Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1845-10-08

would be in this its growing age, 'twer'
less irreparable. The Professor of Chem
istry can compare for information and ac'
curacy with any that the Slate could OBJ
tain throughout the wide extent of the
Union. There are others who have made
greater discoveries, but there are none
who could take more absorbing interest
in the welfare of his deparlment-the
midnight lamp and the unfaiing expert
ment experiment equally attest his yea
and superiority, bis lectures, combining
pro d philosophical analysis with The
more superficial aud attractive graces nf
language. are unrivalled. Agricultural
Chemistry has received his attention, but
the period allowed for iIparling The mass
of facts derived from so rapidly improving
science is short. The Professorship is
most literally endowed, and all know its
use. The gentleman who fills Old His,o.
ry's Chair, we hesitate no; 10 say is more
disparaged and less deserving of it than
any of his compeers. He is a foreigner,
and though claiming The epiihe of the
chivalrous! the generous! the brave! The
sons of Carolina are not those Of La Belle
France! 1t has been habit TO depreci
ate his exertions from princi piles slated
before. That gentleman's celebrity is un-
questionable. his works attest the univer'
salty and the solidity of his attachments
and we regret 10 say rha, his presence in
this Stale is not estimated as elsewhere.
both al the North and in Europe; where
his genus and learning nave mel with
greater rewards. The Prophet is not
without honor, &c. &c. Now we ask in
sincerity, from what siugle individual have
the minds of students been most BIASED!
and from whom have they derived
greater expansion of ideas-more useful
hints implanted, or more valuable infor
nation conveyed on topics iunumerablel
united with the readiness and actual plea
sure exhibited in pouring oul The treasures
of his erudilion. officially and in private,
ia comparison with which his compeusa-
ton dwindles to pitlance.
We profess The utmost astonishmenl and
modification when we saw a late wriIer
consratuIdling himself upon the call Of
Chaplain of the Soulh Carolina College
to the North; lille is he capable OF fore
seeing our loss should he determine 10 ac-
cep! We have heard RssSRasasSssFs BHasfasHsss
hearkened 10 The thrilling private lecture
calculating Scriplure-and caught the
words of earnest exposlulalion as they fell
on The Sabbath, and yet neve. known an
expression, that either actually or implied
ly leaned towards The peculiar tenets Of
his own sec!-whose capacity enforces
The precepts Of Theology aud the evil
dences of Christianity? Whose imaei,
nation Bodyins forth the forms Of
thought" has imperceptibly turned many
an erriug youth from The medla'ed vice,
aud taught him ha; which leads to heav
on2 Whose kindling elocution with dec
lamation divineIy powerful, aroused their
dormant energies in the cause Of Tenn
perauce. and waking into life each silent
spring, nerved and sustained it when re-
pusnance was about to resume lis wonted
sway? Whose authority has restrained
The rebellious and quelled The sedilious |!
Many parent, did they snow il. would
whose absence is desired The rewards
of conscience are his, aud suicidal will be
the blow that allows him but that only 10
recur 10. 3" "For,unalos nimium bona 81
sua norinl." Let every Caroluiau wa:ch
with scrutiny the first attempts to weaken
public confidence in this The cherished off
spring of their Stale-lel Them ever strive
TO maintain its rank and ezall its position;
in thai dark hour when ignorance was
predominant over portion of the land,
one more favored by early settlement
conlended, year after year, 10 sustain il in
its infant days-when every pittance for
lis benefit was gained by .heir most siren
uous exer,ions, wrung out al the price of
faction and even The peril Of internal dis
union, and now when its original oppo
sers, enlightened by its agency, have ac
knowledsed the value of that which they
attempted to crush and reap rewards more
enduring than the expenditure Of millions
-uow when we see the "joint force and
full result of all" when kindred institutions
spring up in compeIiIiDnl shall we fail in
our exerlions! or worse than all, listen to
the whims and caprices of the dissatisfied
few! We would appeal TO its students.
in recollectiug the responsibility of their
posiIion. TO emulate the enthusiasm of its
founders, their fathers, and yield 10. to
that petliness and frivoIity which detracts
from the character it is intended ,hey
should possess, and with which they alone
can investigate The Institution. We have
dcviated from our neutrality TO poise q
lance in its favor-if il breaks u in defence
we grudge not tie fracture. I'VE love
thee, and it is our love that speaks.'
"ST. JOHNS"
Death Of Gen. Se,call.-Tbe Gospel
Ranner nuhlished a, Annnsia Ne anuc