Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1850-08-14
Abolition Outrage.
WAslIyGroy, August 0.

WASHINGTON, August y.
~s= lays ago four negroes, the properly
of Hon. Mr. To0r,;,,.4.Md Hon. A. H. Stevens,
Of Georgia, wcra concealed here pysshaltion-
ISIS. until l"t night. when an attSir was
made to rln them off. The polbe
and overlook the carriage
negroes, i'll which vas also
four miles fronfSI SI5Iastingt ton.s he paYf
the vehicle fired apons the offeefss sse
turned shot forshos Badly injuiiig tmsweDss.
The whole partys wHhthe cxceptio1s of fs85iesy
Of Mr.. Toombs' men; was captured, and inns
prisoned. - Il 8
Caucus OF SorTIIERM NJ EalDERs. .-fas Cau-
cusofsSouthern Members of the House was
held ingY Washington, on Friday nightfasf re-
rarliaG Slavery and the Territories, and lap
p"iaied tie following Committee to report:s
TJo:nhs Chairman Burt, l1iliard, Thompssa
son, of Miss. C.bcll. Howard, Johnson, ofSs
Arkansas !: Morse, Green. Cingman, Thomas
s1IcLane, Houston and Bowie.
kss j JANA!cA.-The latest jamaica papers areys
|5sM as they usual ly are, filled with complaintsl
q fsli sdi sHess and progressive decay They dis
cn.s the @st means of restoring the prosper
iiy of the island but there seems TO Gc much
discrepancy of opinion, and of course no set
tied plan. The scheme of Mr.. Hume, to res
tore the African slave trade, and in this man
ncr supply the Jamaica planters with labor
sufficient to enable themto compete with the
sugar and coffee growers of Cuba and Bra
zil, is treated with great severity by the
Morning Journal That paper rather farors
the proposition of DR.. King, in work enti-
tied THE State and Prospects of jamaica"
His plan is to encourage the immigration into
the island Of the free colored population Of
the United States He says there are class
much superior to their brethren in jamaica;
they speak English better, have received more
education, are more religious. and more in
dusrious. He thinks that in preference to
The SHOWS of Canada. or voluntary exile in
Liberia, they would willingly go to the British
West India Island, where fora little Labor
the could procure an abundarcelofst the ncccs.
sarics of life.-South Carolinian.
AccIDEyT.-On last Tuesday afternoon,
as Mr.. Austin Cannaday, of Charleston, was
about going out of our Village, in his Sui
key his horse took fright, and becoming entire
ly manageable, dashed of down NIain-s!rect
w nen opposhe INC Tesusucc ol MI CleNC-
Land, Mr.. Cannaday fearing the descent to the
river, cndeayored TO turn him in against the
fence, so as to stop him, but his strength
being completely exhausted, lie was unable
TO effect this. ard the horse running in be-
tween the trees OIL the side walk and the
fence, struck against both. broke the axle-trcc
of the sulky, and threw Mr.. c. violently out,
injuring him severely, but hot dangerously.
No bones We're broken, and Mr.. C's. friends
will b. crati!ic! TO learn that he is already
abb. 70 leave lis room.
ASorHER-Wc understand that the cl-
dies! son of Mrs. B. II. Specrs. a boy of nine
or ten years of age, was thrown from his
horse, on Wednesday last, and very seriously
kurt; Fears were entertained us to his re-
coycry, but We are happy to learn, that cn
yesterday he WAS considered be!tcr.-Grccn-
vile McuriaiEcc:, oh inst.