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C4 ARTHUR SIMKINS, EDITOR. EDGEPIELD, B. C. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1858. OUT COLLECTING. Mr. ELIJU K asa, of this office, is about to take the saddle f&r a short collecting tour. We know it is only necessary for him to name his business to our patrons and fricnis, to draw dorn shwes of dimes. Gentlemen, be kinl enough to get the balance of the people of Edgefold to givo their names to Mr. Keicaa. We have nearly all of them upon our books, ad we want the rest. Como, be neighborly and social. W Candy for Christmas may be had in beautiful variety at CAICDZs & McEwas's shop on main street. Their assortment is new and peculiar, and very supe rior. So if you want candy, drop in at CADBNa'S. Candor compels us to say that CAxIDB's candy can't be best. OUR SCHOOLS. Will the reader pleaso examine the advertisements of. our various sehools. He will see that Edgefield is wide awake to the Important matter of education. This is progress of the right sort. See particularly the new advertisement of our Male Academy at this place. MR. PENN'S GOOD THING9. All kinds of good things, as uual, at the old and well-known stand of Mr. C. L. Paxx, the established agent of SANTA CLAUd. His articles are of the Lst, and he always give good mearure. But you all know this without being told. PARTLY SUPPLIED. Oar town and vicinity have been favored with hogs, at 61 cents, to a limited extent,-say 200 to 300 head. But many more are wanting. SOMETIING NEW. The 'newest news' of our little town is the opening of Mr. W. H. HARISOx's new Grocery and Cunfec tionery Store next door to our oMe. His shelves are already filled with choice articles in his department of the trade, and the cry is, "still they some." A great many nice things can be had hare,-all ficab, all fine, and which cannot fail to l'leaIIe the moat fas tidious. Call and examine the stock, ladie as well as gentlemen. This establishment is kept on temper anee principles. AT IT AGAIN. One of those clever tricks of our friend Bowuns, of Hamburg, places it in our power to give a friend a good glass of punch during the holidays. Ah! that Seotch!-and those lemons!-with sugar and spices! all made up a la Camden !-Thank you, Bowmaas! A RARE OPPORTUNITY. Mr. MAacixNT has engaged the entire Strakosch Concert Troupe to give one grand concert in Augusta on Thursday evening, the 23rd instant. So we learn by the Charleston Eeening News. This is a rare or portunity to enjoy a musical treat of unusual excel lenee. Among the troupe, are Axomo, LADOCHTTA, M1ADAMB DS WILionr,'and the celebrated primadon na PADNOm, besides SRniAxocs and his lovely wife. AN OPPER. To the person furnishing this office with the beat Carrier's Address for the approaching new year, we will supply one copy of the Advertiser, gratis, for 1859. Let us have something spicy. AN ERROR. Oar Columbia correspondent erred in speaking of a report made by Mr. W. W. ADAxs from the Agri eultural Committee. Mr. Anaxs is not upon that committee. Our correspondent, we presume, eon. founded him with another representative of our dis triet, Mr. Dauarxa, who is chairman of the Agricul tural Committee. Such mistakes will happen and must be overlooked. APPOINTXENT. . Mr-AsLPasDDauinxo of Edgefll el. nean ap polnted Aid w 'Tw,.auor uran, with the rank of ColoneL ADJOURNMENT. The South Carolina Legislature adjourned yester day at 12 K. THlE AUGUSTA HOTEL. This convenient and comfortable establishment is now high in favor with the people of Augusta, and with travellers, and with visitors to the city. The present proprietor formerly kept the celebrated Kings vile Eating House on the railroad below Columbia in this State, and is an experienced and indefatigable caterer of good things for his guests. His house is orderly and pleasant in every respect. We always speak of hotels as we find them; and we must say that our last week's experience of the Augusta has Impressed us most favorably. Success to Mr. WuEL. ocx in his assiduous labors to please. He merits the large and increasing patronage he Is receiving. Mr. W. would be moat happy to see the Carolina side al ways well represented at his house; and, as we see things, the tide now bears in that direction. CENTRAL CAROLINA SCHOOL. Attention is invited to the card of Messrs Bauxar & D~vmsox. Their school at Columbia reopens in yanuary, and Is esteemed on all sides one of the very first institutions in the State. As preparatory to the South Carolina College, or to any other college, it enjoys a deservedly high reputation. Mr. Biuxar is a teacher of ability and experience; and Mr. J. Woon Duvrasor, his co-partner and co-laborer, is a neholar of varied attainments and a gentleman of ele vated tastes. The school has already been very suc cessful; and, from what we can learn, it is destined to enjoy a much wider pepularity. BOOKS POR THE SEASON. See Counmar's Bulletin in our last issue, for a list of books for the season. Among them are some elegant presents for friends at Christmas. Among those be advertised with us last week, we mention the "Stratford Gallery" (with colored plates) as the most beautiful book iceelsareceer seen. Itis trulyresplendent. ARRiVAL OF GEN. SCOTT IN CHARTES TON. We lad the fellowing paragraph In the Charleston Courser, of the 18th Inst.: Arrival of Gea. Beott.--The steamship Marion reached her wharf at three o'clock, this morning, having Gen. Scott on beard. He was met by a com mittee of the "Washington Light Infantry," who will escort him to his hotel. This morning, we learn, the General, In company with Col. Lay, will visit Fort 3loultrie. We are indebted to the purser of the Ma. rion for the prompt delivery of this report, and other courtesies. BATTLE OPIAKE ERIE. A friend has sent to our effice a very interesting pamphlet containing an account of the late proeed ings-of the Battle-of-Lake-BrieMonument Association. The spirit is agenerous and noble one, which prompts this-tribute to the brave men who fought that glorious fight. The whole annals of human warfare do not exhibit a more splendid success than that which crowned the perilous daring of Psan and his gal lant fleet on Erie's dark water. Honor to the Chief and honor to the men who achieved it. "BONNY ELOISE." A charmingly sweat and simple melody is "Boxxv BrLorsU, the. belie of the Mohawk Yale." Itis arranged to sing with or without a chorus, and is very pretty either way. You must get this song, girls; and you a young gentlemen too, who serenade the fair these f lovely moonlit nights,-you must also get it and learn a it for such oceasions. It will be sure to please them. li SBut sere are ueto get it?"a Go to the complete Music and Book Store of Gao. '2 A. O0ams, Augusta, Ga., and there you'll Sod many t1 other songs and pieces of decided worth. Some of a them are these: d Tas YULLrOW Ross or Taxis. (Good) Axmru noxv vou swow. (Better) Tm OrLD Mouasestarn. (Best.)c EBit we cannot pretend to enumerate them. Mr. 01 Ous has also a brilliant collection of instrumental pieces. And he has the right sort of Instruments up enwhich to display their beauties; And he has many n * splendid Gift Books; And a thousand other things, U ban Mr. Gun. A. OCuas. w THE AFRICANS. It is said that there are two or three hundred Afri ans, of very recent importation, now located in this 0istrict, near the Savannah river, and not far below lamiburg. We have not seen them. But they hare een seen, as we are informed; and the strange cir umostance is an undisputed reality. Much mystery nvelops the caso. No one knows (or will allow that 0e knows) either who brought there Africans hero or rho has them in keeping. Many surmises are afloat ,s to what will be done with them. Some say they an now be bought at from $500 to $1000 per head. lut there appears to be no one who will make aguar anteo tidte. ::. rumnor i-, thanet ti.w'gang is now be, ng reattered in bmall rquads over the country, so as ,u defy the vigilance of tihe Government officials who tre on the alert to direover the authors of the whole transuetion a-n.1 the exact nature of the transaction, rhero was a talk of some being sent towards this ricinity,-have you seen them? " Have you seen th< dfricans" is now as frequent a query in Edgefield ai 4Have yout seen the Blacksanith" is in the advertisinl :olumns of some Northern journals. And this ques. ion is frequently followed up by another, viz: " Wouko Von buy them, if yot could get then cheap I" There'i the rub. On one side stands cupidity, beckoning Itc the bargain; on the other the laws of the countr3 aenounting a heavy penalty upon the offence. But there Is also another infuence at work, and that is the moral force of public opinion. If we d< ot entirely mistake the indications, this influence ii adverse to the business in hand. For one, we regre $ua deprecate it. Opposed to the ronewal of the Af rican Slave Tra44p on groundl of expediency, we ar doubly so whilo,th'e traile remains forbidden by th laws of the land. The au of those who are engaget in the present..ifair is perbhaps a good one in theii estimation of the subject. Looking upon the pro veeding from a different stand point, we feel it he oui uty as a gazeteer to advise our citizens to think wel bfore they tommit ltheuselveus to the support or coun tenance of the African Stave Trado in any shape ani however tempting. W' Sinco the above was writtni and in type, tb communication of Wandierer has been received. Wi s':all Le glad lo hear from him as proposed, and joit hm in asking of the public a suspension of opinioj mntil l.is statement shall have been given. THE COAS' XURVEye Some articles upon this subject, originally publishe' jh the New York Times, have been presented to th public iu pispliet form, a copy of which is befor us. The writer denonei; Ilah Costut Survey as an ex travagant and needless expenditure by tip Fodora luveurnaent. He takes the ground that the whol matter aould be attended to by our naval officers, ano t:at too with a very slight increase of the naval es tablishment, as well as it Is by the prsenut expensiv, B 'ard of lia Coast Survey. Up to 1840, the annua estimate of this expenditure never exceeded the suu of $100,000. Sinco that time, it has rapidly Increaset as the following tabular statement will show at i glance: 1846..................................... 111,001 1847..................................... 146,001 1848............................ 165,001 1849.................... ........ 220,001 li50..................................., 42,001 1851..................................... 310,001 1852....... ............................ 406,111 1853..................................... 386,001 1854......................... ... 386,001 1855 ............................445,00 1856................................ 500,001 1857................................ 545,001 The wrter in the Ties says truly, that there iL danger of this Board of tile Coast Survey rising int the power and position of a Governmental Bureau It Astronoumical Superintendant now receives $00 por annum, while the various Assistants, Computers Engravers, Clerk., Ac., draw upon the treasury to thi amount of more than $70,600; In addition to whici is the still greater expense of ships and men necessa ry to the carrying on of the Surrey. The article before us has the appearance of beinj written in a spirit of hostility towards the presen nuelunann 03 56. -. . -,, -. .. - extent) an exrparte paper and not to be wholly rollec upon. Yet it certainly makes some statoments o facts, well calculated to draw upon the present mod and manner of this survey the most scrupulous ex imination of Congress. The object had in view ia the Coast Survey, is a proper and laudable one ;-i is indeed necessary to the intorests of the people o the Union. But this Is no reason why it should no be managed upon the most economical principles. The subject seems to us to require the early atten tion of the Federal Legislature. The true policy o our government is to keep down its expenditures t< the lowest notch compatible with a safe administra tion of its affairs; and this matter of the Coast Sur vey would seem to be a fit subject for the probing ant amputating labors of retrenehment mn. It Is a least well worthy of consideration, whether this sam' service could not be rendered to the country by thi instrumentality of our present naval establishmen (as it is in Great Britain) without the interrenstion o the expensive agency now thought necessary. Mr Bizroy, the last time he alluded to this question is public life, said : " The friends of economy in Congress, when onei inre strong enouigh to form a party, will have a s cred duty to perform to the country--..that of dimuin ishing by nearly one-half, the present wad ;epdi ures of the governmient; and the abolition of th< present Coast Survey establishment should he amonj the primary objects of retrenehmet. It is a reproacl to our military mand naval officers, and besides untrut in point of tact, to assume them to be incapable o cenducting and of performing this work; it is a ro proach to Congress to vote annually an immens, sun a the civil suporintendeaco and conduct of this work, when there are more idle officers on the pay~ roll than could be employcd on it." THlE BEST AFTER ALL. Somne weoks ago an intelligent little girl asked het anther in our presenici, "what pretty books she had etter read ?" The matter being referrod to jis for at mnwer, we replied that wb could scarcely venture ts nake a selection among the trashy works of the da~ or the amnusement of young persons. And there the nitter dropped. Since then we hare thought of come volumes emi. sently adapted to the amusement and edilleation oL routh ; and we now heartily commend them not only athat little girl, but to all the little girls who eves ahanee to read the Advertiser ;-and by "little irls," we moan girls fromt ten to fiteen years of age. The volumes to tikjlb we make reference are the eries of stories known as Mrs, hauiuppp'sa Lady ofj .I Manor. We emphatic~ally say, that they ars thg est and purest productions extant In their line ol iomposition. They are delightfully entertaining, while affording at the same time an example of re. narkable perfection of style ;-and, what Is more, bey breathe a fervent Christian spirit in every part. ittle gif is wp bope your fathers will bay for you fra. SneawooD's Zhady of tke Manor, as a Christmas ir New Year's gift. It is a vaal.ls libfry book1 and aproftable not oily for the young but for all ages. A HAPPY THOUGHTl. The last Home /fcurnaul publishes a long poem, by e. Wx. AL.xxanDCa, on " Tho Peath of Jacob," rem which we copy the last verse only; andi this one re select simply for the peculiar cosuplexion of its at line. The verse has allusion to the end of the Ighteous, and runs thus: For him the silver ladder shall be set isi Saviour shall receive his latest breath-. He walketh to a faduless coronet .Up through the gate of death!1 Up through the gate of Death I" Is net that hope. a and bright? Dav:D saw it not thus, when ho oke of the "valley of the shadow." But DaviD vedl under the Law, with a Saviour seen (by faith) aid the dimness of an undeveloped dispensation he sacred p~et now writes unider the full blaze of o Sun of Righteousness; anad looking usp, In view the promises of Revelation, he sees " the gate of math" just this side the gate of heaven. But it is ly to the Christian that such views of that dread deal san ever appear. And this alone makes the aristian's hope worth ten million times the wealth all the earth. * The Sumter Watchacan hangs out the following tie. in conspicuous capitals: "All Military orders sat e paid for in advance." A good rule, and one LEGISLATIVE. By some mishap we are not in receipt of our Co lumbia correspondence this week. Depending upon it for a sketch of the news, we have neglected until too late to compile any legislative intelligence. It Is all very well perhaps. What the people want to see now, is the legislation which has Act-uially been ef fected, not that which has been talked about. We fear the Blue Ridge Road has gone bythe board. Yet it may have triumphed at the last. It had sue ceeded in the House according to the last news re ceiyed, and was to take its final trial in the Senate on Saturday last. Much of the future prosperity of South Carolina depends upon this critical decision. The salary of State House Commissioner has been increased to $4000 per annum, and that of Clerk of the House of Representatives to $1200. A Common School Bill has passed the House by a large majority, identical with the one passed by that body last Session. Another circuit judgeship will be created, and also one for the City of Charleston. __-040- -- AIRT IN PICRFECrION. Air illustrated at the Photographic Gallery of Tucker & Perkine. in Augusatit, Uot. Happening to call in at the photographic gallery of Messrs. TOexit & Ptiaws the other day, we cannot delay to notice and applaud its pleasing attractions. These gentlemen have cortninly carried their art to a high do gree of perfection. With the best of inste rials, and the nut skilful of operators, their like nesses are truly to be prized; and when colored by the tasteful hands of their very superior painters, they are invaluable as keepsakes and mementos. None should fail to avail themselves of the chance here ,.f. ferud to procure accurate end life-like copies of their relatives and friends. Aprpows, we observe in the Suthern Raner the following merited encomium of this firm, from one who knows a good thing whenever and wherever he aes it. Hear what D. RaImosn says of them: " One of the most attractive places in our quiet city, is the Gallery of Messrs. Tucker & Perkins, the unrivalled P1hotographic artirts, More the lover of the " hunan face divine," on behold it In all stages, from the cherub infant, scarcely able to "sit alone," to the hoary and venerable grand-sire of "three score years and ten "-and in all styles of art, from the dingy, dim and distorted Daguerreotype of ten years ago, to the soft, clear Ainbrotype, and radiant and life like colroed )'hotograph of to-day. Of the beau. ty and perfection of there latter portraite-the full biae Vliuogru phs--no description can convey an ade. quate idea. "They have all the correctaesa and accu racy of detail of thu best Ambrotypo, with the dell cate flesh tints and expression of the finest oil paint ing; and may, therefore, as portraits be considered altogether unrivalled. Is is abksolitely impossible for even the most skill ful portrait laintpr tII rlurp a likoness as correct as the camera, which gives the aotunI rpjlsction of the countenance, as in a mirror; and when this refgec tion, magnified up to the size of life, is colored after nature by such artists as Hunt, Freeman and Tomlin son, (now engaged with 1vssrr, Tucker & Perkins,) there is nothing left to desro by way of tine por. I traiture. It has required years of patient investigation, la bor and experiment, on the part of these gentlemen, to obtain their present enviable position in their beauti I ful art; but I ambhappy to say that they are now be ginning to reap their reward. Orders are pouring in upon them froin every part of this and the adjoining States, and their pictures wherever exhibited, bear off the prizes from all competitors. The skill with which I they change a small, old and faded Daguerreotype in to an ahpopt speaking, life-sise Photograph, is truly marvellous; an4 the arrangement, coloring and gen erad execution of their pictureps, cannot fail to delight all lovers of the fine arts; many of whom, I know, are among your readers. ). R. Augusta, Oa... Doec. 4, 1858. TIJ4Tl)KIPMKQICNT, " Look oa this pictutre,-hren un that,"-W.i~ e had a subscriber reccntly,-he does not live in Edgefield and we are glad lhe does not,-who stopped taking our paper for no other reason than becuuse the prineter cahed him fur poanant. A line or two from his let. ter will show up his magnanimity: "You hatve been dunning me for your little accounts nearly two years. Take your money anil make the moat of it, but as I doat wish to be bothered with your duns any longer, you may scratch out my name." And fisprateh It out" we did, and that very .promptly..and gladly. We want no such subseribers. ....wensum., .. ~ . ... ... - --- -- do; and we always desire to do it respectfully. If men are huffy about the matter, we eant help it. The printor is neither a beggar nor a drone; he works for his money and then he asks for it (poor pittance that it is !) as hi. right. No man of spirit will grumble at his doing this. But we are thankful that such cases as the above are rare exceptions in our newspaper experience. As a set-off to it, we make mention of a very .aged sub scriber who rode miles on horseback a few weeks ago with no other purpose than to call trere at ear office and settle his account for the paper ; and this too just one day before his last payment was out. Here was an old citizen of worth and character, properly ap Ipreciating the value of a district journal and recog nizing his just obligation In the matter. The other Ihufry gentiomwan hat, we submit, shown himself in sensible to eIther of these oonsiderations, and we are as happy in parting company wIth him as he can be at hsis relief from our dons. A SPLENDID INSTRUMENT. Mr. CATL.1Y, of Augusta, is the sole agent, in that cIty, of Cumcaannie & Soss, the best piano-makers in America. We saw there the other day a piano that made us violate the 10th commandment. Yes, we fairly coveted it for the none. It is a rich and pow erful instrument, almost eqgual in tone and strength Ito the grand piano, andi elegantly finished. The price is $500, and any one, who will, ean hear It by attending the concert of the Strakoseh Concert Com pany, which comes off in Augusta the last or this week or the first of next. The piano is to he used upon that occasion. But the C.vr.:xs have also in store other excellent Chickering instruments of lower price, --some at only $250. It would he well in those wanting pianos hereabouts, not to orerlook the modest but meritorious house in question, and which we hereby warmly recommend to all. We stake our limited judgment in musical matters upon what we say. Latest frostn Europe. Dy the Arabida, it appears that cotton hud slightly declined. Dreadstuffs were also declining. The money market was easy. The Emperor NAr'or~oxm had relieved Count MOaT ArLENSunt from the penalty imposed upon him. MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. tr A new Post Office has heen established In Ab beville District, by the name of Frazierville, and J. WV. Frazier appointed Post Mester. pi Mr. A. J. Furgerson has sent to the Abbeville Banner a Turnip weighing 10k lbs. pg Senor Mata, the JTuarez Minister from Mexico, has, arrived in Washington city, and been received by the President. He is authorised, to settle existing difficulties. 3g7 Ins the organization of the Standing Commit. tees in the l'edesal .enatO, we see that Senator Ham mond has been placed on the Committee on Finance. gT Goy. Footo, of Miss., has written a letter in favor of Judge Douglas as an independent candidate fosr President. p'. Christian Jaeobi was sentenced to death at Richmond, on Saturday, for killing his wife. *f' The U. S. Senate in Executive session on the 1th inst., ratified the Treaties reenotly anadhe with China and Japan, pg- It is stated that advlces from Salt Lake show that the Mormons still entertain an idea of emigra ting, and have made a contract for lands in the Mos quito country. .?- A safe has been invented which locks on the inside, and leaves no keyhole or other opening. A lockwork within opens It at an hour regulated by being set before the door Is shut. pa A hill is before the Arkansas legislature to prohibit the sale of patent medicines in the State. W' Major A. 11. Boykin is nominated to succeed lon. James Chemaut, Jr., in the Senate of this State, I from Kershaw District, by a correspondent of the Qamden Journal. p - These is sai4} to be a full supply of Hogs out 3 Wet, and contracts haye bohelig t4o dipilypr bogs at (mhat..oa at fonr mat ras pf Col. Albert Pike, dmerly of Arkansas, but more recently of New OrleJs, La., is dead. piW- Senator Wilson, cMassachusetts, has re eived despatches from Pa4 stating that it is doubt ful if Mr. Sumner will evi resume his seat in the Senate. | The North Carolinskegislature has abolished the Geological Survey of tl State. J01 Mr. W. J. Davis, Marion District, shot a bald eagle, measuring six it from tip to tip of the wings. g7' Baron Rothschild, a Paris, has, in the most generous way, and with a jw to maintain roligious liberty, sent 16,000 francs tthe parents of the boy Mortara, so that they may be legal measures to ob tain the release of their ebb. IW The Mississippi Dioeracy have no fellow ship with Douglas, says theMissierippian. Neither has the South Carolina Doceracy. iR G xonoa D. Patrvie, the renowned journal ist, is lecturing in the Soutffest. fl&- The last number t the Southern Literary lfeuenger closes its 27th vawme. 27 We suggest to theroung people, for acting charades, such words as PAaont, Sweeptakes, Friend saip, Bandage, and Pgytil. The last, especially, can be made a very amusiF thing. .| "The Sociable" is pe title of a capital new book of Home Amusomets, Plays for the Holi days, Ac. Enquire at OBJa'. || The wet spell suspuded a day or two, and then commenced again; Jecember has already had more than decent intbres. | Shad are reportedin the Savannah market. 7 Several controveries on paper have reached our sanctum;-one frog the mountains, between Mesers Ashmore and Mawell; the other from the seaboard, between Mess Townsend and Bryan. Ordered, that so far as ou readers are concerned they remain quietly In the drawr. 27 The Georgia Sena Bill. fixing the 1st Janu ary next after accounts at made as the time when they shall become due, aid allowing interest after that time, passed the Housi of Representatives-yeas 75; nays 3& ,2&- The St. Augustin (Fla.) E.raminer reports a terrible scareity of corn ii that market. The editor pertinently and feelingli asks, "what is breakfast without hoiing f" IV Tholast numberoj 'DxBow's Review"contains a queer article on State RigbL. Will not some one review the reviewer? ' _$8- Old housokeepe have a proverb, that one hour lost In the morning never found all day. IV The 1lOcoL.o" has vanished from New York in a flash of glory and is now singing for the Boston dilettanti. JIM- Mr. H. 1. Sull~ran, living near Culloden, Frsyth Co., Ga., raised a potato, this year, of the Yam species, that wcighil 191 pounds, full weight. It must hare been a " mister" one. For tidMAdvertiser. Mr. EnDvon:-Pleasq Insert this as an autborised announcement that the ergo of slave', brought by the " WUnderer " from Africs, have been landed in Edge. field District, and that most of them are now within its conines. This at has been donoi by a combination of many of the first families in 4orgia and South Carolina, from purely patriotic motives. They ask for a suspensien of public opinion until their motives can he explained and their argumenti heard in defenee bf it, to which end I write this note, requesting to he Informed if you will give me a place in your columns for the' purpose above indicated. . ~ WANDERER. CHRLrniTONCGORRESPONDENCE. . CHA RLESTON, De. 16th, 1858. " Christmas weather 1" aye, a surfeit of it, indeed, 'have we been enjoying for the last fortnight. Fog mist, drizzle, cloud, rain, heat, and a variety of simi Our City is a little London in miniature-so far si the Barometer may be considered a test,-and our only consolation Is that this weather may be all over before Christmas, having already run its tedious course We have been daily looking out for musquitoes, thon. der and lightning, and other usual accompaniment of a June atmosphere, among which we might alic have numbered Fevers of various types, had not providence already filled up the measure of that kind of visitation for us. Our City continues in, spite of all obstacles, remarkably healthy. The last repori of the City Register annousces iS deaths only-a very small number for our population, with the addition of so large a crowd of strangers as were accommodated here last week. The recent report of the Howard Association has heen published in pamphlet form, from the press ol Walker, Evans A Ce. It contains some very valua ble tables showing the career of the yellow fever among us during the last summer. Goneral Scott's visit to our City is looked for with Interest by his friends here. IHe is expected to arrive on Saturday morning, and will he received with mnii tary demonstrations. The Washington Light Infan try have engaged apartments for him, as their guest, at the Charleeton Hotel. A salute will be fired at the Citadel Square in honor of his arrival. Burton has completed his engagement at the Thea tre. His successor is James E. Murdochm, the Trage dian, who appeared for the first time on Monday eve ning as Claude Melnotte in " The Lady of Lyons." Strakosch's Agent Is here, making arrangements for his Concerts, of neat week. Rutges, the former Proprietor of the Mount Vernon Garden in King Street, has fitted up that gay looking establishment in very costly style, and commemorated its re-inauguration a fee evenings since by an entcr tainment to the Press and a few select friends and patrons. The crew of the Echo and Dolphin arrived on Sat urday last, in chargeof the United States officers, and were committed to prison to await farthcr pro. ceediugs. There are i5 of the Echo and 5 of the Dolphin mn. On the journey down, when near Sum merville, Archibald S&ott, one of the slaver's crew juwped from a window of one of the cars, and broke his leg, hut was folloyed after by the officers, and brought back to the City. Signor Vito Viti baa .pened his Annual Exhibition of classical objects of Art from tihe Studios of Italy. is rooms are in King Street, near Cole's Music Store. His Stock consists of Italian Marble Parlor and Gar den Statuary, Monumental Figures, Marble Busts, Statuettes, Carved Alabaster, loman Marble Urns, Do hemian Vasos and Fancy Armieles. The Rooms will be'open for inspection to day,and sales continued ev ery evening until the whole stock is sold. Among these elegant and costly artich., are innumerable or namental gifts suitable for the season and well-filled purees. Dr. Boule's Panorama at th. Institute Hall is still on exhibition. The proprietoris following the popu lar custom of giving Prize Extertainmonts. He ad rertises to p~resent to the audince each night 'tfifty splendid presents, free of charg," except the admis jion fee at the door. This method of haying patron ego Is coming into general use. We have also a Pro fessional Glass Blower at ".he Hibernian," 'who :harges 25 cents admission to vaitors and gives each sew corner a presept of a specjiwin of lips work to that mmount-=-a very good way of diposing of one's wares, md keeping an Exhibition althe same time. The Mlass Blowing Is an interestingprocess, and attracts a 'air share of curious visitors. The holidays are now communcing, and the crowd a taking a different direction, he country being, from his time until after Christms, the great centre of .ttraction. Business, meanwlle, will be fiat, except a King Sitreet, where toys ad fancy nicknacks, are he leading articles of enquiry Thirty five shares of Stoe Bank of Charleston sero sold a few days since, atinction, for Cash-@ 112,25 per share. The tranmetions in Cotton range etween 10 and 12 cents. Theales yesterday reached 200 Dales. Negroes command high ras. A Seamstress 22 ear's of age with her child 9 manths, sold for $1400, ash, and another, of 1'7 yearsbrought 81000, a few ays sinna. CW.U vin For the Advertiser. Mn. EDITon :-Though it is rather unusual, you must permit me to write a few lines in your columns, about a very worthy negro, who is now no more. Seymour, the attached faithful body servant of the late Col. Pierce M. Butler. died at the age of 39, in Columbia, on Wednesday the 17th ult., of consump tion, the first symptoms of which manifested them. selves at the Island of Lobos, whilst the Army was congregating there for its descent upon Mexico. It may be said, therefore, that he lost his life by a dis, ease contracted in the dutiful service of his master and his country. Seymour had indeed, many qualities, which would have done honor to the fairest complexion. The fidelity of his nature was unshaken in every situation and in every hazardous emergency. He bad accom panied his master, and remained fast by him through out his term of service as Indian agent, prior to the Mexican war, and, if he did not share equally with him, he yet cheerfully bore his part of the difficul. ties, privations and dangers of that arduous service. And when Col. Butler appeared on the stage, ar the revered and renowned (and still more tobe renowned) leader of the Palmetto Regiment, Seymour, too, ap. ;eared by his side, of his own free choice, ready to encounter all the perils by sea and by land, which were to environ his beloved maaster,-to cover his name with a halo of glory, and to embalm his memory in the affections of posterity. He was present in all the marches and counter-mares, and in all the battles, in which our great Colonel p'rticipated, from the seige of Vera Cruz, to the fatal victory of Churubus. co, which signalized the South Carolina Volunteers to after ages, and consecrated their chivalrous comman cler with a soldier's death and an immortal wreath. Seymour was then the only one of the Culonel's servants left to watch over bis body, for Charles, hip other negro, having been sometime sick and droop. ing, when he beard of his master's fall, yielded him. self up in a few hours to despondency and the grave. On the day after the battle, the writer of this called to see the old servant, and asking him how he did, re ceived no other answer than this: "very bad-your uncle's dead,"-(using the name by which be often designated his master to the younger officers)-" and I cant live any longer-there's no use for it now." Seymour accompanied the remains of our Chief t the bosom of South Carolina, and saw them delivered to the Committees appointed to do them honor. If never left his sacred shargo for a solitary moment until his whole duty was fulfilled, though accident sometimes separated him from the gallant officers who made it their business to guard the ashes of Caro lina's noble Captain; and though it became necessa ry occasionally for him to defray the expenses of tray elling and of repairs to the coffins, from his own say ings, at a long distance from home. His health was so impaired on his arrival in Edge field, that the family permitted him to follow the eat: occupation of a barber. This he did till his deati making friends of all his eustomers, eliciting thIe re spect of the community, and paying his wages witl the punctuality of a person of refined sensibilities. The honest negro here recorded, was well knowl among us for many years. During the Mexican wal the attention of the whole Regiment was constanti drawn to him, and from that period until his depat ture from earth, his course of conduct was speciall marked in this section of the State, and nought ha ever been alleged against him, either by white men c black ones, at home or abroad, on the mareh or in th bivouac, or in the camps, or in the field. His behavio in his situation, was as unexceptionable as that a the rarest character among white men, and there az few unobtrusive living citizens of any color, who wi better merit an epitaph and a tribute, than the huni b~le slave who has deserved this passing notice. B was warmly recognized by the lamented Gen. Quil man, on his late visit to Columbia; and his naw would do no dishonor to the shaf't that marks th deeds of soldiers and the genuine servants of thei country. MILES. For the Advertiser. Most gratifying is it to see such steady improvi meat in the number, size and position, at this timi Tunwihwysee you may, the School-hout is before you; not as in olden times-the terror< the urchins-hut, so ordered and conducted, that pi pius and parents, teacher and trustees are linked tc gether by bonds of love, sympathy and esteem. T our notion, and glad are we not to be singular, rots tion in teachers--unlike rotation in crops-is by a means beneficial: premising the teacher to be compa tent. The pupils acquire a greater facility under thi "old" teacher, whose discipline, methods and rules have been long followed, than they can for month under a new lnstructor,-so seldom is it that an; two teach alike. Besides, it has ever seemed to us that when one is found willing to lay his hand to th task of instructing, who possesses the happy talen of imparting the knowledge he has obtained, it be comes a duty we owe to our children to retain suel an instructor. Long years may pass, life's busy care may thicken around us, yet, the memory of the 0l1 Schoolum.ster, is ever green in our hearts. It is per haps with fcellngs of gladness that we left his princi pality-the school-housc-yct we sigh, ah ! how fre quently, to be boys again sitting at the old accustome< seat. Much pleased are we, in noticing the changes arount us, to see that the community of the Ridgeway Acade my have been successful in securing fur another sea son the services of their faithful and competen teacher, M. B. W.; and seldom has it been, that pu pius have advanced more rapidly, maintained bette order, or loved and reutpected their teachier more tru ly, than do his former pupils. That he will continu energetically to devote his talents to the interest o the scholar., none who know him can doubt. Let u~ then strive by filling his ranks, to keep him a perma nent institution amnong us. LIONEL. FLoaRI SUoAR CAXs.-The Tallahassee Sen tinel says : " Robert Goocbe, of Wakulla cm unity planted one acre of pine land on Sopehoppy River, in sugar enne, at d it yielded 1200 poundi of' sugar, l1i0 gallons of .yuan 00 ae resrve fo sed. uchlands, says our inform, anmt, have beena selling fo~r 15 cents per acre." The Columbus (Ga.,) Enquirer, says: "One of the negroes from tihe Wanderer was brcoughi to this city, on Monday, by a gentleman who ob. talied him from the lot carriled np the Savannah SRiver. He is represented to be a likely and very 'tractable young fellow. MexicAs AmFFIas.-Sejveral influential Mexi cansi here have called a meeting to-night to or ganise an opposition to the President's policy of a protectorate over the northern portions. of Cihunhua and Sonora, and the establishment of military posts within the same. Gen. Tries and Admiral Zerman left to-day to arouse the Mexicans to prepare to meet any invasion of their country. CoyoRgssIoNAL.-We learn, says the Charles ton Courier, that the Hon. L. M. Keitt designs closing his brilliant Congressional career after serving out the new termi, from the 4th march next, for which lhe has been elected, fronm the Third Congressional District of the State, and that Col. Win. H. Owens, of Blarnwell, now Solio, itor of the Southern Ctrcuit, will be a candidate for the succession. Col. Owens is alike distin. guished for Ihis professional and legislative abil ity, and will make a very acceptable accession to our Congressional phalanx. He is a politician f the consenvtive school, but true as steel to the rights and interests of the South. -BaIDnoso THE SAvAsyA.-We invite the at tention of our citizens, and the city authorities, to the notice, in another column, calling a meet. ing of citizens of South Carolina and this ceity, o take into- consideration the propriety of build ing a bridge over the Savannah at the " Sand Bar Ferry. " This is an important enterprise to his city, and wve hazard little in saying, would eontribute more to the business of the city than my other expenditure of equal amount that can possibly be made. We submit the matter to he calm and dispassionate consideration of o1.. ~itizens.-Chroniele & Sentinel. Tun WAwNDaR.-Tbis vessel has been seized t Brunswick, by U. S. Marshal Roache, and is ow held in custody as a slaver. We presume he will be brought to this eity.-Sarannah Re wubicn De. 8 THE ECuO PaRIoWns.-On the arrival of the Columbia train on Saturday, with the prisoners of the crew of the slaver Echo, or Putnam, one of them, named Archibald Scott, was not found. An officer was dispatched along the line of the Rail Road, and the unfortunate prisoner was round about twelve miles from the cily, with a leg badly broken. He had jumped from a win dow of the car when at a speed of twenty-five miles an hour. He was brought to the city, and 9 laced under medical attendance.-Charleston urier. Cor,. B. C. YAscam-Rmors reached this country, a few weeks since, that this gentleman was lying dangerously ill. We have reliable in formation, from letters recently received from him, that such is not the fact, but that Col. Yancey had reached Rio de Janeiro, with his family, all in fine health and spirits.-Atlanta Intelligencer. ,iir, Every lie, great or small, is the brink of a precipice, the depth of which nothing but Omnipo tence can fathom. HYEIENE AL. MARRID, on the 2d inst., by the Rev. Mr. BaRAv Tr, Dr. W. H. HARRINGTON of Newberry, to Mr'. E. A. HOLLINGSWORTH of this District. MAniar, on the 16th inst., by Rev. L R. GWALr say, Mr. L. S. JOHNSON and Mrs. HARRIET LOGUE, all of this District. OBITUARY. DiED, on the 5th of December, at the residence of her brother-in-law, Mr. TuOXAS PAYNE, Miss CATH ERINE WILLIAMS MATHEWS, aged 54 years, 1 month and 8 days, after a protracted illness of six weeks, which was borne with all the fortitude of a christian. She had been for 28 years a member of the Baptist Church at Fellowship, and had ever exhibited those graces which mark the christian's career. She has left many relations and friends to mourn their loss, but they gieve not as those without hope. God's will was to take our Auntio home, That in this world she would no more roam, lie called her to that Heavenly land Where she could join the celestial band. B. P. P. OMMEROIAL. - HAMBURG, Dec. 20th, 1858. The cotton market here has been quite brisk the past week, and within that time has advanced J over last weeks quotations. The prices now quoted are from 10 to 111 ets. per lb. Receipts about 1075 bales. K. LOUDON BUTLER, A.ttora.ey at samw AND SOLICITOR IN EQUITY. -r Ofice No. 1, Law Range. Edgefield C. H., S. C., Dec. 22, 1858. Good Things for Christmas! 0 LD SANTA CLAUS is coming again with his good things for Christmas: Oranges, Lemons, Pin.- Apples, Figs, Raisins. Prunes, Currants, r Candies and Cakes, Cocoa Nuts. Almonds, Pecan and Brazil Nuts, Fire Crackers, &c., &c , &c. Littlo Girls and Boys, get your Bags and Stock Sings ready to hang up on Friday the 24th, that the Igood old " Santa Clans" may fill them with those good things for sale by 0. L. PENN, Agt. e Dec 22 tf 50 Ilurrah For " Santa Claus." eEdgefield is the place you know, r To raise big men and make a show ; And if you wish to see the sighti, Call and see those sugar mites, .At CANDEE & McEW EN's where you fnd ,Confectionaryj, and Nuts of every kind. e " Maine Lawo" Drp that wont hurt a man's be fhavior -Fancy, Lozenges of etra strength, - And sticks of Candy of every length; italian Licorice and Gum Arabic Bare Chocolate CreamsN, and flne Segare. 0 All the above, you will find, and more At CANDEE & McEWEN'S Confectionary Store. Edgefield S. C. Dec. 22 It 50 RDUM.--One Cak Superior Santa Croix RUM SOne Cask " Old Jamaica R UM.; Warranted Pure or no ale. S. E. BOWERS, Art. Dec 22 tf 50 PLANTINVG ANID EAT3NIG P0 TATOES. 25Ble Peach Blossom POTATOES; 0 5Ei.Purple Pink Eye. The above is of Curtis and Cu's b.-st, and will he sold low. S. E. BOWERS, Agt. Dec 22 ti 50 H E AD-Q UA RT E RS, COLUMBIA, S. C, December 14, 1838. GaNERAL Oa0Ens No I : The following gentlemen have be.en appointed and commiseinned AIDS-DE CAMP to him Exeelleney the Governor anid Commander-in-Chief, with the rnak or l.ieutenant Colonel, and will be obeyed and r.-,ipected acoordingly - I. HENRY BIUIST 2. ED. SPANN H AMMOND. 3. WILLIAM HI. T ALLEY. 4. A. L. DEARING. 5. EDWARD C. McLURE. 6. JOSEPH GLOVER. 7. CH A RLES P. TOWNSEND. 8. ABRAM HUIGUENIN. 9. .JAMl~S McCUTCHEKN. 10. TIIOS. R. S. EL LIOT T. The above-named Aids-de-Camip will report themselves in fu'l uniform, In person or by letter, on or before 1st February next, to h's Exoellenoy the Governor, at Union C. H. By o'rder. R. G. M. DUNNOVANT, Adju'ant and Inspector General. Dec. 22. 1858. It 50 H E AD-QU A RT E RS, COLUMBIA, S. C. DECEMBER 14, 1858 GENEAL OaDa No. 2: his Excellency the Governor and Commander in-Chief has been pleased to appoint and commis sion the following gentlemen ESPECIAL. AIDS DE-CA MP, with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, and they will be obeyed and respeeted accordingly: STA TES Rt. GIST. TilOMA~S Y. SIMONS. J. C. McKE WN. C. C. TEW. TEIOM AS B. FR'ASER. The above-named Aide-dc Camp will report themselves in full uniform, In pe.rson or by letter, to Iii Excellency the Commander-in-Chief, on or before the 1st day of February next. By order, R. 0. M. DUNNOVANT, Adjutant and Inspector General. Dn. 23, ar858 I. 30 NEW GROCERY -A N T HE Subscriber rearectfully informs the ctl zens of Edgefeld Village and vicinity that he has just opened a New Family Grocery & Coifectionery, Next door to the Advertiser Office, where he is prepared to furnish EVERY ARTICLE In the Grocery and Confectionery business, EXCEPTING LIQUO9. Desiring to secure a reasonable share of publi patronage, he will do his utmost to please his patrons. Hlia Goods have been selected with care, and cannot fail to give satisfaction,. both in prices and quality. Terms, Strictly Cash And -by adhering closely to the CASH systemi can offer Inducements to my customers that wiM thoroughly convined them of the advantages to be derived from the cash system. WCall and look at my goods ani pIdis. W. H. H A RRISON, Aemt Dec 22 .tf .60 FOR THE LADIES, I HAVE a general variety of Goods In my line that must please the eye and gratify the pal ate. Come, Ladies, to tihe New Store. I ha e *and Intend to keep a stock of Goods that will win your admiration and-secure your custom. - 'W. It. HARRISON, Agt. - Dec 22 tf .50 FOR THE GENTLEMEN, H NAVE the finest variety of SEGABS, f. - B ACCO, 8NUFF, and everything else in the Grocery line, excepting Liquors, that can be had in Town. Walk in gentlemen, and look at the assortment. Yon must be pleased as well as the Ladies. . W H. IIARRISON,ARt Dec 22 tf FOR " YdVUNG AMERICA." I HAVE a large assortment of Candy, Sugar Plums, Gum Drops, &c., &c., together with a variety of Toys, Fire Crackers, Sand Crackeri, .-ky Rockets, &c., &c. Com,-, little Misses, little Boys and juvouilei generally, and secure your share of the good things sit the New Confectionery and Grocery S-tore. Your wants, little folks, munst be attended to, and I am prepared to accommo date you. W. 11. HARRISON, Agt. Dec. 22 if 50 GOOD THINGS FOR CHRISTMAS. I HAVE m-ade ample preparations for supply. ing the wants of my friends and patronsthkough the Christmas holidays (and all other days,) a consequently have on hand a general assortmentof Candle., Gum Drops, Sunar Plums; Brandy Peaches pnd Delightful Jellies; . A fine variety of Cordials and Lemon Syrup Pickles and Sauces; Fresh Lobsters, Sardines, Oysters, In cans; Nuts of all deseriptionm; Dried Fins, Raisins, Prunes, Citron; Fine Northern Pip pins aind Apples; Fine Oranges and Lemons; Pine Apples, Bananas, Cocoa Nuts, &c. 0gFor sale low for cash, by W. H. H ARRISON, Agt. Dec 22 - if 60 BUT ENOUGH. IT is Impossible from want of space and time .3. to give a further detail of ney Stock. It is aufficient to state tny assortment Is And those wanting ANY TIJING lnathe Grocery or Confectionery line. excepting Liquors, can find it at the New Grocery and Confectionery Store.. WAn examination of my Goods and prices is ' all I ask. W. II. H ARRISON, Agent. Dec 22 tf 50 . FRESH GROCERIES, JUtST reeeived and ror sale at reasonable pricesi, UFine Cuffee 8UGA R Beat quality Rio COFFE E; Crushed, Clarified and Puiverised SUGARS; New Crop RAISINS; - - ibe Dairy ClRESE ; Prime M ACA RONI; Fresh CR ACKERS, &cc , &cc. E. PENN, Agent. Dec 22 tf 50 . N. C. JE A N ANDI'RERSEYS. A FRE8Il lot of the above Goods just reqeired by EC. PENN, Agt. Dec 22 *tf 50 FOR FLOIDA. T HE NEWand spl,-n.li.l Steamer EVER. GADL. M. C'oxrr-re, Master, leaves Charleston EVE~RY TUKi.DA Y at 1I A. M., fur Beufort, Savannah, Brunswick, St. Mary., Fer' nandina, Jacksonville, Picolata and Palatka. Passengers going this Rnute, avoid the dangers of the Sea, and are exempt fronm sea-sickness. For safety and comfort greater inducements cannot be offered. The EVERGL ADE is the onaly Rloat from Char leatoei making connection ithi Vai Stages ins Florida. W~imigration taken at reduced rates. Goods consigned to thi. Agency, f.,r wardecd free of charge. F. N. BONNICAU, A-st. in 'Charleston; Charleston, Dec 22 If 50 The Farmer and Planter REMOVED TO COLUMBIA, S. C. HI AVING purchased of Maj. Geo. Seaborn this, popular journal, I Intend removing Its place of publication to Columbia, and will issue it from that place on and after January next. Feeling confident that such a journal is greatly needed in this State, and believing that it will be sustained, If located at the Capitol of the State, and conducted with spirit and ability, I have de termined on makingthe venture, and call upon every farmer and planter in South Carolina to en courage the enterprise by their patronage. It will be printed in the finest style of typography, with new type, on fine paper, handsomely embel lished, and eight pages added to Its former alas. Price only #1 per annum, always in advance. A corps of the best practical and scientific ag ricultural writers have beene secured, and its edi torial department will be under the care of one of the best farmers in the land. Tnaxs. I copy one year...................*g100 6 copies onoyear.................... 600 12 copies one year...................10 00 The cash system wHi be rigidly adhered to, and no name will be entered on the book until the subscription Is paid. Address E. M. STOKIfA, Columbia, S. C. Dec. 22 8t 60 8tate of South Carolina, EDGEFIELD DISTRICT, IN EQUITY', John C. Grigga and wife and others,) us. Samuel Borders and wi'e and ethers. ) B y virtue of an order from Chaneellor Ward law, I will sell, on the premises, the valuable tract of land described in the above-designated Bill; the sale to occur positively on Thursday 13th of January next. The tract contains nine hundred and seventy-five (9'75) acres, and Is situated in the heart of the Cam bridge neighborhood, adjoining land of Geo. A. Addison, R. G. M. Dunovant, H. H. Maysland others. Taaxs-A credit of one and two years,. ereept costs to be paid in cash. Purchaser, to give Boed with ample sureties to secure the purchase money. Titles to be paid for extra A. SIhKINS, 0.3.3 D. Dec. 22, 8t 50. A DEINI STRATORS' NOTICE,. All persons Indebted to the Estat, of .Jarvia Asbill, dee'd., will make. payment, and all persnsn having demands against the Estate will render ia their demands, properly attes-ed, to the Under tigned forthwith. FR ANCES ASBLLI' J. J. ASBiI.L. Dec 22 4t 50 0 -Almy ecornat the McCullouglaplae isfr Ma u ist sell or inove it la abes lays to give posssonof th pleet hebes Dec. 21,1868 -s -44