Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1844-11-20

! counties; Is estimated AT Hear tnree uousauu
bales.
4 From the Charleston Mercury.
1 OUR VICTORY.
j All is not twon-ilie war not ended-our rights
not yet restored have yetto be regained-but
great battle has been fought and an important
and encouraging advantage secured IN our, tn
umph. a.
! Henry Clay a false and dangerous man to
the South is finally disposed of. John q. ad.
less an old woman rs his beloved Miss Ihax-
ter.
The people of the Union have decided some
important auestions-inportant 10 the lnsting
veal or veal or wo of tile confederacy.
They have rebuked CIay's onslaught on the
Veto power and forbidden "rutliless innovation
to destroy the checks and balances Of the Con-
sti,ution.
They have forbidden the establishment OF an
uncontrolled and uncomfortable money power
lin National Bank.
They have forbidden alliance of the Federal
Treasury with money.jobbers. ~ @a
They have forbidden the assumption of200,-
600, ,0U0 of Stale Debts.
| :, They have forbidden the extortion of taxes
above the legitimate needs of economical gov
ernment.
They have forbidden the promotion OF Abo.
lition by Tariff impoverishing the South and
enriching our unnatural brethren Of other Sec
|tions - y 81
| They have forbidden frauds upon creditors,
and the INVASION of private rights, by mscai-
led Bankrupt Law,
/ They have forbidden the surrender Of our
,thro.hren and olir soil Of Texas 10 British con-
;troI and Mexican ,barbarity.
1 .,Of all these things this election has baulked
the morbidappelite ofthe Wings. :.
ii Let us rejoice therefore, but remember our
place in The order of battle. and huting no jot
of principle, nor Of heart and hope, go on IN
the campaign, confidently to the rescue of all
our rights, demanding nothing more than an
borest flIhlment Of all the requirements and
pledges Of the Democratic Republican creed,
A but resolute to sublnilto nothing less.
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! Hurricane. Loss of Life and Destruction Of
4 Propetg IA violent tornado passed over Jack
7 .sonIcounly, Missouri. on the night oflhe 25th
ult., which destroyed much, property. and We
:, regret to add killed number of persons The
4 Western Expositor, printed at Independence.
I ,ays:- .....s.,;~s-z.... -.
Iicame across the prairie three miles from
| West port, which it injured considerably, from
l whence it passed over our county in north
east direction, striking the river about half a
I mile above Wayne city, at G. N. Halls mills
| We have heard of its keeping down. the river
or some miles, but as yet we haye not heard
where it ended. 1t varied from FIVE TO seven
,buudred yards in width, and pursued a straight
4 direction. 70 =,
We give the following list sor the killed and
I wounded 3-sst a!i5. .tJygp S51t' 5t..3sG
Mrs. McGil, Livingston, killed; Mrs, Stone.
do; MIR. Kerr had three children killed, land
himself greatly wounded; Miss Mary Middleton
and Dr., Martins son.. near Westport, were
killed. A stranger who had been moving a
j family TO Platte, and enca!nped opposite
Owens landing was found dead, his wagon
blown entirely away. Thomns' Hedges had
all of his houses nudfurnitnre blown Oft and
several of his fhmlly badly ,criprled.4 Z Samuel
Lambert, houses, &C., gone wife and another
liperson badly injured. j., Beadley. houses, &c,
blown down of. J. King, do, Mrs, Buggins,
do. and herself badly crippled, Calvin Mc
Coy, do, and several; ofhis family crippled !; ;
Dr.. Martin, do; Mrs BuCkhait, do, Thomas
Smith, do; G.: N. -Hals's steam sawmill; ;,irnof
blown off, grist mill and houses blown entire.
ly away-damage about $l2 900, s,f:; In fss,es
L We have heard of several others killed and
wounded. and much more property injured,
but do NOT know the particulars. We have no
idea that the halfhas been told, or yel heard, Of
the loss OLIVES and destruction Of properly
occasioned by this awful TORNADO. y fiSs ST.
IIrEljsrs:afl ;1l3 ---2ig'r giMs2grses,i
!; :Tsmperaacs.- are rejoiced1tollenrn that
on the Tuesday evening Of Court week at
at Lancasteryile one hundred and ten signatures
were obtained TO the pledge. An address was
delivered on the occasion byJ. u. Bowman
Esq. which is represented as having been n
most.powerful aud eloquent, address.
! l0ur own Society held a meeting on last Sa.
turday evening; (which was. well atendedtlie
Rev. Mr. iVhilden, ione ofour most warm hear:
ted advocates of the cause. delivered an nd,
/ dress, Whichis represented bysa corresponr
dent, to have been "a. chaste, beautiful aud
animated Orition. The Society of Camden
is certainly indebted to the noble efforts put
forth, by MIR. Whilden, onall occasions and we
hope the address, will exciteittie members to
greater zen! and diligence in the causes Hon.
VIM McWillIe. DR., "A. De Leon and R; O.iP.
Stewart Esq. were, appointed delegates. 70, the
approaching Convention in Columbia, Cam,
idenjonrnal IS, z, s',.s: ~.
g 'PoRK AND BEgr-The Cincinnati Gazette OF
Tuesday says: The weather is cool, and
provision men9 killers and packers, ,are getting
their houses, implements, SIC, ready for THE
opening of the seasons business. we ,areSins
! formed that some i GOO hogs have been and
are now killing at the slaughter house, of John
Jaqnes, to be pnt up in curing state al the
Stara Oak House, on Main street. at an earlier.
period 'tfianftKe opening Of any former season.
Our inflammation from the best feeding Districts,
esneciol)y in Kentucky leads ms 10 beIisye ti,at