Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1846-07-29
WEDNESDAY. July 26. 1916
Report Of Mr.. Calhoun upon the Memorial

Report Of Mr.. Calhoun upon the Memorial OF
the Memphis Conocntion.-Ve publish Ibis
week some copious extracts from the Report
of Mr.. Calhoun TO which we referred in our
last. We regret that our limits will not per.
nit us TO publish this masterly paper entire.
We copy that porlicn of the Report which
shows under what clause Of the Constitution
the Federal Government is authorized To make
improvements of the navigation of the Missis.
sippi and its waters.
Adjournment Of Congress Houses Of
Congress. have resolved to adjourn on the 10Th
Of August.
Cotton. Our Hamburg correspondent under
date Of the 25lh inst. say
There has been a regular and steady de-
mand for This article through the whole of the
past week, u, prices ranging from + to Z! Cts
therefore give as the extreme range of the
market 81 to " cents. Our stock has run
down to the summer point, and notice that
shipments have been considerable during the
week, both by rail road and river.
In Provisions have to notice an advance in
Bacon, and decline in Flour. Choice Bacon is
retailing at 8 TO 8 cents hng round and would
command u to cents by The wagon load. .
Flour has begun TO come in freely, and sells
from wagons at So so to 81 25. Corr is
rather scarce and in demand, ut 70 to IS cts
Corn Meal 81 90.
Extract from letter, to gentleman in
this place. dated
HENDERsoNvILLE, N. G.. July %. '46
"The provision crop all along through the
line Of my travel is uncommonly good. This
language is not strong enough. tits probable
,ha, i, ls better than it has been for 20 years.
immediately over the Paint Mountain, in Eas,
Tennessee, within two miles of the Warm
Springs, thrashed Oats are freely offered a,
l2t cents per bushe and a little further on,
they can be bought for cents. The Corn
crop is now placed beyond contingency and
this Fall il will sci! a, 10 cents per 6ushel.-
Through this section Of North Carolina, it as
never known 10 be better. The Wheat crop
has We'd with the Corn aud Oats.
In every neishborhood, we hear the story of
abundance. Is not the prospect indeed sIori.
ous / auliHformed thai the harvest in our
own upper lndihiddle coun,,y, wilbe nbnn
dam, and 4 hase~no ddnbt Of it, from what |
say 4, lRpsr 2 islFists. Y!lsntI passed
through. ~ a.
TMsMysierious Missioa.-In relation
10 the visit;ofMr. Murphy, to Mexico, by
The way Of ,,his coautry, which has been
productive Of. so much speculation. the
Journal Of Commerce, says lhat it was
its objec, TO make The following proposal:
That Mexico shall cede California 10 the
United States for S5U,OGO. 900; TWO and
half million to be paid 10 American citi-
Zens on behalf of MEXICO, and in discharge
Of The treaty Of Indemnity; ten millions To
be allowed 10 lhe United States as indem'
nifty for the expenses Of the war, and thirty
seven and half millions te be paid to the
English claimants Upon Mexico, in dis
charge Of their mortgage upon California.
o. We extract the following e%plana-
ton Of Mr.. SnuLTz, from the Hamburg
journal.
From the Evening News. ~,
Mr.. Edilor-The following sIalemer,
in your paper of yesterday has drawn my
attention -
Tho grca, Bridge case in the Courts
of Georgia, has been decided in favor Of
Mr.. Shullz. The amount involved is over
S595, ,OO0."
The amounlinvolved, sir,is correcr. out
that the Court has decided in my favor
is incorrect. The Court, has, us YET, not
decided either for or against, nor do know
one syllable in what. manner it may or
will decide. And as | have caused this
error, i, is bu. lair that should explain
aud correct it, because The public is deeply
interested on both sides aud should not be
deluded.
After Judge Berrien had concluded bis
argument as one of my counsel, in the
case, on Thursday, the 9Th inst. the pub
lie feeling became aroused, expressions
grew warm and general, and eight out o
Twelve, excep, thuse Immediately interest.
ed, (of the community did declare in my
favor Others Thai the stock of The Banl
: had fallen 90 per cent, and Others that
ough, not 10 succeed at all. because i
would break The Bank and many people
would be ruined by it. On Saturday, lh'
Ilth inst, Mr.. Pet,igru closed his arsu
meutin favor of the Bank aud of the case
after which wrole some ten or twelve
:: letters to my friends in different parts
8 among them the editor Of The Hamburg
Journal, Of which the following is copy