Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1854-09-07

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ABscoypED.--It is our painful duty 10 record
another case in this community OF fraud and
breach of trust, and of the individual III default
having absconded We refer 10 Elijah D. Rob-
er.son, Warchouscman and factor in this city, Of
the firm of Robertson g. Goss. Developments
were made on "Wednesday last, showing that he
had sold sundry lots of Cotton, belonging to
planters, who had been kept for months. By him,
~nndcr the impression that the Cotton was still
in store, and he has failed 10 respond to them
for the proceeds 1t turns out, also, that he has
abused the confidence of gentlemen for whom
he was doing business, and has msapped notes
sent him in blank, and has lnisappropratcd funds
raised bv getting them discounted upon false
statements. lie has since disappeared from the
civ, being unwilling TO face the storm raised by |
his misconduct His liabilities are estimated
at about $4,000, besides what is secured by
mortgages on propertys He has other property
which has been attached, and may far so towards |
paying his debts.
1t is due Mr.. Goss 10 say, that he is entirely
disconnected with, and innocent Of these trans !
actions He has but very recently formed
co-partnership with Robertson, and had not yet
come among us to transact business.
This is deplorabie affair, and causes univer-
prise, and given great pain 20 many of our citi-
Zens, who had hitherto entertaneda Il good opin-
ion Of the delinquent. Such occurrences always
gives severe shock to public sentiment in Il
commercial community, were the good name OF
its merchants is so important 10 lis prosperity.
Here especially, it is keeny felt, from the rarity
of the event for as general rule, this cOmmu-
nitv will compare, without disparagement, with
any other in lis mercantile nlegrily.-Augusta
Constiu,ionast.
Manufactured will be seen from
the last daily reports, (says the Savannah Cou-
rier.) that the yellow fever gives little promise
of speedy abatement. The whole number OF
deaths "Wednesday, was Is, Yesterday lG, of
which 25 are set down to the ravages Of the fc
yer. This would give 10 for the total sum of
the coming week-S7 from the epidemic. 1t is
10 be hoped, however, that we shall not be call!
ed upon to record so frightful result.
There is . very general opinion prevalent in
town, somewhat justified by facts, that the
weather for the last three or four days has been
very unfavorabIc TO this view VIC are inclined
The winds have blown from every point of the
compass, and The temperature has varied twenty
degrees in twenty four hours. Sudden cha! ges
like these, of both wind and temperature, could
not but operate uniavorabiy on eases in progress
aid be the fruitful cause OF many new ones
The AMAzoN-A correspondent of the Lon
dou Economist in treating OF opening the Anna
zon, has the following observations:
'At present, we regret 10 add the great hin
drance to the speedy development Of The navi-
gt9l q lAs As1s .sisnsloPs s n asTe ss1s
power. Already lis influence is predominant in
Ecuador and New Grenada. In Peru its Minis
Ter had for i while ALMOST equal power. Eltl-
crto it is in Brazil only that no footing has been
gained. Between Brazil and the United States
lie difference Of their forms OF government raj
ses species OF "niagonisuI, which renders the
approach Of North American prelcnsions, claims
and controversies political danger for the only
South American monarchy. Therefore il is that
Brazil inslincIivc!y re>ists the introduction of
United States interests into the valley of tho
Amazon, seeking rather to develop It's great re-
sources By native energy and enterprise. And
in this policy Brazil does, in TRUTH but support
and work out the cause of South American
Independence generally"
a Coon REBUKE.-A Baptist Association of
New York, ut recent meeting, l!as most wisely
and poinicdly rebukcd the three thousand poi- |
cal clergymen Of New England who recently
assumed 10 themselves the authority to speak |
the will Of the Almighty concerning The Ncbrts-
In BILL We quote the following from Il report |
adopted by the Association:
I'VE utterly repudiatc all fellowship with
those who impously assume to protest in the
name of the Almighty God against the passage
Of laws for the organization of territorial gov
crnmcEt, or other purposes, and i'll His lame
10 illuminate anathemas against the representa-
lives Of tho people in the discharge Of their
oiiicla duties. Aud We regard the assumption
ahat anybody of men are divncIy instructed to
sit in Judgment upon all questions of I moral
and religious nature us one which, if recognised |
by the people, is calculated TO destroy every
veSlige Of civil and religious freedom, and pros.
tratc all the institutions of our land at the
feet of irresponsible and arrogant priesthood"
singular occurrence took place in the town
of Hamburg, Erie county, New York. 4 few
days since An lr!shman WAS engaged in dig
girg well, and after getting down 10 the depth
Of some eighteen or twenty feet found signs of
water very pcrcep;ibe. At last he struck his
pick through thin LAYER OF slate VIXEN, all at
once, and with Il noise like thunder, sufficiently
loud 10 be distinctly heard all over the neigh
borhood, 4 stream OF mingled gas and water
bust through the oriicc, instantly killing the un-
fortunate man, and filling the well to the depth
of ten or twelve feet with water. Gas still
escapes profusely, and the water is in constant
and violent motion, resembling large caldron
of boiling fluid.
CRors IN ILLINOIS, a friend writing 10 the
Baltimore Sun from McComb, McDonogh coun-
ty, Illinois, under date August 9th, states that
the crop of wheat throughout that section,
(which is one Of The most fertile parts of Illinois.
Iis Of good quality, but does not yield the NUN
Der Of bushels anticipated. The early crop of
8eorn looks we'll and will be fair one. The
ss3te corn owing to the drought vii! be an entire
FAILURE, and the late potatoes from the same
cause, will share the like fate.
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A VETERAN GoNE.--Among the deaths in
Savannah, on Thursday last, We notice the name
ipf Sandy, colored man, at the advanced age
sPf one hundred and six years.
Il ~
4 AUGUsTA.-The deaths in Augusta for the
past month have amounted TO thirty, none from
yellow fever. The papers there call this remar-
Sa5ly healthy We are sorry for our sister towns,
while, with grateful Acknowledgements, we can
boast of the health Of our own town. We
sqon't think there have been thirty deaths in
fftoi, h;o lur fba ~. |