Edgefield advertiser. (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, September 12, 1849, Image 2
From the Columbia Telegraph, Sept. 8.
Fine Days Later :ews.
ARRIVAL OF TIIL IAGAI.
ADVANCE IN coTrToN SUSTAINED.
HUNGARIAN REVERSES.
General Georgey Surrendered, &c.
The following Despatch was received
last night from Baltimnore. coming right
through without interruption.
CozazEzactAL.
LIVERPOOL, Aug. 25.
At the time of the Niagara's departure,
trade was stcady in overy department.
(otton was advancing. Large sales
had been ellected daily.
The sales of the week reached 67.000
bales; of which Speculators took 33,000,
and 6,500 for Export.
The Committee of Brokers quote : Fair
Upland Sd; Mobile 5jd ; Orleans oid.
The stock of Cotton at Liverpool is
about 623,000 bales this yeir against 587,
880 bales same time last year.
From the Manufacturing Districts ac
counts are satisfactory.
The Iarvest operations are favorable.
and the crops generally good.
PoLtrIcAL.
Hungary -The news from the seat of
War in Hungary is most disastrous to the
llungarians-nho are reported to have
been defeated a; gl points. The details
relating to this unfortunate result have not
been fully ascertained. It is reported,
however, that the Hungarians have been
forced to lay down their arms uncondition.
ally to the Russian forces. The Vienna
correspondence of the London Thnes da
ted August 16th, con'ains an oflicial report
from Cul. Dirsuer giving particulars of they
transactismns of Transylvania, since the 4th
of August.
After Bem's defeat on the 31st at Schar
hourg. ie proceeded towards Midgyer,
which be reached on the 3d August, with
only eight thousand men and seventeen
gnu,. He was joined here by a cnrps
from Clarenberg, of four thous;ard foot and
twelve hundred horse-then proceeded to,
waids Hernanstadt, and after n murderous
battle in the streets, in which many were
killed and wounde, was obliged.to retreat.
Subsequently he was routed wsith great
less by Gen. Luders.
These reverses produced a gr'eat effect
on the insurgents, many of whom threw
down their armts, and sought refuge in the
woods, while others went over to the con
querors.
The accounts from Vienna vi". Waisaw.
stale that the Hungarian Diet having sur
rendered its power to Georgey, dissolved
itself.
A meeting afterwarJ took place be
tween Georgey. Bern aind Koesuth, near
Frond, when it was detet mined to put an
end to the War as sanguinary and useless.
Georgey, addressing the Council, said
he,bad no hopes for the cause of hlungary
-that-nothing but utter ruin would attend
the prolongation of the struggle.
'The War party, headed by. Bern, Kos
suth, and leading members of Ptitliament.
have removed from Hastrin to Orsova. It
is said they have already entered upon
Turkish territory.
Georgey surtettdered himself to Prince
Paskiewitch, on condlit ion he would inter
cede with Ausatria for himself, his troops,
ad his country.
The tnumber of troops said to have sttr
rendered with Geurgey was 27,000, and
60 field pieces.
Letters fronm Vienna to the 17th state
that Kossuth intends holding out to thte
last, and htas issued a Proclamation trans
ferring the seat of his government to Orso
va, where hte is now protected by the tlunt
garian Army. Prince Paskiewitch has
sent to the Czar a lette~r (published in thte
Russian paper) saying, "Hungary is at
tbe feet of your Itmperial Majesty."
Georgey's surrender to the Russianns
was unconditional, some say he has proved
Traitor, and beetn bribed.
[This closing sentetnee is doubtless a foul
tilander-nd shatkes our faith in the truth
nf the balance of the account. It conmes
fromn a most unireliable source-from Vi
ensa.-ED. TEL.
TnE. ISLAND OF OUBA.--This I-land is
642 miles in extremne lentgth, with a width
varying from 22 to 117 n:ilcs, and covers
ani area of 27,000 square miles being about
the size of the State of Maine. It con
tains a population at the p)resent tme of
1,400,000; of which aboug6I0.0n0 are
whites, 190,000 are free colored, and 600.
000 slaves. its imports int 1647 were
832,389,119. of which $7,091,075 were
from the United States. [ts exporta du
ring the same period were $27,99S.770,
of which Sl2,393,876, were to the Utnited
States. In 1S47 the tumbier of arrivals at
its ports was 3740. and the numb~er of
clearances :3346. Its principles 6tat bors
are the finest itn the world. The amzout
of American tonnag~e employed itn the
trale with Cuba is 476,773 tons. i Ithas
185 miles of~ railroad completed antd in
successful opperation, anid 61 miles itt
course of construction. It is well wvatered
by numerous rivers, and its sturface, ex-,
cept in the central portion of the Islantd,
diversified, with miountaitts. Otnly two
fifths of its surface are cultivated. Of the
remaining '.hree-fifthts. now unused, one is
probably worthless. leaving one half of its
agricultural resources undeveloped. Thte
climate is so genial that it yields t wo crops
a year of many of its productions. It also
abounds tn materials For manutfacturing
purposes, anzd its mnountains contain minecs
oft copper which are worked to a consider
able advantage.
SURzaona'rY OF AMtERICAN MANL'FAC
TURERS.-The lDry Goods Reptorter, pub.
lished in Newv York, states a newv and atri
king eircumstance in relation to the sue
cessful competition of the great American
manufacturers with foreignz. It says, the
"further import ation of mouseline de laines
for Amterican consumptiotn must prove a
losing business- WVe have examined toe
paterns of the foreign fabric in compariscn
with the prodluctiont of our own manufac
teries, id are satisfied that the furmter
must yidd the paln to the latter, both in
point of style and finish." A ccording to
this, the A merican mancfccttzrers w il have
the trade entirely to themselves."
EDGEF1ELD C. H.
W:.NESDAY SEPTEMBER 12, 1549.
17 We call the special attention of our read.
ers to the articles of "FAuMER" and '" SALU..
DA." Lei the people awake to their true inter
cests and build the Roads in question.
([7 We were mistaken in our last, in saying
that JEssE WEATHERFORD went in search of
the negro Joe, at the request of Mrs. Blalock.
Another Murder.
It becomes our painful duty to record anoth
er act of violence within our District-the mur
der of Joshua Hammond, Jun. Three men,
a Father and two sons. by the name of Green,
are implicated in the murder. The Father anl
one of the sons, have been cominittcd .to jail.
The other has made his escape. The murder,
it is said, grew out of a gambling spree.
How lung shall our District be disgraced by
these horrible tragedies !
Mlelancloiy.
Mr. W. L. RUsSEI., a highly respeetable
young man-nn architect by trade-put an end
to his life Ut Granitevillq, in this District, on
Wednesday last, while under the induence of
brain fever. In a fit of delirium, he seized a
razor frum a table near at hanu, and with it,
made a severe incision into his neck. He,
however, regained his senses upon stitching
the wound, and, is said, to have been fully
aware of his awful fate. lie was enabled in
make disposition of his business affairs, and to
leave his dying messages.
Mr. Russell was well known in our village,
as a ya ung man of excellent habits and fine
promise in his pursuit. Ilis.nntimely and mel.
ancholy end has excited a feeling of dee, in
terest.
The Murderer--Joe.
The slave Joe, who is now in Jail for the
murder of JEssE WEATHERFORD, says, that
his owner, hefure he was sold out of Jail at this
place some years ago, was a Mr. Cevions Whit'
amore, a soap factor, and Tallow Chandler, at
the corner of St. Philips and Ratcliffe Stieets,
Charleston So. Ga. iHe says that his true
name is George.
About six or seven years ago lie was lodged
as a runaway in the Jtil of this District-sta.
ting that his name was Joe, and that he belonged
to Col. Patterson on Mauckey's Island, S. C.
lie persisted in this statement f-r twelve months,
though severely whipped to extract, the truth as
to his real owner.
After twelve months imprisonnient lie was
sold as the law directs, and purchased by M rs
Blalock of our village, ini whose possession lie
has since remained. lihe now frankly adumits
that his former nmaster was a kind and indul
gent mun.
On Monday last he was tried and condemnned
to be htangedl on Friday the 21st inst.
Renovating Feathera.
We would call thme atnen'ion of our neighbors
and the public generally to thec advertisemenit
of M r. 8n-cz, and advise themt to avail themu
selves of the present opportunity of having
their beds renoraced, as we kntow, not onlty rromo
the experience of others, biut fronm our own.
thtat the reniovaing of feathers (ii Jnatters not
of what descuiiptioni they may be,) is of gient
advantage to thiem by enlivening and ecansing.
Hungary.
The hate news from Hlungary, if trite, is iu
deed distiessing. Can it be that this biavo peo
tile are defeated at all points! Btita week since
the information was brought us, that though
severad times defenated, they were still acting on
the offensive-intended sooni tao make an attack
on the Atustrian frontier-and would probably
dictate terms in Vienna. No it is repet ted,
that they hanve been forced Lo lay down their
arms unconadttionally to the Russian forces;
and what is worse, that the brave, the gallant,
the gifted Guergey, in whose generalsip the
hopes of his con ntry centered has proved a trai
tor, and beena bribed to surtnder to the Rus
sians. W~e are ton incredutlons nt to suspect.
that there is some chaeatery about ali this news
After such enthunsiasnm as existed among thme
people, amnd such heroic resistance to the inva
ders. cana we suppose itat thme Humngarians
would imngloriously yield thecir struggle for in
dependencice ? Is it the probatble course of a
brave and chaivalric people ? No ! they would
sooner fighat at every pass, anad recover from
every defeat. Disbanded in their regular for
ces, thecy would still resist thec invading foe by
a stubborn pumrtiz'an wvarliare, till they were
driven fron the very last stroaaghmold within the
iamigs of thecir country. Such was thme conduct
of the Americans during oar Revoltitionary
strugge-anid sucha is the coniduct of the Gau
catsiiaa at p~resentt in their resistance to Russia.
And. unless we greatly mtistake the cat dre of
th H ungarians, sueh will be their behavior itt
their present struggle. They will we believe,
resist the inavaders to the last efort of their
strength,. and wl.en they fatll, (if they do fall)
it will be in thae last expiring hopesof their coun'
try's inadependenace.
But can England and Fratnce look quietly Ott
und see this brave people overpowered by the
ruthless soldiery of the comtbinecd despotisms of
Russia arid Austria!l Shame, dnu'ble shame!
that these nations, professing to be wvarm de.
enders of human liberty, should lend no heelp
ing hanod to this spirited and liberty-loving peo
pe. For our own part we yet have hopes for
the Hungarians. We believe they are fighting
in a righuteous cause, and that a Hand unseent
in the Heavens, will direct them to a glotious
msa'e of liberty antI indenenadenace.
FOR THE ADVERTISER.
-. & :RPlank Roads.
MR. EmITo;-lnagain recurring to the
subject of Plank gads, I propose to show
their advantage, in sotto respects, over
Rail Roads.. On the great routes from the
Atlantic Ciifes to the valley of the Mis
sissippi, where hundreds of travellers pass
daily, Rail Roads possess as great advan
tage over Plank Roads, as the latter do
over common Roads. No one, 1'presume,
would advocate the introduction gf Plank
toads on these great routes, fur'purpnses
of travel. It is in agricultural countries,
where the population is sparce,as with us,
that Plank Roads possesa great advantages
over Rail Roads.
In the first place, the cost of a Plank
Road, ready for use, is only about one
tenth of thecost of a Rail Roadready for
use. (I include in this, Locomotive, Pas
senger and Freight Cars, Water Tanks,
&c.) The cost of attendants for a Plank
Ituad, is less than one tenth, of what it is
on a Rail Road. The money expended
for Iron, Locomotives, Cars. &c., for a
Rail Road is sent out of the State, while
the amount expendedl for a Plank Road, is
retained in the State, and even in, the
District. The Timber is here, and needs
only a Steam Engine, to convert it ituo
Lumber. The Labor is among us, and
needs only proper direction, to be availa.
ble. When completed, the R->ad will be
here, accessible to every oue, benefiting
every one, injuring no one, and can he
used at all times, and at all hours, by the
poor and rich, old and young. ,his some
what different with Rail Roads. .Having
certain hours of departure, the traveller is
oblhged to leave, when the regulation of
the Company requires, or he'caunAot travel
at all.
Many are of opinion, that .if the Rail
Road was near them, they have only to
transport their Cotton to the nearesbpoint
on the Rail Road, and that they will re
ceive their supplies brought by the Road
at the same point. Such will.sumetitnes
be the case, but not generally. - A Rail
Road may pass through a man's planita
tion, and within twenty yards of'his -Gin
House, and unless there is a station or turn
out at the place, he may be compelkd to
wagon his Cotton. and other produce, five
or six miles to a station ; and still the Com
pany may be disposed to grant him every
acct'mrnmodation. Turn.outs are expen
sive, and are only constructed where the
wants of the Company require. The
trains have their regular time of departure,
and if they are stopped on a single track,
to take on Cotton, ot other produce, they
interfere with other trains, besides, it
would he necessary to take hands on the
train to load, and if the Company- were
disposed to accommodate, they. would be
prevented by circumstances. There are
other objections to shipping cotton, by Rail
Road, when left'at turn-outs. dr stationd,
it often lies for days. exposed to ihe wea
ther, until a Car load is collected, or it is
convenient for the way-train to take it on.
If a planter is subjected to the trouble of
loading and unloading his waton, if he
was near a Plank Road, he would prefer
sending his Cotton in that way to market.
No one, I presume, .supposes that a Rail
Road from Hamburg to Edgefield, would
pay 6 per cent dividend. .T1i!principal
advantage expected to be obtained when
that project was agitated, was'to facilitate
the transportaiionl of produce, atnd which
I have endeavored to show, could be ac'
comiplished by lank Roads. Many be
lieve a Rail Road from H-amuburg to Edge
liuld, would out pay the expense of rn.
inig the Cars. .[n evidence of thi4. they
cite the case of the Portsmouth and Roa
nuke Rail Rood. It was ini operation
several years, whlen not paying rtunning
expensus. thte stockholders were assessed,
to defray the expense of runnitng the Cars.
Finuding it an expensive business, the road
was abatndotned, andi no Car lies run over
it for several years ; the road is still there,
a strikitng proof, that Rail Roads are not
pronitatble in a sparsely populated country,
like ours.
SA LUDA,
- FOR TUF. ADvERtTIsER.
luR. Ento,-Being invited by you.
andt called for again by Saluda, to give a
few nmore ideas aboutt Plank Roads, their
cost &c., I cheerfully resume mty pent, to
write for the Roads, attd when the time
comes, will help to butild them. But I
am really afraidl that my Saluda friend
and I,-will be discouraged, unless we htear
favorable news from some quarters. Be
ing~a countrymatn, and not mixing much
with the people, I am not able to say
whether our endeavors to stir~ up our
fellow-citizens have becen successful; bit
this I know, that if they would take the
same interest in Plank Roads that we do0,
we would soon have a rond with a double
track from Hambutrg to Edgefield C. HI.,
and a single track from Edgefield to Ab
beville C. 11., antd ono to New berry C. ii.,
and one to Greenville via Camibridge.
And now, Mr. E~ditor. some will sny where
is the money to build this mighty road to
come from ? Let every one do his duty,
and the money will he forthcoming. Let
Llamhiurg atnd A ugust a subscribe $100,000,
(for they arc equally interested, llamburg
sells us our heavy articles, antd Augnsta
the fancies.) Eogefield C. II. $50,000,
Edgefleld District $100,000. Abbevillo
District $50,000, Laurens District $50,
000, and Greenville District $50,000,
which will be 8400.000; and that will
btuild the road atnd branches. The dis
tance from flamburg to Edgefiald Coutrt
Hlotuse, over a level country, is ahnut twen
ty-five miiles, the grading over thamt part
of the road willinot cost much. WVe will puOt
down the grading and layingtdown at $500
per omile. It takes 142 000 feet lumber per
mile, single track, or 284.000 feet double
track, n hich can be had, deliveretd on the
road at $7 per 1,000--which.will be S1,968
per mile. We will put the cost of double
track at $2,500 per mile, and it wtdl cost
$62,500 to Edgefleld Court flouse. Dis
tance fronm Edgefield to Abbeville C. II.,
fotty miles, say 81,100 for lumbcr, and
$600 for grading and laying down, it will
make $1,700 per mile, or cost of Road to
A bbeville 868.000. Thea distance to New
berry is ablouit forty mniles, cost the same,
i. e. .868,000. Distance to Greenville via
Cambridge, about ninety miles. cost 8153.
000. So yout ,-ill see we can buihil nearly
twvo htindred miles of Plank Road for
S$51,500 and part of that will be double
4. "
Having now given some idea cf the cost,
I hope the people will not be afraid to give
a helping hand. You, that ont the well
timbered pine lands of our District, erect
Steam-saw Mills, and they will be more
valuable than the placers of California.
Subscribe liberally towards these Roads,
and let. nout the opportunity slip. You
nit) of .lamhurg, awake! Be up and
doing, and give encouragement not only to
Salada, but - A FanNER.
FoR THLE ADVETsit5f2.
No. XII.
The same subject Continued.
We bate given some historical exam
ples of the evil tendencies of mnnovation.
How are we, now, as a nation acting up to
these warning lessons of the past ? It 'is
greatly to be feared, that we,: like many
nations that have preceded us, are going
in the broad way to ruin. The spirit. of
change is already rife in our:land, though
the existence of our government, deies
little more than half a century. The
States are fast receding from the admira
ble Republics founded by our ancestors,
and falling into the shmckling Democracies
of old Greece and Rome, which neither
secured individual liberty, nor contained
the elements tf self-preservation. See
what has occurred in New-.York, under
the boasted name of reform! All thatwas
venerable and time-testbd in the political
fabric has been ruthlessly torn down, and
'new whimsical additions iade, to suit the
vitiated tastes of modern progressive Re.
ftrners. Nothing has been left in the old
family.ma::sion to fix in the imagination
of the young patriot, feelings of respect
and veneration. The orderly spirit of
Hamilton and Jay, so infused into all the
early state economy, is departed, and in
its stead, the mobocratic genius of Tam
many hall, rules the Ctmmouwealth in
tyrnr.ic sway!
This infection, indigenous to New York,
is fast over-spreading our whole country.
Mississippi is seized with it : so is Ohio:
so Kentucky atid Georgia, and other States,
and the evil, we solemnly regret. is grow
ing every day in our own midst to an
alarming extent. What! Shall we too
follow trio mad career of Greece, and
Rome, of France and New York ? Shall
we destroy our liberties by gradually frit
tering away our noble Constitution, till
no Charter tights are left us? WVhen that
great document is gone (and when man
gled as the Constitution of New York, its
epoch is anarked) there will be-little hope
left for ns. We will go the nay of all
disorganizing. lawless nations. Our gov
ernment will soon degenerate into the
worst form of consolidation. The will of
the numerical majority will control our
destinies ; and of all species of Tyranny,
the world has ever known, that of an un
restrained majority is the worst. - One ty
rant may be dethroned or assassinated ;
but this many heeded monster of nppres,
sin can never be removed. It possesses
the power of perpetuity an! ubiquity. - It
is sempiternal, omnipresent and omnipo
tent. It unina physical force; ands moral
power-the sword and the purse; und no
alternative is left to the minority but to
submit or to dissolve the bonds of society.
It is with theta ty'anny or Revolution.
This would, indeed, be a gloomy pros
pect fur a nation's liberties'
To guard, thterefore, against thiq reek
less spirit of change, which so well tcnda
to do away with our very Consmtu tions
atd to destroy all established order and
usages, is ihe first duty of the s'atesmaIn and
patriot. There is. we solematly believe,
no evil in our political affuirs, which re
quires more powrerfutl resistance. It is the
bane of our land. It nmightt do wvell to
place utpon it, itn some way. strong legal
checks. Demosthenes itnts us. that
among the ancietnt Loorians, in order to
check itnnovation, it wans enacted-" If
any~ onc proposed a law and that law war
rejected. the indiridual sujired deaak."
There is more wisdom int this lani, tban
woutld seem on first blush.
Let us look inore speciatlly to some of
the incidents of this daongerous spirit. In
the'first place, it has a most fatal tendenacy,
from the fact, that it always comes forth
under thte name nod pretext of Reform.
-Reform," is a word that pleases the corn
mfont ear ; for it conveys the idea of some
thing good anti ennobting. In its proper ac
ceptatiotn, it sigttifies improvement. When
applied to political tnatters it ts generally
ntsed to mean, thte getting rid of abuses by
just and equitable amtendmtents. T his ts
worthty of mthe htighest regard of thte States
matn. Butt unfortutnately, now-a-days, by
a sort of mnetotnymy, people take the stgu
for the thing siguifiet-thte name Reform.
for the ideas it embraces: while oftetn the
only tmark of reform present itn a tmeasure,
is tlte name alone. Let us, Fellow-Citi
zns, reflect, that every change is cot
reform, thottgh it may assuame that style.
Th'le name is oftetn given by desiening tnetn,
the better to infla~me popular prejudice and
tot coturt pnpularity. As a tmaxim of gene-.
ral cautiotn, it may be allirmed-That in
novators--those who cotnstantily desire
catnge, in out' politicatl instituitios, are
antiReformers: for they often inspede the
progress of natiottal atdvancemetnt by ig
terrupting te operation of salutary law9'
and institutions ! Beware of those, thetn,
whos perpetually cry, chtange ! change !
Anothenr grievous evil arising from tis
spirit. is, that change has a' tendency to
beget change. No propensity of our na
ture is pano active and powerful than a
desire for novelty. And like the indul
getce of aty other strong passion, the
more it is exercised, the greater will be its
desire for gratification, atnd the more diff
cult will it be to restrain it within proper
limits. Give undue indttlgemce to this
graspitng spirit, and you destroy all thte ele
tents of conservatism in a comtmutity.
The work of tdestruction will follow as
surely as thme order of titme. Attd once
fairly begun, there is no reasonable chmeck
to its progress. Every thir~g must give
way to gratify a vitiated public taste, or
to suit popular errors. Nothinsg will be
venerable enough to escape the hatndsyf
desecratiotn. The stately etdifices of state,
and~ the Temples of our Holy Religion,
will fall at their approach. Then may
we see, the wisdom of a long line of an
cestors neglected and despised-our Con
stit ut ions gone-our virtuous mattners
abadoued-anttd gradually all our ime
honored institutions, w~hich etmbody the
virtues and wisdom of any past ages.
Titis is no fancy sketch, it is a picture
OVERsEER KILLED.-A gentleman from
n neighborhood informs us that a most
elancholy occorrence transpired in the
inity of the Burnt Factory, Spartan.
rg District, on last Friday, whicli result
in the death of Mr. Henry Frguson'a
'erseer.- One at M r. F's nero fellow!
id been in -the woods some days, and the
erseer--whose name we were unale to
arn--went in pursuit of bint. Upon
rning. up with the boy, he was. found to
r armed with a tgrge'knife, and refused
return hone.. The overseer endeavor.
to force him, and in the seuffie the ne
o woutided hits so severely,.that he died
i Sunday last. The tiegro eca'ped.at
e lime, but we trust he has been taken
e this, and will receive promptly thiepun
intent his atrocity merits.-Lautensville
erald.
1INDIAN OUTBREAK.-By a private le't.
r received'by an officer of the U. S. Army,
whorn we are itidebted for this iuforma.
in, dated San Antonio, 17th of Augusi.,
e learn that in consequence of the coo.
tued depredations. of the Indians, and
me secret murders comamitted by them,
en. Brooke had called out llfree coat.
mlies of miunted men..
A skirmish had already taken, place, in
hich four Indians were killed. Where
e matter would end it was ver'y difficult
say; and apprehensiens were entertained
at a general.outbreak -would- take place,
id that the,.Indians would rise in large
Imbrs.- eO:.Picayune.
DT.ATIr '1!pE lHON E- BLACK.-a
he HIamburgRepllice say,.the Hon.
J. Black, a native of this Siate,-but fot
any years past S-distioguished' itizen of
corgia, died in Barawell Districton the
t inst
PREM1lUM TOR W SEAT.-C0I.'F. W.
ckens,-ofEdgefeld District, receivel the
ird premium 'of a silver cup, of$50 val.
.for the . third .bet-.specimnen of-Wheat
hibited it-the riilt- of41essrs. Cole"na
Linton.-Angusta.: There were. thre
her nremittrim a'wrded. ,This lib'erl,
ri of-, drsr..C. 4 L.". to improve the
ure of'Wheat and develop the resourceir
the grain- growing sections of thec own
id neighboring States, is worthy of all
mmend'ation. They have placed the
emium Wheat on sale in Augusta, to,be
Id solely for seed.-South Carolinini.
OBITUARY. -
an that is bern of a woman is oar few:days
d full of trouble. He comet'forth like a
wer and is cut down, lie fleeth also as a shad
y and continueth not-Job 14. 12.
The above scripture is brought to mind by
3 death of Mr. William Holmes, his wife
rah Catherine and theirlittle daughter'Emily.
Mrs. Sarah Catherine Holmes died at theli
tidence the 12th of Augpst 1849, in the 28th
ar of her age. She was very retirindin her
inner, of few words generous and candid. -
le was truly the affectionate wife and moth.
, the kind neighbor and mistress. She endu
I her aflictions with treat patience and ort
expressed her willingness to die if it was
lords will, she professed a change of heart
ut f,,ur years before her death, but never
ited with any c.hurch which gave her at times
tie trouble, which we believe was removed -
the blessed hope of joining the church tri
pliant above. ' -
r. Williain Holmes at the death of his wife
s sick, yet'he endeavored to go to the titily
rying ground, rour miles oft', to see his dear
e intered, hut had to stop at Mr. James Col.
's, where lie remiained until his death, which
s ste thren weeks, during which time, his
In danghter Emily, sickened and died, (at
ij. John Holmes,) the 1st of Septemher,
I0, mn the tenth year of her age, her dear
,er not knowing it.
ar. lnhnmes possessed all the qtialities of A
alereman, which gained f'or him the esteem of
who knew hinm, lhe was pecnliar for his,un
ided attention to his owon busitiess. The loss
his dear wife nto doubt, miade such an im
sioni in his mtind as to augment very niuch
disease, lhe was qnito ir rational dnriing his
<ness, yet his mind appeared more and
rc clear as death approached, like his dear
e lie professed a chanmge of heaart some years
ore his death, but for soime cause lied not at
ed himself' to anty chuirch, lie had repeated
gious exercises during his sickness. anad
ne times expressed fears as to his future
ty; but before his death he expressed a wil
gness to die, a few days before his death af'
prayer by a dear friend, he was asked if he
a afraid to din, he said nao, the Lord is good.
en requested his childreni should be takens
e nf. Tihns died the Fathtem, husbanud and
pected citzetn, ini the 35th year of his age,
vingi three childretn and nutmerons relations
I friends to mourn iheir loss, but they sorrow
r, as those who htave nto he. D.
Dun int this District on the 17th tilt. War.
D.405 E .I., itt the 22d yea r of h is age. This
caused was an orderly member of the Bap
tChurch at Red Oak Grov'e, and expressed
hislatst honrs, that lie liad made peace-with
makter, atnd trusted entirely on him for hap
est he is gone atid we aregoing-Oh! that.
young people would take warning before at
too late, and while youiig make thtein calling.
I electioni stirs, so that they cotild say like
illiamt, whent they come to die, that they
re itot afraid to die.
le has left a Father, Mother. Brothers and'
;ters, and a latrge circle of relations and
ends to imourn his early death, bitt they con
e thtettselves with the happy thought, that
tir loss is his eternal gain. '
-To the World.
EP Consumption is a disease which is carry
its victims to the totnbs by thousandu,.with
tbeing arrested int its pitogress by the med'.
mes in common use at the. present time. But
righter day is condng, atnd lia comie--as to
cessully arrest this disease.. DR. RO
IRtS' LIVERWORT AND TAR, not only
tes immnediate relief in COUGHS and
)LDS, bitt (tom the testimiony of mien of.the -
rhest standing tiere and elsewhere, it is mak
smte very remarkable cores of CONSUM P,
ON. Imiproveiments in the treattment'of
eases are onward, anid nothitig can arrest its
irit ini thie present ago.
For sale at this place by
JOHN D. CHASE.
LEY'S VER)IIFUGEOR COMPOUND ..
Syrup of Pink Root.
A etl'ecttual WORM EULLER, perfectly
re in aU Cases. It operates gently on the
wels, and is so pleasanit that when children
ce get a tate, they oryjfor it.
Prepared atid sold'Wholesale and Retail by
AVILAND, RIStEY, & CO.. Druggists,
igista. Also, solk'-by G-. L. PENN. Agent,
Igefield, and by Country.-Merchants genteral
Price 25cts.
.A,,,,a i 1.4 2mu 28
fully delineated in the history ol. number
less nations that have gone before us. th
Another evil of ibis spirit, is, its tenden-. M
cy to unsettle important fixed opinio's and vi
principles. It must strike the most casual be
observer, that there already exists in our ed
country, an alarming deigree of. practical ,v
infidelity-we do not mean alone, as to re- ht
ligious matters. but likewise in morils and ov
-politics. Vhere are wye to find the true le
faith touching thes'e important branches'of co
knowledge, on which rest the w.elfare and be
pirinaueney of all well-ordered govern-. to
.;ieni ? There seem, indeed, -to be few ed
iixed-principles among us. It would be g,
diffcult for any of us-to .define our moral, or
political, orreligious creed. In all these, th
-Ae seem all things to all men. Religious, er
moral and political sects are multiplied isl
among us without number. And every 11
sect has-its precepts and practical- -rules of
diction. There is .no true faith to which
the national. niind can recur. No one-can te
point to a standard of national religion, to
natinnal- morals, national politics, or na- tic
tional literature. The rule ofaction in the .w
political world is the will of the predomi-. tit
itaint faction. Every man cuts his faith to so
suit his sect or !action, and changes his G
sect or faction tosuit his personal interests. pi
How amid such a multiplicity of rules and
conflicting opinions, can affairs long have w
a sure established order? Add~ this state th
of thines is becoming more alarming every- to
year of our national existence. The spirit ih
for change, which we have been denoun-. at
cing, greatly augtnents this evil of unbelief, nt
while the latter re-acts powerfully upon
the former.. T'Ih-y - are mutually produc.
tire of each other. Unless they.be checked, T
we-must before many years, fatll into a de- E
plorable state of general. infidejity -that m
Crrberian Bog of natioual degradation, G
from which it is difficult for a nation to is
escape.
But another and most serious' evil of
this spirit, is, that it leads a people from pi
the simplicity of characte, aud virtuous- th
ness of manners, generally characteristic ai
of the founders of aoveratnends,- and on ex
i-hicli rest the permunent h~appiness and &
glory of nations. History has added im- oil
mortal honor to the plain virtues and nis- ei
don of Moses. Solon, Lycurgus, Romulus, cu
Numa, Alfred, and Washington. In' the of
character of these men, there is an attrac- at
live beauty and sublimity, that pure and co
virtuous minds cannot fail to admire. pr
Their profound wisdom, their high integ- ,o
rity, and their devoted patrtotism. const- e
tine the sublime of human character.
These men statrd out eminently on the
pages of history, as bright exemplars of
wisdom and excellence; and the ages in an
which they lived are emphatically called
the "golden aces" of their country-peri.-.
ods in which wisdom united with true lure tlu
of country to work for the good of man- si
kind ; a cumbiat ion extremely rare amid
the conflicting passions of an advanced re
state of society. ye
To emlate the virtues of these noble in
men, and to strive after their simplicity of eI
manner, and depth of practical wisdom- re
have ever been held the highest objects of t
human iaiiiitinn. in these efftor', roan the
approaches toward :he' sublime character abi
of Him, who, divine in nature, appeared ni
upon earth to teach tmen the ways of wis- st
domn and troth. And by these jways, he by
works for the promotion of. true national "
greatness. That natinit, studs the-best wa
chanitce for- real greatness, wvhich strives to hitt
preserve its primnitive bimplicity of mtan- wil
ters amnd customs; its early itegrity of lini
character and purimyof wisdom :its yotmh- wa
futl spri of patrioiistn, andI the institutions ijit
reared under i's pure directioni. dow 3
cautiously', thetn. should a people depart
from those primeval v-ittues, that usuatlly
distinguish their ear!y at~cestors! Hlow
fearful and considerate, shouild be thnetr all
eirorts in ittroduceing chtange and fancied do
refoms ! Let us try, amtid the rash spirit of
of innuv-ationa arotmud us, to hosld tin to the p.i
puevir' ues and wise insuitutionts of outr hi~
antcestors. Let us not forget thec name, '
and spirit, and age of ifashington!
Oxse or rTis P'oPLE- bel
Correspnndence of the N. Y- Tribnne. reli
A SLAVEC HARBERi!R CAUGH-T. sor
B'Ar~~ioa::, Friday Aug. 24. sta
An outrageous case of kidnapping oc- Isti
cured this week and came to light yester- tea
day, wvhich deserves the ,severest con- T
demnation, about aIlli hispoor-benighted ca:
State we can hope for it legally to receive. res
A colored mnan name Albert who had run lt
away from his owner, a Mirs, Hays of Co. an
ciilcounty Md. was kidnapped ont Wednes- no
day by officer Mc'Creery of Elkton, Md int
Chester Counity, Pa. anid yesterday after- H
tnoon brought to this city and ltodged in de
Wilson's slatve prison. Albert r-an away ii
four years since, and duriun that periodit
has been emaphtyed by a quaker gentleman,It
Mr. George Martin of Chester County,
Pa. ;tctintg itn the capacity of a free man. be
His whereahout being ascertained he was an
stealthily kidntapped ands torn away to en- W
(lure again thes worst of bosndage, fo' he we
was bronight here to be sold in she slave-.
traders of the Sout hern States and unless Si
purchtased by philanthropic friends willfr
erc lontg, be in Louisiana. Sir. Martin
his formter employmer, fuilhowed on wish a
view of obtaining his release by some
means hut no sooner had he touched the
free soil oflaltimnore than he was arrested .
at the isnstance of the slave-dealers anid suit in
instituted against hitn to recover SI,000 Ot
alleged to be doe as damages for Albert's lea
services and detesntion for the four years. a I
And Mr. Martin uder our benigtn laws, sts
held to answer the suit at the next term of GI
osur Court. A writ habeas corpus is talked gi
of tn-day hut, I do tnt kntow with what
o.bject. A greater outrage on the rights hii
and liberties of a citizen of an adjoining .
State hfls snot been plerpetrated for a long"
period. Northern mien, who have humnis T
feelinigs in their bosoms, shouldl bewar-e di
howv they place itemselvas in the power of sp
these Southern slaveholders, for their des
Iteration seeing the band writitng on the
wall drives to them every expedient and -
extremity.
A SLIP AT AN Exocurio.--The scenie
at the hanging of the negro at Mobile, on sa
the 10ths, for the violation of a whsite wo- B<
mar,, was qtuite repulsive. By smo mis
fortune the knot of she rope placed arotundl
the culprit's neck, slipped fromn under Isis
ear to his chin, and after struggling fir
some time itn this wvay, he exclaimned, '-O A
kill me quicker!I kill moe quicker !" The E
officers thon raised him up, and the knot ly.
beinig adjusted ho soon expired.