Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1838-02-22
Miscellaneous.

LITERARY CuRIosIrY,-We have in orr
possession the number. Of the Boston Gaz.
more than a century old. One is date d The
9th July 1884 another gath September
1888; and the third the 9th September
ITO; the latter being 1l3 years OF age
The two hrst are about the size of u 10 bv
IL pane Of glass, and the latter one abont
IL by IA, which shows the Gazette to hive
been on the decline from l725 to 1884,
Ihere arc many curious things in these ve-
terans oil !. century, and not among the
least is the style in which they arc printed
aud their odd pl,raseology. We find in them
also, several advertisements Of negroes for
sale, negroes runaway, &c. which We pub.
llsh Tor the qualification of our readers.
III Runaway from Timothy Keller oe
Ridgctield in the County of Fairfield in
Connecticut. about the last of Junc, n Negro
Man named Mingo a likely well grown fel-
low, thick set, speaks good English, can
read and write, one Of his little Toes il
wanting he is about 27 Years of Age
lie had on n good durov Coat of a Iitish
color, striped Calimino Vest and Brccchc.
good Shoes and Stockings, a plain clo,h
homemade great Coat with brass But
tons, he had as | am infnrm'd. a false Pass.
a Pocket Compass, and several Books
Whoever shall take up said Fellow, and
convey him 10 Capt. Samuel Kcclcr, ut
Norwalk i'll Connecticut, shall have Seven
Pounds. and all necessary charges paid
By me Timothy Kcclcr.
S*T NEGROES Males and Females to
he sold by Jacob ROYAL, for cash, good
Bonds. or six or nine months credit.
$t' To be sold n Negro Girl about six
teen Years old, fit for Town or Country
service, she has had the Small Pox, en-
qnire ut Mrs. Marks, two Doors Sou,herIv
of the White Horse at the South end Of
Boston.
tit TO he sold by Pyam Blowers and
Company at their Warehouse just below
the Swinging Bridge. Barbadoes Rum and
Sugar also several Young likely Negro
Girls.
On Monday The 9th inst. between 2 and
3 O'Clock i'll the Afternoon, a Race will be
run, for a considerable Wager OH the Plains
OF Portsmouth New Hampshire. between "A
Hog and Il liorse.-Augusta Giro. &; Sen.
We have passed through two wars, will, slave
population rs great III proportion to the whites.
~ it is now, without the slightest dctrimcntfrom
It; and II ever the experiment shall be made
again. 1t will be found that our slaves will be to
us Il source OF strength, rather than weakness.
Richmond Hhig
The first of these Wars was the Rcvolntiona-
rs War-andw will the Wing be so good as to re-
c"llcct.tliat i'll that war, Gcorgia, South Carolina
aud the greater part of North Carolina, were
conquered and sul,ducd by the British arms.
and were only recovered by n General. soldiers,
and supplies furnished by the Nortern Staicsl
Fir"rnia herself was completely ovcrrun, her
capital burnt, and, had she been dcpcndan, ON
her ow" resources alone, she would have yield
ed, almost without n struggle to the arms of
Corvallis. Be it known to the Wing. that
the single State of Massachusetts furnished
more soldiers TO the revolutionary armies, than
a'lthc Southern States put together. This an
pears from authentic documents.
The second war ALLUDED to hv ,.he Wing vas
me late War with rreaf B1IaIn. Docs inc
Wing remember that. during the late war. n
little handful of Britis!, troops landed in ,Lo
Chesapeake, marched through the country and
plniidtrcd and burnt the CITY of Washington
and the towns adiacent. almost without the show
of "pp"sition? And docs the Wing suppose
that such thing as that could have happened i'll
any OF The free S;a;es.-BOsOn .AHus.
The above, from the Boston .,Has. is a srcci
men OF n tone, towards the South. very common
II, 'h' Northern presses. In opposing. as VIC
shall do, the talScl,ood and nhsurdity of its as
serious, we by no means wish to he understood
rs DENYING that the citizens of the Northern
states are brave people. and have done their
dhty in the wars in which the country has been
enga"cd. They are perfectly welcome TO mag
My their achievements, rs much as they please,
and 10 "ut-h"nst iftlley think proper all Hnmcr's
heroes. We will never interrupt them, rs long
as they keep within their own limits. We only
object to their building up their fabulous exploits
at the expense of the South.
The South. they say, has been ovcrrnn and
conquered. while the NortI, has not. Very tr,,e:
but IT seems to- us 10 require 10 vastly profound
philosophy to discover, for this fact. Il cause ever
stronger than the valonr of the inhabitants of
New England, Their country is hot WORT, H.
vading.
(By the bye. we should like to be informed Nv
Inc Atlas whether it II for the purpose ofincrcaS-
ing or attaching to the Union. that we are thus
reminded. that in wars with foreign powers the
South is attacked and plundered while the North
Is unmolested! Especially as our wars are en-
tered into for the benefit OF Northern commerce.
Virginia and the Carolinas were rescued by
Northern troops and Il Northern general"
The South generous and kind hearted, has al
ways been SD warmly disposed to love the ser
vices OF General Green, that it has never gain.
Saycd any cNaggeratiOn of them. however cuor
NOUS. Under the same feeling. it has often con.
scented to be accounted Il debtor 10 the North for
kindncsScs. either never conferred, or repaired
ten times over or cancelled. long ago, bv their
national frauds and hostility against us. But, let
it be, that the North gave It's Greene. WI,orav.
them Washington! Under what commuters
were the best and most successful battles fought.
that the Revolution witnessed Under Gates.
Morgan Campbell. What town ofihcirs was ever
so desperately defended lis Charleston! From
what FORTRESS ot theirs was the enemy ever more
gallant'y driven back. than from Fort Moul,rir,
What better or more efficient comman,lers ,xcr.
seen i'll the whole war than Marion, and Tee. and
Sumter!