Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1846-09-09

we nave nelIu, tlal SOlle enquiry was Illdue
on Monday last, at this place, whether MIR. Jas
S. Pope was still Candidate for the Legisla
ture At the request Of some Of his friends aud
i,cgtbors, we state that Mr.. Pope is still a
Candidate, and that lie has been prevented
by serious domestic affliction, from miugling
recently as much with his felIow.cilzens as he
would have done under other circumstances.
The Edgefeld Squadron Of Cavalry paraded
a, this place on Saturday last The companies
composing it presented guile brilliant aud
marital appearance. We were pleased to see
the troopers we're very generally, wellmounted
and handsomely uniformed.
RA1N-Several showers Of rain have fallen
within the past week in this ncishborlIood.-
. We fear that the cottou crop has been injured
in consequence.
Rail road Conrention.-Il is proposed TO hold
at Grc.nvilIe c. H., Convention from all The
Districts n,ereStedin in the extension ofthe Rail
road from Columbia to Greenvie c. IL. At
public meeting in Greenville, resolutions
were passed and committees appointed to at
tend particularly 10 this matter.
The Degree Of l.. L. D.. was conferred on
WM. c. PEEsToS Presueat Of South Carolina
College. at the late commencement Of Har'
ward University.
The Degree of N. A. l.. D. Doctor r'of Art,
Nature and Laws, was recently conferred by
Yale College, on Professor Morse.
We never heard Of such degree before, bu'
it is said to be quite an appropriate one to con-
fer on such man as Professor Morse.
Henry Smith, of Grecnvlle District, il
anxious 10 obtain information relative T.
;he whereabouts his brother, Isaiah.
lie parted with him on the State Road
leading. from Columbia through the Sa.
:-ll#da GAP, aithe-tipe,thatRo Road wasopen
ed, upwards Of 20 years aeu, since which
time he has moi heard from hul. Any III
formation respecting him will be thankful!
received. directed to Pleasant Grove =. o..
GrccuviIle District. S. Z.
We have received the July aud August nuu
bers Of the Young Peoples Magazine" edited
by Scba Smith, aud published by J. Il. Well
man. New Yart.
Also,-from the same publisher, the June
number Of the Literary Companion" COM
pendlum Of religious, literary, and phiIoso.
phical knowledge. We have on former occu.
sions. noticed thesopublcalons,. 81 here repeat.
that they are well worth the subscription price.
which is one dollar per year. Their lypogra
phical appearance Is exceedingly neat, and
ing and Il painting Of flower. The literary
contents, original and selected, are generally
excellent aud well adapted TO the class of rea'
ders for whom the journa! is particularly de-
signed On onr first page will be found All cx.
tract from the Magazine.
Aduantages Of the Magnetic Tslegraph-A
cotemporary says, that passengers who takes
the New York boats at Albany, find themselves
forestalled in the selection Of bertis state rooms,
&C.. by the passengers from Buffalo, abcu,
three hundred miles distant who engage them
through the Magnetic Telegraph. Rooms i'm
New York or Baltimore can be readily secured
by Philadelphians. by means ofthe Telegraph,
before reaching those cities! This is all very
good, but something better than this can he
said of the telegraph. We have seen it stated
that couple Of lovers. to whose marriage Oh.
lection had been made, recently stationed
s the nselves at the two ends Of u telegraplIic
line in distant cities, and were positively mar
ried.
Erskine Coltege.-We have received the An
nua Catalogue Of the Officers and Students OF
Erskine College, Abbeville District, for the
session Of 1916.
Fifteen gentlemen residing in Abbeville,
NewberrY, Chesterville Lancaster. Anderson,
York, and Laurens Districts. compose the
Board Of Trustees. Of flhose the Hon. j B.
O'NEALLis one. The Faculty is composed OF
e following gentlemen:
Rev. E. Z. PREssLY, A. NJ, President, and
Professorof Moral and Mental Science.
Rev. J. p PREssLY, A. NJ, Professor the
Greek Language.
Rev.. n. YouSG, A. NJ. Professor OF Ma.
thenalics and Physical Science
Rev D. McCAw, Professor Of the Latin