Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1848-10-04
Washington ard Mw Orleans 1t1s grabhz

Line. = II
! II gives us great pleasure to inform our
readers that This line is now In compleis
working order throughout its whole extent.
Messages are not only sent with The vi.
most despatch. hut with remarkable aE-
curacy and correctness. As and example,
message was sent frw days since -ffdm
Washington 10 New.Orleahs at 8 o'clock
ind an answer 10 said message was re.
received in Washington AT 5 5o'clock.
Thus distance Of 1865 miles is ira
vefsed aud answers prepared and returned
hr this invisible agent. in the Incredibly
,hort lime Of Two bocrs; making distance
1890 miles iu ]2O minutes.
II moi generally known. perhaps. That
he Cumpauy has been recently full or.
aanized, by the election Of a President and
Brard Of Directors, and other necessary
| .tTi"ers. The President is gentleman Of
erea, skill. energy, experience thorough
lv imhued with :he spirit Of The enIer-
piise, and we think. will by The devotion
10 his dulles develope the full benefils Of
this extraordinary discovery.
What tie Barnbuners sag OF Gen. Cass.
The following notice OF the Vermoc,
election is taken from the New York Globe
the leading organ of The Barnbruers.
.'Refurnsd among the Seatiermg--The
Cass candidates, for Governor in Vernon
will be returned sm1rg the scattering. .
He is man OF considerable personal po-
pularilv, and av0wed himself frieudly TO-
the Free Soil principal; but he had tie
misfortune to be supporter of Cass for
the Presidency and as Cas-, is s'piedgtd to
ueto the J.tisrsonian Proviso. the people Of
Vermont could not consciensiD3sty geto for
him"
On this the Savannah Georgian welE
remarks.
.Ye, while these assaults are made upon,
Cass at the North, because he has takea.
q firm, manly, open position 10 favorof
the South and her constitutional rights,
the parlizan Wing press Of Georgia, from
day to day, is full Of denunciaion aud
fasehood against him. 1.-The South :
what will become of her."
Our Nfrt Gorernor.-The Columbia
Telegraph ofthe 30lh uII. The names of
the following gentleman have been brought
prominently before The public by their
respective friends in connection with the
Chief Magistracy ofIhis Slate, Hon. J G.
Richardson. w. b. Seabrook, R.:F. w.
AIlstoi. j. H. Means, J.. L.Nianning, and
N. R Eaves. Among such a number of
estitnable and in, ll.grnt gentlemen. The
Legislature canuo, fail: making a suitable
selection Of q successor 10 the honored aud
venerable Judge who now fills so worlbily>
that high sea.'' ~
Gen. Scott's military achievements
says the New YORK Sun, and, his IRAN
sceudeui power as General, are univer-
sally admitted, moi only in our own conn.
Try. bur throughout Europe. His victp-
ries ii Mexico sweresbrilliauts saHd heroic,
and. -te is. withour doubt, the flst General !,
NOW yiDa=s1 - entry 7ie!a Vera Cruz: =
after 1hes ca aptureaol that scIt n
splendid s,af. of officers, all Emnuoted upon
excellent horses surpassed, in the opinion
nfihnse whn witnessed. them. the greatest
displays Of Napoleon and Wellington.
Extraordinary Case Of Longevity ;
We had az opportunity, a few days ago
Of seeing Negro woman, the properly
# gentleman, near Sloaey Poin', Abbe-
Vile District, ,"h" had arrived TO the
advanced age of LIS. in perfect possession
of all her faculties, aud as lively as lark.
This is q fair specimen Of the treatment
slaves receive at the South. Will North
crn fanatics longer speak of The inhu-
mauiry exercised towards our nesro,popu-
lation, while the greater portion Of that
population al the North, are in tn. mos,
abject slare Of deslitution aud wretched.
ness, without tho slightest prospect Of an
allevialion of their sorrows, aud the fear
ful looking for of the very dregs Of the
deepest woe and wre,chedpess in advanced
age? Will they Ihen longer speak of
aud humanity to The poor
negro. Philanthropy aud humanity in-
deed
From the Charleston Mercury.