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COMM e r CIAL.
Correspondence Of the Advertiser.
HAMBURG. AuoUSr

HAMBURG, AUGUST g..
CorroN-During the past week our Market has
been animated and sales have been made at an
advance Of TO ] on prices of the previous week.
The Market closed this week firm, at our quotations
below. The last foreign advices were very favora-
bic, with ill branches of trade brisk and prosperous
We quote S a ii cts. rs cxtrcmes-principal sales
lot TO l03cts. 4sn ,.....s:
BAcos-This article We quote 1. to lsc,,., with
good supply.
CoRS.-There is still demand for this article, a.
GO to G5ets per bushel. Supplies moderate.
GROCERIES, &c.-Thcrc is at present heavy sup
plies Of all articles in this line, with inducements to
purchasers. ~
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EDGEFIELD, S. C.
NJ O tiCe |!

The F" EDoErIELD FLYING ARTILLERY" will cele4
brate its anniversary Friday the goth inst, at
DR.. WV. II. BvRT's Well, near the Village. There
will be an Grafton and q Dinner.
The Ladies, and the public generally are respects
fully invited.
The Members Of the Company are requested to
assemble Mt the Village carly Friday morning.
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s WE call the attention ofour readers TO the letter
Of Mr.. BELLIxcEn published in to-days number.
1t will be found on another column.
Both justice and courtesy On addition TO our
feelings and ncliraton) bid be pleased with the
candor and open frankncss OF this communication.
Indeed, nothing is more avcrse to our thoughts Or
further from our intentions than religious discussions
and particularly, religious controversies.
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MASONIC MISCELLANY,

THE SOUTHERN AND WESTERN MASONIC Mis-
cELLAsY," for August 1852 has just come into our
hands.
We have not leisure time for its entire pcrusal.
The first article in til. number, is explanatory of the
meaning Of the passage of Scripture used during the
imitation of candidate of the first degree. The
passage consists of 1881 Palm.
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g;H We are authorized to state that there is no
Post Office in Edgefeld District. BY the name of
Salula. The office known by that name, has been
abolished for more than one ycnr.
Those who are in the habit Of directing their letters
to Sauda, are hereby informed that Lofts Post Office
tx the propcr direction.
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INTENDED "PROSPECTUS OF THE LIVES OF
GREAT MEN,n

WE rec from the Grcenvile Mountainccr that Mr..
s. A. TowsEs, Of that place, proposes issuing some
time shortly" prospectus for work to be entitled
Lives of Eminent South Carolinians.'
This is truly an honorable and patriotic untertak.
ing, and we heartily wish Mr. IT, success in his cf.
forts. 1t certainly be regretted that little is
known Of our great men, even in State. and We
can but deem the task undertaken by Mr.. T. highly
rrlscworthy and cr.litablc
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ncSSee.

FnIESDsrIr. indeed would the world
be, and solitary our position, if it were not for
the sweet delights of friendship. Mansm
live; he must link himself to some being, for
his own happiness depends upon it otherwise
he grows sordid and selfish, and tastes not the
joys Of life. 1t is true that We have misapplied
the word friendship, for upon slight acquain-
laucc with stranger, we designate bin . our
friend" )" thus applying the idea and deceivihg
ourselves, as We have not yet proved ltiinT'as u
friend. We create woe by ur.'6wn acts of
udscrrtion, and then ASST to others the cause.
True friendship is built upon the highest
powers of nature; there exists between two
hands joined together in honest friendship an
indssoluble attachment, that neither time,
place, nor circumstances can destroy. How
noble is that friendship that seeks the elevation
Of its object, and how poor must that heart be
that never expanded beneath the rays of that
genial sun: that never let an act of pure
di,inlcrrsicdncss animate it's cold and icy soul!
Friendship hath greatness in it, and great is he
who hath 30 curbrd the workings of his selfh
nature as to become friend to his fellow.man,
ard he who hath battlcd gloriously against the
ubloquy and contempt of the world, assto be
worthy of the laurel wreath. But, nlusI how
seldom do We find true friendship in this world.
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THE GLOBE WE LIVE OX-lt is knowusas a
fact in geology, that below the depth of thirty
feet the earth becomes regularly warmer as We
descend. On an average The Increase is st The
rate Of one degree OF Fahrenheit for every
fifth foot At the bottom of the mines Of
Cornwall, y depth Of one honsand Two hundrrd
feet, the thermometer stands at eighty eight,
equal to high SIMMER heat. AT this rate rocks
and metal would he melted twenty miles below
the surface, and down in the bowels Of The
earth, several hundred miles, the heat would be
ten thousand lines hotter than melted iron.
Who is there that can wonder at earthquakes
when vll hinges rest on molten sea Of tircl
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THE HENRY CLAY-VEEDIcT OF THE jury
Tie jury, which have been in session over the
bodies Of the unfortunate passengers who lost
their lives by the burning Of the Henry Clay,
have rendered q verdict TO the effect that their
deaths resulted from reckessness Oh the part Of
the owners and officers of the boat, This YER
diet accords with the second drfni!ionof the
crime of murder in the statutes Of tie State u
N.w York o., .-r--.s's-
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HEALTH OF TIE CIrY-We understand that
reports are extensively circulated in the country
that Yellow Fever is prevailing in the city. ard
they have even added Cholera, and perhaps
other epileniics We have made the most caro-
6benquiry, and We are warranted in saying
that there has not been single case of Yellow
Fever, or Of Cholera in Charleston this season.
Charleston Mercury.
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NAVAL TsrELLIGEycE- is stated that with
in day or two orders have been received at the
Brooklyn Navy Yard TO have the following Yes.
sells fitted for sen with all possible despatch, and
the docks consequently present very active
and bu<tling appearance: The rSzee lndepen-
dr,cr. with IN armament to consist Of eight
six,y-four FOUNDERS thirty thir.y-two FOUNDERS
heavy c;libre, and eighteen do. medium calibre
the irisatc Constitution, TO be mounted with
fnnr sixty.four Founders, and furty.six thirty.
two Founders; the frigate Macedonian. with a
heavy battery Of >ixty-t"ur Founders the soop
Marion, with sixteen thirty.pounders: and the
brig Dolphin, will, ten thiriy-two Founders
There are at tie present time no guns used III
our navy Of less than thiriy.!wo pounds calibre
Caronates are entirely dispensed with, and the
vessels of every class are considered tu be more
efficient than they have ever been.
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A QUEER looking Gust omer inserted his head
into an auction store, and looking gravely at
the knight of the hammer, inquired,
"Can bid, sir :" .~
Certainly" replied the auctioneer, "you can
bid"
"Wcll, then," said The wag, walking of,
bid YOU good night"
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PUBLIC DOCUMENTS.

We are indebted to the Hon. 4. P. BUTLER for
copies of the Presidents Annual Message together
with the accompanying documents, and the reports
of the Heads of Departments.
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PArsoy BRowslow says, in his Wing ;p,per,
tha, Gen. Scott is the old tool of u God-forazkcn
and corrupt association of Northern Abolition
ists-and We ask no favors Of the friends and
is .saii I'd ii,:nr out of Ter
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A PHYSICIAN passing by stone-mason's g
bawlc,l out to him. Good morning, Mr-;
hard at work see: you finish your grave.
stones rs far rs ain Memory oi," and then you
wait, suppose, to see who wants 4 monument
ncxt!" "Why, ycs,'' replied the old man,
resting for Il moment on his mallct, unless
somcb"ly is sick and YOU are doctorins him,
and then keep right or"
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WaAtel

TAMEDIATET.Y, a good CARRIAGE SMITH
i and good tWIlEEL RIGHT, to whom con.
stant work and eSccllrat wages will be given.
A. BUSHNELL.
Aug II f 40
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e.zsT VIZ state, by request that Quarterly Meet
ing will be held JETERs CnuEcrI, next Sunday,
the 18th inst, commencing on Saturday previous
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LATE FROM TIE CAFE oP Coop IIoPE.-Ad-
vices received at Boston from the Cape of Good
Hope to June 18th, state that outrages and
murders were constantly being pcrpelraed by
the KaGirs and there was no security for life.
An army of Kaffirs 1000 strong, lived in the
mountains and made frequent descens for plum
der The CoIonists were selling their posses
sions and cmigrating to Australia. Gen. Cath.
cqrt was about to make i general onslaught on
the Kanirs' stronghold. Fifly-one Kaffrs, how
ever, acting as spies, had been captured by the
Enulish
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The cholera is prevailing to serious extent
in Jefferson and Spencer counties, KY, eighteen
deaths have occurred.
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" In his eye,
And nosiril beautiful dsdain, and might,
And mn i,sivo -

ANA
To the masterpiece Of Ctesiaus "-spcaking o
whom P!iny says" Vuneratum deficcntem fccit, ir
quo pusslt in,cgi quantum resat ammac''-wc art
indebted for those beautiful lines,
"l see before Inc the Gladiator lie"
Mr.. p. has devoted much time, labor and expense
upon his picture of "DE SoTo"-pcrhnps much al
the Greek of old did in cmbodying his Venus.
1t is said that when forming n statue Canovn took
limb from one, hand from another, feature from
third, aud shape, perhaps, from q fourth, at the
same time improving upon all. 1t may be that Mr.
p in the execution of his work, has likewise possessed
himself of all those advantages 10 be derived from
examination of the most celebrated pictures. We
have doubt but that his painting will greatly en-
hance his reputation, crafty the expectation of his
friends and receive the appreciation Of his country
men.
RIVER AND IIARBoR BILL.-Thc Southern
Press says of this grand distribution of the
public money:
The total appropriation is about million
and half OF this the North gets about T5O,-
OOO, or one half The South about 100000, or
one-ruurth-and the residue is divided between
the two, being devoted to works common to
both. The North gets about twice as much rs
the South. Although the occupied territory of
the North is inferior in extent 10 that of the
Southland although the property of the North
transported, is perhaps not greater than that of
the South. AS for population, that of the
North is about IL third more, only. than that of
the South. So that, in any and every aspect of
the question, the North receives greatly more
than her share. This is part of the cost. the
annual cost, of the Union to the South. IF the
South don't calculate the value of the Union,
the North does"
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Posi- OFFrcEs-New post Offices have been
established at Saluda Mills and Whitmircs,
both in Newberry District. E. B. Farrow posi-
master at the former, and H. Whtmire at the
latter office
Tie following Post Offices in this State have
been discontinued, viz Centre Town, Ander.
son District; Rivers Bridge, Barnwell District !;
Roseborough, Lanrens District; Henry, Spar.
tanburg District; and Shady Grove, Union
District.
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From the Fairfield Herald.
YANKEE CHIYALPY.

The annexed, which We find in the Boston
Cn,nmorrcalh, with its comments, appended, is
publish in this paper for the simple purpose Of
advising our readers of the opinion entertained
towards Us by our Northern friends, ()-save
the mark,-who are not satisfied with referring
y few of the c0rartls" Of South Carolina oil
their incumbranccs in the way of slave proper.
ty, and then dunnuncc them as "cowards," be.
causc, for the sake of "his glorious Cnion,
they manifest submissive disposition; but
they 90 still farther. and advertise in advance
that 4" 30 it will BE- a surrender of our convirts
prisons and property, with every recognised
right, when Northern treenen demand the
rights to which they are entitled"
Thus it will be seen that the issue il still be.
fore us. "Northrrn frccmen" have but to de-
mand The right to cxerci," y sovereign control,
"to which they are entitled" aud "Sputliern
yalnr," az predicted, by authority; will lose it.
self in that baser quality which will ovcrwhclnl
every other principle, and proclaim Southern
men as "te mcancst towards" We would
not, if we could, stay the issue. Let it come.
But to the extract:
THE CASE OF TIE CoLoRED SAILOR IN Sorrll
CARoLIsA-The case of Manuel Pareira, The
English coored sailor imprisoned at Charleston,
having lately attracted much attention in the
British Parliament the Charleston papers an.
nounce that he was discharged from jail more
than a month ago. parcira, although poriu.
guc$c, WAS seaman on board British vessel,
which was obliged to pu, into Charleston in dis
trtss, and WAS there condemned as unscaworlly.
The discharge above announced is u true in
stance of Southern valor. Let but the British
government speak with authority, and the pri-
son doors fly open. So will it be when North
ern frcrmen demand the rights 10 which they
are entitled. The rcadicst tyrants are always
the mcancst towards.
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BRrrlsu aIES OF WAn.-Thc Philadelphia
Evening Bulletin says that the ports of Nova
Scotia and New Brunswick are The ordinary
summer rendezvous of large number of British
mrn of war, and that The object in doing this is
to secure the health of those on board as well
ns to afford practice to the sc lmcn and younger
officers in the ordinary duties of cruise. This
the Bulletin is confident, is the case this season.
There are, perhaps, one or two vessels ordered
to the specific service of watching the fisheries,
but beyond that the Bulletin doubts whether
there is Il larger British naval force in hose wa
tcrs than there WAS last summer, or any previ.
GUS summer, for number OF years.
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Louis NAroLEos-An article in the July
number of Backwuod, written probably by AL.
>on, the historian, represents in most striking
light the danger to which England is exposed,
of invasion, sooner or later, from France. 1t
relates tie folIowin. curious anerdule, which
va have never before seen in print, and which
s,rikiugly illustrates very remarkable feature
in the character of Louis Napoleon.
"prinrc Louis Napoleon, like his uncle. il
very Snpers;ilious, and always carries an amulet,
taken from the tomb of Charlenmnge, on his
person. He is known to have said in this couu-
try, long before he lct it to accept the Prcsidcn.
cy OF the Frcncl, Republic: 1t may appear III
me prcsumptuons TO wear that amulet, but |
have an inborn conviction in my mind that am
one day to be the ruler of France When am
so, shall FIRST extinsuish the license of the
press in Paris. and thrn attack England. shall
do so with regret, for have been kindly received
there, and j, contains many of my best friends
Jm must fulfil my mission, and carry out that
schich Ikno,r my uncle had most at heart-I oace
that to his memory In pursuance of these
views he has just drcrccd $4,000 men 10 his
regulir army"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1852-08-11

Mr.. EDWIN FoRnEsT.-Thc New York Cou-
rier bears honorable testimony to the conduct
of Mr.. Forrest, during the scene of excitement
and danger which attended the burning of the
Henry CIuy. While the unfortunate beings
were struggling in the water, MIR. Edwin For
rest, who was then at his castle, seeing their con-
diton ran down, and jumping into the water,
succeeded in rcsruing many from watery
grave, and also in recovering several bodies.
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FURTHER BY TIE NIAGARA.
BALTIMORE, August s, 1859

D"hii''hE3 ~ ASc~'
Cotton closed firm. Spectators took H.
600 bales and exporters 1900 Of the week S
business Stock on hand mt Liverpool, exrlu-
sve of that ON shipboard, G95,OOO bnlcs. On
Saturday the market was firm, with sales of
10000 bales. Some of the circulars quote an
advance Of l.s. Rosiu scarce and unchanged.
Sales Of turpentine ut Is I'd. Consols closed
at 3-8 Il -.
Marshal ExcelSman was killed in Paris by
falling from his horse. VI. Leblanc has been
depnted to form i new Cabinet for Belgium.
The American squadron had arrived at Naples.
The ministry havca majority of lifiy.threc in
the new House of Commons. The yacht
America was beaten in i :acc with the Arrow.
The bullion in the Bank of England is over
twcnty-one millions sterling. The rumorcd
potato rot in Ireland is not credited. Sixty
persons have been arrested ut Mantua, including
Archbishop Rivera and six other clergyncn, by
The Auslrir,s, for liberal views
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STEAMBOAT ACCIDENT AND Loss OF Lire
Since the lst of January there have been twen.
ty steamboat disasters in the United States, at
tended by The loss of 1873 lives and the injury Of
100 others This does not include the killed
and wounded by the explosion of the Glencoe,
at st. Louis, or the Fi'zer Miller, on White
River. The. number lost by these two calami-
ties is unknown, but would probably swell the
aggregate of killed to 500.
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P0HELl,'S PAINTING.

IT will be remembered that four or fivo year. ago.
Mr.. WM. H. POWELL the Artist went Abroad with
the intention o. painting the picture for wicl, lie
was commissioned by our Government. .ssT.s
VI RRdSsstaR Rl tbpt he
q, Tie rst Of Sep
tcmhcr. The painting will be exhibited through
America before being placed in the Rotunda of the
Capitol, and have no doub. will add greatly to the
celebrity of this Artist.
1t represents De SoTo in sight of the Mississippi
lie is mounted upon noble s,ccd followed by hi,
retinue. "Thc vanity of costume" says the Home
Journal, "the magnifccnce Of primeral nature, and
the juxlopositiun of Aboriginal Chiefs and Spanish
Noblemen, and Monks formed richly conirasted,
picturesque and significant have ever
witnessed. There was for each figure, a
meaning in each group, artistic effect in every
contrast. The glory of drcovery the zcst of adven-
lure the invasion Of u new continent, the wildness
Of savage and the Injuries of civilized lif the pump
of ancient religion and the mcasrencss of untutorcd
instinct twm!c inspecting the first cartoon Of this
piclure) NIL flashed upon the eye and mind"
Mr.. POWELL, like most great Painters and Scup.
tors, has adopted the plan of drawing his designs from
the celebrated descriptions found in standard authors.
His skll first manifested in placing upon canvass
the character of " Roderick Dhu' from the pen Of
Scott. The Blind Bard'' from the same author,
next fired his imagination and moved his pencil. The
representation by him Of Byron's Seige of Corn,h"
iS raid TO be remarkably fine. The picture Of {" Co.
lumbus before the council Of Salamanca" exhibited 70
much ability, and gave such undoubtcd evidence of
rising TALENT command the attention of the
members of Congress, and thus procured him the
commission to fill the las, unoccupicd panel under
the dome Of the Capitol"
Mr.. P. has occasionally employed his pencil upon
ideal works, but he seems fully aware OF the fact
that Poets and Painters mutual aids to each other,
that the Poets imagination shadows forth airy
forms and invisible shapes, the pencil of the Painter
and the chsc Of the Sculptor gives them "n local
hahitation and namc'' Thus, the renowned statue
of LAGOON taken from the celebrated description
in Vigil. Michael Angelo is said 10 have scpt with
the "Dvina CUmocdia" under his pillow, and if he
had executed his intention Of painting the greatest OF
Danle's works, We have every to believe it
would have far surpassed any Of mis- works now in
existence. Byrons beautiful and striking description
Of the Apollo undoubtedly pcnued Immediately
after visiting that famous statue-'iwas there that he
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CAPT. MARcr.-We find the following in the
National Intelligencer of Tuesday last. 1t will
be remembered that telegraph dispatch to US
received from New Orleans on Tuesday last
gave II statement confrmatory of the massacre: !:
'As we expected, the painful rumor which
reached us several days ago, Of the massacre of
Capt. Marcy and his command in the Western
wilderness, turns out to have been fabrication.
So we are informed in a telegraph dispatch from
Louisville, based on the authority of an extra
from the office of the "Whig," published at
Little Rock, Arkansas. This extra mentions
the arrival of an express at Fort Smith on the
25th ultimo from Fort Arbuckle, bringing the
welcome news that Capt. Marcy and his party
were all alive, and falsifying the former report.
1t is added that this intelligence may be relied
on"
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MELANCHOLY AcclDsST.-We learn from
friend that Mr.. Wm D. Folk, the agent and act
inn postmaster at Pomaria, was killed on the
GTrenvilc Rail Road on Thursday morning
Mr.. Folk was going up the road on business,
when some of the freight cars of.the train be-
came detached, and ran down the road'towards
Pomaria He got off the train and proceeded
on foot up the road, expecting the train to stop
when il should ovcr,ake him. When it ap..
preached the cnginnecr Stacked lis speed, and
in aitemp ing to get on the car whilst it was in
motion, he was precipitated on the track, and
instan,i iy killed He was most aniable and
excellent young man, in the bloom of youth
aud the company, by this sad accident, have lost
the services of most efficient ofliccr.-Careli.
man. 7th inst.