Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1852-07-14

bears of the worth and services of the great
man, patriot, and friend of his kind, which
the.eountry and3theSworld has lost. Her;
stores Sand. residences We'd with Z her sister:
citytin the solemn mournfulness of thelrsas:
pects ~ -.
FRAUDS UPON THE GOVERNMENT.
s Some of he extensive frauds which have;
been practiced upon the United States Coz
yernnent for q number Of years past, IN
New York, have been at last discovered
Land warrant applications for back pay
for services alleged to have been performed /.
inthe Mexican war, and pension certificates:
have been forged TO very large extent, and
the goyefnme lent defraudedso a sum mount.;
ing to hundred dso If tho ousands Off dollars The
period dsinlwhich these frauds have extended
is said to, be nearly eighteen years. A fraud
Involving in one siingl instance sa lossof
.eisL team Ito olsand acres Of fland, Wasr Gently:
discovered IN ew led I'd the.
arrest parties SUPP osed to have beensen
gagged Id this sbnsinss The afe lawyers
brokers and: persons I'M fespe ctable atlding
insihat city and jn Brock lJn
York Couriersays
One person, riii1eht q street:
isbrolker, @as placed esapts
|sTeft: gainst the o1fy ch@ge prefer
red appeafss fo5 :slies thes sem false
e o afdsW TGiss
application, be; states, had been minded 70
him by one, of the other parties, for the
purpose Of having it transmitted to Wash;
ington, the accused at theaisame time be-
leving it to be a genuine document. One
of the; accused was arrested about three
months ago in this city, charged with pre-:
senting forged check at the Bank of the
State of New York, for $4,000, and he is
now under Indictment and awaiting a trial
on the charge. When apprehended for pre-.
senting the check, and taken before Justice
Stewart, (who was then Police Justice,
number of land warrants were found in his
pockets, and the police supposing them to
be genuine, returned them to the prisoner.
It was soon after this circumstance that
Justice Stewart learned Of his operations,
and this prompted him to make inquiries
which have led to this exposure. The
police are in search of other parties charged
with similar frauds, and will probably sue
ceed in bringing them all to justice. Some
of the parties live out of the city and fe.y
in other States. Justice. Stewart intends
investigating the matter further to-day. MIR,
Heath, the Commissioner, who is on from
Washington, has with him an immense.
number Of the spurious papers.
THE COMING ELEcrIoNs.-The Presiden:
tial electionis to occur on the second day OF
November next; and elections in advance of
the Presidential will occur in the following
States, at the times mentioned below, at
most of which members of Congress are to
be elected. The result of these elections
will of course be looked for as indices OF
the tendencies of public sentiment, bearing
upon Presidential prospects: '.,.
Al hsme August Cd; Kentucky, August
- e'sgast % ;itiinois, August
.u@.st ID; Missouri, August I'd;
a, August 5th;. Tennessee;
!ermont, Sept 7th $; Maine,
III; Georgia, October 4th; Ar:
Der 9TH ). Florida, October 4th; s;
October 9Th; South Carolina,
.th; Pennsylvania, October 18th;
october 18th. Il. ~. zss
In, South Carolina, the Congressional
elections cannot take place until after the
meeting of the Legislature, when the State,
will be redistrcted in conformity with the
no,, onnnrtinnmont -z4Ee :. 49,!
- .,5.ss-,.z [sodth Carolinian. "A
PRESERVING IRISH PorAToEs.-A
respondent of tle Soil of the South
Aiury,.of Catoosa Springs gives
lowing plan for preserving .1rish%2c:
"Miy two bushels OF -chafreal
bushsl OF air.slaokcd lime for
bushels=,of potatoes, and sprinl
ture through the potatoes imme -: Ai--
removing them from the. field. In this way
you may keep them perfectly sound until the
spring" s.s 13i:sfs q s.7s5 lsg
AMERrcAN SLAVE TRADE:-In spite Of
the laws making this trade piracy, the num-
ber of.negroes taken from Africa, during
the last ten years, to Cuba, is sixty-six
thousand, and to Brazil three hundredaand
twenty:six thousand. The traffic is still
regularly carried on, notwithstanding the
utmost vigilance that is exercised by the
various British and other cruisers on the
coast. i,.is 81 -
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