Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1855-09-05
CHAPTER III,
lUuAT WE HEARD.

A friend remarked to us willis absent that for his,
he left home; anG these had been presented to him
again and again in the shape of the two following
interrosatories; lst, Are you Know Nothing! and
2ndly, Did you 60 to BILLY DoRNs wedding! And,
say the truth, these about prominent topics
Of conversation as any of the season.
We heard that the wedding was oil Major B. F.
Perry descrbedit, and that it was, looked for as
matter Of course that our friend the Squire, would
purchase some handsome lot in about Greenrll'e,
and erect upon il beautiful summer residence. But
we really hope the Squire will stick to old Edgefe!d
His liberay can find abundant scope for its ezerc else
in improving and beneftting his native district Let
his immense treasures he applied in part to lifting
Edgefeld up before the State, by endowing her
schools and advancing her works Of public improve
ment, and the name OF WM. B. DOM will be engrav.
upon her history and the history of Carolina for
all time to come. But let those treasures be friered
away by too much scattering and subdivision, and
such may not be the result. The only way to make
ones benefcence tell to+the enduring good Of his
'folownen is to concentrate it upon some one point
and some few given objects. What is done, is then
done thoroughly and we'll. We speak now Of Mr.
Dorm only in his character Of public bensfactor; (;
of his private arrangements Of course have nolh
ing to say. Yet We must hope and believe he will re.
sisi all these Greenvie tendencies. In fact Wa doubt
very much whether he has ever thought of such
thing as locating there. We are only giving what
we heard.
We heard good deal too Of Know Nothingism in
Greenville. Some said there was considerable
showing OF the order in the District, but others
thought it was great mistake. There are undoubt-
edly few about the Court House. tits well known
that any sort of an ism can attach some adlerents
about Court House. Greenville Court House, we
suppose, is not unlike the rest of them But in the
country, the sound and unsophisticated country,
(whether in Greenve District or any ether district
in the Siate) we doubt very much whether Know
Nothneism will ever be able to make the least head.
way. We heard that there were some Know Moth.
ings also at Spnrtanburg Court House. 1t was said
that an agent Of the order was travelling from Court
House 10 Court House throughout the upper porinn
Of the. State for the express purpose of organizing
lodges. The idea 10 be, That is only necessa.
ry to get few Court House fellows interested in the
cause to make it spread like wildfre: Heaven save
the mark!
We heard much said about the Spar.anburg dinner
TO Col. ORR. It was at this dinner that Col. KErrT
differed with that gentleman 70 the proprieiy Of
South Carolina joining herself 10 the National Dem
ocracy, in the mex, Presidential scramble. Col. ORR
maintained vehementy that she should do So; while
Col. KEIrr preferred that she should stand By and
look on in silence, holding herself prepared 10 vote
when tho time came with that quiet and selfpossessed
dignity which has marked her conduct on similar oc.
casiuns in the past gentleman of high intelligence,
who is a native of Union and was present at this din.
ner gave to us as his opinion that the sympathesof
the audience flowed strongly with Col. KErTT. From
all we have heard, we should say that COL ORR is
greatly mistaken if he expects thus to lead the State
of South Carolina into the melee of Federal politics.
1t suits neither coop.rationsts nor secessons's The
ndica tons given out by the late Charleston Meeting,
composed us it was of men Of both these parties,
reflect very truly the sentiments Of the people Of
South Carolina. And it was certainly hazardous
venture to denounce that meeting, or rather that
meetings platform, as we heard Col. Oar did. =
We heard. much said of the Rabun Gap Railroad
and of the great difficulties which lay in the way Of
its Accomplishment. 1t turns out TO be q work Of
immense labor and can oniy be completed a. an i'm.
mense outlay of money Many are despairing of its
success in view Of the millions that will be still re-
uired to ensure its entire construction Yet great
deal of work has already been done upon the route
too much perhaps to be thrown away. And This will
probably be made the ground Of appeal for further aid
from the State. Olher works of magnitude have
been achieved BY The same line of policy.
We have thus written very briefly and hastily of
" what we saw" whom we saw and "what We
heard" For the rest, we may say generally that the
upcounHY is very pleasant the present season. vii.
liamston and Chicks Springs have hsen crowded for
some weeks. And we leh Greenvils, or at least the
Mansion House, full TO oyeraowing. Many were
coming and going, and it was expected the gay hrong
of visitors would continue through the month Of
September. Thislndeed is the really churming month
Of the up-counlry. And We advise all, who wish to
enjoy few weeks of delightful recreation, to start at
onco for some one of the several places we have ndi
Gated above. Our preference would be Greenville.
But let every one judge for himself
..CHuRoHEs IN New >YoRK CIrY.-There are in
The city of New York 29 Baptist churches, num-
berine 1888 commandments; g. Congregational
churches; with 1850 COMMITMENTS; % Dutch
Reform churches, with 1886 communicants;
Lutheran churches, with 3,048 commuficants;
5Methodist Episcopal churches, with s,45s.
46 Presbyterian churches with
I3,947 communicates; and 4s Protestant Epis.
,epaI churches, with 8.I60 commuuicaDts. This
makes an aggregate Of l96 churches.