.
Trhe Gazette of last Satualay remarks,
that the weather certainly uns heeti very
Iunfavourable to health-cold nights anti y
I nmoings have succeeded htot and sultry
tays, w hich have been excessively oppres
sive.
in soime of the cases which htave occur
red the past week, the patients bore strong s
symptotms of yellow fever, as wve have
been assured by the attenilitng physician%. ~
still we cantnot believe that any thing in
the shape of an epidemtic is prevailing.
Bayou Sara.-The Louisiana .Journal,
of the 27th ult., States as a reason why the I
paper did not appear on its regular day :- I.
-"Somet of us are sii-k, and tmany of our tt
best citizens are death, and others dying. b
It is uiseless to disguise the fact ; the towtn 'I
on it has become worse. If the Journal
iould not appear next-week, our patrons
eed not be surprised. We have to attend
> the sick, and pay the last tribute to the
end."
From the Free Trader.
NATCHVZ, Sept 27.
The sexton's report for the 24th inst..
ives J9deaths; of which 12 are reported
3 having died of yellow fever, 4 of other
iseases, and 3 diseases not reported.
The sexton, for the 24 hours ending at
o'clock. Wednesday evening, the 25th
ist., reports 7 interments.
The number of intermnents within the
vnty-fotur hours ending at 5 o'clock,
M., yesterday, were 4.
THE DROUGHT.
Knoxville, Tenn.-Extract of a letter
om a highly respectable gentleman to the
dAitors of the Charleston Mercury, dated
ept. 26, 1839:
- Knoxville is perfectly healthy, though
n our water courses there is considerable
ckness.
- Crops were never so abundant. I am
3ly a small farmer, and yet on the plan
Ltion I live on, with four constant hands,
will crib 3.000 bushels of corn. and have
acked up more than 1,000 dozen oats, be
de wheat, rye, potatoes, and hay its pro
i)rtion. The reflection is painful, that
-ith a like abundance scattered every
-here over East Tennessee, nothing can
e sold, nothing converted into money.
'he Kentucky drovers are driving their
ogs over here, and fattening them on our
elds, or a great deal of our grain would
:arcely pay us for gathering. Soonser or
iter we must meet the demand of foreign
immerce in your senports. or the gi anary
F Tennessee become a deserted waste."
Greenville, S. C.-From the Moun
tineer. of the 4th iistant :
"On Wednesday morning last the earth
!as covered with a white frost, the first of
ny consequence that-we have had this
Ill.
- The unprecedented drought under
-hich this section of the country has labor
ri during the last t welve or fifteen months,
ill continues, without the least appLear
uce of rain. The water-courses and
irings, are in many instances, entirely
ried up; and those that are not, are lower
inn they have been within the recollec
on of the oldest inhabitant. Reedy
|.iser can be crossed by footmen, between
ie falls and the bridge, without wetting
te soles of their shecs."
Abbeville, S. C.-Extract of a letter to
ie Editor of the Greenville Mountaineer,
ated September 28:
" The cottoit crop in this section has
een greatly injured by the drought.
bout six weeks ago the prospect was as
romisitig as we could possibly have wish
I it ; but I am now of opinion that the
rop will fall considerably short of that ot
ist year. A short crop and a short price
ill make many a light purse ; but while
e have to lament over the deficiency of
ie cotton crop, our hearts are cheered by
ie fact that we shall have an abundance
f corn, and to spare. Our oldest citizens
y, that thay do not recollect ever to have
en the water courses as low as they are
re at this time. Many springs are fail
tg, and large streams fast drying up."
Columbia. S. C.-The Telescope, of
le 5th instant, says :
" Some idea may be formed of the re
arkably low condition of the waters in
is neighborhood-the efflect of the sever
it drought -we have ever seen-from the
ect that a few days ago we walk
I across the Congaree River, oppostte
e town, stepping from rock to rock,
ihout wetting the soles of our shoes.
'he river-or rather the channel where
used to be-is at this spot about 500
ards wide."
The Augusta Constitutionalist. of the
9th inst ant, says:
SWater Privileges.-We understand
nt the ' Fonnder antd Proprietor of Ham
'rg' has had that part of the Savannah
iver under the bridge, and adjoining the
amhutrgh shore, inow bare,) surveyed :
e has erected around it a fence, one rail
igh, had it ploughed, and has sown it
ith turnip seed ! (Wonder when they
mae up, if they won't turn out water
elons ?) WVe know not what htis object
, but it may be soiething deep- --or. per
aps, he may wish to see the day when he
in behold whether his turnips have comte
p. anid say, with truth, that in 1839. he
lanted so mitch ground in the river ini
riips. lB this as it may, should the
Weculating mnania for town lots again come
p. and a plat: of this elevation in the ri
er be exhibited for sale, we c'an assutrs
ie public that they will find the gruond
me feet tunder water, and int all prob'abi
ty, if they live one hunodred years. will
ever see the same spot dry again."
Georain: Election.-The Augusta Con
itu tion alist,gives the following returns for
~ictmond County :
For Governor:
McDonald,37
Dongherty, 449
Senator:
*A. ,J. Miller, 621
Represetatives :
*Glascock, 454
*.etnkins, 477
*Crawford, 466
Rhodes, 400
Ratification. 655; No Ratification, 103.
* Elected. Those in italics, are Van
urea.
NKw-YOax, Oct. 4.
Money liarket.-An iucreasinig pres
re is evident in all the miney circles.
:t the Stock Exchange this morning sales
ere not large, bitt prices showed a decline
otm the rates of yesterday. United States*
ank declined 1-2 per cent ; Delaware and
Ldson 1-2 per cent ; Rarlem Rail Road
1-2 11er cenit. A fter the hoard but very
tile was done. Money becomes still
ore scarce and difficult to he procured.
nited Stares Bank post notes hearinig in.
rest, and having six months to run, hiavo
een offered at 2 per cent per month. In
s position it is no wonder that failures
re incrasing in number andi mount
PHILADELPHIA. Oct. 5.
Immensr Destruction of Property.--Last
niglht and this morning, Philadelphia was
visited with one of the most destructive
fires that has occured in this city for years.
The alarm was given at half past eleven
o'clock; in the effect that Mr. Prescott's
large provision stores, on bouth wharves,
between Market and Chesnut streets,
were on fire; and within ten or fifteen
minutes, the building was a mass of flaute,
frorm the ground floor to the roof.
The wind was high, and varying from
North East, and thus bore the flames and
flakes tromi the shipping in the Delaware.
within n few yards of thescene of coofna
gration. The adjoining store of Mr. John
Harding, Jr., beginning to ignite, a rumour
was circulated that it contained several
kegs of gunpowder. We were glad to
learn, however, that within a few minutes
afler the flames threatened thehuilding,
these dangerous things, were removed to a
place of safety. The adjoining stores in
the same block, all three story brick build
ing*, were soon on fire-and the ware
houses of MessrsStroup, Prescotm.Harding.
and (we believe) Cheeseborough. burnt
with incredible fury-and were all either
much injured, or reduced to heaps of ruins.
The showers of sparks. which fell on the
shingle roofs ofscores of houses in the vi -
einity, threatened'the whole neighborhood
with danger and destruction. But the fire
men exerted thetmstlves with the most be
comning and manly spirit.
SECOND EDITION
Two o'clock, A. M.
TaEPLAMES STILL RAGING.-The con
flagration has increased. Up to this time,
from thirty-two to thirty-five buildings have
cii he: been destroyed or are now burning.
They embrace three stores of the building
occupied by Grant & Stone; nine houses
on the east side of Waler st., twelve on the
west, six on t h? east side of Front st., and
four or five on the west. Several roolf
have caught in the vicinity, and we regret
to state that there is now no prospect of a
steedy extingtishmaent of the flames. The
firemen are duiny all that men can do, but
they are greatly exhausted. Many fami
lies are turned into the street, or taken in
by neighbors. Several walls have fallen,
and it is rumonured that lives have been lost.
We have just heard that a fireman, in
attemping to save sotne books, was burnt
severelv, that his life is despaired of. His
came is B. Timmins, aid he is a member
of the Hope Hose Company.
Three o'clock.
The fre has crossed Chesnut at., and
several buildings on the South side are in
flames.
TEN MINUTEs LATER.-The fsaines on
the weht side of Front st.. are subdued.
The wind more northerly.
OCTOBn 5. P. M.
Various estimates have been made of
the loss sustained by the fire which com
menced last evening, and which is now
happily got under. The most of these
have been extremely exaggerated. The
acttal loss, as comptited by practised oh
servers, will tint exceed tirree hundred and
iffty thousand dollars; of which amount
two hundred and fifty thousand is covered
by insurance in Philadelphia and else
where. I.t is proper to place this state
ment on the true ground, that no erroneous
apprehensions may he entertained.
WASHINGTON, Ga., Oct. 3.
Vurder.-The dead lbody of Mr. John
Hunton, was found on Saturday last, con -
cealed in the woods, three miles front this
place, and 150 y artds from the road. PThe
skull was brokent in, apparently with an
axe. Some ptlanks of a w'aeon, on wvhich
were blood and brain, were found nenr tbe
body, as also were a wagon's tracks, in
which the corpse had evidently been con
veyed to the spott.
The murdered man left this village in
company with his suot, on Friday evening
last, and when last seen alive, was net
abottt one hundred yards from the epot
where the wagon turtned out of thue road.
A'coroner'e inquest was held, at which
many circutmstatnces (that public opinion
may not be made uip -on the matter, wve
deemt it improper to detail here.) wvent to
fix this shlocking critme upon the son. The
coroner's jury accordingly found a verdict
of wilful mutrder aganttt the son, who has
been arrested, and is now in jail in this
lplacs. We underst andl the lad is nthout 1.5
years of age, although ntoone at fret ghmtoe
could sup~pose him to be tmore than ten or
twelve.--N tos.
Medical C'ollege of Georgia.-We are
reqnested to state, in answer to the inqui
ries addressed to this city on the subiject,
that the lector-es in this institution will
commence otn the seconid Monday of No
vember tnext. The trustees are now en
gaged in filling the vacancy occasioned by
the lamented death of Dr. Atntony, and of
which dute notice will be published.-Aug.
Coanstitutionalist, Oct 10.
.Southern Botanico-Mrdical College.
We utndersiand (says the Augusta. Con
stitutionalikt) :he Board of~ Trustees of the
Southern Botanico-Medical College, at
thieir meetitng on the 1st itnstant. located this
institution at Forsyth, Monroe co~unty'.
One gentleman, Mr. A. Brooks, of that
place, gave the College a donation of
$600. andi building lots worth $53,000. The
Board have elected the 1Rev. Dr.Wmn. H
Fonerden. of this city, President of the in
stitution The Doctor will enter up an the.
duties of his professorship on the 1st of
December next.
TALLAHassEE, Oct. 2
Indian Depredations -On Friday tihe
27th utl. a party of Itndians attacked the
house of Mr. Bunch on the Wakulla, mur
dered Mrs. Bunch and one child and
burtned the hotise ; also fired on, and
woutnded badly, Mlrs.Whitaker tneighbor to
Mr. Btunch. A detachment ol the 'Minute
tnen.' started ont Monday mnonring in pur
suit of the idians ; ehe sad news not hay
itng reached town until Sutnday night at
11 o'clock from the circumstances of Mr.
Bunch li. ing distant from any settlemet.
Personality.--A Western editor doubts
the honesty ofthose of his subscribers, who
hav unt npnaid him their snhscrintions. .
EDGELiELD C. H.
TnUaSDAY. OCTost.a 17. 1839.
To outt PATRONS.
As the Court of Common Pleas till soo
be in session. at this place, we must remin
our patrons that they will then enjoy
VERY FAVORABLE OPPORTUNITY of poyin
us their dues in person, or of r miting the=
by their friends. The year is rapidly
drawing to a close, and OUR OWN DEBTS
must soon be paid. We, therefore, earn.
estly request our friends to liquidate with
out delay, such accounts as stand open ex
our books against theni.
On the 10th instant, the thermometer, at
this place, stood at 80; on the 11b, at
81; on the 12th at 81. For some days
afterwards. the weather was of Summer
temperature.
The following is a reply to a letter writ.
ten by the Editor, to the Postmaster, at
Hamburg, S. C.:
" Hambdrg, S. C., Oct. 12, 1839.
" Dear Sir:
" In answer to your letter of the 11th
instant, I herewith, give you a statement
of deaths, % hich have occurred in and near
Hamburg, from the Ist of September last,
up to the present time ; together with the
number of cases which have prevailed
during said period. In presenting you
thisstatement, I believe that I am correct
from all the information I could procure,
beside with the assistance of one of the
Board of Health.
DISEASE. WHERE PRo.
2 Prevailing fever. Hamburg, S. C.
2 Ditto. Vicinity of ditto.
I Ditto. Hamburg, S. C.
2 Ch.inf.& worms Ditto,
2 1 Prevailing fever. Augusta. Ga.
I Infla ofthe brain. Ditto. i
1 Dropsy. Geogia.
I Old age. Augusta, Ga.
12 t1
In addition to the above list of deaths
hereunto presented, I do not think our list
of siek will amount to more than 15 cases,
all of wvhieb have recovered, and are in a
fair way to do well. In making up
the bill of mortality. I have been particular
to include all the deaths of citizens of this
place, which have occurred in the country.
These are some four or five.
Yours respectfully,
"JOHN W. YARSOROUGH."
. In the last South Carolinian, John P.
Richardson,jun., is announced as a candi
date for Congress, for the Congressional
District, of Lancaster, Chesterfield, Ker.
shaw, and Sumter.
Education.-In another column of our
paper, will be found some extracts fmm a
" Lecture on Education, by Theophilus
Fisk." Many of the remarks ofthe writer
ore just, and merit a deep and careful con
sideration. The subject of which he treats
must ever be one of great interest, and
pri mary importance. Unfortunately, it
has been too much neglected by our politi
cians, and ment in authority. The ednea
Iiotn of the people, has not been sufficiently
attended to by the State Governments. e
Very little has been done for the promotion
of this great object. Schemes for the mere
increase of national wealth. and the ad
vancement of national glory, as it is called,
have taro long ocetnpied the public mind. If
the energies of the giant intellects, which
have been so long employed in the promo
tion of tmere internal improvement in our a
count ry, anilin utopian plans of wvealth of
countless number, had been bought even
partially to hear in favor of the great
cause of the education of the people, what
mighty results would not have followedI
What a diflerent aspect would our country
have exhibited at the present moment ?
Ignorance would not, as now, have stalked
abroad throughout our land, but would
htave retreated into the inaccessible wilds
ofoutr distant fi-outiers. Schools and Col
leges woultd have becn established in every
District, and in every neighborhood,
throughont the States. The stream of
Knowledge woculd have Ronsed freely, and
boldly, thtoughour the vast extent of our
land, andi all would have come up and
drunk of its healing waters. The educa
tioin of the people imperatively demands
the attention ofour rulers. They wtdinot
thtey cannot longer neglect it. They*
must be up, and doing-they must labor
strenuotusly in this nmighty cause, and glory
will be theirs. We hope yet to see the
day arrive, when Education will diffuse its
benign light far abroad, and Knowledge
will be brought within the reach of the
poorest and the humblest in the land.
Charleston.-The .whole number of
deaths during the week, ending on the 6th
of October, was 21; of these. 8 were by
stranger's fever, 2 by country fever, and 2
bv fever..
A Whig paper says:-" During the
late gale on the coast of North Carolina,
the schooner Martin Van Huren was
blown ashtore on Cape Henry !"
Lotok out. say the Ad ..inisi~ration pa
pers, for a speedy and terrible explosion of
i alantn st amboat l-Inn'y Cla.. -