Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1857-11-25
FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.
GRAyrrxv1LLE, S. C. November, 81, Is:

MR. EpIron As have just come from the cup
country to this Manufacturing Town, it is hoped
that a bricf-mention" Of matters and things thai
came under NV observation or Of which heard, will
not prove altogether void of interest to the readers
the Advertiser. A very singular homicide occurred
the other day. fow miles above Walhaa, i'll Pickcns
District. Two men, under the influence of liquor,
were seated by the side playing cards. On sud-
den heat and quarrel" the two drunken gamblers
commenced fighting rs they sat. At last one of
them 1.-THE names arc not temembered) seizing the
other by the hair and pulling his head over to one
sidc dealt blow with tic t upon his neck. Instant
death was the result and was supposed that the
mans neck was broken.
Tho corn crop in Pickcns and Anderson is excel
lont and it is selling at fifty cents bushcl when de-
livorct. Flour per barrel, from four dollars md
half to six. Bueon from cSh:een to twenty cents Il
pound. Good bacon, howrcr, can be bought i'll
Augusta at fourteen cents.)
During the last four or fn ycnrs. the people about
Abbcyilc village have bcci building, painting and
new modelling their houses most wonderful mall
ner. The Marshall Ilote" almost rivals, and
Granite Rargc, and the no Court House with It's
colossal columns would be III ornament to any "pub-
lie square," saw hands atw,rk culvcrts for the
more cfTcctun drainage of IL puarc and the streets.
At Cukcsbury, I saw the -'asonic Institute" for
Young ladies. This handsome elfce cost thirteen
thousand five hundred dolhr, 1913, ,50N.) During
the present year, bet zen sereIy and eighty pupils
=
expected next year.
Capt L.. iicyuOds, Of Whto nil, has some Of the
fines. stock have seen in 10, time. lie showed
luc u mule only nineteen moutlold, which is nearly
| fifteen hands high. Accortlirgn measurement this
mammoth colt has yet " foo: torow The Captain
:pcaks cr taking his Zig mule ,ln to the Stat. Fair
ne.t full, and if he should conaie to do SO, ii is as
good for cup rs " thrip is 70, gngcr-cakc,'
Ivistcd DoRxs Gold Nine and was gratifcl
with all that saw and heard. .e gcrtlcuanly aud
intelligent Engineer at the mill informed that
Mr.. Dopx got fifteen hundred lars worth Of gold
out Of his mine last week. A W handsome bust
ness these not hard, but shin-pter times.
The planters in Abbevillo sruolding back their
cotton upon tho ground that thegures on this side
! of the bhny deep do not Mt all rrespond with the
prices in Liverpool. This, I f,,will provo to hays
| been bad policy.
As approached Edgefeld yite, the drapery of
the forest reminded INC that crossing the line
! which separates the upper from iow country. And
can say, in tho sincerity Of my art that heard
the autumn winds signing througie long-lcGf pines
not without emotion.
Hamburg still maintains its rtation as first
rate cotton Market. There are MO many stores in
this place at present. rs in formdmcs. But those
Merchants, who hare remained, undoubtedly sell
ling on reasonable terms aud dniwcll. stopped
Mt the Carolina Hotel kcpt by Lyon, formerly
of Edgcfcld Village. If The We traveller wants
good fare, kind attention and mratc charges, lot
him 60 to the Carolina Hotelin Iburg.
It is n pleasure to transact BUSH with such men ,
rs reside in Augusta, Georgia. TMcrchants thero {
have on hand, fine assorlmcnts of'ds, and judging
from appearances, would sny.t these "panic c
times" have affected their business in very slight
degree. Incvcr knew till the otlay that Augusta c
Ind been made Port Of Entry, anat the people of
That pleasant and hourishing Cityer have or are S
to have Custom House. s
From Hamburg went down Boech Island {
There some peculiaritics abohis part of the ]
country. 1t lies in curvo of tinvannah river, {
and isamost cut off from the main on tho East by n
Horse and Hollow Creeks. It is .er peninsula t
than an leland. The d-hillporpf Beech Island :