Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1855-08-29
HAMBUEG. 8. c.

HAMBURG, SC
| A correspondent of the New York Courier
| and Enquirer writes as follows Of what he saw
in Hamburg, On the 5th inst:
To-day being Lords day, seems to be quite
day of jubilee with the colored race Of this Vi
cinitv, and il some Of the benghted Abolitionists
of the North could appear ia our midst and wiz
ness the happiness and privileges of OUT South
ern slaves, | dare say such scenes would 20 fas
in removing many of the prejudices under which
we are now aboring with regard to slavery.
presume two hundred negroes assembled on the
Augusta side of the Savannah river, to witness
the administration of the rites of baptism TO
some thirty.fye or forty subjects. They con-
gregatad on tho whaives in cool retreat, under
the shade Of tho two bidges-the magnificent
Railroad Bridge and the Passenger Bhdge.
There, after a few words Of prayer, they commen-
ced the work Of immersion, during which time
the congregation united ip appropriate ehorusses
and hymns, and by way Of carrying ont the BE,
thodist religion to the extent, several sster+anf
brothers became so overcome with the operations
of the spirit, that they broke forthtin shouting,
"glory to Goo" Hallelujah," and other like eI-
pressions, in such loud tones that they we're
distinctly heard on the opposite side. The no.
gTU6S ucI6 udfc iliSo tittC SuutSu, UlQ ktus-
gusta have four; two Of them handsome bail..
good salary each. Their finest church h UNDER
the pastoral charge Of colored n,inis'ss, whot
for several years, was engaged in your sskos
under Mr. D., and there gained his education.
The negroes here are truly happy and conten-
ted they are not oppressed. are allowed every
liberty, and know mono Of the cares which af1iet
their masters.
They dress handsomely, and many Of them
richly; grea: number of them hire their own
time and seem: :as free rs their owners. 1t fs
the general impression at the: North that the
farther South you 60, the more oppressed yon
much more indulged, though there is u limit To-
that indulgence; they are not made companions.
of as at Saratoga Springs.
We hive had apleasant summer so far; 40
yellow fever yet, but IN abundance of mosqui.
toes; and with dozen or more aticking their
bills in each elbow, besides, II cloud Of them
around your hands and neck, you may wonder
how one can write at. .-all, subject TO all those
annoyances. -.
REMARKABLE PROPERTIES OF GurrA PERcHA.
The following statement Of experiments made
upon gutta percha Iyestmenis at the United
States Naval Laboratory, will surprise many,
and will give additional value to preparations Of
that gum The Washington Star says that, IN
consequence, the Navy Department has ordered
supply Of such clothing to be distributed
among the East Indies, African, and Gulf
squadrons. Fabrics of the same kind hare been
freely introduced into the military SERVICE
ask pea jackets, made of gutta percha fabric,
were baled in the same manner as the cloth
clothing for the navy, under pressure of thirty
TONS. They were then placed over & steam
boiler in the yard, and remained for sixteen days,
subject to an average temperature Of 100 de-
grees, at times as high az 2l2 degree'. On ex-
animation the garments were found in The same
state rs when packed There was no adhesion
of the folds, nor any decomposition Of the gutta
percha. One jacket was dipped in water, rolled
up and sewed in the corners, (but not pressedD
aud subjected 10 the same heat for three days.
On examination this also was found uninjurcd."
Baltimore Sun.
SLAVE BURNING IN MAssAcHUsETTs.-The
/ Washington Era, having commented strongly
upon late lynch law outrage in Alabama, where
a negro who had first violated and then tortured
to death little white girl, was seized and burn
ed alive by an infuria,ed mob-an Alabama
paper retorts as follows: -
AIN recent biography of the late Rev. Or.
Goldman, an eminent clergyman Of Boston, prin-
ted by MerYine & WhippIc, mention il made OF
one his ancestors who, few years previous to
the revolution, was "poisoned with arsenic by
three of bis negro slaves, Dlark, Phillis and
Phoebe" The biography says The two for
I mer were convicted and executed. Tho place
Of Marks execution was on the northerly side
of Cambridge road, about a quarter Of u mile
above the peninsula, and the gibhet remained
until short time before the revolution. Phillis
,cas burned at The stake, about len yards from The
gallops"
Az ADoLrTros1sr CoRsERED-An Old Quaker
gentlemen from Pennsylvania recently visited =
relation in one of our lower countries who had
hundred slaves on his farm, all of whom had
been raised in the family. The Pennsylvania
took several occasions to lecture the Marylunder
on the impropriety and sinfulness of holding
slaves, and urged him to manunit them. The
Maryander finally proposed to his relative to
give him every slave he had, provided. he would
give him security that he would take as good
care of them rs he did. Of the hundred slaves,
he remarked, there are thirty, too old totake
care of themselves, and Of course he could not
free them; then there are thirty more too young
to be given their freedom; the other forty he
kept 10 earn sufficient to support those TINT ate
too young and too old to work. The Pennsyl.
vanian declined this liberal ofer and his relative
closed the conversation by ren,arking-" Now,
my friend if you and your Northern sympathi-
ser,s with our slaves would only follow Henry
CIay's advice to "mind your own business" and
leave US alone with our slaves, you would do
them more service than their masters, for the
fact is, my hogs ca, up my corn, and my slatss
cal up ali my hugs" Tho subject was after
that dropped by mutual consent, and the Aboli-
zionist returned home a wiser man than he was
when hs started on his way to slave State.-
Bait. American.
HYMENIAL.
MARRIED, on the 10Th Of July last, by the Rev.