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LOUIS GRANDPRE.
Dealer in Watches, Clocks and Jewelry
CHURCH STREET.
East of the HarneV House.

T HAVE JUST received from New Or
l. leans small stock Of very choice and
fashionable Jewelrv. Consisting in part
If fine Gold Breast Pins, Finger Rings. Ear
Rings. &c &c. have also at my stand
4 good stock Of Fine Gold Watches. and
Mantle Clocks, all Of which will be sold
low for cash.
Mending and repairing in all branc he's Of
this business done with neatness and des-
patch. LOUIS GRANDPRE.
aug. 4-6m.
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BRICKS.
CONSTANTLY on hand and for sale by
~ the subscribers Samples to be seen
at the office Of s. NJ Hart & Co.
aug23 ly. McMain 4 Go.
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Coffeenns Liniment.
DR.. Jayne's Patent Medicines.

A LII OF DR.. JAYNE'S Patent Medi.
n cines may be found at Geo. NJ. Her.
oman's. corner of Main and Laurel streets.
CHOE BLACKING & BRUSHES-2O
- dozen shoe backing; dozen shoe
bushes. J. PARRY & co.
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nor SALE-A United States Land War
l. rant for 1850 acres, that can be located
anywhere in the United States Enquire
at the Comet office June Att.
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Lacrus Tooth wash.
DREPARED expressly for scars, or
L bleeding gums. Scurvy. &C. For sale
by H. T. WADDILL.
ERESH RECEIPTS of Bacon and barrel
l. Pork, 10 Casks Clear Sides, Is bbls
M. o. Pork, for sale, by the cask or lot.
aug ICY. S. NJ. HART Il Co.
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ELOUR-Surer Fine and Extra brands,
L constantly on hand and for sale in lots
or retail BY JOSHUA BEAL.
June l6 v. opposite Harvey House
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1852-10-13
ecaRcrTY.oTEsILy

We have previously mentioned that conf
plants were current in England OF the in.
convenience resulting from the want oil
silver currency. Inquiries were made al
the late meeting of the5 proprietors of the
Bank of England; whether any measures
had been adopted forretnedying this scarci.
ty. The Governor ,ofgthe Bank replied
that the bank had urged on the Government
the necessity of a,large addition both Of
silver coin and half .sovereigns, aud he had
reason to know that .;all difficulty OF the
nature complained Of would shortly disap.
pear. The London Times Of September
18th remarks: se.5.if
There was never known for many years
so great a scarcity Of the silver currency as
at present, in consequences of the very large
expectations of silver that have recently
taken place to Port Phillip, Melbourne,
GecIong, Sydney and dsother ports of our
Australian colonies, iorithe convenience OF
the adventurers at the gold diggings Not
a vessel leaves the poft. of London, Ply.
mouth. Bristol, Liverpool, &C., but takes out
Il considerable amount both of gold and
silver specie, either BY spectators who are
proceeding to the above colonies for the pur.
pose of making large purchases Of gold
from the emigrants now working at the dig
gings, or consigned bycapitalsts and bull
lion dealers to their agents at Port Philip,
&C. for the same specific purpose.
1t is with much difficulty that the bank.
ers in the city and west end can obtain
silver currency to anysamount either at the
Bank of England ors$the Royal Mint to
accommodate their correspondents in the
different parts of the United Kingdom with
silver coinage. At Birmingham, Manches.
ter, Liverpool, and other large commercial
towns, the demand at tile various banks for
silver is so great that they are unable to
supply parties withSnlore than tl00 to
f2O0, as not only isaSvast squantity being
shipped of to Aus.ralia and India, but the
demands for silver bullion aud specie for
France, Belgium, Holland, Hamburg, and
the Continent, are alsoyery extensive.
In consequence ofstlis immense call for
silver, it appears thatsfhes authorities at the
Mint intend having. ascpnsiderable amount
Immediately coined=intaspecie, and likewise
gold currency Of @haifssovereo"" - s'.-
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54lisrfllnucolls.
THE YANKEE AT A MODERN HOTEL.

Some weeks ago, very long. brown,
Down Easter, attircd in one OF those cos
tunes which are nowhere to he met with
except on the stage, Z tall bsllcrowned
white hat, short WASTED blue coat with
enormous pewter buttons, 4 vest rs "yaller"
as Il barbcrry blossom, and pair Of cor
duroys whose highest ambition seemed to be
to maintain their asccndency over pair OF
enormous cowhides that Lad trodden many
hundred miles of logging path "misht
have been seen," jack. and shinsle in
hand, winding his way up Long Wharf, in
the realization of his lifelong auticipa'ions
of seein'" Boston. At the corner Of
Merchants Row, his progress was arrested
by the numbering transit Of two.story
house, on wheels, drawn BY half = dozen
yolk Of oxen, with the people inside pursuing
their usual avocaions.
"What Oh earth is this 'erc!" he asked
of bystandcr.
"Oh, nothing" replied the "towney,"
tho folks arc OIL moving, that's all. -
When we move down here, we do ithouse
and ALL"
"Je.rusalem! Wall, that ere beats all
natur. Well cap'n, what's that ere big stun
house over the left e
"That's the new Custom House. It's a
mighty bad location, but they are going to
move it next week"
"Thunder and molasses It'll take all
the oxen i'll creation to start her.
ooh, they use elephants for such large
buildings"
"And how many elephants will it take"
"Upward of hundred"
The Yankee cut a deep cash in his shin
gle aud walked On.
He next inquired for the Adams House,
for he had "heard tell of that, and was
determined to progress during juvenity,
aware of the impossibility of doing SO at a
more advanced age.
"He soon found the tavern" and the
"dcacou," and ordered accommodation,
literally "darning the expense Having
''slicked up" little, he witnessed, with
some amazement, the operation of servant
upon the gong, simply remarking, that he
know'd what sheet litening was, but this
was the first time he'd ever heard Of sheet
thunder" He followed the crowd into the
dining hall, and was usllered to a seat, where
he esconsed himself, tucking his towel under
his chin with sort Of desperation, as ifhc
was going to be shaved or scalped.
The sight Of the covered dishes added to
his amazement "Dod darn it" he ex-
claimed, "ef ever heard Of cookin' on the
table but here they've gone aud sot tin
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1852-10-13
NEW MEx1co-1Ts SOCIAL CONDITION.

At the Baptist Missionary Convention re-
Gently held at Cleveland, a statement was
made BY Rev. Mr.. Reed, who has been in
New Mexico three years as a missionary.
His account will be found interesting.
He left three years ago last April with
his wife, as a missionary to California.
After meeting with the many hardships,
trials, fatigues and sufFcrings, surmonnting
the ten thousand obstacles which at that
time INSTRUCTED his path, he reached Santa
Fe, New Mexico. Upon his arrival he was
visited by the chief men and women Of that
city, and was sent for by the Commander
of the United States troops stationed there
to visit him, who held out all the inducements
possible for him to remain there and labor
in that wide spread field. After taking
everything into consideration, and finding
that the road there terminated, he concluded
to remain, as it was totally impossible Tor
him to 60 on at that time.
He found there some 5000 Mexicans
who had never heard gospel sermon.
There were numbers of American traders
there, and a host Of gamblers. The state
of society was most deporabe and alarm.
ing. 1t does not materially differ from the
society Of some on the other hcathcn terri
tories. Ignorance, superstition and idola.
try were prevalent i'll such degree as |
never before heard Of in any uncivi'iled
country. There never had been school.
house OR institution Of learning Of any kind
fot the instruction Of the youth, neither were
there any school books of any description.
lie remembered, while in Boston, OF
bearing gentleman assert that there was
not more than one Of every three persons
in New Mexico that could read; but he
could tell them, with equal truthfulness,
there was not one out Of three hundred that
could read single word, or tell their own
age correctly. 1t was lamentable and de-
plorablc, but such was the fact.
The population Of New Mexico is divided
into three classes. There are about l00,-
600 Mexicans, 100000 Indians, and few
Americans. The Indians were like other
tribes, uncrized and warike. He had had
conversations with the chiefs Of the tribes,
who expressed a willingness TO DO ruled by
their great father, the President. He also
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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1852-10-13

CURIOUS ISc1DENT.-Some few days
ago, we noticed the fact of a young lady
risiding in this city being in trance, since
the previous Saturday. At first we were
inclined to treat tue rumor hoax, but we
have since made enquiries about the case
and find it to be true in every particular.
The young lady whose communication with
the world was thus cut off resides on Arthur
street, near Centre Avenue, and is about
nineteen years of age. She became affect
ed on Saturday night, and from that time
till the Wednesday night, ensuing she ap-
peared as if dead, except at intervals, when
she would utter some incoherent sentences.
Her eyes were closed and her breathing
scarcely perccptible. During her rawlings
she described where she had been; said she
was in Heaven, and saw her mother there
as well as in the lower regions, where she
described meeting that took place between
herself and some others of her relations.
She also said that she would "come to" on
Wednesday night, at which time she awoke,
as if she had been sleeping but an hour.
This is the second attack OF the Same kind
which the young lady has had within u
short time.-Pi,tsburg Despatch, Sept. ID.
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DUKE OF WELLINGTON.

The foreign news which we publish this
morning contains the announcement Of the
death of Arthur Wellesly, Duke Of Yelling
ton, a man whose name is known perhaps
more extensively than that Of any other of
modern times, and whose cventtul history
will furnish to the biographer and historian
q topic of the most extensive and varied
research, and of voluminous remark.
We find the following sketch Of this
veteran Gcnoral in the Baltimore Sun:
The Duke of Wellington was the fourth
son of the second earl of Mornington, and
was born at Daungan Castle, in the county
Of Meath, Ireland, May /, 1869. He was
therefore few months over eighty three
years Of age at the time of his death. He
was educated partly at Eaton, and subse.
quently in the military college of Anglers,
France. In his eighteenth year he entered
the British army as an ensign OF the 73d
regiment. He advanced with great rapidity
and in five years was gazetted major of
the 33d foot, without having seen active
service. Two years previously he was re-
turned for the borough Of Trim, county Of
Meath, under the patronage Of the house of
Mornington. Thus commenced his military
and civil career-the soldier and statesman
hand in hand, and thus he passed through
his long and memorable career in the ser.
vice of The British crown--now the idol Of
the British populace, AMI again loaded with
execrations and pclted with mud.
His exploits in India, the march to My.
sore, the stormng Of Scringapatam, and
the incidents of that era, mark the com.
mencement Of his active military life. His
career in Europe, full Of the romance Of
martial life, and blended with the most
remarkable events of the current century,
intimately associated with the latter action
and decat Of Napoleon, is familiar in the
outline to the whole civilized world, and
abounds with historic material. The fol.
lowing facts respecting the rise and tituar
dignity Of the " Iron Duke" will be interest
ing at this moment.
His commission Of colonel was conferred
May 3, 1896: that of major.general, April
l., 1902; Of lieutenant-general, April rs,
1908; Of general in Spain and Portugal,
July 81, 1911; of field ;I,',rs'J;.', .'aNs 81,
;.f.t ~. I',.H;.E, 49, 80 ~. J.r., and
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sioner to whom was referred the Methodist
Episcopal Church case, for adjustment of
accounts between the Church North and
South, by which it appears that the proper.
ty, previous to the division of the institution
into two sections, was upwards OF S362,-
600. The profits from that period, lS45,
to January, 1852, have been over $3.50, 600
varying annually irons $4,000 to s6S,.
900. The aggregate value of the Book
Concern, at the commencement of this
year, was $685. ,43l, the increase since 1915
being about $4,000. Itappcars, also, that
the profits paid to the Northern beneliciarics,
since the division Of the Church, have been
$4,000. The Southerners did not re.
ccive any during that period, the Northern.
ers contcnding that in consequence of their
voluntary secession, they were not entitled
to participate in profits.
The Southcrners have taken exceptions
to the report, and the matter is again before
the Circuit Court, and will not be disposed
of for several days. The Southerncrs con.
tend that they should receive their share in
money, and that they are entitled to S70,.
600 more than is allowed them, while the
Northcrncrs contend that the sum due the
Southern church is S56,4S6.30, dcductinG
! Sl0,lS4.l0, interest, on the value OF the
three Southern newspapers, all the profits OF
which the South have retained, leaving due
the South, for dividends and interest, to
October l, 1852. $46,3O229. The mum.
Der of travelling preachers entitled to bene.
fit from the fund is 3,3O3 belonging to the
church North, and 1929 belonging to the
church South.
In relation TO the payments to the widow
of Bishop Hedding, it is stated that the
Bishop bequeathed $4,000 to the book
concern, subject to an annuity Of s700 a
year to his widow, which has been paid, and
should be deducted from the share Of pro
fits due the South.
BAD LUCK ny DEcnEEs.-" Well, Peter
what news!"
Nothing particular, massa, 'scept Bob's
lame"
Bob lame! What's the matter with
Bob9
lie hurt himself trying to stop dc horses
massa."
Horses! what horses!"
cold massa's horses run away wild dc
carriage"
"What started them"
"Cannon, massa."
"What was the firing for?"
"To alarm de folks, and make um come
to put dc fire out"
:" Fire! What ire9"
"Your big new house burnt down"
"My new house burnt down.
eyes, he catch fire while we all gone tc
do fun'ral."
"Funeral! Who's dead!"
"Your father dead, massa, cause h'
heard de bad news"
What bad newsa"
"Why, de Bank fail, nassa, aud he loose
all de money"
"You rascal, why didn't you tell me thi
bad news at once?"
"Cause, massa, ,ffaid it is too mucl
for you at once, SO tell you little at :
time."
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VOL. XvH....NO. 80.
( a honey skeleton cartilaginous frame,
filled with yellow marrow. The natives.
consider it a delicious food.
MURDER IN sTeCKBRIDGE.

About half past eight o'clock on Thurs
day evening last, Mrs. Ephrsim K. Gregg,
of Stockbridge, was shot at her residence,
few miles east of Munnsvillc. She was stand.
ing in her pantry, beside her sister-in.law, in
front of the window through which the shot
came, entering her body in the region Of the
stomach. The murderer was so near tho
window that the smoke of his gun discolored
the glass.
Her husband being absent at the village,
her sister-in.law ran few rods to neigh
hor, and gave the alarm, and in fifteen min
utes DR.. Treat, the Coroner, arrived and re-.
mained until her death, about o'clock the!
following morning.
No search for the murderer was made that
night, but the next morning, it was learned :
that dissi pated young man Of the town.
named Hadcock, was seen to leave Knox
Vile, the scene Of murder, with a gun, and
pursuit being made, he was arrested in the,
woods that day with the gun still in his pos,
session. He was conveyed to Morrisyills~
Jail, whence he was taken back on Monday
for examination.
His dislike of the deceased was no secret.
1t arose in this wise. Several months since,
and before her marriage to Mr.. Gregg, Had
cock and the deceased were at a social par
ty in the town, where, in spirit Of pleasan-
try, it was proposed that they should be
married for fun. The sham ceremony was.
performed, and Hadcock, either knavc or.
fool, pretending to consider the ceremony,
legal, wished to assert his rights. The pro-
cceding was treated as a joke, and the lady
last Spring was really married to Mr.. Gregg.
Hadcock took advice rs to the possibility Of
compelling her to acknowledge him as her
legal husband, but the plea not succeeding.
he inquired her present residence, and about
a week ago was observed prowlins about the
house. The marriage joke has now been
ended by the violent death of one of the
parties, and the arrest Of the other for her
murder.
Such is the account given us by the Coro-
ner-Cazenovia Wing, Sept %.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1852-10-13

J.E!F GH''t .i@.t ~ "t..i@ '!''i E"''- -''.'' =
mcnts, thinking tney wli Dc w"".ed in then
pilgrimage in the land beyond the skies.
These Indians desire very much to have
teachers Of the Gospel come among them,
and talk to them of the Great Spirit and OF
their Heaven. The Indians are more indus.
trious, and in some instances more intclli.
gent than the Mexcans Their code Of
laws is Of the simplest nature. If any i'll.
jury has been done to any Of their tribe, aud
4 warrant is wanted, as they cannot read or
write, the complainant Deputies sheriff
on the spot, who takes gold.headed cane,
and travels through the streets until he
meets the desperado, shakes it at him, when
he Immediately turns on his heel, and in
brcathIess silence follows the officer, and is
put into the hands of tho complainant, and
dealt with as the tribe prescribes.
The Indians have tradition, which has
been handed down from generation to gen.
Grafton, that white men would come across
the big plains and mountains, to teach them
of the Great Spirit.
The Mexicans are dcpravcd, lawlcss
set Of desperadoes. Gambling is univer.
sal habit. | believe there is not single
Mexican, man or woman, hoy or girl, OF
the age of eight years, but knows how to
canble. Mothers teach their children from
infancy the art of gambling. They are
trained up in the school Of deception by
their parents until able to deceive, cheat and
gamble on their own hook. The most de.
PRAYED and wicked are the greatest to be
respected. Licentiousness in all its deplora-
bic malgnity-in the worst conceivable
forms--stalks abroad at mid day. Until
this vice is checked, little can be done for
the elevation Of the people, and unless mis-.
sionaries are sent there 10 teach them, their
reformation is hopeless. 1t is lamentable
fact that since the conquest by the Ameri.
cans, their vices have increased. The
Americans have been instrumental in carry
ing among them their cunning; they have
imported liquors into that country i'll all
amount hardly credible.
Their cllristenings, their weddings, and
their funerals, are celebrated in the most
debasiug and humiliating debauchcry.
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TAE LARGEST MERCHANT SHIP IN THE
WoRLD.--Mr. Mckay Of East Boston, is
now at work upon clipper ship, which will
surpass in size and sharpness, every mer.
chant ship now aAoat or known to bein
course of construction. She will be 300
feet long, have SO feet breadth of beam %
feet depth Of hold, with three decks, and
will register over 5000 tons. She will be
diagoualy hraced with iron, and built in
every particular equal in strength to the
best Of ocean steamers. Her model, in
point OF beauty, is the wonder and admira-
ton of all who have seen it. She will have
1 masts, with Forbes rig. Mr. Mckay
builds her on his own account, and will sail
her too, if he does not sell her.--Boston
Atlas.
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Social kIHDSEss.-How sweet are the
affections of kindness How panry the in.
tlucncc Of that regard which dwrlls around
our fire. side! Distrust aud doubt darken
not tho purity of its brightness, the cravings
of interest and jealousy mar not the harmo'
ny of that scene. Paternal kindness and
filial affection blossom there in all the fresh.
ness of an eternal spring. 1t matters not il
the world is cold, if we can but turn to our
dear circle and ask and receive all that our
heart claims
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Mr.. CAREFUL having been told by his
physician that he must take gentle exercise,
replied, that he had for some time back prac.
ticcd cutting his toc.nals twice week.
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Dow, JR.. somewhere says that the rea.
son why man was made after everything
else, was because if he had been created
first lie would have annoyed the Almighty
with endless suggestions of improvement.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1852-10-13

DELEGArEs-We understand that his
Excellency the Governor, having being re-
quested BY the "Southern Central Agricul-
tural Society of Georgia" TO send delegates
to meeting to be held at Macon, during
the annual exhibition of the Society, from
the 18th to the 23d Of October INST, for thu
purpose Of organizing Southern Agricul-
tural Congress" has, in conformity thereto.
appointed the following gentlemen as dele.
gates:
For the State at Largc.-Hon. Robt. W.
Barnwell, Hon. Whitemarsh b. Seabrook.
For the lst Congressional District
Robert J. Gage, Union.
2d.--James w. Harrison, Anderson.
3'.--Wm. S. Lyles, Fairfield.
4th.-1'hos. Smith, NJ. D., Darlington.
5th.-Drayton Nance, Ncwberry.
Gth-William DuBose, ST. Stephens.
7lh.-IIon. Jas. H. Hammond, Barnwell.