Edgefield advertiser. (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, August 02, 1843, Image 3
(Commnsaicated.)
Ua, Ezro.-Pleae announce Brig. Gent.
N. L. Boxhax, as acandidate fur the officeof
ISbjor General of the Fizst Division. (Infantry
sad Cavalry.) comprising the Judicial Districts
-of Edgefeld, Abbeville. Anderson. Pickens,
and Greenville, and oblige
MANY OFFICERS.
Lightai.-The Pendleton Messenger of
the 2th ait . states that on the evening f the
- 26th uit., a barn belonging to the estate of Jar.
C. Gridin, deceased. about two mies from the
village of Pendletor,. was struck by li;htning,
and notwithstanding the Win which was inces.
sant for some hours. it was entirely con cumed.
A quantity ofwheat, oats, &c., the crop of the
present year, was burned. The loss, of course,
is very considerable.
Fres sin Cherao Mreary.
-rs Ay i Jn . -laee.'-It is cheering.
in the midst of inone usive wrangling on all
subjects. to meet with an argument ehich
swallows up an Citare question and leaves no
more to be said. The Providence Crca
ie= turned the Presideutial dispute into a
sum in siample addition and gives the result as i
follows: .AI
it is said. how=, that "it is due to Mr.
Van Buren. to be n nominated to the Pre-.
sidency." Now i any thing is due to 3r.
Van Buren, it must be due him eitier from
ae people of the country or fram die demo.
cratic party. LAt us see what offices that gen
*ian has filled and what amount of mioney
he has received from the people of the United
States for his public services: & 1
Rec'd forl years service as U. S.
Senator. say $10.000
Ree'd for 4 years service as See'ry
of State * 24,000
. Rec'd ror 6 months service Mini*
ter to Engan , - 18,000.
. Rec'd for 4 years seivice as Vicir
President 24.000
Ree'd for 4 yearservice.as President 100,000 1
Amounting to $176,000"
If Mr. Van Buren, after this.'persists in run
nin for the Presidency, it as presumed that an
action on the came would 1iW It is a pity that t
the goesuon could nothe carried toth ,ureme
Coor that it might bi settled definitively how
much a frst rate politician is worth-haw
muc6 a second-and so on in a scale. For t
a-nowithanding the Chronide asmomes that n I
sum is worth more than $176,000, we feaF 3
hat t'e point must still be held sub jdis. It I
.may be worth conidering'also, whether, if a
.man will he President a second term, he ought
not to be compelled to serve at half pried, as
.he iseanly a secoand-hand article. and ought
to go cheap. Economy is surely a great vir
tue! Blessed are the people wrhose editors un
dAerstand arithmetic! -
IeP&ra 4"tai Cit .-We are happy to inrarm
our readers, that H imburg is once mo cear
of ma pox. There is not a case of it in town,
nor has there been for two weeks or more.
. And now that the city is entirely rid ofthis
loathaoen disease, we will make a true report
of aU the cases that have occurred:
One transient negro woman, Small Pox. a
One negro man, resident. Varioloid. i
All now wall and attending to their work.
fJouarns.
g7 The Belfast r'die contains the fol
lowing paragraph from the proceediigs of the
Repeal Association of Belfast, held on the 19th
- Mr O'Conell ut handed in ?40 -from
4luariston, SotAh Carolina, wi-h a long lener i
from the co spoediqg comuittee of the Irish
Repeal Association in the Stata. He moved
hat the accompanying listafaniaes be 'wserted
on their Amancan book, uhat the letter be -
aerted on their minutes, and that the thanks of
the Amsociation be conveyed 'through Mr. Ray I
to the subscribers, and more especially to the
inembers of the corresponding committee. t
--The motionwascarried snaizond cheers," I
'UlNcinoni. July 06.
A Felul Rescentre.-We learn byea passen
ger in the cars last evening, that.a dafliculty
occurred at Fauquier tC. HI., last M onday. be
tween Ro. Lee. and a young Mr .Moore. 'rie
re ithat Lee lbad said he would horse
w 'p the rather of Moore on sight Moore ac.
osted himi to know whether..be had said so.J
Lee responded that he had. Whereupon pis.
tols were drawn end 'discharged. Moore's
took effect justabpe the hip-although.each
Ared twice afterwards. Lee was in the act of ~
Ering,when he fall snd exjafged-.
The difficulty grew out'efthe painful con- I
troversy connected with Judge Beott. Mr. ~
LaeI.h was ks'swato usas agetleman of r
great worth and intalligenie, was the son-in. c
daw ofiudge Scott. Mr. Atbore, was the son, '
we presame, of one of the gentlemen, whop
-was summoned here last winter to give testi
many adverse to the Judge.-Whig.
helh TOa.aavasiEE, yuly !l.
The helhof Tallshasee, ind all the sar
wounding country, continues to he unusually C
good at this season of the year. We know of '
no cases of (ever, and hut few lhave occurred ii
. Aurinig the summer, and those of a mild type, ii
-and essily managed. a
The present appearance of the crops. not- i,
withstanding the protracted droaght of the y
splisg was never more favorable. Corn is
* ~&saepromiuing -,and on!.-s5 somein un
foreseen accident occur to the cotton plant.
the erop of cotton will be much more thun an
average one.-Star. -0
Ths craps orthsammss.-Terops through-. ti
out the countr y, whiec: a: fir,. pomiwed so faxir.
-are new in assad condition, parchecd arul La. ,:,
ug by an excessve diought. The coru cror.I
ahs ya, we fear wlllbe a bort one. The
cotton crop, tao, have suil1fred considerable in
' ry. Uip the enatry, -howiever, where they il
~wbaen blesmed with hse geni showers 5
freeheabve~eropsare very fair and tromiaing.
On yessersy evening, ad since Obe above u
-was in type, webkes hda refreshing rian al
thqwe (ear i haa fidlen toe late teamaerl- o
silye he forward ears d
. Cvp-Wasihu.--We.wrere informed afew *
days ago, that the Uplanderops(Corn a,d Po.
baetoe) em the Waeosmaw rerer, were suffer- a
vsysah frwan ofmrin. a seneplaces b
t~e o teshen alive. The rio. crops look h
iepcs quite nec ragan. ti
been awadat. Os Thursday last, we had aa
heavy (all of rain, which was inosceeded ay
cool weather. The thaeoueter, a few miles P
above here. dn the country. wae down. Q71.
The wad has been East for aeveral daR t. I
utned with freent copious showers-...We hi
ass apprehensive. from present appearanees. ti
that teewall he tnio much rain fur e-me of n
the planters in this section. TIme weather is
the vety sort to amak. grass grow. Our town
is quite beaskhy. sofar.-Winy& Oerr.126ra
EM..ah--We were shewn a luscious
Peach, yastarday. raised ini this city, weighing t
ileven onneesand three quarters.--CAerlues b
Cssuner29e ak. '.
CEl in Opdeeaas.-The O waiGa
mle of the 15th of July says athe coto
rop in that neighborbood is very unprom
ng; that in many places thertma has mad
is appearance. and liss done 'injury to a
larining extent. In some qarters of the is
isi the gras has nearly taken possession i
he fiehls, and has rorced the planter to abai
lonsen portion of ih land in cultivation. I
he rich baron region the pLanter is fearii
till %Uwoe.' in addition to all this, it is sai
hat the ce-sterpiller has commenced its ravage
vhich it is to be eared will consummate wht
he untoward season began.-N. 0. Pic.
The Weather.-We have jad sever
ine rains during the last week. which i
:very point of view were very desirahl
and beneficial, in cooling the oppressiv
test of the atmosphere and refreshing t
hirsty earth. These rains we believ
iave been general, and there is every pro
et at this time of a very abundant cor
rop throughout this section of country.
'audes Journal.
A series of letters frotm the Island c
.uba, is now in course of publicaition i
he New Orleans Picayune. From o6
1 those letters we extract the Follon ing4 d
crip'tion of the cultivation of the cofic
ree.
eoflee being the staple commodity 4
he island, the great majority or the popt
atiou-ree and servile-are eugagrd i
is cultivation and preparation. Tbo syi
em or both varies so little that when yo
ee one plantation, you can disihiguis
ittle novel or differisng from it. though yn
were to see hundreds. The process of
erved in "raising" cotiee ii sontethain
uch as this :-The need is first planted i
i nursery. as it were ; while it is'proul
ng up into a young tree or plant, the fie
its aransplantation-sometimes cove
ug hundreds of neres-is being wedde
iud prepared. When the saplang attal
be proper age and worth, they are take
ip and planted for permanent proposas 1
lhe coffee field. They are put down i
ons at distances from each other of-fror
our to six feet _kngitudinally and from si
o eight feet lauffdinally. Here they re
nain until they are worn out, hearing col
vo in some soils for a period as log a
wenty years. The field being thus plam
ed, the whole of the planter's attentiot
ear after year, is now directed, first I
aeping the plantation clean and entirel
ree-from weeds, for this is indispensabi
Iecessary to the good and wholesou
:rowth of the trees ;next in trimming th
rees, so as to prevent them from reachin
higher attitude than the coffee can b
Aucked from them by the hand, or c
ending their branches too wide, therel
eventing the pickers ( om passing easil
tround them. Secondly, in plucking c
:icking olf the coffee berries from the art
it the proper season ; and thirdly, in lrt
aring it for maiket. The weeding
lone with groat care-not as much as
ingle blade of rass is to be discovere
mons the coffee trees, covering entih
ares, and thus the whole powers of il
oil wbch is a marl of a heavy reddis
elor, are preserved for their nourishmen
tound the bounds of the coffee field, an
at convenient distances through themtha
re walks or avenuesthe margins of whic
re laid out with great taste, and plante
ith palm, orange and other trees, givia
Sgreat beauty. Indeed. a cofee plantz
ion seems to.he nothing more nor less tha
a overpassingly sweet perfume,and whe
he trees are n flower, or when the bei
ics are red-some still eling green-it i
icturesque beyond any thing.
As the tree does not send forth all ii
foesoaDS simultaueooely, a portion of th
errics bdcomxe ripe before ahe resa, anm
ohce the process of picking is repeated a
iferent periods. The bloeoma first shao
oth isi the latter part of April or earl
tart of M'iy, and next in the tatser paart <
day or early part of June. The herr
rat assumes a green' hoe, ad as it ha
omes morie ripe it chlatnges to a deep red
rho pulling is prformed in Augusa an
'epemba* 'The geaneral process of lere
arnng the eco'ee for market is thtis:-it
rst placed oiu a glacier of circular sbap
ad smoothly plastered surface, built ex
ressly for the purpose, in a quantity ratio
bout twelve inaches in deptha. This is don
>r the purpose of rotting the shell or busi
( the berriers,every one ofwhaieb contain
to or twin grains of cofeo It is niexi
laced on the same r~lacier,but iit less quan
ties, dried by exposure to the sun; whol
ried, it.is put in a circular mill oratrough
rhere the wheel passing over it brenks o'
io shell sud cears the grain from all in
umbrances. -It is next winrnoned, ir
rhich theo broken husks nre blown offron
to grain, and laslyt it is picked or s'oo
'd, the pickers urang thteir -kunds alan1
nid ha'ving no aid from machinaery, dfivid
tg the crop, grain, by gratin, into their :lil
trent classs-supertor, arniddliug; asad jan
:or. It ise lhen pat upi for mtarket.
The extent to which the cultivation n
Mfee is carried in Hiavanun may he judget
-m sthe f(at that in l842, thirteen thou
,ta five inndred tous were expoarted froat
te port of Hlavana alonec.
The Fightling Clergynman ef Tenasur
-We find in a lam'e Teunessee paper, o
hlch the Rev. M1r. Bruwamlaw iis editot
to following -"Card." Thse Reverenc
intdoman talks jilamn, that's certain.
"A Cr'.-While seated in my hons
riting, cdisturbing. no mato, and withou
sy knowledge of any apaarelling goinj
a, Mlr. Garland was c'alled oat.- as I un
erstgod, by L. C. Haynes, to send m<
awn 'to him, to meet him io -combat,
tppose .in the street. I *tce called r
to tbase. cowerdlig. ghpVAyd a jakot
sad hoenrable way~and ha refue to nght
it lied like a dog, in ihatbhe denied ha,
ig any weapons. I must dfecline the
>nor of paying htun a secoad visit, bae- ot
t ground that "one good turn deserve<
sother," he. ought to call on me. This
ould hie turn about, and of.course fait
ay.
I now, as heretofore, pronone ir
laynes a liar, a villain, and a coward
aving no other backers in Jonesborougl
tam a set of thieves, liars, and the de
:endadets of thieves. And this -I intent
rnperoal to all who consider 4hemselve
as backers.
WILLlA51 G. BROWNLOW.
The Locutsat.-Immense nutpbrs o
te seventeen year boenste were destroyet
.,th gkal la.st. Sunday w.k...1, ..,
i- vicinity and drowned, so that the sound
n the locust is seldom heard where a F
e days ago all parts were vocal with th
* cheerful music.
'or Another Sign.-The circular or
. February for the redetion af the Brit
n army has been cancelled, and all the re
g ments in service are to be augmented
d cept those in India, China, ani Sol
. Wales. The British government are i
t termined to suppress with strong hand
necessary. the threatened outbreak in I
land. We still think that, when all tli
n armngemnuts are matured, they will i
to O'Connell and his adherents, that til
heard enotigh of repeal meeltings.
a that any more of such assemblages s
be regarded as inextpedient for the prest
o O'Connell, after all his bluster, will i
bably take the hint and retire with
spoils.
Paying Debts.-What pleasure it ii
pay one dehts ! I remember to hi
[1 heard Sir Thomas Lyatleton make i
n obseration. It seems to flow from
conhination of circunstance4. euch
which is iroductivc or plenure. In
first plare. it removes tint ancasin
o which a true spirit reels from depende
and obligoion. It afflrels plenoure to
creditor. and therefire gratifies our sei
afrociion. It promntes that future co
deuce shicha is so very interestin2 to
u honesta mind. It opens a pruspect of be
readily supplied with what we wanot
future occasions. It leaves a consrin
ness of our own viriuie : ani it is a ro
sure we know to be right, both in poi;
n justice and sound economy. Finally; ii
the main support of simplo reputation
Shenstone.
d
Anerican Tars Abroad.-A corresp
n deft of the Evening Post states that i
mriral Brown, who for many years pnst
" been the lifc and soul of the Hue
" Ayrean Navy, was horn in one of ihe E
tern sea-orts of U. States, whence
sailed in a w:.le ship, and in due ti
ros'e to th- rark of commander. I
parents were natives of Ireland. Cc
modore Coo, who cornmanded the M
Videnn Navy, is also an American, a
tiVe of Ne i Jersey.' Admiral Woos
0 who for a long time cenmandedthe Cliii
Y Navy, and does now, for autht we kn
y to the contrery, is an Aimerican.and hai
e from New Haven. Commodore Moc
who coniauds the Texan Navy, or
cently did, is an American, fromutho I
0 trict of Columbia.
y Devil Fish Taken.-A Devil Fish, m
ir suring seventeen feet across the back, i
e taken on Saturday last, 15th ltaimo,
the watrs of Pori Royal Soaud. by %N
Elliott, Esq., of Beauforl. who I'as
a on a party of pleasure. Ifestruck it.
d a harpoon, and by attacking it.wheg
, rose to the surface. nith lance and g
e succeeded in killing it in one hetor a
b twenty minutes. In three hours -nore
was safelv landed at Bay Point, with
aid of some friends, who brought anot
, boat to his assistance. The steambr Be
h fore District, on an excursion frow Say
d nah, was just passing at the time ; I
the passengers, had they been aware
the nature of the prize. might, by a.sli
0 deviation from their course, have iuduli
their curiosity by a sight of this rare a
singular fish SWfore it was taken from
I sea.-Courier.
e It cannot be too freqnently rei ra
e that the business of the pre-se is with ft
d and principles, not mnotives-uba,
icause even of troth is tnt to be carr
a forw ard lby denuneiation , ,d epithet-i
Spersonalities and abuse hvariably rec
gupon those who use these we-tpons,.
upon the object itn nid of which they
brought into requashiotn. in the langue
of the Pcnnsyivaniian, "to be practica
cuseful in his day and generation,
.must he content to walk so mewhat s
, by side with his fellowman-io draw t
e forward by gourtic seps-itnstead o.''rm
ing far in advance. leaping Alpinie chase
and calling upon his tupracti'cd feet
Sfollow."-A4lbany A rgus.
s They seem to have hrought usury t:
,good degree of perfection in Kenitud1
-The Frankfort Commanuwalth tells I
fa fllowing instance.
,We beard the lrngablle story ri
T' .haver. the other 'diy, whose name u
-not metionned. We nre no' thterefut
yabla to fx it on anyv particulear one. A m
i in pecutniairy distres, came to him wirl
note to seil h:uving :Wo years to n
sThe shiver told him: he beter look e.'
-where;, for said hie. you enii aflard t. p
- ay rate, The sufferer toll him hce w~
-compelled to have the m'anev. tno m't
at what mncrifice: and regneeste.l him
f dma him on hi-s ownt erm,. lie was
i~ utch distress that he wa incapable of e
-eulating. Why said thet taaturer, I e
Sget 5 per etal. a month ; aned I know y
cant affird that. The poor fellow', 'I
tracted by his necessities, tol him
.take the note at hai, own rate. II
f on making a eckulntion it was lhtu
,at that rarc, the shtaree would o1
I the shaver at the rate oef $?O for eve
hundred of the note's f-:e. Thiey- he
alooked foolish; but we believe the sh
t vr to his credit did not rate: t
contract, Ele would take- lihe pound
flesh next the poor fellow's heari but.
acould not be so cruel as to take the het
Iwith it.
A late numbet of thie llouston Tol
praph, makes the following statemei
Iftrue,1it is'qagite wnrthy oaf attetntien :
"FTen persons perhaps are auware th
liseases of.-adangerpus or fatal charat
may be eaused by .aleppinig.'n moss
hair matrasses that haveheen lonag use
It is a well known fact that dlecayi
vegetabie oratnimal substances give ou
-foul and wholesome vapor, and as a
moss-or bair In old matrasses is often
Idecomposition, persons who sleep up
them are liable to.lnalne their vapors a
It'aus contract discse. as certain ma by i
haling *.y miasma of a swamp or mart
It is im portaat. therefore, that all old w
trasses, an ofor summer use shot
ba Opened a- ' bair or moss wash~
e lean, and repacked, after it is well dri
in a clean tick. By this means the ci
..s of disc.s. will be ,..,,o,.., .ad
of matrames thus repaired, will be as whole
.tr some and as convenient as new. The
air expense of cleansing and repacking ma
trasses is trifling, and when it is conside
red how much it contributes to health and
aet cunifort, few we hope will be dispOned to
sh neglect it.
x- A Miser.-The following account of
uh lichael Biard (or Baer)..who litely lived
le- near Little York, Penn', is extracted from
, if the Belmont (Penn.) Repository.
re-. Mr. i. was of German extraction.
eir liis father left him a valuable farm of five
my hundred acre%, in fhe vicinity of York,
ley with some farming and hotuseliold articles.
nd lHe kept a taven for a number of years
ill married a wife and raised four childern.
nt. lie nccumala:ed and imqeuse estaip,
ro- wihi he preserved so tenacioitsly that he
his never.offered a dollar for the education of
his family. -He was never known to lay
out one dollar in cash for any article he
to might be in want of; he would either do
ve without if, or find some person who
his would biarter with him fur something he
a could not corveniently sell fir money.
of lie (armed largely and kept a large dis
the 'illery, which 110 supplied entirely witfi
cis his own grain. lie kept a teatm fqr the
icn conveynnce of his whiskey and fleour to
the Haltimore, which, when he coukt not sell
ial for money, at a price to suit him, lie bar
1t6. tered for necessaries for his family and
an tavern.
it, In this way be amassed an estate
on worth four 'hundred thwusand dollars.
ua. Such was his attachmnctt to money that
ca- he never was known to lend or credit a
of dollar to any man. Upou the liest art
is gage or other security that could lie given.
he would not lend a cent. lie never
vested one dollar in any of thepublic
funds. Neither vonld ho keep dhe notes
)n. of any Bank, foner than i! hr cauld get
6(l. them changed. Ile deposited his specie,
ja' in a large iron chest, until it would hold
I" no more. ..le then profided a strung iron
as. hooped harrel, which he also 1;lled. - Af
lie ter his death, his stroig boxes, frn whose
me bourne no trareller md errr returned
I j ytelded tuo hundred and thirty thiousand
m. dollars in g, old and silrer.
ne The cause of his de-sth wa. as remarka
a0. ble as the coirte of his life. A gentle
or, man from Virgioia offered him twelve
in,, dollars per bnshal for one hunderd and
ow ten bishels of clover seed, btil he wquld
led pot sell it for less tbOn thirteen dollars,
ire, and they did not agree. - The seed was
re. afterward sent to Philadelphia, where it
is. sold.for @even dollars per bushel, and
fire - hundred and fifty dollars les
than the Virginian had uffered for it. On
FI- r.eceiving an account of tjis sale. he wal
'as ked thrangh his farm, weut tip his distil.
in lNry. and gave variou directions to his
people. - He then went to his wagron
out house andi hanged himself.
ith
it It RENEAL.
--' T14skent tie ia adewowi .g .
it .. MARRIED
th Un' the 11th inst. by liev. J. 41. Chile-, If#.
her LoUs RIca, to Miss 31aaY JAXZ Larroan, all
Mg- ofAbbeville District.
an- N
and Og gARY.
of Died, at their residence i.t this District, on
zht the 7th uIt.. at nearly the same minute, Mr
ged NIcAULAs Loa, and Mrs. Rznxcca Low.
ind his wile. M1r. Lowe had neirly reached his
the forscore years, and Mrs. Lowe-her thoreecote
.and ten. They had lived in the relation othnts
b'and and wife forty-four years t the atmost
licd hrmony. Mrs. L was a con..i-tent an.fzal.
oe member of1- 1a.,t C Irc p- ard, .f
imlihchi, in pireferencre to all others. she del'ght.
ed eds to convarse. It was her psrivilrep: to bas~e
snt attaimid r.n urvicnrnon de;;ree of scriptural
oil kon~.dg.e. Thaii bad its tiendeny inwpindic.
iul inag i. her d. y hsiliity, anad atlso "geat hold.
ire ne in the Idith n' hich is int Ctiri.t .e-en."
Op~eii lias .hie beens known to, 'contenid eorsoeit.
Il~lytfor the faith which wans once dehiveredt to the
- saints.' and thn.s frmt the~ Word of Godh. ".piu
,nri to sidence then igisuraec or tiobsah 'non." .~I r.
ide Loiwe was a mnits of decided piety. Few in~rn
im possessedt gr-uter renderness of heart tha:n he,
ih- vwhich always maide the services of the anct
t s, rury delighitiol tio his sout.
to rTiaey hadt heds to see a1 harge and respecta
Ible family of ::hildren, whom, :hev hadl rai",.I.
,,ettleid in: life. and memnber. ofilhe ;hurhi, e x.
cept o~ic. The circtumstantce. of their deaiths
a were truly remarkable. .Mrs. Lowe's heahh
iy. had been feeble for several years; ansd ihr the
lie twoa or thrsee yeasrs befosre hs dtenth, M r. Lowm's
was giadoinlly declining. -lBut sonic fire or
r a sit pmonths lie was mnore visilently aittaiked. anji
became'so ill thsat. lis fri-uds di-p:nared of hiis
asrc-ovecry. Whilst in his lowest <?ate of atlhec
ton hi4 hope is, Christ wva, ln-.van--rmtr. and
ani otlen wisth deeip :'e-hn;: it-d be spe~ak of Ihis dii
a .ihlition. nn.1 sf hi psrspect osf ls-:ppiness in a
me. triends who were asround bsis bet .rd.., to eisg~ige
iv in sinzging. (s rehigonss ex creiiec hioh lie gr..t
ly ensy~..d.) A lowv weeks het ire hiis dceres-me
lr e in-gani t o sunend, anid so far ricoveieuJ his
,taength as to be .abde tom wRlk ahbout Isis ronm.
1Ah ont this tim--. has wife wams takesi verv ill,
anaii'dsl hope ot lotr recosery abiandoned. On the
il- fliz, hdams he-ore they diedl he wea. ale to walk
ant an the room wisere she was. (.is all who saw
rm supposed,) inthemii igonies o.fde-ath. As he ien.
j. teretd ih-- roomn hei expressed his regret that she
a a leavingr hits, and saillihe had ito desire to
live on- hour atier tier death. Two days afer
' he wa at aced.Oan onrday the 7th.te
foheprd wih n cinutes of eaich other.
*The~y died as they hadI lived. flirm believers in
ry h sUh i Mia ehgion,. end iin the fs:lI expecta
Ih tino lro entrance mito thes kinagdom
a- oflienvn. - lessed aure the dead who die in
he the Lord from hsenceforth: yea saitlh the spirit.I
of that they may rest from thieir labors, and their
eworks do fisllow them." . C.
Wav ia sZaT, EniocrittL..
ET The friernds of Brig. Gemi.
C- M. .L. CO7I0.II.M annoornte ham ans a candi
u-. date foar the otlice of Major General of the 1st
Diision of 6t. C. Mi . t., till ijhe vacancy ncea
at ,i,,ned by the resignation cf General George
er .MclDnfite. .Aug 2 ~
Notice.
a 7 iIE Subscriber wishinig to close his busi
nesas sooti as practicable. requests all
in persont-i indebted10i himt, to come forward and
atn settle their accouts'. as he is anxlious to settle
nwith those to whoms he is indebted, before he
aid remove' from the village.'.
n- -Pest esironts of procuriing Varniture
h- cheap. would do wall to apply imnmediately, as
a I have a nutaber of articles I do not wish to re
Id move.
nil The Shop that is at present occenpted by
~jme. will be rented, to a good tenant, lor the
U:balanscs of the year. WL A .E~
h- WILMIsLWI2
Commercial.
[1y TUR CA.MOOt.-AT srovir.1
STATE OF T1 E COTTON TRAi3E.
LvaZRTOOL. July 3.
Friday having been the last day of the first
half of the current year. we collect. from the
circular'of the cotton brokers. the following
particulars respecting the trade during the past
sx months. 0
Impot -The import of cotton. from the 1st
of Jail, to the .30 h of Jute, has been 1,149,162
bales, against, in the correspondetit period of
1842. 8-7,598; showing an increase In he .ire
sent year of321.564 baJes.
- Expert.-There have been exported 'from
January I to June 30. 34,870 bales; during
thb same* period in 1842. the export aintetd
to41,690: there'has. therefore. been at decrease
titi year in the quantity exported of 6,740
bales'
Conusmption.-There ha's Len an increase
an the nuantity taken for consumption. from
tie lst anasary ts the 3th of June,. as com-I
pared with thequanntity taken in tihe saswe time
lust year, ofr7..500 hale.. Tle total gnantity
takes fir conumption is 649.100 against 570.
600 bale% The avernge weekly consumption
has been 24.95) hale.: up to June 30. 142, it
had been 21.94: ,o that there has this year
been nag increase of 302 bales weekly.
Stuck.-The #tock on the 30th of June was
the largest ever known at the same period. It
aamocunted to the eno-rmlous qutanitity ot 911.300
ba!eq ag-tiast 643.300 at the same time last year;
and tihus showing- in. increase of 217.,00 bales.
The stock on the 31st of Docetnber, 1842. was
4560 0( ba.:c
Taken on Spenlation.-The low prices or
cottoa. iand tle diflienlty of tatdin; emlloy
enmnt for taoney, temlited c:pitalist in'o tle
snarke. Up 6 th 30th of June. last year,
sp-toiiinters had t:aken only 90,9W0 hales: up
to the samne dam. this vest, their purchases had
reached 1!,14,700; exhibiting ana mncrease of 90,.
600 hialea.
Prices.-Prices lave been lower than ever
wa k tnownm be fore: and low they w ill continne
frnm the wet-fht of the itock, during the re
mainder of the year.
llamuac, July 19.
Cotton -The late account,4 from Liverpool,
have. if anm fling. rather deprerued our market.
Prices cninue low. and we do not look fos
much alteraion with the old cop utsitil the new
cone- in.. --Our ulnotations today are 5 to 64
eis. arccrd;ing tih quality-.
Freights and ExcAange are the same as last
weeks.
Av cSr.t. Jil 27.
Cotton.-The advices from Liverpoolto the
4th of this mnnth. hnve hadi no influence in our
market. owing chiey to the limited amount of
tle staple ofirring, and to the firmnesm ofrhold
cry. The few bales which changed'hands wete
at prices ci'rrant pievious t6 the receipt of the
foreign aeccumte. We omit quotationst tnder
thaese circeup4tances. Theo:eck. or hawd is
maaual. and none arri-es. The stocks in the
shipping ports are decreasing rapidly. azd it is
generadTvcstimated that the general.tock re
maining at the closing -f tho ieotton season.
will ie smaller 1' an at any preceding fear..
Eiciangre.-We qusote Hawkinsveie be.k
notes at 10 per eqznt. discount. . This kind of
money is not take'n by our ban!hs; but.we have
been anformed that t:e notes are at par in Sa
vannah and 5tacon. . sales of State 6 pet cent.
bonds have been made at 74 cea ts to the dollar,
and State 8 per cent. bonds at 93cts.-Canat.
CoUmaU,[Uly 27.
Coton.-There is brt little do.ng in this at
jcle. Prices about j lower.
Feur.-New Flour is selling at 5. from
wagonms..
Axehange -On Charleston 1, and on New
York 4 per cent. prem.
Freights -By bteamn Boats75 centt per bale.
and by alil Road 25 coots per 100 lbs.-Car.
CnaaLIESoi, Juiy 29.
Couen.-Received during the past week 520
bales r1plnds, all but 70 bates by rad road.
Exzp.rtd in ranme time 1996.hales. Iea% mog onl
hand a ahipphmig stock of 6i740 bales, exclusiave
ocf4774mles on shiphotrard not, cleared, and in
facmom hands in sal". -iboant 4,41M0 bales On
Satumrdayv. simacltane..-:aly with the issue ofour
last wely aeport. '.e reeeived per" steame~r
Carleramnia,'Liver pool necoimnr to thec 411h int..
he'mg 14 dasys bmrc ttana previ.ously received.
Large amp.ortationas andl aO acunisting~ stock
at thi.mt pl!ace. ha:cd aoanewbut checked opera.
tione,. and a reh~ne oif 1.d was noted. Our mar
k et since then. haslbeena very quiet anad inactive.
Time few tr::nsactionas that have taken piece
were' at a decided ad, antage to puarchasers,
hoders tehowing themraselves very wilthng to
accept of ..tTrrmade prevYios a.) the above
atccounts. hunt thent reinsed. .We~ 'unght per.
lapse even quate a decline of abommt j cc. The.
,ah, of ihe week Ifare amocunted to baut 413
bal---, at. the f,,iowving p::rticulars:-lt0 lal-:u
20 Dlollars Reward.
T11f nasai,- reward will be p'aid by te
.Usubacribe~ri t n peIrsonc or pernns~O
whto will give. amnch inufoc maitton as n~ all 1.-md 'o
th, a!ij.covery oft the th,-f or ieve-.o state
fra mmas r.oan, at the~ Plantrs lIntel. E- C. II..
aoa the nightlt aof the :ota ot Jrly. 1'8;3, the fail.
low.smg Ncmte-s :and .lona;ey, viz:
Onae Noate on (. L & 1-:. Penn & Co., dated
April end', 1842. l.or *:!.6 00.
Onae Nomte ain 4.. II. linudmnan, date not re
ollcerd, fair $100t 00
One Note on iichard Ward, date not recol
ected. fur $132 40. , *.
Anal abo::t $56 in Money.
Alt persones are forbid trailing for the above
Notes as payment has been stopped.
P. HORN.
Auzgust 2 3t 27
State of South Carolina.
EDGEFIELD DISTRICT.
BY 'OLIV ER TOWL ES, Esquire,
IO rdinary of Edgefield.District.
* Whereas. James M. Richardson. ang
Jmies S. Guignard,. bath applied tenme for
Leter of Administration,. op all and sin.
guliar the goods anid chattels, rights and
creitoflBenijuamin Richardson late of the
District aforesaid, deceased.
- These are, therefore. tot cite nnd admoni
ish alland s'ag.ular, the kindred and credi
tors of the sutid udeceased,. to be anal appear
behore.mue, atotflnext Ordinai-y's Court for
the said District to be holden at Edgerseld
Court Hausc on th'e 14th of Ancg.' 1843.
to show crause, if .any, why .the said Ad
ministration should net he granted.
Given under amy hand and seal this 31st
day of July one thousand eight hun
dred and forty three. &in the sty-seventh
yarf A merin nendece. .
Aug. 2. IS813. . ($2 121) b 27
1%otice.
THERE will be a public BARBACUE
..given at Germanvadle, S. C., near Jolhn
Rinehart's, in the lower part of ibis disatrict..on
8turday' the 5th day of Angset.
The. Ca.ndidales throughout the-Diutriet, and
citizens generally, are respectfolly inrited to
attend.
July20 21 96
A CARD.
L. JEFFERb having this day connect
a ed luinself with Dr. J. F. GRIFFIN,
n the WAREIOSE and COMMISLSION
JUSINESS, begs leave to -retur his sincere
hanks to his friends and customers, for the
rery liberal share of patronage hegetofore be
towed upon himself, and hopes the same will
>e continued to the firm of If. L JEFFERS
k. CU., to whose advertiaement below, be
legs leave to refor. July 19, 1843.
WAREHOUSE. VACTORAGE
AND CO3M.lION BUSINE8S,
Hamburg. S. C.
H E subscribers have this day fiured a.
A co-partnership for the trnsaecion of the
hove business in all its branches, 'under the
,ame and style of H. L. JEFFERS & Co.
rhey are now building, and will have comset.
d by. the et-.aof Sept next, an cztaeaiis and
ienodicas WAREHOOSE. immedialy ca
he principal street leading into town, renlole
rom al danger by Are, and entirely above
ugh water mark, which will bea safe and con
,-en depository for Colron. Merchandibw
Ic.. confided toj'r care. They ofer their
iervices to their friends ahd the public general
y, as agents for the sale of Cotton, Flour, Be
:on, &e.;. h purchase of goods to order, re
-eivin and 'foewarding merchandize, stonng
and shipping Cotton. &c. &c.; and pro%is
itrict and picmpt attention to all orders -on.
jusiness addres.,ed to them.
T.he subscribers having pledged themselve&
mot to speculate in Cotton. on their pwn ac
:ount in tuny way whatever, are prepared to
give their undivided attention to the interetot'
leir customers, and from the long and wel
known experience of one of the partners in'
lhe pract:ical part or the Commission buiness,
they hope to receive and merit a share ofpub
1c patroniage.
II. 1. JEFFERS.
J. F. GRIFFIN.
Hamburg July 29, 18421.
Augu12 tf 27
Mead quarteru,
1st Davt toX. s. C. r.
Edgefield, Jiiy 18th, 1843.
OnnD.rg No -
I N obedience to an order from the comman
dcr-in-chief. tho following Regimentsof Ca
*alry. will parade at the times and places hene.
in Ptated, viz:
'Tei 1st tegiment at Ild Pendleton Village,.
on Thurday the 7th Sept.
The 2d Regiment of Cavalry at Longmireu,
on Saturday the 1i6th Sept.
The cowininioned and non-commisdsoned,
officers (corporals included) will assemble.thp.
day previous for drill'and nastruction.
The division and Brige Staff, will ansaIL.
the reviews of the division.
1v order of Brig. GeM' M. L Boula.-'
Commanding Ise ivisiop.
IAS. L.'OR
Dep. Adj't. Geal.
July 19 - . , 9 25
Read Qtauarters,
29D REGIxaXT CAVAL.r,
- . July 18th, 1843.
Onriam No.
IN obedience to orders from Brig. Gen'...
Bonham an election r'Major of the lowe
battalion of ie 2nd Re 3et Cavalry, will be
held on Sitiurdy, the of August neat, to
fill the vacancr necasioned by the re'natio.
uf Lieut. Col.'nndy. Each Cap. g
the legal notice within his ownlimits.
By order of Col. JAS. C. BPRQUL
Jilly 19. - 25
Ten Dollars Reward.
ILANA WAY from the subsetiber,,
living on the road leading from Me
Nairy' Ferry to Namsburg, in tbhie
district. on the fourth inst., taio NE. -
G ROES. One a small mulatto man,
of dark complexion and bushy hair,
about for feet six inches high, and
about 35 years of age.
The other is a large woman. yellow complex.
ion, about fiv;e fit high, and has a scar upon
her left wrist. cut by a knife. about 35 years or
arc. The hove tward will be paid to an
person who will lodge said negroes in any jal
so that I get them again.; Any information
respecting them will be thankfull received.,
THO3IAS BARTLEY.
July 19 -'.-If 25
RAIAWAY
F RO.1 t.rie Sqbscribe'r, living in~
Oglethor pe county. Georgia.a negr
tmn named NELSON. or 808,e
tween 385 or 40 years of age. sbout 5
k)feet 10) or 11 inches high. very black,.
.w ith a bushy head and beard. He,
ranaway in comipany with another
u~egro, about the 20O0h of May last, who hashbeesw.
retaken. Nelson a. snpposed to have takea.
:he route for North Carolina, having come.
flnm that State. I w ill give ten dollars reward
for his arppreiension. and securing him in any
jail, and reasonable ex l.ensesc if brongh hosse.
JONATHAN MILNER.
July 5 lam3m' 23
(jT The Raleigh Sarand Charlotne(N. C.).
Jeft',saonian, with putblish the above once a.
month three. montdhs, aa,d forward thear accoants
to this office 1or psynmenit..
.Vofice..
A LLpersna indebted to the estate or
A.John S. A dams, dec'd. are reguested
to make payment. and those having do
nmatnds against said estate, will render
them in.
OLIVE R TOW LES~'
Ordinary of Edg~field Diutrict.
June 20 af .21
Neotice.* ..
A ros .indo'ated to usocout.
du h ttof January last. ares
qes iiocom and settle .op,~ We have
to pay our debts. - '
GiOODE .& LYON.
Feb.13 . .a , , f 3
State of Soigth Carolina.
EDGEFI ELD.DISTRICT.
BA TISS *WiRENN. Jr., of the said
DI1ietrici, living within one mnile of'
Gilgal Church. tolls before me an estray
mare, of.aisixzed-roan end gray color,four
teen hands one inch high.judged to be ten
years old,both eyes injured by being cst.
for the flooks, in doing which both wash
era have beetf cut away, apapraied at 6if
teen dollars by Simpson Sullivan, Guth-'
ridgie Cheathiamn and John Terry.' Gaven
under tmy hand this 23d day of A pril 1843.
EDWA RD S ETT LE, Mag't.
Mny 3l ($2 00) 4tm . ,18
State of' South Carolina,
ABBEVILIF DISTRICT.
IN THE COMMON PLEAS.
William Smith,)
vs. >Trespass, AttachmnOt
Ales. Simpson.,
TH E Plaintiff bavinag giled hia'dociration
Jjin my ofdice qainst the said 8etewdarntt
Ordered that the dfendant do a -an
plead therein within a year and a ar eehe
Glina of the same, otherwise hiljnmeat
will Ia awarded * ust higti.
-JOJIN F.UYIN4gSTbN,C.C.W,
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