Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1848-08-23
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EDGEFIELD CsIl.
WEDNESDAY. AUGUST %, Is4S.
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Robbery Of the Pos. 0fee.-It is our painful
duty to announce, that on Friday last, Mr.
CHARLES A. MEiGs. Merchant Of this place.
was arrested through tho active exestions Of:
the Post Master and General Post Office Agent
and afterwards committed TO Jail, on the charge
of robbing the Post Office at this place =
The sum for which he was apprehended
amounted TO S14.. Upon being taken he
acknowledged his offence, and also confessed,
that he had embezzled other SUMS at different
times. 1t is proper TO state, that Mr.. MErGs
was not at all concerned in the management Of
the Post Office. The Office opened directly ,
into the store-room Of MIR. NJ, both being in
the same building, and by this means, he
obtained access 10 The letter box. 1t is but JUS
lice to say, tina, his character previous 10 the
perpetraton Of the robbery. was respectable.
Adjournment Of Congv.ss.-Bolh Houses. 4
adjourned on the day fixed. and the Members
from this Sate, have generally returned 10 their 4
homes. :" #'sHfs Zrib'0f:t
tts auso1u, e.fi III;
Difficulty Jetlcetn Judge 4. p. Batter and
Hon. Thomas Benton.-A difficulty recently
occurred between the Hon. A. P. BUTLER and
THOMAS BENTON, U. S. Senators, which Re. =
suited in challenge FROM the former 20 the
latter. The affair has been honorably adjusted.
Political Melting at Union c. Hon
Sale day in August large number Of citizens
assembled at Union Court House. A Pream-
BILE and Resolutions were submitted. and passed
by the Meeting. The following are the Reso- -
lution3.
Resol1ed. That we approve Of the Re-,
solutions adopted by the Democratic Con-.
yenrion. held iu the ci,v Of Baltimore. in
May last. d. -. s,,.,.. -.
RESOLVED, That we will support Gen.
Lewis Cass and Gen.. VIM. O, Butler, q
as candidates for the Presidency and Vice :.
Presidency of.the United States, and that
we will use all honorable and fair means
to procure their election.
Rssotued. Tha, iu our opinion South
Carolina slouid support Gen. Cass and
Gem Butler. and that II would be, unwise,
and inapoilic in her moi TO vote at all, sfiy,.
The columbia Daily Telegraphyof the, 9Th !:
inst says:-I, gives us great pleasure 20 state q
that Governor JOHNSON is rapidly recovering. .,
from his recent injury, from .whichatone lime Vi
serious results were apPrehendeda iliia a53 q G
..-A Ial.aE
last evening, informs Us TINT BIS sshtsf
geon, Dr.. NoTTs enfter,ains the hope tiiat BE Il
may be able to leave his bed in the course Of T.
couple OF weeks. -, b..
This intelligence we know win crafty the
whole State. ",.rl - ~ ~ g, l.,r d.
Erchangcs.-We have on our exchange. list, =.
the Southern Baptist. a religious family ynews..r
paper published weekly in Charleston. s. aC.l
1t is conducted by Company. and edited by a
Committee Of Brethren Of the Baptist Church
es in Charleston. II has reached the third
Volume, and is furnished to subscribers at two
dollars per anuuu, in advance. Tbisis large
sheet, sufficiently neat in its typographical
appearance, and certainly has claims upon the i,
patronage OF the Bapiis, Denomination at least.
Interesting religious and miscellaneous intelli'
gence will always be found 10 Its columns.
Sentinel and Pilot.-IVe have received the
thirty second number Of Volume Isl. Of the
"Sentinel and Pilot" a weekly paper published
at Kosciasko, Mississippi, by M'CARY and :
HARRIS. B., M'CARY. editor. THIS Journal
is for Cass and Butler Tor the Presidency and
Vice Presidency. MIR. NJ CARY is well known
in this place, US he formerly established and II
conducted paper called theTSouth Carolina
Republican in this District. His paper'for
time was published at Edgefeld, CHI. Heis
veteran printer and we cheeiiulIy exchange
greetings with him. ..
The American Seasons.-We have on our
table, the american Seasons, by JESSE E.
Dow, part 1st." This little work comprises
two poems called Autumn and Winter? The
first poem is dedicated to LEVI WOODBURY. of
New Hampshire. Ii is descriptive poem
interspersed with philosophical and grave
reflections. 1t is in blank verse and contains
many passages Of considerable beauty. The
style is easy and the versi6cation flowing rare.
Iy, jarring upon the most fastidious ear. The
second poem is entitled Winter. and is dedica-
led to tho Hon. JAMES DlxoS,s one Of the
Representatives of the American people, and
himself poet, This is also Of the descriptive
order, containing reflections suited 10 the
season. These poems are not limitations Of
the great poem called the Seasons" by JAMES
THOMPSON, though they necessarily resemble
i, in some respect. As their name imports,
they particularly describe the seasons in Anne.
rca. and give sketches Of life to be found