Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1846-04-01

tsPerily, an4 lhouen every lHhS. appears l' 'i
3svic usitosinactisity and rePose, ollr security
E,s ,rcaclierous-and Sincerely believe, that
the U. S.aics ha never stood ina position
,hatpwas more seminenlly dangerous llian4 that
in which she is NOW slaudingi believe, that
since we have been a separate people, we
have never been threatened with greater ca.
ianlics than arc INV cloudns the prospec,
bef4re u.s. Our relations with iurclgn States
are certainly. in sulne degree, rnenacing--those
with Great Britain are particularly so; and all
Europe are inin:cal To us and our govern
mcnl. Our cpnnlry is spreadnsoycr yas:er
extent Of lerirtnty, and is embracing greater
variety Of interests than almost any cadniry on
thr Globe Tue Tariff question mas never ye,
been properly settled; and we are hurried on
by fierce asld reckless spirit of denagoguIsln.
which II not arrested will ultimately plunge MS
into anarchy, and bucdsIlcd, ard The most utter
| cunf':sion,
J In performing my part, rs one Of The editors
oi,he Edgcfield ADVERTISER shall endeavor IN
maintain those principles, both in politics and
morals. which l conceive to be righu, and
shall cunde mn those | conceive TO be wrong.
shall have mo respect to persons" and shall
take as much pleasure in Furnishing tie guilty,
as in commencing and encouraging tire virlu
ous and tic. deserving. / will try 10 do my
duty. JOSEPH ADNEY.
On the first page Of our paper to.dar, SilI
be fnnnd the able speech Of our Representative
! MIR. Burt. on the Oregon question:. We re-
srel Iha, we have been obliged to defer its pub
cation 50 long. Du, from The time it reached
ms, and from other circumstances it wonld
have been impossible for us to have presented
II snOncr.
We shall always feel it 10 be our duty, TO
give to our patrols, the Speeches nf their Rep
resent atves in Congress, and especially those
that are good, of which class, We are slui to
esteem this Of Mr. BGrs'. The constituents
ofcvcry member of Con ress, ought to read
his productions of every kind whether they
deserve il or not. in order to qualifl themselves
20 Judge Of his merits and ,ciecls. Brl we
are sure that The speech of Mr.. Burt. will not
he read as duty, bni as pleasure.
We lEl:e heard our member frequently,
while he was at The bar, and we have carefully
noticed his efforts since he has been in Con.
grcss. andwe have no doubt, that Ibis is the
best OF all his speeches We COMMEND it to
the attentive perusaI Of our leaders.
SHicidcs.-Commodor Crane conmiiieI sl
iciIc at ) o'cuci, in tic afternoon Of the Isl.
;,is;am,, at his cf!ice. in the Navy Department.
Ii seems thai he made his will before 50 doing,
aud 'e't n"lc requesting. that his body Should
be taken to his horne.
Benjamin G.iiiin, an old man, living in Perry
County, Ala, aged abonl 20 yeas, termna
ted his exlsteEce on Tie lath inst, by dischar.
g'nG the contents oi'a loaded gun in his head.
We learn from The South e,n Patriot, that
Tie Rev. Thomas Z Peck has hcen unan
niously elected Pastor of the Broadway Pres
bytcrian Church Of Baltimore. And that the
Rev. Wm II Bordley. latc Of the .aisqui,h
Street, Baltimore, has accepted the PASTORAL
charge of the Methodist Protestant Church in
Charleston.
We have rcceived from Captain Richard
Ward, of iiis District, a battle Of home made
Wine, Of most delicious flavor. We have not
tried il ourselves as we are total abstinence
men, but have submitted il to friend, who is
connoisseI,r in theso matters. We have also
received !i"m Capt. w, II couple of Rhubdrh
Pies. They are very fine, and have most
agrceahly IickIed our palate. Capt. w racei.
we'd the Rhubar5 root lirm Mr.. Blake low
country gentleman. wh' cultivated the plant
in Buncunbc, Nurlh Carolina. In u future
Number. we will publish so,ne extracts upon
tl.c cnllnrc of The Rhuhalb plant.
lir. Dc BOnncrilc.-This gentleman has
been performing wonders in Charles,on.--
Among other strange things, he threw lady
into magnetic s!umber, and a physician Of
high responsibility. was requested to exllact
a lunth from her whilst IN that STATE. This was
done in The presence Of scveruI medical gentle.
men and others, who will II testify 10 the fact,
the lady remaining insensible all The time. ard
perfectly unconscious Of the operation. But
for The magnetic slccp,it is stated that this ex
traction Of the tooth. would have been OK
,remely painful VIII no, the Professor come
TO EdscGcld We will give him job, as we
have some Ole grinders which have done some
rood service, bn, of which we would now, wi.
iingly ge, rid, il we could without pain.
COMMUNICATED.
EDGEFIELD, March 1846.