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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1855-05-02
From the Chester Standard.
CASUALTY,

IF the subjoined circumstances had not been
vouched for by gentlemen OF unlmpeachaoie
character, we should have regarded The whole
story MS Il fiction. But coming to us rs they 40,
we are bound to give them the most Implicit
credence.
On Friday last, an Irishman, of The. name of
Cbas, Cassedv, was let down into the well OF
Mr.. Jno. Ross, at Sandersville, in the upper
mart Of this District, about IL o'clock in the day,
for the purpose we believe Of cleaning it out
The we'll was 40 feet deep and was curbed to
within few feet of the top with curbing stones
of various sizes, from feet long down TO small
round niggcr heads" In passing down MIR. C.
kept one foot protrudcd from the well bucket,
in order 10 steady himself occasionally IN his
descent against the sides of the wall, and also
to see if the wall was firm.
In this way, when very near the bottom he
stouched one of the side stones with his foot,
which seemed to not have good foundation,
when Inc whole wall, with large quantity OF
dir, ard brick from The top, caved in, tum0Ird
down OH him, and buried him the depth OF ~
feet.
OF course every one dcspared Of ever seeing
him alive again, and accordingly his coffin was
ordered to be made. But the humanity of the
neiphbors was so great that they soon assemb ed
in large force and went vigorously and lnces-
sanity to work, removing the rubbish and try
ing, as speedily AS possible, to get the untorsun-
ate man out
Abou, IL o'clock Mt night, Mr.. c. was heard
70 speak, when he informed those above that
the stones had formed perfect "aitch" over
him. But his coffin was finished and on its way
for delivery, before it was known he was alive
From this time a regular communication was
held with him until some time the next day, when
4 large additional quantity Of earth cared in and
for n time, cut off nll means of correspondence.
About ! l O'clock the next day, his head was
uncovered, when he began to work and assist IN
removing rubbish and exlrcating himself. lie
was found TO be reclining at an angle OF about
IS degrees, with his face upward, the edge ot a
large rock across his neck, pressing so close that
he had TO turn his head to one side in order TO
avoid choking TO death. Large stones were also
pressing an his head, breast and feet, and he was
so closely wedged in on all sides that it was very
difficult for him to move any Of his limbs ne
says, when the accident first happened, he
though, that no effort would be made for some
dsys to get him out, and that consequently he
would linger two or three days and finally fam
ish and de- Therefore, he tried to take his knife
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MORE REVVALS,

The Valley Pioneer" informs us that the good
work of reformation is at last begun in the town OF
Hamburg religious revival has been in progress
there for some days under the labors OF the Rev Mr.
EVANS, of the Methods, Church We unite with
friend STYLES in rejoicing that the "marble hearts
Of his community al length becoming changed In
to hearts Of flesh and blood We hear Of rerivals OF
rather late occurrence in Newberry and Abbevle al'
So At Aiken, under The auspices Of DR.. TEAsDALE'
one Of considerable interest is now existant good
ly number have joined the church, and the work at
last accounts was still making considerable headway
II does indeed seem that the times OF refreshing
from III. presence Of the Lord" are upon the land.
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The Wabash (ludianI Gazette, extra contains
an account Of the discovery Of the bodies of u
family of seven persons, near that place. of the
nulne of French, who had been brutalIy murder
ed. 1t appears the family consisted OF French,
his wife, and five children. They were very
poor, and lived in u cabin, and in September
last, another family, Of The name of Hubbard,
went to live with them. During October, a
neighbor proceeded 10 the cabin TO see French
and was told by the Hubbards that the family
had moved away, md lha! they had purchased
all their corn, garden produce and furniture,
valued in The aggregate at not over $50. No
suspicion Of foul play was aroused until recent
Iy, when The Hubbards were arrested OH suspi-
cun of numbering a mun named Boyles. The
house was then searched and portion of the
ground floor dug up, which resulted in the find
ing of the dead body Of an infant, very much de.
cayed. The Gazette then, after referring to the
summoning Of a coroner's inquest, says:
In the presence of large company they pro-
ceeded TO examine The place where The infant
had been discovered, and, horrible 10 relate,
found seven bodies, consisting of the entire
French family Their skulls were all broken
in, and the legs of the old man French and his
wife were broken, 80 that they could be doubled
up and forced into The hole, which was three or
four feet deep. They We're laid in heap-,he
father and the mother at The bottom, and the
children on the top. The babe was about fifteen
months old, and the oldest child about fifteen
wears old. There were three girls and two bows
The children were much decayed, but the parents
were still sound, and were easily recognized by
those who had known them.
There is not the least doubt that the Hubbards
arc guilty of this wholesale and damning murder
1t is almost too horrible for belief, but facts are
us above stated, and the conclusion is irresisli.
Bile. The Hubbards are all in Jail. There
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CHAS. CASSEDY--THE ACHILLES OF
IRISHMEyS

OUn friends of the Chester Standard give graphic
acc cunt of the marvellous escapes of one CHARLES
CASSIDY, an Irish fellow citizen OF theirs and ask in
conclusion" Can Edgefeld beat this!" We an.
swer emphalically, :" Not she." So far as we know
Chester has On the hard this time, most individually.
The reader will please glance over the narrative (see
another column) and if he remember any such in
stance of dUgged vitality in Edgefeld past or present,
he will please furnish US with the data that We may
have wherewith to meet this Chester marvel We
don't like to admit The superior hardihood Of Chester
lrshmen at tins late day. the setting aside of Edge.
fields claim of fifty years standing. And, by George,
We wont give it up yet. Wait week or two, brother
" Standard" Il see what we can do for you.
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oIrITE A HARVEST.

By letter from Judge ONEALL 10 the Southern
Patriot, we learn that in Sumter District the return
for the Spring Term of the Court OF Common fleas
reached the very large number of 1900 cases. we
b..y. our District is ahead OF SUMTER whether as TO
population or wealth; and yet our return did not
omoun, in all TO 500 cases. The contrast prompts us
to glorify little ON the superior condition OF things IN
Edgefed But prudence admo .ishes us to delay our
laudations until it shall be what our Fall return
shall show up. Should the monetary affairs OF our
District then exhibit no Increased difficulties we shall
begin 10 think, more strongly than we have ever done
before that we indeed live in the best part Of South
Carolina.
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FURNIhN UNIVERSITY.

WE are indebted to some friend for copy OF the
"Cataogue Of the Officers and Students OF the FUR
man University, for the year 1854" There were over
t,Do hundred students in attendance during The Year.
Twelve of this number were from our Dis ricl. Ne
understand the Institution is quite as floursling this
wear as it was the last The Faculty appears to be
full and some of the professors, we believe, are men
of decided ability. The Rules & Regulations are
rigid and sensible duly enforced, they must result
in admirable discipline The only vacation given is
during the Winter months, beginning the middle OF
November and ending the first Wednesday in Februa'
ry-,his on account of the severity of the season in
tia. locality 1t is gratifying mark the high success
of this College, College destined, we trust, 10 do
great deal for the united cause Of Education and
RELIGION
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HOSPITAL FOR NEGROES,
AT AUGUSTA. GA

At AUGUSTA, GA.
TINE Undersigned would call the attention Of tho
Il citizens # Edgefeld and Abbevle Districts
to their lNFlRMARY for SICK NEGROES and
those requiring SURGICAL OPERATIONS.
While the completeness of our arrangements
affords to the patient every comfort it also enables
US to render more efficient treatment to Chronic
Cases, than can generally be secured u ordinary
private practice. Our special accommodations for
the management Of Chronic diseases Of females, 10
common in Negroes, are ample and complete. 4
Terms.
For Nursing, Boarding and Lodging, pr mon. $40
For TREATMENT ordinary rates Of practice. r
U- Communications addressed to rs at this place
will NEE, with prompt attention.
ii. F. CAMPBELL, Surgeon,
R. CAMPBELL, Attending Physician.
Augusta April 80 If l6
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TWO coon ONES.

WE are receiving letters every day from our drln.
quents only with the proper cash rctances, but
with genuine expressions of regard for tile interests
and well.being of the old "Aduertiscr. The money
OF course we are glad enough ge But it is trash
when compared with the kind, generous appreciation
of our patrons. We be pardoned for publishing
a letter out Of many OF similar import which
have reached US within the last month"; Here is one
from dear old college classmate who has fixed his
home in the far West:
SHRrvEroRr, La, April 6, 1855.
Dear Simkins :-Enclosed please find years dues
for your paper. peruse it with much pleasure. Please
send it until death. May not something from Rid
River BE- interesting TO your readers in Carolina
Accept my best regards, and believe me-
Yours as ever, E. HN"'
Send il, old fellow That will we, as long as you
are there and We are here Rememherest thou the
old Buzard Roost tenement, dear friend! and hlAxcY
GREGG, and DICK HARRISON, tpoor DIcK9 land LOUIS
WIGFALL, and other noble fellows who shared it with
US! And callest thou ever 10 mind with what peril
nacY thou didst cling, day after day, to that old
Greek copy Of Herodolus, until you accomplished at
length the very last page! We forget whether you
wrote translation as you proceeded. And, speaking
Of writing, what fist you used 10 exhibit! Stop, let
us get the book All here we have it. 1t IS the copy
of MOORE you gave us containing your vertable u.
tograph according TO your then style. We observe
that you have learned TO- put down your ideas in
smaller space.-But we must not indulge in further
"reminiscences of this kind here. Write 10 u.s. H.. by
all means Something from Red River will be "in,er
esing TO our readers in Carolina"
The second letter we publish is from subscriber in
Marion. With our thanks for bis kind expressions,
assure the writer that he is not the kind of man we
care to drop. One who thinks and feels us he does
we desire to "grapple" to Us " with hooks of STEEL
Our paper shall continue to go to your address, good
friend We commend the tone of his letter 10 certain
remaining denquen.s Of whom we have great hopes
Col. ARTHUR SIayrNs:
Dear S'r-ln your paper Of the 4,h inst, you bid
farewell 10 the delinquent subscribers of the Adpcr.
t'ser" am one Of the delinquents, having received
with much satisfaction to myself paper so ably con.
Quoted and take shame TO myself that have de.
rived pleasure and seem to have forgotten to remner
ate your abors by paying even the first wears sun
scrption. ] have been taking the paper some two
years the precise time do not recollect herewith
send You five dollars; if it is insufficient please in
form me, and will remit the balance.
would fain continue 10 lake the paper. But fear
that in ding so, should consult my purse Alright;
my pecuniary circumstances unlike what they
once were. But If l fUrego the easire Of weekly
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"well of English undefled" thus scrupuously guard
ed. At the same time we can discover little or no OBJ
lection to Mr.. PErIaRu's uncommon noun. 1t is le-
ultimately compounded and euphonious enough, we
think, pass muster before any reasonable board OIL
phologiss. Still, the stream of literature might pos
sibly grow much loo muddy if all such pecuart es ot
language Were tolerated without proper critical anay-
ss And, in this light, the literary overseers of our
Alma Matters domain may not be wrong in taking the
semi-cen,ennia orator 10 task We confess though,
that, for our singh. self, feel much more like kick.
ing up fuss over Mr.. P's. solidarity"
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L o s t,

COMEWIIERE between Hamburg and the Sub
- scrbers residence, on the 24th April, amedium-
sized PORT-MONAlE, containing between One
Hundred and eighty and Two hundred dollars, in
ten and twenty dollar bills-also, continuing one
Note on Benz Miller and myself, in favor Of Martha
and Susan Adams for two hundred and fifty or
sixty dollars, and perhaps some other Notes, not now
recolccted There were also in the Pocket.book 4
thumb lancet and gum lancet.
hereby forewarn all persons against trading for
the note upon Benz. Miller described above.
reward of fifteen dollars will be given for the
safe delivery Of the port-monaie and its contents
JAMES L. DEYORE.
nr;l 06 Is
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$125 Reward,

r EFT, on the morning Of the 18th instant, two
IL Boys: ALFRED, mulatto, about 81 feet
nigh, with small on his right cheek, 26 years
I'D, by trade a carpenter. MARK is about feet
high, black, 81 years DID, no particular marks. If
not in or about Columbia, they may likely try and
make for Augusta or Edge6eld. .,
D twenty-five Dollars of the above reward
will be given for the apprehension Of either; and
Fifty Dollars additional for the conviction Of any
'hi,o PsrDon harborng or aidng in their escape.
W. a. HARRIS.
Columbia, April g II Is
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CoMmERoIAL.
oerrespondenes Of the Advertiser.

HAMBURG, APRIL %.
CorToN.-On Monday out Market opened With
brisk demand, which prevailed up to yesterday,
when advices from Liverpool reached us, which had
tendency to check that feeling, and to-day ne
have had no transactions, buyers and sellers were
unable to agree. Consequently our Market llas Be.
come very dull, and sales could not be made tness
at decline Of to cts on previous rates. or
quotations must therefore be regarded nominal from
to 81 cts. D.
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DEATH AGAIN IN OUR MIDsT.-The destroy
ing messenger has again entered the sanctuary
of our social circle, and carried n way another
victim. On Friday evening last at 10 O'Clock,
after wasting illness of two weeks, Robert F.
Cunningham calmly breathed his last, and gave
up his spirit to ;i.c great author and disposer of
our being.
The deceased was son of Maj. Mathew
Cunningham late of Greenville District, and a
brother 10 ,he.late o. Fl. P. Cunningham of this
place, whose demise We recorded but few
short months ago. For some years he has been
a resident and merchant of this Town, filling q
placing in our business and social circles pleas
ant and agreeable TO others-proftable and
creditable TO himself. Around him circled
friendships, and associations that placed him in
high and eslimable position among his fellow
Townsmen, and while their confidence and es-
teem scattered pleasures along the path of life,
the Joys and hopes, the ties of earth and attach
ments of mans hoiest relation, clustered in
wild profusion around him, like so many angels
guarding him agains. the fell destroyer, but all
Is vanity and even these could not stay the cold
and iron grasp of death.
He was warm and faithful friend n dutful
and aff.ctonate child, and i fond devoted hus-
bund In all these relations he possessed enli-
ent virtues, and the early termination of his
useful career will be severely felt by the circle
his death has broken.-yalcy Pioneer, 25th ult.
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THE NECEssARIEs OF LIFE.

THESE articles have been scarcer or dearer IN
this goud country of Freedom and Agriculture than at
present From Maine to Texas the complaint is gene
raj Some think the difficulty OF living has reached
its maximum, and that our provision market will SOON
grow easier and more abundant How this Gun he,
until another good crop in, we are at loss to
conjecture. We incline to the belief that the year
1855 will be propilious to our farming and plant
ing interests The unprecedented dryness Of the past
Winter and of the passing Spring warrants the hope
that the heavens will be opened and drop faness over
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Land Warrants.

TIlE Bounty Land Warrants granted BY the
i Act Of March Sd, 1855, will be issued during
June, and the Subscriber will be prepared to
purchase them a. the H G II EST MARKET
PRICE.
Persons wishing to sell can address me, by letter;
and i'll give them every information as to the
proper manner of transferring Warrants, FREE OF
CHARGE Address, F. C. BARBER,
Exchange Broker, Augusta, Ga.
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II .''": .'..-. riIen al perfect
L!'e'i;. he sdbscr!br:s hudy shall decide,
tc lurfI our subscription ihe Valley Road But
WHEELER this SLATE Things will or will not absolve
us, the whole subscription is certain TO fall fiat
from one of The annexed conditions, viz that the
Road shall be completed by Isl January 1857. With
this condition. the subscription would not be
ceived no weyer, exac; and official The tender So that
it would seem 10 be fair and legitimate privilege
not 10 mention the duly OF 50 doing, 10 consult anew,
TO counsel together a[resh best chance for
Rail Road. We have asserted our belief that the Val.
ley Road presents TO us The TRUE desderatum on sever
al grounds II is not amss ~ add that in the amalsa-
mann Of our funds with The stock Of the Greenrille
Road, should that Road be our preference, take all
the risks be they less Of owning dcprecia,rd
stock which may not pay for years to come. Where
rs, in joining the Valley Company, we become part
and parcel of an enterprise which promises rich re.
turns TO It's supporters in comparatively shUr, period
Al all events, it is whue location. course and Ter
mini all warrant considerable degree of confidence
in its speedy success The only question for our de.
cision appears TO be, which Of the choose,
the Valley or the Greenville & Columbia Road. For
oursef, we have declared our opinion with sufficient
distinctness is based upon honest conviction with
out spark of prejudice one way or the other. Let
every one Of us decide for himself 1t is certainly
question of moment, and should be carefully weighed.
We address ourself now particularly to those who
have affixed their names upon certain conditions to
list that TO hare Jccen offered the Greenville g.
Columbia Company 1t is yours TO decide the fate Of
that list. If you shall say that, provided our condi
lions are complied WITH the subscription shall still 60
70 the Greenville g. Columbia Company, we nre with
you. But if you shall determine that it is useless to
operate longer in that quarter and that you will
go for the Valley Road, then doubly with you.
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w. G11nroRE s1Mn1s---HIs LECTURES.

WE had the pleasure Of meeting this distinguished
scholar in Charleston two Weeks ago, and graft
fled to find him in his usual fine health and spirits
He informed that he had beon thinking of visiting
several of the prominent villages of up.country
this summer for the purpose Of delivering at each
series of literary lectures and added that he would be
pleased 10 put down Edgeeld on his list We under.
took to assure him that our community would most
probably be exceedingly graliied to come in for a
share of his varied learning and that thought he
could easily realize some hundred dollars or so upon
course.
1t is to be hoped that we did not in giving this as
surance over estimate the liheraty and literary taste
of our village. However dull we may be in other
matters of progress the doub. charge literary ST. TIL
fulness, and Indifference to the mental improvement
of our and daughters, is TO be laid door.
In all that concerns moral and intellectual advance
ment, we have among US enlightened spirit which
yields in vvacity and watcafuness that Of any
the most refined Of sister villages. This spirit
may here have opportunity Of displaying itself TO
the common benefit of ourselves and the eminent in.
divdual who proposes to entertain US, at moderate
stipend, with dscourses Of elevated cast upon SUBJ
jects that will be interesting to old and young grave
and gay. Our readers we'll know that Mr.. SIMMs
deservedy ranks among the first literary celebrities of
our country. His books have given him niche IN
the temple Of literary fame urertopped by but few of
our American writers. lie is besides South Carolin
an, dyed in the wool. His aspirations for the
veal and Improvement Of his immediate fellow. citizens.
The abors of his life have tended 10 illustrate the his
tory and sociology of his beloved South. And it is
really the duty, as tshoud be the prde Of his
trymen TO encourage him in his career of usefulness
wherever the chance OCCURS But what is yet more
german TO the business before u.s. he is of the very
best takers in America; and we can we'll imagine his
ability to enchain the attention Of any enlightened
audience upon subjects suited to the bent of his mind
We hope Mr.. SIMMs, in taking the rounds Of the
upcouny upon his proposed literary tour will not be
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"PROTAGONIsT.n

THE literary sarans in Columbia seem quite excl.
ted about this word, Used by Mr.. PETrGRu in his semi.
centennial ora,ion before the Alumni the South Caro-
linn College. One maintains i. TO be word Of Mr..
P.'s own coming. While another shows that it was
used long ago by renowned poet and scholar. a."
thinks should have been proagonst instead of prot
agonist While Aumnus" sticks TO the {, hut rather
condemns The word us whole. We like tn soc the
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THE EDGEFIELD ADVERTISER
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