Edgefield advertiser. (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, August 26, 1857, Image 3

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-- - - - - - ---- pUBLisZED EEvRT WEDNESDAr MORNING. W L suNS, D. I. URISOE & E9LUIJA EESE, PRaoPRIETORs. -TE S OF SUBSCRIPTION. - i Two DOLLARS per year, if paid in advance-TWO DLLAS and FIrrY CzENTs if not paid within six 0 ownths-and TaaBs DOLLAR if not paid before the expiraton of the year. All subscriptions not distinct ly limited at the time of subscribing, will be con. sc sinned until all arrearages are paid, or at the option of a the Publisher. gi Subscriptions out of the District and from other a, States must invariably be paid for in advance. ql , RATES OF ADVERTISING. di Al advertisements will be correctly and conspicu- 3 ously inserted at Seventy-five Cents per Square (12 Brevier lines or less) for the first insertion, and Fifty . Cents for each subsequent insertion. When only pub- i lished Monthly or Quarterly $1 per square will be charged. Each and every Transient Advertisement, to secure publicity through our columns, must invariably be h paid In advance. All Advertisement@ not having the desired number of inardonS marked on the margin, will be continued until forbid and charged accordingly. 1 Than desiring to advertise by the year can do so an the most liberal terms-it being distinctly under. stood that contracts for yearly advertising are con- a fined to the immediate, legitimate business of the firm 1 or Individual contracting. 1 All communications of a personal character-will be tA S.charged as advertisements. Obituary Notices exceeding one square in length v will be charged for the overplus, at regular rates. Announcing a Candidate (not inserted until paid fot,) Five Dollars. For Advertising Estrays Tolled, Two Dollars, to be paid by the Magistrate advertising. c From the Charleston Mercury. c THE SOUTH UNITED. We do not believe that, since the Union began, t] there has been any question which has brought a the South into more complete Union than the fl proceedings of Governor Walker in Kansas. Georgi, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Ar- C kansas, Florida, and Texas, appear to be of but one party on this question. In the States in which elections have been or are being held Georgia, Mississippi and Alabama-no party has d ventured to support him. Candidates for Con- r gress, or for the State Legislatures, or for Gover noships, all denounce him. In the other South- c ern States, the action of the people have not been brought to bear immediately on the ques tion, and therefore the Press is the only criterion by which we can judge of the feelings of the people. The Press is a far more uncertain index a of the popular opinion than elections, because t those who govern the Press often have interests t and aims connected with the Federal Govern- C ment, which the people do not possess. Judged by this criterion, South Carolina is more divided, C and lower in her Southern feelings, than any other of the Cotton States. There are more t, Presses in South Carolina, in proportion to the number in the State, whichhave supported Walk er, than in any other Cotton State. In Mississip- n pi but one sinie Press ventures a feeble apology 5 for Walker; whilst. in South Carolina. the Green ville Patriot, Edgefield Advertiser; Columbia South Carolinian, and Fairfield Register, have all, we believe, defended or supported him. The Charleston Standard has not yet been able fairly r to apprehend the subject, and is still silent, pon dering on its dark abstrtusities 'in profound du biety. Yet we do not think that the course ofr these Presses prove that the people of South Carolina are either indifferent to the fate of Kan as, or approve of Walker's fiagitious proceed- a ings to make her a Free State. If the elections o far members of Congress or our State Legisla- tj ture were about to take place, South Carolina t would evince the same unanimity which charac terizes the people of Georgia and Mississippi. We do not bolieve that a single man, who sought the suffiages of our people, would dare to defend fo spport Walker's villainy in Kansas. To lay s lpfre our people the arguments of Black Re- t; publicans, to guide their counsels, and an affihia t ion with Black Republicans as worthy of their ti po~cy, would be a sort of enterprise that very si few would undertake. We therefore do not con- ( saler South Carolina as an exception to the gen- si erel union in the South on Kansas affairs. And even in Virginia, we notice with sincere pleasure C the proposition made by the Richmond .Whig, h contained in our columns yesterday, to unite with 1a the Enquirr, the Examiner and the South, and b. " free from all party prejudices, above all section- a al antipathies, and true to the Constitution and practicai State Rigkts, make a constitutional op- a position to the Devil and the Black Republicans.". HIe can hardly expect the co-operation of' the o Enquirer, for its nearest associates and allies ati present, in supporting Walker in Kansas, to :l~ make Kansas a Free State, are the leading or- : t gans of' the Black Republicans at the North. Their cause is one-the proscription of slavery in Kansas. ..- o A GREATr R~tex.-Porter's Spirit of the Times 1 say's: Charleston, the super b Charleston, by Sove reign, out of Millwood, is to meet the renowned Nicho~las I, by (Glencoe, out of Nannie Rhodes, I and we shall have what we may fairly call a race. C This brilliant prospect has been brought about I by Mr. John L. Cassiday, who has leased the Fashion Course, made up a stake and secured S for it the entrance of the two above named C horses. r Mr. Cassidav does not expect, with the brief a time now left him, and the nearness of' the fall 9 meeting in Virginia and Kentucky, to be able n to organize an entire meeting on the Fashion n' Course this season, but lie does the most within e his power, by offering a stake, for four mile d heats, $1,000 entrance, half forfeit, with an ad dition of $2,000 if the race is run, and by secur-" ing the entrance of the two horses which stand foremost of all others in the country, and which n, the public jnost anxiously wish to see contend. We predict a great attendance on the day when L Nicholas and Charleston meet, and from the fact. that the horses were foaled in different sections, i and belong respectively to a Northern and a: Southern owner, we shall expect to see the same t spirit of intense rivally exhibited, as character- 1 ized the great contests between Eclipse and Hien- Ii ry, and most particularly that of Fashijn and Yeytona. Of' the two present contestants, Char- s1 leston has the most gloriouts record of perfor- d mnances, but there arc enough here who believe that Nicholas I is the best horse who ever tt stretched his limbs over an American track, to b make the betting as spirited as any man may de sire. The day selected for the race, is the 29thm S of Septeniber next (good day and good track.) s: - Th Ne OrlansCrescent, adverting to thee poisonous adulteration of liqtiors now-a-days. sensibly concludes: "Abstinence from so-called liquors will soon become a necessity with those who desire to live and enjoy health. The social cup is, indeed, a poisonous one in these latter days. With strychnine in whiskv, and (rugsr an'd vitriol in brandy to give it 'bod'y, flavor,' and 'coloring,' the man' who quamfifs much of either must be 'made of oak, and copper-fastened,' toa stand long." CArAWnA Wim:.--We havebeen presented, by Mr. Charles Axt, with sampIles of his "Still Ca tawba, raised at Crnwfordsville, in 1856G," which, S upon examination by a number of gentlemen, was unanimously pronounced a most agreeable w wine, with the promise that its merits would be g< still further increased by age. Samnples of this Wine were also presented by u] Mr. Axt to the Agricurltural Society at their an- m~ niversary meeting at the Farm, on the 18th ini- to stant, with a request that an expression of the opinion of the me nbers should be declared on St the subject, and we learn authoritatively that lc "the Society deem Mr. Axt's success as highly uj encouraging, and congratulate him on the pro- S< duction of a wine from the pure juice of the of grape, which, being more matured by time, el promises to take the place of the manufactured N compounds sold under thme name of wine." re [6Charleston Mer-curU,. il pm The next meeting of the Southern Commer- ro dal Convention will take place at Montgomery, Ala. stu - th...-an Monday in May, 1858. 1c THECBOPS. rejc The wheat crop of Georgia and Tennessee is ing it coming into market. On Monday of this wea ek, fifty car loads arrived on the Macon and ron estern Railroad. The receipts by that road ton w are daily about nine thousand bushels, near- em all of which is forwarded to Savannah and city en to Northern markets. In July, 39,400 bush- - i were received. In the first fourteen days in e month, 103,490. Of this 2,728 were sent to tr city mill. The weather has, for a few days, en very favorable for its transportation, and it - rives in good order. The supply of wheat on ir railroad lines is now so great that they can arcely furnish means for its transportation id without their aid what would all this surplus ain be worth to the producers? The prices - e declining, but we are unable to give reliable T sotations. Over one hundred car loads arrive tily at Atlanta. j he receipts of one day was 0 s,600 bushels.-Macon Journal and Messenger. thi WEATHER AND CRoPs iN ALABAMA.-The La- brie 6yette (Chambers county) Herald, of the 5th 1 istaut, says: 1l% " For the last two weeks we have had copious ran iowers every day, and the signs at present indi- at i ite still more. The corn crop in this section it , as been vastly benefited, but the rains came too 6te to make a full crop." The Montgomery Mfail, of the 10th inst., says: Te -" Intelligent planters tell us, that with a favo. of Lble fall, the crop of all this section of Alabama rar ill be very large indeed. Somehow or other, f. Ithough cotton got a poor start, and apparently of very bad stand, yet it has 'caught up' amazilg- Ma r. Even the long continued rains, usually very ijurious, have so far proved to be highly advan- P* igeous. The weed has got the size it needed, *" nd the shedding, which usually follows wet hol reather, seems likely to be missed. There is, the re are told by one of our largest planters, an nmensity of fruit on the weed, and a large is T mount might be dropped, and leave more than of n average crop. mi "Taking the opinion and accounts of the most ; itelligent cotton raisers, as the basis of our cal ulations, we cannot avoid the belief that the t rop is likely to exceed an average, considerably. * ro part of the country was more affected by *ot ie disasters of the spring than this, and yet we 4 re bound to admit prospects are now highly un worable. no WEATHER AND CuoPs ix AREANsAS.-The a' amden Herald, of the 6th inst., says: an We have had rain in great abundance within Lu ie last day or two, and from present appearances it i e should judge that it will continue for several asi ays to come. Taking everything into conside- of ition, the crops are much more promising than ev ould have been anticipated. We shall make it orn enough to supply the present inhabitants, ger nd have a considerable quantity left to meet roe 1e wants of emigrants. int Illinois, this season, will produce two hundred tra nd eighty millions bushels of grain-more than p' -n bushels for every man, woman and child in ie United States. This knocks the Corn Ex- agi hange speculators into the middle of next year. a P CRor CALCLATIo.-The New Orleans Cres- reo ent of the 8th inst. says: ed The sugar cane is doing well, very well, but lea, ie high anticipations, and still higher figures , nt to the West-say a crop of 350,000 hogs eads-will not be realized. The maximum is ow is, with a good fall, 300,000 hogsheads. tha fe desire to check the reports which have been th< irculated for and near, that the crop this season it < -ould be much larger than any ever before raised. 3in hose persons who have been giving currency to See uch figures or such views are altogether igno- Pr( tnt of the case-in fact, they are like those Go eracious writers in New York on cotton, who retend to know more about the culture and the er sults of the staple than the planter does himself. la The tobacco crop in some parts of Marylandts nd Virginia is said to be very poor, on account h. f the wetness of the season. This has caused li ie stalks to grow very rank, without a propor- an' .onate growth of leaves. Pr IATER FROM( EUROPE. in ARRIVAL OF THE STEAXER ARABIA. anm NEW Yong, August 19.- The Royal Mail pri teamaship Arabia, Capt. J. Stone, has arrived at 'th is port, with Liverpool dates to the 8th inst. vis Cotton was dull and unch'anged. Theisales of- go, e week amounted to 38,000 bales-closing so eady. Middling Orleans 8), upland 8}. Man- al best'er market dull. Money unchanged. Con-af >ls 90? to 9J0.. Bulliron has'decreased ?370,000. a Flour declined ls. Wheat 2 to 3d lower. C** orn declined Od. to is. Provisions active. Rice W as declined. Spirits of turp~entine was dull. pu ~osin was firm. with sales for the week of 5,000 arrels, the market closing active, with a slight oni dvance. gp The Emperor and Emipress of France were on o. visit to Queen Victoria. The telegraphic cable was landed at Valencia a the 5th, and on that (lay the expedition sailed. The Italian conspirators against Napoleon have rei een found guilty. One sentenced to transpor- co! ition and the others to seven years implrison- thi ent. ha Bloomfield, Bishop of London, is dead. pol it is rumored that a suspension of negotiations ten a the Spanish-MAexican question, has taken sti lace. cot Spain continues her military preparations. the There is nothing later from India. Ex; r.isn.-Thle steamer Khersonese, has been ~ ithdrawn from the Canadian line. having been hartered b'y the government to carry troops to "" ndia. The steamer Crimea takes her place. S*i in the House of Lords, Lord Campbell pre- Cat eted a petition from the Queen and Princess cat f Oude, residing in England, expressing their corn egret, at the mutiny in India, and that suspicion p0! [ould attach to the ex-king, stating that they ifa ad assurance of his entire innocence, and pray. the mg that the charges against him might be an- w ounced so that they could establish his in no ence. Objectionswere made and the bill was with- at rawn. str The bill authorizing the enrollment of militia, If as read a second time. ani Ledru Rollin hams commenced a prosecution d.-J ainst the London Times, for charging him with haa >mplicity in the recent conspiracy to assassinate ter iouis Napoleon-. of SexIX.-The Government is actively engaged ;st imilitary preparations. The strength of thees ry will soon be 120,000 men. It is also sta-et d that the Royal Guard, dismissed under the spartero administration, is soon to be re-estab- the shed.vc Teamsu.-The French Ambassador at Con- wit antinople struck his flag on the 5th ult., but bre i not leave his post for some days. der 1)ENMARK.-An English Company has ob ,inedl a comnmission to lay a telegraphic cable fween England and Schileswi;;. ch Russu.-A St. Petersburg dispatch says that nem chamls troops had been beaten bmy the Rus ans, and 400u killed. Russia had applied to the Porte for a modifi tion of the Paris treaty, so as to enable her toth iarge the number of her vessels of war, for. gerations along the coast, of Circassia. n ITAr.Y.-There is trouble b~etwen England and aples, in consequence of the unauthorized a arch of an English steamer by Neapolitionde icials. It is said England remonstrated, but l eived no reply. Ia The wheat harvest of Italy is secured, and alla erages a crop and a half. There is a consid- as' le increase also in the winc crop. an Gousa NonTr.-The Pee Dee Herald fur. shes the following sensible ideas in relation to ace yuthern Merchants going North. e " Our merchants are leaving for the North prei bere they will purchase their winter stock of ra >ods. What a pity it is that our own people, the ill year after year, contribute to the buildin g >of Northern' cities, when, in return, suec ighty efforts arc making by Northern citizens 051 bring ruin andh desolation upon our homes I whi Why (10 not South Carolinians, at least, be- tite :>w their patronage upon their own city, Char- ben ston? Why (10 they not lend their aid to build 'I >that city anduu mnako it the Queen city of the fur mth; that we may ever after be independent the North ? 'T'is said by some that our mer-gl ants cannot " do as well'' in Charleston as inan ew York. 1f this be so, the reason is appa- t*" nt; it is because by our own neglect we do t give her the power to compete with her pam.i prol red rival. If Southern mer-chants would pat nize her, she would gladly prepare herself to .J ppiy their demands and offer inducemenits at in I et ealn to those of New YVrk. We woud 1.5r ice to see our Southern merchants withdraw their support from a people who use their J Ith thus acquired, to the injury of their pat- c: ;, and we would also rejoice to see Charles- c importing goods for the supply of the South- C Market, and growing up into a magnificent b ARTHUR SIMKINS, EDITOR. EDGEFIELD, 8. C. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26, 1857. FHE CHARLESTON MERCURY AGAIN. I n another column may be found an article from journal, to several points of which we would fly advert. A little more than a month ago, the Xercury was ing notes of wailing over " the deplorable igno te, vacillation, treachery, and division which roign he South"-we quote its precise language. Now I Dmes to us with the triumphal shout of "T Ae t1 United," and provedly arrays Georgia, Alaba- i , MississippI, Louisiana, Arkansas, Florida and I :as, as presenting an unbroken line for the defenes outhern Rights. We congratulate our eotempo. y upon the celerity with which he has thus vaulted I n the slough of despond up to this airy eminence : lope. It is precisely the stand-point from which i y others of us have been looking out upon the i itical sea for months past; and now that the fer y's telescope has boon mounted beside us, we shall < >o to discover yet more of safety and happiness in unfolding future of our beloved South. . But the Mereury's way of reaching this position eculiar. We are instructed that the proceedings 1 Governor WALKER in Kansas have effected this hty result-, have given to our section light for norance," firmness for "vacillation," devotion for eachery," and union for "division." With pro nd deference to the acumen and expertness of our mporary, we submit that he is here placing the t before the cause. It is the pre-established on of sentiment throughout the South-it can be hing elso-which must account for the general ement the Mercury announces as subsisting ong the people of " Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Aisiana, Arkansas, Florida and Texas." Admitting o be correct that this agreement does subsist, we :, is it not the host evidence that the common heart our section boats warmly, and in unison upon ry question which touches our rights as connected h our institution of domestic slavery i Could this eral sensitivoness, this universal disposition to el every thing like injury or insult, have sprung existence with the occasion of Gov. WALKER'S nsgression ? Is it not more creditable to our peo , and far less superficial, to conclude that the cement hero set forth is but the demonstration of re-oxisting oneness of sentiment in the Southern d, a ononess of sentiment which the Jfercury ltely Ignored only a month since, but acknowl es to-day,-with how much of consistency we ro the reader to decide. . Again, it is apprehended that " South Carolina aore divided, and lower in her Southern feelings, n any other of the Cotton States." Now, what is character of the "division" here alluded to? Is ne which involves a doubt as to the devotion of a gle Carolinian to the best interests of his State and tion ? No,-it is simply this: A portion of the ss of the State led off in violent denunciation of ernor WALKER. Another portion, equally South in its tone, thought it best to use more moderate guago in regard to that official's course. And y? First because they did not consider it just ards Mr. UCnAsA?, to create prejudices against Administration on the score of certain speeches I acts of its agent, and which it was believed the ~sident did not approve. Secondly, because there e reasons for thinking that the pro-slavery party Kansas were at least quiet as to WALKEa's policy, that therefore it was but the dictate of ordinary dece to awaiti developments in that territory. is is the sum and substance of the so-called " di on" in South Carolina; And when the Xercury s on to speak 'of the State being "low'er In her thern feclings than any other Cotton State," we tintly and emphatically pronoune the conclusion diacy, at least in so far as it has reference to our *rso and the reasons we have assigned therefor. point the Xekreury to those reasons as heretofore lished, and dlefy its serutiny. .The Mercury further says: " In Mississippi hut single press ventures a feeble apology for WA!. ; whilst in South Carolina, the Greenville Pa. t, Ed gefield Adrertiaer, Coluinia South Caurolini and Fairfield tegister have all, we believe, defend or supportedl hiim." To this we have simply to ly, that the statement is erroneous. We have demned WAu.ran's special acts of intermedling as y have b~een reported through the country. We o not " defended or supported" Walker. The iv of the Administration in Kansas we have dle dod so far as the propriety of submittiing the Con ution to tho ratification of bonau Jde citizens is siderd ; distinctly saying at the same time, with Administration, that the Convention is the only rer to determine who these bon fide citizens are. have deprecated strife on this question ; hecauso could not regard it as an issue upon which our athorn cause was to be benefitted. We have also neled against war upon the Admiinistration; be so we believed, and still helieve, that it is a sound, servativo Admiinistration, and one earnestly dis ed to do equal justice to the whole country. From >rmation before us we have reluctantly yielded to opinion that Kansas never can he a Slave State; have therefore thought and said that it was well east to make it a sound Democratic State, with a mug leaven of Southern syimpathy in its population. n these positions the Mereury can find anything -Soutern, let it be pointed out. If there is any nee or support of Wailker in them, we wish to 'o it exhibited in our cotemaporary's most searching us. If this cannot he dune, he stands convicted nisrepresenting thle position of a brother journal who has alays emdeavored to show him the high respect and do him the fullest measure of justice. n conclusion, we venture to predict that in less n three months the Xefrcury will see, and perad ture admit, that the position *of the Adecertiuer, a respect to the Administration in this Kansas im glio, hans been the correct and the really indepen t one0. rJ' The absence of the Editor, who is gone to rieston on business, will account for the meager sof the Editorial matter this week. RELIGIOUS NOTICE. here will be a protracted meeting to commence with Pleasat Grove Baptist C'hurch on Saturday 29th .Ministers are solicited to attend. PUBLIC LECTURE. he are authorized to stato that Dr. WV~ruis will ver a lecture on the Millennium, at Stevens' Creek >tist Church on Sunday next. The citizens gener arc cordially invited, mand will do well to attend o feel confident the Doctor will furnish a rich and nteresting Lecture. GEN. McGOWAN'S SPEECII. Ve take pleasure in acknowledging the receipt of >py of the Address of Gen. SAxoUt. MctlowAw, >re the Pahnaetto Association. To ay it is a good duction dois not half express all its merits. It is shied in thought, finished in style, and finished in workmanship of the P'rinters. o learn that there are several copies at the Post e, for sale, iand we recommend all our readers,1 an relish a treat, that palls not upon thio appe to spend each a inent3l-fire cents, for his own he Pahinetto Association desires to raise a fund the support of the sick, poor, anid infirm of that ant bifnd, who sacrificed their time, and health periled their live,, in the mainitenance of the r and glory of their State and country ; and in way alone, the sales of this speech are to be ap-1 iriated. SA sale of $18,000 worth of mules was made I ynchburg, Virginia, Tuesday, at from $145 to r piV Attention is directed to the Card of Tnos. G. IAcoI. Esq., from which' it will.be seen that he de ines a re-election at.the ensuing election. Maj. BA oN has long and faithfully discharged the duties of lerk, with credit to himself and honor to the Dis riet. A hearty " well done, thou.good and faithful ervant," is accorded him by'all. In his retirement iay his health be permanently improved, and may e be spared for lo! these many years is our prayer. THE RISING SUN. Joi '. CuApxAw, Esq., hr become associate Edi or of this excellent Nowberry weekly, and will un oubtedly make the Sun still more interesting to its umerous readers. Mr. CnApxmi is a native of this )istrict, is a graceful and fluent writer and an accom lished gentleman. We cordially welcome him into he Editorial fraternity, andwish him much success. OUR ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS FOR THE WEEK. Perhaps our readers think we take peculiar delight n boasting every week of the various presents we re eive, and we are not less loth- to admit the fact hat such is the case-yea, and who would not be ? To begin, we return our thanks to Mr. G. L. Psx md Mr. JAs. ArnsTaoso, for a few very lag and Ina Tomatoes,-the largest, sent by Mr. Paxx, weigh. ng neirly one pound. To Mr. Joix HLwrr.vox we tender o'ur warmest ac mowledgments for two splendid watermelons. Mr. E's. Melons, as well as his Cabbage and Turnips, are dways hard to equal, but this year his watermelons ire extraordinary fine. The largest of these melons weighed thirty pounds, and was as sweet as any we iver oat. Mr. Swzauuxotn beat Mr. H. In size but e rather think Mr. HmLUnox's stands ahead in juality. Mrs. DZLLAn PHILLIPS also contributes bountifully towards making us happy-and that fine sugar-cured Eam she sent us last week was, we assure her, proper. Ly received and highly appreciated. God bless all much friends as Mrs. P. SPURIOUS COIN. A quantity of spurious coin,0 (says the Augusta Constitutionalist of the 21st inst.) purporting to be live dollar gold pieces of Becker's North Carolina mint, were offered at the office of F. 0.' Barber, Ex Ahange Broker, yesterday- This spurious money name from Edgefield District, S. C., where there is, o doubt, a gang of coiners and counterfeiters In op Dration. The same paper of the same date also furnishes the following which is equally as discreditable to our District. We sincerely hope this gang of -ounterfeiters, thieves and robbers will ore long be erretted out and moet with punishment to the full 3xtent of the law, which their felonious deeds so just. Ly merit. We understand that Mr. Jackson Clark, of this ity, was met by two men, on Tuesday afternoon last, few miles from Hamburg, on the South Carolina side of the river, who very socially approached him, and while in the act of supplying one of them with tobacco, they quickly seized Mr. Clark, and after Dhoking him, succeeded in tying and gagging him; and after carrying him a short distance in the woods, robbed his pockets and left him. We learn that Mr. Clark had in his possession about one thousand dol ars, which he was carrying to his mother, who lives hout a mile from where he was attacked. MSICELLANEOUS ITEMS. pizr- LEE.-General Daniel S. Lee, of Missouri, late consul of the United States at Basle, in Switzer and, died in Washington at half-past one o'clock, on Saturday afternoon last (the 15th Inst.,) of tetanus, or ock-jaw, occasioned by a wound he had received in the foot by the accidental discharge of a pistol in his own hand. gg Mr. J. E. Bonn has been elected Ordinary~ of Spartanburg District by a majority of fifty votes. firP lion. A. Bunr, of Abbeville, is nominated as the proper man to fill the, vacant seat in the U. S. Senate. p;& Eugene Sue, the celebrated French romanist, died at Paris on the 3d inst. lie was born in 1808, and was, consequently, not fifty years of age at the time of his death. p;& We learn that theret is a new counterfeit ten dollar bill out on the B3ankerf Hamburg, S. C., of the old issue. The 'Cashiemf of 'the Bank of Charles ton says it almost defies detection. Look out for it, fig Two hales new cotton were received in New Orleans, on the 14th Inst., from Brazes Bottom, Texas, 3g' It has been decided in the General Land, Office, that a colored man, whose ancestors were brought into this country as slaves, is not entitled ti preemption of the public lands. This is the firsi case based on the decision in the Dred Scott ease. 7,D- To kill bed bugs-tie them by the hind legs and then make mouths at them until you get then into convulsions, after which crawl around on the blind sido and stone them to death. pe- Why is a mushroom like a dandy ? Because it is rapid in its gzowth, slim in its trunk, an thiek ii it head. pi Vermont produces four staples, namely : men w(Ien, inaple sugar and horses. The first are strong, the last are fleet, Tihe second and third are exceedingly sweet, And all arc uncommonly hard to beat. pg Punch says a man who goes to church to chew tobacco, and spits upon the floor, ought to he taken by the head and heels, and scrubed upon the soiled spot until it is clean. This is no joke. gr A terrible buriesne swept over the town of Woodland, ini Wisconsin. Every house is destroyed, telegraph lines prostrated, and railway stations and other propeCrty damaged. THE CHIARLESTON MERCUR~Y.-Thle .Peercury has taken a glance over the Southern field of fght, and is gratified to find such a unanimity of sentiment on the subject of Gov. Walker's course in Kansas-very good. When the South. en patriot turns his eye upon the glorious spee. tale of the United South, then shall he find rc alized the fondest aspiration of his heart. Had the Mer-cury stopped here, it would have been well. But that hitherto high-toned member, of the Charleston press goes further-makes an odious comparison, and singles out several State journals, ours among the number, for " scorn to point his slow unmeaning finger at." If we have not misunderstood the M3ercuiry, it has suf (red itself to indulge in unworthy imputations, and to insinunte that because this paper and others have not rrsponded to its bugle call, and joined in loud and deep curses of Walkeri, the Administration, and tihe Democratic party, they are therefore playing into the hands of the ene my, and subserving the purposes of' Black Re. publienism I An imputation like this shall be passed unheeded by us. We would inform the iercury that its classification will not avail any thing. If it seeks to adopt a " whip-in" policy as respects the press of the State, it has mista ken us. The CJarolineian, in its advocacy of the oase of the South, will follow its own convic tions of duty and justice, and seek to be true to ts nam.-South Carolinian. NEW YoRK, August 18l. Fox Cumsi.-The correspondent of the New york Times, writing from Hong Kong, says hat Captain Simnms, of the marine corps, at. ached to the "San Jaciato," has been detailed .o take formal possession of the Islands Formosa, ts an indemnity to the United States for losses mnstained by the United States during the pres mt war. Also, that this step has given much ;at~isliation to the English authorities. The Chinese rebels were generally successful scar Shanghai. They had also captured two mnportant cities in the interior. The imperial forces in the vicinity of Sachan sad revolted, driving the Governor of the pro inc and his eflicers from the city, and captur g the military chest. MmI Roc-rE CHIANGED.-The mail heretofore -unning from Calk's Ferry to Columbia has been ~hanged so as to run to kingsville and connect rith the staee from Edgefield C. H. for Colm ,ia, every briday evening. The schedule we melieve is as follows: Leaves Calk's Ferry every 'riday at 9 o'clock A Mi running via. Counts ille and Pleasant Springs, arriving at Kings. ille the same day at 5 P Mi, in time for thme con Leetion with the Columbia stage. It remains at inesville until Saturday morning after the ar iva of the stage for Edgofield C. H. when it e.t. ns t.1o Cak Frry by theasama route. COrZUNICATIONS. For the Edgelleld Advertiser. TO THE CITIZENS OF EDGEFIELD DISTRICT: FELLOW-CITIZENS: When my present term of Office as Clerk of the Court for Edgefield District expires, I will have served you sixteen years. If I have faithfully discharged, or caused to be faith fully discharged, the many perplexing and labori ous duties incumbent upon said Office, it will be a source of congratulation to my friends, and of consolation to myself. I feel under many lasting obligations to you, for the kindness extended in having so repeatedly elected me to this Office. I now deem It my duty to announce through the columns of the Adverti ser, my intention of declining to offer as a Candi date for Clerk at the onsuing. election. Feeble health, caused in a great measure by the many trying labours I was compelled to undergo during the first four years of my arduous administration, (which I fear has riveted it chains upon pe,) is one of the many causes which influence me In de clining a re-election. In thus taking leave of the citizens generally, I cannot suffer the occasion to pass without a word of friendship to the members of the Bar, the off cone with whom I have served, and the young men who have served under me. We have passed many pleasant hours together, without any of those vexa tious annoyances which must tend to make the office unpleasant to the incumbent and a source of an noyance to those with whom his duties associate him. May my successor be as fortunale as I, in the advice to aid and the lights to guide him, in the discharge of his various duties. I promise my weak and humble services in assisting him, when ever called upon. Your obedient servant, THOS. G. BACON. August 14, 1854. FROX OUR OWN CORESPONDENT. PIcKENs DisTRIcT, S. C., Aug. 20, 1857. MR. EDITORn:-The growth of our country is a wonder, a marvel and almost a miracle. The Ro man Empire after an existence of three hundred years, did not extend more than twenty miles be yond the gates of the "Eternal City." (Even Pickens or Edgefield is larger than that!) Less than three hundred years ago, North America was one vast wilderness. But now the United States have an extent of territory, which is almost fabu lous, and their rank as a first class power has al ready been recognized by the whole family of na tions. Some of the most important improvements of this wonder-working age had their origin in this country. For instance, the railway and the tele graph. These means of annihilating time and space are at the present more ample in the North era section of our Confederacy, than In the South; and some people, who never reflect aright, seem to think that such will ever be the case. The Yan kees, I grant, are very cute, restless and enterpri sing-much given to money-making and money saving; but they have neither the fire, the iron will, nor the tremendous energies of the Southrons. Internal improvements at the South really cost less than in any other part of the world. Because any considerable force abstracted from the cotton fields diminishes the crop, and per consequence, enhan ces the price of our staple commodity. -In this way, it can be shown that the amount of money realized by cotton planters in grading our Rail Roads is a clear gain-to say nothing of the re sources developed. Who then can object to the policy of those, who would checker the sunny plains of the South with a network of Rail Roads and Telegraphs. The Blue Ridge Rail Road, when completed, will be the crowning glory of our beloved Com monwealth. We shall then have a direct indepen dont communication with the Great West. It will then lie demonstrated that thd Palbnettoes have ca pacity for something else besides talking and fight ing. The stream of commerce, which is to pass through the Bllue Ridge opening will be certain to overflow, either at Anderson or New Market, (doubtless at both places in process of time,) and run across Edgefelid in the direction of Hamburg and the South Carolina Rail Road. On a recent excursion to the miountains, I passed along the line of the Blue Ridge Rail Road nearly all the way from rendleton to the Rabun Gap. Iaing takenu n:oes, I shall go somewhat inito de tail respecting the contracts on this part of the route, even at the risk of being a little tedious. In my last letter, I made some mention of the Rail Road Bridge at Seneca. In connection with this, I ought to have stated that there is to be a heavy embankment, forty feet in height, and six or seven hundred yards long, extending eastward fromi the end of said bridge across Mr. CHnnYv s bottom to the gap in the first hill. Messrs. MlAX WELL & SisPsoN are the contractors, and they sent to have gotten fairly uinder way with an ex cellent negro force. Nearly the whole of the gra ding between Pendleton and Walhalla is comple ted. In a short time, Messrs. ScOTT & PRATJIRn will have finished grading the site for the Walhal a Depot, which has been locaiced a little more than a mile below tlje Corporation limits. The German Company, however, own all the lar d around the Depot, and will therefore be able to keep their thriving Town in its present situation-a most beattiful one-and at the same time, backmen and omnibus drivers will have a chance of turning aii honest penny. The road from the Depot to the Ciy leads along a high and level road, which comn mands a charming pirospect of the nmountains. I have never known a place to implrove mote rapidly than Walhalla. The citizens of the lhace are mttch enaged in the manufacture of houses-the very things which go to make up a Town. Most of the other trades pertaining to civilized life are well represented, and two good schools show that the " young idea " is not neglected. One of the sharp shooters of this District says that ten years ago, at a point within the present boundaries of Walhalla. thee was one of the best stands for (leer (has killed several big bucks there,) he knew of in the coun try. But now at the same spot, a ten-thousand dollar Hotel stands ready for the reception and entertainment of summer tourists, the weary trav eller, or-bucks of the soap-iock order. So much for the march of improvenient in Pickens. Speaking of improvement reminds me of my friend, Col. J. A. EAsLEY, Jr., with whom I spent a night dttring my late ramble, and who has more machinery in operation thtan any other man in Pickens. The Colonel's Mills are about three miles from the Court House village, and about the same distance from the isolated mountain of Six Mile, front the top of which you have a bird's eye view of the surrounding country. A mineral spring, not yet analyzed, has been discovered just above the mill. The over-shot wheel at the mill is thirty six feet in dianmeter, and it may be turned nearly all the time by " the run of the creek." A circu lar saw, a planing macline, a shingle machine, and other labor-saving contrivances, as well as a blast or fan coinected with an iron foundery, are all put in motion by this big wheel. It seems to me that a manufacturing conipany with such a financier at its head as presides at Graniteville, might spin cot ton here to great advantage. " The South Caro lina Powder Mills " are not more than half a mile from the Saw Mill. Col. EAsLEY expects to be making powder before thc middle of September next. JACOB HI. BEsE.NFELDun, and WV. HI. FoEsTR of Germany, have charge of this new Powder At Tunnell Hill your correspondent and his trav elling compmanion had the pleasure of falling in with several agreeable persons, who like them #I.e. were bound n foth tatme of Babun." "OLD OpEEB3 . "Old Grimes ise tatoodold We ne'er shall see him more - But HoRa & Co's., Clothiig Hall -still ta ,.R As it has stood before. "Old Mrs. Grimesis living still A widow still is she,". And lately to Augusta-went - This Clothing Hall to see.. Old Grimes, when he was In the flesh , A shabby garment wore; It used to be an old grey coat, All buttonod down before. But many changes have been wrought To taste and fashion true, And if Old Grimes should now come back, What would the poor man do? Nay, do not laugh, for well you know The purpose of my rhymes; And what I write to raise the Dust May raise the dust of Grimes. - And if it should, I'm well aonvined Yes, have no doubt at all, The trst move made by Daddy Grlusu Would be for Clothing EiL And once within that grand Hassar, Amid the garments line, He soon would doff that long grey eoat, The coat of "auld lang syne." For, past a doubt, those salesmen there Would suit him to a pin, And Daddy Grimes, if well waked up, For "lemons" would "go in." 'Twould be a treat to see Old Grimes When he is hunting there For breeches and for. "swallow tails," Such as they used to wear. This much is sure-Old Grimes would And That HonA & Co. are not asleep, But has a place that beats the world, And sells their clothing cheap. And for this reason, good Old Grimes, If living as of yore, Would never wear that "old grey coat All buttoned down before." But "Old Grimes" aside, Messrs. J. E. HonA 2 . f (formerly J. M. Newsy A Co.) Augusta, Ga.,, are I now selling off their Splendid Stock of SPRINGAND SUMMER CLOTHING very rapidly and at pricsto suit each and every purchaser. They say they must clear their shelves of every rag of Summer Goodsto make room for a tremendous stock of Fall and Wlite r supplies, and are therefore scattering bargains through out the land to all who may have the foresight to cal;, at their Clothing Emporium under the U. S. Hotel, Augusta, Ga. Heed ye, what ye read, and act acrd ingly. Augusta, Aug. 25. OBITUARY. DIED, on the 18th inst., Infant daughter of Mr. S. W. and Mrs. SUSAx A. NicnoLsoN, aged six months. f Fond parents, shed no bitters tears for thy sweet little blossom of being! . She is an angel now, and treads the sapphire floors of Paradise. Yes, thy . little darling babe, but for a moment a joy to thy idolising hearts, now mingles with the glad throng of the forever blest in heaven, whither she has been f called by Him " who doeth all things well." Bow 5 humbly to the chastening rod, and love thy Lord - none the less for this mysterious affliction. Andall ~'will yet be well. " As the sweet flower that scents the morn, But withers in the rising day, Thus lovely was this Infant's dawn, uThus swiftly fled its lire away." R DIED, in Cherokee Co., Ga,, on the 11t t JEREMIA H COOK, Sr., aged 72 years. He ws~: born in Tennessee, was a soldier in the war of'18l12 and had been a resident of Edgefleld front his youth s until about four years ago, .when he 'emigrated toA Georgia. He was moat emphatically a good man in ev,ery 'relation or lire. A devoted husband and fatber4 > an indulgent master, and a most disintereisted friend. .The poor and needy never left his door without sneht . id and comfort as lhe was able to give. Around the bed of suffering and sorrow lie was the sympathising and faithf ul neighbor. And, frequently in the tron fbles and afflictions which have fallen to the lot of ~the writer of~ this humble tribute to real worth and Smerit, has the strong bosom heaved and the gushing tears of the kind and good man fallen? Sthough no ties of consanguinity existed. 'Twas but *5 the outplourinir of a full and benevolent spirit-a s generous and warm sympathy. And moreover this aesteemed friend was a moat sincere Christian, as sthe members of the Gilgal and neighboring Church -es will unan imously testify. "In his last moments he expressed his entire will S ingness to die and be with the Saviour he had so -long served ; while his family and neighbors - will .long remember the earnest exhortations to live faithfully and be ready when denth should claim 0them. " Blessed is lhe that considereth the pr.or r the Lord will deliver him in time of trouble.? L. DI ED, at her residence in this District, on the 8th inst, ,IMrs. K ESI A CU LIR E ATLH, relict of John CulbreathI, Sr., aged 80 years and 8 months. The .ubject of this notice was born in Amherst Co.unty, Virginia, on the 22d1 November 1776. 11er father. .1.hn Whimley, emigrated to Edgefield, near -Chappell's Ferry, in 1774. In Oct. 1809, she was s baptized. In the following year the Church at ,Chent Hill was organized, and, among the little band uf worshippers that gathered under the shad Cdows of the dense forest to do honors to its Almigh ty Architect, there remained hut two, Mrs. Cul- * breath and her brother-in-law, Edward Culbreatli. jShe has now gone, and he alone is left a solitary light of the primeval band! ! The individual characteristics of this good woman, Sand faithful disciple, can be summed up in a few -words. She was verily a mother in Israel-a prop and support to the Church, both In precept and est -ample. She endeavored to inculcate the great prin eiple of the religion of Jesus into her children and grand-children anid friends. She practiced that, that she professed, and has gone to receive the Crown of Glory prepared before the foundation of the world. She died of a most agonizing disease, but her faith in her Redeemer failed not. And when at last the angels came on their glad mission to bear thme redeemed spirit to the upper and better king dom, she breathed her last sigh in full confidence and hope. S. A.. L. Religious Notice. Thte next 5th Sabbath Union Meeting of the 4th Division, Edgefield Association, will be held wift the Bethleham Church, commencing on Friday. before the 5th Sunday in August next. The meet ing will be organized at 10 o'olock, A. M. The in troductory sermon will be delivered by Elder D. D. BturmseN. Elder J. S. MaruEws, alternate. Query.-ls it according to Gospel order that the Church should meet on Saturday or the Lord's day for her duties. S. P. GETZEN, Mon'a. Gzo. W. Ntxox, Clerk. 7* THE Frie'nds of JACKSON COVAR re spectfully announce him as a Candidate for Clerk of Edgefleld District at the ensuing election. Concordia Lodge, No. 50, A. Fs ii AN Extra Communication of this SLodge will be held at their NEW sonic Building, on Monday evening, the 7th Sept., at 7 o'ock. By order of E. BLAND, W. M. D. R. Duatmos, See'ry. Aug 25 2t 33 EDGEFIELD MALE ACADEMY. T HE Exercises of the Edgehleld Male Academy were resumed on Monday the 24th inst., un der the direction of WV. E. McCASLAN. A. SIMKINS, Chair. Au g226It '33 - WINDOW SHADES & CARPETING. A FINE supply of Window SHADES- sud Fixtures. Also, a lot of CARPETlEGjust reeeived and for tale by J1. M. WITT. Aug 26 tf . 33 2 Nothing worthy of note, except the passing of two beautiful farms on Whetstone, occurred until we bad reached the rivulet, which separates Pickens rrom Rabun. Arrived at Chattuga, we found its waters turbid and swollen. But as the time allot ted to our excursion was drawing to a close, we letermined to "take no step backwards." A gen tleman of our company, who was on horseback, led the way, and my young frierd followed with out faltering, although the rushing waters at times would dash over the hinder wheels of the buggy. As there were two ladies and one little girl of our party, it required some management to get their pretty fears dispelled. A shrewd mountaineer sug gested that they had better shut their eyes whilst crossing the river. This advice, I believe, was fol lowed; and it acted like a charm, for I heard no more exclamations of alarm from the ladies. Thus it is, methinks, in life: we must close our eyes against all imaginary evils. At length, after muel toil, and some excitement, we all reached the Geor gia bank in safety. And now as we wend our way up the defile of the War Woman the scenery be comes more wild and picturesque. There Is a tal dark mountain with a lonely vale smiling in verduf at Its foot; here are " the fairy water-breaks, thal murmur on forever;" and a little farther on, asud den turn In the road reveals such a profaslon ol blue summits, as makes the heart dilate with grati tude to the great Architect and Author of nature But see! Art with her transforming power hal touched these rugged slopes. On the hill-side, yot may descry the excavations and embankments which indicate the track of the Blue Ridge Rai Road. And in very deed, this brawling War Wo man affords a good pass for our great thorough fare, considering the stern features of the surround Ing country. In Rabun we passed two tunnels, th only ones in the County. The firstis Dick's Creek two thousand three hundred and fourteen feetlong The former contractor took "French leave of thi job," some time during the last winter. The con tract was re-let a short time since, to Messrs GRzNWooD & ALEXAFDRR, who were to resumi the work about the middle of the present month The Western approach cut is nearly done. At thi East end, the heading (i. e. the excavation of thl upper part of the opening) will be commenced I five or six weeks. Between the head waters o the War Woman and the Sticoa, there is a ridge 0 land about one hundred feet high, and seventeei hundred and ninety-four feet wide. And now I will close this long and prosy lettei by telling how the name of the War Woman origi nated. Directly after the close of our revolution ary struggle it was but too common for "robbei bands" of the Creek Indians to commit depreda tions upon the white settlers on the Tugalo. It one of these bloody tragedies, a thrifty pioneer an' his whole family, excepting one daughter, wer massacred by the wily foe. The red men to th number of eight or ten, on returning to thei mountain fastnesses, encamped with their boot, and the fair captive on the banks of the stream ii question. The young woman, whose case nov seemed so desperate, was not only possessed o transcendent and queenly beauty, but she had als, the soul of a heroine. At midnight's lone and sol emn hour, she manages to disengage herself fror the manacles, by which she had been bound. Sh seizes a tomahawk yet s-..ined with the blood c her little brothers and sisters,-a death blow i dealt to each of the sleeping murderers, save on< who alone made his escape to tell his awe-stricke tribe thre legend of the War Woman. I have much more to write, but for fear the p: tience of your readers may be exhausted, I wi desist for the present. Truly yours, E. K. For the Advertiser. PLATTSnURO, July 36, 1857. DEAR Sma:-I have just received yours of th 7th inst., informing mue that you have in hand sul ject to my order $240, "collected after onec Col. BAxER's eloquent appeals, to be applied I the cause of Kansas," and in which you say fat ther collections would have been made, but for m letter of June 12th, to the Mayor of Columbia. That letter was hastily written and without rc; erence to its publication. As I kept no copy ofi I doubt not but that it was published as writtel If (as I am told,) it contains a suggestion, that more mroney be raised in South Carolina, it wa not intended thereby to repudiate Col. BAKER authority or to revoke Ihis commission, maclh Ie. to depreciate his services or the fidelity and abil ty with which he is known to have discharged hi trust; nor would the inference be true, that fund were not needed and could not yet be advanrts geously used in our cause in Kansas. On the cot trary, our party at the present moment, feels th~ most urgent need of piecuniary aid, among othe things to support our papers and to have the terri tory thoroughly canvassed as it is intended to de in reference to the pcuding~ Congressional canvas. and vote upon thne Constitution, in the piossibl event of its submrissioni; indeed our friends her who have already aluost exhausted thenmselves the causc, are now contributing flunds fur these ol jeets, and one whom I saw to-day anid who ha spenrt over ten thousand dollars in thre caus.', o: yesterday contributed twenty-five dollars for th, objects above mentioned. No! we have not dispaired nor ceased our exer tions, anid although we have been disapipointed and mortified thrat our friends in the South have sus taned us nio better, in a contest that indeed imore cocerns them than ourselves, yet we are not ur grateful to tihe few whoe have symapathrised wit1 and aided us, arid whatever they may yet corntrib ute cheerfully, and Dot with the idea that they are doing charity, but that they are serving themselves arid tire common cause, we will thankfully accep and faithifully apply. In my letter to thre Hion. Mt TRADEwELL, I did not mean to say that Souti Carolina had donea more than her duty, but only ir reference to what others have done, shre has don' far more than her part, b'esides the need of fund: as above alluded to, thre events of last summer in. duced such expenditures by sundry of our truest ard most devoted Ipartizanrs as have left thenm in very straiterned circumnstancees, and these advance were made under whrat then seemed a well founded expectation of re-embursement by subsequent contributions, but which in poirnt of fact have not been realized, and sound policy as well as justic< and gratitude require that such obligations be dis. charged if possible. Thne party reorganization of last winter in then territory, seems to have given otfence to some of our friends as well as to have'afforded a pretext for cavil by partizan Editors, who are but tocn ready to sacrifice their section to their party. It is needless to make air expose of mo'ti'ves to throse who will not be convinced while it ought to le sufficient for real friends (who are too remote to see and appreciate all the circumstances,) to know that this policy was after full consultation concur red in alike by Whigs, Democrats, and Native Americans, all of which political shrades wvere ful ly and ably represented in the convention ; at least such considlerations reconciled Rme, to the one by my friends'of my name to the address, although~ I was not In 'the convention. In conclusion I have to regret that the publication of my letter Ihas been the source of embarrassment to our agent and friend Col. BARn, in whose fidelity and ability every member of our committee has unlimited confidence, based not only on previous personal knowledge of his character but sustained by nu merous letters from meetings addressed by hrim all testifying, to the extraordinary zeal and ability with which he was discharging Iris duties, and I must take this occasion,! personally to express my very high appreciation, not only of his services as our agent but his character as a man. Your ob't serv't. D. R. ATCHISON. Guw. W. C. ManAno.