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THE EDGEFIELD ADVERTISER IS PUBLISHED BEVRY WEDNESDAY BY W. F. DURISOE & SON, Proprietorm. 'ED E M Ma Gna Two DOLLARS per year. if paid in advance-Two DOLt.ARs and Firry CENTS if not paid within six months-and THRE DOLLARS if not paid before the expiration of the year. All subacriptions not distinct ly limited at the time of subscribing, nill be consider ed as made for an indefinite period, and will be con tinued 'mtil all arrearages are paid, or at the option of the Publisher. Subscriptions from other States must INVARABLY he accompanied with the cash or refer ence to some one known to us. ADVERTISEMENTS will be conspicuously inserted at 75 cents per Square (12 lines or less) for the first in Portion, and 374 cents ftr each subsequent insertion. When only published Monthly or Quarterly- S1 per square will hie charged. All Advertisementsnothaving the desired number of insertions marked on the mar gin, will be continued until forbidi and charged ac cordingly. Those desiring to advertise by the year can doso on liberal terms-it being distinctly understood that con tracts f"r yearly advertising are confined to the imme diate, legitimate business of the firm or individual contracting. Transient Advertisements mus. be paid for in advance. For announcing a Candidate, Three Dollars, iN ADVANCE. For Advertising Estrays Tolled, Two Dollars, to be paid by the lagistrate advertising. From the Chester Standard. CASUALTY. If the subjoined circumstances had not been vouched for by gentlemen of unimpeachable character, we should have regarded the whole story as a fiction. But coming to us as they do, we are bound to give them the most implicit ,credence. On Friday last, an Irishman, of the~name of Chas. Cassedy, was let down into the well of Mr. Jno. Ross, at Sandersville, in the upper part of this District, about 12 o'clock in the day, for the purpose we believe of cleaning it out. The well was 49 feet deep and was curbed to within a few feet of the top, with curbing stones of various sizes, from 3 feet long down to small round - nigger hbads." In passing down Mr. C. kept one foot protruded from the well bucket, -in order to steady himself occasionally in his descent, against the sides of the wall, and also to see if the wtll was firm. In this way, when very near the bottom, he -*touched one of the side stones with his foot which seemed to not have a good foundation: when the whole wall, with a large quantity of dirt atd brick from the top, caved in, tumbled down on him, and buried him the depth of 30 feet. Of course every one despaired of ever seeing him alive again, and accordingly his coffin was ordered to be made. But the humanity of the neighbors was so great that they soon assemb ed in large force and went vigorously and inces santly to work, removing the rubbish and try ing, as speedily as possible, to get the unfortun ate man out. About 11 o'clock at night, Mr. C. was heard to speak, when he informed those above that the stones had formed a perfect, "airch" over him. But his coffin was finished and on its way for delivery, before it was known he was alive. From this time a regular communication was held with him until some time the next day, when a large additional quantity of earth caved in and for a time, cut off all means of correspondence. About II o'clock the next day, his head was uncovered, when he began to work and assist in removing rubbish and extricating himself. He was found to be reclining at an angle of about 45 degrees, with his face upward, the edge of a large rock across his neck, pressing so close that he had to turn his head to one side in order to avoid e king to death. Large stones were also pressin n his head, breast and feet, and he was so close wedged in on all sides that it was very difficult for him to move any of his limbs. He sAys, when the accident first happened, he thought that no effort would be made for some days to get him out, and that consequently he would linger two or three days and finally famn ish and d'e. Therefore, he triei to take his knifa from h; ugaas 3 unsaereO. .Ur. liryant was present and administered sneh medical aid as seemed to be reqttired. lHe can nnw erawl and hobble about, is doing weli-l and refuses all assistance. H-e satys he camec very near dying of suffoca tion, wihen they had nearly got downa to himt and the earth caved and fell in from above. But, his dainger being apaprchentded, by hard and timely exertions, a vent wvas mode soon enotngh still to save him. The life of this man has been an eventful series of interesting hair breadth escapes. The first time we rememiber to have seen hitm was in about tihe year 1847. We called then with his attending pihysician (our friend Dr. J. Rt. Mc .ilaster) to see him, on, what was thought to be, his deathhed. He h:id been engaged in a street fiht in Winnaboro' with or~e Isane Arledge, who" drew a l:rge knife and stabbed him in the r.eck. This~ seemed to rise the Irish in him, so that lie knoeked Mr. A. down with a single blow of his list, wrenched the knife away from him. threw it away and proceeded deliberately to in flict a sound drubbing upon him. ISome time after .,this he was arrested and stood his trial at Winnsboro' Court for Burgla ry, (Hottse-breaking) which in lawv is a hanging offence. 'rie evidence against him was pretty strong; but the adage which says, "if a tman is made to be drowned lhe never will be hung," was fulfilled inl thlis instance. HeI was ably and triutmphantly dlefentded by otur friends WV. R. Robertson anld Jno. B. McCaill; amnd the Jury brought in a verdict of "Not Guilty." Since that tinme we htave not often seen or heard of Cassedy. But the nlext we heard of him, he had been down at work blasting rock in as well, and the charge exploded, while lhe was ramming it, the needle passing by on one side "I. his head and the tamping-rod on the other; btt lie stood in the middle unhur:.. The next we hear of him, some one,' we don't know who, why or where; fell upon him with anm iron bludgeon, and beat him over the head like hte wais trying to kill an ox, but still Cassedy never took his bed, or seemed to complain of any thing more than a few scratches. Again we hear thlat some one drew a pistol on him; who, why or where we know not; but Charley waiked cooly up to him, took it out of his hand and carefully pounded it to pieces be tween two roces. Ut der these circumstances, it is difficult to say whatt would kill this man, tho' we hnve rea son to think lie will die some time. But we believe that he, at least, is one of the men who " will not die till his time comes.', Can Edge. field beat thi's? Would also like very well to hear from York; idem frotm right Due Wecst. DEATH AoAtN IN oUR MIDsT.-The destroy ing messenger has again entered the sanctuary of our social circle, and carried a way another victim. On Friday evening last at 10 o'clock, after a wasting illness of two weeks, Robert F. Cunningham calmly'breathed his last, and gave up his spirit to thec great author and disposer of our being. The deceased wvas a son of Maj. Mathew Cunningham, late of Greenville District, and a brother to the-late 0. H-. P. Cunningham of this place, whose demise we recorded but a few short months ago. For some years he has been ai resident and merchant of this Town, filling a placing in our business and social circles pleas awnt anid agreeable to others.-profitable and creditable to himself. Around him circled friendships, and associations that placed him in a high and estimnable position among his fellow Townsmen, and while their confidence and es teem scattered pleasures along the path of life, the joys atnd hopes, the ties of earth and attach. mients of man's holiest relation, clustered in wild profusion around him, like so many angels guarding him against the fell destroyer, but all is vanity and evetn these could not stay the cold and iron grasp of death. He was a warm and faithful friend, a dutiful and affectionate child, and a fond devoted hus band. In all these relations lie possessed cmi ent virtues, and the early termination of hlis useful career will be severely ti-It by the circle u.s dea h.,. Leken.-Vallev Pioneer, 25th uit. ARTHUR SIMKINS, EDITOR. EDGErIELD, S. C. WEDNESDAY, MAY 2, 1855. BUSINESS NOTICES. See the advertisement of WK. H. CRANE. He is now selling for cash only, and at prices much reduced. The Cash system is the best all the world over, and it would be well for all to strive to get into it. Call on CRANE. C. M. WRiGHT, Surgeon Dentist, locates his Card on another calumn. Attend to his proffer of profes sional services. Have your teeth woi ked on in time. "A plug in time saves nine." FURMAN UNIVERSITY. WE are indebted to some friend for a copy of the "Catalogue of the Officers and Students of the Fur man University, for the year 1854." There were over two hundred students in attendance during the year. Twelve of this number were from our Die riet. We understand the Institution is quite as flourishing this year as it was the last. The Faculty appears to be full, and some of ti's professors, we believe, are men of decided ability. The Rules & Regulations are rigid and sensible. If duly enforced, they must result in admirable discipline. The only vacation given is during the Winter months, beginning the middle of November and ending the first Wednesday in Februa ry--this, on account of the severity of the season in that locality. It is gratifying to mark the high success of this Col!ege-a College destined, we trust, to do a great deal for the united cause of Education and Religion. QUITE A HARVEST. By a letter from Judge ONEALL to the Southern Patriot, we learn that in Sumter District the return for the Spring Term of the Court of Common PIlas reached the very large number of 1200 cases. We believe our District is ahead of Sumter, whether as to population or wealth; and yet our return did not amount in all to 500 cases. The contrast prompts us to glorify a little on the superior con-lition of things in Edgefield. But prudence admo .ishes us to delay our laudations until it shall be seen what our Fall return shall show up. Should the monetary affairs of our District then exhibit no fincreased difficulties, we shall begin to think, more strongly than we have ever done before, that we indeed live in the best part of South Carolina. MORE REVIVALS. The" Valley 1ioneer" informs us that the good work of reformation is at last begun in the town of Hamburg. A religious revival has been in progress there for some days under the labors of the Rev. Mr. EvANs, of the Methodist Church. We unite with friend STYLES in rejoicing that the " marble hearts" of his community are at length becoming changed in to hearts of flesh and blood. We hear of revivals of rather late occurrence in Newberry and Abbeville al so. At Aiken, tinder the auspices of Dr. TEASDALE, one of considerable interest is now existant. A good ly number have joined the church, and the work at last accounts was still making considerable headway. It does indeed seem that the times of "refrething from the presence of the Lord" are upon the land. THE NECESSARIES 'OF LIFE. THEsE articles have never been scarcer or dearer in this good country of Freedom and Agriculture than at present. From Maine to Texas the complaint Is gene ral. Some think the difficulty of living has reached its maximum, and that our provision market will soon grow easier and more abundant. How this can lie, until another good crop comes in, we are at a loss to conjecture. We incline to the belief that the year 1855 will be a propitious one to our farming and plant ing interests. The unprecedented dryness of the past Winter and of the passing Spring warrants the hope that the heavens will be opened and drop fatness over many in South Carolina, we hail W i .m high satisfaction. It may be (e. h' - - shall once more hear the " old man elo'w:a. 0ur Edgefield pulpit. What associations w'ould not the otCasiolt recall! Since last the tre-mulotus hut soul subduing tones of his pathetic elocution resounded along those aisles, many, many who we're then there have gone down to the tomb. Hlow would lie miss them from their accustomed lekces! Yet there are a few, a very fen' left as lantdmarks of oilier days. To these howv like a sound from the Past, the sadly-re membered Past, would he their first pastor's voice ! Dr. MANLY commenced his ministry, wve think, in Edgefield. H~e was alslo the principal of our Male Aecad emy at thme time. This was pirobably very soon after his graduation. lie was the second honor man of his class in the South Carolina co lege. We remenmber to have heard Senator Blu-rt.raa remark that "Mr. MANtY's Valedictories at Cimamencement wvere the most touching addresses of the kind lie had ever heartd." Not long after leaviing college, Mr.-IIA NLY married a daughter of ZEauc.oN RUDULPrH then liviing in this Disrict. We forget how lo'ng he remained in Edge field. From this place lie wvetit to Charleston--thtence, after many years of ministerial labor, to Tusenloosa as President of the Alabama University. Wearied and faint, but not slack in spirit, he now come-s again to his old home to pass the remnant of his dlays. Slav the aged servant be yet spared many years to dispense the teachings of his Master among the erring sons of men ! TWO GOOD ONES. WE are receiving letters every day from our delin quents, not only with the proper cash remittances, but with genuitie expressions of regard for the interest. and well-being of the old " Advertiser." Th le money of course we are glad enough to get. But it is trash when compared with the kind, generous appreciation of our patrons. We must be pardoned fur publishing a letter or two out of many of similar import which have reached us within the last month. Here is one 'from a dear old college classmate who has fixed his home in the far West: SH REvEPoar, La., A pril 6, 1855. Dear .Simkincs:-Ene-losed please find a year's dues for your paper. I peruse it with mucli pleasure. Please send it until death. May not something from Rt:d River be interesting to your renders in Carolina!i Accept my best regards, and believe me, Yours as ever, E***. H** Send it, old fellow ! That will we, as Iling as you are there and we are here. Rememberest thotu the old Buzard Roost tenement, dear friend? and Maxcy GREGG, and DcE HAaRIsON, (poor Di cK !) and Louis WIFA.L., and other noble fellows who shared it with us ? And callest thou ever to mind with what perti nacity thou didat cling, day after day, to that old Greek copy of Herodotus, until you accomplished at length the very last page ? We forget whether you wrote a translation as you proceeded. And, speaking of writing, what a fist you tused to exhibit ! Stop,let us get the book. Ah ! here we have it. It ts thme copy of MooRE you gave us containing your veritable a u tograph according to your then style. We observe that you have learned to. put doawn your ideas in a smaller space.-But we must not indulge in further reminiscences of this kind here. Write to us, H., by all means. Something from Red River weill he "inter. esting to our readers in Carolina." The second letter we publish is from a subscriber in Marion. With our thanks for his kind expressionis, we assure the writer that ihe is not the kind of man we care to drop. One who thinks and feels as he does we desire to "grapple" to us " with hooks of steel." Our paper shall continue to go to your address, good friend. We commend the tone of his letter to certain remaining delinquents of whom we have great hopes: Co,. AraUR Staties: Dear- Sir-In your paper of the 4th inst., you bid farewell ico the delinquent subscribers of the " Adver tier." I am one of the delinquents, having received with much satisfactIon to myself a paper so ably con ducted ; and I take shame to myself that I have de rived pleasure and seem to have forgotten to remuner ate your labors by paying even the first year's sub scription. I have been taking the paper some two years ; the precise time I do not recollect. I herewith send you five dollars; if it is insufficient, please in rr me, and I will remit the balance. I would fain continue to iake the paper. But I fear that in d oing so, I should not consult my purse aright; y pecuniar circumstances are unlike what they halling the arrival of the "Advertser," "it is my poverty, and not my will consenting." Wishing you many prompt-payian subscribers, I subscribe myself no delinguent in god wishes for your welfare. E. B.W. RAIL ROAD MATTERS. It will be seen, by an excellent report in another col umn, that our citizens are holding mteetings to consid er the newly fashioned scheme of the Savannah Val ley Rail Road. So far as we have been able to scer tain, there is a strong feeling of friendship amongst us towa.dt' this enterprise. The committee appointed by the Chairman, for a specified object, will doubtless pro ceed in the discharge of the duties committed to them with as much promptitude as the nature of circum stances will allow. Knowing the mind of the mover of the resolution creating that committee, we deem it right to state that while tine ard the main purpose, had in view, was a conference with individuals as to the expediency of turnimr over their proposed subscrip tion on the Greenville & Columbia Rail Road Compa ny's books to those of the Valley Company, there was yet a desire to show proper courtesy towards the form er Company in whatever action might be taken in re gard to that subscription. And thus, one of Ie duties cf the Committee we regard to be such correspon dence with the Presiden' of the Greenv:lle Company as is utle to his position and his unquestioned exer tions to establish the connecting link between his road and Aiken. We have no falling not whatever with that excellent gentleman, nor the Direction over which he presides, nor any interest connected with their Rail Road. We simply prefer the recently sug gested route of the Valley Road, because we regar.1 it the shortest, the most feasible, aid likely to prove the most useful. We had thought also that there was an utter indifference manifested towards our poor advan ces pf last Fall, and we confess to having experien ced a mixture of disappointment and another lesslamia ble emotion on the occasion. Under the circumstan ces we thought we had a tight-nay, more, that it was our duty to grasp the opportunity now held out to us, as it were, by our ovn people-we mean the good people of the Dark Corner and of Hamburg. We still think so. In the meantime, however, we have re ceived a letter from one of the Directors of the Green ville & Columbia Rail Road Company, a gentleman of undoubted sincerity and of admitted influence. He assures us that there has bieen no disrespect of any sor: felt or expre.sed in reference to the Edgefield: ubscrip. tion above alluded to, and that, so far as he knows, no such subscription has ever been tendered to the Green ville Direction. Ie further adds in a spirit which we cordially recognise as genuine-" In conclusion, I have no hesitation in averring that I am in favor of the consteuction of a Road from some of the points designated on the Greenville & Columbia Rail Road to the South Carolina Road in accordance with the charter granted for the purpose. This, I am satisfied, the Company intends to do, and that it will be to their interest so to do, taking for granted the fact that the Rabun Gap Road will he a reality. This I suppose there can be little doubt about; and, if so, there will be as little as to the other. I speak on my own respon sibility when I say, that I do not believe the people East ol thie Saluda are opposed to such a Road. I can see trany reasons why it should be built; and at any other time than the p esent, when money is so scarce, times so hard and prospects so gloomy, funds could be raised to a considerable extent on this side of the river to do so. I make these suggestions, and reqitest, if I am right as to no information (official I mean) having been given to the Direction of the Green ville & Columbia Rail Road Company, as to the Edgefield subscription, that you will do us Justice in the matter." We are always glad to be set right in this manner. Our impression really was that official iiformation had been given on the point. If such was not the case, of course there was no possibibility cf action in the matter, and, consequently,no room for that " contemp tuous indifference" of which we romplained. We are very glad to be assured, from the quarter whence this voice of expustulatien comes, that no feeling of the sort woi e-.- -n- :.*- 1 ** *" i ei!. snsitive. ............~ Aa .nu, ii.eile at pertecd .e * .be. 40brb as a hamy tlaai so decide, to turi *v--t 'ur 'ibwrip.th.n I the V:,t.c fload ? Bit wntethier tihis stame ,' iainigs will oir will not ab'olve us, the whole subscription is ntot certini to faill flat from one oif the annexed conditions, viz: that the Road shuall be completed by 1st .lanuatry, 1857. With this co nditioni, the .subscription wotuld not ntow be re ceived, ho wever, exact and official the tenider. So that it would sent to be our fair and legitimate privilege, ntit to muention the duty of so doinag, to consault anew, to counsel together afresh as to our btest chance for a Ratil Rload. We have assertetd our belief Ilhat thle Val. Icy Ruad presents to mis the trite desideratum on sever. al grounds. It is not amiss to add thiatin the amnalga. mation of our fiundsa n ithi the stock of the Greeniville lload, should that Road be our preference, we take all the risks, he they more or h-ss, of owning dcpreciatedl stuck wichel may taut pay for years to come. Whlere as, in joininig the Valley Comipany, we become port und parcel of an eniterprise which promises rich re turns to its supporters in a comparatively short period. At all events, it is one whoute location, course atnd ter mirni all warramt a cunsiderable detgree o.f coiifiden-ce in its speedy success. Th'le only question fair our die cision now appears to be, whic~h of the two to choose, the Valley or the Greenville & Columbia Road. For ourself, we have declasred our opinitin withi sufficient distinctness. It is based upon honest conviction, with out a spark of prejudice one way or the other. Let every tine of us decide for himself. It is certainly a question of moment, and should be carefuilly weighed. We address ourself now particuilarly to those who have affized their names upon certain conditions to a list that tras to have bceen offered to the Greenville & Columbia Companty. It is yours to decide the feite of thiat list. If you shall say- that, provided our condi tions are complied with, the subscription shtall still go to the Greenville & Colunmbia Company, we are with you. But if you shall determine that it is useless to operate longer in that qnarter and that you will now go for the Valley Road, then are we doubly with yoiu. W. GILMORE SIMM~tS---HIS LECTURES. Wy had the pleasure of meeting this dlistiniguished scholar int Charleston t wo weeks ago, and were grati fled to find him in his usual fine health andl spirits. He informed us thaat lie had beon thinking of visiting several of the prumintetat villages of our up-country this sutnmer for the purpose of delivering at each a series of literary lectures, and added that he would be apleased to put down Edgefield on his list. We tinder took to assu-e him that our community would most probably be exceedinagly gratifiedl to conic in for a share of his varied learning and that we thotught he could easily realize some haundred dollars or so upon a course. It is to be hoped that we did not, in giving this as surance, over estimate the liberality and literary taste of otar village. Hiowevear dull we may be in othter matters of progress, the double charge of literary sI' tha fulness, and indifference to the mental improvement of our sons and daughters, is not to be laid at our door. In all that concerns moral atad intellectual advance ment, we have among us an enlighatetned spirit which yields not in vivacity and watcifulness to tha~t of any the most refined of our sister villages. This spirit may here have an opportunity of displaying itself to the common benefit of ourselves and the eminent in dividuial who proposes to entertain us, at a moderate stipend, with dascourses of an elevaaed cast uipon sub jects that will be interesting to old and young, grave and gay. Our readers well know that Mr. Sinuss deservedly ranks among the first literary celebrities of our country- His books have given him a niche in the temple of literary fame overtopped by bitt few of otur American writers, lie is besides a South Car-olini an, dyed in the wool. His aspirations are for the wveal and improvement of his immediate fellow-citizens, The labors of his lIfe have tended to illustrate the his tory and sociology of his beloved South. And it is really the duty, as it..htould be the pride, of his coun trymen to encourage hinm in his career of usefulness whterever the chtance occurs. But what is yet more germaita to the business before tts, he is one of the very best talkers in America; and we can well imagine his ability to enchain the attention of sny enlightened audience upon subjects suited to the bent of his mind. We hope Mr. SiMMs, in taking thie rounds of -the sufFred to pa. by as without an efiort being made to stay him in our midst for a week or two at least. Re member, we have a miserably dull season approach ing. We will need something, in the warm summer nights that are hastening on, to keepour faculties from stagnation. Nothing could be better adapted to achieve this end than just such a series of varied, tasteful, sparkling lectures s.s Mr. Sias would cer tainly give us. We respectfully suggest, to all who agree with us in .our estimate of such literary advan rages, the great propriety of setting about making up a small purse at once for the commendable purpose of offiering it to our distinguished brother Carolinian as a cunsideration for certain literary discourses to be de livered before our community at such time during the coming summer as may be agreeable to himself. WAR WITH SPAIN. TuE probability of a war with Spain is growing by degrees beautifully less. The mission of Commo dore MCCAuLE: is assuming as peaceful a guise as the veriest Quaker could desira. He is indeed repre sented now as being under the strictest injunctions from the Administration to do nothing rashly or unad visedly, but on the contrary to ,isa all proper effirts to prevent a rupture that might lead to hostilities. We ca.n but admire the policy of the Government in this regard. It is at once magnanimous and wise. Those who talk in suchexalted strains of wrathfulness about the interference of certain Spanish authorities, should remember that there is ground of palliation, for this seemingly impertinent intermedling, in the unlawful and unrighteous developments of American Fillibus ter-ism. Those who indulge the hope of war, from dreamy expectations of glory and renown, should re msmber that with that war would come a train of dis asters under which the opulent could barely live, and which would grind the poor into the dust. And last, but not least, those who welcome this war, on the ground that an easy conques: of Cuba would be the result, should remember that " might does not make right".in this day of the world's civilization. If there be any real insult offered to our lag upon the high seas by the armed vessels of Spain, or of any nation, it is of course the duty of the " powers that be" to demand and obtain redress at any and every hazard. But to make the mere friek of a Spanish Captain, or even a Spanish Governor, the J-retsrt of plunging the country into a war, without that fair ap peal to the home government which international good faith requires, is surely little short of semi-barbarism. If after such appeal redress is not accorded, then to arms and blot out the insult with the blood of thous ands if need be. In the case of our present relations with Spain, no such emeren-y htas arrived, nor is likely to arrive. We have faith that a firm course on the part of the Administratirn, which we doubt not will mark its policy throughout, will have the ef fect of speedily restoring a degree of confidence be. tween the two governments (Fillibulsterism permitting) % hich shall bring forth better fruits than bloodshed. If it he possible, it does seem to us that true wisdom would still prompt the cultivation of such terms with Spain as might yet make her the Ally of the Ameri. can Union, instead of forcinp her into a position of fu rious antagonism. The people of these United States should reflect that we are not yet by any' means so almighty as to set at nauglitthe common lessons ol prudence. Nor are we yet 'ibperabundantly wealthy as to forget, when going intir war, to "count the costs.' If war be imperatively deinanded to maintain om rights or avenge our honor,-let it come. But if both these objects can be as satisfactorily obtained by skil fui diplomacy, why, in Heaven's nanie, let that policy prevail. Our earliest lesson y a people, and it is the one to which we owe our. greatness, was to ac promptly on the defensive, 'but ever to abstain fron assnming the attitude of aggression. True, this is policy, however good, from which some circumstance might compel a departure. But those circurrstancei should be absolutely imperative-by which we mean that the offence to be avenged must be of a kind whicl peaceful negotiations have, failed to wipe out, or th right, to be protected- of a.character whose redres can only he achieved in. this way. Otherwise, thi acy ot isexican memory. Still, albhough no Sempronius in view or tl:is diffi cutlty, we feel that there ar-e some things trantspirini in conntction with our Spanish relations, well cale lated to mtake American bloiod boil high. And amuni these, the offensive tone recenttly manifested by tht representative of Louts NArOLEson is not the' eas provoking. We adopt the language of the New Yor Courser on this point: " We (an tell the Frenc-h press, and if necessary we cans tell II. Sartiges at Washuington:, that the less the have uo say to the United States on the stubject of Ct ba the better. They can do nothing more likely te de feat their own ends than to thsreateti, or even seen to threaten, ua with use interferenice of their mnaster The Frenchi governmutent ha< niothtitng to di with the dispute. it has no more conscern with Ctiba thtan we have with the Crimea; it has nn more right tu pre Ivent the United States from taking possession of tht one, than the United States hias to prevent Franuc from holding possession of the other. If France on dertkesitshemust expect to be treated with th same inidignations and defiatnce that would justly be provoked b y a similar inuterferensce on our part in fatvo of Russia." SUBLIMIELY TERRIFIC Tn Times Correspondent, fronm the Crimea, drawi some graphic descriptions of the frequent hot actioni before Sebastopol. He indits his letters juist as th< occurrences of wIch Iae writes are transpiring, anc often in full view of the scene of operations. The fol lowing is a specimen of his style. Hie is wvatchling: night engagement in wvhiich thousands on each side arn at the work of destruction:. For the last half-hour-it is now 10 45 p. x.-a furn ous fight hiss heeni raging all along our front. Toa permont standing on Cathcart's hitll in front of the 4u1 Division the whtole of the Russian hines are revealed Iin successive glimpses by bursts of red flame, and ithe bright star-like flbishes om musketry, twinkling all ove th: black expanue between us and the town for threc or four aniles in length, show thamt a fierce contest it going on before the ;~reniches and the allies. Shells, each masrked b; a distinctive poitit of fire whsere then foze is burning, describe their terrible curves in the air, und seem to mingle with then stars, anud fiery rock ets with hong trails of dropping sparks rusht like cotmet, throngh tihe air. Above atti the pale cresent moon ii shining from a deep blue sky, covered with the'con stellationts of Heaven. The rear of the cannon, the hissing of the shells, the intermittmtgrowl of musktet ry, the wild scream of the rockets', sand the whuizzing of the round shot form a horrid concert. It is curtoui to note the eagerness of the men on such u'ccasions; they swarm out of theidr tents to the lines in fruint, and watch thle pruigress of the fights as far as they can make it ont wvith the deepest iteresut, and, their whiis pered commenits are must amusing--" That's a hively Ishell from the French." " Mossuo is getting hits helly. full." "AI wish they'd let us go at that, arid we' not waste so much powvder," &c. Thme flasites of the cannon mark pretty distinctlythe flowing and ebbing of the tidle of war. If the Russian guns are thunder tog away we may be sure their men ara falling back If our guns are more brskly served than usual, we are either coveritig an attack in the pits or are protec. ting the withdrawal of the allhes. Most of the gener als on nights like those come out to thte front and watch the fight, and the officers form in little groups on all the elevated knolls before thu camps. Ilhave jtust reiturned to the hut in which I am lodging. It is ntow ]1115 P. S:., but the conflict is still going on. CHAS. CASSEDY--THE ACHILLES OF IRISHMEY.' Ouat friends of the Chester Standard gtve a graphic acc ount of the marvellous escapes of one Cuantza Cassaur, an Irish fellow-citizen of theirs and ask in conclusion,--" Can Edgefleld beat this 1" We an swer emphatically, " Not she." So far as we knows Chester has us on the hard this time, mostindubitably. The reader will please glance over the narrative (see another column) and if he remember any such in stance uof dogged vitality in Edgefield, past or present, lie will please furnisht us with thte data that we may h~ave wherewith to meet this Cheater marvel, We dont like to admit the superior hardihood of Chseater Irishmen at this late day, to the setting aside of Edge. field's claim of fifty years standing. And, by George, we wont give it up yet. Wait a week or two, hrother " Staadard"-we'll see what we can do for you. "PROTAGONIST." Tuz literary savans in Columbia seem quite exci ted about this worud, used by MrI. PETIGR U in his semi centtennial oration before the Alumni of the South Caro lina College. One aintains It to be a wvord of Mr. P.'s yncoining. While another shows that it was uimed lung ago by a renowned poet and scholar. "L." thinks it should have been proagonist instead of prot agonist. While " Alumnus" sticks to this I, but rather "well of English undefiled" thus scrupulously guard ed. At the same time we can discover little or no ob jection to Mr. Ps-rzau's uncommon noun. It is le gitimately compounded and euphonious enough, we think, to pass muster before any reasonable board of philologists. Still, the stream of literature might pos sibly grow much too muddy if all such peculiarities of language were tolerated without proper criti:al analy sis. And, in this light, the literary overseers of our Alm& Mater's domain may not be wrong in taking the semi-centennial orator to task. We confess though, that, for our single self, we feel much more like kick ing up a fuse over Mr. P's. " solidarily." For the Advertiser. RAIL ROAD MEETING AT EDGEFIELD. In accordance with previous notice, the citizens of Edgefield Village and its vicinity assenbled in the Court House, on Thursday, 25th April, to con sider the merits of " our last and best chance for a Rail Road." The Hon. SAMUEL Bnooxs, Intendent. was called to the Chair. Ilaving briefly stated the object of the meeting, he introduced to the audience, Mr. Jott A. CALtHouN, President of the Savannah Val ley Rail Road. Mr. CALHouN, by his dignified, siu cere and earnest manner, soon won the entire con fidence of the audience, and convinced them that lie had not sought this occasion to frighten others into action. le remarked that his object was, if possi ble, te reconcile the conflicting interests of the Sa vannah Valley Rail Road. To do this a survey had been ordered by the Board of Directors of the Road, of the line from Aiken to or below Dorn's Gold Mine, which is now in progress. That it was ex pected that the expense necessary for the construc tion of this Drauch should be born by Charleston, Rabun Gap, South Carolina Rail Road, and that portion of Edgefield lying on the proposed line. The amount necessary to be raised by their combin ed interests would be about $600,000-and to each it would be but small, if a united effort were made. Ie dwelt on this as the most practicable and short eat line of connection, which Charleston and the Rabun Gap Rail Road are likely to obtain-an air line being altogether impracticable, under existing circumstances. This matter is now before the peo ple of Charleston, and no doubt will receive all pro per consideration. Action in that quarter is delay ed until the completion of the survey from Aiken to Dorn's, and until the disposition of the peo ple of Edgefield is ascertained. le was of the opinion. that the more decided the manifestation of the feeling of the people of Edgefleld, in favor of the proposed route from Aiken to Dorn's, the more probable would be the favorable action of the City of Charleston. As to the beneficial effects of this Road on the interests of Edgefield Village, and that portion of the District through which it is proposed to be run, Mr. C. was decided in his opinion. He thought that it would enhance the value of real es tate at least fifty (50) per cent., and probably more. This had been the effect elsewhere, wherever Rail Roads had been judiciously located, more generally going oier than falling under this estimate. lie mentioned several apt illustratio a upon this point. Mr. C. spoke of this as being no Bogus survey, but one made in good faith; and if the amount of money necessary to construct this Branch should be raised, by the combined interest involved in it, a practical character would at once be given to it. He did not wish the people of this District to enter into it pre maturely, but after due deliberation to fix their mars, and act up to it. It would then become his duty, as it would be his pleasure, to bring all Edgefield into direct connection with the world at last, by tmcans of stean, and to aid in restoring to her that pre-eminence which in tine past she was justly en titled to among her sister villages in the up-country ence itt a fer. but teling rema~rks. lie satm s... was our last chatnce, atid now was the time to act. ife lor otne was wvillitng to put htis shoulder to thet whteel-and was now ready to etlarge his subscrip tion. llis conceise antd pertinentt speech, was alp lauded to the echo. ir, MloaAGNE then submitted the followintg Re Isolution, whiicht rts unantimtous'y adopted. ResoLved, Thtat a cotmmittee of six be ap'pointed to inq~uire ittto the propr.ety of trantsferrinag thte Stock takent by the citizetns of this village and tts vi e itnity in the tireennitle atnd Culumabia itail Rload to thte anvanntah Valley Rauih lIoad cotttection betweet Aiketi antd a point Ott te Saanaht Valley Rat.' Road, att or ntear iDortt's Gold ?blinte; and that sa:d commitnttee report Ott said miatter to atn adjourned metetintg ot the citizens of thtis village, to be called by thte atettdettt. Whereupon the Chair appoin.al thte followitt A. StmuKtss, JAS. StnErntno, ?'. W. PtCtENN, and G. A . A 0a:s0s. Ott mtotioni, the Chmir-an was added. Mr. Josarnt A BNEr then arose atnd entertained the audietnce with a few remarks expressive of his feel ings of gratifieation ttt the harmonious action of thte tmeetitng, antd his sanguine hope thtat cre lotng the monotony of our beautiful village woutld be broken in upotn by the rhrillI whistle of the steam engine. There was manifested an eagertness upon the part of some present to comne forward and subscribe, but tto call was made. The feeling that was exhtibited did ttot ftail to 'convintce all pteset. that our citizens were alive tb thteir interests, antd fully determined to htave a Rail Road, and no longer miere pensiotners on the generosity of the Greenville & Colutnbia Rail Road Cotojpany. Ott ttotiott, itwa ResoLved, That thte proceedings of this mecoting be published in the Edgehield Advertiser antd the Valley Pionecer ; atnd tat the papers of A bbeville be requested to copy. SAMUEL BROOKS, Chairman. M. WrrntEasroon GAY, Secretary. HORRTA TE AFFAIR-A FAMILY OF SEVEN PER SONS MUEDERED! The Wabash (1 tdi ann) Gazette, extra contains ant account of the discovery of the bodies of a family of seven persons, ntear that place, of the tnttte of Fretnch, whto had been brutally tmurder ed. it apenrs the ftamily consiated of French, his witre, antd five childrett. They were very poor, amnd lived in a cabin, and in September last, another family, of the ttame of Hubbard, went to lire with them. During October, a neighbor proceeded to thte catbin to see French and was told by the Hubbards that the family had moved awaty, and that they had purchased all thteir cortt, garden produce and furtuiture, valued in the aggregate at not over $50. No suspicion of foul play was aroused, until recent ly, whent the Hubbards were arrested on auspi cion of murdering a man named Boyles. The house was then eairchted, and a portion of thte ground floor dug tip, whtich resulted in the fitnd itig of the dead body of an infant, very much de ayed. Thle Gazetue thetn, after referitig to thes summwoning of a coroner's itnquest, says: in thte presence of a large company they pro eeded to examine the plttc where the infant had been discovered, atnd, htorrible to relate, found seven bodites, consisting of the entire French family ! Thteir skulls were all broken in, anid the legs of the old man French and his wife were broken, ao that they could be doubled up atnd forced into the hole, which was three or four feet deep. T1hey were laid in a heap-the father and the mother at the bottom, and the children on the top. T1he babe was about fifteen months old, and the oldest child about fifteen years old. There were three girls and two boys. The chilhdren were mucht decayed, but the parents were still sound, and were easily recognized by those who had known them. There is not the leatst doubt that the Hubbards arc gulty of this wholesale and damnitig murder. It is almost too htorrible for belief, but facts are as above stated, and the conclu.sion is irresisti l. Tto H-unkhrPs re al l in jil. The,.e seemes to have bleen nO other motive than the obtaining what few wordly goods this poor family possessed, which were not worth over fifty dollars! ARRIVAL OF THE 3RITISH MAIL Sf5AXSHIP AFRICA. HALIFAx, N. S. April 25. The British and North American Royal Mail Steamship Africa, Capt. Wm. Harrison, han. arrived at her wharf in this city from Liverpool, which port she left on Saturday, the 14th inst. GENER AL INTELLIGENcE.-The Pence Confer ence at Vienna on the 8th inst. lasted only one hour, the Russian Envoy not being prepared to act in consequence of not having received in. structions from his government. There was a rumor current, but the truth of it was very doubtful, to the effect that the English and French Plenipotentinries were about to leave Vienna, everything being at a stand still, and the prospects of pence very alight. It was not known when another meeting of the Conference would be held. It was reported, also, that new complications had arisen with Prussia. Advices from Sebastopol, to the 8th inst., report affairs as being unchanged. The allies report themselves fully prepared to renew the bombardment. The Russians have converted their ambuscades into advanced parallels, and erected two new batteries, notwithstanding strenuous efforts were made by the Allies to prevent them so doling. The French were ad. vancing towards the Molakoff Tower by sap. ping. Omar Pasha had not advanced towards the Alma, but enlarged the circle of his fortifi cAtions. Proposals for a new British loan were to have been formally advcrtised for on the 16th inst. The amount required was not known when the Africa left. it was expected that Louis 'Napoleon and the Empress Eugenie would arrive in London on the 16th inst., and remain until the 21st. The advanced squadron of the Baltic fleet reached Elsinore on the 1st inst. A dispatch from a Russian source via Warsaw, says that a Russian army of 120,000 men were concentra ting in the Baltic provinces and that 300 gun boats were afloat. Skirmishing continued before Sebastopol, but no important action had taken plaice. The ship North Carolina, belonging to the Liverpool and Philadelphia line of packets, had come in collision, off Holyhead, with the ship Robert, for New Orleans, and sunk. All the passengers and crew were saved. THE LVERPOOL COTTON MARKET.-The cir cular of Messrs. Milligan, Evans, Lempriere & Co. quotes Cotton steady at previous rates, but closing dull, The sales during the week com prised 73,000 bales, of which speculators took 15,600 and exporters 7,800 bales. Fair Orleans was quoted at 57.8d., Middling Orleans 53-8d., Fair Uplands Sd., and Middling Uplands from 51-16 a 5 1-8d. CHLOROFoRM is growing to be a very power ful agent in the hands of snappers up of uncon sidered trifles. The latest illustration of the truth of this remark, lately took place in Davis county, Iown, where a bed, upon which a man and his wife was lying, was robbed of $800. The thing was acomplished by raising the win dow, and throwing into the room small rolls of paper saturated with opium and chToroform, un til the occupants were in such a state as to be unconscions of whatever was going on around them. To make all secure, however, linen cloths soaked with the same subtle agent, were placed upuu the faces of the unfortunate sleepers. THE AtKEN AND DoRN LiNE.-Returning from Edgefield a rew days ago we had the pleasure of meeting with the persevering Engineer of the Valley Railroad and his corps, at their Camp above the 'ine House. They had ad vanced that far on the survey, and we were in formed by Mr. Arms that he had found a most eligible line from Aiken to that point. He is pressing his work with active energy and in two vadtks. or less, will bivouac at the Gold-Mine. -vey will run near Edgefield village, near ,we hope to wake up the enterprise of ace, and induce a. liberal sub'scription. 2up- srother simtpkins, there is a enane the cauldron of eventualities fiar your . Charleaton and the S. C. Road are in d in this new kink, and you know when .mmuuth and giant unito strength, some nay be expected. Augusta is too slow fur us, anid as she has signitlied her unwilling niess to contribute without a guarantee of the Lyons share, we arec determined to build a Road on our own hook ; and a tin Ie help from all the initerests connected with the enterprise, will facilitate matters aind hasten the work. We will give you a bro'ad.side view of the Aiken tind Dorna line in the course of few weeks, and our word for it may expect an array o '~ tisti cal facts that will maake you throw p-our hat anid shoutt ilozaabs to the~ enterprlise.-Valley Pioneer. FiRE IN CoKEzSUY.-We learn that a fire occuarred on Th'lur.-day night at Cokesbury, which resulted in the destruction of the kitchen and out-btuildin~gs attached to Mrs. Williams' house. The house wais saved, together with a large portion of the furniture. The cause of the fire was not ascertained. WVe are indepted for this intelligence to M'tr. Mitchell, of Combs & Co.'s Expres-s.-Soth 'Carolinian, 28th ult. DaoUGHT aN SCntvEN.-We learn by a letter from a ptlanter of Sc riven to one of our most estimable citizens, that the drought in that region of the State is mtost severe and telling itnjuri ously upon the planting interests. In many sections cotton has not "come up," and there was little prospect of its doing so till the ap pearance of rain. In any catse, it was feared that the long continued drought, of the earth wvould prove disanstrotns. Eveun the corn, which stands the drought far better thain most crops, came forward slowly and made poor promises. Savannah Georgian. Jons EtNDER, who emigrated from Lawrence county, Indiana, to Texas, was burnt at the stake by a party of Indians. Mr. K. got into a difficulty with one of the ltndians and shot him down, and then fled to a fort, for proteetion, but the Indians came in stuch numbers as to compel the fort to de'iver him tip to the stake. FANArICXSso.-At Roxb ury, Malssachiuseti a, it has been proposed by the councils to exeinde adopted citizens from serving even as firemen. It is presumed that if the house of ono of the members was otn fire, he would prefer, sooner than let a " foreigner'' extinguish the flames, seeing it burned to the ground. JOHN MITCHEL.-The Irish exile, seems t o be a favorite at the South, just in an inverse ratio to the dislike entertaitned for hinm at the North. Ho is well received in the Southern cities, wher ever he goes, and has been invited to deliver addresses at a number of places.' OBITUARY, DIED, on the 14th April, after a most painful and lingering illness of three months, Cot. JOllN BATES, at his residence on the Ridge, in Lexing ton District, S.C. lie was born in Lexington, but for upwards of forty years resided alternately in both Lexington and Edgefield. He was the youngest son of Michael Bates, a soldier who was cut to pieces by the Tories of the American R volution. The wife of the de ceased was a daughter of Maj. John P. Bond, who for many years served the people of his District as Representative in the State Legislature. Col. Bates himself held a Commission in the Army during the War of 1812, for which he has since received a bounty. After the close of that struggle he re turned home, settled down and prosecuted his atg riculturat pursuits with no ordinary energy. And his industrious and praiseworthy efforts were not without success, for within comparatively a short space of time he accumulated a competency for himself and family. In the latter part of the Summer of 1845, he was, in the inidst of the most promising health, stricken down with paralysis, of the severest type, and never afterwards could the aid of medical skill or the pa tient nursing of a devoted wife and children ever restore him to health again. Thus for ten years he lingered but a life of aifliction, such as (the Lord be willing) I pray I may never know any one to live again. Col. BATES died in the fifty-seventh year of his age, leaving a wife, onte son and four daughters who mourn his losr, besides many friends who were en deared to hinm by the many kind, generous and 0OGINEROIAL, corrspoendese of the Advertiser. HAMBURG, APaL28. CorrWo.-On Monday out Market opened with a brisk demand, which prevailed up to yesterday, when advices from Liverpool reacted us, which had a tendency to cheek that feeling, and trwd4g .e have had no transactions, as buyers and sellers weft unable to agree. Consequently our Market afi - come very dull, and sales could not be mee ftees at a decline of i to I eta on previous rates. .Ot quotation* must therefore be regarded nominal filr 7to 91 ets. 0. N. WRIGHT, DENTIST. O FFICE over Messrs. CARXI CuIrAL & BEAN's Hardwart- Store, Broad street, Augusta, Ga. All operations pertaining to Dentistry will be at tended to with promptness, and to the entire sais. faction of all who may favor him with their patronage. gW Gold Plate and Wire, ClaV Metal, Solder &e., furnisned to Dentists for Cash. Augusta, May 1 ly . Land Warrant, T IIE Bounty Land Warrants granted by the Act of March 3d, 1855, will be issued during June, and the Subscriber will be prepared to purchase them at the H I G H E S T MARKE1 PH ICE. Persons wishing to sell can address me, by letteV. and I % ill give them every information as to the proper manner of transferring Warrants, FiEs OW CuAnos. Address F. C. BARBER, Exchange Broker, Augusta, Ga. May I 6t 16 HOSPITAL FOR NEGROES, AT AUGUSTA, GA. T HE Undersigned would call theattention of the citizens tf Edgefield and Abbeville Districts to their INFIRMARY for SICK NEGROES and those requiring. SURGICAL OPERATIONS. - While the completeness of our arrangements rffords to the patient every comfort, It also etiableIs us to render more efficient treatment to Chronio Cases, than can generally be secured in ordinary private practice. Our special accommodations-for the management of Chronic diseases of females, so common in Negroes, are-ample and complete. Terms. For Nursing, Boarding and Lodging, pr mon' 10 For Treatment,-The ordinary rates of pracice. 957 Communications addressed to us at this plaqe will meet with prompt attention. JI. F. CAMPBELL, Surgeon, R. CAMPBELL, Attending Physician. A ugunta, A pril 30 tf 16 Wanted, AGOOD COOK,-for one that suits liberal wages will be given. Apply at this Office. May 2 tf 16 L 0 St SO3NEWIIERE between Hamburg and the Stb scriber's residence, on the 24th April, a'medium sized PORT-MONAIE, containing between Qone Hundred and eighty and Two hundred dollars, in ten and twenty dollar bills-also, containing one . Note on Benj. Miller and myself, in favor of Martha and Susan Adams for two hundred and fifty or sixty dollars, and perhaps some other Notes, not now recollected. There were also in the Pocket-book a thumb lancet and a gum lancet. I hereby forewarn all persons against trading for the note upon Benj. Miller described above. A reward of fifteen dollars will be given for-the safe delivery of the port-monaie and its contents. JAMES L. DEVORE. April 26 tf 16 $125 Reward, T EFT, on the morning of the 14th instant, two J1. Boys: ALFRED, a mulatto, about 5 feet high, with a small scar on his right cheek, 26 years old, by trade a carpenter. MA RK is about 6 feet high, black, 21 years old, no particular marks. If not in or about Columbia, they may likely tryand make for Augusta or Edgefield. A, 07 Twenty-five Dollars of the above reward will be given for the apprehension of either; and Fifty Dollars additional for the conviction of any .aste pw-en harwhoringor. aidingin their escape. Columbia, A pril '.8 if 16 Twenty Dollars Reward!i R A N A W AY from the Subscriber on the 3d of M~aarch. his Negro man CIIA RLES, aged about 35 years old, 5 feet 8 or 10 inches high, remarkable, black complexion, downcast look, sl'ow spoken, can not look up wheon interrogated,~the whites of his eyes very conspicuous when he looks a person in the face, some sears about his breast, and appa rently an impediment in his carriage. He took with him several artic of clothing, among which was a black cloth coat and p:tmts. Having been brought from Virginia about 4 or 5 years ago, he may be making his way there now, but the presumption is strong that he is making for some of the free Stttes of the West, by the way of North Carolina, Ten nessee and Kentucky. It is likely that he will not tell his owner's name or place of residence. The above reward will be paid for his delivery to me, or $1 0 for his commitment in any Jail so that I can get him. JAMIES HENRY LAMAR. Uamburg, S. C., A pril 30, 2t 16 II7 Abbeville Hanner, Anderson Gaxette, Green ville Mountaine.:r and A shville (N. C.) News will insert the abovo twice, and forward their accounts to J. Hi. L. STrATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA EDGEFIELD DISTRICT. IN EQUITY. Joseph B. Talley, Adm'or, de bonte non, of Wiliam Bussey, dec'd., Bill for .Accoust vs and Relief. E. M. Bussey, and J Demey L. Bussey, .Ex'or. TT appearing to my satisfaction that E. M. Bussey, La defendlant in this ease, resides beyond the limits or this State, on motion of A dams, Complain ant's Solicitor, it is ordered that said Bussey, do pleod, answer or demur to the Bill of Complaint against himself and another under the above title, within three months from the publication of this no' tice, or said Rill will be taken as pae esafesse against him. A. SIMKINS, c. m. t. p. May 9, 1855. 3m 16 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA EDGEFIELD DISTRICT, IN EQUITY. Wesley Philips and his wife Augusta Ann, - Edmund Penn. B Y Order of the Court of Equity, publication is hereby made notifying all and singular the creditors of F. M. Young, dee'd., to present and prove their demands before me in my office at Edgefield C. H., on or before the 29th day of July, 1855. Otherwise they will be utterly barredan concluded in the settlement of said F. M. Young's estate. A. SIMKINS, c. a. a. n. A pril 28th, 1855. 3m 16 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA5 EDGEFIELD DISTRICT,. IN COMMON PLE AS. S. Broadwater, Adm'or, us. Foreign Auaschmsedt Eugene L. Hibbler. ) THPanif in the above case hatving this day filintDcarto in my Office, ad the Defendant having neither wife nor Attorney to re side within the limits of this State, on whom a copy of said Declaration with a rule to plead can be served, On motion of Mr. Kay, Plaintiff'saAttor ney, Ordered, That said Defendant appear ad plead to said Declaration within a year and a day from the date her~f or final and absolute judgment will be given agai'l him. THUS. G. BACON, c. c. a. a. Clerk's Office, May 1, 1854. Iy 18 State of South Carolina, EDGEFIELD DISTRICT. Y H. T. WRIGHT, Eaq., Ordinary of Edgefleld Whereas, Jmes Merchant has applied tomen for Let era of Administration, on all and singular the goods and chautles, rights and credits of Sampson Jenninage late of the District aforesaid, deceased.. These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all ania singular, the kindred and creditors of the said deeas ed, to be and appear before me, at our next Ordinary's Court for the said District to be holden at Edlgessd C. H., on the 14th day of Mynext, to show canas, if ay, why the said adminisratioin should niot' be granited. Given under my hand and seal this 20thdpof Ari in the year of our Lord mne thoussnd eigh hunde and fifty-Aive, and inthe 79th year of AmeicnInde pendene. I;T. WRIGWT;O. E. D MayS It2 IS