Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1855-01-10


John Murphy, An Englishman, recently arrived
in this country, who had become deranged oy
the want of employment, and the consequent
SUFFERING of his family. His family had been
without ood for two days, when the wife yield
ed to ! necessities, and went to the Commilte
of Relief for the Poor, to obtain some asss-
tance. In her absence, the husband cut his
throat, and during the inquest upon the father,
the mother received news Of the death Of her
child from want of food. The case has excited
the sympahies of the citizens, and doubtless
the remainder of the family will be taken care
Of"
A correspondent of the National 1nteIllgencer
refutes an article which appeared in New ork
paper few days ago, on Agriculture, North
and South" in which tile write. offers stasiStlcs
to prove, thnt The products Of the North are
worth more than those of the South. The cor
respondent says that the annual product of Cot.
ton in the South is set down at the rate oil
S2,OOOO0O, when the actual amount is, $l5,-
600 And thus it is with many other
articles.
THE Dry GooDs TRADE-The United States
Economist is specuating upon The effect the
suspension of business in the dry goods trade is
10 have upon the trade of the coming spring.
Many houses in New York have covered up their
roods, and do not expect any further trade until
after tho holidays, while few are doing tri-
fling business in answering the local Demand
supplying orders from distance,or waiting up.
on few buyers from Canada.
A serious accident occurred at Philadelphia
,hou
engaged in hauling lumber in the Navy Yard,
from the wharf to the ship house, the derrick
which was used on the occasion, fell, instantly
killing one man and so severely inJurng Two
Others that they died the next morning: Three
others were badly but not MORALLY hurt. snort,
" after the accident happened, the Navy Yard
became densey crowded by the wives, children
and friends of the workmen engaged there
whose distress caused the greatest excitement
THE METHODIST OF GEORGIA. The Southern
Recorder qeansLffom the mlputes OF Inc late
lowing interesting items;
The number Of white members Of The Metho
dist Church within the bounds Of the Georgi'
Conference is 0,2l3-colored, 2l,867. ltine
rant preachers, i7O-local, 53s. Thirty-one
preachers were ordained dencons, and twenty live
were ordained elders. Twenty.three preachers
were admitted into the Conference on trial; three
re-admitted Sixteen thousand eight hundred
and ninety. eighc dollars were collected the last
year for Missionary purposes, ard eighteen hum
dred dollars in aid Of the Sabbath shool cause
Coon DIvlDEsD.-The Graniteville Company
Of this State have declared semi-annual diYi.
dend Of FIVE per cent, payable on and after the
10th inst, by application, by letter or otherwise
to the Treasurer at Graniteville.
THE ANNEXATION OF THE SANDWICH Islands
The Washington correspondent Of the New
|1York Journal of Commerce says:
learn from very good authority, that the
fundamental article Of Tho Hawaiian annexation
treaty provides for The immediate admission OF
the islands into this Union, as an independent
and sovereign State. They are to come into
the Union As Texas did, and are to be repre-
scented, Of course, in the next Congress, BY two
Senators.
NAVAL STATION IH GEoRGIA--The hnr6or OF
Brunswick, Ga, the port at which naval sia.
tion ia proposed, bas twenty -four feet water on
the bar vt high tide; and recently the ship
Agnes, Of Boston, drawing .wenty-one feet OF
water, and loaded with 1900 tons Of railroad
iron, went over the bur at ebb tide, and entered
the harbor without pilot. 1t will be seen that
there is water enough on the bar for the lnr-
gest class vessel of war.
DIvIDExDs-The Bank of Hamburg has do.
clared dividend of five per cent, for tho last six
months.
The Exchange Bank of Columbia has declared
q dividend Of seventy-five cents on the share,
upon the capital stock of tho Bank for ihe past
six months.
The Richmond Post says:
Agents for the hiring out Of negroes are put
ting the prices up for the ensuing year, much
10 The discontinue of every one WHO has use
for negro labor. "Men who were hiring last
year for 800 are held this year at $l2O and
$780, and negroes who brought only SIS and
$50 last year, are held al SlOO and $l20. In
the hiring of females the prices have not jump
ed SO high, and range at nearly The Sumo figure
rs last year."
The whole number of Revolutionary pension
ers on tho roll on the 30th of June, 1854, was
one thousand and sixty mine, and the amount Of
pensions paid last year was less than sevcnty-fVe
thousand dollars The heres Of she Revolution
will soon have passed away.
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A letter from Hamburg to the Boston Post
says:
''It is said here on very good authority that
the Russian Baltic fleet will come out of Cron-
stsdt and take cruise, after the English fleet
have retired from the north in consequence of
the approach of cold weather 1t is said to have
double reason for so doing, as it expects to
pick up some English merchantmen who are
rather late in getting on their homewsfd voyage,
as we'll us to effect junction with tho portion
of the fleet Mt Sweabourg."
SALUDA FAcToRY.--Ata meeting of the stock
holders yesterday the above establishment was
sold to James G. Gibbes g. Co. twill soon be
put in order and started again, and will doubtless
be n profitable investment.-South Carolinian.
COMMISSIONERS TO PARIs-The Hon. VIII.
liam Elliot, of this State, and DR.. John Bachman,
and Mons Alexander Vettemere, of Paris, are
the Commissioners appointed by Ex-Governor
Manning 10 represent the State of South Caro-
lima in the Universal Exhibition to be held at
Paris, l855-South Carolinian.