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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1857-11-04
VOL. xxII...-NO. As.
From the Abbeville Banner.
Ron, r, ", pICEENS.

Mr. Editor: Ex-Governor Hammond declining
to be a candidate for the Senate, alters in some
respects the condition of the canvass On this
side of the State it is known the Governor had
warm friends, who preferred him to any other
man in the State. Will not. his withdrawal add
to the number of Col. Pickens' friends, and
make the Western Circuit almost unanimous for
him?
The times call for cur ablest men, and we
ought to fill our public posts with tried men, for
unless the stars deceiEe US, besides the complica.
tons in our national politics, we have financial
crisis to encounter, which, unless adroitly and
wisely managed, will precipitate us in twelve
months from ease and prosperity to want and
ruin.
The friends in this quarter to Col. Pickcns'
election believe him worthy of Senatorial honors,
but do not rest their support of him upon that;
they believe him to be unconnected With party
Mques; but they support him solely on consd.
erations connected with what they deem to be the
public interests of the State at this juncture We
want Senator also, who can speak-one who in
debate can revive our recollections of what was
once the style of Parliamentary eloquence among
cur public men American craftsmanship, be-
yond all doubt, is confined, in great measure,
to Congressional speeches and reports; and We
want a. man in the seat of Judge Butler who can
utter his opinions and sentiments with the power
of an orator. It would be useless to send there
If we had one-a dumb sage. Which ever
candidate is ablest in point Of Abilities whose in
tegrity is beyond dispute, and whose eloquence
is superior to his competitors there can be no
doubt such one should be chosen regardless of
personal preferences. In these respects Col.
Pickens' friends believe him equal to any living
son of the State They believe him to almost
rival McDufie in his signal disregard Of national
honors, and his warm devotion to the State. AL
though repeatedly offered, by the general Govern
mont, high and commanding official positions,a as
often has he declined them, prcfering to such
public services the Independent position of a
private man.
Such displays of modest ambition and State
love, place Col. Pickens' integrity and patriotism
very high, and united as they with great abil.
itics. we'll warrant in his friends their warmth in
presenting and urging his name upon the State
US a fit and admirable successor to Judge Butler.
HAYNE.
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GBpiite 4oetrg,
FIND ME a GRAVE.

BY LlECT: THOMAS WILSON, L. S. A.
I'll make me home, says the sailor lad.
In the ship, as she rides the wave;
| III laugh when the oceans raving mad,
III smile when the tempests rave.
Let the winds rave on, let the black skies frown
For what care I how it be?
When the vessels wreck I'll 60 down, down
down,
And find me grave in the sea-
I'll make me home says the soldier brave,
Amid battle and CORY fight;
When the eagles in triumph above ME wave,
Twill shout with mad delight.
could die so well on the battle field,
My shroud of the star-hag's fold;
On the spot where the trumpets of victory pcal'd
I'd find me grave with the bold.
wish not a home mid the battles tide,
Nor alife on the briny sea,
But III settle me down at firesidc,
With her who is all TO me.
1 wish not death in the battles strife,
Nor tomb in the oceans foam,
But I'd find, when my heart beat its last in life,
A grave near my boyhoods home.
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in the presence of a thousand men, who were tc
be fashioned and formed after his character, and
in the presence of distinguished strangers, he
wept in the simplicity of infancy. What, was
the train OF sad reflections in his own mind
which SO softened and ovcr-powered him I know
not, but his bowed head and his gushing tears
saw, and until the waters OF the oblivious Lethe
shall drown all human memories, shall never
forget that scene.
Several post-prandial speeches were made,
one of which was made by a fat son of John G.
Calhoun, who was then planter in Marengo
county.
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fulr anb AnIb'je11rent. I'j
OVID TO A MUsKEETER.


You wiked bud sucker, why doapt
You urn your lven sum wa BESIDE
Litcn down On people and. insntten yurc
Long bill 10 git blud, litin Oh x
Foakscs noses, and wheE thagKm an
Begin to slap, leave? Have yeR got 10 ieelinss
Crate seezer! how yude git poked if you was
As large as SUN tu legged bludsukers as is
Round here, wot wares koas.fSyWhi doant you
Lite doun sli, as tha d. andiblesle en- foar
Tha no it, without hollcrin all TIC whylc?
yur kanibal you do bissBznes on a
smawl skail; you suck more bud owt of a
Fcllcr than clelant can, an 'yare smccr
Aint half as long. You walk up foakes
When tina ar slcpin, an tina swaf
yengens How du you wurk It to keep
Yure bill so sharp, without grindin? Viii
Doant you pel wurn!s owt oyIleas
And etc inscx, you long legged euss?
What town is it you syng so much,
Going rownd with yuro fcthirs shott oph,
scaltin whoom you ma dcvo8er! You
Seam too be kon'entid burdtfrom yurc
syngin, and syng loudist whea yurc
Hungryist. should think ylld want on
Butcs or panty let's too kccpgure long
Legs from bcainr kold thys weather.
Insccl,, yure uselis, yu kant shaw, but
Yurc some Oh suckin, kaus you nevir
Git wcaned. Inseck, dew.;..
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" Office

Es hereby given that CATHERINE II. GEEENE ~ B
tho wife of COLUMBUS A. GREENE OF Edge
tiela District, residing near Hamburg, in said DIS
1rict, intends to become sole trader within Ont
month from this date. ,,,rrr
Witness, BESJAMrS BAIRD. On
Hamburg, Oct 1th lnoI 4t 10
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WOMAN IN TIE 11IRELING STATES-A letter
from an esteemed lady correspondent, in ono of
the so-called free States, but more truly named
hucling States, in the Far West, gives the fol-
lowing graphic portraiture of female white sa-
very, in that region Of theoretical freedom,
where, so FIR at least, as woman is concerned, it
is the custom to "kecp the promise to the car
and break it to the hope"
"!Athough we have not the peculiar insti-
tution' in these free States necessity imposes
terrible scrvitudc on poor free born woman !;
and nothing is more common than tie total
transfer of all domestic labor to the mistress Of
the family, falsely so called here.) by the
hired girl at any moment it may suit her con-
veniencc, or pleasure. This has been my own
case, with little intcrmission, ever since 'my
iewci' felt her Importance and tiounced away in
June last. What would my Southern friends
think to como on me suddenly, and see me act
ing cook. chamber maid, dinner waiter, in a
word, maid OF all work p But such indeed is
the fact and too true to be joke Such are
the comforts that women themselves arc vim
dicatng in their opposition to the blac': mans
slavery, unmrndful Of their own tDas!'aye to their
so-styled free instiutions.' sometimes believe
that if only the African female were in bon
tlage, all thought Of universal emancipation, ESQ
far as woman is the object would die 3 natural
death. Certain il is that the Aboliionists them
selves impose more heary asork on their own
wives, than shareholders do on their slaves, en-
pecting their sbetter halves with all the cares
OF wife mother and nurse, 10 do the whole work
of Tie h9usc, gard and garden besidcs-in aword
as much as six of your darkics will do, or arc
even required to do."- Charleston Courier.
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THE HALE I[OLSEEEEpER.

She was only half housekeepcr. Go where
YOU would about her home there was neither
taste nor neatness. She would begin with great
ayidJyS bat loss sherszaal she got halt
through. or her husbands hafa-doZcn rev
shirts all were partially tinislied-onc wanted
sleeves, another q collar and Wristbands, another
another bosom and g,lssct. and SO on through
tie whole list Several skeletons of quilts lay
unfoldcd in her drawers and her tables and
trunks were loaded with magnificent promises.
Her bread was always unpalatable, because
she forgot this or that-and though she had
been married ten years, in all that time the table
was never rightly laid for a meal. Either the
salt was wanting, knife or spoon. or some iir-
portant Ingredient. This afforded exercise for
the family, aud there was at all times contin-
ual running to and fro.
She wa; q half housckccpcr Her meats
were never cared for after dinner, and when it
was, ala throw it away, it amt much" Much
or little, it makes the butchers bill enormous,
and her husband half distracted There always
stood in her musty smelling pantry, nlouldy
milk AMI moul1y bread. There always lay
about her room dozen garments worn out 10y
tramp,ing rather than use. She wls forever
wondering why OH earth work came so very
hard TO her.
Her childrcn's clothes came opicccs the first
day, because they were only half made, and her
temper sourcd quicker than any thing else. She
was continually lamenting that she ever married:
and wondered where some folks got their house
work. sOh dear me seemed to be the whole
of her vocabulary, and it would make one sad
to watch her lstlcss movements, and hear her
declare that no woman worked as hard as she,
which was pretty true, for she had no method.
She dragged through life, and worried through
death, for which, fear, like every thing else,
she was only half prepared, and lett six daughters
to follow her example, and curse the world with
six half housekeencrs.-NeW iurk Organ.
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Notice.

NTOTICE is hereby given that application viii
u be made at the next Session OF the Leclsla,
,ure, to vest one half of the esclra,cd estate ol
charles MeGregor, late Of Edge6eld District in
the Trustees Of the EdseGrld Male Ac"d'my.,o
Sent 80 ON oo
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Mr.. CALHOUN once said that the institution
of slavery. as it existed at tic South, was the
only system that gave or eoultl give what the
French philosophy had been seeking for halt
century, VIZ: cmpi0ymcM nad SGHHy JDr iGbor.
At the North said he, in times Of panic, pressure
comes upon capital through abor-at the South
pressure comes upon labor through capital. The
times arc aliording startling illustration OF the
truth OF his declaration. \ New. York letter
says
"Ihc discharge Of several hundred !ahorerS
from the Bergen Tunnel (Eric Railroad works.
Yesterday has been followed to-day by SINH
lar movement on the part Of several large es-
tab!ishments in this city, ordinarily employing
from 100 to 800 operatives. One extensive book
bindcry in William street calculated to keep on
all the week, but this alernoA, they gave their
employees notice that they must stop alter to-
day. Two or three Of the publishing houses
having works partially under way, have followed
suit. Hoe Il Co., press manufacturers, have
turned away 80 hands since Saturday Singer
6 Co., the sewing machnc-makera, have dis
charged lj0, and so OH to the end Of the chapter
The prospects of the poor the coming winter
are 50 gloomy that several benevolent minded
men have 1t under consideration to call a public
meeting ut once, to organize iOefal system oi
relief. The churches will hc.in"okcd to co-ope-
rate, as well as all other bodies that may have
the means Of aiiording relief The idea is a
good one, and lorbidding as are the signs OF the
times. even among the wealthy classes, no doubt
it will be heartily seconded"
We hear of thousands OF Ioberers Mt the North
who have been thrown out of employment, and
themselves and families left to Starrc, beg OF
steal, by capitalists vino lave been forced to
stop their manufacturing enterprises. We o.
the South have nct yet felt the revulSon which
is producing such disastrous consequences in the
Northern States But we may bc sure that nj
the worst we shall hear Of no plantations ir
Georgia where corn-crbs" and "smokc- houses
arc closed to the hungry slave and his offspring
They will be the last to feel the pressure OF the
time or to be supported by charity.-SarannaS
iMDfning NcwS.
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Notice..

ALL Persons indebted to the Estate Of James s
"a S. Shadrack, decd, are earnestly requested
T., make immediate payment. and those having de-
,nonds agains' the said Estate will render them IN
nr'nsrlv r. attested. H. BURNETT, ad,ors
pfope''' T. Nj. FISHER. vac
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Headquarters,
s,h REGlM MENT. S. c. NJ.

Sill KEUI.'I TsAN ! .. y NJ 7
TrcKER's PoSD, Oct. II, 1887. }
TN Pursuance of an order received ,r'n Gen
". C. AloRAcxE, an election will be held at the
Company Muster Grounds Of the Upper Battalion I.
ON the 9th November, for MAJOR OF, sald Dat-
talon. BY order Of j. w. TOMPhiNs,C Co'.
s-O.t1A It 40
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SOME years ago, Spur kept stable. Spur
had his ncculiarilie< one Of which was this: he
never let a horse 60 out Of the stable without
requesting the lessee not to drive fast. Ono
day there came 10 Spurr's stable young man
to ret horse and carriage to attend q funeral
I" "Certainly," said Spur, "but," he added, for
getting the solemn purpose iDr which the young
man Wanted the horse ';don't drive fast n'
"Whv, lust look here, old fellow" exclaimed
the somewhat excited young man, VI want
you to understand that | shall keep nj with
the procession, if it kills the horse" Spur in,
stantly retired TO horse stall, and s~ooned
amongst the straw.
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N NOtIcc

Hs hereby given that Mrs. EMILY CARROLL,
wife of EDWARD G. CARROLL residing in liam
hurg, but late Of Granevillc, Edsciieid District,
;ntends to become sole trader in one month from
this date. hhlhA oA"A'0NH'
Witness, BENJAMIN BAIRD: 90
Hamburg, Oct. 9th 1851 At 81
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SHOOTING STARS.

T,II.;nc of sIini,,r and stnriipht Nuts me in
n;nJ os of ss,metb;n@ ~ % observed orc sbiney niyht
in i,,'1s TroodH.aw W o " rs ~
Ticra ] was man who. when the stars were
al, o.,t above w and the municiral stars were
.o,,,i.;.ont Ta,. L.,o,r nsad to,rr nm tclsconc
io,sinJ,. & :,trnnornv,, at six-ucncc souint.
" G"n n;,,b+ -. Ho was oeftinn unler w.v T
COW tvo Irish uiintlemen''i, taking an .,Issea,s-
,;''u ,e H.. ,noucn,auts Roth were noI;rr.n.n
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AsrcporE-The Greenyile Patriot tells tho

AxEcDorE.-The Greenyille Patriot tells the
following:
~ gentleman met an old friend; who had
move;l West many years ago. and returned
after an absence of ten or fifteen years 10 see
his old acqraintances and neishbors in South
Carolina lie came back much changed III ap-
pcarance, and especially about tie face, which
bad sharpness or thin look, approaching the
ridiculous. The gentleman said to him alter
the ordinary salutations Lad passed: You
have been living in rich ncighborhood IN the
West?" eyes" said the old friend, "but how
did you know that ?" "Thc Scriptures say,
replied the gentleman, "tLat the rich will grind
the faces of tue poor, and your face looks as ii
it had been ground pretty severely" The joke
was too good Tor the old man 10 get veSed but
it was too true for him to relish it much
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"puIEw!-but it's hotm said Brown, pam
tinpIy, as he met jones' q fat neighbcr, who
rcyels in heat like salamander, and is always
jolicst in the dog days. But Brown is another
sort Of man, and hates warm weather as cats
hate hot soap, or Satan holy water; Isn't 1T
dreadlul?" said Drown. Why, l have gone
through all the processes known to modern
cookery, within tho last three hours; I've been
steamed. parboilcd, boiled, s;e~cd baked; fried
and roasted! Isn't it dreadful? 2"
/" Not at all" said Joncs--'l like it. ihere's
no weather TOO hot for nc, tlat ever found OF
heard Of"
That's luc!iv,' sail Bruwn, sarcastically-
:: for a ,uan of your character and prnb"I'e des-
fiuaiion, it's extremely lucky W--and Brown.
having made this remark, wiped his brow anu
retired in disgust.
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COMING South FOE EWoRH.-The Savannah Ec
publican by the last steamer from New
York, number OF mechanics arrived III ourclty
in pursuit of work. The applications for chi
ployment at thelillcrent toundres were, OF course
unsuccessful, as they arc all tull.handed. Many
of them will no doubt leave for the interior, and
others will 60 back to the North, while those who
are more unfortunate, will be left in the city tc
shift for livelihood as best they can.
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A QuEycuEE FOR EEsUvIus.-Among par
tv OF Americans travelling in Europe one-a
Yankee-who, unwilling to admit Of any supc-
riorty in Europe over his own country, would
always tell OF something TO "match" whatever
he was taken to sec. In Italy they assembled
ye,uv,s when that Volcano was much disturb
ed, and he remarked
aWcll, it is considerable Of fire, but we
lave water privilege in America, (meaning
Niagara that, guess, would squirt it out in
about five minutes.
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CORN SHELTERS,
seIf.Sharpening Straw Cutters

n PENN, Agent, has just received and offers
T.. for sale supply Of the most approved arti-
Gle rf CORN Sill ELLERS. Also, large otoeK
Of those celebrated Sclf-SharpenlnS D liz
CUTTERS. The farmers Will please seno 10
their orders. .,
Can, II Ut
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com PCr."-On one occasion during the
Revolution, "od Put" had received lot of
new rccraits, and as lie had some fighting which
he wisllc, to do before long, and wanted none
hut willing men, he drew up his lcvic5 in rank
before him.
"Now, boys" said he, Il don't wish to re-
tain any OF you who wishes to leave; therefore
if any of you is dissatisfied and wishes to re-
turn home, he may signify the saine By stepping
six PAGES in front Of the line. But aided the
old war dog iii shoot the first man that steps
out.'n
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4 Coon ExcrSE-There is a society in cx-
istcnce which, like most other associations oI
the kind, has Il standing rule that ali members
who conc late, or absent Themselves, shall hc
fined a certain sum, unless they are able to give
a sufficient excuse iUr tardirc$s or abscrcc On
one occasion a member came in after hours, and
the chairman asked his excuse for heing late.
"Rcally sir, was not able to get hcre be-
fore Domestic troubles-perp!cXities of mind
i cannot say which will die first, my wife OF
daughter"
"Ah!" said the chairman, expressing much
comIniscration for the father and husbald,' :"
was not aware of that Remit the fine, Mr.
Secretary; the excuse is a good one"
The member consequently took his seat. The
next morning another member met him and
with feeling asked him how his wife and daush-
ter were!
sIn excellent hcaltl,," replied he.
How? l thought you said YOU did not
know which ono would die first?
81 did and am still in u quandary, time
however will decide tie question"
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The whiskcy root is the name of a species Of
cactus fou.d in Mexico, which, when eaten, is
said to produce the same effects as alcoholic
drinks. One has only to bite of and swallow n
piece to experience all the effects of the most
unnIcs:ionablc inloxicaion. Ifthis root should
come into general use, the facility of taking
''nip'' would be great, increased.
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From the Columbia Times.
GN0T so BAD as we SEEM"

To that class of Diogenese growlers, alarmists,
sensationists and general "6uste's," we would
say that we are not so bad rs We SEEM" We
have capital in cotton alone worth $l75,OOO,.
900; We have capital in brcadstuffs equal to
Sl50.OOO,OOO; Europe looks to us for cotton and
breadstuffs. and we can and will sell to Her, but
al our oun pricesi Remember this, planters,
at our o,ca prices Do not let willy spectators
think they can frighten you about your capital
being locked up; il your barns and store houses
you have that which will hold you good against
all the wants of sixty days to come; you have
plenty to eat and drink and wear. Elsewhere
they have not And even should it be necessa:
ry. YOU can economize rather than submit to
feeders on your valuable position. Let us make,
as the rest of the world has done, virtue OF
necessity; let us, with our strongholds Of staple
and produce. make the wanters thereof come:
directly to our shores, to our barns: to our gin
houses, and, subject to onr just aud consistent
charges, take Our wrIl.wo-ked and cared for
produce. Let us do this, for now is the time
when the South has in herself all the power Of
welding vast influence that will rebound to
her own interests andregeneratou. Beware then,
planters. of Southern men with Northern prin-
cip!cs, who, in high.sourdiug words and terms,
cloak their sinister intentions. Hold your cot
ton-hold your produce, rather than submit 10
the reduced prices brought about by Yankee
banks; and You can hold for sixty days, and by
that time our markets will be full of special Eu-
ropeau agents to whom we can sell. minus tho
New York brokerage, and sell, too, at prices
that will pay. Don't be alar,ned-we are "rcs
so Lad as we soem."
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At the meeting of the next Congress two new
States will be in readiness lor admission into the
Union-Oregon and Minnesota.
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A railroad meeting was held at Henderson
vile, North Carolina, on the 9th insty to devise
and consider the best method of constructing a
railroad from Grccnvilc, South Carolina, to Paint
Rock. via Hendersonvlle and Ashville.
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The Superior Quality
OR OCE r | E S

CONSISTING Of
LOAF. CRUSHED, CLARIFIED, ST. GROIN
AND ORLEANS SUGARS,
ORLEANS SYRUP & CUBA MOLASSES.
TENNESSEE AND BALTIMORE BACON,
LARD, SODA, STARCH,
SOAP, CANDLES.
WHITE WINE AND APPLE VlNEGAhs' &c.
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A good oil Quaker lady, after listening to
the extravagant yarns OF Il storckeepcr us long
as her patience would allow, said to him,
" Friend, what pity it is { sill to lie, when it
seems so necessary to thy business"