University of South Carolina Libraries
THE EDGEFIELD ADVERTISER, N FUsLIHRD EYaY WDNEDAY MORNING BY W. F. DURISOE & SON. Two DoLrLras per year, if paid in ad Two DoLLARs and Firn Crave if not ' within sir Uonths-and-Tali DOLLARS if not id before the ex raon,of- the year. Allsubscrl . n not; distinct= JWBlsted at ihe tune of subscribi ,will be cnider ed~as made or an'indefiaite , and will be'con tinmed until all arresrages a id, or at the option of the Publisher. Subeeript from other States must rNVARIASLY be accom ed with the Casa. ADvNRTISEsNTs be conspicuously inserted at 75-ents'per Sq 12 lines or less) for.the first in sertion, and 37; hts for eacl.:subenient. inston. When only published 3Monthly or Quarterly $1 per ~gears wi rged. All Advestlsspents not having the des, mber of in s narked on the mar gin, will . continued until forbid and charged accor ' desirtngo advertise by the yearcan do so on lbpral tezma.-itlieing distinctly understood that -con traets foryearly advertising are confined to the imme dists,lwlmte business of.the, fir or .individual contra g. Tasient Advertisements must be paid for in advance. For- announeaing r-Candi-late, Three Dollars, Ix ADVANCE. For Advertising Estrays Tolled, Two Dollars, to be paid. by the Magistrate advertising. From the Carolina Times, Sept. 24. EIMBT OLEISLATIVE PIOCE!NGm6. . The annexed is but one qf the many encour ' letters touching this subject received by mail from gentlemen occupying promi nent positions in the Legislature. We can assure the. members of the Legisla lure and .the public at large that our arrange. ments,.will be speedily perfected, and our scheme shall be successfully carried out. EDGEFIELD C. H., Sept. 20,1855. AMessrs. E. H. Britton 4- Co:: DEAR SIas: I have received your Circular, asking if, as a member of the Legislature, I am willing to contribute ten dollars in promotion of your design to procure " the services of ef ient sten ograhers, to be present in both branches of the South Carolina Legislature during .its next session, for the purpose of publishing a detailed report of the proceedings of each House, pre cisely as published in the Washingtun Globe du ring the session of Congress." =In reply, it affords me great pleasure to assur you, that I will most cheerfully contribute the amount solicited, and further, that in my judg. ment, nothing is more wanted in South Carolina, at this time, than the successful prosecution of the enterprise which you propose to undertake. The Political or Legislative History of our State.is almost wholly unknown, for while it is true that the reasons and causes which led to the enactment or amendment of many of our Jaws, may -be found in the Introduction and Notes to Brevord's Digest of the Statutes, or in the learned opinions of our Appeal Court, and oceasionally in the Annual Reports of Execu tive Offlicers, or in contemporaneous newspaper# yet the great mass, of our legislation is left, un explained by any published book or document with which I am acquainted. And the sources of information above indien. ted are costly and scattered, as well as sadly defective, besides being inaccessible except to a few professional characters. I know that the aipublishev records of the several departments of the Government at Columbia, sometimes throw additional light on particular legislation, yet, even with the aid of these, I have frequently searched in vain for a satisfactory -history of changes in numbers of our most important Statutes. No person can properly expound any law without a perfect knowledge of the real in tention of the law.making power, and a full view of all the fnets, causes, reasons, circumstances and necessities which induced the etnctment of that law. And es the .emergency for deciding authoritatively every vital construction or inter pretation of which a Statute is susceptible, does notL arise in many cases within a shorter period than half a century, or untijl long after the au thtors of such statute may have passed away, the conclusion must follow, that without some record of the debates upon said statute at the time of its adoption, the people, the lBar and the Judgies, in their expositions of it, will have to be guided by vgue tradition, dangerous an ojog, or unsafe hyothesis. reports of t ga ve ummtuees, an a i the speeches or comments of its Representatives upon every proposition submitted to their con sideration. England whose Government consti tutes the model upon which ours is formed, has long jkept such a record of her legislation as the one of which I speak. Congress has done the same for more thaw a quarter of a century, and so have some of the States. As far as my in formation goes, South Carolina is the only Staite in the Union, the publication of whose -legisla tivo proceedings is not foil, indexed, bound and labeled, in a becomIng manner. Even poor and thinly settled Floridn, with less than a fifth of the population or wealth of Carolina, finds the means to issue a record of her legislative pro seedings that makes ours look contemptible. The debates in our Legislature will doubtless compare favorably with those of any other State Assembly on the continent; yet, as a gen eral rule1 they are all lost to us, and, as a conse quence, one's State pride is always bumbled. whenever he compares the meagre report of proceedings and speeches at Columbia with those which come from Albany or Baton Rouge. The contrast is so great, that it diminishes the veneration which heshbould feel for his Legisla ewse, ed the pleasure or instruction which he .ught to-derive from perusing the published de tails of the -conduct. of his Representatives, iwhen met together, is absolutely little or none. Itis almost as beneficial to know why, how, or .by whom a law is passed as to know the latw itsulf.; and the objections to, or arguments against a-statute, are as useful in explaining it, asare the .seneoasin favor of it. By far the greater number of laws that affect our personal or property rights, are passed by .the loeal Legislature, and it does seem to me, that as we py for a proper record .of Congres sional legisltion by taxation from custotas, so we ought to have a better and more permanent one of the actings and sayings of our separate legislature. I for one am willing to aid the un dertaking by a permanent contract on the pairt' of the State, especially if the work can be ac complished for so small a sum as fifteen hundred or two thousand dollars, or for even twice that amount, and provided further, that the printing he done in form for *idig In voting for such aimeasure, I should feel t It was discharging my duty as a Representative of the people,.ac cording to the dictates of my honet judgment and for the best interest of my country. For these reasons, your projected enterprise has my unqualified approbation, either-as a Rep resentative or as a private subscriber; and, al though I am unalterabl opposed to the politics of your paper as regas Know Nothingism, yet I am ready to aid your project with every means at my command. I sincerely believe that so geat a desideratum in .tho future Legislative history of the~ Stats as you propose to supply, will meet with the cordial support of the people and their Representatives. Hoping eternal life to the " new era in South Carolina journalism" which you prmise to inaugurate, if sufficiently encourgeI remain, Gentlemen, - Your., very .rep trlLM Naw PosT OFFICB5,-BoIlin Springs, Spar. tanburg district, South Carolina; Henry Dodd postmaster. Dove, Sumter district, South Carolina; Sanaxl. Chindler pstmaster. Etone House, Greenville district, South Caro tina;-.T. M. Youn pstmaster. Shatterfield, Edgeeld district, South Caroli na; James Cullison postmaster. PrlCaswell county, North Carolina; Sain .s .airrisn poistmaster. - SANTA ANNA iT CABTHEGENA.-The Aspin wall Courier says: "Santa Anna and family are safely installed in and near Carthagena. Our readers are aware thathe has a beautiful resi dence but a few miles distant from Carthagena. His. hacienda was under cultivation, two years ago, when he left it at the call of is partisans in Mexico. He now returns to prvate life for *the third time; and we presuma h little pexble of Tobaco must have strong attractions to in. duce him to locate hi. retirement there a second J,s afte hs.xcitng vaied career." AtIUR SIMKINS? EDITOR 336-LFIEZ.D, . -WEDNESDAY,' OCTOBER 31, 1855. - A Ws are requeste to state tirarthe Rev. r. ZMELMAN will preach his farewell sermon at Jeter's at Church, on next Sabbath, at 3 o'clock, P. M. g' ON Sunday next, God willing, Bishop DAvis W wilt preach tit Trinity Church, in this village, n Pickens Lodge, I. O. O. F., Nb. 28. w -Tune Lodge was organized inGraniteville on Thurs-. a day the 11th inst., and the following gentlemen elect- si, ed officers for the ensuing term: JAMEs Jotas, N'G. .t Jos lI. SHUFORD, V. G. is Wi. Peaar, Secretary. bi A. P. NoaRs, Treasurer. - fa Mr. Tiliman's Letter. I We refer the reader to an excellent letter of G. D. b TILLMAN, Esq., on the subject of Legislative Report- et ing. It was laid aside, for piblcation in the Adeerti- t ser, soon after its appearance in the Carolina Times. t Our copy was however lost in som-a way, and we CI have been unable, until now, to procure another. - P1 We think with Mr. TILLMAN, that the undertaking. of the Times'-proprietors is an admirable olte and ought to be abundantly encouraged. . New Post.Ofice. Wx observe in some of our.exchanges that a new. ti Post Office has been established at Shatteyfield, in e this District, and that Mr. JAMES CALLISON, has been -t appointed Postmaster. -N The Sumter, Ala., Democrat. It W, are pleased to place this paper upon ourexchange o list. It is now in the hands of our friend and late " fellow-citizen, Mr. JouN R1. ToN F~ixs. He Is both I editor and publislier.. Our best wishes attend him in b the avocation he has adopted. We perceive that hie is d an out-anti-out Democrat, an Anti-Know Nothing and et a Pro-Russian.. With this kind of colors, the " Demo crat" has need only to " go ahead"- and success must crown it's career. - _ Mr. W hatley's Religious Enterprise. ti Wt: are glad to learn that "The Southern Light" i, has already good promise of success. SubscriptionS , are coming in.cheeringly ; and-it is oufy.requisite that, p our citizens should come forward in somewhat in- vi creased numbers, to ensure the establishment among a. us of a most useful rehgious journal. From various A notices of the Press, we happen to have culled the m following: C Tun SoUTnERN LIGnT.-This is the name-of a tl periodical of a religious and literary character, pro- m posed to be .published at Edgefield, S. C.,by W. F. Durisoe & Son, and edited by Rev. E. L. Whatley. g It is to be publisland monthly, each number to.contain sl forty pages of reading matter. Mr. Whatley, himself a a talented writer, will be assisted by several gentlemen te of eminent abilities. The enterprise is specially com mended to the notice of the Baptists of South Caroli- It na, inasmuch as it advocates the principles of that s, community, in matters purely religious.--Sumter a Watchman. - Tu Sou'ran LIGnT is the name of a new peri odical to be established at Edgelield Court House. Rev. E L. Whatley, the Editor, has lately :occupied a the position of Religions Editor in the Advertisernews- e paper, and has given unmistakeable evidence of fine abilities as a writer. N e take pleasure in publishing t his prrspectus,and recommending his enterprise to the public.-.Independent Press. -of - 0 Tint SoUTHEaRN LtCnT.-This is the name ofa pers dical of a religious and literary character, proposed. c to be published at Edgefieldl, S. C.,-by W. F. Durisee jg & Soni and editetd by Rev. E. L Whatley. kt is to he published monthly, each number to contamn for ty pages of readinig matter, at $2 per annum. It will be'open ~to all for the advocacy of their special t doctrines, though itself advocating those of the Baptist d comunity.-.SothA Carolinien.a EDUCATIONAL. 5Ee " Ludimatgister's" remarks upon the hard lot of schoolmaster.s anti the inadequacy of our present Free School appropriations. Let the disctussion go on. There are intelligent teachers enough in our district to throw much light on these important subjects. We shall expect to hear from them. * IMPROVING. -u w.idnnesd .in at Mr. Wrrr's Furniture Factory very considerable improvements. He lhas cupital y workmen, capital timber, snd is putting up some real- ' ly handsome jobs. We saw several bureaus with a glasses, which cannot easily be excelled either for a beauty or completeness of finish. There too were Is wardrobes, presses, bed-steads, tables and a variety of other articles, making all together a display worthy of a much larger town than ours. Mr. WirT is deci- a dedly enterprising and deserves an extensive patronage B at the hands of our people. AGRICULTURAL.. TnE Greenville Agricultural Society has resolved d~ to become a constituent part of the State Agricultural Society. The following delegates are appointed for the November meeting: : Dr. A. B. Crook, Col. T. E. Ware, Col. T. P. of Brockan,-C. J. Elford, S. S. Gaillard, B. F. Stairly' at Dr. J. P. Hillhouse, Col. R. P. Goodlett, S. D. Good lett, J. Westfield, J. R. Gossett, E. T. Buist, W. K. hb Easley, W. P. McBee, Dr. R. Croft, B. F. Perry, P. - E. Duncan, J. M. A. Trurpin, WV. A. Townes, Dr. W. A. Harrison, Dr.. T. A. Perritt, and W. A. Mooney. ,KING'S ItOUNTAIN MONUMENT. Hlor. W. W. BoyCE, has written a spirited letter, recommending the erection of a monurment on the c Kings Mountain battle-field. The proposition seemsl to be taken-up with much zeal by the citizens of York. A meeting is called for the 5th of next month to begin tion In the matter. " A spot linked with so many L. endearinig associations and enobling recollections," te says the "Enguirer," $'should no longer remain a t pathis wildlerness.." T PRUITS AND FLOWERS. . ~ g We present this week, for the inspection of fruit t lovers and flower-cultivators, two very attractive ad- W vertisements. One of them is from D. REDMOND, t near Augusta Ga, and the other from Susteua & s.I CRAMMOND, Pomaria, Newberry District. Both nur- t'j series are replete with the choicest varieties of trees and plants. Orders sent to either establishment will be proptly and faithfully filled at standard priees. It is A our good fortune to know both Mr. Suxa and Mr. bl REDonD; anid we undertake to guarantee cornplete hi satisfaction to all who may apply to them. Here are itt two superb orchard and garden conservatories, one oi a either side of our District. Within our borders there vq are many, many localities precisely adapted to fruit re culture, and many acres of yard-room that might be o1 beautifully adorned with the thousand and one lovely G varieties of La Rose. Will our farmers, will our ladies slight these- opportunities ? Now is the time for this kind of Improvement. Make out your orders andl send Is them on. Either REDMOND, or SUMMER & CatM-a tOre, will honor your paper on sight. MESIGNED. y Wz regret to hear that ill health has compelled CoL- Ia MooMANa, of Newberry, to give up the Senatorship is for that District. The " Mirror" remarks: dr Col. Moorman hasserved our District fora longtime st both as a Representative anad a Senator and in a man-w nr highly satisfactory .to his constituents; and his withdrawal fronm the public service will be regretted de by his numerous friends. In his retirement he will dc arry with himthe sincere sympathies of those friends, * on account of the affliction which has made this step on his part necessary. .. .S CoL. A. C. Gaararoreand Major Jouu P. KNrD ian are nominated by their respective friends as Col. M's tl sucssor. * A GOOD RUL.E. - Wz observe that the " Houth Carolinians" has de termined 'to strike from its subscription list all non payig sitbscribers, Next. Tuesday's issue is the last gt number of the paper that will he sent to such della- iS quents. The editor of the " Crolimsiaa," In carrying bi out this plan, sets an example worthy of imitation. If all of us would adopt and adhere to this course, the business of our calling would he at once more lucra- ha tivend more pleasant. It does seemi to us, that, in consideraion of the -industry and. skill manifested in ti the conduct -of the "Croiaian," as well as from t a r- pr collection of the heavy loss sustained by its proprietor wi in the fire of 1853, the subscribers to this valuable. da journal should step forward at once, to a man, and re, not only pay up their dues but renew their subsci-ip tions. It is the part of justice not to mention liberality. . Empty Janl. Tun Sumter " Watchma" informs t6e worldl, thiat abm the jail at Sumterville is without a tenant except those usi who reid in-:.o heir..w.. free will ... -a. TRIP TO AUGUSTA. WITHIN the past week, we have taken one of those rasant trips to Augusta of which we always make ation once, and sometime twice, .per annum. tppening to be-down at ti same time-with several ry pleasant Edgefield people, anttt-e.dust happern to be laid, and happening still further to find our agusta friends in good spirits, we had what we may lt-eall a delightful time.' The little we have to say the, trip, shall be sered. 1p in tl*.most laconic rIe. One word about the plank road: It does tolerably ll down tothe Cherokee Ponds; but from that place any to Hampburg it. is abominable. There ough-to forty hands this moment at the business of repairs; a saw only four on the whle line. It borders upon imposition to charge travellers for such.a succes' ma of jolts. Iamburg is busy .this season. A good deal of cot a has been sent there already, and a great deal more ,confidedtly expected. The cotton-buyers in Ham irg are understood to be liberal and -air; and this et never fails to draw trade.' There are establish ants too in Hamburg that will compare with the at. To cite but a single one, we defy any Southern ty to show a more complete hardware house than at of RoBINSoN & JacxsosN, or two cleverer fellows an thu men who own it. In the line of-heavy gro ries, Hamburg is welLknown to be abundantly sup ed. Add to this that she has one-of the best Banks South Carolina, and. some idea may be formed of e inducements she ofiers to the public. Augusta was more brisk and lively on Thursday at than we have seen her look for marry a day. The erchants seemed to be generally full of work. In a dry-goods line, -WARD & BI7acIAIn were crowd I. In the clothing business, NEway & Co. appeared have a little more than all hands-could accomplish. o wonder-for both these firms have magnificent rocks and do the fair thing alt the- way through. -The hers were doing finely too, and by "the others" we can all our advertising friends down there. Good ek to all ! If we failed to call m any of them, it was ;cause we had but little money to spend, and that, vided out, would have been bit' a poor driblet to rch. This time we stopped at the old United States Ho t. It is now kept by JENtmNs, who formerly'pre led at the Globe. Not meaning to disparage- the her hotels, we must say that the United States is ebest location in Augusta, especially for families.. Ii in the very heart of the Dry Goods business, which akes it just the place for ladies who go to shop. The -esent landlord is exceedingly obliging and his ser tnts are very attentive. The table too is good enough ad the rooms are excellent. There is one advantage hich this hotel has over the others in Augusta-we ean.the fact-of its affording a comfortable Ladies' rdinary, easily accessible by a private entrance from ie Ladies' Parlor, This. advantage needs only to be entioned to be appreciated.- For the information of tlemen, we may add that there is a decent barber's sop, with baths convenient, just in rear of the build. g. A little further back, there is an admirable place drop in at about 12 M. We mean the "Shades." is now kept in fine style by PLUMs & HAtCr, who rye up a very nice lunch at the right time of day ad afford an excellent glass of anything you like to ash it down with. Altogether, JENNrNs' house Is ready a good stopping place and promises soon to be still better; for the old man is evidently bent upon erting himself in the right way. In short, (for we have not space to say more,) take e old 'clty of Augusta up one side and d->wn the her, it is a considerable spot of ground. We oEdge :ld may well congratulate ourselves upon r in easing prosperity. She gives us facilities (in con. in.ion with Hambug) whihLt few other part, of our ate enjoy ; and those amongst us, -who refuse to ad. it thme fact, or profit by it, are actuated by little bet r thmau a spirit of contracted prejudice. They.are ung injustice to a business town of real usefulness ad standing in the way of their own interests. WHY THIS DIFFERENCE.. AT other Courts in South Carolina the attendance 'freign lawyers seem to he almost multitudinous. ut in Edgefield we scarcely ever see more than two -three visitors from the Bars of our sister districts. See what the Chester "Standard" says, in speaking the last session of.the Court for Chestsr : "Among the foreign lawvyers in attendance were pt. J. M. Ruitland, R. B. leylston, Es. J. Z. ....--,l V.. r'.I: r R. Mer .n~and.&LStor, !mhersporn, W. I. Clawson. Jnon ..a son, of ork. Cot. Dawkins, Col. Herndlon and A. W. hompson, of Un'on. W. F. DeSaussure, Col. Gregg d Hon. E. J. Arthur, of Columbia, and W. A. oore, and J. Williams of Lancaser; also C. Chain rs, of York." Observe also this from a Greenville paper: " From Anderson we notice Messrs. Broyles, Reid ad Sloan. Messrs. Boho, Choice and Carlisle, from patnug;Msr. onHnesn Simpson, The reason of the difference Is, either because we Iveta better bar than most Districts, or because we at live on a Rail Road. THE SCHOOLMASTER ABROAD. WVE plucked an enigma from the Sumter " Watch us" the other day and handed it to a little friend of re for unravelling. He came hack the next morning d said, " I have found out what that fellow intended t lhe don't spell like we do." 'a How so, Jiuase 1" " Why the answer comes out, The gallant fer corn ny; and if that's the way they spell "flre'' in Sum r, they must have different spelling-books from ours." e thought co too. Perhaps the editors of the Wtchma" will explain, for our lit tle friend's edifi lion, the process by which their contributor, "Omno ,,a arrived at this new development of calot'e. CROWDING THE CEREMONY. A Miss SUSAN RIDtLBr SzoowreK and a Mr. Cuaa r~r E BUTLEIa were married the other day, according a notice of thmeir union in the New York Times, by e Rev. Ma. DAssIEr, and the Rev. Ma. BELO..o. he peculiarity of the matter is that it took two cler man to tie the knot for them. It must be one of lie hard knots which children sometimes tie hen one hold. the lower lap while another hastens fix the upper one before the former has had the ightest chance to slip. That's all well-tie them ;hi. RIP UPON THE STAGE. ON we go,.after the fashion of old Europe. An smerican Opera, by arm American composer, and sung a partly American company, has recently been ought out in the Great Metropolis. It is the old ry of Rip Van Winkle dramatised and set to music la Ifeliene. Yes, here we go. There's Vincent allace, an American composer, just sailed for Eu p with an Opera in eaeh of the side pockets ct his ercoat, one for London, the other for Leipzig. er-reat kedenfrt, thtis EFFECT OF NO LICENSE. Tax Greenvilla "Enterptise"~ says that during the t Court, week for Greenville District, such a thing a drunken man was a rare sight. We believe the hiy of village restriction works well enough for a ar or two.. It has done so with us in Edgefleld vii e. But it is to bq teared, after all, that the remedy not permanant in its nature. Break up the habit of inking liquor in a certain way, and men will not be aw in finding out some shift by which to obtain their rated "drops." During our last Court It was evi nt that every one got liquor who wanted it. A half ee or a dozen persons threw in and bought three lIons at a time, from which all of them drank abund y. The "Enterpriae" will find this to be the case Greenville about Court after next. Yet, although a restilt may he to make men drink more, we are ted the peculiar abomination of grog-shop rowdies, d that is eertainly an exemption to be prized. Hon. John Mc~ueena. Tusgentleman is out in opposition to sending dele tea to the Cincinnatti Convention. His opposition said to be hased chiefly on -the ground that it would " the abandonment of a time-honored policy." New Velunteer Corss. DNE of the finest volunteer companies in the State recently been organmzed in Greenville village. In artanburg a cavalry Corps is in progress of forma n; and in other partsaof the State a similar spirit vails. While in Edgefield, our Flying Artillery, th alU the necessary implements of war and an abun no of.good fiesh-and-biood material, is almost aty to disband. Eheu! Onght he to be Shot or Ought he Net. Wa read in the chronicies of the day that Smicks a a man always bent upon putting every thing at him to some use. So his wife being biald, he d the curer coat of her perecranitum for the strap g of his ,azors, r.< SZA1rO ERt. TEa Andersen " Gazet 'cals attention to a' brie) extract whict we publia a week or two since (having referetbe toJud BTrLa as a candidate for the next Presidency,) and adds: Senator Buler is precisely that wise and iron nervid man of the South,- who Would be acceptable to al portions of the .Union,as adandldate for the Presiden cy in 1856, and-the views.of.Northern men as exprep. rd in the above par ;rapt; is nothing more than wi eji~ected. 'Mr.. Bnf-er igentleman of venerable years, varied'learning, *rdIf end vigorous Intellect, and large experience, and & tbrills us to the heart, to bear lim spoken of, in on with the Presiden. cy. None .would . wear' a xeeutive, robes more gracefully;, none could - 'White House -more -courteously, anad noneiilie WExecutive duties wit more ability: and .g Senator Butlee has trod the Sehaie.hisTii ' alhthe step of a giant and left. his imprees-aup onte'etaion of the Nation, and en again he is ummensely pqolar-in all sections o1 -the Union-,hbspopulatttho has been won, not alone by his powei-ful intellectiiibrte, but also by his polished hearin and 'oeianalities. We are pro fB - tiers flows not to-day better blood in the heart .'uangman upon this conn nent, than that.which tib. in the heart of Senator Butler. His ancesteri *ezi'ipublican of the right stamp, and they.seled i vution to the declara tion of Independence with b1d air descendant have fbllowed their patriotic. an't none more exactly than Andrew Piekans But er. The record of -histlife is unstained -.andfbe.stands before the greal American people to-day, the firm and consistent ad, vocate of the Constitutiott nd Equal Rigits. He it the strung man of the Siiti for the next Presidency and we trust that be ray atain it. The very thought fils.us with delight, for.we-know that if presented be will be elected, and ifcctsl he will purge the coun tr corr , of aa em and agitation, an recall the golden age lour 1 [tablie. With his names on'the Democratic i for. resident, and Dickin son, Dallas, or Bucljiiaa for Vice-President, the Democratic party would sweep the nation. Every patriot would rally totheii'uppof ; the country would be quickened and cha'ged'as if by the resurrection trump; and opposition wdltld go down as chaff hefore the storm. . *For the ser. Ar a.public meet.IUin Aiken, on Saturday, the 2)th inst; to take oii nsideration the propriety of petitioning the Iai re at its next session, to or genise a new District $e Court House at Aiken, comprising a portloita tricts of Barnwell, Edgefeld ,and Lexin .Paoratao, Esq., being called to the cbair and E. J. C. WooD, Esq., appointed Secretary, aft me discussion, it was Resolved, That a pub Barleee should be given on Tueisday the 13th of. ovember next at this place, and that-Nes-rs. E. . -Woo, A. J. Wisn and J. N. Mists be appointed a tzmitteftb raise subscriptions for that purpose. .. . Resolved, That te llng gentlemen be appoint ed a Committee of Area aents and Correspondence, viz.: E. J. C. Wood J. G - man, Evan Prothro, Jas. Pervis, J. F.L tler, H. Jordan, A. J.Roundtree; H. i Sallas Randall,' J. G.-Rowe, W. G.k e. Resolved, That the Comittee shall invite several gentlemen of eompetei t'ilities to address the people on the occasion. - - Resolved, That tte- ns of the above Districts and the public generall, "teacfully invited to at. tend. Resolved,.That the, pjoeedings of this meeting be published in the Barnwell Sentinel, the Lexington Telegraph, Edgefield'Aclvertiser, Hamburg Couric and Charleston Mren EVANPROTIiRO, CuAIRMAN. E. J. C. Woon, Secretary. For the Advertiser." Ma.- EDITOR :-I have- been haritssed to the car educational fot a series of years, and I have drawn, a I thought, with assiduityi alacrity and patience. I an beginning to find out, however, that it is an up lAil business. To drop metaphor, I liaa*come to the so lemn conclusion.-with the light of experience shinini in my eyes-that The vocation of a school-master Is no to be choen hy tlhose,ho desire health, cheerfulness fortune, or honorable diatinction. In the first place the compenisation, in most instances, is wholly inade quate to the serviceseenifered; in the second place the considcet'on- Ae. claim to notice-thAe degree q respectobile~ Which-attaches thereto is~not common arats with' she:respuciibility; in the third place,i shatters the nerve., it in'uees a feeling of"deep ani brooding melancholy," It spoils the best disposition It undermines the comltution, and galvanizes th. mind into a sort of-' ' odic action, which border too closely on inmstiy I am at times inclined to thi opinion, thlat the task Sisyphuis was light in comn parison with that oV'a conscientious and sensitiv. pedagogue. In rollin hat great stone up the moun the mountain, what a nobte prospect- of the Elysia. feldsu was spread out before him! And how exhilera ting it must hare been to stand on that lofty eminence and watch the progress of the fated stone as it wen thundering adown the rugged steeps of the. mountain The incredulous may smile, but I have in my mind' eye many an intelligent gentlema.., who would not assent to every assertion that I hare made. But, .e haps, after all, I shouild not have written these sen tences, had not Soudi. Carolina, my notace State through her agents regularly appointed'-in Edgefliek District, employed myself and others to teach her In digent children, and then refu'ed to pay any thinj more than elesn per cent, on the amount due at the end of the last quarter in 1854. The Commi'sionere of the Free Schools for Edgefield, at their last siuing repudiated School Reports passed in December last tc the tune of eight hundred dollars. And why? The Comptroller General gave information by letter that i was illegal for the Commissioners to pay old debts: that is to say, accordIng to the Statute in such casa made and provided, no pert of the sum of $3,600, I< which the District is annually entitled, can be usec this year by the Board of Commistnera in liquidatior1 of the debts contracted last year over and above that amount. If such a law does disgrace the Statute booki of South Carolina,!I hope for the honor of the State that it will be expunged by the legislature at its nexi session. Unless this be done, and unless the Commis. sioners be'allowed to pay the Teachers their just dues, I for 'one shall feel very much like emigrating. IfI, or any other man, should hire a number of men te work twelve months, -and at the end of the year, It should appear that moy salary was insufficient to pay all that I owed them, then as a matter of course I should have to make a draw upon my salary accruing the, next year for the wherewithal to settle up old scores. And who will have the eff'rontery to say that Governments are not hound by the same'principles which are of force in private life!i It may not he improper, at this point, to say some. thing in relation to our Free School system. It is be coming fashionable among every class of citizens to assert, on almost every occasion, that this system works badly. But the money appropriated is all ab. sorbed-very eeonosuicaily expended. In what way I In educating the orphans and poor of the State. Bj whoma r these children instructedI Jy teacherI examined and approved of by the Commissioners of Free Schools. Who appoint. the Commissioners? The L.egislatur.. And yet there are twenty thousand men and women (whites) in South Carolina who can not resed and write! WI at is the natural inference.? Tat there is a lacief money-tiat the Letgislature ap prprianes too eperingly. I hold that education should be free as water. Our schools ought to be common to all without distinction. But until such schools as these are thrown open to the pudtic, it is worse than folly to cry dowu our present system of Free Schools. Let the system be backed by a larger parse, and my word for it, we shall see the cause of education flour ishing like a green bay tree, from the sea board to the mountaIns. LUDIMAGISTER. KI1IG5VILLE, S. C., October 26, A serious accident occurred at about half-past one o'clock this afternoon, on the South Caroli na Railroad, to the train from Augusta for Charleston, a mile and a half above Branchrille, a secoond claka car having been crushed into stoma by tiie displacment of a bar of iron. The car waewded, mostly with negroes, and eve~ one was cut more or lead, one boy serious ly. Capt..Crews, the conductor, wats badly hurt. Mr. England, the baggage master, was cut in two or three )iaees, but not seriously. Groat praise is due Ihis gentleman and Mr. Matherson, the orpress messenger, and Mr. Rabb, the en gineer,for their promptness in assisting the in jured. I had-no time to find out how far the care were damaged. A boy named Miller had his anele cttt badly. FIRE in Haynesvlle, Ala.-By an extra from the Haynesville Chronticle, we learn that a very distuctive fire visited that town on the 21st inst., completely destrying the large Gin and. Mill Factory of M a. MATHEa, Ronuasot &- Co., valued at S$25o , without any inauranco, tQ gether with co ierable other property. B, C. Bryan in Account Current Oct 1. To smotit at this d4to from lastReport. , 290 86t " 6. " amount received otW. F. Durisoe, for amountof his - noteand interest, . 43889 Nov 16 "Citah rec'd of 'L. Jones, Sheriff, for fine collected of 1855. Carson Warren, V 1,500 00 Feb 1. "Cash ree'd of S. F. Goode, on Note on Odd Fellows 'asons, Tor"Lot, 401 50 June 4 " Cash ree'd of Col. John Quattlebum, -for taxes ev ied by Commissioners of Public Building, at 12 p. c. 1,930 00 .6 " Cash rec'd of Col. M. Fra zier, for House sold by Commissioners, 144 00 July 7 " Cash ree'd of G. L. Penn, for balance of house sold lo Col. Frazier, 5 00 Aug 29 " Cash ree'dof M. L. Boa ham, for fine colleefed of James Vaughn, at New berry C. li . 480 00 Amount received, $5,240 25 Less by commissions on- $5,240,25, for receiing, it 24 per cent. 123 72 . .$5,116 53 Amount paid out from Cr.side, - 4,780 59 Balance on hand, -$335 94 All of which is respecifully submitted. B. C. BRYAN, Clerk-and- Treasurer. October 1st,~1855. - . r The Commissionera of Public Buirdings would further represent that '-inee their last Annual Report, they hAve finished the Jail Yard Wall, and effected the purchsae and removal-of the building neni adjoinitlg the Court Hlouse, on the North side, owned by'Dr. E. J: Dims, and occupied at .the .time .by Dlr. G. L..Penn,.as- a Store, at the cost of Two thousand one.hundred and twenty-five ($2,125,00) dollars. Th' build ing was generally considered as ndangering the safety of ilteCourt House, and under that be lief wan purchased by them.. They also have outstanding debts to the amountpf.sore'Twelve or Fifteen hlindred dollar', 'but des.ani funds sufficient in their hands,-they believe, to meet all demands. . Respectfully submitted, JOHN H U:ET, UnAa's. C. P. B. Edgefield-C. IL, Oct. lit, 1855." FRUITLAND NURSERY, TEN THOUSAND CHOIETREE8! I 1lE SUBSCRIBE R offers for Fall and Winter Planting, (1855-'56) the following desirable articles : A PPLES.-A s'elect list, of early, medium and: late varieties, including many of the new and superior Southern seedlings, heretofore described hundred. PEARS.-Dwarfsi and Standards, many choice varieties, 50 cents each ; $40 per hundred. Extr large trees, $1.I P EA ClIES.-A succession- rom June till Octo ber, including' many native seedlings, 25eents each; $20 per hundTred. APRICUTS, 1ECTARINES,. PLUMS and CIER RIES, of the. best varieties, 50 cents each:; $40 per huniJred. FIGS-several cboice varieties, including the Celestial, .ALicant, Black Gehoa, &o., &c., 50 cents ench. GRAPES-The gentuine Catawba, from Axi's Vineyards; also, Weller's Beappernong, -*c. 50 cents each; $40-per hundred. -. QUINCES-The Orange variety, well. rooted and strong Plants, at 25 cents. STR A WBERI RI ES-More, than thirty choice arieties, including all. the inest ,desimrble. 'These Strawberry Plants have been awarded the'first Premium at the twvo last Fairs of the'J" Beuthern Central Agricultural Society"' Prices, 50 cents per dozen, ot fromn $1 -to $3 per hundred.. BL ACKBERRIES-The genuine new Rochelle or ."Seacor's Mtammoth." 'Berries -of extra size and flue flavor. Well rooted plants 50 cents each. POMIEGRANATES--The Sub-acid,'or Sweet variety, at 25 and 50 cents each, accordinug to size. OSAGE ORA'NGE PLAN'IB, for Hedging-a large quantity of vigorous Plants, of 1,And 2 years growth, at $5 to S8 per thousand. OSIER, OR BASKET WILLOW--Cattings or the famous Bsieridgii, at $10 per thousand, or 82 per single hundred. Also,- the ViminaLia, at $5 per thousand, or $1 per hundred. These Ouiers are also very valuable for hooppoles, when two years old from the eutting. - . , - 17 Orders will also be received for ce .RO SES, ORNAMENTAL SIIRIUBS and TREES, EVERGREENS, VINES and GREEN-IIOUSE PLANTS, &o. |i7 The. various Railroads diverging in almost every direction from Augusta, affird ample facilities for shipping to any. 'part of the South. Trees trin be carefully packed and forwarded by Express or otherwise, with safety and despatch. - -7I From middle of October.until first of Febu ry Is the proper time for transplanting-thr-earlier a in winter the better. Purchasers will be furnish .4 with such (printed) directions for. the planting and management of Tree., &c, as wli (if strictly followed) insure success. - Address . D.REDMOND, Augusta, Ga. Oct 31 . 3znmm4 Pomaria Nurseries. SUUU1ER * CRAMUMOND, H AVE for sale a large-and line colleetion of the .Lbest varieties of Consisting of PEACHES, PLUbIS, APRI1COTS, NECTARINES, FIGS, GR APE VINES,PEARS both standard and dwarf, APPLES, standard and warf, CIIERRIES, standard and dwarf, ROSES, - FLOWERING SIIRUBS and EVERGREENS I fchoice kinds . Their Fruit Departmtent embraces all thq best ative varieties, early. and late, as well as all the hoiee Foreign kinds, and, the trees are of line habits and growth. C7 Priced Catalogues sent to all appllcanta. Address SUMMER & CRAtIIMOND,' Oct 31. 3m 42 ~' Pomara, S.C. a - e ashionable Talmas, Cloaks. &o O N Monday, the 22.October, we introdneed our t Fail and Fashions, -fot-LADIES.,COVER INGS. : The styles are, the..,Lady Pierce, the ?remeade, Eureka, Rachel, Eugenia and the Princes Royal. The materIal, Clo b, bMotre An tique, Silk and Velvet. .All the various stylesand shades will be represented.. Our endeavor has been to seoure the latest-and ost exclusive styles for our owp trade.' We ro speotfully solicit an examination of -thesie Goods. WARD, BLTRCHARD & CO. . Augusta, G. O o 9 . 31.. 42 Edgefield Beat Oompany, ] .ATTENTXON. paatEdgefleld C. U., on the 10th ( of November next, armed and equipped as 1 the law directs for Drill anti. Instruction. tl By order of .. Ot0 Capt . . L.BARTLEY. 4 with Commissioners of Public 1854. - = Ca. Nov IQ.3y ashpaid Lewis Jones, ; or N. Ramey's account for building fence round .the; J ai gaJ ael, & e . . - $ 2 6 5 0 5-" gah es Boflham - - - :&bry, for Execution 8. and. Writs, . Book for 1855. Sheriff's Office, 41 a Feb 9. " Cash paid W. W. Good maN, :for Soda: :bne, - -leiMng'Coart' Houd - - Earthen Jars, Lumber and Nails,; . - -:. ." 5 Jany 1. h paid A. Simkins for balance for building the Vriek Wall round Jail 1388 4O. Mar 8- Cash i'Dutgias Johnson, for: putting Lihtning Roda on Ja . a Court Hone 210. 0 ~ $1.67.708'at1 jiiat. gA S. 8. " Cash paid 141s Joner, _ A. Bushnell's bill . to( Lumber and Posta, .. ti y April 3. "Cash p'd John Aha for repairing Portico. White washing ?. House,&c. ' S April5. " Cash paid W. S.Palmer for rypairs on Court House, 10 b i " 16. "Cash paid H.7. Wright - for Sheep Skini, Record -- Book and work en Sho.w Case, X, Slay 9. " Cash plid.Chars Small. wood for cutting reek - - : and putting up Iron Fence, ' -9tpfF '9. .Comm'nu on $902,49 at ,. Caspaid Col. J. II - ..for.hauling 3500.l s.1 Fencing from lHambqrg, at 3Uper et. . - 13,13 Jane 4. "Cash p'd Dr: E.J..Mihe. .. . - part for 8tore Huas ad : .K Lot, -.: - $7J 74+ " c.omm'na on $890 82 at 21 per cL 9 July 7. -" Cash p'd Dr. E. J. Mimi. in part:on Store House; Lot, - .0 00 " Comm'ns on $80,00 it Oi per ent, - -, 9A Aug 7. " Cash .paid' William r rell, for Painting 'Ioe ' Fenee and Paints ~'- 300 " 30. " Cish puid1% F.Disee for pubihing Comm.is-. sioners' Iteport-for 1854. - ) 350 "11. MCash paidW. W. Goa; man for. Broom, White - -Washing Jail, Tin 81i , - Bucket; Sv .14 " Comm'nas on $6045 at. 2, per cent, - 1. 50 Sept 4. s Cash p'd D. E. JMhne in part for Store House. and Lot, i- - 10 " 29. " Cash paid -B. C. Bryan for Garden Lot for Jial and exchange on land. 450 00 29. " Cash paid W. P. Butler. for Satinet to coverfes " in Court House, ''- 3 50 " Comm'na onu$553,50 at: - Sper-ent' .. - 13 .63 " Comir'ns on $500,00 at . 25 per cent. . .1*50 Total amount-paid 'out, $475 - Spartanburg Female Colig~s J7. WOFFOR-D TUCKER, Esq., President and Professor of English Literature. . REV. SAM1UEL B. JOES, Protfesr cf lsuahematles and Blatural Soeieee. - - . Professor of Ancient Langwfs I3IJ8S PII'(BE -PA INE, .MoerJisii PaNxiaT Dnra'rxrrr. Readijng, Writing, Arithmetic, English Grammar and Geography. COLorAT.soai Cot as. First Class-English Grammar, (:eview'e,) Arithmetic, (continued,) Geography.-(with Maps, continued,) Outlines <.f Hlistory, iugtish Camp. sition. . - Fornmoxons Ca~ass. Rhetoric, Logie, Composition, (continued,) Bota ny, Algebra, hlistory, (continued,) Latin, (comntes ced.) - .. . - JmOur Ciease. . Hlistory, (continured,) -lAtin, (esntinued;) Geoe try, Chemistry, Natural Philosophy, Moral Philo. sophy. -- Sston Cs.as. - Trigomoity, (with its appicatons.) Lali,'(con tined) Frencbh, Astronomy, Mental Philosophy, Evidenees of Chritianity. Instruction in English Composition and Analysis, continued through theawbole course. Terrmoa Fm.. AMD INcIDNYALvs Erans Tuition for C-1lege course, proper, embracing all the studies enumnerated, per Term of one uchelhstie year, payable half yearly in advances.. .g90 IIuszc Exmaa, Paa Taams or can Yuan. On.Pimno..............$400 Giar...............,........20 Use of Piano,....................3 0 Contingent,............b.ea 'A 0 Primary Departmut, per Term of ote year,-3a le as above,......... ......... ... .0 Board on the Campus, under the direction ofthe fficers of the~nstitution, per month,nldigiaR *pensea of Lights, Fuel, Wshing,he1, *S074 syale at the end of each half year.--.- . , Text Book can he furniazhed, If desirable, -stent CT The above includes all charge.. -No edkcr ee, ordinary or extraordinary, will f6. charged for iuy or all the branches enumerated., This Institution went Into operation on the fberdi Wednesday in AUGUST last, andwil end its gest 'erm on the fourth Wednesasy in DECEMBER. ion-resident Pupils will be required to- besird.a he Campus, except in a special elasef cesswuir led for by a resolution of the Board. , President of the Board efjateqr J. HI. Wneon, See'ry. Oct 31 2*3 - 4) Aduaninitrtor's- Sale. -- 'uesythe 1ith day of December aezt, di6 fM wigpoperty belonging to the VEsti1g 4*'m Eightooa Likely iv Nt. 16 4.r 30 Bals*eC*. Otta CORN,.FODDER, &14 took of al-kinds, Plantatin Tok Boneabd nd Kitchen Fnrniture,.with .me .. .other arti. les jet considered noesasasry tonsnentica. * . yare or sar.. Te bs ppertjwll be sold ou a oNete sev unb frmlay of sale, except amma-nade le0 whioh'will berequiiredI - in Lh - 5. -P. GETZEN, Adm'or. STATE.W SOUTH CAROLINA, EDGEFIELD'.DISTRICT, . - 1N EQW1TT. Martha Ann Magenda, . -1 lenor Thurmond and others.. FT appearing to the Commissiiir that~eorga L Thurmond, one of the Defendants in this case iside be ond the limits of this State, On neotionetf ir. aru,-olcior # aOree that the said e allegatlems of this Bill, itbinthrees mmthsftom h date of this publication, or judgnsa pie een. rese wil he entee '"pe hias. Oot 27,KANS,~ *. 4.). HYDENIAL. 1iLUARaD, on Tuesday-night, the 22d inst., bi.lg Rev. Henry Smith;Miss CLARA, dauglter of Major .A s JoNEs, and Mr. MOSES LONG;afl of this Diret -5,E ' MARaiED, on Wednesday night, the 23d -inst., by the Rev. J. H. Zimtnmerman, Miss ELIZABETH' daughter of d)1r. WILLIAM. Foy, Senior, and Mr. MA.TIN, all.of this District. From both bridals we received our fees in the shape of delicious wedding cake. Both couples have our warmest wishes for happiness through this life and peace hereafter. MARRIED, on Thursday the 25th inst., by Rev. H. T. Bartley, Maj. JOSIAH PADGET and Miss MAR THA SOUTHARD, all of this District. MARRIED, on the 13th inst., by Rev. David Bodie, Mr."JAMES JENNINGS and Mrs. MARY CART LEDGE. all of this District. ON the 17th inst.; at Morganton, N. C., by Rev. J. T. Pickett, Mr. LAWRENCE A. ADAMS, of Edge. field, S. C., to Miss MARY J. TATE, of the former plaen. - Oxthe 9th inst., by the Rev. Mr. Root, Mr. NOEL NEilSON and Miss EMlMA AIORANGE, both of Union Springs, Macon county, Alabama. OBITUARY. DtED, at Melvin Hill, Edgeield District, S. C., on the 27th Sept., 1855, after a protracted and painful illness. Mrs. SARAH ANN STARKE, relict of the late Major W. W. STAR., in the 52d year of her age. The death of this most estimable lady leaves a void in a large circle of friends which can. never be sup. plied, and wsill ever be deplored. Her cheerful and genial spirit, her gentle and unaffected manners, and er social and generous disposition, enlisted the sym pathies of all who approached her ad inspired gratifi cation and delight. Her society aforled a long day of sunshine and gladness; her unselfish nature pre vented the intrusion on others of whatever personal afflictions she may ever have experienced; her griefs, if any, were hers.exclusively, while her joyoUttnen derived in part from a vigorous constitution and a hap py temperament-was imparted to her associates. If the softer and sweeter.traits of her character were eminently attractive and pleasing, the more sterling qualities exacted the respect and won the esteem and affection of friends, and endeared and auadhed her to relatives and connexions by imperishable ties. She pos sessed practical judgment in a high degree; a'd extra ordinary energy.. She was the model of a wife, a de. voted mother, an affectionate daughter and sister, a charitable, steadfast and reliable friend, a pious and sincere, yet unohtrurive christian of the Presbyterian sect, having been a member oC the churchr for many years; and of a purity of heart and a divinely forgiving disposition, which, all in all. rendered her on-among the kindest, the truest, and the best of womankind. . - . H. DIED, on the 28th Sept., of congestive fever, after a short but serious illness, ALEXANDER, son of ED WARD HowLE, aged 16 years and 4 months. In his early life lie was noted for his singularity of habits, being very different from boys of the same age, choosing rather to be none than join in their favorite amusements. Having recently connected himself with the Church, and being a punctual member of the Sab. bath school, he had by his general deportment evinced a Christian dharacter, and being a dutiful son and a kind r.nd affectionate brother, has left many sorrowing friends. But we trust "that our loss is his gain." DIxD, on the 11th inst., in the 77th year of his age, JOHN SUMMER, of Pomaria. The simple announcement of his death is sufficient. There needs no long recapitulation of the life of use fulness he has just completed, to bring him within the remembrance of the many who knew him, who en. joyed his hospitality and admired the industry, frank ness and contentment he -continually displayed. His many friends will be saddened by the intelligence, but none ought to mourn-since lie has been permitted to finish his fifty years of toil, and allowed a season of rest, even in this world, to look hack with satisfaction upon a well spent life, and calmly await the approach of death. DIED, at his residence in Marshall county, Miss., on the 21st July last. after a short, but intensely painful illness,- Deacon S EMUEL WIL0N, in-thae Afty third year of his age. -He was born in Edgefield District, S. C., July 1st, 1803, and emigrated with his father, RoDaRT WiLSON, of whom lie was the only son, to Madison county, Ala., in 1816. Land Warrants Wanted, 1I1E 111 GIIEST Cash price 'will be paid fot L and Warrants by A JACKSO0N. MILLER & VERDERY. Augustat, Ga., Oct 29 Ste 42 -Flour ! Flour! - SBarrels of superfine Flour, just received, by R. HI. SULLiVAN. SOct. 3I. . f 42 TU1 AVE sonic rorty or fifty bushiels of these valu .Lable Oats for sale. A pply soon. Pric $2 per bushel. L. S. J011NSON. Oct 31 tf -42 $20 R ewar d, T OTon Saturday the 27th October, a Long .LaLEA Tl liPOCKIET BOOK, containing -between $170 aind $190, in twenty atid five dollar bills, a.s well as now r'collected. Aliso, two Notes, one on Charles hMay, for $100, parable 25th Dec. inext, and the oilier on'.eremiah Niorgan, given for $150, due. 15th Nov. 1853. Also, one or two tax receipts, together wIth Cotton lill, and other pa. pcrs not recolle.cted. My name was written in one or two places inside of said Pocket Book. All per sons arc hereby cautioned against trading for either of the-nabove speciflid notes. The above reward of $20) will be paid on delivery of said Pocket Book and contents. -Address the Subecriber at Meeting Strect, Edgefleld District. *. JOIIN IIA RLING, Sr. Oct 31 -3t 42 Head-Quaarters, TENTH REGI.\ENT, S.C. M., Day Cazex, Oct. 27, 1855. PURSUANT to an order from Col. NEAL, a LCourt Martial will convene at Richardson's, on Friday, Nov. .90th. Captains and Officers com manding Companies will each send a representative. By order of the Colonel. Maj. WATSON, President. T. P. MAYNARD, Adj't. Oct 31 St 42 FOR BALES TH E DESIRA BLE Plantation on which Mrs. Sarah loor formterly lived containing .666 Ace, Situated about nine miles West of Edgefleld Court House, on tho waters of Turkey and Log Creeks. There is a good Dwelling .House and oilier out buildings. Also, a Grist Mill with a foll share of custom. Jt is of'ered at private sale until the first Monday in November, and if not purchased, will be sold on that day, at Edhgefleld C. HI., to the' highest bidder. A&ny information wanted can be had of Capt. A. T.lHodges or the Subscriber. -J.-U.IIUGHIEA. Sept12 '. tf ..3 Excellent Land for Bale. T[RlE Subscriber being desirous of making a Lchange in his business, offers for sale his * VALUABLE PLANTATION, On Little Turkey Creek, nine miles North East of Edgefield C. H., adjojning lands of Datlel Holland, R. W. Adams and others. Said Tract oontains Eight Hundred and Sixty five Acres, of the best Oak and Hickory Land, of which there is about four hundred and-eighty acres in a high state of cultivation, most of it fresh and well fenced. The balance is woodland, rich soil, lies well, and is well timbered. This place is healthy, well watered, hias all neces sary out buildings, negro houses enough to accom modate forty or fity negroes, an .excellent water Gin, with sixty Sawrs, which will gin from four to six bales of Cotton per day. Also, a Grist Mi1W in fine order. The average crop of this place. for a series of years has equalled, it is believed, that of any plan tation in thie District. TzaNs liberal. ET For further information ad.'ress the Subscri ber at Mt. Willing, or my son on the premises. WILLIAM PADGETT. 0Oct31 2m - -42 Notice. IS Hereby given to all concerned, that a final set tlement will be made .on the Estate of Daniel Smith, dee'd., in the Ordinary's Office at Edgefield C. H., otn the 4th Monday in January next, All. persons indebted will please make payment by the above time, and those having demands will present them by the-samnetime...MCLE - C. SMITH. ***rs Oct 28, 1855. 3m 42 Flavoring Extrets. A L ARGE yariety-for adoe by A. . T.J.TEAGUE, Druggiatu. u.... ot, 19