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uArULSERNs EvERs r W=D===A =ORN A. sImINS, D . DIiSOi & LlI h IEE , PROPLTOaS. TERMS OF SUESCRIPTIO. Two DOLLARS per year, if paid in advance-TWQ DoLLAIas and FirrY Covrrs if not paid within six montbs-and TnERa DOLLARS if not paid bofore the expiration of the year. Sulbseriptions out of the District and from other States, must invariably be paid for in advance. RATES OF ADVERTISING. All advertisements will be correctly and conspicu ously inserted at Seventy-five Cents per Square (12 Brevier lines or less) for the Brat insertion, and Fifty Cents for ach subsequent insertion. When only pub lisbd Monthly or Quarterly, $1 per square will be sharged. Each vad overy Transient Advertisement, to secure publicity through our columns, must invariably be paid In advance. Adirertisements not having the desired number of Insertions marked on the margin, will be continued until forbid and charged accordingly. Thoe desiring to advertise by the year, can do so on liberal terms-it being distinctly understood that contracts for yearly advertising are confined to the immediate, legitimate business of the firm or individ ual contracting. All communications of a personal charact obarged as advertisements. Obituary Notices exceeding one e in length will be charged for the overplu9,pa uat rates. Announcing a Candidate v4 Inserted until paid for,) Five Dollars. For Advertising Es Tolled, Two Dollars, to be pai.l by the Magi' advertising. For the Advertiser. VAL 07 THE SLAVE TRADE-NO. VI. h TIwe ,ar muet U carried into Africa." There is an ilimitable demand at the South for all sorts of manufactures which we decline to make for ourselves because we have not the labor. We now wear Yankee clothes, sleep upon Yankeebeds-walk upon Yankee carpets-sweep our floors with Yankee brooms and ride up~n Yankee saddles. We sit in Yankee chairs to dine on Yankee tab!es, out of Yankee pb.tes, wi:h Yankee knives and forks. We even drink water with Yankee dippers, out of Yankee buckets, drawn by Yankee pumps. But who can enumerate the list of their manufac tures which we ought to produc.e at home and could if we but had the labor-the African la bor. The success of our negro mechanics in many branches of handicraft is ackncwledged by al, and their fitness to follow a variety of secondary trades is placed beyond controversy. Especially may it be predicated of the negro that he is susceptible of becoming an expert in cotton manufacturing. On the subject of manu facturing cotton, it may be taken that no higher authority-can be quoted in the United States than Mr. William Gregg, of Graniteville, 8. C. His almost. unequalled success in several pur. suits, and particularly in cotton manufacturing, should entitle his opinion to great ieight. - Many years ago he wrote a series of articles upon cotton manufacturing for the Charleston Cbuier, which led to the establishment of Gran iteville. In one of those papers after saying that the cost of living and of water power are cheaper here than at the North-that the raw cotton can be had here for from one to one and a half cents per pound less than it can be got there, he further declares that, " which of the two is cheaper, free or slave labor, is a question not yet decided by manufacturers at the South. .All concur thsat thsere is no diference as to capa bil ity. The only question is whether hired white labor is not cheaper than slave labor." " Why not spin as well as plant cotton ? The same hand that attends the gin may work a carding machine. The girl who is capable of' making thread ont a country spining kheel, may do the samte with equal facility on the thsostle frame. The woman who can work' the thread and weave it on a common loom may soon be taught to do the same-on the powuer loors;. and so with all the departmet.fq.tio totett;- ref~ has prs -ed th white or bla ' taught in a weo 0 to be expert in any post of a cotton factory ; mnoreeoer all overseers wveko havs eperience lie sn atter yise a decided pre Mr. Montgomery, the very worthy and intelli gent superintendent of the Graniteville Factory, also says in his treatise on the cotton Manufac factures of the United States compared with those of Great Britain, " If the experiment of slave labor succeed in factories, as is confidently expected, the cost of mannfacturing the cotton into cloth will be much less there (WV. S.) than any where else, so that it will not be surprising if in the course of' a few years (Mr. Montgomery wrote necar 20 vears ago) those Southern .factories should manufacture coarse cotton goods and sell them in public mar. kets at one lkatf Ihe yrice at whichs they are mans ufactured in England." Considering our other advantages, if our black slave trade had been left opena, like the white slave trade of the North has been, since 1808, it is almost demonstrable, that cotton goods could have now been manufactured at the South arid sold " in the public markets at one half the p rice, it which they are manufactured in (old) England" or in New England. Labor is all that is lacking, to do it yet.' It may have been in part, the fejar of this comnpetition in cotton manufacturing by means of slave labor, that so suddenly abolitionised England, and .hat has made her such an inveterate foe to the slave trade. May not our cousins of' the North have lbeen influenced somewhat by the same im tive ? Is there nothing significant in the fact that A bo lition rose p sri passss with the rise of British cotton manufactures-that it did the same in our Northern States, being purely a political question there now. After laborious and anxions reading- to discover the contrrolling rasae of Abolition, I have deliberately arrived at the con. c'usion that its nainspring in mni' i . the mnases-the popular fuel which has ever fed its fires nntil recenItir, was the fear that the South would rnasufa;ture as wecll as make her cotton with slave labor. Now that the slaves of the South cannot supply the demand for even the raw material much less compete with England in manufacturing it, a thorough change, if not an entire revolution in public sentiment is ta king place in England, not only in regard to the institution of slavery, but in respect to the slave trade itself'. Manchester now instead of apprehending the rivalry of Southern slaves in manufacturing cot ton-is actuatly alarmed, lest the abolition cru sade instigated by h'erself, but which our stupid countrymen of the North are at ibis time preach ing against us, shall succeed in its fell purpoe 4f destroying slavery as well as the suppl of cotton from the South. To be prepared for the destruction of cotton culture at the South-for the ruin of cotton manufactures at the North, and for the overthrow of Republican Institutions in this country, whose example is sapping the 'very foundations of Royalty and Nobility, not only in England but throughout Europe, are the probable motives which actuate England ini coionizing Africa and making apprentices of Africans, iseluding those which she captures in the slavers of other Nations. When did England release a captured African and restore him to home or liberty ? Will any man living say she has done so within ten yearst if yea, 1 chal lenane him to the proof. If the evidence be calId for it can be established that she has made apprentices with which to grow cotton, or tropi cat products wanted by the United States and Europe of all the negroes she has taken from Brazilian and Cuban traders. The "London Cotton Plant," an American Newspaper publish ed in the British Capital, on a late occasion de fied the Authorities to deny it. They plead guilty', but justified their course upon the ground that it was the only way to civilize the negro. She inflicts but a nominal punishment on her own citizens for engaging in the slave trade. Why is this if she has ever honestly intended to suppress the traffic among her oren people, as well-as among the citizens of other States? Nor are the merely nominal pnalties of her statutes agaihst it ever enforce. When did England punish any of her subjects for participating in dhe trade which she formedy beratedt with such 1 ...he.ent dannciaion ? Tell un.ai Meealy l'i >r .you Mr. Seward who lead the BritshParry aere and who deserve to lead it, on account of Four transcendent, but perverted talents, which must be exercised against -your country at the llattering instance of British Aristocracy, or the musical clink of British gold? Having com paratively no cotton mantactures at the South and being unablO to furnish the raw material, shall we persever in remaining so oblivious to self-interest, as to draw slaves from our already half abc litionized border States, to make cotton for England-to fail even then in making a sufli ciency for her, and yet oppose reviving the slave trade, thpt she may revive it, under the specious fo:m of apprenticeship-raise her own raw ma terial and bid us defiance. . We are doing all this now. The cotton.. manufactures of England are firmly establhltb4 Her far reaching, never ceasing policy is. next to put her cotton culture upon the same stable~bas-. Hence her persis tant filibustering for Co'lonies and her adop . of an extensive apprentice system. Tc. ie having proven himself, but an itore nt ap prentice she is taking the Afri' and all Africa in charge. At least France England tire dividing the whole conti between them. France is also preparin -to assert her ancient claim to the large, Arle and genial Island of Madagasker, whih'is in th same latitude as the neighboring Isles of Bourborn and Mauritius, a has eight times as much territory as South ua. The late t'remendous success of . in the Isle of Bourborn and of England sland of Mauritius in producig sugar, , etc., with apprentices, as well as the uncon uerable purpose to grow their own cotton, have helped to make them set their hearts upon the continent of Africa and upon the Africans themselves as laborers. France leads in trans porting apprenticesfrom Africa to give England a public excuse for doing likewise. But Eng land puts the world to shame. even Cuba an'd Brnzi., at making apprentices of negroes in Af rica. The two nations must understand each other. They have each to repair a blunder in the West Indies. England calls it apprentice ship instead of slavery, simply to disguise her purpose-to prevent our taking the alarm and re-opening the slave trade ourselves. She will throw off the mask spon-is beginning to do it now. The continent of Africa is to become her cotton patch and all Africans her cotton laborers. She will fight to suppress the slave trade in a few years more if her cotton culture shall con tinue to flourish as it promises to do no -. The idea is a big one, but Jahn Bull's ideas general ly are empires. It is worthy of him, but un worthy of us and of our fathers if we suffer outrselves to be hood-winked any longer. But to return to the particular subject of manufacturing cotton at the South by means of negro labor. Mr. .Montgomery, in the same con nection from which the above extract was taken, cntinues, " There are several cotton factories in Ten nessee operated entirely by siace labor there not being a white man in the Mill but the superin tendant, and according to a letter lately received from the superintendant of one of these facto ries, it appears that the blacks do their work in every respect as well as could be expected from whites." Many cotton factories at the South, other than those of Tennessee, were operated entirely or nearly so by negroes previous to the apprecia tion of slave labor above the wages of white labor. If Messrs. Gregg and Moutgomnery now employ white labor instead of black, it is simply because white labor is the cheaper; because the Graniteville Company cannot and would not if they could command the money to buy slaves at present prices, or to hire them at present rates of negro hire, while they can get white opera tives at so much lower wages. If any white hands, in Southern factories cheat themselves into the belief that they are retained in prefer enece to negroes out of any stronger attachment which capital has for them, than it entertains fur negro labor, they deserve to be pittied, as they are about as self-deluded, as some Southern planters are, in thinking that they- have a mo nopoly of raw cotton by some speciality of Southern soil, or climate. Capital has no synm pathy but for its own interest. It studies Arith metic, not the Humanities, and we have to dread that most of the stock holders in Southern fac tories, will oppose the newloftesa-rd, , n dbut the white opera tive whto shall be so blind to his own interest, will deserve to snuff the hot aind greasy dust of a factory from 5 o'clock in the morming until 7 at night, the remainder of his days. Southern manufacturers have salved the problem " which is cheaper, white or slave labor," and I would as soon accept Mr. Gregg's solution of it, as that of any man on either side of the Atlantic. lie has made good his title to stand near head in matters of finance, having turned most men down in that line. It will be mtuch ado, if any Southern manutiteturer consenats to a revival of the slave trade for the fojrcib~le reason that it would tend to make the white operatives inade pedent, and thereby raise the price of white thetory labor. But negro operatives could be put in their places at an early day. So let the manufacturers be liberal to their own race and not oppose revival. That a negro can readily perform the task of an operative in a cotton factory is very reasona ble, since niuch of the labor, not only in cotton maufacturing, but in most other kinds of man ufturing now-a-days is d one by machinery, which in numerous instances is endowed with a skill superior even to that of the white man, so that nothing is left in cotton manufacturing but a manipulation about as diflicult as that of at tending to a common gin. Mr. Gregg, in the same paper from which I have already quoted, gives ,.ther weiglity reasons, besides the t-ase of manipulating maichinery and the cheapness of slaves (if the trade wer-e :e.oplOned) why negroes s~oub'l be prefered to whites for operatives. "Fir-s-t-you are not under the necessity of' eucating them, and have therefore their unainter rupted s4ervices, from the age of eight years. The second is that when you have your mill filled with exspwr/ hands, you are not subjected to the chkange which is cuonstanitly taking -iplce with whites. Thme te.aching of new hands and th conistant change of operatives are evils ser-i ously felt. In the Sumumer season, when it is desirable to ramble in the cauntry, many eastern (New Englanmd) factories have one third1 of their machinery standing idle for the waint of hands." It has fregnently been stated by muen expert iam the sc-iencee of values, Ihat a pound of cotton~ when manufacturedl into eluth is worthfolhd as much as the raiw material. D)eduet half the value of the ebmsh for cost of material and for wages of manufacture, and there would be lef; fwice the value of our whole cotton crop to fill the coffers of the ship-owner for transportation and of the manufacturer for his small skill and little capital in machinery. Mr. MeDuflie at ways contended that Simmons, of Rhode Island, (a princely manufacturer) made more clear proit by manufacturing four hundred bales of otton than he did by producing the same num ber of bales on his plantation. Be that as it may, we know that cotton manufacturing forms the basis of old England's and of New England's commercial greatness. That it gives employ met to their ships and places the exchanges e1 the world under the control of their factors. Every statesman in England without exception Lonceeds that, the cotton trade is the heart of British commerce. They admit now, that the war taxes and continental subsidies which ena bled her to overthrow the elder Napoleon were ollected mostly upon cottomn imported into and exported from Englanid after having been mianu factured. Now if we could manufacture most of our raw cotton at home, which seems extremely pro bable if the slave trade were revived, wonld not the South then derive treble the wealth amnd pwer she now realizes fronm her raw cotton. Is it not deserving the attention of the older slave States that they should undertake cotton mann ictures in anticipation of the more fertile States of the West monopolizing the culture of cotton ? Let them undertak-e other kinds of manufactures too. Onr slaves are competent to do it with white men to direct thema. 1,000,000 negroes could not manufacture more than halff or dur cotton crop, md if we could but manufacture even that half what a spring would -be given to every other nanufacturing business at the South?' But I eed not sketch the picture. Indeed I could not f I would paint its lineaments. if one million agroes were set to manufacturing our cotton, it rould require a quarter million more of themj o grow provisin and supply the other nrm.u.s disconnected with the cotton factories, but ne eesary to the maintinance of the black oper, atives. " Cotton manufaetures have been the pioneers, 'i which have introdueed and given an inipetus to all other branches of Meclunia in Great Bri tain, the continent of Europe and this country" That negroes have ability enough to successfully most of the lower mechani es is borne out by the daily observation ofivcry One. P Let the skeptical count the nunlir of negro w carpenters, brick layers, house painters, wheel s wrights, blacksnitha, tanne shoe makers, etc., st in his own neighborhood./ I amn writing to slave ii holders now, I will ewdon with non-slaveholders e presently. r Then how can it gravely 1>e alleged, that a renewal of 'the slavo trade, would diminish the 'rather the hire of negroes so much? ' might do A for a time, but as soon as d -one occupation should cease to pay, would not h slave owners abandon it immediately -and lay n hold of something else more profitable. Is this p not the course they pursue now when any busi- a1 ness is overdone ? Would not the same equili- a brium be preserved among the various employ- tj ments of the South, afjer revival,that exist among them now ? To advance the proposition. that our planters woubl invest capital in Africans, P with whon to make cotton, or sugar, or hemp, or rice, or tobacco, or grapes after the culture t of either had cea.ed to pay, is to say that they d should each and all have a guardian appoinic to manage their investments for them. What C restraint is imposed upon their discretion now in buying negroes ror the cotton patch, the 9 sugar field, the rice swamp, or the copper mine? Is there any except that of self interest ? Does not one slaveholder plant this and another that? Does not a third put his negroes to trades-a fourth set his to cutting lumber, and a fifth start his to manufacturing, as his own self interest p may direct? Then let our labor market be ti governed by demand and supply, as the labor market of the North is. Let us buy negroes in Africa, as well as in Virginia, when Virginia is unable to furnish. them. Where did the free trade South learn the doctrine of protecting her citizens against themselves? Such a principle is more congenial to centralized, imperial Franes than it is, or ever can be I hope, to the Southern States. Mules are as necessary an instrument in Mis- d ing cotton as negroes and a mule will last fifteen years which is- half the -average duration of a i negro's life. A mule will likewise cost aboit r one fourth as much as a negro does. There is also a surplus of mules in the North West, and we can purchase just as many as we want for growing cotton, yet does any man object to a thousand droves of mules coming to one neigh borhood in the South for sale ? Is any one afraid of himself that he will buy a mule when i he ought not, an more than he would an African negro? Economically speaking it would be just as wise to hold public meetings for de nouncing that stirling man of enterprise William Culbreath, for fetching a drove of mules into Edgefield District for sale, as it is to hold them for denouncing the patriotic Lamars for fetching a cargo of Africans into the same District. They should be applauded, not condemned. t SCIPIO. ARTHUR SIMXINS, EDITOR. EDGEPIELD* B. C. .. ....... -.. . .-..- 1 WVEDNESDAYFEBRUARY 23, 1859. I Sentiment of the Scason. Wegive you, gentlemen, " Ta H E xEomtY of GEORGE WASHIINGTON~.". .Mt. Vernon. Special attention is invited to the appeal in behalf of tho Ladies' Mt. Vernon enterprize. Find it on 5th column of Page First. ' SThanks to A. P. B. fr a Texas Almanac. RELIGIOUS NOTICE. Rev. 3. D.4I. Conwimis, A. M., Universalist, of Ken. PATAL CASUALTY. A negro mnan, ANTHOXY, belonging to Mr. JoiN STSEDHAM, or this District, was thrown from a horde2 on the 17th- Instant and instantly killed. It was found that his nock had been broken by the fall. MISS ANNIE Rt. BLOUNT. This young lady, known to our readers as " Jzssy WooDnmNE," lins taken a premium of one hundred dollars fur the best prize story to be publiehed in a Southern newspaper. We congratulate our Jreny upon lier success. TIhe premium was awarded by Wx. CrLSona Stxxte, and others, the examining committee. "BEAUTIFUL SALLIE." See the sprightly and beautiful verses of a new cun-. tributor. They should win the hearts of all the " beau. tiful Sallies," at least to the extent of a warm ap. t plause,. THlE EDGEFIELD GHOST. * * * * * * justeome tohand. Will give it in full next week. NEWY ATLAS. See the advertisement of Mr. Dmsxxos. C'olton'a Atlas had the reputation of being dune of the best. PIERREI F. ILABORDE.. Reference is asked to, thc truthful obituary notice of oar Into fellow-citirmen, Pmrnan. F. Lasonnes. It is froni one who knew him well in all the walks oif lire. The daeele wa~s for a timte conneeired with this oflcs as editor. in all his relatious, whether of business or of duty, he was abuo reproneh. In the earlier days of Edgefield siociely, the place whieb lhe was wont to occupy as a citizen and as a gentleman is not to be forgotten by his coteumporiaries. Long a recluse from the social circle by renson of ill health, ho yet retained the friendship and regard of his na-t tive community to the last. Peace to his ashes ! MUNICIPAL ELEUTION. An electiou was held in Hamburg the past week for intendant and Wardens of that Town, with theI following result: Capt. J. J. KENNEDYv, Intenidnit. Messrs. lvn.1 Sntras, Wit. Hu.L, C. McDOYX.Lnn, Roar. McDoN S?Z.D, JAR. C. LanR: and 0. HI. P. Scort, Warden. THEATR ICA LS. Ma. MAncnaur's Company, or 'a highly respecta-. ble portion thereof, will visit Edlgefield in a short time. We are informed of the fact but not of the exact time of their appearance. It is proppsed to give three entertainments of high order. A rich treat may be anticiitatod.f Due notice will he given. -MORE OF THE FAVORED. The S. C. Soni of Tempecrance and the Orangeburg Soualroni are two other papers in th's State that have each received a slice of Federal patronage exactly of a piece with that which the Samter lKrehman espied on our plate sone weeks ago. We have devoureda that slice, and would like to get another one as aoona as practisable. The appetite fur this sort of p~roven- t der is onie which growa by what it feeds upon; But ~ we would as soon think that good corn and a plenty of it lnjured a good hiorse, as that any sueh loaf as this could touch the independence of an editor who a felt any pride in his calling. A dozen such loaves,. - a and a few fishes thrown in, would certainly not un- ' pair our professional zst in the least. It remains to ii be seen whether or not it would Interfere with our a habit of thinking for ourselves on all questions. We can only wish that the "powers that he" would give 'w us a chance to try the experiment. GETTING RICII. a The Albany (Gs.) Patring tells of Col. Joszenm t BoSD, who recently sold his whole cotton crop for the year '58 at sonmethiing over one Aunidred thiousanid C dollar.. The Patriot adds: " should Col. BOYD live Cl a few years with his present incomne, and exercise ~ prudenc and economy, he will, pierhap., he a rich ' man." -ti aw' " Rur's lines on " What the North wind .. wil appear.. in. a.shrttma . AU ASRICUETU hEL CHAPaER* We here propose to glance at two or three of our ricultural esibanges, and pluck a few thoughts (or ptions, as ther case may be,) adapted to the season. In the Farmer and Planter, of our own Slate, we Iserve in essay on corn culture by D. WYAr AixEN, which the following positions are taken: 1. That irn should be planted on the bed], this plan being referable, on sevaral accountp, to planting in the ater-farrow or upon a Sat surface. 2. That corn iould be only sidel the first ploughing, but that this ould be-done deeply. 3. That the hoo hands should smediately follow to straighten up, and mould the irn. 4. That ten days after the siding another f!4 iw should be run with a twister to fill up the siding. irrow, and run a eeply too as possible. 5. That me hoe hands should follow again with all convenient ispatol. 6. That t-e next plowing should be with uzzard-wings, as shallow as possible, and not run. ing near the corn.i Ordinarily, says Mr. Aikix, this lowing lays by ihe crop; although, In a very wet mson, another ploughing may be necessary. He as irts that nine a should make a corn crop, If to land has bdeziW ughly prepared previous to lauting, or if the i1d had been well cultivated the receding year in cotton. pS&t The Southern .Cmticator says that sweet pota aes should be bedded out this month for a supply of raws, or at all events very early in March. Now, also, says tht Culticator, is the time to sow olza seed, (and what are Colza seed?) Plant the mad on a well-prepared bed, and you may have excel mat greens in. four weeks. Have you any such seed, Ir. P'enn ? %r you, Mr. Harrison ? The editor, Dr. LEE, ougests the following plan of ixing guano for mnuring: Unse leaf mould or urface scrapings from the, woods, 5 or 6 parts to I art of guano, and after carefully mixing, sprinkle io pile with a strong brine, let it stand 24 hours and se. -2-3 The Country Gentleman publishes a strong re ommendation of the one-eye system in planting Irish otatoes. The writer deelares that palpable experi. ients have proven to him that it is far superior to the mode of planting the whole potatoe. "A grazier " contends warmly for a change of food ir stock of all kindsat erming that a leu amount will o much more gooa if psoperly varied. A female contributor, bearing the soubriquet of ELLII, sends to the Country Gentleman the following ecipe for making brown bread: "Take two quarts of woet skim-milk, one tablespoonful of saleratus, one of alt, half a cup of molasses; put in equal quantities of ye and Indian meal,until the dough is as stiff as can be onveniently stirrod-with a spoon; then put it in two wo-quart tins. Plag sticks across the bottom of the ettlo to keep the water from the bread; place one of he tins on these, and the'other in a tin steamer placed an the top of the sa kettle, and let it steam three tours. Care should e taken to keep the water boil ug while the bread Illooking. When done, put it in i warm oven long en'ough to dry the top of it, not she it. Yeast can b'o used instead of saleratus, if any prefer it, but the'bread must rise well before put ing it in the kettle." . A contributor, signing himself Suzt Fosycm, ad Iresses the editor in despair on the subject of the reather-changes. He is evidently bewildered and lumbfounded in his elimateology by the rain-varieties if the past two months. We can sympathize with ini in this latitude. BURL attempts, among other hinge, to discuss the question: whether the cold >rings the north-west wind? or the north-west wind irings the cold? but-Ads himself utterly unable to >ring out a satisfactery answer. So might we bother sr brains te little purpose, to decide whether the East wind.. brings the rain or the rain brings the cast wind; common observation takes one view of it nd MAUUy takes another. SUxL goes on to say hat he used lo know something (as he fondly sup >osed) about the weather. Ho used to watch tihe noon and bclieva-in herr prophetic phases; but she is ow become, says ShuaL, a thorough-going State tights institution and refuses even to lend the light if her counsel to this, ' central government. (We 'xelaim Tellua in vay Like Sosr., many more ortals have been pas~ and put out by the late re arkable weathie s: u .r.aczaal o ,- ping altl ~gs, believing all things." g' The Anmerican~ Couton Planater, by our old friend ad classmate, N. B. CLOUD, is one of the best agri ultural publications in the whole country. -The umber before us Is varIed and interesting, as usual, mbracing someo 30 or 40 different topics. We have nly room to extract a Ifint or two. The cottonm sr-roper ishn implement we never see nm South Carolina. Why Is this? Western planters tse it extensively In their cultivation and regard it as n adjunct to the hoe, ,ndispensablo to the perfect tending' of a full crop. Once, in passing through be Temnessee Valley, wehad occasion to observe the rork of this inplecment cm several large plantations. t was both rapid and ,eautiful. A writer in the ~ottmn Planter, avw thkt the agriculturist who has ot learned the use of theccruper is "the worst kind f an old fogy,' Why wil not some of our Edigefield lanters procure time genine Alabama scraper, anmd sest its merits ? Simple a the thing Is, it might re ult in an immense imnproinment of our systeum of cul ure. We commend theexperiment to J. B. G. of his vicinity. Mr. W. ParrILrs pronoulces Peabody's Prolific Corn humbug. There are see in these parts who will trike pmalme with him on hat conclusion. Hie made ,fair trial of the corn lam year. His ordinary corn ielded about 60 bushels pr acre,-his extraordinary the Prolific) only 32 or 3bushecls. The Ho.g Cholera eppes to hare- ben prevailing n Alabama. It has also ppeared in various phrts f South Carolina. TiiosW. G onnioM M. D. sends ate lsnmer the subjoir. fortnula for pirepiaring rhat he says is cefictual I preventing the disease,t nd generally so in curinjt: It. Femrri Snlph. lb. j. (emperas, 1 11.) P'otassio Nitratos, lb. j. altpetre, 1 lb.) Zingibmer P'uly. lb. s. (6iger i lb.) GIrindl, or otherwise flne pulverize the iron and otash, then adid the ginmgm Give to each animal a saspoonmful every ay wish'ad, or once inm two or bree days, if used as a prentive.- - I think it is rather' bettto give the medicine in p try meal oir bran, than tnive it in slop1, although y any have thus fed it. Itill be of little or no ser ice to small pigs, anid pialhy of little benefit to receding sow!, enelenmte, aspossnibly an injury. tI The horticultural editermarks that Okra may g e planted the last of this 'ath, and that the seed a hould be planted deep. 'i samne of Early Corn. In the floral departmemspf the Planmter we find ty many items that would ple the ladies, but have ce nly room at present for trollowing suggestions in egard to that brilliant litower, the Verbenac: " The Verbena, though.i ows in aiiy soil, will ttain its highest perfeetia . a mixture of clay, an and, and leaf-mould, dng he .depth of eighteen of r twenty Inches, and enri4 by a coat of poultry manure, well mixed with' toiL. It should have a , all exposure to the sun, b 'i g fend of moisture, die he beds should no4.be ''As soon as a bed of in rrbenas ceases to bloozid summer, and runs to sod, just mow off the ;to the gronn~l, and preamd a little leaf-mould o t, and in a very short poi ime it will bloom again in- ta glory." "abOLE I1N Ti WA LL." hij Many readers are awareg.his expressIon is now. wr days in comn'on use to de4the entrances into the at ellar drinking saloons of egwns and cities. How e phrase originated we ft remember to have kn. curd. But there is a pasu in Esamr., Chap. list ii, 7-10 verses, which di~ a picture bearing a' If. trange similitude to those lern "hells," as they to 1 ro sometimes called. Wedhe passage certina: furt "7. And he brodgbt, Do isdoors of the court, ad when I looked, behold 4eIn the wall, th "8. Then he said unto injn of man, dig now in me wall; and when I had in the wall, beheld J door. 1400 " 9. And he said unto min, and behold the 'mer: 'iked abominations thatt o here. "10. So I went in and jand behold every ,rm of ceeping things, anmtminable beasts, and gets il the idols of the houefairpourtrayed upon lives me wall round about." Who that has for a mola95esdlat the distorted ricatures of natural objects low pictures of las- aw iviousness which bestud t#{a of.modern dlrink, a mg cellars, but will at once yize their prototype woy Sthe prophet's singular.d ion of the profani.we esof apast day. " . later S A man neaer so Iay skews his own mort T' E ~ ouCHELI MEETING. The reader will see that there are two reports from this meeting,-one from the majority, the other from the minority. We understand that there was some exciting discussion on one or two points, in which Col. M. C. BurLU, Col. DAVID Damot, Col. J. C. SuYLY, Mr. V. A. HEuLONG, and perhaps others, par ticipated. There can be no doubt of the honesty and patriotism of all concerned, whether for or against the renewal of the Slave Trade; and It is not for us, in this connection, to take up the cudgels on either side. There are the two sets of Rer-olutions. Examine them and choose between the two. Having heretofore opened our columns liberally to the advocates of the Slave Trade, we shall very soon present articles set ting forth the opposite argument. It is a question that every one should hear fully and impartially, and having done so, then decide for himself according to the truthful suggestions of an enlightened conscience. . ORSYE THIEVES. Two horse thieves were lodged in the jail of this district on Saturday last. Their story runs thus: They.are brothers, named JoNEs, and citizens of Vir ginia, connected with the F. F. V's of that ancient commonwealth. Travelling South, they got out of funds. In Columbia, they stolo a horse and a male to enable them to make headway in their tour. Reach ing Edgefield District, their mule took sick and they had to leave him on the road-side. Proceedinga fow miles, they arrived at Mr. Wx. Toxwr's; It was night and nobody was up on the premises. Not wishing to disturb the family unnecessarily, they entered the horse lot and took a mule to supply the place of the one just left behind. A filly followed them out of the lot and went on in company. One of the gentlemen then concluded to go and look once more after the sick mule; found him so far convalescent as to be able to proceed on the journey; and took him along out of pity. . So they all went on their way, rejoicing and whickering "over into the State of Georgy" whether beyond the "big Kioky' or not is unknown to us at this writing. But the next morning early, after the last theft Mr. Tosz awoke and missed his mule. He saw the tracks and followed in pursuit, accom panied by Mr. LAnuci SweanRiozf, In a couple of days, their chase resulted in capturing the entire travelling party, men, mules, horse and filly. All arrived safely back at this point on Saturday. How much of truth there may be in the statement of the thieves, it is of course impossible to say. We give it, in the hope that it will lead to further discoveries. Pass around the story, brethren of the press, and let us hear if any of you know aught of these Virginia gentlemen. Perhaps their tale may lead to the tra cing out of other thieves and thieveries. INCREASE IN COTTON RECEIPTS. The Charleston Courier, of Friday, makes the total increase In the receipts of cotton. up to the latest dates received by mail, 1,021,443 bales. The increase in the shipments to Great Britain is 195,454; to France 102,096; to other foreign ports 107,993; and the total increase to all foreign ports 405,543 bales. The increase in the shipments to northern ports is 345,729 bales. The total receipts of cotton at the ports, to latest dates, 2,739,318 bales, and the total stock 1,015,795 bales. NOVEL PROSECUTION. Mr. Haxar J. Osnox, Jeweller, of Augusta, Ga., publishes in the Chronicle & entinel the, announce mont of his intention to prosecute a Commercial Agency House in New York for circulating reports injurious to his standing as a merchant. Thq house is that of Messrs. TAA & Co. Wonder if they are connected with old Aaranun TAmPA, whom Major EAvss of South Carolina oalled upon once on a time. Whether or net, we wish Mr. Ossoas success in his prosecution, if the wrong has been a real one. If damages shall be awarded in the result, Mr. 0. pro. poses to distribute the sum among the poor of New York and Augusta. Without knowing anything of the merits of the case, we cannot help saying "Hurra for Osborne." We will stand up for our advertising friends against all the Tappan espienages in America. reduce the time between New Orleans and New York to three days end a half. Among thegaps that mnust be filled out to attain this end, si Ione through the City of Washington, which it is proposed to run (If Congress will consent) under Capitol Hill byg a tunnecl to some convenient point on the Potommc. The ex tension thence towards New Orleans will be through the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, to whose continuity this Washington gap is now the only obstacle. Is It not time for every body to wake up after that ? Old Agerloid, as the Newberry vindictivos would say, where are you ? A COMPARIISON. The Legislature of South Carolina, after casting about for some timne, decided that it was better to let the Blue Ridge enterprize go by the board than incur any further risk in the matter. An Irish nobleman looked out one day upon his castle, when an urgent occasion arose for needful ad. ditions thereto. After weighing the question care. fully in his mind, he concluded that it was ceaeper to have no castle at all, and at once set fire to the whole establishment. AN IRISH SLAVE TRADER. Ma. MITCHErLt, the Irish editor of a paper now published at Washington and called " The Southern1 0'itizen," gets off the follawing strange annonce. nent of his position on the African question : " We intend to divide the South, rather than lot he South he united In subuiasion. We intend fur her to do the very thing you cry out against so arnestly-that is to dwell upon the African slave I rade as a demuocratic question--a question whether he broad lands of the beautiful South are to be rot he American people, or fur a few capitalists who have m, nopeoly of the only labor that can make them aluable. We announce ourselves as an organ of the mean-white party, and shall do our utmost to excite a ,iolent animosity in the poorer class against the icher-if the richer persist in refusing us negroes at so Ashanten prices." This paragraph we find going the round, of the reps, as an extract from the Citze.- If Mr. I [ZvcuI'., wrote It, we suppose ho means what he 0 bys; for he is a downright Irishman. lint what are le Southern people to think of a comparative etran- tn :r, who thus ~threatens to sow deep dissensions nongst them? And furthermore, where is that "mean-white par. " of whom the Citzen, proposes to become the self. nstituted organ ? XISCELLANEOUg ITEMS. g|" The Charleston Mereury has been enlarged d otherwise improved. We are very glad to hear its increasing prosperity.. Mr John H. Davis, a heavy packer of Cincinnati,K id suddenly on Saturday. A local paper touch. n:y says: "He was highly elsteemed as a man of t nevolenco and enterprise, and was a good judge of do the seMaster John L. Boatwright, eldest son ef that o bly esteemed citizen of Columbia, Dr. J. 11. Boat- g. ght, has been selected to take position as a cadet West Point.Af SW Fanny Fern says "if one half of the girls fed iw the previous life of the :len they marry, the of old nmaids would he wonderfully increased." the men knew, Fanny, what their future lives were the e, would'nt it Increase the list of old maids still whi here! do: EP- Attention is directed to the advertisement of Foi Surveyor General-.- fore le The Yorkville Engirer has just added over our subscribers to Its books. Gled to hear It. It its at least four thousand. a V Dan Rice, the clown,' now at Niblo's Theatre, .ne a salary of $600 per week,; and with his family itr in style at the St. Nicholas Hot.0 f= $10aO00 had been raised at Williamsburg, V'a., pub ek or two ago, for the re-erection of William and T College. The Professors had contributed liber- , H President Ewell had engaged workmen who I employed in cleaning up the ruins. , p1 3. GOODxAN, our faithful and energetic butcher, gui dad furnishing his customers this (Wednesday) to be ting with another of his choice stall-fed beeves. I we idterisement Fs. Ur On Thursday last, Maj.Isaa LM.wI Mows - the oath of office, and was duly installed as of State. We learn that he has continued Mr. 1. Huntt as his deputy for Columbia, and Mr. . Duffas as deputy of Charleston. 'So soas the iilan. gW Again and againt, on every possible the President disavows with contempt and ri his supposed aspirations for a second tam of "Two old men," he soys, " myself and Lewis C we live so long-will quit this city en the 6th of 3a* 1861, with much lighter and less burdened b than we bore with us on coming." V SziTn TuoxAs, who was the firstto comissa" the manufacture of clocks in Connecticut, and oil0d a large establishment, died at New Haven on the, uit. One peculiar habit of his was, in spite wealth and age, to employ himself at thework beh the same as the men Inhis employ. #a' A paragraph from Washington says: speech of Mr. Stephens, on Saturday, relat i Oregon bill, caused intense admiration amo3S I friends of the bill, who spontaneously speak-o as deserving the next Presidency." - gW Sheridan said, beautifully, "Women gW us; let us render them perfect; the more theytfae enlightened, so much more shall we be. On theedI tivation of their minds depends the wisdom of ,-" par Tau Senate of Missouri has passed a rsolU tion appropriating two thousand dollars to t&a Lfr dies' Mount Vernon Association. .B IF you-wish to offer your hand to alady, choose your opportunity.' The best time to dolt is when she is getting out of an omnibus. 9Pii "JYno is President to-day !" is the izsual salutation among the Mexicans. JAS"' CuRIoSIIES WATz.-A handle for a bWe of gras. A letter written with a cow pen. Afeath er from the wing of a hospital. SWg "Anz you looking for any one In particular ?" as the rat said van he saw the cat watching him. gi' Family Ties-A marriage certificate andeight children. 00" Tu Colleton & Beaufort Su, says: "We were shown a turnip a few days since, which weighed eleven and a half pounds, after it was trimmed. Beat that who can." SV THE barque Ottawa, Captain Gowan, sailed from Mobile, on the 17th inst., ostensibly for ~t. Thomas, but it is generally believed that her destination is the Southern Coast of Africa. 3W The Governor of Michigan has vetoed the I giving a woman six hundred and forty acre'sko. adding four to the population at one time. For the Advertiser. BEAUTIFUL SALLIE. BY W. X. MARTIN. Oh bright Is the water that flows from the fountain, And pure is the snow when the winter winds wail; Oh fine is the laurel that grows on the moatain, And modest the violet down in the vale ;- 0 But purer than snowflake, and brighter than water In beauty excelling,-is somebody's daughter; And finer than dower on mountain or valley, But modestly blushing,-is Beautiful Sallie. Oh blest are the hours which fly In the-bowers Where golden-tinged sunbeams rejoicingly play, Where richest of perfumes arise from the lowers When birds sing a requiem over the day; But better than bowers or flowers of Aidenun, And brighter than sunbeams,-I know ayongmaiden; And sweeter than roses, where humming birds dally To drink their rich neetar,-is Beautiful Salie. -, Oh fresh are the a.roezes which blow in the morning, And bright is the dew on the grass by the rills, When first comes the Day-beam with glory adorning, And gilding and painting the valloys and hills; More glorious than morning, when Zephyrs have kissed her, And fresher and fairer,--is somebody's-sieter, And brighter than streamles,..where fairies should For the Adver'tIeer.. MEETING AT 30UCIELLE A&hDEXT. Pursuant to adjournment, there was a large collee~ tion of the citize~ns of the neighborhood and-enround-. ing country, at the Bouchelle Academy,.on Saturday. the 19th instant, for the purpose of giving expression to the sentiments of the comnmunity relative to the propriety of importing native Africans into the Etate. Owing to the indisposition of the former ebairman to act on the present occasion, and the illness of the former secretary, the meeting was organised by invi ting Capt. Taos. JoNsa to the Chair, and appointing Dr. L. B. Botacatmu, Secretary. The chairman stated the object of the. meeting in a few judlicious and appropriate, remarks; whereupon . Col. J. C. SurL~Y movcd the appointment of a coin. mnittee of twenty-one to draft resolutions for the ac tion of the meeting. The motion being adopted, the following gentlemen were appointed, viz: Col. J. U. Stmyly, 1[. ii. Raibon, Jno. Denny, Capt. ~ J. R. Eidson, Jacob Lagrone, Jacob Wright, Capt. T. Ij Ilearn, Henry Hart, Dr. 0. WV. Allen, J7. F. Rleece, i Carson Warren, 0. M. Spearnman, Thos. Maynard, o Benj. Edwards, M. C. Butler, Eng., W. Bodie, Dr. D. 01 3, Tomkins, Jesse Hart, J7. A. Bland, R. 0. Bill,'V. tl A. Hlcriong. .a The Conmmittec, after a short deliberation, presengqdP he following preamble and resolutions: . WHEREnS, The issue of re-opening the African slare rade is extensively agitated before tihe South: Agd, rlhereas, the advocates--of that'iioo a e .T Li'posltion to prccipitate its decision ulson th u be ry; Therefore, believing it to be the right ti for qi lae people, in their primary -meetings, to m eat laeir opinaionas and feelings in regmard to a qu ion 'aught with so much doubt and danger, be it .ti Jlieolced, 1st. That while we are willing to gas ir as the farthaest in defence of the institutioo f avery as It exists among us, we are utterly. oppo. the further introduction of native Africansi aim 8tate. ti Rrnotced, 2nad. That a Committee of five from esa t attalion iaa the District be appoinated by the Ch ' n; this aeting, tio obtain subeeribers to a petition to the resented to the General Asetably of the State at it -. :xt session, praying thu enactment of a law prohibit tag nil buch imaportation in future. After due disenssion, thme preamble and resouun tre adeqpted. Rle After their adoption, it was resolved that the P o edings of this meeting he paubliahed in the Edg 2 idl Adrea-cr'- Asi The maeeting'then adjourned, to THOS. JOKES, Chairman. of L. B. DotrcncL~tu, Sec'ry. . [NORITT REPORT of the 30UCHELLE XEhgflG T After the regular meeting called for on the I9th, a ?5S "B~oncholle Academy,'' had adjourned; It wa t'ue mied proper that the minority ehould'expres thieir B timents on the African slave trade. 'Whean, oil imeeting called DavID DzaxY to the Chair,and ap.T uted HE. Rt. GODNAN Secretary. Upon motloa of t G. HILLr, it was unanaimously 'lesoleed, 1st. That we regard the import'atik e 'icana Slaves into the Southern States of thilrC6Con tracy. as a measure essential to the Inatei-ialip1.,. us, political power and social advancement-of ith. - lesolred, 2nd. That in opposition to this mesr, ro are no considerations of justice or humanity ch arts not equally applicable to the institution of 1s testic slavery itself. ~esolred, 3rd. That the Laws in restriction of the nign Slave Trade, are. dictated by a false an obedience as a law-abidingt euolued, 4th. That in the Institutijin of 'ery are centered all our hopes andifortuanesi aults due development of that institution, there ifaa3 saity for an increase of Slaves, we heil with p4 the announceement that Foreign Slaves hava >duced. ,. .. h -Ja a motion, the minority report was' ordered 1.1 lobed in the..derrtier. * DAVID DENNY, ChairanE R. Gonxaex, Sec'ry- nst 8' A literary contributor to the Yorkville e er gives sundry highfaleutin reasons fqr w a bird-the following among the root: ! re abird! I'd visit Frane aunny France,j' -en Por the Advertiser. )RI SWITE TER RONE OF Er =MOD. wons By Jbwm nRIOT-sr To ISI BT I. J. PARKUD, OP CeAR&15nr . Oh 1-give me the home of my Childhood The seen. of my early years, Where bright visions of bis are unclouded With the blight of the exile's tow. Where-the footsteps of brethren are meeting, And the hals are resounding with glee, Where the voices of loved ones are greeting, That Home, is the.home for me. I have passid from'tie scenes of my hldhood, In a stranger.clime to roam, But there's naught like the cheerfut aspeet Of my own love', happy homer Then give me the home of my childhood, Where from tumult and strife I may ee, Where the voice of loved oeare gritig . That home is the home for me. I sigh for the friends of my childhood, For those that are near and dear, For oh! 'tis the climax of sorrow, The heart from such sepes to tear; Then give me the home of my childhood, Once more to that home- I-would fee,. Where the voices of loved -ones are greeting, That Home is the home for me. 10VE AND 2RTUNE. If love is represented. as blind, perhaps Hymen say properly be called the coucher that often mana. ,es to open its eyes. Why may Woon, EDDY & Co., ie considered In the same relation to fortune that Ey. non is said to hold to Love? Because.they open the yes of the goddess. They stand in that respect be ween Fortune and Fate. By forwarding to their ad. ress, Augusta, Ga., or Wilmington, Delaware, ten, lve, or two and a half dollys, you pay the entrance 'e to their Oracle, who may interpret It into a prise )f fifty thousand dollars, or its half or quarter. Be. nember that If the Greeks had an Adelphi, we have in Augusta Oracle. 110 SUGAns.-The news from New Orleans as re gards Sugars is of much importance to con sumers. The latest advices from that city represent an increased demand for Sugars in that market, and the inquiry on Western account as large. In consequence, prices have advanced a quarter cent-fully fair being quoted at .from 61@61 cents. SUMMER 1s CoMINo.-Peach, plum, and other fruit trees are in full blossom; the-jessamine blackberries, and other wild flowers so plenty in the woods are in full bloom; the orange buds begin to swell; the cloth of g and other beau tiful flowers in our gardens ill the air with sweet fragrance; green peas and other vegetables are abundant, and all around reminds us of summer. -St. Augustine (Fla.) Examiner, 1'.th. HiGH PRIeMs.-We learn from Mr. F. P. Ro bertson, the auctioneer, that at the late sale of Samule B. Major, deceased, ten negroes sold for the aggregaie sum of $1%030. Terms a credit of twelve months, with interest from date Cattle, horses, hogs and other property s6ld at proportionably high rates.-Abbeville Press. Oum CouvR.-We learn that Judge Whitner will hold the spring term of our court. The re turn promises to be a small one--one of tle beat indications of the prosperity of the country, and the soundness of credit:-Addeville Press. Arnocsous VulL.Alx.-We learn from passen gers on the evening train from Charleston on Fri day night last, that a shot was fired into the ps senger car, when about twenty miles this side of Branchville, which passed in dangerous prox imity to the heads of two of the passengers.. The train was moving rapidly at the time, but the cosiductor distinctly saw the figures of two pnen making for'th-e~woods with all possible speed. We cannot imagine what, can be the motive for so diabolicalan attempt upon human. life.- The perpetrator of the deed, if caught, would only meet his just deserts were he-lynebed upon the spt.Chroniele & Sentinel. night 11th inst., near old Granby, in this district, Mrs. Cacey's stable was broken into and robbed of a horse and mule. The thieves have not been detected as yet heard of; and we admonish citi. zeus to be on the alerte-Leuington Flag. H EAVY DAMAGES CLAIMED FOR SI.ANDR.-A lr. Timbermnan, of Cincinnati Ohio, having' lost ome money, went to a fortune teller to learn who took it. 'Acting upon the advice of this im. yoster, he accused a respectable citizen with his rife and her sister, of having taken the money, Lnd they have instituted proceedings against him or slander, laying their damages at $50,000. Boyrrra AGAI.--Mr. James Jones left Bos on on the 26th uit., in the steamship Niagara, or Liverpool. lie goes out for Mr. Bonner, or the purpose of Europeanizing the Ledger, if ossible. lie is well supplied with the "muni ions of war," and may inaugurate in London e Blonnerian system of advertising, which has ecome so popular in this country. We hear stated t'hat Mr. Jones, who is doubtless cast g up his accounts in " the deep bosom of the ~can" by this time has in his possession a copy the Ledger, printed on the finest wjiite silk iat could be found in the market. This sing'le id beautiful specimen of an American weekly Iper, is to be presented to Queen Victoria as "token" of our "high consideration." DOUBLE LUeK.--The Mobile Mercury, of a late ite, says: "Mr. Wood, of the New Orleans rue Delta office, recently married a wife and fore the expiration of the honey-moon, drew a iarter of the fifty thousand dollars prize in the si-ann lottery!I" A " better half" and a quarter prize ticket con. tute what we might call thiree-quarters of the rum of human hapiness." We hope Mr. Wood 11 obtain the other quarter, so- as to complete a sum. . im- The Washington States has reliable informa n, that it was determined at a recent Cabinet meet. 7, ndt to recall Messrs. Dallas and Mason from ir respective missions. HYN E N AL. hinnisp, In Russell Co., Ala., on the 9th Inst., by r. Mr. Derota, Dr. WV. W. BROADEURST, of ich Island, to Miss A. E. WARE, eldest daughter iey. B3. M. Win. (AnnIED on the 26th January 1859, by' Ray. A. W. ill, Dr. W. WV. LOWMAN, of Lexington District, hiss SA LEIE, daughter of Mr. W~usoar Bor~srazx, ~dgefleld District. IPPER FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES, he Ladies of the Methodist Congregation will give 7PPER in the Odd Fellows' and Masonio Ball,onm iday evening, the 8th of March. our of admision,.7 o'clock A. N. .Price, One ar; Children.50 cents. me ladies respectfully and earnestly solicit. tihe onage of the community-at large. b22 1t .7 F00LLEY TOWN BATS I bOlN WOOLLEY, NEAR GRANITE VILLE, S. C., ESPECTFUJLLY announces totlpcitizens of South Carolina and the South at largo, that now prepared to furnish HATS EVERY 8EELE AND QUALITY, eIl thale, of as good material, and on as rea 'le terms as can be found any where inthe, d States. ''Persons desIring further information" m address me at Graniteville,8. C. 1 JOHN WOOy~ ITICE-AIl persons desire f employing he Negro man JOE, bel ng to Mirs. S.1 nay do so upon compl with the terms mled in a paper whie Ge carries with him. E.R SICIBELS, A ga. . 2, 1859 tf . - 4 WENTBATED LYE.Warrnted make Sosii, without Lime, and with little rouble. Just received and for sl y