Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1852-04-22
EDGEFIELD, S. e., APRIL q, 1852.

AAs ICcAs
| WILLIS on WEBsTER.-Danicl Webste
made speech at the recent Cooper Test
monial," and N. p. Willis in describing it j
the Home Journal says:
"Mr. Webster rose and was again receive
with long and vociferous applause. Certain
ly, Demosthenes would have smiled, had h
heard the address that followed, and learne
that its deliverer is styled by his country
men an orator. Great men are never grel
orators. Anything more unoratorical thai
Mr. Wcbster's mode Of speaking cannot b
imagined. His manner was precisely that o
farmer who had been summoned from tn
plough to the forum. He said monument,
for monument, and "literatoor," for litera
ture. He jerks out sh It sentence in
high, rather nasal tone, Al then lets his voc,
fall and die away into long low rumble
inaudiblc utterly to large number Of tan
talized auditors. But the matter is solid
safe and well considered He never (wt
hear) read novel of Cooper's in his life
yethe said what was proper for the occasion
and becoming TO himself lie dwet strong
ly upon the independence, the integrity, tho
piety, and especially the nationality of the
departed novelist. His address was listened
to with breathlcss attention, and the mighty
presence of the man held spell-bound the
distant thousand or so who could not hear.
THE MAINE Law ABOLISHED IN STAM.-
An cdict has been in force twenty-seven
years in the kingdom of Siam, prohibiting
the use Of opium or any traffic in it; but hav-
ing failed to diminish its consumption, the
cdict has been revoked, and the license sys-
TEN again introduced. The Singapore Free
Press of the I'd Of February publishes the
act of revocation, from which the following
is an extract:
"Opium being a drug of pernicious ten
dency, the former kings of Siam have uni
formly prohibited traffic in it, and have caused
merchants engaged in the trafic of it to be
seized, and their property confiscatcd. Those
efforts to cleanse the land of the evils of Opt
um, produced ruin of estate and business,
and rcvcngcful feelings to Il very great ex-
tent Hence his present majesty has been
pleased to grant a monopoly of the traffic in
opium to certain individuals of his subjects,
allowing them alone to purchase it and to
sell it only 10 the Chinese, who have come
hitherto to seek their livelihood under his
auspices. But 10 all Siamcse and others
who are subjects of the kingdom of Siam,
and who constitute the forces of the king
dom, opium is coniraband rs an article Of
trade or consumption
EXECUTION OF a BASKRUpT.-At noon, on
ts.-..l thJiuutnnt--i,,at tho E,a nnn.=n
ted it's busiest aspect, two drummcrs in the
civic uniform came up and rolled their drums
for the space of ten minutes, causing great
commotion both within and ont of the
Bourse. While this WAS going OH, work.
men were seen over the principal gateway of
The building elevating black board, on
which was painted in white letters the name
of a merchant of the city who had lately sus-
pended payment and absconded with all his
assets. When the name had been fairly set
up, 4 bell called the "schand glockc" or
shame bell, only rung on such occasions,
was sounded for two hours from 4 tower of
the Bourse. This penalty Of disgrace called
the execution of 4 fraudulent bankrupt" is
ordained by law which can be traced TO the
fourteenth century, when The Hahscatic
league was at the height of its greatness.
At that period. however, the bnnkrupt's pa
tent of citizenship and his certificate as 4
merchant, were also burnt By the hansman,
TIE CotsAGE.-Thc Senate of the United
States have passed bill, and sent it to the
House of Representatives for concurrence,
reducing the intrinsic value of silver coin
representing the fractional parts of dollar,
about 7 per cent. for the present standard.
It provides that the weight Of the half-dolar
shall be 10 l-2 grains and the quaTter-dollar,
dime and lalf-dimc shall be respectively one
half, onc-ffth, and onc-tenth Of that weight.
The weight of the halcdollar hitherto, has
been 2OG.l-4 grains. This important mea-
sure ought to have passed when the actual
difference in the relative value of gold and
silver first became manifest; for thereby the
present scarcity of small change would have
been prcvcntcd.-Ncw York Journal Of COM
mcrcc.
THE FUTURE CorToS CRor.-A cores
pondcnt of the National Intelligencer writing
from Canneltun, Indiana, says;
"Thc year is not very distant when sim
Gle State (Arkansas) will give 4 yearly pro-
duction of three millions of bales of Cotton,
if its price holds up to an average OF seven
cents per pound. This year the product per
acre OF many plantations on the Mississippi
river, and on either side of Memphis, was as
high as 5000 pounds Of seed cotton, Arkan-
sas has several millions of acres of the very
best cotton lands that will be protected from
overflow in few years. The very low price
and great fertility of these lands will soon
bring them into market and use. Cotton
from that district will be taken up, and not
down stream. 1t will be taken to Eastern
mills cheaper by the Ohio river than by the
eulf and ocean route. Whether Eastern
machinery and operatives will meet the cot
ton halfway, is yet to be seen.
WE think it is Dow, Jr, who gives the
following quaint advice in one Of his "Patent
Sermons:'
"Let your home be provided with such
comforts and ncccssarics, as picty, pickles,
potatoes, pots and kettles, brushes tongs,
brooms and bcnevclcnce, bread and charity,
cheese and faith, flour, affection, cider, SINGER
ity, onions, integrity, vinegar, wine and wis:
dom. Have all these always on hand, and
happiness will be with you. Don't drink
anything intoxicating-go about your busi.