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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1854-06-08
VOL. XIX..--NO. FL.

At / O'Clock the proceedings were resumed,
when Mr.. Ellis, as counsel for Burns, proceed
cd in defence, continuing the argument until
o'clock, when the court adjourned until to-mor-
row morning.
The Freedom club from Worcester having at-
tracted considerable attention and some chears,
one of the leaders attempted to address the
crowd from the Court House steps. lie was
seized by the police and conveyed to the station
house. Subsequently the club marched around
the Court House, and in attempting 10 repeat
the movement their banners were taken from
them, and the club dispersed.
The crowd about the Court House at o'clock
this evening could not have been less than ten
thousand.
The Light Dragons are on duty tonight
waiting orders, and the military generally seem
disposed to do thcir bcst to enforce the law.
The City Guards and Independent Cadets arc
also on duty. Two companies are quartercd at
the City Hall for the night. The United States
troops remain in the Court House.
The mayor and aldermen held meeting this
evening, but transacted very little business. The
aldermen were nearly unanimous in favor Of
dismssing the military, but the. mayor has sole
power, aIat disagreed with them.
BosToy, May %. 9p. m.-The members Of
the "Wcrcester Freedom Club" assembled at
fremont Temple tonight, where infammatory
addresses, tending greatly to the increase of tho
excitement, were made by Garrison and others.
DR.. Mitchell, of Worcester, presided, and
seemed much excited, He called for volunteers
to aid one of the Boston coroners who was will
ing to serve writ Of habcas corpus to take
Burns from the United States Marshal, provided
he could be sure of sufficient aid.
Very few were willing to sign their names TO
an agreement to that effect, though large num-
Der rose in their seats in answer to the call.
Cheers were given for Gov. Washburn, and
number of other public functionaries.
AT 0 o'clock the vicinity of the Court House
is qniet. Much credit is due to Mayor Smith
and the Chief of Police, Taylor, for their we'll
directed efforts to preserve the peace Of the city
during this exciting day.
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The Boston papers contain full particulars of
the bloody and dsgraceful riot which occurred
in that city. Tho following report is taken from
the Post:
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MAY IS, 1854
Court met at 10 o'clock, A. NJ Present all
the Judges.
On motion of the Attorney General. Alcohol,
the prisoner, was brought into Court by Mr..
S;eadfast, the deputy Sheriff, and placed at the
bar. The list Of Jurors was then called over
by the Clerk, and the prisoner, by his Counsel,
was directed 10 challenge any of them if he saw
prorcr. However, none were challenged and
The following persons, twelve in number were
sworn TO try the cause, according 10 law aud
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1854-06-08

PRESIDENTS PRocLAMAT1oE-The Charles
ton Standard has the following despatch from
Washington;
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The Prisoner was then placed at the bar, and
being directed to hold mp his hand The ndici-
mcnt was read to the Jury. The prisoner was
asked for his plea, 10 which he answered NOT
GUILTY.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1854-05-24
O. C0mntnnitatiuns 0 m m ms.
JoNEsv1LE, Yadkin County

J0NESVILE, adkln county.
The good cause is prospering in our midst.
Our Division never has been in a more
prosperous condition than at present.
Within few months past we have had
some eight or ten accessions; at present we
have several candidates for initiation. On
the 9Th ult., the officers elect were install
ed publicly, by D. G.. W. p, w. L. Van
Eaton, assisted by Bro. W. A Robey.-
Our brief but appropriate and impressive
installation ceremony gave entire satisfac-
tion to all present Would it not in many
instances have happy effect in removing
prejudices hitherto cherished against our
order, if Divisions generally would adopt
this plan being sure on all such occasions
to have suitable persons present for the ad-
vocacy of our principles.
On the afternoon of the day mentioned a.
bove, the citizens of our village and vicin-
ity were favored with an able and interest
ing address, by our jealous and indefatiga-
BILE Brother VIM. A. Robey; which was
sufficient to have convinced every unpreju-
diced mind that listened to his cogent rea-
soning and stubborn facts, that society has
the right, and should rise in her might, and
with one bold stroke forever wipe the nefa-
rious traffic from her statutes. The scales
are falling from the eyes of our citizens and
they are beginning to see the hideous de-
formity of the monster at whose shrine they
have so long bowed with an humble sub
mission and blind reverence, never before
known or heard of in the annals of the
world. Many whose voices have never
been publicly raised in defense of the prin-
ciplcs of the reformation, and men who do
not and never have belonged to any tenn
peranoe organization, will be heard from
these mountain regions, next winter, in our
State-house, demanding in tones long and
loud, that this accursed traffic in blood and
human souls may continue no longer. AL
ready the power of the rum-god is shaking
from centre to circumference, and if every
patriot and philanthropist will but do his
duty, before another twelve month passes
away his power may be forever broken
And why should not every lover of human
| ity from our beautiful cloud-capt noun
tains to old Atlantic's shore, join in one
solid phalanx and solemnly vow never to
lay down their arms or relax their efforts,
until we are free; and posterity secure from
the blighting curse with which it is threa-
tened. Let US then be united Labor on
and labor ever, but "don't give up the
ships" our reward is certain our country
will bless us; our consciences approve and
esaHfp have sWP aRsa sR9ap spa HefP Ef HH
shall twine around our memories the chap
let of perennial fame, which shall glitter in
the sun light of our virtues with peerless
glory bright, whed ermined robe and
princely diadems shall blend in common
dust S.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1854-05-24
THE OPENING BUD.

A lovely bud, of rare promise indeed, was
Ella May. That fair young face, with its
roguish blue eyes, lighted with Joy like a
sunbeam, held most indisputable sway over
lhe hearts of papa and mammal and, in
fact, all within the charmed home circle
bowed to do her homage. "A little prodigy
they all declared her to be, for wonderful
speeches she certainly made for a child of
her age. Words that were only supposed
to be understood by mature heads, somehow
readily found the way to her tongue. Quick
perception she had Of all that was occurring
around her, while her very sage remarks
proved that she was a rejecting as we'll as
an observing child
Mr. and Mrs. May felt as parents will feel
when they see and everybody says that's
a very uncommon child not little satisfac
ton, and some pride in their possession.-
And to stimulate the brilliant endowments,
and expand them as rapididly as possible,
seemed to them highly important.
We must give her finished education,
said Mr. May one evening TO bis wife. No
pains or expense must he spared
OeTtdnIy, ItSpoHued WIS mdy' O"N"
a mind must not be suffered to run TO waste
for lack of culture
But said Mr.. May, : it is important that
her education should be commenced in sea
son; she is now FIVE years old. and | think
it is quite time she was in school,
Perhaps it is replied the mother, but
| cannot think of parting with her six hours
in the day. Dear child! how shall miss
her little prattle.'
doubtless you will, but we must be will
ing to make sacrifices for the good of oul
child, and we may as we'll conclude TO senc
her to widow Barker's the first of next week
as hers Is the only school for small children
in the neighborhood'
Yes sighed Mrs. May, though she i
not the one to whom would choose to con
sign Ella, were there any other choice; sh,
is not al all interesting to the children but
suppose she will have to answer for year o
two.
Unconscious little sleeper! did her youn,
dreams forget to warn her Of the cruelty, pa
i pa and mamma were plotting over her heat
all for love On the morrow Ella was sing
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To Raise Giant Asparagus.

A writer in one of the early volumes of
the Horticulturist. (Mr. DOWNING we be-
lieve, tells how to grow common asparagus
SO that it will always rival any giant produc-
tion. He says:
Every one who has seen my beds, has
begged me for the seed-thinking it new
sort-but | have pointed to the manure
heop-(the farmers best bauk )-and told
them that the secret all laid there The
seed was only such as might be had in eve
ry garden.
About the first of November-as soon
as the frost has we'll Dlackened the Aspara.
gus tops-I take a scythe, and NOW all
close down to the surface of the bed let it
lie day or two, then set fire to the heap Of
stalks burn it to ashes. and spread the
ashes over the surface of the bed.
then 60 to my barn-yard [ take load
of clean, fresh stable manure, and add there
10, half bushel Of hen dung; turning ovel
and mixing the whole together throug ghout
This makes pretty powerful compost. ]
apply one such load to every twenty feet il
length of my Asparagus beds, which are
six feet wide With strong three -prongec
spud, or fork, [ dig this dressing under
The whole is now left for the winter.
In the spring, as early as possible, turr
the top of the bed over lightly, once more
Now, as the Asparagus grows naturally OF
the side of the ocean, and loves salt water,
give it an annual supply of its fayorite con
diment. l cover the surfaces Of the be-
about quarter Of an inch thick with fin
packing salt; it is not too much. As tn
spring rains come down, it gradually dis
solves. Not weed will appear during th
whole season. Every thing else, pigWeed
chick weed, purslane, all refuse to grow o
the top of my briny Asparagus beds. Bu
it would do you good to see the strong
stout, tender stalks of the vegetable itsel
pushing through the surface early in Ii
season. / do not at all stretch a poin
when say that they are often as lars
round as my hoe handle, and as tender an
succulent as any ever tasted. The san
round of treatment is given to my bed esel
year.
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visited by this alcoholic bane of mankind,
that has blasted so many social affections.
chilled the glow of connubiallove, and blown
its miIdewing breath. upon the brightest
flowers that ever bedecked the hymenial al
tar, and left behind venom worse than the
serpent's bite or headers sting We can
trace its Influence in the sanken eve, the
bianched cheeks and haggard countenance,
where pride would fain have concealed the
poisonous shaft, and fond affection have sup
pressed the expression of pain. 1t has fiat
tered the brightest promises of youth to
cloud old age in darkness and despair-in a
word it has mantled earth with lis sable cur
tains and colonized hell with objects Of
mourning; and thirty thousand free Ameri-
can citizens are numbered annually among
IFS victims, that go down in shame and dis
honor!
Then, in reviewing the long catalogue of
vice and crime that humanity has so patient
ly endured, we anxiously inquire, is there no
relief-is there no remedy-is there no
balm in Gilead Yes; we are cheered by
the morning star of promise whose radiant
light burst on the world in the organization
of eighteen hundred and forty two, and its
steady and constant blaze has attracted the
wisdom of the land and as it rises higher
and higher in its course, the more refulgent
its light. and the more congenial IFS warmth
1t came with the persuasive voice of reason
to man, and entreated him in the name of
suffering down-trodden humanity, 10 forsake
the phaIanx of the detestable tyrant alcohol.
who rules its subjects with the iron rod Of
destruction. and kindly invited him to join
the band of brothers, who are bound firmly
together by the triple virtues Of LOVE- PU-
RITY and FIDELITY, nnder which motto now
march the rise of four hundred thousand of
Americas freemen! May they continue to
grow and prosper, spread wider and deeper,
until every State Of our glorious Union shall
have come under the ample folds of It's Ban
ners, bearing in front the bold inscription
LEGAL PROHIBITION DowY WITH KING
ALCOHOL r.
Then we say, Prohibitionists;
Onward In our path of progress,
Boldly take stand,
Be for truth the ready champions
! Striving with our hearts and hands.
Onward let it be our watch-word,
! Ever higher seek to climb,
Onward let our lives Ger echo
From each passing step of time.
AMERICANUS.
| Yadkin no Nov 1874
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1854-05-24
For the Spirit of the Aoe.

If there is any subject that calls for the
eloquent and touching appeals of the orator,
the plaintive strains Of The poet, the signi-
6cant pencil Of the painter, or the logical
arguments of the logcian, it is the subject of
Intemperance. At the announcement of this
subject our minds are naturally led to retro
spect the past; to visit through the medium
of sacred history, the land of the Palriarchs
the land of the Holly Prophets-the land
of corsecrated memories. And while in
this land, we ask ourselves, whether there is
to be seen any of the protean visitations Of
this great enemy of mankind. Yes. he has
been here he has left his foot prints upon
its soil-he has breathed his contaminating
breath upon its pure atmosphere; and men
of old have felt It's influence and Welded to
its power 1t was this power that prostra
ted Noah-that defled Lot-that caused the
prohets to err in judgement; that caused the
priests TO stumble and fall; that alured Kings,
made them frantic upon their thrones, and
rendered them dupes Of its hallucinations.
It was this enemy that opened the impreg
nable gates of ancient Babylon, and invited
their enemy upon them to destroy, lay waste
and leave in heap Of ruins. Thus has the
! land of Palestine felt It's blighting, wishering
-touch.
Nor is Palestine the only land that bears
testimony of its ravages. But the classical
| land of Homer, Plato, Socrates and Demos
themes has its dreful tales of woe to relate
to humanity's listing ear. And Italy, with
its fair CLINE and gentle zephyrs groaas from
its throbing bosom in consequence Of her
noble sons falling victims to the cruel hand
Of this monster. Continental Europe sighs
with pains of recollection for her buried dead,
that have fallen prey TO this hungry vul-
ture. England has to weep over the tombs
and catacombs of her illustrious men, whose
sun has been eclipsed in its meridian splen-
dor, and sunk rayless to rise no more. And
has our own happy country, America, escap.
ed the invasion of this insidious enemy p
We have not to pause for answer; we have
only to cast our eyes around US, and behold
the innumerable spectacIes of woe, the ten
thousand sights of horror, the countless
scenes of human degradation and misery
and all the blackening trains of vice, crime,
beggary and devastation that follow in the
wake of this dram-drinking Send Of fashion
, and folly.
And if we bring this subject home to our
own domestic fire -sides-we all have heard
the maddening rage of the drunka-d ming.
I, ling with the night winds; we have heard
a the wall of suffering woman borne upon the
t breeze-we have seen the bring tears stream
!, ing from her eyes-we have heard the un
projected orphans cry, issuing from thC
e abodes of want and wretchedness-we have
t, listened TO maniac's screams upon the bur
e thened air; and have beheld the human
d form DIVINE despoiled of nearly every hp
e manising attribute and transformed into thu
y Ioathsome demon of british fury Then
certainly, America, happy America, has beel
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Yadkin CO., May 1854.
But are you not nav dear Husband.

But are you not my dear Husband
We were passing from our quiet lodgings
in Cravenst, towards the Strand, in London,
when we witnessed one ofthose scenes which
blush to the cheek of humanity. A we'll
clad, intelligent looking man was reeling
down the street. swinging his arms and utter
ing horrid imprecations and oaths a deli
cate woman, with pale, anxious, agonized
face, was clinging to him, apparently with
the purpose of steadying his steps. leading
him to his home. Perhaps she had sought
him. after a sleepless night, at the place of
his debauch. to claim the remains of the be-
ing she once loved with all woman's ten
derness, and still cherished even in his de-
graGation. As we passed the pitiable group,
We heard her exclaim in tones that seemed to
have been wrung fom the yielding fibres of
a breaking heart, But are you not my dear
husband
Poor daughter of sorrow! you have no
husband left. That mind which used to
command your respect and admiration is in
ruins. That generons heart which once
blended with yours, and whose warm affec-
tons made your young life sunny and glad,
is turned into bitterness. That manly form,
on which you were wont to lean, is paraly-
zed. The destroyer has done his work you
are widow-nay, worse than widowed.
What fend hath wrought this change?
Who turned that abode of peace into car
nival of devils? Who made that home a
hell? Who caused that group of children
4 70 fho al
eye of the father than begot them? Who
drew that mother from her family to search
among the bloated visitors Of the gin-palace
for the companion Of her youth i? Who wrung
from the depths of her sinking spiitthe cry,
Are you not my dear husband z
0, ye makers and venders of human poi
son; ye disturbers of domestic quiet We
plunderers of hard-earned gains; ye des-
troyers of public morals and private virtue !;
ye plaques of the family and the state
behold your work. See the apples ofSodom
tho bitter fruit from the trees Of your own
planting
Young woman, il YOU would avoid certain
misery, and turn from exposure to compan-
ionship which may extort the despairing in.
quiry whether the reeling brute by your
sideis not your dear husband Eever, never
listen to proposals of marriage from man
who INDUCES in the cup of intoxication.-
Though be may have splendid mind. anG
pleasing person, and engaging manners TIL
single habit will be the bane and curse o.
your domestic hearth, and the almost certain
cause of ruin.
Young man, set down that glass 1t il
full of poison. 1t will steal your brains
1t will curdle your blood. 1t will enervate
your frame. 1t will ruin your mind. Il
will enslave your will. 1t will depraEe youl
heart. 1t will destroy your soul. Have
you widowed mother! and will you leave
her without son? Have you a sister
would you drown herin disgrace and misery
Have you a wife! would you make her {
widow? Are you a father would 70;
plunge your children into the sorrows of or
phanage?
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Mary, my love- said not-very-attentive
husband to his wife at the dinner-table, shall
/ help you to piece of the heart?'
= believe said she, that piece of a
heart was all that ever got.'
There was eommotion among the dishes.
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The man who brought down the house,
has gone back after the cellar.
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A High SchOoP-One kept in the sew
enth story.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1854-11-01
SPIRIT OF THs noRHIra PRESS.

SPIRIT OF The E0BEINT PRESS
The Union is occupied to day for the most
part with discussion with the Courier des
-Etats Unis of the question whether the allies
in the Eastern war have or have not managed
their matters 80 far, as we'll as the United
States managed theirs in the Mexican War.
The Intelhgenesr defends itself against the
Union and Seminal in the matter of its orig
inal denial that Mr.. Senator Sumner is an alb
olitionist, and its subsequent paragraph at
tributing to him an abolition speech. The
editor thinks it is rather hard that he should
be held indirectly responsible for the course
of Senator Sumner, inasmuch as that gentle
man was elected by democratic, not whig
votes. .-. %.
The Sentinel rates the Union roundIy for
taking ground against those nominal demo-
Gratis in New York, who are WELDING the TOM
ahaWk against the party. t5 e.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1854-11-01

D.
PoLYGAMY DEFENDED BY A MoRMoN ELDER.
Inc Cleveland Plain Dealer has letter from
James Mcknight, q Mormon Elder with two
wives, In which. he defends polygamy, and
says: 81 aye. "a .s11+E'e y = =
Our young ladies, accomplished and beau.
u1l!, often choose q man with ten, or twenty,
or forty wives, in preference to an attractive
young gentleman who has not one thus show.
ing their good taste and regard for sge1 and
experiences: II one Of your most polite, pol
isneo, fashionable. and fascinating young gem
tiemen should como here, he would find it
very dimeult to get q wife and If she sue
ceeded at all, she would in all probability be
one wnom our grsy-headed and infrm old
He also contends that there is more hnman.
ity among the Mormons in the family of a
man who has ten wives, than in the M asa of
iamiiaes elsewhere, whore ORC wife presides
mistress Of the house, husband and children.
This is attributed to the fact that in the MOP
mon belief, "the husband is the head of the
wife, and her Lord and Savior and unless Sha
is obedient and submissive to him. she cannot
be saved. u He says further 1:-.The,eT aras
INSTANCES OF from six TO ten wives habitinp one
dwelling, and living amicably !: though for
the most part each Wife has her own house
and, rules her own childten., The children
are under the mother s. care until they arrive
asm afurity, or 1t m age Mhens fheir fakher
needs their sseyiqesaoG Eas.ss s.a.ass.l q, -.
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