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~we wil cling us shea Pfat 00 shem'PlestowrLbiis . V@LUJUE VIM* 0&f~ ~OUTt Rous% * 4 ~N.1 m'3DiPIELD ADVERTISE, ST -W. F. DURISOE. PROPRIETOR. TERMS. Three Dollars per annum, if paid in sdhance-Three Dollars & Fifty Cents If not paid before the esriration of Six Neathsfrom the date of saabscription .and Four Dollars if 'not paid within Itwelve Konths. Subscribers out of the State are reqired to pay in advance. No subscription received for less than -w year,andno paper discontinued until alsarrearagsare paid.exceptat theop tios of the Publisher. All subscriptions will be continued unless otherwise orderedbefore the ex piration of the year. Any person procuring five Subseri bers and becoming responsible for the same,sball receive the sixth copy gratis. Adoertimsents conspicuously insert ed at dU ceuts per square, (12 lines, or les.) for the first insertion, and 431 cts. for each continuance. Those published monthly. or quarterly will be charged :$I per square for each insertion. Ad ertisenents not having the number of jasurtious marked on them, will becon. nutil ordered out, and cnarged a rd Fingly. U-coommanications addressed to the Fditor pt paid, will be promptly and strictiv attended to. Candidates. hr Legsteature. 4br*3=x9-Maj. J. d. Jeter, For Jieass of Col. John ne, Maj. Tillman Watson, Dr. J. 0. Nicholson, * 1.1 George Boswell, C janiis Tompkins, Dr. a. C. Griffin. Wiley Harrison E&g. Dawsos Atkinson. Esq. Gent. U. L. Bonham. James Sheppard. UP-The Miends of f. R. -WI.,AN$, annonne him as a candidate for the Ome erserii. jdo 1 Ua fbrt f 20 The Miends of Capt. . .fENT ,a haeimascanddalse km fore Nonoroe him as a eandidate inary of Edgefield Dis trlct. ,an 19 it 51 62-The Mends of Wmn. J. SlMgWNS, Esq.. announce him as a candidate for the Se ofDedinary, of Edgefield DistricL *jrjeads of Colonel J. BLL. annonce bimn asa candidate for the of foe fOrdinary, ofEdgefield District. 98 tf 30 The friendsof Col. W. OSS, announce him as a candidate for the o"ice of Ordinary of Edgefield Dis trict. P1UWSOPH Y FOiL T HlE Tl)1tEd. Let theewho wlrepin t fate. And droog their heads with sorrow; i laugh when cares uponi me wail I know te'll leave to morrow. Ny ias s h~as wnat of that i Myhsstg omatcehat; And imar rnasty coat, I'e senseelves whocalled thetnselves Ny friend. in snanmer weather. Blown far away, a sorrow's day, As windlsawould blow a aiesther. I never grieved to see them go, (The raal who would heed 'em?) r what's the use @1 havag frends, I If false wheen most you need 'em? i'veseen sone rich us worldly gear, 'Eternsily repining. Tbsir hearts a prey to evcry fear With gladness never shiuming, I would not change mny lagaassoie heart For all their gold aid sorrow ; For that's a thing that all their wealth Can neither buy or borrow. s srrows somneties wall come,)I An te sorroos coke tom e, Is bidding thern right welcome. Thnea .-.brook a eineertul kook, lser.to set them fying. 'TIS THE LA$T OS L.OG CABIIN8. ? nAtoo. 'Tis the last .6 Log Uabins', Leasn.ding aleo. All its hp-ling comas mons -Age burnt out ad gone. For the barrels are empty The gourds are all dry. r not leave thee, thou loeone, I&Togsandthbneand fown, Bino the Cehinets thrown ug A& CaIn'#thrown deae Thus kindly I scatter ,The logp to the earth, Tby will do to mae bog pens Orlight up a hearth So soon may I follow When - Skils" decay, When -clubs" split to pieces And pipes " cease to play; When the ongs are all .nng And the cider's all gone, 0! who would inhabit This -ard " world alone? Tempeaausce. GREENVILLE CONVENTION. rhe Committee appointed to suggest some plan for the beter organiztaion of the Temperance Socity's throughout the Wtage, made thefollocing REPORT; That they have devoted to the impor ant matter entrusted to them, the most areful attention, and submit the following iutgebtion : it is recommended that Associations be ornaed in each District an the Slate, to be aitled District Societies, and composed if Delegates from abe vatious Societies of be District.-That at the annual meet ugs of each 1Iistrict Society. an Execu ive Committee be appointed. whose busi iess it stall be, to hold meetings, in every Part of the District, and where practica le. to furi Societies, and also ascertain uch facts as are indicated in the follow ag inquiries: 1. What amount of crime committed a the District, is attributable to the inda nee of intoxicating drinks? 2. How much of the pauperism of the )istriet, is attributable to intenperance, and what is the expense to the District? 3. What is the probable amount of ex Penditure caused by intemperance, in the hape of the fees paid to the District police o Solicators, Clerks. Sheriffs, Magistrates, alrs, Constables, &c ? We would strenuously urge upon the 5ocieties of the Districts in which no sucb sociation at present exists, to form them elve. as soon as possible into District So ities, and nrganise Executive Commit sea, who shall proceed forthwith to the, iscbarge of the important duties confided to them. It is deemed by your Commit io .o be of the ntmost mportanee,- that meetinp be hem frequently in every - por igrdlng andoplar talests may' er niemo efectually in the advancement of uieterprie-that information be diffu ed by nease of Temperance Tracts-ii. wotd, that all judicious efforts be made. arrest the march of intemperance, and r on our cause to its final triumph. Your Committee also recommend, that he District Committees send up Quar rly Reports to the Executive Commit ee of abi State Temperance Society, ad that the facts embodied in suph Re Orts be published by them in the Tem rance Advccate. Your Committee cannot conclude, with at urging upon the District Committees, be importance of eliciting the aid of Wo an, in this strugle of philanthropy. It apparent to all. that i civalized com runities, the social and convivial habits if the people are almost entirely under the ontrol of the other sex-and as tnese ha its are iutimately connected with the Progress of intetmperance, we feel the in ispensable necessity of enlisting them in tur noble enterprize. We have no wish o draw them into measures inconsisteut rith the nodesty and delicacy. which are e approprilate ornaments of their sex; at we cordially and earnestly sotit thetm, y all suitable means, to aid us in the rmotion of a cauiso, whose pre-eminent aeellence. as that it .tpra&ds its minitions round the peace used happinecss of ivo an, stays thec progress of the direst social isorder. and casts its calm, hallowed ht around the domestic hearth. Your Committee are fully or the im resion thct the time has at length come, hen we are called upon to go up auc ssess the Land. Our principles, have ken root ina the hearts of the pieple, and we have only to follow up our successes rith becoming energy, in order to secure r our enterprize its glorious consumma un. J. L. REYNOLDS, Chairman. iMe Committee to taken the Resolution was referred in relotion to the desirable ness of union. and the propriety of co operation among the frzends of Temper ance, beg leave to R EPORT: That from the Resolution which they ae had under consideraion. it is eva lent that a dih'erence of opinion does pre ail among the friends of Temperance itt outh Carolina, as to the best mode of ac omplishing the great object they contem alate. This fact is admitted ina the Reso .ution.-Whilst, however this admission in ade, it is important that it should be ex alained and qualified, and the hope is en rained, that wheat the friends of Tem ~erance understand each othe fully hen it shtall be made apparent that they are all actuated by the same motives and ire desirous to attain the same great ob t, that the dit'erences between them will e forgotten-that all prejudice will be allayed, and thit they will be prepaared to o forward in this glorious enterprnze, ac ated by the single consideration, wh4o all do the most ins the sutppression, of the ru, over awhose dLeuotaing efects ce have To no enterprise whatever can unity osentiment be obtained, Nit he been a question with many, whose opio ions are entitled So meh coesidemation whether this unity is desirable. As lonj as men are capable of reasoning, so lonj will there be a contrariety of opinions it reference to every subject, whether it re late to science, polities or ethics. Thii contrariety of opinion. however seems it arise, not from any disagreement as tU great fundamental principles, in which a lone unity is essential, but from a difer ence of sentiments relative to some minl considerations, which in themselves are un important. The great point to be gaine in the accomplishment of any enterprie is to secure a perfect understanding as tc the end, to be attained by that enterprise, and the great principles according to whict it is to be carried on. This is all that we conceive to be necessary to the further ance of any cause. In making the admission.that a diference of opinion does prevail ansng the friendi of temperance, we wish it to be distinctly understood, that this difference does no relate to the oawryc that is contemplated by the Temperance Reformation. We all desire to make men sober-to save them from the evils of intemperance-te rescue the inebriate from the degradation and ruin to whieb he has brought himsell by drunkenness-to fortify the Temperate against the insidious approaches of ihim subtle foe-to throw a shield of defence a round every individual, and to protect all without distinction of rank or condition, frone the desolating evils of intemperance, Thus 'ar there is among us no division ol sentiment. But there is some difference of opinion as to the modus operandi by which these momentous objects may be accomplished. We do not all agree as to the principles by which we can most suc cessfully carry on this laudable work. If, however, we are agreed as to the point to which we desire to attain-ifthere is a perfect onderstanding as to the work that each man has to perform-we can cordially co-operaue in the completion ol the work, even though the various opera tives may see proper to contribute their aid according to their own way of thinking and acting. . The main diference aMon the ffiends of Temperance in. South'Caroliaaseema a n thet has been by a arge the Societies in the State, and is tion has been manifested by some whi have adopted this Pledge, to discard all who are not prepared to go to the same extent with themselves. Whatever may be our opinions and practices as individn ak yet it is our mutual duty as friends el Temperance as laborers in the same cause to exercise towards each other, feelings el forbearance and charity. if the minds o some have been convinced that a certain system is advisable, let them use their op. non, and they should be permitted, with ont denunciation, to pursue that course which to them may see.n best. It appears to the Committee, that there is a marked fitness and propriety in the union ofall Temperance Associations ir respective of the principles involved in their pledges. It is a fact which should not be forgotten, that we have a common origin, and that notwithsiandiag some el the friends of Tetperance have, within the last tew years. made new di-coveries, and adopted what they believe to Ime. more ef ficient means than were formerly known or employed, that yet. we are indebted to the old Temperance men-to those twho adopted the partial pledge, fur the most valuable andI useful information on the subject of Temperance. Who were the men who have done most in our State, tu enlighten the public mind-to spread be. fore the communmty the most imiportant facts in reference to this interesting and absorbing topiec? They were members el t he old " Partia P'ledge '' Societies. Anad do they observe no commendation for theit untiring and successful labors in thiscause. Shalt those who believe that they enjo, more light upon the subject,--are prepa. red to go further than they did, and are occupying what they conceive to be, high. er ground-sball they denounce the prin. eiples upon which these individuals acted, and thus wound the feelings of those whit yet live, and east a stigma upon the mem ory of those who have passed into theii graves ? Shall we forget the services ol a Uarimko, a Bllanding or a Lee,* and in the imupetuousity of our zeal, repronelb them (indirectly as it may be,) with apathy and error, in a cause, to which they devoted their lime, their money, and their best en ergies ? No! no! Let nothing he said, let nothing be done, calculated to repromel either them, or those who have aoted the pledge on which acted. If sonme be hiove their principles are more correct, nd better calculated to subserve the purposet they design to accomplish, let them pur. sue their own course, and leave to othere the same right ofjudgement and freedom of action, which they claim for themselves As members of a Partial Pledge Society we should throw no obstacles in the was of those who may he more successftul that ourselves in carrying on this glorious work If they outstrip us in the race, let us no attempt to retard or hinder their progress bnt let us rejoice in their sacessm, an ws them God speed. As the membersof To tat A bstinence Societies, let us regart with veneration those who have aetece L dwdumsorun~m Ioet( Da OhM on to the a- race, in wbiehbwe If concord are cul- of Temper aos- the .minor co *edidbar are If''rd in n broke view, we mustmmation o ourla bofal ri ampb of so deep lyt interests of man, bod~y The I owing Re. olutons,iews of this Conven 1. Reessary to the saccess;-of I Reformation, that thee hrougout the Stats, sb difference JA the ple e. e aubseribed, should ma rou effort ror the ace pnn ciples . 2. orer thit harmo oy may and that there may be ion between the difrm a we should abstain ad denuncia tion, and Iiidual and eve ry Soci of 'those inca ry Soc'ey sures w to select. lduty or Tem perance I each othar as brethren 6 the same great enterprize. the difference in their se 4. the opinion ofthis Conventi al. in order to promote 11 ili co-operation among emperane that u Dnbelt by itne differ eand mutual in terchange d a uied ef fort ian the . Temperance ca. terpris~e. ted to embody the views' den, as to the in odgeneral patrin Basiseand I c Adco catt, the 'the State I cm .,ta 60Stat', kiw that muchre 1.on the labors o the livin -ad other mean an the p 64s t great work of Be n eV"olecead otism but. they be lieve that the 'of the cause have ac 'ted wisely In,iingn to their aid ihe power and tole Prnm That intuetso I and remarkable in moem ims Oft aitfg and protecting the cause of b I y, canOt be an inippropt tate 'iaf~n our hands, in our attempts todeliveithe people from ne doe raDingad ive evils or I nntepr .ace. The'Temiperance Advocate buas fur three years been~the, official organ of the State rlocietj. vsdibe result has fuy Vinj dicated the wivdil of its establi~bsncn. Its mechanical execution is equal. if not su .perior to any paper in the State, nd ii editorial de a t has been so ably co - dueled as t = lmsch to its usefuluess and popularity.! *Your Committee tre gratified to state Io the Convention. thent the fielviceof'MtW Morgan, the skilful publisher, and oir. Dlu Rose, the ciai neAntly able and ioplar Editor. arc to be proe o th aal~neme ofb thce mao bee deo~e*~l 3s u~ty of iuTe The Cmm1~8ttgrs to theam, geatth presen liat1M5 y o e th e dieen cea'no suchmu eriifllllt fre oiio fof ehis barauaaat~sfilraer it e that u-cen orga wh b.~O dbe ad inua ihn-oo and tey t~ bi'wot d msanstlye appal o to~t~dSofTemprance and .dnaT C toSe to md pythef s ' btin, pr ouriegian forardce - to teea paer Tge'ds merane adtio ofte the the ae e Cthema mmbero thas much~t reieinte faborm ofthe liui rpn, ande men hin te phsct e r et nuork ofBe edWIeLy 4in 'ToN hirad.h poweu an n The Pretss Tper ancruen t ad inCreark a t : :oentei civtin n re pectecti, nd athe ueo hu as lirty, add ean ineapprprat m ertel iori hand inour atemts teli er o peope freatm Te pance h eprneAvct a o STthoitdbe ruth as fugll in diae thw eomo have notoliticalt duced a tot -dlmc oisueuns veswpwrand poplrayc'Yu omite are gratfie tostat le- t eone ndtion, e.a Ih sevce5f r Morga, peslefulh pu -se, ad M p u ance, and emi ple of love to his kind, which, in erery un corrupted, sober man. prompts him to do all the good he can. To carry cut this ex pectation, we are anxious that peoplc should 'search the different Temperance publications daili," that they should at lead our meetings, and bear the different < addresses. To our bitterest enemies, we c would, in the language of the great Atho nian. say, "strike but hear." If, atler I searching our publications and hearing our I addresses, there he any thing wrong found - in them, then we are willing to abide the just condemnation: but if, on such exam ination, there be nothing found which is 14 wrong, then, fello-v-citizens, suffer us to 6 stand before you in the character of Phi- 1 lanthropists, seeking to do you all ihegood F wecan! F The Temperance Associations in South Carolina now number in males and fe males, nearly 12.000 members; this great body of the followers of Temperance is taken from all classes of society; the rich and the r, the wiso and the simple. the 9 high n tho low. the preacher, the law- 0 yer, the doctor, the farmer, the merchant * and mechanic are here all united together. d as one family, among whom there are no distinctions. What beautiful, practical, republican simplicity is thus pres.nted?- c Here too there is no sectarianism! In the ti temple of Temperance, all the worship pers take each other by the hand as broti. era. I it not beautifully illustrative of ti that timie when "the lion shall lie down n with the lamb, and the leopard with the il kid?" But we present you a still great.-r d claim to coulidetice when we say. tmong 1( us you will find hundreds of reformed k drunkards, who were once like the man C wh'o came out of the tombs "exceedingly e lierce, so that no man could tame him," f but they are now like him, after the Sa.- c viour had cast out of him "the ligion," " "clothed and in their right minds." I [low have these results been accom- * plisledi I By persuation merely! We have not been helped by either law or force. Such a thing as compelling men, by law, to be sober never entered into the - bead of any Temperance man. True, a many of our members, as citizens and ma- F gistrates. have thought, and still will think, 0 -hst the whole license system should be de st soyed nd that public tippling shoul4be a ended. But, as a body. the State Tem aes Socieoinow d ' all de n etave no re er among us who, if he bad the power, would, like Mabomet, convince people by the sword. We have I all been reared in that noble school of lib- I erty, our free enuntry, where freedom of - opinion. political and religions. is as unre strained, as the air we breathe. Thus reared, it would be strange indeed. that we should attempt to force men to think as we do! If. however, we would, we ca, not do so. For no enactment of that kind, in Carolina. would be worth the paper on which it would he written. The Consti tutlon wrould at once abrogate It So, fel - low-citizens, your liberty can he in no danger fron Tletaperance. Instend of it, 'ho is botn the parent and eurse of free dotn. Where peopl- are sober there will he found liberty: where they are drunke., there wil lbe seen 'he dermon slavery, stealing upon his revelling victien, until like the armed Cyrus. bursting into the ' chamber of the Beltoshazzer, he says and compels them to serre v die. %'hen your nible forefathers preparrd for that deadly contest, which was to win (Or them consti tution and liberty. or to consign titemi to1 blody graves, and their country to desola tion,. they did so by Fasting and Prayer! An armrdutation, like the Scots at IBan neockburn, were setn prostratedi beforc the H Lord oif liosts: and like themt they arose to victory, because God helped Ithem. Th'lis was the fruit sobriety: and their ahomle con est of privatio~n, stufferitig eluring atnd vic to'ry, wasi marked by the same calmn spirit. They never dreamed that they were fghtung t he battle. otfhhterty to make you the I slaves of drunkenness: they lought for the I noble privilege of goveerning themselves.-c Can ehat be preserved in any other way but in the' temperance offthe People? Thbe question is asked. aned we think the answers so plain, that every man womatn and child I can answer it for thiemasehvea! a These brief ubserv-stions will we think remove your prejudice-s; we ask you now to "come andl gn witht us." To pe'rsuae you to do go, we wottld say, do yua wish a wo erveyour country ? if you say yes, . weakyuagnin, is sobriety or in in dulgence ioxicating drinks that whtich I will best qua.lify you f'or her service? We - know that you have too often scortned I the drunken public officer, to believe that you- will dare to clothe yourself with itn. toxication when you seek her service. Do 4 you with to be the useful citizen, "provi- 4 ding for your own household,"~ and doing I good towards your fellow men? Be sober I -drink not at all of the intoxicatttg cup, I and you will he blessed! Do you wish to ; be health)? Swa allow not poison, for nl- I cohol, the intoxicating quality of all spirit- l uous and malt liquors and wine, is poison -the most deadly poison known to medi ine- Do you wtsh for length of days 7 The intempterate man is cut short before he has half run his course ! The sober man. the man weko drinks nto intezicating drink, doubles his chances for long life. Do you wish for wealth? Is it to be found in the prof'usion and waste of the man who drinks intemperately? No! is the answer on every li.Let the temperate drinker, [jet him ascertain the annual cost of the vine, beer, ale, cider and spirituous liquors rhich he drinks or gives to his friends: the mount even to the most economincal will eo startling-to this lot him add the time ost in drinking. the annual bills for medi. ine and medical attendance, which he in urs by diseases caused directly or indirect y by temperate drinking, and he will find a sum worth saving. In the language f Dr. Franklin, "a penny saved will be penny earned, if he becomes one of us 'who touch not, teaste not!" Do you desire to be happy ? It is well nowu that intoxicating drink is, in no hnpe, an ingredient in the cup of human appiness-it belongs to wretchedness, to overty and to crime. But water, clear, ure. cold water is God's own beverage estowed upon man, for his benefit and lessin,. and is typical of that "water of rhich if any man drink he shall never hirst again!" It is to this element we in ito you to return, to drink, and ld be hap y; not only men, but women and children. n this way it is. we expect that the nigh f the heart-broken wife, and the wailings f the worse than orphan children (if the runkard, will cease in the land. Do you wish crime to cease. Men will ease to quarrel. to fight, and to slay, wien ie spirit of discord-intoxicating drink, is ,ithdrawn from among them! Do youn wish drunkenness to cease in le land? Yes, oh yes, is the answer of tothers clasping their ragged children to te bosom: of children, who are crouching wno around their heart-stricken[mother. o avoid the demoniac glance of their drun en parent: and of men who love God and schew evil! To them, to you, to all men very where, we say, in total abstinence om all which can intoxicate, is found that harm which saves the drunkard in his -orst conditiuu. To prove this, in the mnguage of our fathors we say, "let facts eak!" Enter into the homes of the iousands of the Reformed Drnukards in lose United States, and they will tell you. )at in cold water, they have sunk and vercome their deadliest foe, Their wives ud children are no longer in rags and overty: they are no longer in wretched ess and woe: they are now clothed and arrounded with abundance ; theirqfaces to radiant with joy and gladness. Who rill, who canretard this good work? Who an be so unfling as no to unite iathis Ies, "sasine-or I" M'other vives, sistes and daughters, can ook on with indifferene at .the eor rhich is making to save all wbo are dear tor ron, ani with their safety to secure your wan ? We cannot, we will not believe itf Ve look forward with confidence to that u-operation of men, women and children. a this great and glorious work, which will nake South Carolina one and undivided rom the seaboard to the mountains: rhich will make her hanner of freedom he banner of Temperance. and under its mple folde place all her people in inuo ence and security. Jonx BwTON O'NKALL. Pres'dt. of the State Temp. Society in Conrention. DOMESTIC INDUSTRY. It has been evident to every citizen of lie least reflection that hose mnodes of Ia or and applications of capital which have rdinarily prevailed in the Southorn At mmtic States muqt soonu undergo a radical hmige tir they are destined to experience it emigration both of their capitalists and laves, that must be atteuded by impover. .hmecnt, if not depopulation. It is imnpow ible that theo Comon-produmcinmg region hose' soils are measurablv exhausted can mainitai a competetiona with those West rn States. time prnductive powcr of whose 'irginm territory is four-fold tt of thme lamnds arliesm br'ngbt imtto the cultivation of this gricultural et aple. Soumth Carolina stands pre eminently in hiii relation to the new cotton counmrica. Sdoes tnot reqluiro much forcsighmt to pr cive how soon she will be dependent on lie Northern States for a market for her reat staple of export, and for that market he will have to cotmpete with Alabama, lississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas and Tex ae, whbere cotton can be profitabmly produ ed at four and live cents, at which price ur agric'ultural investments will not yield bren per cent per annum. The climate mnd soil of South Carolina forbid a compe. imion with the Northern States in the ;ruwth of wheat, or with the Northm West mm rearing live stock for export, but we mav~e a climate and .oil unsnrpassed by any in the (ace of the grobe in producing the tecessaries and comforts of life, having all he elements necessary to the production if wealmh and a dense population. A fall fiafty per cent in the market value of her utincipal st aple export, uncomapensated by be fertility of natture or improved proces es of agriculture, by which she could aug. nemit time quantity of the product, loaves icr with an average rate of interest of not not-c than 4 per cent per annum on the lreatest breadth of her cotton land. now inder ctltivation nd the largest amount >f her agricultural investments. Such a ondition of things is indicative of alarmning :onsequences. It calls for the collected5 wisdom and concentrated energies of influ ential mecn who are able to give direction o opinion and conduct, by their conncil and example, in arresting these conse quences. What is to bedone ? This is the quas. tion wlos solutio08 is ecessay to agp