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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1844-05-14

scenty, falsshood and ksphsy anything eve! Ieso IN
the lowest newspaper that ever emerged from ne PVT
liens Of Billingsgate He states tnat amy 'or pVo
exhibt entirely naked to handsome Dung
artistthen in he most ckguard manner talks oil the
filthy ideas and desires this has awakened III hin and
blasphemes by paraphrasng verse u Or "ss the ioo
psalm making express his nasty lodgings Tor certain
joyful occasion can't write Of this in the strong
desed tha your greater experience ana sk en-
ables you to debut it is il it will trouble you 100
much will beg the liberty to make you comm1niea'
on-though Fanny pays the bad Compliment Oh say
Ing Mr. Bennett would only do tjus a GU please,
but under the Of defending Fanny. you could give
tho sun" hard uns in his ribs or nus coai
hccntioas riballry that he rings 10 many cnans. M
against Herald"-GOd the mark Auer so ~
remarks in the Herald do you think would De per. "
publish certificate signed by Stout, giving i , 81 H.
denial to the Suns mendacy. The short history " W..
statue this Stout came TO me one Gay as ;... IL;
and told me touching story oil his reducsu si. .
loss in the Victoria statuc-the Immense NC
would gain in making statue o. Eiss'e, ~ .nAInS
well of him from hat had often said OF MS talent and
worth. spoke to Fanny she being very III a. tne tme,
refused but persisted and wotkea On nea sengs III
SELF consented. As to exposing her person. she would
have died FIRST though that may not he believed had
the greatest difficulty Stout recoects in getting her
TO give one leg and part Of the other. Stout most
grateful has since behaved badly. will relate this
another time. My main object is, to ask Of you in
Fannys name for have worn out all claims on your
cation Of poor Fanny who wrthes under the public
saon Of having for money exhibited her person nsds TO
sculptor Tho story is well conrived leave the mat
ter in your hands. and to your Judgment
We will probably leave town tomorrow morning for
New aven at 60clOck for three or Jour days ehall
call Immediately RETURN II should not go on ac-
count of bod weather. will come over tomorrow: .
Make kndest rpgari to Mrs. Bennett, and say u
did not fear disturbing her should tell her my
hat Is getting really sho king bad Fanny and her cousin
desires their united remembrance to yoL both Make my
respects wes mother and sister, and tie hant
as the Cockneys say.
Yours very truly,
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1844-05-14
NV DrAR Bgrrprr-

intend to send Won paragraph that will be- readable
from The heading Of IL. aud am the enbulden ned to
do it fram what have learnt these three days
here have nst less than six persons that began to
take the Herald" TO got news Of Fanny and now Of
course. continue 10 take II for its own your aaka
is clear have OF doing her and your circulation
n great deal of COOL wan, TO recount some marvellous
you gay, 2'orjira escapes. OF FsDuybut ont 81
respect the religion, prsuiices OF the country she
travels Sunday; and though she vas expected
IN PhiIsephis last abbsth she reserved heraeli Tor Won
day AVID learnt here her arrival tia, three engines
broke down coming on aud the passengers di'nt gs'
here till four O'Clock in 'he m1rniog The next ne~s
stu r.ore curious She left The City Hotel in Pror'ence
en- Saturday evening and the whole pile burnt down
10 'he ground on Sunday She would have iSisllby
Io'' al her oosu mes aud jeweisand every elrt was
ma'e 10 dotiis her there The joke Is, brother Knapp
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1844-05-14


DEAR BESNETr--
You have not Published my letter yet You think il too
Prraie and particular If DO think So wrong
In web managed paper" the Herald any decent
piece Of composition may be init oduced under q proper
healing, fashionable gossip" that would ju fy all
the details sent you. and wha, IL the certain result
Lord Norpeth Sir Joseph, particularly Hughes would
would be reading and talking Of the Herald" Lord
Morpeh, know, would send It to his sc; in Bingham,
Hughes IL more known than any American in this
country aud in Europe, and being rather vain man
would talk of the Icrall" till he died The letter is
not Objectionable that account As for the compost
tion 1t is not much than Others you do publish
but for that yon are the best Judge There ia only
thing connected with it that rests heavy my
science and that is the postage forgot pay permit
70 enclose il.
Fanny well-and last house " rs crowded. with
beauty and ultra fashion tie Otses AppetonI Pskrs
Emorys and among the observed OF all obscrvors lord
Morpeth. We dined yesterday will, MIR OILS meeting
distinguished party Hon. John Quincy Adams, Judge
Story, Prof Ticknor &c. They e the ,legaH mansion Of
their ho.pitabe host pc teadrs kWs tonaag.s Fanny
in The Tdrc7,ile. She closes her agen,cn Frd,y
next-hcr benefit IN honday-thcio il talk Of a
newsl Of it for 1 or nights Then she Is uacs To-
whether TO embark Immediately for Europe from thus
port New York Are you tired Of her down
yonr way, could you stand another!
Lord Mo peh leaves 10 day for Niagara Sir Joseph do
Courcy Latin yesterday for New York The latest
dal from England IL about Lord PowsscouIt, who
here about Tour years sgo; he has done God knows
what something very naughty for The Queen has die
missed him from her household and lis wife has le him
Very mysterious what's the ma:terl
Fanny aud cousin send their best respects to You and
Mrs. Bennett remember me likewise.
Yosrs truly, H. wIKoFF
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my DsAR BESNETT-
can't help writing you to thank you for your rooa
judgment in supprcssny the publication OF the letter
whore spoke 40 ioolishy md 'considcrsely OF Fanny
F. t.lss!cr
have regretted X ever since nnI WINGED nader the
that might have been made on gtt fortp.
nacly your friendly and seusble interpretation has pr-
vented this thoughessess OF mine doing any injury
The res. Of tho letter may still lie PUBLISHED with later
date affixed.
would like TO have published the notice too. in 4, Of
d" Longs H1teln ,lnrkwell Is II most . . . psrscn NJ.
you III God when yop come this ways and am Glad 10
do his any small stivoc in my power
He greatly fl:tcrd 1T the juIicions praise on
bes'o ei on his houss and hcg through TO make his
warmc~s gments I'm serry not to be allie 10
write you TOD day hat eel internally sturd hsvinp been
at ball az Lady pfa,ei TIL ae,r O'clock and greatly
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1844-09-04
Extract of a letter from Georgia, dated
AN AlyFUJ, 5CaIsMIrYtI =:

The immortal ..Hambnrg Journalp was
found dead in the city Of Hamburg on thea
2ixt inst Various conjectures, and a lit<'
Ir excitement pervaded the whole eom.s,:.
munily for Two days and nights. it was:
concluded by the citizens 10 call a"Mass
Meeting" and hold an inquest over its !
mortal remains: which being done,sa jury
ol inquest was empannelled. and reques-
ted TO report. Several medical gentle
men were present, bur doctors will differ.
Some said thai The journal had inhaled
poison; others, that the "Young Monster"
had "kiliedit-," but on full Investigation
of the whole testimony, the Jury were
unanimous in their ,veTdict-"That the
immortal Hamburg Journal came to its
unlimeIy end from bursting its blood yes-ss
sells, in giving VENT to passionate AMI
FOUL ABUSE of .OTHERS." Some
sages pfedici that The ghost of;the Jour
nal" will walk the .sramparts.'',,S ~,
SAM PATCH. Foreman. a
This is AIN alarming affair, particularly
rs the sianderous propensity5is becoming
very prev .leni--is Infectious, and in most
cases fatal, especially among the edito.
rial corps Of South Carolina aud Georgia,
where lis .prehonit1ry symptoms are very
visible. Iu your phflanthrupfc State, I
presume you will ar once form an .Anti
Blackeuard Society,"" The M. D's. all
say that, likes drunkenness, fhe origin Of
this disease Is q degraded state of public
morals; and that nothing but a society Of
reform" eau arrest this great and growing
evil 81 IS IS.
Please present MY compliments TO his
Honor, Judge O'Neal, shen,yon see him,
and call his attention tolhis subject All
endeavors should be expeditions, lestslhe
disease should break out among the Coons
and Lokopokos. Z
The Rhigs of Hamburg deserve great
credit by shelving 10 rfie world, tbafparly
feeling wHtn6' allow them 10 admit dog
and his Geas both to come into their ranks.
We have proof Of redeeming quality
in the citizens o! Hamburg, cfedilable; TO
the State" Yours. in grea, regard. NJ: NJ.
"P. S. ThesJournal's devil hung an
effisy of"Clay e Frslinghuyser and the
Hamburg Jn'irnar' as being Head, &C.,
last night. This was done by the Journal
so believed-in order to try for some
Wbig sympathy. Bni the Journalis cut
nff Ivy all Wings, who go for "law and or
der"
Mr. Clay and Frelinghuysen cannot be
uniled 10 such a paper as .the Hamburg.
Journals ghosl."
For men Of wisdom some do pass
With no more sense than Baalan's Ass.
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PIIRIIC MEETING.

Proceedings of Il meeting OF the citizens Oh
Hamburg, held in the Town Hall. Hamburg.
S. c.. Aug. "a, 1914, (" take into consideration
an article which appeared in the Hamburg
Journal of the Dist inst. charging the Bank OF
Hamburg as being insoIvent.
The meeting was organised by appointing
NJ Gray. i.sq., Intendant as Chairman, ans
Mr.H. A. Kcnrick. Secretary
The Chairman briefly stated the object OF
the mretng-lhe injurious effects upon the
trade of Hamburg, with snch charges were cal
culated 10 produce. if brlieYed--the tendency
of such reports to divert trade ~ Mhef chan
nels, and the Importance Of fsccr'aRiing If
there were any just grounds for making snch
charges as had appeared in the Journat.
Fl. l.. Jetfers, Esq, offered the iollowing pre-:
amble aud resolution. which were unanimously
adopted:
Whereas, certain publications have appeared
in the Hamburg Journal which, in their tenden-
cy, are calculated 10 injurc the standing and
depreciute the bills of the Bank of Hamburg,
and thereby affect the commerce and nercnm-
tile interest of this place: Therefore. as we.
the citizens of Hamburg, believe It 10 be oar
privilege and duty we owe the public to'i iri-
vesligate this matter, so as TO lay the truth be-
fore them, be il
RcsoLred, That Notwithstanding we have the
utmost confidence in the sol, ency and manage
menl of the Bank oil Hamburg, yet for the So.
tisiacon Of the public generally, Committee
of seven be appointed TO wait upon The Prcs
denl aud Directors and request them to give
them. true statement Of the condition oil said
Bank, as also to investigate and report tile re-
snIt o(lheir Investigations to this meeting
The following gentlemen were appointed a
Committee agreeaby to the above resolution ::
H. l.. JefFers, VIM Crapon, M. K. Smith. &.
Walker, A. Wray J, ]. Howard, John Usher.
The Committee retired 10 make the neceSsa-
ry examinations, and. on their return, offered
the following Report, which was unanimously
accepted:
MIR. Chairman-Your Committee, in accnr-
dance with the resolutions passed al this meet
ing, waited on Hs Hutcliison, Esq.,, President
of the Bank ofi1amburg, whoreadily gave us
such information as satisfied US. He has also
accompanied US with report which, if desir
ed, he will read 10 the meeting
The meeting having signifiedits wish to hear
lMr Hutchsou's report of: the state OF the
Bank, he read to them the following cores
pondence and Report of the state Of the Bank
of Hamburg
HAmBSRG, August "a, 1874
To the President and Directors Of the Bank of
Hamburg, S. g.:
Gentlemen-Ata meeting of the citizens OF
this place: held this morning, 10 take INTO con.
sderation the several representations made IN
the Hamburg Journal, respecting the Bank of
Hamburg, and the merchants and others doing
business with it. There being no Directors or
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1844-09-04

ing no foundation in poin offact. regard
the preservation Of The Union as the flrst
great American interest. equally dIsap-t
prove of all threats Of its dissolution,
whether lhoy proceed from the North or
, Souih. The glory OF my county, its safe
" aud prosperity alike depend on Union
and he who wouId contemplate lis de-
slruction, even for a moment, aud form
plans to accomplish it, deserves the deep,
est anaihemas Of the human race.
] believed, and sill believe, that the
annexation of Texas would add 10 lis
strength, ard serve to p'rpetuate It Tor
ages vel 10 come; and my best efforts,
while l remain in Office, will be directed
20 The securing It's acquisition, either now
ar a future! day. Whether any effort will
avail to secure this object, since the rejec-
ton of the treaty, remains still to he seeu.
j abandoned all hope upon The subject,
yi fitshall be esteemed necessary to obtain
for it the approval Of every State. The
case rarely. occurs that any treaty receives
the unanimous approval of the Seua'e.
have been called upon, in justice 10
myself, 10, make these remarks 10 Win
drawing from The position in which my
friends had placed ME. might present
other inquiries growing oul Of the course
Of The Administrator, both in regard TO
our domestic and foreign relations, as 10
which principles have been maintained,
which arrest the attention of future and
even remote Administrations-but lei
what have said suffice. All that ask OF
my coun,rymen, is that candid review
of my acts, and an impartial comparison
Of the condition of the country now win
what ii was three years ago. appeal
from the yir,upera,ion of the present day
TO the pen ofimpartia! history, in the fu'l
confidence that neither my motives nor
my acts will hear the interpretation,
which has, for sinister purposes, been placed
upon them. JOHN lfLEh.
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From the GreenriNe Mount,a;;In,ee,

Calamitous Fire. Iii will he seen by
The following letter. that our neighbors Of
Laurens Village were visited by des,ruc-
tive Fire on Tuesday nishl last, by which
a large number Of buildings and grearer
amnunl of property has been destroyed,
than at any place of same size in this
Stale for many years. Let the citizens of
Greenylle and other Villages receive Ibis
melancholy intelligence as solemn
warning, and cause Them to he more care
full.in future, and better prepared 10 conf
bat the deyouring element.
LAURENs G.. H., Aug. %. 1874.
Nh. Editor.-Our Village has again
been the scene ofa sad calamity by Fire
more destructive, by far. than any we
have ever had Abou; 9 O'Clock last night
tTaeSdayl Fire was discovered between
tWopnnccupied buildings. nearly adjoining
each other, in The North west corner of The
Public Square, one formerly occupied by
.J. p. Kennedy, as a grocery. and the
other by Joseph Vance, as Tailor's
Shop and dwelling-bolh owned by SAM
5uel Vance. -
The buildings being Of wood, and very.
old and dry, they burnt with the utmost
rapidiry, and were soon destroyed. There
beingi no Engine in ,he place 10 a-sistin
affestius lie Games, the houses on that
low all being joined, excep, by the narrow
Jail alley, scarcely an ef1ortwas made to
stop it. until it reached The opposite,
aud Souih west corner Of ihe Square,
where, by The greatest possible exer,ions
and perseverance, assisted by the calmness
of The night. aud few large China trees,
the store house of Samuel R. Todd, which
stood across The street opposite the last
house ON the burnt row, was pror,dentially
sayed.-All the buildings between Sam'l
r. Todd. and Days Shoe Shop-one
whole row-kiIchens and out houses, were
totally destroyed, including Sam,l. Flem-
ing's Store, formerly kno@n'as Fleming
81 Mill's Store, Samuel Barksdale's Store
and dwelling. owned by Barksdale Il Sax
on, John s. Osborne's Tavern and Groce-
.ry. brick house occupied by Richard Hix
as a Sadier's Shop, owned by Col Irby.
aud Store house occupied by y. r,
Barksdale as Grocery, and owued by
Col. lrby. The Goods furniture and
groceries were generally saved, but very
much damaged. No lives were Iost.
The FIRE is believed to be The work Of an {
ince Ddiary. as il originated 10 the inside of.
a house in which there has mol been fire
10 several months. The principal suffer.
ers are Samuel Fleming, and Samuel
IS - q r -. : I Z.
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wearing out. and that the good sa}se of inc
age will explodesiti in a few years. But
nv dear sir, the Tariff is mol the great and
vital question in which the South is CON-
.cesned, aud upon which ber desiinies .de-S
pend. Anolhera and a more fearful quesI-!s
900 is daily growing IN excilihg interest
and in less Than ten years viii shake The go-
syernmentto the GENRE, unless We provide;
AGAINST i, in lime. This is the slave question,
s-and that fostering plague spot Of ssboli.
ationis,n .ii;at are now waving the nag Of
fanatic delusinn aud madness in nnr faces.
This the only question lha, can; bring me
Southern States into united aclioIr. ne
only. one thai can bring them into. gene
raj Convention. where We can unite IN
solemn consultation for our peace safety.
and the safety ofour 6resides and affairs,
Thsis a great questionfand inconneciiou
with Texas, aulAmerican. question upon
which. FIVE act wisely and timely we are
safe u defiance Of alI-lhe efforts Of Great
Britain "Bul five daily with ii, we are
damned" z:.i5!5s ii3:zses$ Z. " y
These are my honest opinions. III they
are worth any thing they are al your SER SER
vice. have written in haste. without
even time for The needed corrections.
I cm yours, &c.l @
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1844-09-04
Hamburg, August 26. 1874.
From the Correspondent of the anderson Gas.

from inc correspondent " lle AHdCTSoH Id9.
HAMBURG, Aug. %, 1914.
Business generally is quite dull wit US
which we presume rs owing to the fact
that many of OUT merchants are off laying
i'm rhe fall and WINTER stocks aud The very
small quantity oI produce selling. There
is very li,Ile Colon selling, prices range
from AZ to & cts something very choice
would bring 81. We have had some 8 or
10 bales of new Cotton in market for
81 ant cents-lhe quality was only fair.
There is considerable Flour coming
which meets with dull sale from ID 10 az.
principle sales a., and that traded out in
Groceries.
You may perhaps have seen some pub
Iicalipns and heard runiors that was cal
culaled to injure the standing and repre-.
ciale the Bills Of the Bank of Hamburg.
We do assure you thar all such publications
and rumors are false and without the least
shadow of foundation. The Bank Hamburg
Is safe and sound and her bills as good as
specie"
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The following are the contents of the
Southern Agriculturist for September

The following are me contents OF the
Southern Agriculturist for September:
Contents -Saussnrp's Proofs of Assim-
iIa,ion of absorbed Humus, and Remarks
OH Liebig's Theory; Overseers, by Frank
lin; Sea Weed as Manure; To take
Film from Horses Eye; Observations
Addressed 10 Planters in Snuth Carolina !;
Sugar Beet, by j. w. B. aud cultivation
of, from The American Aericullurist; On
Rust in Cotton, by Sea Island; How to
Destroy the Worm in the Green Pea Ex.
periments in The Manufacture of Corn
Stalk Sugar, by Marcus Adams. Esq;
Proceeding of the Agricultural Snciely of
South Carolina-R w. Roper's Report;
Planters and Ovecrseers, by Planter;
Experiments with Mari; Successful Mar
ling Insects which attack the Turnip;
Suiphate of Ammonia, Sulphate of Soda
and Nitrate of Soda; Guano Cure for
Burns; Water Finders. someiimes called
Waler Witches Horse Nose Bags, Sim
pie and Efeclual Remedy for Hove in
Cattle Fall TranspIanling Of Frnit Trees;
Fall Fodder for Cattle; Salt on Hay.
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$972,36l 80

The item (real estate) after paying lnsur-
ance and all contingent expenses, returns
dividend over 10 per cent.
THE item (bnnk stock.) is made up of South
Carolina and Georgia stockst taken IN payment
of debts due the bank, at their relatire Talne
1ohen rcceired in payment
A monthly statement of funds in the cities of
New York aud Charleston, 8. C., as per nc
coun, cure mt rendered monthly, from Mer
chants Bank, New York, and from Bank Of
Charleston, s. C..
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Erom the !dbberille Banner

The HhESNENl hitib
Much is now said as the proprety, and
peccessity. of immediate Sale action, 10
throw off the burden Of this oppressive
measure. Judging from the press OF Inc
Stale, very large majority are opposed
10 immediate action, and in favor OF "Di'
ding our lilne.' ltis certainly not imPos'
sible, should Polk become President, for
a reaction, in favor Of the South to 'aEe
place; and YET. Judging from the past such
a thing is hardly probable. II may be
said with The certainly Of prophecy that
the North will moi consent to give up the
money which they pocke, by the Tariff
for Protection so long as they see splrll
atihe South too craven 10 resist II. we
think it equally certain that when:ihc
whole South shall become determined 10
man at he risk ofthe Union 10 reduce this
oppressive measure 10 a reUenue standard,
the dcouiesence of the North. in such re-
ducfion to,U be obtained. II requires but
little Information TO see, that, by dlsso'
luton Of the Union the North would be
greater losers than the Soulh. The
SouIh can exchange her raw maierlal tor
English goods Where would the North
get her raw materials from? So that
whenever The South the whole South be
come True TO herself, justice will be done
her, and this iniquitous Tariff will M lon
ger be heard. and peace among ourselves,
will then perhaps be again restored to our
borders.
Letus then, for the present, forbear. if
for nothing else than for the sake Of har.
monizing. so far as we can The democrat
icparty. Great principles, besides the
Tariff. are involved in The present canvass
for President. Not 10 particularize, in
this canvass it is to be determined, whclh
er political honesty shall get the aseenden
cy of political corruption, 10 this country;
whether whig federalism. along with
federal turyism and corruption shall take
precedence of the primaiive democratic
simplicity, and sterling integrity of our IN
ces,ors. If The Wigs succeeded, The form
er priciples will be the order Of the day;
iflhe democrats, the latter So hat apar
from the other great principles which will
be established, by the success Of The dem
ocraiic party honesty wouft he established
over dishonesty-Truth over Falsehood.
For the sake then, Of accomplishing an
end SO necessary to the preservation OF the
Union, let the South torbear, for The pres
ent, to take measures to redress wrongs
particularly oppressive 10 herself.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1844-09-04

State Elect;ons:-The next Stare cleo
,ions are as,foJows: Vermont, Sep,em.
Der Sd; Maine, September 9th. Seven
States vote in October, namely:-Mary-
land, Oci. I'd; Georgia, Arkansas, New
Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Ohio, Oc 9th;
and South Carsina. Oc,. Ath. The
Mississippi State election lakes place on
the 9TH Nov. New York on the the 5lh.
and Delaware on The l2th.-Chari'n Pat.
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Encouragementto Humble YOuth.-Ey-
cry boy in the country, whose lol is cast
iu station encompassed with difficulties,
may well take encouragement from The
example of Col. Polk. His beyhood was
spent in The humblesl walks of life, and
was devoted TO the severe drudgery of
daily TOLL. Els Farther was Surveyor;
and, in his surveying excursions, it was the
business his of son to attend him for weeks
together IN iraversing the rugged cane
breaks which then covered The country,
through all hinds Of weather; to take care
ofthe pack horses and camp accoutremeu,s.
and to prepare the scanly meals for the
company. By strict adherence to virtue
and close and prompt performance of all
his dulles, he has risen at the age of Iory
nine years. ,os,he high distinction of being
the standard. bearer ofthe great Democratic
parry; and in November next will he chosen
10 the highest office in the gift of .Ieemen.
Thusare virtue, honesty, and perseverance,
rewarded.-Nashvilie Union,