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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1855-08-08
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THE YANKEE AND TILE DEVIL.

The Virginia Examiner is constantly civ.
ing his Northern friends, the Yankees,
hunch in the short ribs. The Editor of that
paper has recently been taken to- task for
these continual attacks upon Yankeedom,
and replies in lengthy article. from which
we extract the following story, written many
years since, but merely introduced to illus
trate his argument.
A Yankee is not to be known by the pre-
else spot of Northern soil from which he
halls The Yankee cannot be defined geo.
graphically. In rare book, published in
1882, in South Carolina, we find the best
portraisure of the characteristics of.the Yam.
kee ave ever saw. If our correspondent re-.
cognises his own features, then we part com.
pany forever; if not, then he and ourselves
have no further cause of controversy:
Henry Trevor, the hero Of the book in
question, had signed bond with the Devil,
some thirty years before, barteriug away his
soul for certain period of uninterrupted
pleasure and prosperity! At the appointed
hour, but quite Unexpectedly to him, the De-
vii appears and demands the penalty of the
bond. Trevor tries to beg off, of course.
After long parley, his somewhat indulgent
creditor says:
However" confined he, 81 have a
variety of business to attend to-. which will
occupy me upon earth for nearly week. 1t
will probably be four days before return to
hell will leave you until then to get rea.
DIV to accompany me. / wills also make an
offer which will afford you chance Of es.
cape. Provided that you will deliver to me
the souls of twenty-five other persons, will
take them as substitute for yours;an agree
to cancel your bond" Thus speaking, the
Devil disappeared.
We shall let Trevor tell his own story.
Iinstanstly set to work, and published the
following advertisement:
WANTED TO PURCHASE,
Immediately, twenty-five souls. Being
very anxious to obtain them, and having
abundance of money, the subscriber is viii
ling to allow high price, and to pay the
cash down. HENRY TREVOR"
Expecting Of course great difficulty in
finding out persons willing to sell, employ
ed most of the day in circulating this notice
as much as possible. Upon returning to my
house, however, found several hundred
persons already assembled to treat with me
perceived that they were all Yankees.
Well, my friend" said |, accosting one
of them, what will you take for your soul !, Z
What are you going to do with itf
enquired he.
II want it to go to hell in my place."
replied.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1855-08-08
From the Richmond (Ya.) Whig, July "a.
THE POLITICAL CRISIS.

We publish full account of the proce.
dings in Philadelphia growing out OF the
kidnapping of MIR. Wheeler's servants.
! When we read such accounts we confess
to decided dsinclination to live longer IN
partnership with such villains. If the Amer.
lean party, which we hoped and believed
possessed a charm of nationality to stlde
this sort of feeling, proves unequal to the
task, we are prepared to join with the Char
lesion Mercury and 60 for Southern par.
ty," and for nothing else, henceforth and
forever. 1t is clear the national democracy,
As it styles itself, is humbug, or something
worse. The leaders cracked up Pierce as
the most dexterous "nigger catcher" on the
continent, and they assured us that if he was
elected the abolitionists would be annihila.
ted; and yet, since his ACCESSION, more gross
outrages have been perpetrated than occurred
in all our previous annals. And now these
same men, who ,ensnared US with Pierce,
are engaged in a subtle game to deliver us
from ali our troubles, present and prosPec.
tive, by handing US over to Seward and Van
.Buren. They are prepared, no doubt, soon
or than abandon the federal spoils, to de:
monstrate that Seward is the man OF all
others to save the South.
Possibly they may be right-certalniy he
could prove no worse than the New
Hampshire champion. But, for our parts
we have been cheated often enough; and,
if the American party fails to hold out
fair prospect for conservative success, we
are for cutting loose forthwith from Yankee
dom, with all its cant and hypocrisy, its
pious pretensions and knavish PRACTICES
We wish to have no intercourse; no deal.
ings, commercial, political or social, with
people who teach their. children that they
cannot perform a more meritorious action
than to rob us of our property. 1t is true
their organs the Tribune and Times, o
New York; give US to understand that the
same code of morals which allows theft
and the same social system which conlounds
vice and virtue, engender world OF merce'
nary dough faces, ready and impatient to
be boueht-and that we have only to GO
into market to command any number we
wish. But we don't want them on such
terms; We would not have negro as
Gift, in whom no trust could be reposed-
and yendible Yankee is far less trustwor
thy.for to equal knavery he adds superior
wit. Whatever may be the evils OF d'ssolv
ing political ties with such people, the dis
credit and decentralization attending the con
nection are quite as great.
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"There," said the Devil, holding it up,
edo you call that thing a soul ?"
Now, if there is any body in the world,
in Purgatory, or in the Lower Regions per.
fectly acquainted with the Yankee, from
great familiarity and intimacy, it is the De-
vii himself. So the foregoing must stand for
what we mean by Yankee, when speaking
of the tribe indiscrminately.
This same Mr.. Trevor describes his jour.
new down to the Internal Regions with great
spirit and minuteness, thus:
and Kalouf were travelling rapidly down
its steep declivity, having already proceeded
mauy miles, when suddenly we heard behind
us a prodieious clatter i 1t was caused by
the ghost of a Yankee pedlar, who was
iourneying to the other world, with his cart
of tin ware and other notions. The ghost
overlook US, and Showed himself to be fully
as impudent and inquisitive as if he were
still alive.
He Immediately set to work to find out
who was and where ! came from.
"This is sorter a slantindickler road,
stranger, by gauly;" said he.
"Yes, rather so"
"I guess, Mr.. you've come a long way"
"No Not very many hundred miles"
eel expect, may be, you're from the
North 2"
"No, | am not"
"Did YOU come by the Paint Mountain,
or over the Ohio River I"
"Neither."
"IIogs and beef cattle sell tolerable low
now, guessa" Ito ascertain whether | was
Western man.
"I think it quite probable"
"I suppose, Mr.. you've had good cot
ton crop this years"
al understand that the crop was abundant
in Carolina and Georgia"
81 reckon, may be, they raise tobacco in
the parts you come froms" thinking to
track me to Virginia.l
"They are fond of tobacco there"
81 guess, strangers" continued the Yam
kee, ayou haven't none of you never been
in this country we're goin to, before, have
yous I'd like to know what kind of place
It's for tradin, down there. You see, about
two hours ago, old Mr.. Death come for me,
He TUX me by sich q surprise hadn't much
time to git ready. But as | was jist then
about startin out on pedlin trip, thought
as was obleeged to come any how, might
as we'll try if couldn't make something
on the road. So gathered into my
cart some beads and nutmegs and tin cups
and other notions. I calculate III make a
pretty tolerable considerable speck on what
i've got along. You don't know how much
piece tin cups fetches in these parts, does
yous"
perceived, meanwhile, that the Yankee
continually kept bis eyes down on the road
over which we were passing, and industri'
ously and minutely examined the numerous
marks on its surface. inquired the reason.
i" Why" said he, "there's old Nehemiah
Pettibones, he's been OWN me ninepence
for about eighteen years. I reckon I've
asked him for that ninepence thousand
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1855-08-08

"In that case, ,s;fsaid the Yankee, I" It will
NOT be a small ann which will n,erspade me
to sell it. Who San calculate the worth Of
an immortal soul s:It is more: precious than
much ointment and sweet snices-the bles.
sed Saviour died t1redeem lit is destined
to ioy in heaven m pain in hell eternal-I
will not take lessxlian fen dollars in specie
for nv SOUL"
every well, aid I, AZ will give it to
YOU, though | am8y no means sure that
am not paving more than its value.
The above maYtserve as specimen of
nv purchases. ssoon bought the twenty.
| FIVE, at prices yaffing from two to ten dol.
lars, as the fear ofayarice of the seller pre-.
dominated. ToWards the last, as the com.
pany perceived that t,my number was nearly
made nm oreat somoetilion was excited
and of course sni,rSSeeets Z sni,rSSees fen exceedingly.
. could then have Taught as many as pleas.
ed for next to- nothing. Those who had not
sold, went awaasbitterly bewailing their
disappointment
After paving tos each man his money, I
locked up nv rieWfpurchases in safe room,
telling them that:f6 three DAYS would de.
liver them to the devil. There they remain.
ed, very busiy. engaged in swapping clothes
and trading witti:saeh other; and I was in:
formed that by night there was not single
one of them who, bad not made at least six
dollars by his spesnlations
The Devil returned puncaal TO the time.
now met him without fear, and producing
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1855-08-08
WATCH MOTHER.

Mother! watch the little feet
Climbing o'er the garden wall,
Bounding through the busy street,
Ranging cellar, shed and hall.
Never count the moments lost,
Never mind the time it costs;
Little feet will 60 astray,
Guide them, mother, while you may.
Mother! watch the little hand
Picking berries by til, way,
Making houses in the sand,
Tossing up tho fragrant hay.
Never dare the question ask,
"Why to me this weary task ?"
These same little hands may prove
Messengers of light and love.
Mother! watch the little tongue
Prattling eloquent and wild,
What is said, and what is sung,
Catch the word while yet unsPoken,
Stop the VOW before tits broken;
This same tongue may yet proclaim
Blessings in Saviour's namo.
Mother! watch the little heart,
Beating soft and warm for you;
Wholesome lessons now impart;
Keep, o keep that young heart true.
Extricating every weed,
Sowing good and precious seed;
Harvest rich you then may see,
Ripening for eternity.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1855-08-08
From the Cincinnati Gazette.

Mr.. JoLLlFFE IN. SOUTH CAROLINA.
We have received the following communi.
cation from Mr.. Jolliffe, in relation to the
treatment be received in South Carolina
We have adstained from making any com.
ment on the newspaper paragraphs we have
published, until we should have the facts full.
iy before us. From this communication, as
we'll as from conversation with Mr.. Jolliffe,
we are satisfied that there was no disposi.
ton to treat him disrespectfully on the part
Of the people, with the exception of very
small number of persons:
MEssRs. Ep1ToRs:-As something has
been stated in newspapers respecting my
treatment in South Carolina, it is due to
some gentlemen in that State that make a
correct statement.
- On,he 29th of June went to Barnwell,
in Barnwel District, South Carolina, deliv.
cred letter Of introduction to 3 gentleman
in that place, and put up at . hotel. The
next morning, was informed by gentle
man who called on me for that purpose, that
near the town, there was a meeting Of some
persons from the country to consult 10 refer.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1855-08-08

A soldier on trial for habitual drunkenness
was addressed by the President-Prisoner.
"You have heard the prosecution for habltu'
al drunkenness, what have you to say in
defence g"-a Nothing, please your honor,
but habitual thirst"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1855-08-08

CERTIFICATE OF CuARAcrER.-A Hoo
sier out west, was called upon the stand to
testify to the character Of brother Hoosier.
The testimony was as follows
"How long have you known Bill WhaekF
"Ever since he was born"
"What is his general charaeter9" =.
"Letter. A. No. l., 'boye par a great
ways, judge" 1:
"Would you believe him on oath G"
eyes, sir.ee-on or of, or any other
way, coucludsp
"What, in your opinion are the quallfcar
tions as to good character!"
"He's the best shot on our praires or 10
the woods. He can shave the eyewiukers
off wolf as far as shootin iron'H carry 8
ball. He can drink quart of ,grog. any
day, and chaws backer like a hoss."
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1855-08-08

fence to. myself, but that they had been.pss
suaded not to molest me. - !.
After breakfast was met ia tie hall Of
the hotel by two men, Captain Walker anfss
John Mixson,, who stated that it was tbeiis
purpose to take me back to Wiiliston, and.
that a buggy was ready for.me at the door:
They assured me, that I would be traated.as.
a gentleman, and upon my Invitation, ,>a.sut
into my room. L locked the door, Mixsea
seemed little alarmed, butt Pointedt to my
pen knife lying on stand and assured:tip
it was my only weapon, and reminded HIM
that they were two to one. ! then>exp1ain:.
ed to them the purpose Of my yisit. fagteed
to 60 with: them as soou:as !. should :pay'my
bill. When that was done. Cox. Barney. H.
Brown ito whom had letter Of i9trodac'.
ton from Rev. Joseph T. Robert, of Zanss-
ville) and other gentlemen took Walker ana
Mixson aside, and after some Conversation
induced them to. forego their purpose Of
taking me from BarnwelL Col. Brown and
others then returned to me and told me that
[ had the privilege Of remaining in BarnweH
till could :transactcn,y busiIess-H replied.
that claimed it as right and wanted nd
privilege. was then told that it., was Oh.
jected to me thatI. was an, abolitionist /
said to them "I am an abolitionist TO the !.
very core of.my heart". After that, several
gentlemen called to see me, and I was treat.
ed,not merely with kindness, but withstnark.
ed civility and respect. feelimyseff: great.
ly indebted to Col. Brown and other gentle.
men of the town for their kindness.
The whole outcry against me was raisedy
believe, by heirs and debtors Of Elijah
Willis estate, hoping perhaps to fighten mo
from the discharge Of my dutyI and perhaps
with the silly expectation of having some.
influence upon the Courts in the adjudcs:
tion of a controversy respecting the viii.
stayed 10 Barnwell until my lawyer told
me- there was nothing more that needed my
personal attention, | then returned to, Willis
Ton, and remained there till nine, o'clock
Monday morning, when took the cars.and
went to Virginia, on a visit to my mother,
and returned home,
JOHN JOLLIFFE.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1855-08-08

RICHES are COTTON with pain, kept with
care, and lost with grief. The cares os
riches lie heavier upon good man than the
Inconvenience of an honest poverty.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1855-08-08

BLACKWELL, who choked the lady in the
cars and robbed her of servant girl, has.
been married to Lucy Stone Justice is
sometimes slow, but always sure.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1855-08-08

TIE .coNscrENcE.-The conscience IS
the most elastic material in the. world. To
day you cannot stretch it over a mole.hill-
tomorrow it hides a mountaia!
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1855-08-08
JUN JOLBITFE.
Cincinnati, July 18th, 1855,

HYDRopHoBrA--It is said that in every
instance where person-is:bitte by mad
dog, small pustules make their appearance
sooner or later on the underside of the tongue,
but generally in from six to nine days,
These pustules must be opened with sharp
pointed instrument, as they are too tough to
break Of themselves, and the matter must
be discharged and spit out. Or it will be
The above is the substance OF a comtnuui-
cation which appeared in the New Orleans
Tropic some year since, from the pen OF
Southern physician, who says:
"In 1882 was called to visit negro
woman who had been bitten by a mad dog,
and by pursuing the treatment here laid
down, | was successful in curing her. This
course is the same that was recommended
by Prof. Maroehitti. of Moscow, in 1926,
and proved efectual, and my first intimatioD
of this mode was from an English magazine
published forty years ago, containing q cous-
munieation from gentleman recently re-
turned from Tartary, where mad dogs are
common, and this method of treatment usual
and successful"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1855-08-08

A lady, describing an iil.tempered man,
said, "He never smiles but he seems asham'
ed of it."
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1855-08-08

A RAT WHIPPED BY SHANeHA1.-0le
morning last week, citizen of this village,
while hoeing in his garden, heard clatter iu his
barn. On repairing thither he was met bya
tremendous large rat, fleeing for dear life, hotay
pursued by four hens. As the rat passed he
came in collision with tho hoe, killing himseif.
The hen claimed the MISUNDERSTANDING
Sentinel e;S
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1855-08-08
Qybpiifs 4olttgly.

From the Home Journal.
SONG OF THE SUMMER FLOWERS.
We come with smiles of gladness,
Tho we're followed by decay;
And we claim kindly welcome,
For we have not long to stay.
Grant US gleam of sunshine,
A kiss from summers breeze,
A few of heavens dcw-drops-
We ask no more than these.
Then, in your daily pathways,
So cheerfully we'll bloom,
And 'round your pleasant dwellings
We'll lavish rich perfume;
Your hours of toll we'll sweeten,
Well smile away your care;
And We'll even bid your sorrows
A holy aspect wear.
There are many human blossoms
With natures like our own,
Whose bloom, from earth's fair bowers,
May be as quickly gone.
Such pure, pale buds Of beauty,
Are the angels Of life's way,
Oh, cherish them with kindness,
While in your homes they stay!
Give them plenty Of Loves sunshine,
With PHYS gentle dew;
And let the breath Of tenderness
Their every step pursue.
Then, while they dwell among you,
They'll brighten all your hours;
And when they pass to heaven,
They'll go gently, like the flowers.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1855-08-08

THE TIMES IN CALHoRMA-Rents hss fal.
len in California two-thirds in one year, md
wages almost in proportion: Servant women
can get $50 to $50 per menth, according 20 ca
pacity and worth. Ss pet dozen j. now the
standard price for washing. ,Agoed dwelling
house, lathed and plastered, can now be had,
with every convenience for q family, at go par
month. Food ischeaper in California than Il 10
in the Atlantic States.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1855-08-08

THREE WoNDERs.--"I ever / reach
Heaven" said the eminently pious Dr.. Watts,
81 expect to meet some | had not expected
to meet there; second, to miss some whom
had expected to find there; but third, the
greatest wonder of all, will be to find my
self there p
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1855-08-08

TIE Springs in Virginia are now doing good
business. with visitors not only from the Sodth,
but many from the North. The White Sulphur
at Warrenton, it is stated, has now from so to IS
guests; the White Sulphur, in Greenbier, aboat
100; the Yellow Sulphur, in Montgomery,
about 80, and others, varying from % to 100
guests,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1855-08-08

"WHAr do you do to make yourself look
delicates" said one young woman with al,
eruption on her face to another, who looked
like one of the departed. "Why," said she,
" sometimes I eat slate pencils and chalk,
and then for change drink vinegar and
chew green tea. When these fail, | lace
tighter, and wear the thinnest soled shoes |
can buy"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1855-08-08

THERE is now in Jail in Cambridge, Mass, a
man who has been imprisoned five years, b.
cause of a debt of twenty.thpse dollats.--Ef-
change paper. 80, :.
himself and pass for a runaway nigger, he
would be sent away free in FIVE minutes
Louisville Jouanal.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1855-08-08

"A poor Irishman, who applied for license
to sell ardent spirits in one of the provincial
towns of England, being questioned by the
Board of Excise as to his moral fitness for.
the trust, replied" Ah, sure, it is not much
character a man needs to sell the same~
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-06-27

The TREATY WITH JAPAs.-Comnander Henry
Adams, United States NAVY, who Ieft Washington on
the 3oih September last TO bear back for ratification
the treaty with Japan, arrived at Hong Hong on the
Isl of January and IN Jpan on January 25 and made
the exchange Of notifications the slst of February
United States Commissioner. He reached this citv
this morning bringing back The Emperors ratification
to the treaty-this being the first time that the En-.
peror ever placed bis signature to such document
Commander Adams Il IN capital aealth, and looks as
well after his long rapid and ard1ous Journey a. bs
many friends WISH He Represent, that the eaonsv
with which our officers and seanen we're Al first NJ
eeiyed has vanished and that he was permitted h %
wherever he pleased They the people Of Jazanl ex
press great anxiety for the arrival Of American msr
chant ships. Washington Star, June IS.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-06-27

lar Load of passengers, the ears were overcrowded
until we reached Barrie. We babe good-by TO
Can't wilkins, whom we shall long remember -
one of the kindest and most genial Of commanders,
passed through the future CollingwoOd, aud 10 the
triniling of an eye were deep in the heart Of the
forest The trunks of the trees in many places 81
most touched each other, 90 thick was the growth,
and those which had been cut away 10 make room
for the road were piled up on either hand, to be
burned. The work had already commenced here
and there the huge logs were masses Of live coal,
roaring and cracking with mighty sound, while
sheets of brght-red flame eddied among the smaller
limbs and clouds of smoAe swept around us, pour.
ing into the cars in sitting volumes As we sped
on at the rate ofthrty miles hour through these
avenues Of fame, which the wind occasionally
hurled into our very faces, | felt ready TO agree
with q rough fellow, who said, in plain Saxon,
"we're going to Hell, sure" The scene was GER
tsinly internal enough TO justify the suspicion.
After passing Barrie, beautiful town on Lake
Simcoe, We entered more advanced region.
Clearings became abundant, and substantial farm
houses replaced the primitive shanties. The sea-
son changed also; the willows were in full Leaf, the
elms halffedged, and the NAPLES cast an entire
shadow. The country was rich, undulating and
beautiful becoming more thickly settled as We i'd
vsnced, until having finished our "a miles in three
hours and half, we reached Toronto Here my
Western travels terminate for the present, and
with them these hasty Notes BIT.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-06-27

The Illinois State Register, under date of June 10,
says the wheat is beginning to rpen. The yield will
be very large, and the quality and quantity TO the
acre far greater than has been gathered for many
years. Oats are if possible, more promising. We
have seen fields which, if no extraordinary mishap
occurs, will yield sixty seventy bushels to the acre.
Grass is also very fine. Much has been said about the
hyn the wheat bat there is appearance of it in San
canon, so far as can ascertain The corn is also
ver-v Aourishin0