Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1856-10-08

publication of certain articles, of wnlcu you
have avowed yourself the author.
took the most effectua means, circumstanced
as was, to put stop to the proceedings Of
which you notified me.
had hoped that these means would have
proved successful that they werc not entirely
beyond my control. came TO the city the day
after the receipt of your note in Aiken. then
for the first time learned that definite arrange.
ments had been made for Il duel between Dir.
Taber and my brother, the time for their meet
ing having been fixed at IN hour prior TO the ar.
rival of The cars
Your declaration of being The author of the
articles which have appeared in the Mercury,
addressed to myself, is of no interest or conse-
quence to me. Should deem il requisite to
take any step for meeting the unprovoked charges
and aspersions, shall follow the dictates of my
own sense of duty and propriety, aided therein
by the counsel of friends, and not regarding the
suggestions Of my assailant. To the public, as
we'll as myself, it is due that this correspondence
should be known. Your obcdent servant,
A. G. MAGRATH.
MIR. EDMUND RnETT, Jr.
The above statement have felt it my duty to
make. !. h. FURAlAN.
RUSSIA has not suffered much in her trade
from The late war. Commerce and manufactures
are entered into an extent never before manlfes-
ted, and agriculture is everywhere tlourlshing
under bountiful harvest The custom house
at st. Petersburg is overwhelmed with business
The official journal at st. Petersburg says the
number of travellers from that city TO Moscow,
in June, was hundred and fifty thousand, in
July. There were many British, German and
French visitors in Russia, from the curiosity to
witness her real internal condition. bile i'm
provements and free trade are the principal top
les discussed in the newspapers.
BANKING IN AUsrIALIA-There are eight
chartered banks in Australia, having an aggre-
gate capital of S25,OOO,OOO. Their profits have
been enormous, some of them having paid divi-
dends as high as 80 per cent last year, and
most of them as high as 90 per cent
VALUABLE CRor-The crop of blackberries
on Long Island was sold in New York, for
about $4,000. The groceries paid 81 cents per
quart, and, at this price, some persons received,
for blackberries sold from their land, more than
the land itself would fetch if put up for sale.
PROLIFIC CoTToN.-The Selma (Ala.) Sentinel
TINS describes stalk ola variety lately exhibited:
This stalk contained over one hundred full
grown bolls, and quite 4 number of squares and
small bolls, and judging from its appearance, it
would have yielded at least two pounds OF the
best quality of seed cotton. 1t was what is
termed the Boyd Cotton" and was grown on
the plantation of Mr.. billiard, near this city.
We should think cotton planters would find it
quite profitable to plant this kind of cotton al
together. Mr. billiard informed us he had about
eighty acres planted of this cotton, and that
almost every stalk in the field would yield equal
to the one shown us. We should think Mr.
billiard would do great favor to the cotton
planters generally, by saving his seed and pa.
cling few of them in market this winter"
DEATH FROM THE BURSTING OF SoDA WATER
BorrLE.-An Inquest was held on Thursday al
the Manchester Royal Infrmary on the body Of
John Day of Goulden street. Henry Cheethan
stated that he and the deceased were working fol
Mr.. John Skerratt, ginger beer manufacturer
AS he was filling glass bottle with soda wate
from machine which fills the bottle and cork'
it, it broke, and piece of the glass struck DAY
on the side of his face. He bed very much, ant
was taken to the Royal In6rmary, where he died
Manchester Guardian.