Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1857-12-30
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SOMETHING TO HOPE FOR,

SUhlEId1NU ~ GOn
There is nothing moro exciting and at the same
time gratifying to human nature and its instructive
love of cntcrprze than to !" have venture out :
something to hope for to await with expectation and
to rejoice over if it turn out fortunately Such is the
exact position Of those who invest II small sum Of
money in the purchase of ticket in IN authorized
and well known lottery. such those drawn I'M
der the charge of s. Swan Co.. Augusta, Georgia,
who for ten five or two and half dollars mailed to
them, will send you Whole half, Or n quarter ticket
in one of their celebrated drawings which take place
by authority ef the State every Saturday. Pleusing
hope may thus he turned into substantial reality
THE DEATH OF GEN HAMILTON, IN TEXAS.
When the news of the death of Gen. James
Hamilton (says the Augusta Constitutonaist)
was announced at AUSTIN the seat of Govern.
ment in Texas, the Governor Of that State COM
municated the melancholy intelligence to the
Legislature then in session. Gov. i. NJ. Peasc,
in lis message, stated that "the deceased was
one of the first who raised his voice in our be-
half at the commencement of our revolutionary
struggle, and his services and means were lavish.
ly given to our cause, both before and after he
became citizen Of the republic. His high
standing and influence i'll the world contributed
much to the successful issue of our revolution.
"Texas claimed him as a citizen, and ranked
him as one Of her greatest benetactors. She
mourns his untimely fate, and will eyer cherish
his memory with veneration."
Resolutions of COL Wigfal, adopted by the
Senate, on The occasion Of the death of Gen.
James Hamilton:
Rcsolre1, That this body has received with
profound sensibility, the annunciation OF the
death of Gen. James Hamilton, of South Caro-.
lima. His death is calamity not only to the
nation and his own state, but also to the State
of Texas. He was the hold and powerful advo.
| cate Of Texas in her dark and bloody struggle
with the almost imperial power OF Mexico.
When the heroic spirits of &c were treated with
opprobrium, and as having forfeited all claims
to the fratcrnal regards Of the people of the
United States, he then in his place in the Senate
of South Carolina, with thoughts that breathcd
and words that burned with living fire, rcpeed
the imputatons on the purity and honor OF our
motives-and in the light Of such cloquence and
truth gave such elevation TO our controversy as
to challenge the admiration of the world-an9
to change Indifference into friendship and en-
thusasm. For his services on that memorable
occasion he was offered by Texas the chief COM
mand of her army His genius, his prc.cminent
abilities, his high character and enthusiastic de-
voton TO the interests of the country, illustrated
and adorned the various exalted civil trusts with
which he was honorel by the Republic. AS oul
Minister, he secured a treaty with Great Britain
the most powerful nation on the globe. He also
negotiated treaty with the Kingdom of the
Netherlands, and rendered many other sigma
services with high honor to himself and to hc
benefit of the nation which he represented. By
special act of Congress he was vested with the
rights OF citizenship, and he ranks very high
among the eminent and llustrious OF her citizens
Rcsolred, That this body will manifest its re-
spcSct for the memory of the deceased, by wearing
thc usual badge of mourning, and that a copy o
these proceedings be transmitted to the family
Of the deceased