Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1847-04-21
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! A great change is evidently coming owe
the minds ofcountry merchants with regart
to the relative advantages Of making pDr
chases in New York and Charleston. ]
is pretty generally conceded now. that IL i
more advantageous 10 come here three Q
four times year, than to go 10 New York
once. Heretofore ii would happen lhalf
merchant from village went to New
York, and came back boasling that be
bought his goods at the North, and therefore
could underseIl his competitors. Mex
yearall his neishbors would 90, and now
every body can 60 aud The thing turns upon
a close calculatin ofprofit and loss, and
The balance is struck in favor Of Charlestoh
as tue greatly Increased business oflhe las,
season abundantly proves.
With these advantages, which we have
hastily aud imperfeclly enumerated /: with
the admirable position ofour city offoreign
commerce /; her capacious and beautiful
harbor, within all hours sail ofthe broad
Atlantic with the richest stables of the
world at her doors with back country OF
immense extent and unrivalled fertility,
with which its communications are al all
seasons of The year perfect, while those Of
the Northern cities are interrupted four or
FIVE months annually by the inclemency Of
the clima,e-a brish aud prosperous future
awaits her. But its advancement or re-
lardment depends upon her citizens. With
an enlarged and liberal spirit pervading
her counses. she will advance with. rapid
stripes iu a career of prosperity that will
lead her 10 position Of commercial and
political importance second to no other
city in the Union.
We were informed by friend of ours
yesterday Of an occurrence tina, deserves TO
be noticed. A wealthy planter in Lowudes
county, Mr.. Morgan Smith, told his me-.
groes the other day oflhe terrible distress
prevailing in Ireland, and asked them if
they would do anything to aid those who
were perisiiing for want Of food. They
said they would. He: asked them what
they would do, whether they would give
up one meal a day,f They said, 10 they.
would rather give money. He then asked.
how much they would give? WhenI
,thej had all subscribed, the amount was
found to be FIFTY DoLLARs. TIE number
of negroes belonging s;pMr. Smith, we
understand, is over one Hundred of all ages
how many Of them were capable of sub:
scribiug we cannotaay.
An occurrence like the above showsahe
situation of our meg 70 4ntnll be,s
Ter Than, perhaps, any other :ttiill could
take place: Here is1a small number Of
negroessswho are supposed by those who
know nothing oflhe working ofIslave
inslilulions.of the South, to be miserable.t
iialf.starved, oversworked creatures, dri.a
ven only by the overseer's whip and
working in chains, refusing tolsivetuPa- a
days meal, but readily subscribing money
to.releve the starving condition ola peo-
ple, nearly five thousand miles offta peo-i
pie said to bs free, aud dwelling in a land
made beautiful and fertile by;God, but
cursed with the blightins iuauence of a
government whose footsteps, whether in
India or Ireland, are ever marked by blood,
peslience and famine. And yel that
government boasts OF its universal sphilan-
lhropy, and puinls 10 slavery in the south.
ern States. Why slavery, asst is smong
us would be blessing compared to The,
CALLING bitterness o: the chain that eats into
lne very bones oflhe Irish people, a chain
rusted for centuries with the blood of brave
people. and which carries with il in each.
alternate link, fever and famine Mont
gomery Flag and Aduerti=er.
Smithsonian Institution.-The building
Committee Of this Institution have con.
tracted for The erection OF their building
1he edifice is to comprise museum 200
feet by so; a library 90 feet by SO; gal-
Iery of art l25 feel long; two lecture roOms
one capable Of containing an audience of
500 TO 1000 PERSONS; the olher connected
with The laboratory. loselher with several
smaller rooms. The style ssIected,is the
la Ter Norman, or rather Lombard, as il
prevailed in The twelfth century chiefly in
Germany. Normandy and in Southern
Europe, edately proceeding The in'ro-
duclinn Of the Golhic. There are TO be
in all nine towers Of various shapes and
sizes, several them small To be used as
elevators, aud to receive Aues, &c. The
principal tower on the north front will be
145 feet high. 60
Messrs. James Dixon & Co. were the
successful competitors for the contract,
their bids, both for marble aud freeslone
finish, being The lowest that were received
The bid Of Messrs: D. &c Co. for ,the
eu,ire building including furniture and 6I.
ting up, and The amount at which, the
contract with them was closed, is {S2O5,-
| osQ heinp nearly 1hirIy. sauen thnnsand