Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1846-11-04

We are requested to state, that the Mechanics
Jpashingtonian Society will meet on Monday
evening next general attendance Of its mem
bers is requested as business Of Importance
will require their attention, and several ad.
dresses may be expected. -. ...'.-,,...
RAIL ROAD MEETING G AT EDGEFIELDii
COURT HOUSE. is''1''i'ii.!:i''
We call attention to the proceedings of the
Rail Road meeting which assembled al this u
place OH Monday last. We were present and,
heard the opening remarks of the Chairman. j
Whitfield Brooks, Esq. the addresses of Col.
F. w. Pickens and Preston 8. Brooks, Esq.
The speakers.ook very sound. practical views
about the propriety and great utility of con-
slructing Rail Road from this place to Aiken
or Hamburg. They demonstrated, that the
Road would not only prove highly adyanla- e
geous to this place and the surrounding coun-t.
Try, but to the State at large. The neztmeet-,
ing of citizens Of this District will assemble ut
this place on the first Monday in December!
In the mean time. public attention to this SUBJ,
;ject. should be kept alive. It should not be !:
suffered 10 slumber. but should ever be avn,
kened. and, the, project ola Rail Road shonld
be talked about and agitated on all proper oc- /.
casons. Gentlemen whose minds are stored
v ih useful facts and information on this sub
ject. should freely communicate them either
orally, or by written essays in The papers of the
District Every thing which might enghten
the citizeps of this place and the planters who
are mainly interested in the Road, should be
spread before them When the subjec, has
been fully discussed. and all have been well
in onned, then let Subscription paper be-
offered, Then will be the. moment for decisive
action. Let all then net as one man. Let
there be "a long pul--a strong pull, nnd %
pull altogether" and success will mos. assur.
edly crown the, project.
Trial and conuietion Of a Sacc for Murder.
"A negro man named Jacob. the property Of
Major JOHN B. Holmes, Of this District. was
tried few days since, for the murder ofa slave
belonging to MIR Guy Broadwater He was
found guilty upon his own confession. As
there were some mitigating circumstances il,
the case, which went far to ex,enuate the OF:
ence. the court which tried him and number :
ofthe most respectable citizens have signed
petition, asking for his pardon. The time for
his execution we understand, will be the first
Of January next. 40 'N'5'
THE ,reathcr.-iiter succession of warn, /,
days for the season., on Friday evening there !.
was moderate fall of rain, wlIichcontinned
at intervals throughout. The day on Saturday.
On Monday morning, before day, it rained
heavily for some houis. ri..sl rsaD.
In another. column will be found an article,
tue caption of which is Our State. its deprea,
sed condition-,lie remedy" 1t is the FIRST ofa. =
series of articles, which viii be published reg
uarly in the South Carolinian. These essays,
appeared originally in the Charleston News,
about twelve months since, and were written
by one ofthe editors Oft the South Carolinian,
'Si VIC VI SOlUet. 1uc
thinks proper now to repubiish them in Es
own paper, in order to give them more extea.
sive circulation. We will insert in our columns
such Of these essays as may prove Of iuterestto
our readers. They contain mdny sound END
views, which are forcibIy expresss
ed. Webespeak for them careful perusal, oh -
the part Of eur readers. The subject Of which !,
they treat is of The utmos, importancs TO the
prosperity aud future advancement q South
Carolina That our State is comparatively in /.
a depressed and langusl,ing condition, we
think cannot be denied. Tisi true that improve
mens to some extent is advancing lftertain
sections of,he State The plah.ers are improving !,
in their system af agriculture; old'kelds, which
were considered as utterly exhausted asei are un .s
dergoins process ofrenovalion by judicious !,
,:and BY other means Draining Sis.
more generalIy:understood The farmers have :
more concentrations aboutthe rotation ofclops,a
the rearing Of stock Of various kinds. bitsiil. =
there is much ignorance on these subjects 10 "a