Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1849-05-30
SOUTHERN AND NORTHERN
NEWSPAPERS:
LEARN TO SWIM WITHOUT CORK.


Senator Butler. 10 his Edge6eld speech,
stated a fact, which appears TO have created
surprise-lhat Southern Newspaper can
scarcely be fouBd in reading room 10
Washington city The editor Of that ex-
celleu, paper, the Nor,h Carolina Argus,
in commenting upon this subject, speaks
with great lru,hfulness as follows:
Southern papers themselves are much
to blame for this state Of things. Have
they NC: in fact sci the example which The
reading rooms ia Washington have fol-
lowed Who could learn from our South.
eru prints generally, that pepers are actual
ly published anywhere except on the
Northern side OF Mason aud Dickson'S
Line9 Do they mol fill their columns with
the premium prospecluses, and drain their
ink -horrs in writing lauditory paragraphs
on the contents of those very papers, in.
stead of exerling their talents 10 build up
The press Of their own section of country
/, seems 10 US that this is SO; and we have
often deprecated the practice."
The Argus is right. When we see in
pepers in South Cafolna colnmns occu-
pied with the praspectuses of Northern
papers and periodicals, We lament their
degeneracy Of taste, where there are just as
good Publications scattered all around
Them at home. large portion Of the
immense value Of Northern news estab-
lshments has been created by Southern
patronage when we have yet 10 learn of
the first publisher South Of Mason and
Dixon's line who has made a foJune at
the business. The Argus winds up with
the following sound advice:
I'VE must depend more upon ourselves
a, the south-nol only n respect TO news
papers. but in respect 10 every thing else.
Learn to swim without corks,' was the
FIRST sentence that arrested our attention in
Jacobs Reader, when We commenced the
study OF Latin and il has been present TO
our mind ever since. Let the South do
this. Lei it dispense with the corks. gourds
and wooden nutmess Of The North, and
depend more upon ills own energies, and
j, will ride upon the waves more like "a
thing OF life than it has ever done. This
is the sort of 'non-intercourse' that we
inculca,e. We want to see our enterprise
simulated, our own industry encouraged,
our own mechanics rewarded. and then
the cry Of injustice, Of oppression, Of abo-
liiou, of disuuion, will no longer polson
The gale or stun The public ear. We desire
not to be cut of from the Norihs but we
desire to equal il, and even surpass it, in
the race of improvement; and this we can
only do "by swimming with corks!"-
South Curolinian.
THE OvERFLow.-The water, we are
sorry 10 say. is still gaining ground, not
withstauding the vigorous efforts that are
being made To construct outlets for il
,hroUg the Me,airie Bridge. Apart from
the melancholy reflections caused by the
disastrous state o. affairs, many paris Of
the Inundated districts present gay scenes.
In The rear oflhe upper part of the Se-
coni Municipality The appearance is That
4 Of a regular lake, and oil sorts ofawaler
craft are 10 be seen. Sailing parties are
,ecolrios quite ihe rage, and boatsSh
In this vicinity entirely superseded carts
and carriages. The Shell Road is cover
ed for a considerable distance; in fact. the
: largest portion of this side Of the Half
Way House, to navigable depth, aud
eeniiemen can either ride or sail down.
The fare a, the loll.gaie on boats has mol
vel been regulated. bu, we expect 10 see
it posted up all rights in few days.
Nearly the whole space back OF Rampant
ST., between the New Canal aud The Canal
Carondelel, is also overaowed, and persons
fond Of pisca,ory sports eau, in many
parts of this district set in their own doors
and catch fish.
We strolled down yesterday afternoon
along the Canal Caroudelet, and were
much amused and interested in conIem.
+. pIa,ipg the scene. The levee on the north
side Of the canal is The boundary Of the
overflow, preventing the lower part oflhe
First Municipality from being inundated
From Derhigny stree, on the other side,
(soulh.) one vast sheet of waller is persenl>
ed TO the view. and all the streets being
covered, and some Of Them to the depth oil
one or TWO feet. The roads on the north
side of the canal presented TO the eye ol
the distant spectator The appearance of a
moving panorama. Vehicles Of every
description were to be seen, besides throngs
Of equestrians, and the bank Of the canal
was crowded with ladies aud gentleman
drawn lhitber by curiosity 10 witness the
scene OF inunda'ion.
How long this state Of affairs will last,
it is impossible at The present to say, but
we trust that the efforts being made will
al least check The progress Of the flood
N. o. Picayune. May 18th.
UNFORTUNATE AFrAIR.-From a pfi.
va,e letter received in this city yesterday
by a highly respectable gen'lemat. we
learn the particulars OF most melancholy
occurrence. such as we have not heard Of
for many day in Pennsylvania. From
the letter il appears lha: man Of the
name of Patrick Malone, together with bis
wife. and child. left place called Kersey,
in Elk county. Pa, on Saturday last, with
horse aud some fxiugs, having to pass
through a dense wilderness to reach a
place called Hickory, in Clearfeld county.
The body of the man was found the next
day little from The road side with the
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