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- FRIGHTFtYL MOETALITY.--By reference to our telegraphic dispatches (savs the Savannah iews of the 13th). it will be seen that the yel low fever is raging in New Orleans with unpre cedented fatality. The deaths in the city last week reached one thousand one hundred and thirty! nearly one thousand of which were by yellow fever! The deaths on Sunday last num bered two hundred and twenty-eight, of which two hundred arid four Were by -yjow fever!! Wh we take into consideration the fact that a largjrtion of the population have fled from the city, this mortality is truly frightful! There must be much distress among the poor of the city. Ex .-Thom:ts Connor,a youth of less eilan e years of age, was executed in Baltimore on the 5th, for the m rder of Wm. utebinsonh of Accomac, Va., i October last. In his first fal! th6 rope broke, 'and he fell to the ground. H6 sustined no 'inaterial injury, and on recovering' declared his innocence of the murder in thefirst degree. A report arising that the Governor was in the city, a messenger was at once despatched to icquaint him of what had happened, in the hope that he would inter pose executive clemency, but it was found the Governor had left for Annapolis. The unhappy. man begged to have the execution proceed-not wishing to liv3. The second attempt proved successful. Twenty thousand persons were said to be witnesses to the sad spectacle. - Nzw YoRx, Aug 10.. TirE passenger trains on the Amboy Rail road came in collision yesterday afternoon. Two cars in each train were smashed, killing fire persons and injuring- twenty others, seven very severely. A child of the Rev. James Pur rian, of Mississippi, had its thigh broken. This accident is said to have resulted freim grpss neg ligence. MoRE FtznERY TRo:B.Es.-Intelligence re ceived at Washington from the fishing grounds causes great -uneasiness.-Fifteen vessels had sailed from Eastern ports armed, resolved to fight if interferred with. NARROW EscArE OF A MISSIONARY.-Rcv. Julion A. Butler, of Boston, a missionary of the American Board in South Ameria, had a nar row escape from a horrible death a few months ago. It appears that he attempted to ford the river Umkomnzi, on horseback. tud when about two-thirds of the way across, his horse sudden self from his rider, and the next momntei a cro codile seized Mr. Bitler's thigh with his horri ble jaws. Mr. Butler, when ie felt the sharp teeth of the crocodile, elung to the uane of his horse with i death-hsold. Instantly le was dragged from the saddle. and both lie and the horse were floundering in water, often dragged entirelv under. an'd going down the stream. At first the crocodile drew them to the middle .f the river; but at last, the horse gaiined shallow water and approached the shore As soon as he was within reach. natives ran to his assist ance, and beat off the crocodile with spears and clubs. Mr. Butler was pierced with five deep gashes, and had lost much blood. He left all his gar. ments, except his shirt and coat, on the opposite shore with a native who was to follow him; but. when the struggle commenced, the native re turned and durst not venture into the water again. It was now dark; and, without knr ments; and weak from the loss of blood, he had seven miles to ride. He borrowed a blanket of a native, and after two hours, succeeded in reaching the station, mnore dead than alive. 1-is horse also wa terribly mangled ; a foot squase of fieshi and skitn was torn from his flatnks. For ten days Mr. Butler remaiined in a dangerous condition, being seized with fever and threatened with leekjatw, but in April, nhten last heard from, was recoverinig. SAD ACIF~.W regret to learn that on Sunday night last, a patrty of eight negroes be longing to Marti'i C. Hlackett, e-q., of Caim bridge, on their way home from the Camp Meet streamn, and thai four valuable negroes out of 3~.eight, consis:intg of three negro women and .. infant, wvere immediately drownoed. The codies of the three women had been recovered, that of the infant hnd nuot been fojund at the last acconnt. Five out of six fine mutes :it tached to the wagon, were also drowned. The creek, it appears is crossed by a substantial bridge, wvhich was carried away by the freshet on Sunday night, and the negroes re:tehing the spot after dark when they could not see a step before them. thiough t themselves upon the bridge, unttil they wecre plunged headlong into the stream. Mr. Hackett, is a tian universally respected by all who knew him, and his sever~e and unexpected loss will awaken their heartfelt *sympathy in his behalf.-Abeville'Banner, TaE METYODiSTS IN ENGLAND.-The Wes. leyatn Methodists of England are engaged in raising the- munificent stun of otne hundred thousamnd pounds sterling for the relief of sonme of their contnexiotnal funds, and .?60,0s) have al ready been conitributed. IT is stated that some of the railroad corn panies refuse to carry the United Stattes mnails unless the Postmaster General will pay them, in some imiaties, a hundrAd per centt. more than they have heretofore reaeived. The Lotig Island Railroad Company, it is said, is one of the strikers, and the Posttmaster General hats or dered the mails to be sent by horse powver. FoDDER.-We learn that sixty-three balc3 of last, at the Chiarlotte depot, from Mr. J. Tol bert's plantation, ini Chester District. It was purchased by Mr. Keenan, at $1,25 pr. 100 lbs. We would suggest to our. country friends, that a good article of fodder, put up in neat packa ges, will alvays find a ready market here, at full prices.-Carolinian. THE FISHERY NEGoTATIoS.-lt is alleged that Mir. Cratmpton, the British Mlinister, in his negotiationi with Secretary Mazrey, oin the fishe ry question, demands that the 'United States Government shatll repeal its bounties on codfish. As this cannot be done ixcept by Cotngress, it lee it. Thte correspoindent of the Republic, from whose letter we learn the foregoing, s:ays: "lHe also demands the issuing of Amerienn iegisters to vessels built in the Biiish provin ees, and asks that British vessels be admitted to free participation in the Atlantic and P'acific coasting trade. In return, he proposes to yie!d 'us free fisheries close in the shore; titus aibro gating the three milo restriction to which we subniitted by the treaty of 1818. As wve claim as a right, sustained by inidisputable evidhence, all that Mr. Crampton proposes to yield us, ex cept the privilege tif fishing .within a distatnce of three miles from the. British shore, it is not probablie the negotiaters '.will aigree on such terms." THrE SCOLDING Wire.-Our-pen trembles in our hand as we write "scoldintg-wife," for, of all curses and torments on the face oft the earth, this demon is surely the greatest. Her horrible .temper hias Ariven her finsbandidfrg-since-to the' tavern, w'here, notwithstanding the terrible pe nalty he will have to pay for the association, he meets, at least, with smiles and jovial compan ions.. A man could lie dowvn in the swamps of Lou isiana, with a musquito sucking at every pore of his skin, and bear it, wvith more equanimity, than the everlasting clack of a scolding woman's tonente. What should be hier pleasure-the care of the household-she makes a misery to herself and all around her, and particularly to her poor hits band, who has to listen-if he expeets peace and quietness-wvhen he comes home to a meal, to a recital of all the detaihs of trouble she lias with the servants; how Billy dropta little oil on the landing which she kno'ws will never come out, and how little Eliza, being left to take care of herself, whilst she was looking- after the ser vants, threw her spools or Cotton into the fire, and lost every needle she had in' the world. The husband anxious to mollify thie irritation, says : " Never mind, my dear, let us have dinner; I v-. :1 bring you plenty of spools'of cotton and "There, that is just like you [-declare. Mr. B., it is no use of my slaving, and working; and saving, to make both ends meet, with your ex travagant ways. Heaven knows, your* income is not so large, that you can purehase spools and needles when mischievous childen choose to destroy thiem-but it's just like you! What o you care about your poor wife wvorking her fingers' ends off to make you comafortable? not a bit, as long as iour shirt buttons aS attended. to and your a ockings mended-that's #11 us 'poor wo.men are worth." , But myde , " Don'tr e ; I am not-to be. pooth ed doVn'by any O- your fine words,'for hile T an about, I wlllhave my any. Du.yrotee that, Mr.B? Oh !you do-it's a bit of' igar, it is. Well, I'm sure-and so, in spite of all I have said, you goto smokipg in the ged-room this morning, aner 1 went down to see about break. fast. Upon. my word, whae will you do.next? As though I hadn't worry and -vexation enough with the servants, with their nasty habits, but you must add to them." " D-n it, imdadam, am I fo hine my dinne'rr "There, that's right; begin to sw'ear; it-is so manly-to 'in-unprotected feimale." "Soup, madam!" "That's right; go on, go on." "No, madam, I will go off." A very straight coat tail is seen dashing down the 'street, and, in a few minutes afterwird-,'an anxious,-but quiet looking gentleman, is order ing a mutton-chop at Victor's, and drinking an uncommonly strong glass of brandy and water. Meantiiie, the devoted wife is amusing herself with the histeries, the only bad feature of which is--she recovers.-N. 0. Delta. ARTHUR SIMKINS, EDITOR. EDGEFIELD, S. C. WEDNESDAY AUGUST 17, 1853. Religious Intelligence. Rr.v H. C. IEaLONG, of the Methodist Denomi nation, %%ill preach on Sunday next at Jeter's Church. The Wover Dinner. TnE dinner, which has been so generously olered by Gen. Jons R. WEvFR to the Flying Artillery of this place, is to come off on Saturday next at the m. .nnMiat. We are usMijed 1r .I -- t. -6 Honorary Members of the Company are inchided i, the invitation. A delightful ore asion is anticipated. Capt. MORAGNE has returned and we supposed the whole company will turn out in full blaze. Por those who want fresh Meat. SEE the advertisement of W. GoODNA on anoth er column. Our old caterer, "GRAY, of Company A." line been compelled by bidily infirmity to give tp the buiness in which ie has so lung dealt to the satis. faction of almost all customers. We sym;iathise with the old regular sincerely ii his affliction and hope he may soon be able again to " take the position of a soldier" as has always been Itis manner. In the mean time, we are convinced that his sur cessor, GOODDaAN, will continue to supply our market fully with as fine beef, mutton &c., as the country affords, and we commend him to the liberal patronage of the town. A Very Beautiful Present. ON Friday last, as we were sitting in a piaza and .-ooking lazily on our dull public square, a servant girl came up with a waiter of mtost delicious peaches and grapes very tastefully interspersedh with rare roses and other flowvers of the season. The skill antd beauty of the arrangement was not exceeded by any thing we sawv in the most elegant Northern Saloons. One peach especially was large and-luscious above all the rest, white all of them were as good as any epicure coutld desire. The grapes two were full, black, juticy, and sweet. AndI, in shtort, since our occupation of thme chair editorial, we have never been comtphmnted with consideration of our enterprizing and tasteful fellow citizen, Ma. 4AMU'E. Batooas, to whom we now re turn ouir best thanke, wishting for him at the same time health and happiness for the balance of his days. We omitted to make our acknaowledgements last week to our neighbor, MAastu, for the two delightful water melons he'gave us on our returtn from abroad. We do so nowy however, and assuro SAMs that they nere delightful to our palate and fully appreciated not only by our self, but by " the wife and children " too. Atnd so thank ye, SAM ! The Cotton Crop. Ova planters are now estimnatng their cotton crops at a mucha higher vatlue than they, at one period of the summer, supposed it possible for them to reach. 'The plant is now growing rapidly and at the sanme time " making " as well as heart could desire. Withtout further disaster, the crop may possibly surpass that of last year. We mentionted last week a sitngle boll whic~h was found open on the 2nd inst. Many htave remarked to us since, that this was not by any meatns ani advanced showittg, as c'n that day, in some forward sections, opened bulls could have beet, seeni all alontg each row. We have ourself received a brief note from Mr. E. W. RU-TAND, manager for Mrs. T~arrtA WA-rsoN, otn the Ridge, statiing that on the 12th inst., one of his hands picked ottt one lAundlred and forty pounds.--Muney is said to he alread y abuntdanat among our people, cowing to te exceetdingly fine yield tof our gold crop. We trust the cotton crop will make up what is lacking, so that all of our htorns may be filled antd all of us may get ric:h at once without any more troubla in zba cirami.ca. -. New Band of X~usic. WEare glad to see that it has been dleterminedI upon by the gallant officers of the 7tht Regimnent to get up a new Brass Band oct scientific principles. The ir. ments are to he paid for otut of the R~egimental treasu ry, and young gentlenten from the various beats have stepped forward, enough to make up a highly respec table corps of musicians. On Trhurscday next thtey hold their first tmeeting at Mt. Tabor Church tm this vicinity, for the purpose of or ganisation. We think ite efflurt a very laucdable one and wish it may terminate successfutlly. There is no. reason why it should not, if all hands will link in for the purpose of attaining to something extra. We shall endeavour to attnd their meetings from time to time, as we may fitnd it convenient, and will take pleasure in assastintg by any suggestion we may be able to throw ut. BontLER, the leader of the best Augusta band. is to be their instructor.--We would say to the individ ale, who are to compose this new band, that they mutst resolve to rise considerably above thte miserable " twa e, twa te " of ouar common old field music, both in pint of taste, spirit and .variety, or else they bad just s well not undertake rhe-businiess. *Sweet Water'Acadeniy. FaoMt a commutnicatton in our present number, signed " Curryson," it will be seen thtat the citizens f our District, who live in the neighborhood of Sweet Water Springs, have, recently held an enthu siastic meeting for the purpose of establishing a first lass literary Institution in that locality. Nothittg that has occurred in old Edgefield for a lung time has rufled our thisom with more -heart-felt satisfaction. han this event. We trust the undertaking will rove eminently prosperous; nor have we a doubt but hat it will, krnowinmg, as we do, the intelligence, igh character and wealth of the many gentlemen who have its establishment' and advancement at eart. Most cordially do we wish them a God speed it their enlightened and praise worthy effort. They re doing now thme very thing, of all others, which mur country's welfare most loudly calls for. We ish the same good spirit would take hold of our ellow-citizens in other neighborhoods that we wot ~f. Edgefield District, from her size, population, ~igh tone and abundant agricultuiral resources, has ng occupied a highly respectable rank among her iter Districts. If she could now become dotted ver, as it were, with schools and academies based pon enlarged and improved principles, by means of vhich the advantages of superior mental and moral raining could be placed within the reach of every ~armer's eon or daughter, there is no calculatinig how ,t would tell upon the elevatimon of her character. Wil not othten look to the example now set before hem by our Sweet Water friends anad prepare speeci The Rail Road. Rumpus. TioERE seems to be a general excitement in our State at present upon the subject of Rail Roads. .Among the people on the 5avannah River side 'ally, this excitement amounts to something like a n the piney woods, spreading and blazing and ckling and roaring as it goes. To show the hig ch of feeling at which gentlemen have arrived, wA I only advert to lite fact that a very innocent at t, (per petrated by us some time back) merely t . er the enthusiasm that we saw arising in differen was met with reproa'ches bordering upon denun as being both ungenerous and absurd. Fo offered a simple array of plain thought*, plucked f in the writings of another, (mainly for the sak oftb bearing upon the propriety and necessity of 'on: and circumspection in all Rail Road enterprivs'siw6 were pounce upon by a neighboring paper as tlia enemy of a pa.ticular route and held up'(as we havS been recently informed,) by .an individual, atisome meeting in the Dark Corner of Edgefield District, as a foe to progress in.general. Now, with all due respect for the Editor of the Hamburg Republican and for that orator (!) whose Ph-lippics were incurred by our un lucky 'faux pas,' we positively assert that we were actuated by neither feeling. At the same time, we bear no manner of spite towards either of our accusers, seeing that they were (and for aught iwe know still are) reeling under the influence (if a rapturous rAil road prospect which has disabled them from viewing com mon things in their proper. light. 4feir opinions to the contrary notw ithstanding, we pliti. deprec'ate the undue excitement now prevalent anng our fellow-, citizens, and we still respectfully invoke their calm, dispassionate jndgment on all such matters. To em hark precipitately in large and expensive projectsi without fully calculating all the costs and careftly reckoning the results which may follow, is unniso on the part of companies as well as of individuals. - If a disregard of the suggestions of prudence on such occa sions is -one of the elements of modern progress, then are we in deed opposed to-it. Let us look around for a monent and observe the condition of the different rail road enterprises in our section. First there is the Greenvilli and Columbia Rail Road just now fairly and fully in operation as far up as Anderson Court House-a road which has cost its friends year of tr-inY ;- ar.'.nl ?d'-eds of thousands -f h! wa Aru'wr- on iellig ee saneia1 , a d : -.1-, completion, -.% 1 er w ;i a "r-i. strong wi! ... -t. ', u rectors In owin.-- . - * nerve as was ;eer e~i1ibite! t. any j:w-..w prospects at the outset were daza.~.ngly bright, and they have done all they cou3ld to realize them. But how standi it with that company now ! Disheartened lby the unfureseen diflicuilties they have had to conend with, and alarmed by the unexpected development of a competition which hid never entered their imagina tionQ, they are ready to atiit that their situation has become pr,:cariots in the extreme. That they will still put forth their whole'energies to save themselves in cone way, we do not doubt. And we hope they may lie able to do so ot proper principles. It is enough for our precent purpose to know that the brilltant visions which once gilded their future have become suddenly overcast with a cloud which immiiently threatens their extinction. We regret it as much as any one not di rectly implicated. Still, if well considered, itsl'ould teach others a wholesome lesson and for this reason alone we herd refer to it. Turn now for a moment to the Savannah River Rail Road project. There we find a charter obtained and saved-plenty of capital (with the gold mine of course) reatdy to go towards its construction-men of itntelligence and spirit deeply initerested in its estab lishment and sanguine of its success. We hear of 'tock-holders in the Greenville and Columbhia Rail Road who are putting down their figures wildly to this new enterprise, believing at the same titme. that it must resu!' :2 : . :-ir !f-t !... &> - which the e - -'.i are out to - who hast. the btok. -; . Every p1 by day atnd wreattnint arounid his iorain *,., i.am dreams of wealth and splendor by night, all to come to pass as a necessary sequence of this grand opera. tion. And yet, the Route has never been surveyed nor is it kntown, certainly, ithitn five thousand dollars per mile o)f what the rtjad us to cost-nor cani it be told with any precision where it is to rtun. If we are wrong in any of these statemenits, we wvill cheer fully admit the correction from wvhatever quarter it may comte. We should tnot have made the last one had we not hetard bitt the other dlay that some of the stockholders thought the Rouad ought to cross the.Sa vannahi river ten miles above Auigtists. and terminate in that city, while othters believed just as firmly thtat it would be ku-pt on the Sooth Carolina side and ter minate in H~ambuirg. True, these may prove to he no dilfcutlties in the cend. All may come right. An ac curate survey may show the ronte to be a 'cheap one and a straight one. All may agree to let the road go down on one or the othier side of thieSavannahi. 11am. burg may agree to let it terminate in Augusta, or Aum giasta, which city designs bringing her whole weig~ht to bear int this matter, tnay agree to let it terminate ini Hamburg. These thitags, wye say, tay all work smooth ly in the enad. Or, they may not. We think the pros and cons on this last point worthy the considerationi of all who may be interested. the City of Charleston, and the South Carolina Rail Road Comipany, to say nothing of a large support it wouild receive all along its entire length. This, we are free to say, is considered by us as the great under taking of the day for South Carolina. Our opinion is based upon several reasons, only otne of which we have room here to mention, antd that very briefly. We hold that the great object now to be attained by us, in order to advance the prosperity, not only of our own State, bitt of the Southern States generally, is the fostering and builditng up of some Southern sea poirt upon the Atlantic coast, which may become a great matrt for otur whttle section, with the ability to offer equzal facilities, in a commercial point of viewv, with any city in the Union. Charleston is unqgtes tionably thtat port, and the State of South Carolina is, or otughat to be, deeply interested in hastening by every prudential and politic measure the consunmma tion of her prospierity. One principal means of doing this is the formaution of a connecting link between the City of Charleston and the heart of the Western Inte rior for the purpose of inducing as large an amouitt as possible of the rich produce of that abundant coiuntry. Ini this effort we are thrown into competition with other cities, North of us, who are moving heaven and earth to reap the whole advanttages of that magnificent trade. Now, thae usingle question is, whether or not we are, in a struggle like this, to seek for the most direct, the clieapest, the most permanent, the safest and the most econtomical route between the two points, de sired to be connected. If we are, then the dispute shouldl terminate in a general agreement'to build the road from Aiken to the Rabun Gap forthawith. But if it can he shown that this great object will be more completely achieved by going out of the direct way, which nature herself htas almost prepared, to accom modate a small strip of coutatry and to pick up some thirty or forty thousand bags of cotton, when to do so involves a considerable increase of distance, a vast in-1 crease of expense, a descent from the grade attained at Aiketn of over two hundred feet and a more curved arid dangerous ruoute altogether--if this, we say, he judgmenut, wisdom, prudence, economy, or any mem ber of that august family, whly tlhen let the rails he laid along the.Savannah river, even down to the town of Hamburg, S. C. We are inuformued that this Inst road will positively be built, arid so it may be. It is thought too that it will result iut nmterially benefittmng Augusta and Ham ,urg. We hope it may. It is a very desirable thing our us in Eligeield to have near at hnd, two flou rishiing tmarkets for our produce. c At the same time this advantage to the particuarr t ntteresuts o-f or District does nor prevent us from fore- e lm== amoamos_ _ tuil surcess of this-Savanna enterprise- We have no objection to admittin twill be accom plished. (The Greenville limaia Road before it is also nearly accomjilish i t I: to whether it will ever sustain itself in comn d ith the beauti ful ridge route about to be oe *the Ribun Gap Company, we must be perm te ntertain some doubts. And we accordingly mend caution to all who may be ready to r' eircapital upon its prospects. In doing so, we ier ourself as but discharging a plain duty to th munity in which we live and to which we are.' by the strongest -Itn be that both themi oswould not more tankect the nec esilnes of ti We would like tube convinced that this wo so because then we could most cordiallyloin ge 1shiut for bnth proje lin n th p'C. matter pr___I 3tr e fair and free co'ii ition forill i monpoly for alnv." 'C05 gNICATIONS. It TiE ADVEaTISR. THE E BU PL I EOAD. Ms. Enro.: is a matte-.of iegret 'that this Road has ceased i deserve the name of the " l1am burg and Edgef.ed Plank md." But so it is With an utter dregard of thneaning and spirit of his charter, in ntamt of th certain expdetations of lan-dholders ror: the Old tells up to our village, (who gave thirigh t of way ugh their premises under the im esskn that th ei d was to he carried directly on Edg efield CoutpHouse), in. the face of common noe and comm e ice, the Presdent of this rla Con:-pany ha iopped short on his proper rout, two miles ou f our-town, and has turned h:s perations quite towards one of the extreme vi a of our corpoa limits. He is thus making hidself anf lhis. r odious to our who!e community-lhe is .liScomm orng.a large portion of his fellow-cit ins, wchose lib al patronage has thui far helped him'on t. success' 4nd, in short, he is using the 1.ttlej -ttyauthorit3for his positiont for the perpetration of w atI must bq permitted to consider n .'ttrnse utnan ,ery prinek-of9 fairness and libe v ,A :i' t~ . WU,;,* It. ~~~V shu ' ~ " ' i t.; 1 1 . RiC:," until the arm of ihe*tw-shaitM.:w I liberate them from their thfaldom. When I look upon the farsical fact, I can 6t exeaim in the Ian guage of Dnnine Sampson-hrodigious."l I have heard a good dealitout the rapidly in creasing def ets of tltis fun.i Plank conebrn re cently, whith I must reserve @r a future nrii.le. "PRO poNO 'PUBLICO." Wa. THE ADVEaTISER. Ma. EDITOR,-! have I ly attended two or three meetings on the Saludside of the Distriet, the sole purpose of vhich w to facilitate and pro mote the education i f the y nng.-The first was at "Shady Groae" in tie neigborhood of Col. DAVID Drxxv's and Maj. GEO. I!. rs, and the seconl was at " Pine Grove" in thoeighborheod of Col. P-EUDEN BoUeaNIGr~ir 'T, ADAM -eI'4iCK's an d MAI LON PADGETT's, IL9. Th 1ool at the fimer of the places mentioned ~0ducted by alessrs. lit'sCnELL & TAPRiE.T, e'onf dof abouit fifty-fiye pupils, tnd its examnition xtehibition were. at tended by near a thousand pokns. A rid the School at the lattecr place, e-mduet .Eylr.1 Watn-r, of Ud-t-tus, eonnitt,-do -,rI . mtib of puplst and enthusiasm pervatdinmg the nm etings, amad .. .. t to the caunse of education, w vtch gave earnest, that the c:tizens of the sections -the District named. were re.solved that thir chid ren should be as ae complisha d in learning as tb~ fieiltics of the coun try wouald allow thenm to be,4and if they hereafter failed to take that position isociety to which they were entitled by their b;rth a d fortunes. they shouud have no reason to reprinach.beir patrenits for their own short comings. It was truly a noble spetple, to see the youtng antd old, the richt and poor, ntd ali ehttses of the people of Saluda, thtus coning forward and phtteing their gifts ott the altars of lep rning, antd thierefoare, on the altars of their cou'ntry.- Noathing could evince more forcibly the progress of that region, in improvenment, and their eeneroums zeal to rival, in initellig. nee, the other portions of the District of Edgelield. The children too manifested an earnestness and emulation, wvhich betokened their future useful ness and distinetioi ; and I mnyibe permitted the re maark, in this connection, thait I never beheld, in aniy olace or in any country, a nupaber of more spright of thte Schoa s, ad.li-esse~ i .ar.c -- who had assembled to witness the performances al luded to, at some length. H e appeared to be in eae't, and dwelt at large, on the adve ntages oir :educatin--it advantags - the young and to the inhabitenis of every cuty and its peculiar advtatages fEthe'eitizens and sub jects of the United States Guyvernment.. Hie endeavored to hold ont to those who had the guardianship of the young, evkry motive anid every inducment, to aiffira~ their wards .thte benefits of, learning and of early trninumg ; contending, that, though education was nt itself reahly nmind andh itelleet, it was yct the food of the mind, and that hpan which the niind subsisted; grew and developed its faculties. The only difl'reriee, between the miost barbarous people of the same. race, resulted from he difference of their education. Uad it not beeni Fr the opportunities of learning extended to us, we would not yet have enmerged from the darkness, hat obscured the utnderstanding of the Ancient Britons and the Druida. Intelligence and learning better prepares a man hr every condition and employmetnt o'f life-fo;r the Legislative Halls, the '---tm, the beneifhle bar, the mtle-field, andi even '-4 ootton-f.-' t is most certainly tr . ion, only assists thty r, send the points neceui o insure success from; .. . on. The young hwve greawvr incentives to study, and nore ambitious hopes and aspirations in this con ry than in any other on the globe. It is here I lotte, that merit, and virtue and sagacity claim the t igliest honors and'the high aiippointments of the < Ivernment. The son cven -Ni a beitgar in the nited States has equal, perhaps better chances of .3 uccess and of distinction thiaf the son of a President, e ecause all men here, where thiere is no distinction I ( rank or birth, are permittectilnd invited to strive ! ar the highest stations, and -thesymnpathies of the it onmnunity are generally with thlbopoor.< It is more important that the psple of the United 1 :tates should be intelligent an'd edua'ted, becauset very man here is in sonme Ikyt~ nl.ergaccording p ythie beautiful theory of oup Governmesi,~and is e ntitled to vote for the highest ofeers of the State ti ithough he may not be worthua farthing, and maiy ti not pay at penny'of public tax. if the people, there rore, or the real rulers of the country, are ignorant and depraved the laws will partake of the frailty of their makers, and will be wicked, insufficient and adious; and the ultimate consequencoes will be an rechy and ruin, or despotism and slavery. If our Dounitrynen though, shouTld properly improve the talents aud means with which they have been en diwed by a beneficient God, the most glorious des tiny awaits us that ever blessed the hipes of any nation. The Speaker traced in empiatic language, the rapid improvement of Edgefield for the last fifteen years, and felt himself fully justified in ascribing it altogelter to the influence of the preacher and the Schoolmaster-to tl Schoolnaster, that benefactor of the human races whoc employment is often dontemnedi y the - tmt, and eveh in thistonn try, is yet scarcely reputed as it should be, among the h',ghest and most honorable professions. The speeches of Mr. A axE were listened to, to the endl, with the best attention of the large masses of men and women, to w% hose judgments he ap pealed, aHd most fervently addressed his discourse. JOTIN PROGRESS. FOR THE ADVERTISER. NEW SCHOOL. MAR. EDIToR,-Edgefield District, at least, seems to be u aking up to the importmnee of having good Schools. Our village Atcademics, though in their infancy, are in a very flattering condition. Bethany is still flourishing; so is Woodville, which was es tablished only last year; and other Schools are growing up atmong ts. But without being invidious, it may safdly be said, that the first movement in the right direction to form a large, permanent and r.nlly good Academy in Edgefield is now being mnade b'y the neighborhood of Sweet-Water Church. where a Pick Nick was given on the 10th inst.,to pronote the establishment of the Academy. It was estimated that between twe!ve and fifteen hundred persons were present. Capt. A. J. HAMt MOND was 11e orator of the day and he discharged his duty ably. lle did not flatter has audience or the District of Edgefield, in regard to the present addiess, that did him great creait. 1, ae fur perhaps half an hour in a truly eloquent manner. This meeting on the 10th inst. was an adjourned one, to which the Committ'ee appointed tat a previous mtaeting, omiade a Report as to the m1tost eligble. site for at Academy atnd the best method of raising funds for establishing it. The Report was read by t'C Chatirat 'of tle Comamittee, Capt. RoBER-r aaIERRwETHIEat, who, as the writer understanals, dest-rves much praise for the active part ie has taken to secure the success of the undertaking. The plan of -the Rxeport in to select a locality on Mr .oEL CURRY'S land, near Sweet Water Chureb, and to raise a fund of $50,000 by subscription in shares. But the Report suggests that so soan as $25.00 shall be subscribed, that the coampany of stockha 1.1. rs orga'nise themiselves, by electing a Priddent, four I irectiars, Secretary anad Tretasturer, to mtanage thec tinancial aflaias of the conacern. It is alsao recommtaended thaat thae coatpaany proceed at once to erect butilding~s anad aaaake othecr arrange mencts for openinag the Fehaool. As thte Report was aopte~d atd as over $30,000 of stock htave beat - ,~-e -.--!2 Ieet at Sweet Water h -.'(n . ce: ofli.crs and oirgantile. % .n,older's bond is thaat he *. st, or atnassesa t :- ' -. t e - a'. r m shall be necessary. I . t .o h~ 'a~ th. subscription list with :.' , mI a *. - . ::-aie a free gift of one bw.r:~ si !a:-J a :, camptany tas a site far thec Acadeaay. Col. LANaIAa, Ctapttains hI.ua3boND and hialaawETnERa, as weil tas Skers' SAMUEL. G.tRD.NEa, 'TaoMAs R EESE, Rev. SA Mtcs, ETZ~EN and serml othters, wimse naames I htave not learned but which should be publbslted fair their liberality, echf subscribed $ a,000. Sublscripitio. of $500, $100 and of $50, were freely -takent ott the 10tht, and tannny htave since beer, added. So that thec en terpraise many be regarded as baoyond the possibiity of fadhare naow. The'pltace selected is aan admnirab'e location for a Schtool. It is hight, henthby aand nettr thec line thaat sepatraates the aaak and plate region. It ison thte PIhtmk Rotad, leadamg froat Chterokee Ponds to Andersona's Miill, antd is therefore very aceessible, besides beln:: conveatient to Iltahturg and Augustat. Perennaitai springs and a beauttiful stream of water ae close at hanad, and btathaing, fishinag antd bitt riding, whtich ate so use-ful aand d-.-Yghatful to Schaool cildren, can easily be had itn thte mill ponds and Steven's Creek, whaich are tacar enough to afford these luxuries, w.thout beang dangerous to healtht. t sents to me thtat " Sweet Water Aecadenay" is too lang aand tawkwtard a phraze to designtate thae e...... .,.....;..,.1 .:'~ that is to equal, if not --- - -~e ebury. Jan aadtioat to a. - aaat place, andi ats thec ... en be - chnaed about b my -te name of the Acatde elsewhere, whaere at F- -or anty othter kindI of - "Ta new name shaould des ignate sonmeth'ng peratammtg to or echaranetistic of the plsace, and I propose Curry tott, as a deserved complimenat to Mir. JOEL CURRYv fir hais munificent doationa oaf 100 acres of land and $2,000 coatri tut:on to thte Schaool funad. The teramination is a con tractioin of " Taiwn," as is the ease in Chtarleston. None of thte usual suffixes, ' \-ille," " Burg," SFord," " Land,"' " Wood" &e., will suit thte tw harsh letters " R" int Mr. C's naame, so well s " Toat." 1 therefore propose Curry ton as beitag upoin the wholek, thte mtost appropriate and euphia rtions name t''at we can give our naew Town, atnd [believe all of thes stockhtahlets as well as the ubie -genterally will coneur~ with nae. Before closintg, it mighat be asked, whay do not our eople forat other educational villages. Unttilthtey to, it is foly to htope thiat we ecan ever have good shools. Edgefield District conataints about 1700 quare m;les, and has a white population spread iver it in roaund numtbers of 17,000. N~ow accord g to the Prussiana method of estimaatiaag thte num ,r of Schaool chai~drent in a counatry, our district aght to hanve one good School for every thousattd hite inhlabitants, and consequently thtere should a fiane Acadlemy in the centre, air near there, of v tettnamiles square. The Prussians say that hird -of a commnunit.y are chdreir, and-thtat of this thmird are over 7 and under 14 yettrs of or in othter words, thaat they ate capable of ding Schtool. If we take thais as our guide, rthousand inhlabitants furnishes 166 scholltars 'r aoth sexes, or 83 of either sex, and therefore htey ecan have a good male or female School, or oth. If patrents' and neighabors would combine leir effoarts and nmeans, they might educate their hildren at htome or nearly so, by living in otto of ese educational villages, or near it, or at least not Sdistant but that their children might ride to elool, or come home on Friday e:entiug. Thtus ome influence would be felt' in foiraning the child's riniples and manners. A methter's tender catre ndl .a fathter's wvatchful surveillance of the morals h:s chtilad would not be lost. Board mighat be ad neh cheaper thata at the Court House. Tui ot would be less dear, and the facilities for dissi otion would'be fewer at one of thtese Educational yuntry villages. Moreover, thu example of ex avaganat dress wvould be wanting in a village where1 of wealth. I do not underrate our Schools at the C Court Hoose. They are flourishing and I rejoice 1i at it. Children ought perhaps to "graduate" as they say, from home. Let youig Hopeful and V Miss Fanny finish .ibeie education iat the District .4 or State Capitol. But early impressions me most l.:sting and they should be received at home. A boy ought not to be sent abroad where there are " None to check and few to.point in lime, The thousand paths that slope the way to rime." CURRYTON. FOR. 'T ADVERTIMS. SAVANNAH BIER RAT.ROAD. Ma. Eurroa,-The whole wor:d- is moving. Europe is in commotion.- Russia is idvancing upon Turkey. Australia is ep'iiting to sei from England. Christian ad ,iili*ation are attack ing China. ltepuilicmsns and- "donimree arel silently, but actively .unbinding -the galling chain of King craft and Priesteraft apd all the other fetters, iv'hich have heretofore kept the. nations of the earth from pursuing their proper destity. In. short, the world is developing itself and commerce, utilitarianism, materalism, -or whatever ytu may choose to call.it, is the cause of all this' - The pre sent unnatural stimulus to progress and develop ment in niind and matter is attributable very much, to the Steam Engine and the- example of America as regards government. Next to the introduction of sound currency and uniform weights and mea sures, the formation of good roads and bridges are said by all economists to give greater facilities to commerce, and to contribute more powerfully to progrevs and improvement than any thing else. No man or neighborhood has any use whatever for aurplusa products, nor can any one man, or country produce all, or even half of the articles that he or they may need. The surplus cotton of the South would be entirely worthless to the slave holder and his surplus ice would be of the same value to the Yankee, uuless such superfluities could be exchang ed. Man must be social. Nature, race, so:1, eli mate, government, in truth God has so ordained it, and hence whatever surplus products we may have, whether of agriculture, of manufactures, of mines. of the forest, of the sea or what not, we must ex change them to make them at all useful. And to exchange 1them we must transport them, which cannot be done except. by .gspd.roads. It matter. not whether these roads are on water or on land. Whether the speed and power of transportation along them, is regulated by pedlars, horses, canals, paddles, si's or steamu Engincs. they are but roads sti!l. A canal is only an artificial road, and the ocean itself is a public highway. The deck of every vessel, as it ploughs the deep, is as sacred as the soil of the country to whelh such vessel be long4. Pro-luetion, transportation and exchange then are the three great prerequisites for the pro gress and developenent of any country. Of the three, tramnportation is decidedly the most impor tant. It is an easy matter to produce and easier still to exchange, but under many circumstaneces and in many localities, it is a very hard and expLn sive task to transport. We Americans are well aware of this, and our unparalled pro'gress is wealth, populaton, and general prosperity may 4e attributed to our facilities for transrortation more than to any thing else. We even now have more miles of railwtty than all the rest of the world, and yet we have quite as much projected and buildiag as we have in operation. South Carol.ina, when the seiece of Railways was in its inafancy, took the lead of the world for a time. in preparintg the trasck f..r the Iron horse, but she was compelled to desist front the noble enterprise on account 'of thei finan cial distresses oif the country in~ 1836 andi '37. Sinice that time her -more tardy anad cautious sisters, proiitng by her bitter experience, have dashed on eaigher far behsind. But th am t tt absout ten years ago;and thanks to cotton, to the getneral peace of te world, to' the gold of Califotniat and Australia, our glorious little State is up and doing once more. She may now exclaim " IRichardl is hsiunself againt !"' The pansic is gonie, andi Rail ro~ads are at this mouitent running to half thme Court Houses in the State. Say Newberry, Laurens. Abbeville, Antderson, - Greetsville, Spartanburg, Unionville, ~Winnsboro', Chsestervil!e, Yo~rkville. Camden, Sttmterville, Marion and Orangeburg. Various new routs are being projected and somte are atually builditng. So that perhnps ten years tmore wvill hear the piercing neigh of the war hsorse that conquetn timec at every country scat ins Somth Carolina, except perhasps, two or three in the at - dy, marshy and .unhealthy districts below. But even Coosawhatchsic and Walterboro, arc strtug gling hard for a roatd from Charleston to Savannah with some prospect of success. South Carol~na is at present intersected by six great lutes of Rlailway that extend from Charleston, in various directions, nearly to the borders of the State, or quite beyond them. Thought all this is true, yet the Savannah River Road will al.so be built. No one can doubt it, who will pass along thre line of the proposed road. The route is favorable, the people are wealthy antd never in my live., have I seen so mtuech enthu siam manifested ins any undertaking of a commner eial ebtaracter. I was present at Rocky Pond ott Tuesday last, where a Biarbaeue was given to pro sflrte the builiig nr this roi~, and $45;000 stock were taken, whens the ntost sanguine did not expect to get ever $20,000O. The people of the Dark Corner seem to have caught the Georgia feeling of wvorking more antd talkintg less, or rather they are resolved to build the road any how, and pay for it as ihe'y can. *Capt. ANDaEW IAMdoMtD and Jos AIaNEY, Esq., addressed the meeting at liocky Pond, and both acquitted thtcmselves handsomely. Mr. Aassy among many other arguments said thtat the l'ad construction, circuitous route and danger- I ous location of the Greenville and Columbia Rail road would forever prevent its being able to com-t pete successfully with the Savannah River Road. Mlr. HIAxtSoYD was copicus in Ihis statisties, as to S the cost, protits. and nu~mber of miles.of railway in, each State and section of the Union. lHe appealed eloquently to the interest, patriotism and good sense of Isis .audience, to subscribe liberally, Hiesaid that as good as the charter shall be secured, Charles tots, A ugusta and Savannah, will each and all comet ith bended kn~eesr and offers of large subscriptions to aid in the project. That we preferred Charleston and Hamburg, or rather our own State and peop~e, rovided they would do thseir duty, but that the friends of this Road,.rather than fail, will throw hemselves into thie arms of A ugusta and Savannah, p y crossing the River at Fury's Ferry,' or near si Col. B3AUSr.-r-'s plantation. The charter, as I ti earn, is a]:ecady secured, and thtis contpany which tarted but the other day, which has been the ob-- tl eetlirst of ridiette-tt tiwft ,itulibration, will son be organised and will hmve.the vitality and the P lesh and muscle of a living, .moving, active mam noth corporation. The "right of way" will be heerfully given by nearly every free h. Ider hrough whose land the road will paes. This will be n immense saving of itself. The prime cost of ailroads in Enghanid is on the average $177,000 er mile, and it is $25i4,00J0 in France, mostly on acount of the difliculty of getting the right of ay where populastion is dese and lsnd is dear.1 he scarcity and -consequent high price of mate- .i ials for superstructure, depots, bridges &e., also ini uiter into the account. The same may ho said in aless degree of Railroads at the North, where 0 ey cost about $44,000 per mile. But at the outh, even whei-e labor is so much dearer than it the North or in Europe, Railroads are built for - 15,000 per mile, and such is the estimated cost of le Savanstah River Road. It is to' be hoped that ~hnrleston and the Legislature will keep the Roiad is side of the River. It would -be a sad fate that ma ....a... .b..arg m e avst.a.ted tea.ll that is to rush her -by rolling over to Augusta. Baf~ s r as not force~enough to bring it to Hamburgullest ie-State wil aid her. Heretofore, where alnl bad organised but got intbo trouble for thei want or atns, our Leislatwre has ,always hclJgo ui lit is pretmed that the preeden4. tast it-should be follosed intthis ease.~ '' - . ; _F .t ~R ADE~ -- -JoaRIE aT:E. MAL-ED:Toa,-iAgreeab# oo ajourned mect - ng, a large and repetabIo cel'd.of vheoeitfz ofour-Distr' -assembled at Mt. t ison C ute in Wednesday the-10th-iisf. The meeting was jalled tobider 1 nAIRTik, and the orderof the day sta Rev.. S. P. Gsirzmx offered.a ferent to t A kuthioriof every-goed,fur a blesing up n ng and the object in view, after-shich X - EIAmxor'Darose and addressed the met-tinj 'il irofound and sound -aifuienti infifavor ofl'Ae ion, urging with earnatness; the-ropriett-of-itn imd:nte action and -united effort in the g ea'euse of Education. After the closeof-his address, Capt. R.it wETUEa. Chairinan of the Commttee, arts ! ead their Report. There being only tweftese ected for the location of the Institution, viz ri >ch Church and near Jor. CcaiR s residence. 'e latter place being the choiec of a majorty'-of -thd ommitteewas adopted by the mecting as ibeplaflce )f location. The books were then opened for Sfock, and re mained so ihroughr the day;-at the e!ose of ti~e diy. 26,600 Stock'were taen, asufficieney for t en. lowment of the institut n. A motion was m fdated- that th smpet, lg request of Capt. A. J.-usxn sP..a copy of iddress for publication. - A ppointed Friday, the 19th-of Augus ifor' ng of the Stockholders to organizeihe r enip nyl. A ppointed a Committee consatiug of R. be ether, A. J. lamnind, G. Boswell, T. Ia1:nu md W. G. Harris to draft a Constitutibu for i overnment of the Cumpany. Appointed J. Curry, J. Adam, anid David -Glover o take charge of the Books aid to obtain Stoik A motion was made arid slopted that the .pro -eedinsrs of this Meeting be tublinhed in the , S. P. GETZEN, MODERATOR. .T. Cuay, Sec'ry. OBITUARY. DieD, (in Sunday moi-ning. 14tiaist., Mrs. MA uox A. Picasxs. wife of Col. F. W. Piczass, in jae 290h year of her age. 0MMERIL Correspondence of the Advertiser. - I I AN .l ! RG. A ug. 13th, 1853. COTTON ,-During the 'week ending td-lay, we ive hail some little demand for this artiee, at. im proved rates. The tnaesactions however, haebeen uite limited, the offering stocks being.'so light. We quote 7 to 10 a 10 ets. (7 TRE Friends of Mr. LEE HOLSON retspectfully announce him-as a Candidate-for. Tix Collector at the ensuing eleciion. Butler Lodge,~ No, 17,.1;0. 0. F' A Regular Meeting, of this' Lodge will be held ob Monday evenlbg next, at7 o'clock. .--< - - - 1-kBOULWRAE, See'ry Aug 17 -I.-It New M~ourning- Goods '. N 1 OEN & SHEAR, Abgusta, Gt LINE IDELAINFES, - - - Plain blaek ALPACAS and Canton CLOTUS-of superior qumlity. New patterns hlk and white GlN.GH A1MS, - do o do do - Englishx PRIN TS, Ladlies' plain CIIEMIZETTi.S aud . UNfER SLEIEVES, wiih Linen COLL ARS and CUFFS, in setts for Mourinig, White- and blk Crape COLLARS,:of varied pat terns and very desirable styles. --Also JTneonet Muslin EDGINGS and [NSERTINGS .f the latest designis and must beautirul weork and patterns ; to all of wvhichi they miost respectfully in vite the attention of the public. A ugust 15 tf , 31 Butchering, Butchering! THE~ Subscriber respectfully in forms the citizens of Edgefield ands vicinity that he has purchased of .~ih-e f r C. al. GaAY, his interest in the nuee-e ppuirenainces thereto, for the iurpos.e of continuing the B3UTCHEIR1NG BUSI N ESS. lie hopes by giving his strict ,personal attentitin to said business-to merit and reeire a liberal share uf public patronage ; ano it will ever be his earnest desire to give perfect sattisfuietio'n to aill. His BEEF, MUTTON and PORK will always~ be of the best quality that caii be procured, without regard to expense or trouble in geting them. ie wmill have market regnuarly every morning ttil further notice. His prices ~will be as moderate is circumstances will admit. (F Settlements will be required everyEo; ny eveniing. W W.UU ODUM h. August I7 . 4t 51! Admnstao' Sale.. T'HIER E will be a salo of all tho prope.rty' rea' uand per~onal, of the late Dr.- Wu. CUArXAn, t the residec of the deceased, on TUlURSDAY lie 1st Septemiber, coimuieneiing at 10 o'cloe'k, A. ., consist~ing of Four Likely Negroes, eorge, Adam, and .one woman aiid child,. one Io:se and Buggy, a 'good assortmentof.Iledicines, oks, Hosh and-Kitchen Furniture, Planta on To..ls, and Uk, &e. Tzaus.--On ~edit of twelve months, with in ~rest froma the day. of ~ale, an.1 purchasers giving leir notes with approved securities. :Ahl sumns-of 500 arid uiider to be paid in cash.. If the ternlis of asle are not complied wii,.-in-any istnce, the property wilt be resold. at the risk of~ ic firut-purchiaser. . -J01hN A. CHAPMAN,:Adm'or. August17 - St. 31 grThe Newberry- Sentinel will please copy ice. Strayed. FR OM the subscriber, necir.Jones' Bridge, North Edisic Rkver, .on the 27th of .July hmi, a sniall SORREL HORSE and a CR EA M COLORED1 ILLY. No mar-ks of gear, on either. On the de of the Sorrel's back there is a scur cauted by e saddle. - Any information-concerning sajd hiorses' willbii ankfulty received, and any. person taking thent ar.d informing the Subseibe of th new 'liberally rewarded and all reasonable .ecpenses mid. DANIEL LiVINGSTON. Ball Swamp, Orangeburg, S. C. - Aug17 ' -, 1m 31 Sher'ifis Sale. STATE OF SOUTRfCAROLINA, EDGEFIELD' DISTRICT. David Harris, ) ins. ' Fi. Pa. - - Enos Clark. - } Y Virtue of the Fi. Fa. in the above'ense SI shal proceed to soll on the nut -Monday September next, at E'dgefield C. H., One lack Mule and Cart, levied ons as the-property the Defendant, *. - . Terms Cash. -, LEWIS JONES, B E.-D August l'7 St .I -ndA ttorney tocolleet andi eceival m nonies e me, in my absencse from .the Village, and .to ike settlements. WM. 13. MAYS.