Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1852-05-13
COM M q MIC:ATIoN
Oar Male IegAcademy.
FOR TIE ADVERTISER.

NlEssRs,s sfEgfrURs :i6Me nave feh''ic Eo'-
Lssscand Female Aedcn,y in Edgefeld Vii.
| lanc but where is the afale School even Z Echo
answers, rs where! A,Briek Building, which re-
fleets credit,on the fathers of other days, stands
solitary and: dilapidaing, and the Oak grove
that rivals AalsTpyTIE;s ina beauty no long"'
hears the joyous shouts or merry laugh of
"The playful children Just let loose from School.
sonlbre air Of the baptist Church and its neigh
boring Grave Yard. The fallen Stats from III,
lattice work of the>Qa Be!hy make it alwav,
appear to me as tile \ ome Of the moping;' ow
complaining TO the no4n.
Besides this attraction, the Academy is situa.
ted in the most romantic part Of tie Village. /,
stands remote from any public highway in tho
midst Of 4 Grove Of six or eight acres, which is
surrounded on all sides by q high, clnse plank
fence. This, together witl, the fact, that there
is but single entrance by gate on the West,
and stilc in front the broad avenue Which
leads TO the house, makes you feel when within
the enclosure, as if yop were trcading consccra-
ted ground. | frequently meet others there,
who have a passion for NATURES shade trees,
like myself. Indeed, lit is sort Of country in
Town, and is consequently the resort oil all such
as wish to breathe The fresh air, or escape the
dullness of the Village ..
wish that / had tine and space to describe
its scenery and beautlis, but it must suffice to
say, that this Grove hts no doubt witnessed the
scene of many happy courtshp. 1t was also
the play ground of JdsEs, CARROLL, BoSnAM
and many others, but still brilliant lights of
Edgcfeld and lelsc@lltte. There too, McDur-
FIE, BurLEn and PictEHs llavo citler stndied
and taught, or thundccd the proud triumphs of
their stormy 1cloquente >Er7 :
twas there that NloDUrriE, the last time he
ever addressed The people of this District, sent
an electric thrill, through the thouanls ,ha,
heard him, byliis inlnortul and almostdying de-
claration of eternal hostility to this" Glori-
GUS Union" Pale and cmaciatcd, rs once
manly form, was then bowed with feeble jess and
disease. ltreeled anditrcmJIcd as lie Vent or
stood, but The blazing 6rcs Of his mightSmind,
still flashed inthe Eagle eyes Of Carolina'sIreat-
est Orator. Yet twas sad TO sce, thcJworc
the unnatural brillance of death, or rathc the
appearance Of sparkling diamonds in cdpsc.
THE whole Districthad turned 'odt at his reqes,
to hear him, as itswere,,a make Ills VIII. I" The
people Of Edgefeld," said he, have beenp by
earliest and best friends. / began life amdg
them and TO them wish 10 make my last pt'-
lie Speech" Having postponed the day, frOL
time to time on account Of his i'll health, he a
last engaged to meet them on the ooh scptcmy
bcr. The day was sulry and his situation si I
precarious, but notwithstanding all this, he bobA
bled TO the Political Forum Of his adopted Dis !
trict, and there, for more than two hours and a D
half, occasionally grasping the rail Of the stand
for support, he tod and painted to bis people, as
he alone, couId paint them, the tale and history
Of their wrongs When near the close Of his
Speech, aroused by the boiling rage of his gene
'ous indignation, si,e suddenly seemed to forget
himself, and strengthened by tue all consuming
stimulus Of Gsnius, he stood proudly erect and
md poured forth. such torrent Of: oyverwhclm-
ng ssloquences as made every, man who heard
linn, swear with gritted teeth, iclcnched hand
md swelling 'eyssf ,tohate, abhor and despise
Orever this aecursedU Union, which, as he said,
Eas the cry of every Northern Robbcr and
southern Traitor. rOrtathcr more cloquently,
q When Ehear aelsorihernsmah cry Union,
Union, Union,1 ,hcthinks hear the buglc blast