Edgefield advertiser. (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, August 31, 1854, Image 2
.N A BAD WAY.-The editor of the Plaque
mine (La.) Sentinel is in a bad way, and no
wonder for there is no ide in his village! Think
of that. No ice for ten days! Ilow did he
manage to get along? Hear him in his issue
of thU 12th:
TEN DAYS JN PURGATORY.-For ten days
now there has not been ten cents worth or ice
for sale in Plaquemine--a. very atpt illustration,
we think, this excessively hot weather, of being
ten days in pargatory ! which we think our
friends in the city will readily endorse. Just
imagine us in our oflice, driving along at 2:40
speed; setting up and distributing type, for pa
per, handbills, blanks and briefs-working press,
selecting articles from hordes of newspapers,
dashing 0off editorials at the eleventh hour, and
every half hour (our office is in the same lot
with our dwelling) running in to gratify the
appeals of a sick baby. All this we'.ve done for
the last ten days, and almost as much continu
ally, and just to think, when thirst. bemune in
tolerable, of gulping down a glass of boiling
cistern water! 31ercy on us! is there no relief
from such a state of existience ?
THE CASE oF CAPTAtN GiBsox.-The Dutch
Government have offered to pay Captain Gibson
the price of his ship, but they are unwilling to
recompense the Captain for his loss of time, or
for the eighteen months' imprisonment in a vile
dunaeon, and the indignities heaped upon him.
The Parik correspondent of the N. Y. Tri
bune, writing under date of the 7th instant.
says:
"Captain Gibson is now in this city. When
he arrived a short time ago :tt tie Hague,.it was
a question with the Government whether lie
should not again be arrested as afugi/icefron.
justici One of the first demands of the Cap
tain was for a return of the ship's papers. The
request was acceded to, and, on the following
day, a bundle of papers was biought to him by
a Government servadt, lrge enough to fill a
bushel b:Lsket, regulirly bound up and scaled
with the Government seal, and marked Captain.
Gibson's papers. The Captain wassurprised, but
said nothing. When the servant was gone, lie
opened the bundle and found to his astonish
ment that it embraced all the State documents
concerning his case ; the history of his three
trials in Java; the secret correspondence be
tween the Dutch Government and the Provincial
authorities of the IslInd; and in line, the secret
and oflicial history of the whole affair. This
was too valuahle an acquisition on the part of
the Captain to allow it to pass out of his h:nds
withoutt an efTort to retain it, so the packnge
was immediately despatched to Lontion. The
next day an agent of tlie Government called
upon th'e CaptaiIn in great trouble, and, stating
that the busdle had b e.en sent to him by iis
take, asked for its -restoration. But it was too
late-the package had left. The Government
was furious towards the Captain, and Mr. Bel.
mont, being about to leave for his residence in
Paris, imformed him that lie had better abse-nt
-himself also, for that, when he was gone, it
would hardly be safe to remain !"
MR. SOULE AND THE SPANIsit REVoLUTroN
-The Paris correspondeut of the New York
Tribune says:
- Soon after the revolution broke out in Spain
Mr. Soule left Madrid with his family for a
journey of pleasure to the Pyrenees. Nelville
Soule, son of the Minister, and attache inierie
of the legation, was despatched by his father to
Paris and London with some despatetes for
the legations in those cities, and also for Wabth
ington. le leaves Paris to-day, to join the
family in the Pyrenees. In regard to Mr. Soule's
views on the pending questions, I may be per
mitted to say this much, that since Elpartero
has come it;,o power he has no hopes of a
favorable settlement of the Cuban question,
unless aided by decisive measuires on the part
of the Government at Washington. He does not
believe that the Queen cani hold her power long
and has strong faiti in the ultimate success of
the republican canse. No propo.i ions of nv
kind have ever been made by the Sp.tmih Gov.
- -n t^ and ~a1-lndo n~i it isq
-any will be maide."
Anh~EsT OF tCArT lloILLNS.-The arrest of
Captain H-ollinis at New York is annmounceed on
thte suit of Calvin Durand, on of te sutferers
by the destrttctioni of Greviown. The order of
arrest wams gran:ed by Judge Oakley, of the Su
p.memae Court. The daimt ge, are laid ait 81I4.000.
Th'le amotutit olf bail givenm by Capt. Hlollois was
$20.000. ils surilies wvere Hotn. lIematn J.
- ledtiecld,-colleetor of~ the port, .John J. Cisco,
subtreasurr; and J. Romeyn Brodhiead, naval
olieer. Tie arreat was nmade just as the cap
tain wa~s leaivintg for Bostotn. Ater bail ha~d been'
rendered, he prosecuted his journey thither A~
Caipt. 11ollii., was engaged in tihe ftulfilimient of
thme orders of tihe govrment when lie destroyed
Greytown, we canitot see how he lie can be field
responsible i.. a civil stuit. The arrest is proba
blv desizned to draw fromi thme government ohli
eil avwil that Capt. Hollins acted entirely
tinder its directions itt the matter of which coin
plaint is made.
IkcALTut OF AUCUSTA.- We take pleasture ini
annioumeing to the public that our city still en
joys an extraordinatry exemption from diseatse.
During the week ending ott the 25th inst., there
were but 5 deaths, 4 whites anid 1 black. Ot
these, there was front Typhoid Fever 1, Brain
Fever 1, Disease of the Liver 1, Gravel 1.
Chi'lera ifantum 1. Asutninig our poputlationi
to be 15.000, which is probably necar the mark,
the ratio of morality is 1 in 3000J. During thme
w"hole of~ August up to the 25th inclusive, there
have been bu: 25 deaths, of. which there were
but 3 from Typhoid Fever, 1 from Jiraina Fever.
8 from Cholera luffantum, atnd 1 adult from
Diarrh ea. From itnquiries among the practicing
Phiysiciatts, we leartn that there is no epidetmic
tet'dency whatever, existing in the city, and our
hospital ha~s no case of acute disease in its
wards.
Npo case of any mali gitant fever has occutrred
during the season, atnd should atty such be
brought from places whlere it prevails, nto aippre.
hetnsion of its spread in our healthy atmosphere
need be apprehtetnded. Our observation of the
effects which have followved the introducetion of
such cases in former seasotns, fully warrant this
expressioni of opinaion.-Cfhrotticle & Sentintel.
ISFLUENCE OF TifE UNITED STATES.--The
London News of tihe 1st inst. opents a long
artiehe on affairs iin the United States with the
following paragraph. Teti years ago no Emng
lish patper wottld have veturtted to annunce
aunch liheral semiitments in connectiont with our
countrv:
"It'is the customi of the mast of the con.
servatives of Great Britain (amid of somle others
than conservatives) to snecer atnd joke aubotut tihe
notion the Americauns hamve of their own impor
tance itt the worla. There is tno use in piroving
-to such satirists that, in the deepest atnd largest
sense, the Americans cannot exaggerate the im-.
portance of their country atnd nationi among the
Powers of the nineteenth century. Tue tiig
has been proved a multitude of times, uand all
to no purpose, in regard to that order of minids;
anid to the higher order of mitnds, thetn, those
which despise the United States, no prmiofds
needed. To say that there is a federal denmo
erattie republic at work in the world, is to pro.
claim, ini oilier words, the lofty style and title of
the United States. But, for those who catnnot
see and feel this, there is other evidence, new
and curious, which is at once adapted to their
capacity, and worthy of the deepest considera
tiotn from a more sagacious order of mett."
A gentleman named Marchtant and four of his
children, residing near Pecatomia, Illinois, were
instantly killed by lightning ont Saturday week.
In consequence of thme extreme heat of time
weather, the family, consisting of Mir. and Mrs.
Marehant, and five children, had left their beds
and were sleeping upon the kitchen floor. rThe
fluid entered the kitchen by the stove pipe, patss
ing down to the floor, whence it spreast devas
tation and death atnong the unconscious sleep.
pers. Only the mother and one child remain.
IT is reported that a serious riot occurred at
a small village, twelve miles from Buffalo, be
tween some Irish Catholics and a party of Ameri
cans. T1he Irish party raised a liberty pole with
a cross upon the top of it. This led to a per
sonaul encouniter between them and the Ameri
cans, and three meni are said to have been killed
ARTHUR SIMKINS, EDITOR.
EDGEFIELD, S. C.
THURSDAY AUGUST 31, 1854.
Rail Roni Barbecue!
ON Wednesday the 63th Sept., a Public Dinner
will be gven at Edgefrid C. 11., for the purpose of
buildin g Rail Road from some point on
the Greenville and Columbia Rail Road, passing
through this Vilhcge, to some point on the South
Carolina Rail Road at or near Aiken.
The lIon. TiuoxtAs C. Pcitiazni, President of the
G. & C. Rail Road, and others are expected to ad
dress the meting.
LTJ All interested in the said Road, and the pub
lie generally are earnestly inviteil to attend.
Death of Col. St. 3. Donknight.
We. beg leave to draw the reader's attention to cer
tain resolutions passed at Mt. Willing recently in re
gard to the lamented death of Col. R. B. BoUINIG'T.
As an old neighbor and a friend, we claim the privilege
of uniting with that meeting in their expressions of
sorrow for the loss they have sustained and of condo
lence with his afflicted family.-For live years we
lived within a lalf mile of the deceased, and can
readily avow that we never knew a kinder neighbor
or a more exemplary citizen. Col. DoeeKNImnT was
a young man ; yet he had already served his di-trict
efficiently in several responsille capacities, and gave
promise of mitch future usefulne-ss. He was itl the
Legislature of 1849 and '50. We know not a man in the
Saluda Regiment calculated to he more usefuil to his
I District than was Col. R. B. BOUKNIGH1T. With his
r lations and friends there and elsewhere, we sitncere
ly sympathize.
Savannah River Road.
A correspondent of the Augusta Conustitutionalist,
writing from Montery, S. C., urges this roijct opon
the pCple of Augusta with grat earnmesness. It
seems that there has been a d-clensiont of feling on
Ithe suh.ject among them. What has hecome of all
their high-sounding resolves ? Are they indeed about
to throw away the best opportunity they have ever
had of advancing their ity's interests!
F dgeficld District.
From an exhibit kindly furnished u4 by our efflicIent
Tax Collector we gather the follows inig items:
'rte niuber of otir slave population is......21,433
The value of go:ads (nirchandise ,oly
we prestime) throgtihoit ilti District is.....$575,000
The profes.,iiinal income of our Distri-t is
set down at tI o ................... -i- .f12,000
The town lots within our h.rd:rs are gi
ven in at a total valuation of...............R198,000
There are 52 free ntegroes amoigst us, si.c of Whom
could not even pay their lax.
The number of births among whites for the past
year is. ..-.........---..------. 377
Number of deaths................160
Shnwin a natural inprease of....217
The ntimber of births among the lbcks diring the
same period is..................750
L Of deaths.......................370
Increase.........................335
Total number of births..........1132
do. do deaths..........30
Total increase...................602
The last litugl not perhaps the least important
item is, that there wete 53 marriages during tlie same
yea-. Let's throw in eleveni more for those that no
body has heard of, just to make it an even hundred.
So much for the state of alairs in old Edgefield,
statistically speaking.
negimental Sobriety.
For. the first time in many years the Regimental
parades for tisgefield District are siid to have pas-ed
little drinking. 'The "old 7iih" must have "some"
always to wash down the dust. But eve'n here we are
told there waus no great excess in thme use of the "~ bev
arage."' A gen letman of intelligencec tm thle District
remarked to us thle other da~ty chat lhe lhought a great
change was silently going on anmng the l'vople inc this
regard-that the dhisp':.i:ioni to entcoura~te liqiuor deal
erhe~ndt e ;gradual!ly dyinig out--and t hat illicit
trading in the article nas tnow" ieting to lbe a very
rare circustance.'i We doubt not the correctness of
his observations. Dies tii not shotw that a voiluntary
reform is at work in our D'i-triet! Anid if Temper
anee legislators will but remtaitn quiet, muay. wie-not
look far a new state of things before Imanmy yeurs have
passed
WMe may add that the Commissioners of the 10th
Regitment have refused to license retail shirps.
Whethier this will or will not again increase illhcit
tratding itt liquor, rem:tins to be seen.
Gettinxg a Share at Last.
Tn:: Charlestoni .lerc-try has glamiced at thme Civil
and Diplomoitic Appropnationi liil of lie past ses
stont of Congress and finds that the sumt total of
5451,000 has been appropriated to works int and along
the coast oj Soutth Carolina. Not sio bad The Mer
cury adds vhiec is very true) ihhat this goes to:,houw
how watchilul our representatives have beenm of iiur
interests. It is sumet hing to kntow that nse a:-e at
length begininintg to get a little of the advantag's of
governmtfent expenditures, after the imlliams we have
paid iinto the common treasury. Tihie fact is its a
good thinig, always provided we do niot become to
fond of the "spoils."
True to his Antecedents.
I-r is a matter of pride to Democrats, bitt of deep
chagrin doubtless to Whtigs, to observe the f'earlessniess.
and nerve nit.m which Presidemit P'ttac* sintares his
oflietal acts by the so .nad old De-mocratic: (reed. Int
nothing has tIs been exhibited more clearly thiatn in
his birtef bttt peremptory veto ohf the Rtiver atid liar
bor bill. Without apology or circumtlocumion, lie pro
Inounces his negative ini the plainest Aniglo Saxon lie
can commatnd. Surrounded at Washington by nmatny
inluences well calculated to warp the opinions of
more volatile meni, lie yet looks out front the mturk
and mist of contendiing factions, sees the ttient land
marks of his faith andI resolutely inarches tip to them.
Such nsas his cottrse at time very iotset of his Adin.c
-israt ion. Such has it been all aloing. S uchi is it
still. Perhaps there is no nmeasure, in oppositioin to
the political piiiripiles of his past lifec, arounid wvhiich
Iso nman ypl ausibile recommenidations, scm matny excusa
Itory argitiments could have bueen thtrownt as arounid
this brantch of icnternial improvemuets. Yet, true to
h:s acicecetdenits, nse hincd our sterling P'residentt brush
ing away thte specious gloss cast over the question by
the arts of political ligerdetin anid seizinug the
point, the priniciple bieneathi, with a decisioni worthy of
his high posttion. He bids the Kliorazan of Whig
gery get behind hims, anid boldly vetoes on-s of the
demon's most popular schemes oh plunder anid waste.
Preswident PlrzacE deserves well of the country
of the North. of the WVest, and (not onte grain the
less) of thle Solitth. lHe is true us steel anid politically
as siiund as anmy tian. Let him receive thme long acnd
loud plhucdi:s of thme wide-spread people hce is striving
to Berve so well. To withiild them now is to close
our hearts agaicnst the most natural suggestions of
gratitude.
The Church-going Spirit.
WIaTr vF.a may be averred of our Village churches,
the attendatnce upon ouir country churches seems to
be iminense. Last Sunday wvas nmeeting daty at Dry
Creek, a popular Church with ca worthy Preacher, and
a large membership. Our cottage is seven miles dis
tant from the place, yet as many as twency-five four
wheeled vehicles pacssed us ott Stunday mortimng evidenit
ly bound for "' Dry Creek." If the peoiple piouredl ini
from every other direction as they did from this dis
tant quarter thme occasion mutst have ~been almnst a
Penticost in point of numnbers.--We learn that all our
big-mieetings have been largely attended ; at none of~
them however has there been any uinsual exhjibition of'
feeling except at Rehouboth, in the Dark Corner. But
many more are yet to transpire arid much good may yet
be done. - . - - -
Sg Cox.. P. S. BRoKe will address his constituents
of Newvberry District, at Newberry Vtillage on moni
day next.
27 Tuz Clay Monument in the Lexington Ceme
t.... K. i- to -.s from. r3':nO nnn ,- 0na nn
Our Position as a Communityr
WE have allusion now to our position in regard to
the several railroad schemes which are fermenting
around us. In the Savannah Valley enterprize we
are less interested titan in one or two others we shall
mention presently. But we should not he unconcern.
ed even about that. For, although its benefits will
b chiefly showered upon the Savannah. River side of
Edgefield, yet are we not all interested in any thing
that will increase the aggregate wealth and prosperity
of our District ! Is it not indeel a narrow and selfish
principle that would dictate indifierence to any work
of public usefulness which does not directly advan
tage one's individual Interests? Granting that the
Valley road, if built, would give other parts of Edge
fleld no special facilities, it ought yet to be a matter
of rejoicing with every- man to see a large and res
pectable portion of his immediate fellow-citizens
placed upon a vantage ground that may impart new
life to all their prospects. The rotiguity of improve
ment, the neighborho'd of prosperity never injured
any one. On the contrary, actual and positive ad
vantaaes are usually derivable therefrom. This is at
l-ast the general rule. We cannot see why it will
not nork in tlhis instanee. One advantage tle Valley
Road will certainly render to the District at larze
and in fact to our whole side of the State: it will
resuscitate a decaying market near us, which has long
heen esteemed by our people (and very properly so)
otie of the very best, for the Farmer's purposes, in the
Southern States. This consideration alone is enough,
on the bare score of selt-interest, to make us wish for
the Valley railroad enterprize complete success.
Do.ubts have been entertained by some (ourselfamong
the numnber) as to the probability of this stock pro
ving a safe investment. But after reading Arms's
report upon the route, hearing the opinions of well
informed gentlemen through the tip country' and
(more than all) refleeling maturely upon the immetise
trade to he secired at no very distant day by the Blue
RidICge Road (a considerable share of ,which the Sa
vatnah river road must and nill carry,) these doubts
have lien in a gre at measure removed. Even then
as respects the Savannah Valley railroad, we repeat
that note within the limits of Edgefield should re
gard its prigres3 naith unconcern. Rather let us give
i:s projectorg and supporters the benefit of our most
cordial good wishes. If we cannot render them sub
stantial aid, lt ts at least cheer them on with our
applaute. It return, their good example may stimu
late those of us tearer the centre of the District to
do som--thing equtaly creditable to ourselves and hen
elicial to our sction. Tie only rivalry to be encour
itged between sectits in matters of this kind is one
claractersed thv a laudalde ambition to do most for
the advanceneit of the common interests of our Dis
:rict and aur State.
But if it beomes every one in our comtmnity to
render as much aid and tinfort as he possibly can
to a wrk located upon the remote ottskirts of
his Disirict, what shadl we say of the duty de.
volviig upon is in regard to an underinking which
pronise tio scatter its benefits profuaely in our
very midsti ! In other words, if the Savannah Valley
railroad coipany deserve from us at least a hearty
"God-speed," n ha -does not the contemplated con
nertion, of New M1arl:et anad Aik'-n rii. Edgefield
Villae, demaand at our hands ! That it n"ill doubtle
the value of real eviate-all along its line.-t hat it will
ginalrnple our narket faciliie.s whether for sales or
purchases.--thal it will muliply ten-fold our ways
and means ibf making a respectable livelihood-that
it nill brina to our doors on comparatively cheap
t,-rtms many luxuries. and conveniences of which we
are naow almost deprived by reason of their extrava
gatut cost-ihat it will place us on a grand highway
of travel and tr~la, which will probably become ile
of the biaeest arteries iii all our Southern commercial
system and whose every throb will but raise out
hont-s higher and higher in the secale (if wealth atd
imtproventeai-tiat it will give its in short nearly all
thue advania:;es and facilities, moral, intellecttial and
physical, niw eijoyed by the tost favored sputs upon
the A merican cotm ateit-that it will do all this. and
even more it nayl be, is a certainty that cannot be ra
tiona!y loubted. Prejudice may lift up her croaking
voice against each and every one of these proposi
it....sint h..,mne mae via rk, t t hemwi ?dhc.-Jie f,.
-rrf-Ptermln o overthkett-hmm:
ner of iudy antd ill be-gotten doubts-Parsimony tay
alecry themat nbaile shec clut'ches more tighatly her greasy
pnar-e~string~s. Buat facts atad figatres, to be gathered
nut fromn a fewv isolated inastances only but from the
haistory if almotst every railraoad in existence, suafli
cietly prive their truthi. The benefits of railroads,
to thle peiciiaary interests of those whot live uipoan theair
lines, are tnow amng thae " knoawat numirber.' of thle
age. ltpont their basis, calculatuions have againa and
augaini b:ent madt-. wlehi have resubled in thle enirichi
iaag anad elevataina not aluine of iandividluals hut of
wholte comm tuntit ies. Anil it naow remtains fur the
paeiple of E'lgefiel. not merely thwie w hoa reside int
this townt anad its v.iiitiy taut tall whlo are loc-ateda
tal-ong the sugg~estedl line, tia say. nhethaler thaey wil
by wisely libieral subatscripionaas of stock, plaice thuem
selvesc itt poissessioni of all lie prinen acat and valuted
advsanaiges of thaeir dlay anid g.-aera tion. Let tao teml
parizinhg tinmiadit y kep them hack iai the great notrk of
seenuring~ thi-c tiost eniviable paisit iona. Least of all
shaouhl ,nm:al cinsiaderatioans of temtporary parivate ad
vanitage inafluentce any ini the mattaer. The oppoirtu
niay is a galleni oane, hut it maa soiaa flet by anad pass
into the hiatmls of others. We will regret it then itn
vaian. Now is the time for actioni. B3y the firat of
Januia ry niext ihli- charter, ttata-r whaichl t his A ikent
anad New .Market linkl is ta built. nmust be secured
or el-ae he forfe-ited. Th'lere is howuaever, wse auppre
h:-ad, butt little doubilt as to its beiang secured. The
Gr--ents ille anda C'-ianbia Camnpany will see to it that
thi hte done'. Buat thea iimportant piaint wvith uiis at
EMgelieldl villagr-, tand (we hope we may add) with
manay aof our felloiw-cit izens both ahaove andi below
this lace, is to .show a full hand in order that we
nmay exercise a controillirag influc ace over the new
work. We muas~t "ante" as high as we can possibly
affaird. We muaast stand siluare to thae fronit aand do
our baest. Min-hi is at stake, anad toi save the paool
muchl mutast be attempted. We are appending
somne cataalitioaas toa our suapscriptiarr. To secure res
pect for thaose con~ditionuis, we must lay a high offer at
thec Caimpanay's doaor. Fifty or even seventy-five
thou-a-andi dhllars will doIi very little good. A huindredl
thousand is the least that wouhld effect anay thing for
uts. Andi a hundialreal anda fifty thlousanid is the atot ch wve
shaouald reach. Carry this respecttable amount for
wardl proamptly anid chieerfually, ataa we make our
selves heard at once-not oanly heard but respected.
We will be greeted as brothersa in a great work.
Oanr condiat ins wil be hteeda-d; atnd ini less thtan three
years thte road will lie buiilt in accoradance wvithi them.
Soon thaen wvill thne presenlt opponents of this scheme
aaogst us lie sileanced. When our town andl its vi
cinaity, the caotntry uipoan the route towards Camubridlge
andi towards Aiken, tad in hfact almost lie entire
District shall h eta to feel its cnlivening aand enhian
cinig inafueaaces --.vhleu skill, thrift, activity, exertion,
enterprive shall have taken 'the place of the suagna
tion anal lethargy~ witich niow characterize us-when
the sluggardls shall be ttartledf from their "fold
ing; of the arms together ini sleep" by the keena
creanm of thae engmte as it brings the wealth of distatt
latnds to our dep ts-whaen men shall have no time to
sit Inahinag about like uaseleses drones bitt all shall be
full of life and spirit, anid when every braincha ofhibisi
naess shall begian tia prosper anew, theta will there be
rejioicinug on all sides, and the ancient foes of' progress
shall hiatg their hecads and conifess thiemelves blind
leaders. Thetn will our farmers get rich in halif the
time it takes them to dio sotw. Then will our mer
chants all parosper, our mechanaics thrive, our lawyers
flourish, our hotel keepers fatten, our printers grow
saucy, and our everybody "hpush along, keep movintg."~
Why can wve tiot all catch up the spirit of the thing
at once ! 'The glittering talisman is there-grasp it
and hold it anid make it yoturs. Aladdin's lamtp ate ver
opened tup richer treasures thtan will this enterprize to
those who gather its fruits. Itesitate not otn account
of your montey. If the inves~metit shuouhld fail to pay
anay thting of consegntence, a-e will be coimpensated
twoa-fohl in other respects. But it will pay. T1hte
Greenville anda Coutmbia railroad is now doing
fitely. We joini uten at their flow to fortune. They
receive us and puinat to the difficulties they have left
behind--the unavotidable expeunses (of the first estab
hiishment of a great road) whaich they have overcome,
the large wvorkshaops they haave putt ini operation, and
they say " come, join us on equal terms itn butilding a
road for wvhich we hold the charter and which we
wvill runa in a way to promote your best interests with
out assessing you fotr our hitherto expenses." This
thiey woul saty, we believe, did we go up as we must
do with a haundred and fifty thoutstand upon our sub
sri.tion fist. A nd conl thter. be a firer nfhar. or one
which we should accept with greater avidiy! We
would be getting all the advantages of a railroad
without exposure to the hazards inseparable from a
beginning. Even supposing that the whole concern
failed to pay as things now stand, yet is there not
every probability that the Blue Itidge road wiV be
completed abouL as soon as ours-will be, and does any
one doubt for a moment its paying then as handssime
ly as any similar inveslm-nt 'inhe United States 1
Sorely not. Then away with imaginary appre-len
sions. There is no danger of loss here. Let there he
no uscless fears. See the names that are already
down upon our subscription list. Aniong them, oh.
serve the autographs of some of our shrewdest mon,
eyed men. Others of them. are yet to come up, and
they will do so we verily believe. We are surire they
all begin to look upon the matter in the light of a so
lemn responsibility to the community in which they
live, and to the children they may'leave behind then.
That they will shirk it, we c not believe. Ilut ie
have perhaps said enough.
It was our intention to consider further our ptsition
in] regard to the. Ridge road; ibut we must posi poine
this to some other time, as.-our article has already
reached the length of a legitimate editorial.
We only add in conclusion, remember the railroad
barbecue, of the 6th-let every one come out prepared
to " go the whole hog, bristles and all !"
A Crand Afai.
FROM all accounts, the gre. tball recently gieer in
Spartanburg to Gov. 31ANNING was the most brillifimt
afyair of our Southern season. The" Sout/,ern ?%.!ri
ot," depicts it in really vivid colurs. We can renacily
appreciate what lie says abont the ludis, as we have
long sitce regarded that portion of our State (espechd
ly Union) more fruitful than any other in nice, pretty,
intelligent, natural and affectionate girls. Of the
dance, we are told that it was bdnored in grand style
by our handsome Governor and hissomeuwhat less hand
some suite,and enlivened by briglit eyes,twinkling feet,
cheerful chattering, &c.
Of the feast the " Patriot," speaks in such feeling
terms that we must quote his own'langnage. Says lie,
" It would be hard to describe the table. loaded, as
it was, with cake ant frnits. and ice cream, syllahubhs,
blanc manage, floaling islands, sugar pls and llow
ers, exquisit-ly prepared for the'occasion, anti all tle
variety of etceteras. We will not attempt it. 11it one
lail looked at the pine applsv, oranges and other trop.
ical fruits whi-h covered the table, he would have
supposed lie siu;< iear tile equator; tint theti i he had
looked at the bowls and churn- of ice cream, scatter
ed about over tle room, lie might have thoiuighst lie was
in Greenind. Again, if he had cami an eye towards
the chanpague bottles and other wiies prepared 'iur
the supper, ie would have imagined hisself in the
Sonstl of France or somewhere oit tle Rhine. It you
took a peep at the sile tables and sa -- the cild tnr
keys, ildcks. linus, nod so-forth, you inilit suppose
you were still in Spartanburg."
We are further informed that just 30 years ago the
good people of Spartanhurg gave a grand hall (grmid
for that day) in compliment to our present Govorior's
father who was then himself Governir of South Cari
liia. The Spartrns ueserve great credit for thus
keeping tsp the tines." Almost every ns here ehe
they have completely " run down at tle heel."
John C. Breckinridge.
THE rising men of our lay are geierally suli poor
pignies when compared with their illustriosus pr -decess
sorst.hat we really feel refreshed at reading a descri:stion
of one who promises better things: But after all it may
be hut an exaggerated puff-a well-puidfir puly--or a
puff negotiated by somse solicitous friend who has tact
enough to keep his principle. in the back-griunil.
This sort of thing is said to be be very cotumnio now%
a-days. BaEcKINaRDGC huwever is thoutghlt tu be
nbove the grade of those mushroun statesmen who
'feel the need of continual bulstering-up. Read what
a talented letter-writer stas of him:
" Perhaps, there is no san in the pre-ent Cniigrets
oif brighter prominise or higher destiiy, thin Jons C'
BRtEcKiNaDGE. Of Kettuiky. .It the prime inni vig
or of niantuod, gifted, with great taletils anl enm
matinlig eloqucisre, lie lias but recently enter-il the
are-na 01 National politics, but ever since he tosk his
seat as the representative of the Ashilansid District,:it
the roinencemient of the last Congres, hi, arcer,
liasbei one of marked and brilliant siuc-ess, tuniil
now lie is the acknonsledged leader of Isis partiy in ite
hlouse of which lie is a meiber. Ilis appearance and
beariig at once command attetlon, and creale a f.
vorable impression.
Of greatness in
In personi he is tall anid -slightly built, n ith a well
halaneds head, a high, narrow, projeennisg forehiead,
dark brsiwn hair, large gray eyes, a uiult ltomans use,
andI a mo~uilh inidicative of great firmsess sf chsarac-ter.
sciions ponser oft intelleet.- As asn ost ratue hsa few,
it anyi, erinals in the piresenit Cuiigress, andu nio superi
sr, lie speaks scllmi, but always ni shei he nueis,
with pierfect ease ansd linenc~y. 11is gestures aire Jew
and graicefitl ; his laisgnage 5ere andis well ebiasen:i
his- style eniiineniiy chassis:. Like tihe Its e D>.s . I-:s.
WE5s'r-E a, lie seldiom uses a wronsg n ordl or a word
too musth. hlis dlefeitre sif Geis. Wi iJ-'^-2 U.-r tt'it,
anid his etulogiunm of II NRav C2Lay , dielisered dutrisig
the last Cosngress, aire moidels of e-lotine.-iie, ail ast
otce stampijed himt as a tiinishedt orator. .id who55 that
niinemeed the recenit coniirsversy betweens hms anid
.r. CUr'rtNo, whlichl attracted so mnih atteniinai allt
ser the Uion and so necarly endecd in blsodshied.
u-ait ever forget the sair of psroud ands dleliant imdsesy
andu of hsifty scorn ns ithi whitch lie utiered itie wosrdls,
-I ami the peer of Presideists anid Cabiiess-uye, andt
the leer sif sthe gent leinas froms New- losk ;" or thle
tonie of scatsings, wishIering saresmis ini wshi lie
rebusked ihe vacuhlatisig,toinuosus aiid tan yer-hik.:- course
of the News-York mnesmber ? P'ersonaslly .tlr. I. is uinu.
versal ly popnuhar, and uniless spuiled bsy iii mne sointi it
tion, or by thle cointnsniat on of puli eal intiague, hsis
frienids may constideintly antsicipate for hutn a bri.at
anid honiorable tuture.
Iuirders, Duels, and the ~ike.
TitE Dog-star must have ben si the asc-endsant all
Siiininer, if we may judlge by the assonsishing Ire
quency of murders, deels, smecides, riots, rastes, &ci.,
n itlh ns hish the s.espapers. have seemed. Never do
we remnemb~er to have heard the like, andi we a~ginme
it woulid e ven puzzle the o' oldest inhai btitaint" to rec-all
so passioniate a Season. Is it that the eacrths is groiw
ig worse as she descend~s the slope of time ?Or masuy
it not be that we now-a-dasys hear a great deal imo're
every year thatn we did the year before, fromt the cusn
statly inc-reasuig facilities of intelligentce h
The Blue Ridge Railroad.
LrEr those ni ho have doubsis, about thes great srade
to be introdluced among us by the b'ine idge Rail
road, read the fullowinig remarks by a wiitnsess over
the msountins, the Knsoxt-jle Re-gisler:
" The inflnence wvhich this road when coimphe ed,
is to exert iupons East Tennoesseo cainsnot at 'Isis ilmeheli
aipreiatedl, as he woutld beesteemedu a vionary zeal
ot wvho wvould unduertake to count the niumbeur of :os
of coppher, coatl, irost, marble, cornt, whie-at, flossr, ha.s
cus, live stock, .&c. that wiill onie day llow thlrouigh
this chansnel, from thsis land of treasures aind thsese
fertile valleys, to sthe seaboard, ts lie thience distribut
ted by the shipping whticht 'will lie conmgregattedt it
Charestonu har bor. Buot the gre-ater tiieeht wvill ac-crse
to sitr sister State of South Carolhina, not osnly by its
wonderful conitribustion to the consiinertial prosperisy
of the city of Charleston, cruwdling her hotels w iths
sratgers, her thuorotighifares ansd lanies wvitki meni of
usiness, aind her docks nd vessels fromt every rljimei;
bu s faminie ssill ino smore, as it diid a fe w yeat-ru since,
drive thisntsasnds sf tier populationt frost her borde-rs to
seek a home in other States. Pemnetrainug ats thsis hue
of railnway wiill, she valley sif tthe Tfeiiessae, the Othi,
ad thie great northsvest beyoind, the pnices of every
desripions of provisions upon ns hileh her people ~sbsa
n ill be diminiishmed soe-half. A niew tife, a iresh ener
gy, a more cheerful spirit, and a better hospe n ill be
infused into her people whets they shalsee chonsummssa
ted the great enterprise that twensty years ago ai rressed
atltd cimanatded the attentlion of the taen oif whloms
they boasted, and the failure oif which thesn broughlt
the laimenited Hayne to his~ graive."
.EtL~OW FEvEst IN CH~stcLEsTON.-A gette-c
man~i of thIis plaice received a letter Iromu at trientd
ini Clhaoi, dated sn Stu rday, in whin-t lie
ws aidsised niot to visi: the city, becautse of the
Yelow Fever.
We heautrd from ansothser source thaut Mir. antd
hi rs. i. hiulin, nowsi itn 4.hatrleston, hasve beetn at
ttakeud by the Yellow Fever.
IL is wnth great regret we hasve beetn iitnrmtd,
that Mir..J. Fridasy, formerly osf tbis city butt re
cently eingaged in bu-,iness withI Mr. I t i nliii,
died of Yellow Fe-ver in-Charlsi-ton, yesterday
m orig-.-Catrolinau 'Timtes.
FLLx.-Theo Abinsgcdon, (Vat.) Demniterat learns
tsat this dreaidful complauins is scotiuig varttitts
neighborhtiosds ini that section cof enssantry. lit
thc Rics Valley towards thie Sailt Worl-ks anud
upoin the Lturel, its raivnges tire distressisng.
WvASHING TcsN MloNUMENT.-TJhe pre5.etit hteigt
of thtis tmnument its otne hsundretd andt sixty leet :
ad ons Mltnday it was expet-ted thast the huns
dred atnd sixty second fooL siill be commtten~ed.l
'The receipts of the past month hsave beens fi r,
and will exceeed the expeditres
TiHE toBBEstY oF COL MCMULLF.N.--The
Richmsiotnd Engntirer satys .lame-~ts H eli, elsarged
wihs the Meclullen robbe-ry wats exarititesd ons
Fridty. Thsere is but little dsoubL 'of bhi girt.
M,.unlln lnnest $l, n 1
0 OMMUNICATIONS.
FOL TnE ADvFITISElt.
A Card.
ITAvrNG heard hiat there is in cireulaton through
put tie Ditrict a report tlt .LA3ES CA..IRoN, Esq.,
,vas announe, d1 as a Candidate for the L, g.elature
>y a " certain ciique," at Edgefied Village, for the
iurpose of injuriig ot her Candidates, .1111d having
nyself handed :s name to tie i)r:uter fur announee
rent, I have thou-ht proper' in justiee to Mr.
,A3Ir:-oN and his friends, to give a pla:in ItatlinIet
' facots in r ferenee to that anim:Otetmenrt.
On hearing frequenrt incjuir:es from gentlemen
rmi diffirent parts of the Diistrict, whither Mir.
.AInnos would be a Candidate, indieating a desine
hat hie should be, and that they would sup-ort him
md14 thought lie could be elected, I Wrote Inm a.
ioti which I sent by his neighbolr, .\Mr. .JAS. SPANN,
it .tiug the f.rets as above, and a.k.ungr Is consent to
mev his imne anniiced ; and this I aver was
lie w.thout the knowledge of a silgle per:on ini
he District. exeept Mr. ErPANN, who btre the note.
[ recti ed no direct answer frum N1r. CA.;itrno
inAset. but received a oIULe from Mr. .1As. SrANN,
,tatinig that CA3MERON wIs reluean t to give his U0on
en.t1 l.vig frelnently relured solictatil.ns froum his
rends before, and bein fearful that ie imight give
ieir orelice by conwrting now tip rui-that he
I ould like to be elected, an.1 if his friends thought
they could elect him, without ubjcetiig h1imrr to tire
accessity of chavassinig the Distri.:t, which Iis ieith
wvould not peririt him to do, he would be haipy to
erve thremir. Suchi I th(rUgit suidict authority to
inounce his name whch I ( did without the krnowlV
-dge of a sing'e other inidiv;dul.
I tink tre 'ubil e wil. be iatified. from the above
stateeiint of flac's, of the se:ish and mar.1licious mo
tives of c.-rtain persons in eireulating tll! report
bove relerred to. LE WIS JUNES.
Edgefield C. 11., A-ug. 23, 1S54.
FOIL TiHE ADv-RTISE.R.
rO THE CANDIDATES OF THE HOUSE OF REP
1EES33 ATIVU3 OF-DGEFIELD DISTRICT:
G r.N ri..r:EN --.\s tire sibjc .t of von. eting 'Toll
bV . oNr:s - KK. NN-:)Y trorrm al personrs crossirg the
A ug Ia Bridge has excited a great deal -I interest
i th.s 1)i.stret, as well as in otrher parts of tie Stute.
we, tire und.lersi'.ilvi votTS, rigain regatiest air cx
r rl of oi ur (1irliois in ri'gard to tihe }oolicy.
wisdom u and jitice of tire i.eg.slattire, eotil.i ring
sreih powcr uphon MIesrs. O.\E! o. 1 ENNiDY, arid
de.ire airswers to the followqg iurterrog.atorics.
Is-r. Do youl beleve the at al.uded to as wisE,
J:ST, 'oLrTI ic or PR1rt1E-rt ?
2o. WlI you, if electde. voerr fir Is repeal I
WrLLI.AM J. WALERlt, WM. 3111.1. Ntt,
E. 1loriut:s, 'fro~n~s KEIIAGrrAN,
J. R. COOK, WAuA (.-r.OvEri
A. J. 1I.r31i3oND, 'IIOS. J. DAVIES,
31. A. ItA50NS3, Jous $mrrn,
A. WirY, It. 1'.
W. F. KI-Nn ICK, bAA.. ILIAY,
. .1'. ILowpEts,
Tiros. J. .i:NNING, r..r G. i s,
J. A. 1ll r.v, .AMKiJ ih.Vrrrir,
a1. 1. tl-NsON, E.101 F N. im r,
J. %i. STOKK Eogs,. 3t-r I;rr: n
v3. il I 1.r., i r.wrs Ii.or,
J. B. II I.FY ILA L ZI.E YS
i:NNIts J.IN iS Y, I nios. J. 3ICKIF,
% I...iAt I)-: AX 1ro.% s N.r.i
V. A. 1IIt:.oN0, W3. 11. SFA,
L.U.I01.1.0WY wa11 YMAS
S.aric :. sE. lo RN B. J. LN ,rnty,
J..11 .:s 1B. 0 J.r Iv P. it , E 1. CrIAMUMrrIN.
%% mmi B 101. NtEnvE LL, M.EDCK
It. C. Jo N1.-sP.GTZS
F. O'CoNNon, Joet Certy,
11. L. J .I- :Ks, W ET101S
.10o1.1 W. MUR RBIAH1, G 1 tor
J. TEO. Y). eIt,
It. 31. ILLCR, Jos. W Tsp,
.iosn~rrr ('orun iN, iot r rYnD
I'. liiton i'31, KrOKAoti
.SI CO U31.N, LZM tKIAD
I. Ti iir:sDEt, PADGFTT
. 1. ETrr ilruoG , - Z-KI-.. .AD.E.-r,
. A . . u..-co,
II A1. I. Px: ik mVrs.cy TTFri
Vi~. I.Ir~u~or .xrEfo its treped
JWt Tt . 1. .v(rrrsr~nt R
Po~ti~ til031iscRAilAN,
"a-org::u:.ii,.rrl (irtrrrt. a'. iI.rtteI o, ai
ilie t~erCorm~ml:: ' io re t d.res lie rireet NrD,
mii lre 'uitIr ui~i o t Ii ehr..s .1AnR ,
lii :r~iir:.t Ir 1. . ir:r.ti lr~tt ED . ie gv, Ih
I .\iigr4. I:;. l.-t r igh (t.1. iat SIliri. 0T v rE's
Iue.l.c l hglii di S Ttlr o.lr. JtiEetr ie
remiri r:r:I~r or t.is riE. d1. il.ie jUs ire N
Ieiitil~rr irr IJo1t, Crdu 111 e'~nwl e it , rr d
1:1. le eirot utte ot Jols.sijc forYson i e
en Irouis ~ 3.xcnsr~ lee a 'Afecrii obdt worET
more ii::: tinliiis I E i zr -: Geirr, i.:.t Er-rg
to ir Ii o hi ae de W..el.* l..tirtwoil- i
ori 'tOel Rstt Tthe .titel T si'eit. vnii
>e.ii tie rr o ta:-Thiderflat phtie hrrdi ieing 'lver
hedianrnterdle e~ii ne i f oi n aiiturd iteninir
the t nt Ati half-aset teven t'eioekreheeFter
tiury fittt tea ed.u a sirnifr te "r before whitIn
ecrn. 'lin ei tl therA caw y wahneer elteI eton
iwai orgei.- ree nd ro womkiuittieie iaotei tr wait
..ir Col. Cso:m ato thee, bet t 1 irnite him promc
itt theo~ toit eailtoreis ofrtee day.i in Innr
in eirely tlie Colnel ook te i n Crumeand begc
his. lrhn.-i en threi .ugn.-. ri it elle gm erirhe
hitory5 i: tha lbr asg-fo te rt ,ime ili Cortt strec-e
is lde orm aroits t t ihtliaann str1 hithe
errh sin:s ~tid. Be cntteliell tha iiet uirrd eounhtt
ofle .\ilngu st i iht l.., ieh rih to thaternrtien is pe
livn.: fry ng yoa the Suthari rCmoii tode-tha Ath
Legi~ilatur ofi.iit h C aritot hi ould pursuee oothee
ous thanor tl thadini beg.r fo asaJintrn days. Tire
.iii, es think, straejut~e fr~i ae~e..,- tser
ito tke aGCm,rny's ..erGet whtitaiut rrkver woul
riem aten forlah lr it, i in ,t bange justie
In id, i tis pn ei. le tis sr t cabl.-s , e intem ato,
be. irmit liveofte worinm g w&v Eeih T'hek
p etitninrcto Gad ofcoLsie neve wigt tae d.b
Teto rrnr inujet thner tiin tbrtu.:ht upwas then
ent rul urci(ha ias be the iningr3 tef Britga
ors of arc inrrrCtiotn FTiriesme tibei ter hour
tng. more exoiutreark n s ntssubject sook ise
ti.Ji said IGcntlmuen, it wuld ee fr dri o sthe
nyiinrgu, o Snotugh Creben t itrereay betwee
enau1 ti u aire, vthat Cou sa:not inr ore truhim
eni heur ar said m ht't teige farid tern
night do for the paidpierh ppLeisntuofo Ennbutt
Cartoln should make such a law, the opejratcs
would not get as much for working ten hours as
they would for- working twelve. We are of the
opinion that if the Captain would inquire into this
matter, lie would find himself mistaken, fur in other
places, w% here this law is in force, the operatives do
dually as well, if tit better, tian they do here.
h'lie third speaker was Mr. W- IlOLSTEIN. Ie
said ie dil uot expect there would be any speaking
-he did-not come to speak-he ierely came to get
all their votes if lie could ; anal took his sent amidst
anl enitlusiastie p(.31 of himghiter. iHe made friends
by his frank coniife.sion.
Thus ended, Mr. Earren, the first political meet
ing in Gra.iteville. A UDITOP.
FOR TiME ADVERTISER.
Tse Augusta Bridge.
i 1st. 1o you belie-ve tie Act alluded to as wisE,
JST. roi.m1iC IIr PROPFr ?
" 2d. \\ ill you, if elLe:ted, vote for its repeal?"
M. EDrToR,-The above interrogatories relative
toi the Act authorizing Messrs. JoYEs & KENNE;T
to co-lleet Toll at this end of the Augusta Bridge,
lave been propounded to, the Canlidates foi the
Legi.dature by " Seventy-five respectable citizens"
of Edgeti!eld District. To these interrogatories I
bri.-fly answer No to the first, and Yea to the
secoand.
* Peihaps I onght to say no maore,'but as there
seetis to be a doubt iii the ninds of some as to
A hetlier the Act in cuestion be repealable (or net, it
may be well enough fer me to state, thait if it be
Itt repealable, I sOuld -*iso-feel it my duty, as a
fithful representative, to tupport any me1asuC hav
ing for its object the relief of the public on the one
hand, and the protect;on ofthe City Council of
Augusta in the enjoyment of their ju-nt rights on
the other.
The relpeal bility of tlq Act is an open question.
but as my judgment inclines stronaly to the belief
that it can aid will be repealed, I saelll not for the
prasent make any aliusi to two or three measures,
smie one of n hieh I would advocate, if el. eted to
the Legislature, in case the proposition to repeal the
obnoxioaus Charter ceu!d not be itt ricd.
I have never hesitated to express my op'niits
freelv on the ulject of the Augu-ta Brid e, either
in private coenversation or in public dehate, anl my
lo tion in regard to the Tll Gate of lessrs..1oNiS
& KEsNrto must be well known to this comnuni
ly. But :as a vrittea definitimn of that p.-sition has
been twice calI.d faar by nuin. rous and respecable
citizens. I cheerfully comily with a demand wh:eh I
iad tint every fr..e constituenc1y hans a right to
Make up.aen ihiose who seek to represent it.
Respectfuly, 6 ' 0. D! TILLMAN.
FOi TiE AUVEnTiSaIt.
Exmtinizationt at Pine Grove.
Ma. ieiari.-Witi your perminsson, I will.
throuh yaur co:unins. 1. t your readers know so:e
th:ni about how it ..m 8 with the " young ideas"' inl
the p-ney woaads. At Pine Gr..ve, on Friday the
ISith in-t.. a publie ex:h0,atioen was given. whicb
shouid have been noted ere this, but we hoped
slame:.hir pen than ours would have done it. Soon
after arriving, we s.aught a plce cleobe to the st:nd
in eord r that nothing nicht pass . unobstrvd. The
eNcale. lit lBans linid soon after stouided the pre
lude, and the Ttacler. 21r. WarTwr, called out a
Clas4, which slhoew, el denonstratively how inathudi
enlye :11a Feientitieally they had been instiuced i
ilie nystery eat "etters. No one can iniagine how
h;4ily intere.-ting it was that did not witness the
praceedinjgs. Et ery schlar and e!ass nanifast id
latideab!e spirit if emulation and determined perse
verance, hieih is the sure niedium of success in a 11
educational enterlpr.ses. It hi:s often' ba en our for
y-iae ithoddmeh zathterin~gs and we d. not hesi
tote t rsa:y, thatWe -~%.iERs M~yfiTiiien
with~ so much nuecur.ecy and precisioen as on this ce
cas:een ;and wec do not .speak withoaut knoawinig some.
tihing ;about the businuess, atnd alsoi the sutbjects they~
had un cder celnsieratcln, etherwiseti w ehin!d have
kepit the peace. Ne academiecal or haigh-sechool ex
~eees c(ould halce surpa:.ss. d it, up1 to its pretei
s na lieb ;:re the ba~aee tmilest nlee'ul faar the
tfrn.er, nmecha nies, and othle t comuniry avocations
Ice Kin:fs F~ngishe. The mlornetig being very ca.nady,
added not a little to the comie~irt Cf ite day, up te
naoon toaihi tiime every thinti haid pro~gre:-s*d as
harmoioausly as theit Ieart coauld desire; ande j ust
thene the signal: far dlitener was soaunldedl. There was
ni w maea giem rilnl dvance tea the table; anid aefter
seeinig all biandes ini tar their chance, we strealb. d
I aountd tea see meore than tea get. anid withouat exag
g'teration we never saw a bettwr .lintier, for a pbi
lcahs clii aniyni haere or anyi timle. TIhere nmust have
teen ace eitensive itina made in the raniiks oaf the~
ieathecredl tribe, as well its the pig pen: atid laiiab feild
Tihe cravengs eaf the itnr mian havitng been amply
stisfied, the audeice were iigatn repiring to the
haibeor. i haen the wttry elemientsc brotught a chaiige
over eaur ahenmis.-anmd theni there was a peIll-miell
r ush 'ar the l-ureb, which heappt ly stiood ncear by.
hi cre eblaeis reignced utncontiolledl for somite timte
samei lamen~itiing thaet the exceises weic stoappaed,
otliars sigh -ng for homcae, whlie naaw aund theni a love
sek swvain ceauld be seen bewinag obescejuieoshy be
fore b;s divm, thinikinig that lie was veiled from ob
servatitis bay the uprioar araunid, telling his dlistres
ses, and askoig (wee thought) a returnt of alIeetions.
Order, however, was at hentiht restored, when
dosi-:rni iiua:v, E'q., who wais soliciteed to address
the audienac, uisended the pulpit, and it seemued as
if the sacred dee-k inspired h:mn with a vast deal
moe zeal andie fei vor thatn his usuael quantum ; faor,
nithoaau we dial not hear but little ourselves, lawiing
to the inisciterablie ereiwd that throntged t he house,
smee of aur friendcs that heaird hinm tharan:.:h, (anid
they were close observers anid competent jtudges ot
such things.) said they never knew hitm tea acquit him
self with so nich credit on aniy occasion. Of course
his sublject weas that of literature. lrimi the outsc
he ste uek at the poaint, atid canctriated every re
ntark to the sutbject, lle placed thte adlvantiages
:mde inieenitves to etiinence, ranik and distintion ini
A mer.ca, in bald relef, in conta-distincetieon tea
those of every eothier Iid; aind the contratst was
trly~ a Imappy onee to the hetarts of all. lie sheewed
that tihe hiepe ot lour country htung upoii a well edu
catedi youatht, poartrayii g to the pareint the necessity
and all-importunece of the suhj et in beautiful colors.
We dia not wish it tie be thcought that we are wield
ing act indreet eieetialnerineg enalel bor .\r. ABsNaY,
fer we knotw th e Is initreie mierits will weigh moire
hevily uon the hearits elf an enl.ghtened comuntc
nity thacn anl thing we tmighit say : besides wee speaak
irrespetive ande iepienidenit of all pialitical predi
lection. Mir. A DNEY is ktieown te he a mtan of une*e
miineg etnergy ande perseveracnce, and also of paatri
otic integrity-anid we can but say to all such, " God
speed."
A fter Mir. A. ha~d taken his seat, the l" young
Aericats' nmaunited the restrum, aitd they did
themiselves anal Teacher ample credit ; and especi
aly died lr. CaOwVDER. win for imiself ant enviable
repmlitat, es a yomuth of tare parts nnd unequalled
oerigimnty fear one of his yeairs and opportunities.
Press forweard, young emact, a laurel is in waiting for
you in fume's temple.
A nd here the chapter ends, but beforeelosing, we
beg leave to say to aill who do not know his merits,
tatt AMr. Wnmrri is wvorthy of the most unlimited
epttation as a successful teacher of all Englisht
brncthes. We are but slightly acquainted with tis
gentlettn, and therefore we do not speink of him
through sitnister motives. We. love to see such men
patronized ; and miore than all, we like to see the
cause of education adviancing with such gigantic
strides. The time will then soon come wheni there
will he noe use of talking and writing atbout Free
cholm s..tem in South Carolina. -VI ATOR.
Tribute of Reppect.
A a speeOal meeting of "TiE SALDA SSTir
Er.l," at Mount Willing, on the ith inst., Lieut.
A. ). BATEs being called to the Chair, the follow
ing preatble and resolutions were adopted :
IVinEREAS, In the dispensation of an allwiso
Provi.!ence, the supreme Being has seen fit to rt
move frot among us our late Captain and fellow
soldier, RIEUCNF.N B. POUK.'iIT. Be it therefore
Resulted, That '- The Salula Sentinels" have
met an irrelparable foss in the dtath of our late
Captain an.i fellow-s...lier, REuDEN B. loUKSIGir,
and th:at we truly 'deplore this heavy dispensation of
Providenee.
Resolved. That the members of this Company
found in Capt. loUKNIGIT an abe an efficient offi
cer, a high tuned honorable gentleman, always ex
ereising that patienue, forbearance and courtesy to
lch an1d every nernber, which have lastingly en
deared him to the Coipanv.
Resolved. That as an officer and fellow-soldier,
and a nost estimable, useful and patriotie citizen.
we will cherish for him the kin-iest rene'mbrane ,
Resolred, That as a testintony of our deep res
peet, we do wtar at our next parade, and for the
space of thirty da% s thereafter, the usual badge tY
mouring.
Resolved, That we deeply sympathize with hin
family in their sad bereavineut.
Resolved. That a copy of these resotiations be
sent to the family.
Resolrced, That the proceedings of this meeting
be putthshed inl the Edgetield Adcertiser..
A. D. I.\TES, Chairman,
0' TiE fo lowing letter frilmn the celebrated Dr.
JAM.%s C. AYER, gives tle honest bide of the Nos
trum question. Since the public will ute these
remedies we wish, for the take of suffering hutnani
ty, there were no:e of theim like his Cherry Pee
loral and Cathartic Pills, which require no secrecy
to make them go down.
Lowr.L., 'sily 26, 1854.
,1esrs.- - & Co., New York City,
Gentlenen:-Yours of the :3d inst., asking me
to jotin in a coIbinatioin to put down the Ohio No6
trum Bill, coies duly to hand- I cannot accede to
your reqju. st for the following reasons:
The lawv requir:ng that the composition siall be
puil.shel. of eVery medicine sold itt the State, can
sit wo: k to the injury 'f anybody who deserves
protection. I h:ive published the recipes 'of my
ineliciies for fifteen ye..rs, sand believe this to be
the hontest way of itaking their virtues known to
the comsunity. The leelical Protession publish
their tiaeveties to the world as soon as niade, for
the benlefit of all mteankiid. Whv sheou!d we not?
The Law which yeu fear will destroy yourzbusi
ness, can injure only those who alsely pretend to
diseoveries and secrets wh;ch they have not. lt.
wll expeose the emiplincss of .sech pretensics, and.
the pub.ie wiil turn ns.de froi iuch prepa:afiions as
are luni t.; be worthless when their coamposit.on is
known. If mediciiies lfhve real worth, they will be
only the better app:ecintcd and the better latront
izedi by laying their compos~tof open to the l'ublio,
that all m:y judge for themsuves. If they have
not real elrit, it is dtue in comon justice, to the
sufter.ng s.ek, to the public health and to the eau~u
of humanity, that the 2.-ople shioulde know thento
avoid them. Yuurs, rspetfully,
JAMES C., AYEt.
MAHiArGF AND DtvCr..-The New York Tri
utie 4ims jn-t closed a series of arzides on mar- -
i::gu: and divorce, in which the argutents for
exiendin'g the facilities for divorce have beeni
exanine md atnd swered.
One leading cause of unhappitness in the mar
ri.ige relation is very happily set forth in the
following:
"he real evil is, as we have said, that many
marry heed:eshslv ior unworthily. But for thi,
there would not be one unhappy iunion wheru
there are now a thousand. Tiis is the. point (of
danger, and to this the at tetition of philanthre
vists and reformers should be directed. 'Te.
illusions, the niut al deceptions, which too (Aen
lrecle and indnce filse mairringer, sho,"i '
sternly reprob:ated, and the free.,t inquiry, th
most searelhig observai.e n, %xit hI respect to.the
ednteatiotn, temper, opitiois, faults ad'virtlsos
of those cultivatintg each other'n society with at
view to tnarrinige, should be reciproenlly praur
.--d i insisted ugn. And the~y should be
Irepeuted breatking off~ of an engagement, -.no
less thtan the baiseniess which would promote
Ior secuare Otto through mtnztual deltmionts which
surely precede a life ouf mnisery. We know two
who, after hatving been several ye.:rs engaigear~
att le~ngt h satid to ch other, ini perfect frank
ness and miutnaml esteem;, without at cloutd hav
ing interposed between thtem : "It scm~s that
we do not love so fe.rveiitly. devotedly, as we
Iought ini ordler to)ec ht~e u.,bIiusiaid antd we ; L
us beoceetarth hile fr ieds only,'" and so they
were and ::re. Hoew nobly this cont rasts wvith
thle tmercetairy matchmiaakinir, estate-wedding,
folr tne-hm tting speirit, too general Ily prevauleuti,
whideb detertmitnes the mierits of a suit or by
searebing' iniqtiries atmeng receords of mortegages,
tad title deeds., or sIrtike., the bealante let at maiid
en'si itt ues on her father's b.itk book atnd led
er."r
AnaEsT OF THtE .3lUsD.tER.-MoSES, the
ptrincipt.iac ner in thte -re nmtrder of J EsSEE
MrrTOX, :ird who escaped freem the mttihoridies,
was re-t:tken,, on $aittrdaty mnerning la.,t, near
the D~e:.d Fall, int tl.is Distriei,.nna is now int
ja'l. iTe two tidier beeys imipliented were tried
mePI tthr--d:i y of last wve-k, and senmenced tto bi
hung on Friday, te 15: h of next muonth. The
thiree will he hunitg togetl.er.-The phinee of exe
eni tin is ixed tiear Donaldsviile.-Ilndeper.dent
l'Pre.
PRE~iDENT Il'iE.-..-The WVashiingt on cor
resptoedenit of the New Yeerk .Jouritrl of~Coms
merce satys tof Presidenit Pieree
' His c'ivil atchtievemets sincee his ntecession to
thte liresidenicy htave been mtore importatt and
motre gleeriouis, and nmore conidieive to she wvel
faire of' the counttry, than wonaid be a hutndred
vietories by ltand anid sca. TIhe treazties which
lie ha~s alremily ttoiie with foreign powers are
peaceftul t ritumphs, greatly augnmeti ng the
strentgth, aind prosperi:y, and glory of the coun
try."
Ilt-r AND Cor.D.-A gentlemtan who' arrived
at onie of the hetels int Loston oin Wednesday,
gatve the follown order ir. a toeuto10i
thte shatde : --Lamilord, pu may batggage out ice,
antd mnake uip a bed feer tae in the retrigerattor."
We hiappented tie be present when thme samtie gen
temsan atrived last sjainuary. His order then
was ins a tonue several degrees below : -' Latnd
lord, I saty, give tus a biliing huot whiskey punich,
pile on the coae~l, atnd muake miy bed itt an oven"
. NEW CoTToN.--J. II. Willey, Esq., has laid
ont our disk a samnple of a bale of Fair new
Cotton received fromn the pletanthiion osf Joseph
Catechitngs, Esq., G reens county, Georgia.
31eoers. W. C. Dukes & Sons havo also pro,
setnted us with a sample from a bahe recived, by
Nessrs. Moo~rer &. Connior from the planitationi
of Caiswell Hart. Esq., Cha~rlestuon Dietrict. Ita
quitlity is Middling Fair.
Rice Dulin, Esq1., likewise received yesterdaty
tent b:sles otf the new ertup, which lie disposied
of at 10% cents per pdunsd.-Charlestonu Courier.
THE Lonidonu timnes, in thse course of a reeent
editoriatl review of the vairiout naval invasiona
cronicled in thue world's history, admits that
-The success of the B~riti~h force thtat dashed
up the Potomnec, botded, atnd aifter a quick mnaroh,
destroyed WVashintgtont, anud then ats speedily
beatt a retreat, can hatrdly be considered an afiair
of legtitmatte warfatre, beintg little miore thaun a
piraatical and fruithests surprise on atn unarmed
anid unsuspecting poplatidin." This is a noto
worthy consfesseion.
THE New Orleans Etulletin says:
" We are inclitned to belive thuat the okra plant
of thte Sotuth is destined to alleviattt thse grIev
ons evil untder whtich till ptublishierdom latbors.
We hlave seen specimtens of strong vhuite rope
manufactured from its fibre. If it wiill make.
rope it certainly will make papor, and if it will
maepaper the present exorbitant prices must
coe sow aterially, for thle supply of the raw
nmateriah will be as intexhtaustible as cheap."'
Fr is stated that 1,000,000 .bushela .of wheat
will be raised in Dodge county, Wisconsinl, tis
year. It is also certain that there are thonsands
of nteres that will yield from fifty to sixty bussla