Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1856-10-29
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RETURNING FROM KANlAN., !,

sickly and miserable. Many Of them having
spent all their money, have gathered up their
little effects, had crossed the river 10 Iowa on
their way to their homes, or to locate in. sbme
secluded corner of, the wilderness, or patch Of
prairie, where they will be asppeace51s %.s Nj!
"Every boat which comes from the Missouri
has among her passengers some Of these pe6-
ple. We saw them once before; in the searlS
spring, when they went up the river, with mo.
ney in their pockets, hope in their hearts, health
in their blood, and the world before theth. .":iHs
:. aThey were then in companies Of hundreds;
they had family circles, and looked dihappy they
took quarters In the cabins of ssteamboats, aud
partook Of the luxury of repose: aud'sa plsnts.
ous table, They were thrifty. looking ehigtants,
who would do honor to any'uew country rhs,1
awe now see them IN n0squads .of tens't;and
twenties; crippled, sickly, and apparently .pos.
ty.stricken-crowded upon edeeks Of steais.
boats, almost begging their way back ID the
homes they left but few months BEFORE And
civil war in Kansas has wrought allthis mischief
doomed many hopeful heart TO despair and
death, and embittered the lives fof hundreds
more whose piteous stories the world will meter
know. *'H \ :'H n = n-itaS* atrari
"The time will come when the public mind
will be in temper to ask, chow and by whose
instrumentality was. this distress and misery
broughttabout? What agency had the Con.
gressional Aid Society, and the: Massachusetts
Emigrant Aid Society, aud the BeecheSs, the
Sillimans, the Greeleys, the Quincys, tho Sum-
ners, and the Genit Smiths, in reducing thsss
people, and thousands of others, to beegary and
squalid wretchedness--in introducing murder
and rapine, and desolation throughout the Per
ritory of Kansasl It will be a,fearful- ul-sreckon.
ing, but one which will as surely overtake them
as that there is God in Heaven who sees the
wickedness of men on earth, and Furnishes them
for their iniquities. ss.sa.,r .i'zs:H I
:, BEHoLDl- CoNslsrEsTi FREMONT Man
The Daughter Of q Fremont. Elector Married 10
Niggsr !-What are ,aoe Coming = To?--TThs
following is, from Charlottesville GudianD
paper. Read it. and be astonished y n.f..plqy
a!The doctrine that has been 20 boldly advo.
Gated by the leaders of the. Abolition party, du.
ring the last year" that q negro was az good as
white man" has become with q majority of
thelmembers of that party,4a fixed fact. No
longer than last week, man residing in, the ri.
cinity cf Oberln College, in the State of Ohio,
gave his only daughter in marriage to7a sooty
African, who had been educated at this Aboli-
ton Institute. This man, we understand, is
State Elector. on the Fremont ticket, and regards
the negro as: bis equal. Fhe young lady iade,
scribed as being extremely .heaatifpl and but
sixteen. years lof age Wbjlsshsr .dnaky lord j
hlaeker stal the aasksss tight ns;e 81 .s:
leon has positively and dper1mprorHy ufusreu tnS
projects Of France to allow to all the. Protes-
tauts n: their districts the free aad nndiaturhsd
exercise of their religion, desiring that he may
hear of no more persecution of the Proteitapts,
nnd that they may never again, be disturbed in
their worship. s.l.,.ti .r.c- 3. ,il,-,.r,s :.
-<s<--a -. ,. 80,
HoGs.-We hear of no Improvement whatev-
er in hogs, says the Louisville Courier,: for the
approaching packing. season. The farmers gem
orally are pretty firm, having a good store Of old
corn on hand, and asking FIVE cents gross for
their hogs for early delivery. This is equal to
about six and one.half cents net at the packing
houses, while buyers are offering elk cents net
with no sales reported. ..,...az ~!
GEN. LEWIS Casa correspondent Of the
Philadelphia Ledger, writing from Detroit, thus
speaks Of this veteran Senator:
Gen. Cass is juveniziug. He positively looks
better than have seen him for years past. though
he is canvassing the length and breadth of the
State, and speaking once or twice every day.
He has just passed his 74th year, but appears as
active and youthful as ever. All who hear him
avow that he has never on any previous occa.
sions, been as eloquent as now. was myself
present when he drew picture of the conse-
quences of disunion, which would hare made
angels weep. The people shouted, while the
old man eloquent was himself moved to tears
by the picture his imagination had bodied forth.
The SOUND OF THE CHuscz.Gona BEIL.-A
letter from Widen, Turkey, of August 27th
says" we have this morning heard sound
which the people of Bulgaria have not heard for
ages, the sound of bell calling the Christians
to church to thank God that the Sultan has been
pleased to restore to Us our liberty Of worship.
Wiuden is the first Bulgarian town that has 70.
ceived bell. ,,te .,i...i.ss
A WEDD1Na.-A wedding came off at the
court house one day lasl week, in which the
bride was fourteen and the bridegroom serenity
odd, years of age They were both children,
the one in her first, the other in his second child.
hood. There was present at the nuptials esrs.
mony daughter of the old gentleman" as OLD
as the brides mother.--Hayana Qll.) Herald.
A wedding took place last week, at the Court
House in one of the districts of this State, in
which the bride was one hundred and twenty
(l2O), and the bridegroom (l2 years old. Both
were in the prime Of life. There was present
at the nuptial ceremony son of the bride older
than the bridegrooms father.-Exchange.,;
WE clip the following from the Providence
Post: "A noted Abolition orator, whose stock
in trade is of the fimsy. highfaluten order. Ask.
ed very solemnly of his audience, uand who
is John C. Fremont? 2" A Democrat who was
listening TO the harangue, and observed the
silence which followed. rose and replied. g An
eminent cattle-dealer!! ~ which abronght down
the house," and the speaker too."' us..S,
A German prince in dream, seeing three
rats-one fat, the other lean, and The third Blind
sent for celebrated Bohemian gypsy, and dc.
manded an explanation. The fat raj" !" said the
soceress, is your prime minister, the lean, fst
your people, and the blind rat yourself .g
DANCING sor IsRE1Ie1o,iuDs-The New. York
Times says: The Churchman. religious news
paper Of this city, Of much good sense and some
learning, calls dancing g an innocent recreation,
and as healthfu as It is graceful. va '
"God is not dlsbonored BY It; on the contra.
ry. the Psalmist says, g Let them praise HIS
name in the dance" And 90 they inay@-all the
puritsnism in the world 70 ths eonttaEy netYhh. n
''A1''"H'"s' ,'s..I....:s ts.tl ]: s.:ss.s,es Il
THERE ii woman out IL Indiana l5, ,I vahs vahst|aoe.
the house.work for family ef nine, eoes, I! e