Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1845-06-11

The Washington Union, in giving a
sketch OF the New York anniversaries, thus
notices. tile Vigilance Committee. This
lis an association. Of men, women, aud
children-while and, black-whose avow-
ed obiec. it 10 relax the laws, and to tram
ple the constitution The country under
| foot. They steal negroes, and their re
port shows that they have stolen l16 ne.
groes in the last year.
To give the readers Of the Union an idea
Of their views aud principles, we exlract,
the following paragraph from the account
of their proceedings. 1t is very fair
sample Of the whole =,
"Afler the report, James C. Jackson, of
Madison county, (while,) followed in de-
fence Of the system Of running slaves, ar
guing their perfect right 10 so do, and the
great criminalily of all who should refuse
to succor fugitive, or to encourage those
Iow slaves TO run away. He protested
against sending. these slavesto Canada;
better said he, keep them here. The doc
trines of Dudley Seldom in relation TO The
good effects of crossing the blood Of Amer
leans with Europeans he endorsed Id all
respects, and adopted with relation to the
blacks. "We are not more than half men
we want negro blood to make men of
u.s." and thus 10 elevate ourselves to the
position we held sixty years ago..
[Great applause.
The following are the contents of the
June number of the Southern Agricultu-
raLiSt.
Suggestions for Southern Planters, by
Holkham; Proceedings of the Black Oak
Agricultural SGciety, Agricultural Society
of Pendleton, Report of the Committee on
Farms, made 10 The Society onlf 10th Of
October, 1884 The Suh-soil P. b, by
William. Carmichael: On the BONNER
method of making Manure, by w. Byne
Rural economy of the South; Learning
Sears to Back; Different qualities Of
Honey, by Fl. Carpenter; Side Hill Ditch
ing, by P. Leigh; To kill crows; Tanning
en- the Plantation, by T. Affieck Lime
Burning in. South Carolina, from Tuo-
mey's Report for 1874; Uuses Of Lime,
{from the sare y Hides and Slaves, by J.
A. Ruff; Elder juice to cure shippers in
Bacon; Hemp; Tiuesar at once A cheap
mode Of obtaining Lime; Nankin Cotton;
The Wheat Harvest; Proceedings Of The
ST. Luke's Agricultural Society.
The following case Of speedy justice,
| we copy frog, the Montgomery, Ala,
Advertiser of last Friday:
We had an opportunity, las: week, of
seeing a case of summary justice carried
out in our Circuit Court, at the shortest
notice. A nnn, who calls himself Chas.
Eugene, was caught amos, 10 the very
act of abslrac,ing well lined pocket book
from the pocket Of Mr.. Joseph Fl. Har-
per, right in the Court House. Being
seized by Mr.. Harper who fell the work,
ing at the pocket and saw Eugene moving
off, he broke from him ran down he stops,
through the passage and out towards Pol
Iard's corner. crying out "stop that mani"
pursued by Squire Harper calling out
stop hiln!" He succeeded in passing
several who could have stopped him, but
who were deceived by his cry, but he was
stopped before he could get beyond the
Post Office by Mr.. Staples. aud was
brought back to the Court House. Judge
Stone Immediately examined the case.
committed him, aud re. empauuelled the
Grand Jury, who had been discharged
A true bill was found and the case ordered
for trial the next day, when Charles Eu-
gene, having undergone trial. was con.
vlcted upon the cedrest testimony and
sentenced 10 six years Imprisonment, in the
Peurentary. We understand that he had
been but short time discharged from the
Pcnitenliary at Baton Rouge. where he
had completed his term o. punishment
fer similar Observation-Disclosures.