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.woltd becoi hataf the corn la '-.tr supported withoutst 'hn exc'ept'slave traders could'seweten i't~. wis ed o. The same negro can do as much work for me, whether he costs six hundred dol lars, or twelve hundred, and he could do as much labor if there were eight million negroes in the United States, as he can now, when there are but four million. Thererure, as to the manner in which revival affects the value of negroes, it is a question, not of what our civilized negroes 'will bring at sale but of what they will bring at hire. The fallacy of the objection that revival would diminish the hire of negroes, as far as the cotton States are concerned, lies in the assumption, first, that the supply of cotton is as large as it ought to be ; and second, that a neoro can do no other work than raise cotton. I Tiave shown that the pro duction of cotton lacks much of being equal to the demand. One of the profoundest writers in America on public economy lately estimated that the consumption of cotton has increased about six per cent, per annum, since -1851-2, when our productjon attained its maximum. Taking three million bales as the average crop of the South since 1851-2, and adding anan nual increase for seven years of six per cent, which is the accumulating rate of consumption, and we should have say four million three hundred thousand bales, as the supply now wanted from the United States by the world. Omitting therefore all consideration of the prospective demand for more cotton, in view of the usual rate of increasing consumption, and especially in view of the heavy demand, which must soon spring up in China and Japan fur cheap power loom cloth, to supercede the costly hand loom article, we see that at a yield of three bales to the han4 it would requ've about four . hundred and fifty thousand more able 1odied cotton laborers, to meet the present unsatisfied demand for the King Staple. Allowing one such laborer to every three of the African popu. lation, which would be within the mark, if we aceunted for the ineJliency of savages as cot ton laborers, it needs an importation of at least, thirteen hundred thousand wild negroes, to fill the existing demand for cotton alone. If we could supply this supposed defcit, it is not pro bable, that the price of cotton would then fall below eight cents per pound, which will pay ten per cent on the value of a negro, at one thou sand dollars-a very good profit on the invest ment. - We cannot reasonally hope long-to make very much more profit by our labor than other people make by theirs, because whenever a laborer in e another country, finds that he has to give two days of his work, in exchange for one of ours, he will abandon his business and engage in the pursuit we are following. As an evidence of it, look how the high price of cotton since 1851-2 has induced the inhabitants of other States, to give up the occupations they were pursuing and takdi to planting cotton. Hence, if we do not produce more cotton, other States will. We have our choice either to import more labar and preserve the monopoly or exclude the labor, and lose the monopoly of supplying mankind with cotton. The ability of India.- and Africa to compete with the South in growing cotton was dwelt upon inaina tim nbidactionl to reviving the slave trade, that it might lower the price of cotton. Another formnidable competitor could enter the field against us, and if cotton shall continue to hold much longer at present prices, we may ne prepared, to look for large importations of the staple froth Austalia-that Island continent larger than the United States--rieher than Cali. fornia in precious metals and the seat of a fu ture Anglo Saxon empire that will- rival even ours. By recurring again to the Patent Office Report of 1856, it may be seen that Messrs Mitchell and Williams, two other of our Consuls reported that " The cultivation of cotton in Australia, has been successful, though small for the last few years. Sea Islands have done well and have not deterioted. Only agricultural population is want ing. The cotton plant stands the heat and drought remarkably well. The product of an acre at Ipswich, Mdoreton Bay, was 920 pounds of Sea Island cotton in the seed, valued at 25 cents a pound cleaned. Fo'r ten years, the fall of rain has been nearly fifty inches per annum on this part of the Australian coast. From 200 to 500 miles further North it averages about seventy inches. But the climate all along the coast is remarkably dry notwithstanding and to this is attributed its great salubrity. The allu vial land is too rich to require manure for any branch of~ cultivation. Nothing indeed is as yet known of physical influences adverse to the cul tare of cotton. Not only is it true that the frost is harmless, but that insects of any kind do not -affect the crops. The plant is perennial. It is picked five successive years from the same stalks and in some cases the yield was largest the fouirth year. The climate as has been stated is extreme lypropitious, the picking season extending over four of the coolest nipnths. Nnture seenms to have designed this portion of the world for a cotton field of the most gigantie dimensionms." .M~rk !jhiinlbe lanrifeOur ownuoflicials.. to our own government, that Australia, needs no manure-no irrigation--no renewal of seed lbnt " only agricultural population is wanting,' to make it a " cotton field of the most gigantie dimensions." WVill such a country as this re main neglected of being supplied with " agri cultural population," if England shall continug to need more cotton than she can get at presAt prices ? Is not Australia a fertile and unsett.e country like our Western States? Can the dig ging of gold, or the graizing of sheep alwayi pay better as a permanent business, than the growing of cotton at ten, or twelve cents per pound upon rich landl costingr alnost -nothingr, with African apprentice- likew~ise costing nioth ing. Is not the stream of Anglo Saxon popiu - lation, now pouring itself exclusively into Aus. tralia ? Has not Australia tripled her popula tion in ten years and guardrupled tier commercee with Europe in less than five years ? And if the disciples of Exeter Hall shall progrees for the next two or three years as rapidly as they -have lately done, in working out the problem of how to get more cotton, will not a stream of African population also set toward Australia ? These are questions which must be answered by Southern men. Tbe civilized world will have more and cheaper cotton than the United States can possibly produce,- with their present labor. Cotton factories are rising as if by magic, in every State of Europe from bleak Russia to tropical Sardinia, and the continental powers are begining to import their own raw cotton direct from this country, as well as to occupy their o.wn markets with home made gmtton fa.bries. listi about five thousand bales cotton wee. ported into Europe; nowo nearly four mijion bnles are imported thither. WVC1 the conmsumption likevy diminish, since All .wropn have comnmenced manufacturing am.d aintee China anid Japan with their fiye huwnd'ed zuilliomna people have been opeined rp tcosaern 'It has not been half a century, since Turkey exported mnore cotton than any other nation of either ontinent. But the low price of cotton in the United States, between the years 1840-50 compelled the discoinjinuance of cotton culture . i the Levant. Turkey is a slave holding com munity too. She is also a close neighbor to Africa. May she not resume her former cotton raising with present prices to stima~late her ? Probably she can be successful without Dr. Da vis' assistance. Cotton is now worth double what it was when he went to enlighten the Sul. tan's subjects. There never was a more simple self deception, than the Southern planters are practising upon themselves, in supposing that their past monopoly of cotton growing has been from some peculiarity of soil, or climate, exist ing only in the United States. Cotton -was once enItiated throughout Sonthern Europe and is consumption in the penin Italy. at our monopoly of raw upon our system of Afri do not extend that sys '- of laborers, Australia, 'eria and other parts pentral America, one, negroes and (ought pto-sugly. It that cotton 14 long -'and that our cottbu.a 3erable time earn the enor getting. Cotton must go a in price, slaves must fall do not import more negroes nted by the people of the the Africa 'and raise it . re doing now and so " i '. 'te trade, or we 1a60. them from proeniliigs many negro6s as -U'$aut, let us not deny 6ur people the saMe privitege-let us place all upon the same footing-let demand and supply rellate the slavitrade as it does every other kin~ of trade. Pertait even a single other country than the South to raise much cotton for exportation and then will the price of cotton as well as our mon opoly of it, go down to rise no more-then will the price of our negroes go down to stay down, until we shall have embarked in some other pur suit than growing cotton- For once let other States organise the necessary A lrican labor and acquire the skill of directing it in the cotton field, so as to compete with us successfully and they will adhere to it to the end of time. No one denies but that our slaves have been degra ded much in value ere now by war, by commer cial revulsion, or by a glut in the cotton market by overproduction. But the chances are a thousand to one that our civilized negroes will never be able to glut the cotton market again. Still although we may not glut the market any more, othor States can and will unless we import more negroes. Cotton must fall in price and our negroes must fall in value do as we will. The only question is whether we will sacrifice a great and permanent good for a splendid, but merely tempory advantage. We musts elect be tween having a high price for cotton and a high price for negroes during a few years, but finally lose the monopoly of raising raw cotton forever, or we must import more negroes-keep eotton at a paying price and keep negroes at a reasona ble price also for an indefinite period, as well as preservo our monopoly of furnishing cotton to the world. This is the (ilemmar-the fork of the road at which we havearrived. Which route, will ye choose, inen of the South ? You cannot evade the question will you have more laborers, or not? and if 1ou will where ct you get them? Not in the United States, for if they could be had here, the present price of cotton would have them forthcoming. They cannot be had in the United States else why is negro labot so seat ce ? Why is it so high ? Why is a negro worth one dollar and a quarter a day to work upon Texas Rail Roads ? Why does a common farm negro hire for three hundred dollars a year in the Mis sissippi valley-as much, or more than is paid for an Irishman? Why are the Irish driving the negroes off the Steamboats on the Mississippi and its tributaries by underworking them ? Why are white servants displacing negro waiters in nearly all the hotels of the Southern Cities, by working for cheaper wages than the slaves hire for? Why is it that white operatives are ex pelling negroes from all the factories at the South? IN hy is it that the present fabulous prices for negroes cannot get a supply equal to the demand for more slave labor in the cotton fields ? WVhy is it that the South, arc ag gitating a revival of the slave trade ? Why is it that the question of selling free negroes into slavery is being seriously discussed int every State of the South ? Simply because there is a universal demand for mtore slave labor in every other pursuit as well as in that of raising .cotton. The rice cul ture can spare no labor-the sugar culture can spare none--the tobacco culture-can spare none -the hemp culture can sphrc e-Lte tur pentine culture can spare none-the stock cul ture of Tennessee and Kentucky can spare none. Indeed no department of our present limited in dustry at the South, whether agricultural, or other kind can spare any of its labpr, to assist in the growth of cotton. In place of being able to spare labor, outr sugar enulture.- particularly de mands more labor than even the cultivatiotn of cotton does. Having countless acres of inex haustable sugar land, in Florida, Louisianna and Texas, we might profitably export large quantities of sugar, if we only had the necessary habor, but althoutgh we have heretofore aspired to raise our own supply of that article and have burdened it with a Tariff for that purpose, yet we have not succeeded in growing more thtan about one third of what we ourselves constume. As a consequena, Cuba by smuggling negroes antd importing Coolies at a notninal price is ena bled to pay an export duty upon sugar at home andan import duty upon it here, amounting in the aggregate, to over five million dollars annually atnd supply us with the other two thirds which we consume. Nearly all our imports of sugarj $22,000,000 worth come from Cuba. A laborer itt Cuba, costs on the average, but half, what lie :does in the South. flow then can our sugar planter contend with the Cuban ini the fereign Markets when he catn hardly doe it at home to the extent of one third the sutpliy with a Tariff of twenty-four per ccent ad caloreum to nssist him. l'he remnedy for Cuban contpetition in the culture of sugar, is tiot to oppose the annexation of that Island atnd inflict a high Tariff umpont our own people, but to re-open the Slave Trade, so as to give our planters an equal chance for procuring labor. At the lowest calculation, we need four hunt I-cd thousand more A fricans to'rgjise our ownm sugar. Because as the present nunmbe-r of nec roes employed ini the sugar culture, is but about H~o~hshmeads anmd as otne anuiital c2onsumptjtiont reaches near 800J,000t Iloghasheads, whent high ptices altmost prohibit sugar toebe poor,'we may assert that chteap sugar, grownm at a living rate to the producer, would increase the homte consunip tion, to nine, or ten hundred thousand Hoghis ~heads, weighing a half a toni each, which is the size, I have in mi d. From this it is plain, negroes would yield a hi'e of ten, or fifteen per centt, upon thcir saleable value in the cultivation of sugar, wh~en the cottont market might be glut ted by the imnportatiotn of too inatny cottotn laborers. Is it not desirable to have the price of sugar so low, as thaut thme poor may enjoy it? Without mtore lab~or atnd cheaper labor, how cant thme planters raise either umore sugar or ceeper sugar? Is it not muotre injurious to the South, to drain her border States of elaves, with which to grow cottont and sugmir thtan it wonuld be to i port them frotm Africa ? Which i.; the worse, to inmport Africans to make sugar in Louisiana or to cat the sugar after it has beetn raised in Cuba, by newly imported negroes ? Are we not doing the same thtng, fob which we denounce the Abolitionists? They consume our cotton and are particeps crimini, to our slavery if it be a crime. We consume the sugar of Cuba and are a party to her slave trade, if it be a crime ? As we must have thte sugar,. why not import the negroes and raise it for aurselves ? Were it not for the slave trade still beitng carried on in Cuba, we should have either to do without sugar, or be left to the merey of our producers in Louisiana. Iikh ankees make a tnote of it, that if they undance of jheap pgar, thtey must con t o a revival of til slave trade. Sorghto hat mighty instrument of A bolition according to 'ther Giddings will not do--it will not gramnu ate. SCIPIO. gg Adams' Express Company was robbed one day at week on the Rail Road, between Montgomery nd Atlanta, of $40,000. An arrest has been made, says the Montgomery Adrertiser) but we forbear frther particulars until a judicial investigation of he matter takes plnee,-ss we have no reason to be eve the arrested party guilty. On Friday the com any paid to the Banks in Augusta, their respective osses by thme above robbery. pm3 The Yorkville Enaquirer contains a correspon ence between Messrs. Win. A. Latta and S. W. We! on, by which we are pleased to learn that a serious1 iefulty pending between those gentlemen has been honorably adjusted " by the interposition of mutu lfriends. gg The Abbeville papers are advocating the build-. g of a Rlail Road from that place to Washington, Ga.,a ditanc offort mils. ARTHUR SIMKINS, EDITOR. EDGEJIELD, . .. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 9,1859. SALEDAY. A vary large number of our good citizens were out on Monda last. The 'weather was bright and cold, and all seemed to be in fine humor. The day passed off pleasantly, with but little noise or rowdyism. The three gallon law is again of force within our corporate limits,-to the decided improvement of rueh ocea sions, as It thus far appears. PERFECTLY DELICIOUS Was that jar of limes (almost transparent) sent us the other day by our neighbor Hanarsex. Burned to Death. A nogro boy, the property of Ma. WILLs L. STONSE of this District, was burned so badly some ten days ago as to die from the efects of it. He lingered near ly two weeks. Another warning. - . ,- . - __ FROMASHINGTON. The Homestead Bill has passed the House by a large majority. The Bill provides homestends for actual settlers in the Territories. Any one who is head of a family, over twenty-one years of age, and a citizen of the United Status, or who has filed his de claration to become such, would be entitled under the Bill to enter one quarter section of land (180 acres) without paying any price therefor. The South Caro lina delegation all voted against the measure. The Senate has tacked on to the Indian Appropria tion Bill an amendment changing the Indian Bureau from the Interior to the War Department. It was said that the President was annoyed by the decision of the Senatorial Democratic Caucus on the Tariff question, and that he meant still to press the recommendation of his message upon Congrees. We hope this is a mistake. The Bill appropriating $70,000 for the instruction of the Echo Africans in Liberia, has been defeated. On this question our immediate representative, Hos. M. L. BosuiA, addressed the House in some pertinent remarks which we this week publish, on page first. ZAYTE GRAPES. Happening to have received two roots of the Sil tzaa Jaktuiix Grape, we offer one of them to the sub scribir who will #ist bring us a additional j scriber. The variety is extremely and said to be peculiarly ' choice' as a table grape. The roots are put up with a degree of care which warrants their vitality. " PLAN TRUTH," IN THE MERCURY. The writer who is assailing SXNATon HAXxOND in the Charleston Mcrcury over the signature of " PLAix TauT," seems to meet with but small commendation from the press of the State. It is not difficult to pick faws in the political course of any statesman,-we mean seeming flaws of inconsistency. Tempora Pu tantur, and men's opinions change with them. 'This sort of inconsistency is, often, true wisdom. Have we not board the supposed author of " PLAix Tauv" tear the political consistency of JoHN C. CALHUNO' to tatters by this mode of criticism ? "PLArx TRUT' as we suspect, is one of the irstand purest sons of our State. We regret that his patriotism has been .so much alarmed by the present conservative politics of SENTOR HAMMOND. It was the politics of Ma. CA. uous to the last day of his life, and is now the politics of every Southern statesmnan of any position. ACKNOWLEDGMENT. W. L. D. will please accept our thanks for his sub. scription, accomnpanied as it is with such terms of handsome compliment. There are some men, of jaundiced hue, whose praise we regard as slightly as their censure. WV. L. DI. is net of that complexion. His. ioral and mental education constitute him a 4sa whose approbation we shall always be happy to retain. PEEDEHERALD. This paper has assumed a semi-weekly garb and status, and comes to us in its new dimensions as umi ling as a basket of chips. Success and happinas to Mr. UZL.Ii.. CUBA AND THE PRESIDENT. Doubts have been expressed, whether or not the Cubanese are really opposed to Unceo Samuel's pro. position to buy their country. And yet it appears from Cuban journals, that protests against that con summation have been sent to the Queen of Spain from twenty-one cities and towns of the Island, besides the bishop and ecclesiastics of Havana; the governor and celeuastics of Santiago de Cuba ; the ladies of Ha vana, Matannas and Ilejucal; the University of Havana: the economical societies of Havana and Santiago; the battalions and squadrons of volunteers of Havana, and the army of Cuba; the Bank of Spain of Havana; Professors in the preparatoryand special schools of Havana; the colleges of lawyers and no taries of the same city, and tribunal of commerce of Matanzas. TOWN ORDINANCE. Attention is directed to the towni ordinance on ano ther column. Its restrictions are wholesome, and we trust they will be rigidly adhered to threughout. The farmers and lalnters iu the vicinity are par ticularly requested to read this ordinance and give their negroes fair warning of the penalties attached to it. JUST FROM CIlARLESTON. Our Charleston visitors bring back Intelligene of a very delightful race week. M'.st parts of the State were representedl, whiether as to intelligence, b~eauty, wealth. .m;plianm.v., urracehc.. T hj r.w..sl -was unusually large,-h..tels tilled to overflowinsg-treets aimated by the rush of vehicles,-" old King's" side walks nearly impassible from tihe quantity of hsoops and erinoine,-theatre uproarious,-race course glo rious,-every thingoonspiring to make the week one of the most joyoum Charleston has known in many years. It is pleasant to hear all this. May it be but the in troduction to a heavy Spring trade for our noble city ! And may her Springs and Autumns never again bring a reverse to her prosperity!I THE RtOAD PRLOM '90. A correspondent sends us an account of a terrible ride lie lately took in a buggy from '90 Depot to this place. If we can not find room for his communica tion, it is not because we do not Fympathize with his coplaint. NEWV WORDS. A western exchange exults, as if he had found a mare's nest, over the word "mnatriarch," which some one has just put in print. Why not also say nutriot, when speaking of a woman who died for her coentry ? or nutrimaony when one gets an Inheritance by his mother ?-but this last would come into collision with a meaning already attached to those interesting syl. lables. Your method of manufacturing words, brother chip, reminds us of a proposition which WkL.:s, or some other victim of the word-mania, recestly suggested. t was, that words onght to be :made to express the gender by an alteration of eithne the first or the last yllable; and to illustrate, he asked why not let. "sAepistle" mean a lady's letter and "(he)pistle" a man's. The result of WVILLuS's notion (if adopted) would be quite as beautiful as t le one you squint at. here would be " heathen" and SChe(s)then," " hero" nd " shero," "heliotrope" and ' sehlotrope," &c. Go on, gentlemen-literati; yotr. are in a fair way e make still purer the winters t bat issue from "the well of English undofiled." Gone to T4,'ma. Oar co-proprietor, businese superintendant, and roreman, Mr. D. iR. Duarsoc, leaves to-day on a trip o Charleston. In year ear,, kind reader: we ar-e hout to make some handsotoe improvements in the ideriaer. We commend our co-labiver to the kind offices of he craft in Charleston. 'They will And him a true searted brother and an snflinching devotee of our ~lessed black art. $7 Read GouAxy'a advertisement. And he sure nd have a representa jive at the Market House to PIANO tUNING. MR. McCAnvUr, the blind piauit, is again with us or a few weeks. WeVrtily commend him to the ublic's favor as a piano-tqner. If 'we are capable )f forming a correct opinion in the natters, he thor mghly understands the business. Mi. H. A. GRAY, L first rate judge in musical affairs, also bears testi nony to MR. McCARTY's superiorakill and accuracy a tuning. If au one In this place, or its vicinity, wishes work of the kind done, they can be accommo lated by applying in pers.,n or otherwise at the "Edgefild Advertiser Office." Bear in mind, that uless your pianos are kept in tune, they can give no pleasure to yourselves or to yourgisitors; another bad effect is the serious isjury they do to the car and taste of your children or pupils. It is said to happen sometimes, that a family,) omes so much used to a piang out of t re, ib But when in tue. I A l o - Lion, and keep four 'I MUiays in- fiMon dition. DR. SHUDEL BLANDING. The Columbia papers spoke out last week in terms of deep regret in regard to the death of this estimable old citizen. Having long known the good old Docvon, we would respectfully add the tribute of our humble testimony to his goodness and worth. He was a vete ran Baptist and one of the most charitable of men. Many there are thuoughout the State who will miss his cordial recognition in their future visitsto Colum bia. His church have published in the Southern Bapiat resolutions warmly expressive of their regret and sorrow at his death. In tranamiting them, Ry. J. L. REYNOLDS speaks of the deceased in the follow ing terms of deserved eulogy: Many hearts will be made-sad by the intelligence, that our beloved and venerated brother, Dr. Shubel Blanding, is no more., This day, we committed his body to the earth. The large concourse of persons that attended his funeral solemnities, evinced the high esteem, in which he was held by the whole communi ty. To the church this is a most afflicting bereave ment, and his loss will be mot sensibly felt. He was a rare and admirable man. An acquaintance of more than twenty years, and an intimacy which gave me access to his more private views and feelings, have impressed me with a deep sense of his high and vari ous excellence. le was, emphatically, a good man. Nature had endowed him with a heart of extraordina ry kindness and sensibility, and grace had sanctified, and elevated it to the highest stage, attainable, in this Imperfect state. le used the office of a deacon well. Wise in coun sel, prudent in action he was the judicious adviser, and the steady siipputer ind helper of his brethren; and such was the uniforaintegrity, frankness and benignity, whlh diltinatded his intercourse with theworld, th a. he ' =. A Baptist in prineipl .u ion, he yet cherish .a cordial esteem for n of other denomina tions; and there were, piobably, none, among the multitude that followed him to the tomb, who more tenderly lamented his departure. . We shall all miss him. We shall miss his venerable presence in our church meeting, In our public worship, and at the table of the Lord. We shall miss him in every walk of Christian activity, faith and love. ANOTHER DISASTER. The first serious steamboat disaster that has occur red on the favorite Chesapeak Line, has just. been recorded by the presaQf the country. The Da. CUR. Is of South Carolina, who-was lost, is not Dr. CURis of the Limestone Female High School, but, as is cor retly stated, an Episeopalian minister of high char acter who has for some months been in charge of a church at Chester C. H. The Petersburg E.rpress says of him: " The Rev. Dr. Curtis, D. D., who was one of the unfortunate victims to this melancholy catastrophe, left acquaintances is this city, who refer to him in the most commendable terms. Hie Is represented as having been a gentleman of ,deep piety, exalted tal ents, great kindness of heart, and an ornament of the denamination to whIch he was attached. lie was reputed to be one of the most accomplished Botanists in America, and contributed largely to the recent work on Botany, compiled by Grsy. lie was Rector of the Protestant Episcopal Church at liillsborough, North Carolina, for many years, but subsequently, and up to the period of his death, had charge of the Episcopal Church at Chester, South Carolina. The South Carolinian, in copying this extract, ac companies it with the ornmarks: . That all of the p amegrs and crew should have escaped, save two, ~is almost miraculous. That of those two, so belovjd_ and estimable a man as Dr. Curtis should have ten one, is as lamentable as it is inscrutable. The teasure of his usefulness was still full. Soon again ia death claimed another from the small band of Epi lergy of this diocese. pD-- After all t ra zabove said,t it'appears pro. bable by later accounts that the deceased was Dr. Cumtvs of the Limestone School. TEE TARIFF. The Democratic Senators have determined in caucus that it is unnecessary to modify the Tariff during this session. This settles the point for the present; and the President's recommendation is thus quietly di. posed of until the Revenue necessities shall become more pressing or the Revenue arrangements more defective. It is probable both that our necessities will become lighter and our arrangements mere satisfactory. THE $30,000,000 DILL. The Washington .histes gets off the ainnexed psra. graph upon this subject, which, barring its slight show of irreverence towards our honored President, is worthy of general consideration. What the States may cheese to say however, should be taken with seone grains of allowance, as it seems to be now set. tied that its tendencies are at once Anti-Buchanan and Pro-Douglass. But "hear hIm for hisecause" whether you " blehim for his honor" or not: " It is perfectly well understood among all parties in this city, that the Thirty Million b~ill is a aham demonstration. Everybedy admits the utter absurdi ty of an attempt to purchase Cuba in the present pos ture of affairs. A distinguished Southern Senator emphatically expressed the universal sentiment, when he declaredt that Mr. Bluchanan mnight as "~ well essay to .tunt' himself from the White llouse to thme Capitol by the seat of his pantatloons, as undertake to acquire. Washingtonm understands that thme Thirty Milliun bill originated in thme desire e.f dem-igogues to propitiate the public sentiment, by an ap~parent zeal in a popu lar enterprise. Now,.for our part, we do not intend to be instrumental to the success of so discreditable an artiffce. And, besides this repugnance, we have sense enough to understand that any overture ror the purchase of Cuba nt the present moment,. will only result in postponing its acquisition to an indefinite period. That is the opinion of every man at all con versant with Spanaishm politics. We do not believe, for instane, that Mr. lBuchanan is so stupid as to atterupt to buy Cuba. lie will not use the money; but the ere movement will provoke the Spanish people to a declaration of inexorale resistunce to the cession of th island. It is for this reason we op~pose the Thirty Million preposition." TO THE ICALLY. The North Carolina Democrats ring out the signal for a rally of the Democracy in the resolution which follows: Reaoled, That we extend our New Tear's greetings to all Constitutional Democrats, whether being in the East or the West, the North or the South, and con sider all anch as belonging to the great brotherhood of Democracy. The fight for the Presidency will soon be begun ; And some think that Messrs. Doia.Ass and Oaa will be the nomination of the Charleston Convention. The Raleigh Resolutions smack of something like this. What shall we say in Southi Carolina? " GEN. McGOWAN BEFORE THE PAL METTO ASSOCIATION." An article with this eaption has been laid aside for publication in fia7 sd~1er. It apfeIced a few weeks ago in the Abbeville 11aNer, but we have not yet found convenient'spJace for its insertion. The article maintains the correctness of G E'iEAr, McGow A.'s Palmetto speech, against certain doubts thrown out by a correspondent of the Adcertiser. THE SCOTCH AND THE YANKEES. Ma. PBTnanU responded eloquently to a sentiment given at the late Burns Celebration in Charleston. In the course of his remarks he said: It is not a hundred years since the Scotch were to the English what the Greeks were to the Romans, and what the Yankees are to us.-the subjects of bitter invective by those who envied their superior addrss, management of affairs, and great success in the acquisitive art. With great respect for the distinguished speaker, we venture to suggest that he is wrong in attributing the feeling of enry to either tihe Rtomans, or the Eng lish, or to Southerners. English contempt for Scot. tsh worth almost went into a proverb; The greatness if Rome was of that towering and self-sufficient kind -uich ....cl..es the ide.a o her hayvinge.nv ied are.ce. And surely MR. Pcyranu's proposition is still wider of the mark when applied to the proud people of our a Southern States. MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. po Negroes are bringing remarkably high prices c is North Carolina this season. Two women, sold at a Townville, brought $1149 and $1200 respectively; and a boy brought $1127-all young negroes. C g7 The Carelina Ralletin says its circulation is rapidly increasing. We are not astonished at this, for the Bulletin is a very cheap paper, and a most in teresting little sheet. See prospectus on another column. W The Literary Casket, is the title 'of a new paper just established at Fayetteville, Ga., Messrs. M. H. A G. C. LooN.EY, Editors and Proprietors. The " Casket" is a well-filled and handsome weekly, and our brother Georgians and the South generally shou maintain this enterprise of the Messrs. LoonzY i manner commensurate withgts merits. We hope to read the " Casket" regularly, and accordingly have placed It on our exchange list. Send on $2 if you want this paper. BB "Ba content with what you have," as the rat said to the trap, when he saw that he had left part of his tail in it. fk- TnE Charleston Courier, of the 2d inst.. an nounces that the once famous race horse, Shoeco, died on Monday evening last, in his stable adjoining the race course, in that city. p8 Tue Charleston Mercury notices a sale made on Monday last in Charlestonof South Western Rail road Bank Stock, which brought $117 per share. pIo Thos. Downing, a wealthy merchant of Salem, Mass., hung himself on the night of the 28th ult.. in the Unitarian Church. ,O A young man of the mature age of nineteen years, who was employed in the Pike House, atBloom ington, Ill., not long since, eloped with his step mother. ,IM A lawyer at Lowell, having found ninety-five dollar', and returned the money to the owner, one of the papers says the act may be honest and honorable, but it is exceedingly unprofessional. M Win. Hickling Prescott, one of the most fa mous of modern historians, died suddenly at Boston on Friday the 28th Jan., of apoplexy. For the Advertiser. PUBLIC XEETIN?. 'Pur!Ji ' urnment, a meeting will be held o aturday I9th of this ionit, lkintn sideration theAfrican Slave Trade. JACOB WRIGHT, Chairman. J. T. NIcnoLbos, See'ry. The undersigned, believing it to be right and prop. er that each community'of the South should speak out for itself on the momentous question of the Afri can Slave Trade, unite in the call above made for a meeting, to bo held on Saturday 19th inst., jt the Buochelle Academy. JOHN -LOTT, JOHN WRIGHT, TILMAN WATSON, M. B. JOHNSON, A. RUTLAND, I P. F. REECE. THOMAS BARTL', Sr. J. M. EIDSON, B. F. SMITH, J. L. TAYLOR, WILLIAM PARKER. 1.J. R. RUSHTON, TILMAN JENNINGS, JACOB WRIGHT, B. T. JENNINGS, N. BODIE, BAZEL PETERSON, B. RUSHTON, D. R. CROUCH, R. W. BLEDSOE, IRA TURNER, - J. 2. RUSHTON, JOHN JENNINGS, Sr. E. PERMENTER, JAMES EDWARDS, JAS. EIDSON. W. S. JENNINGS, W. W. DUFFIE, HENRY JENNINGS, WV.S. H.WALLINGTON E. S. NOBLY, WV. R. FOREST, A. J. SMYLY, J. N. POWELL, S. WV..NICHOLSON, ABNER BOLTON, ENOCHT JENNINGS, V. H. BLEDSOE, G. L. BUT LER, WM. H. TURNER, S. B. GREGORY, WM. MOBLEY, JESSE JAY, G. M. SPERMAN, M. EVENS, BENJ. EDWA RDS, B. JENNINGS, M. N. PA DG ET, JOSEPH JAY, MARTIN EIDSON, LEWIS MOBLEY, JOHN H. BERRlY, ANIDREW CROMER, JOHN P. -BERRY, JAMES H. LEOPARD, H. B. RABORN, NATHAN GREGORY, A. W. ~ENNY, B. W. CROUCH. JOHN ~ENNY, JOI(N RUSUTON, G. W. ~ENNY, J. Rt. EIDSON, M. A. ~1DG ERS, WADE MILLS, W. M. RDG ERS, J. Rd~TTON, F. M. ~ODOERS, JAMES ROTTON, J. N. SA LTER, JACOB HARLING, E. WILLIAMS, J. L. SALTER, IHENRY VANSANT, J. R. POW, I A. VANSANT, J. C. SALTER. G . BELL, JOSIAHI RODGERS, LUKE RODGERS, J. M. YARBROUGH, .Dr. J. C. READY, JOHN GILLEON, ELIJAH WATSON, Sr. JA MES P. DENNY, 0. W. A LLEN. G. 4A LTER,.I For the Advertiser. KEETING IN BEECH ISLAND.* Pursuant to a previous call, a portion of the citi zens of Becch Island, held a meeting at the "Club House" on the 1st inst. SAN UEX. CL.A n, Esq., was called to the Chair, and W. H. ATIrsoI, Esq., was requested to act as secretary. The object of the meeting having been explained by the Chairman, at his request the R1ev. Mr. A xsoM addressed the Throne of Grace. On motion, Dr. H. Rt. Cook, Maj. G. B. MrILLs and J. N. MIrerirt, Esq., were appointed a Committee to, draft Resolution. for the meeting. The Committee having retired, after a short time returned, nnal reported the following Preamble and Resolutions which, after discussion, were adopted: WnsREAS, much has recently been said in regard to the importation of Africans into the country, and we belive It to be proyer that an expression of public sentiment should be made in regard to the matter ; lleaolred 1st, That we look upon the Institution of Slavery as it now exists atmong us, as beneuvolent in, its tendency andi calculated to, develop hoeth races by 'an oppo.rtunity fur the cultivation of the higha..r pow ore of the master, thus elevating both in the scale of being. Jte,,lred, 2nd,, While we entertain these views in regard to the Institution, and pledge our lives to maintain it, believing it to, be Constitutional, of itm memorial usage, and sanctioned by Holy Writ Itself, we at the same time desire to see the supremnacy of the laws, upheld, and deprecate their violation from whatever source the infringement comes. Rtesolved 3rd, That we of the South, having de nounced the violation of the laws in other sections, do not desire to stultify ourselves by conmitting the same ofence, but prefer that " higher law" doctrines (if acted out anywhere)-should prevail in a more con. genial latitude than our own. If entered, 4lth, That we lo'ok upon the importation of A fricans, undlel- existing circumstances, as having a mischievous tendency, calculated to produce discordi. at home andu increased opposition abroad-a state of. things mooch to be regretted, sincee it is thme true policy of the South to present a united front to the worl. On motion, the proceedings of thme meeting were ordered to be publishedl in the Edgefield Adrertiser. SAMUEL CLARK, Chairman. W. H. Avrnsox, Secretary. For the Advertiser, A CARD. I have received from Rev. Joni TntArr, the follow ing money subscribed for the Baptist Church in Co. lumbia 8, C., * Rev. D. D.Brunson,, ,..,....$0,00 Mrs. 8. M. Brunson,, . ..a. 10,00 D. Brunson,................. 2,50 John Brunstm................ 5,00 R. Lanier,................... 10,00 Mrs. M.-Lowe,............... 10,00 F. N. Nicholas,............. .. 5,00 5. Walker.................. - 5ib0 John W. Philpot,............. 5,00 0. GJalphin,................. 500 T. Buckhalter,................ 5.00 Arthur Simkins,.....,......... 5,00 Dr. C. Tompkins,.............. 3,00 Mrs. Traylor,................ 5,00 J. F. B. NAYS, Agent, C. B. C. DE.6TH oFPaEsL'oT, THL E hISTOal.lA.-The lte tary world everywhere will hear with regret of the sudden death ot Mr. WuIL .3 H. PasscowT, the historian, at Boston, Massachusetts, on Friday, January 28. Mr. PaEgScon wase a native omf Salem, in that State, and was, at the time of his death, a few years past sixty years ofage. He wvas grad uated at Harvard College in 1811, end was among the earliest ofAmerican authors who have achiev edaEurpea reutaionwithin the last twenty feva. Europeas uthe eat histories of Ferdi nandi and Isabella, the conquest of Mexico, the Conquest of Peru, and the now incomiplete Philip II, Mr. PaRsconT published a volume of miscella-: ny which added to his reputation.-Charleston A SUn CURE FOR CHILBLAINs.-Take a piece r unslacked lime of the size of a hen's egg, make as fine as flour, take as much hog's lard and aix together. Soak your feet in warm water. nd take the mixture and rub it on the bottoms f your feet, toes and heels, and put on your tockings when going to bed; repeat this rew y for four nights, and your feet will be entire ured. 00NMERCIAL. hAMBURG, Feb. 7. Our Cotton Market here has been quite flat for the ast week, no quotable change in prices. Recelpts ery liglyt. K. AUGUSTA, February 5. Cotlto.-The market continues depressed and un Dttled, with limitedesales at irregular quotations. CHARLI ON, Fob. 5. Couo.-Tbhearket is quiet and but few buye re out. Salesil,500 bales, at yesterday's decline 0 cent. We quote 11 to 11l clt. Protesoai Card. r HE Undersigned having formed a partnershiO in the PR %CTICE of LAW and EQUITY 6r Edgefield District, will give prompt and dili tent attention to all business entrusted to their are. The residence of Mr. OwEvs is at Barnwell C. I-that of Mr. 8EInBLs at Kagefield, S. C. EMMET SEIBELS, W. A. OWENS. Feb.1, tf 4 GOODS AT COST, r 11E Subscriber. expecting to enlarge his busi ness early in March, and wishing to maki oom for his Spring Stock, which will b., muc arger than usual, proposes to sell his ENTIR Stock of Goods Lt Cost for Cash, and Cash onl My Stock is almost entirely new, having bought within the last three months. I again call on persons Indebted to me previo o the year 1858; and feel It but justice to hat those who fail to Fettle with me, or make isfnctory arrangements with me between this a he firBst of March, will find their Notes and :ounts in the hands of an attorney'for collectit JOHN CHEA-THAM. Duntonsville, Feb 9 8t 6 rHE Ladies and Gentlemen of Edgefeld, to lge:her with the Misses and Youths, an " Young America" generally are respectfully in formed that the Subscriber has on hand a choic assortment of VALENTINES, both Comic an< Sentimental. Also, ENVELOPES to mitch. W. 1I. HARRISON, Agt. Feb 9 it 6 I HAVE on hand and will continue to keep supply of the latebt and most select MUSIC such as Songs, Marches, Waltzes, Schottlaches, & A, RAMSEY. Feb 9 2t 6 GRANITEVILLE HOTEL. HE Subscriber having taken charge of thi THOTE L, respectfully informs the public tha he is prepared for the accommodation of Regula and Transient Boarders; on reasonable terms. lie intends to make this House a UlOM E for al who may patronibe him; and hopes, by strict at tention to th, wants of his guests, to givesatisfac tion to all and receive a liberal share of publi patronage. D. A. BODIE. Feb 9 3L* 4 To my Paying Patrons. I TAKit Pleasure in infforming you, that oi TIlURtSDAY MORNING NEXT, I wIll havi butchered and ready for delivery, one of the FINEST BEEVES Thiat hi ever exhiblted in this Market. Th1l Beef 'ilarge, fat and in the best killing ordet th e prezliumn eef. To mny Nea-Paying Patrons. All who are in arrears will do me a favor t pay up in a short time. Come up, gentlemen, an pay the Butcher to-day ; and on to-morrow yo will be prepared to appreciate a delightful Bee Stake from the Premium Beef. W. W. GOODMAN. Feb 9 'it 6 Public Sale, W ILL be sold at E'lgefield C. H., to the higb cst bidder, on FRIDAY, the 18th day c Februnry inst., commeneing at 10 o'ciock, A. MI, a portion of tihe personal Estate of P. F. La Borde, dec'd , viz: NINE LIKE LY NEGROES. Consitng of two women, one extra likely girl 1: or 14 years old, two boys, 9 and i t years old, ait four smaller children. Corn, Fodder, one Two H~orse Wagon and THar nssq, one Cow, liousohtold and Kitchen Furniture with other articles not enunmeratedl. TERM8.-The Negroes ont one and two yoear credit. The other personalty, all sums of suc BI0 on one years credit, interest from date. Pay able annually with note and two approved secuti ties. .All sums under $10, cash. Purchasers failing to comply, the property to te resold at first purchaser's risk, on the Court Hout steps, on saturday the 19th, at 11 o'clock, M1. To approve securities-Vol. 3. P. Carroll a John Hluiet. .J0HN llUID.T, Acljing for M. LaBorde, Ex'or. Feb2t 6 Public Sale, eh-' Cut ose eq~jour T go Slaves to wit -AM ANDA, a like'y yonog woman, about. twent years old, and FANNY, a valuable woman abot thirty-five years old. Said slaves are b.,th ver valhable, namd will be sold under a Mortgage, whic has beeni assignted to mte, executed by Lewis Coval on the 27tha Decen,ber 186. C. BRUCE WALKER, Per E. 8EIBLEas, Agent. Feb. 9 4t5 Assignee's Notice. ALTL AND SINGULAR, the Creditors of th Lilate R. P H Altit.-ON are hereby notifie that they are requ ,<iTt to preent their claims duli attessed, to the Undersigned, on or before the lot da.i of May next, and all thoase indebted to th said Rt. P. lIharrison's estata., are re.quest. d to malk payment to the Undersigned lby tihe time abov specifed-as a settlement of said Estate must 1 made soon. CIIA S. M.IFRES'IA N, Assignee of Rt. P. Harrison. Feb 8, 1859. 3m 6 Onion Setts & Planting Potatoes 01 BLS ChicePlanting POT ATOES; Wht nd Yellow Onion SkTTS; Also, choice Smoke Beef, j..st received ad fo sale by E. M1. PENN. Feb9 tf . '6 ClONYCENTR AT ED LYE.-Waranate 'Jto make Soap, without Lime, and with littli or no trouble. Jlust received and for sale by ' . -. .M-.-PENJl Feb9 ~ tf 4 J UST RECEIVED via Charleaston, pe USteamer Isabella, 20 Dozen Dr. Miartinm's werb. renown COUGH MEDICINE. For sale at Sib ey's Corner. it. L. G ENTitY, Agt Hamburg, Feb 9 tf 5 ERISH POTATOES-NOW IS THE TIM TO PLANT! I N Store a few barrels superior Planting an Eating POTA TOES. For sale cheap fur daai byW. H. IhARRISON, Agt. Feb 9 * tf 6 PIE FRUIT. S TR AWBERRIES preserved in their owvn jice which are as fresh and delicious as when usi plucked from the vine. If you wish a plat6 og itrawberries nndl Cream,or a Str.swberry Pie, An o H A RRISON'S, where may be found 'nmhn f the Luxuries and Necessaries of Life, and al or sale at low figures for cash. Feb~W H. ARRISON. Angg an fic ieth t e utos it h Rv . CT MURRAY acting as Principal. In the death of Mrs. DANIrar, In the fallof 1867, thre Institution is known to have sustained a grier cus loss. But we trust that loss hits been repaired, as our hopes have been re-animated, from having secured the services of Miss. F. P. CHAPLIN, who comes to us with testimonial. from distin guished gentlemen and scholars, that leave no roomr to doubt, but that her qualifications are of the highest order. -In the person of Miss COTE, wo have satisfao. tory assurances of ahighly competent Instructress j in the French Language. A descendant of French parents, and accustomed to the use of that Ian rguage around the fraternal freside from childhood, pust have given her a knowledge of its original Itructure and a fluency of pronunciation seldom -attained under different circumstances. - The Musical and other ornamental branches it Sis believed are all equally well provided for, as well as the Juvenile or Preparatory iFehool, now In charge of Miss WVALLER, in whom the comn ' unity have high confidence. The charges here. are too well known to need a Srecapitulation. The Institution has been endowed, Sand the cost of tuition in all except the ornamen tal braenches, has been reduced by the scholarship plan, to sIx dollars and a quarter per annum, for cash scholars. 5 - The price of boarding .is 10 dollars per month .In the moat genteel families. Our town is emi r izrnoar.-quie,1muI5ionasad healtky. With arrangements thus fully consummatod, .iohnson University has again spread her canvass -to the breeze, trusting alone for that patroasgo on which her prosperity depends, to the faithful dis charge of all her duties. -0.R. BROYLES,A Acting Pres't B. of Trustees. Anderson, Feb 9 2t 6 E GEFIELD HOES~ I HAMBURG,8S. C. iS NRW & SPLENDID HOUSE ilr Liquors, Lunches and R eshauents, is now kept by the und igned in a sty le heretofore unknowa in thi , plaice Is WINES. LIQUORS, SEGARS AND TO B3ACCO are or the most choiee gualities. A. NURNBERGER. Ha g, Feb 9 W 8T m 6 SHAW ANTSHIS DUES! A LL, prsmns indebted to the iSubscriber are i m t a'ectionately invited to call on him and pay thr same. To s many kind patrons he returns his thankv', a'rd e takes occasion to inform them that he still co tinues the CA RRIAGE aiid WAGON BU SINE in all its branches, and warrants allwork execu d by hIm to be done In a workmanlike . manne . STKEPHIN SHAW. Feb S, . NO IC E.--AlI persons are forewarned from tding for a certain Note aiven by me to . MIaj. J. H. Hughes, for $300, as the considerations for wh h said Note wee given, hay. proven n JOHN TBRRY, r. 0FebO 9 t* . 6 SGARDEN SEEDS, SWARRANTED TO VEGETATE ? I UST received a large collection oef GARDEN, d SEED, of every variety, which is warranted of last year's growth, anud a superior article. These SEED will be sold low. Call and get your supplies in time. W. H. HAtRISON Anv. .lan 25 tf S. .Wanted, a 1inn BUSHELS 0001) DRIED PEACHES i UvUU for which the hlghest market price will i be given tobe paid ingoods. a We have now in store and are daily receiving a a fine lot of FAMILY GROCERIES which will be sold very cheap for the ready Rhine. ' Come to New Mariet and buy your yearly sup. plies ere It be too late. We have also an assortment of D. Landreths. L celebrated frerb and genuine GARDEN SEEDS. [ Price 65 cts. per paper. Also a large lot of those fine Northern raised yellow pink eyed IRISH PO TA TOES. Come soon and get some to plant for .early table use, and to have a few floe early Po tatoes to send the Editor a mess. earlier than any of your neighbors. APPLETON & R. M. PERRDIAN, INew Market, S. C., Feb. 2, dt 4 NOTJCE.-All pesons having claims against the Efstate of illiamr Logne, dec'd., are hereby requested to present them properly attest edi; and all persons indebted to said Estate must maske immediate payment. E. H. YOUNGBLOOD, Adm'r. Aug 18 tf 32 GOOD THINGS! Iam now receiving a large supply of MA CK r H ELL, No 3, in i bli., and No I and No 2, in Kitte, &c. I Also, a good supply of the Pink Eye Plan'lng r POT ATOES. They are Fresh and very prolific in yield. " S . E. BOWERS, Agent. hamburg, Feb. 2, if 4 . TRESE SODA CRACKERS, MAC CARONI and CHEESIE. A supply of the above juet received and for sale bcy ' E. MI. PENJ. Feb 2 . f A N TALENTINES? VA LENTINES!-.. V A Ane supply of Valentines for sale at the POST OFF IC&