Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1857-04-08
"THE VACANCY 1N coNGREss.n

Under thls head tho Newberry IQJFoF presents v
series of reflections bearing upon several candidates
in particular md the whole bevy in general way.
The Mirrors preference is Gov. HAMMOND, If be would
run; but he will not, friend appears to feel
himself in the condition of grcnt many others not
fully determined in his own mind. lie thinks need
the "sernest intellect" "unsel6sh principle" and
"hardy courage" in our representative; and doubt
less these requisites make upthe very sort of charsc
ter now needed in federal councils. But the Mir.
ror would have had tho utmost confidence" in Gen.
ARLINGTON or G. H. SUBER, Esq :: md arc thOre
others left in the field of equal merit with those gen.
tlemen? With Eve or six candidates still before US,
the matter is surely yet reduced to Hobsons choice
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JOHN A. CALHOUN, ESQR.
The Abbcville Press announces this gentleman for
Congress His friends thus speak of him:
As the Election for member of Congress is order
cd by the Governor to take place carly ns the first
Monday and Tuesday of May ne1t,-within month
of this me-it behuoves of the lth Congressional
District to be very active nour e1ertons to select
ft and proper person to representus We must make
sroper choice. 1t is due to ourselves, and tho old
Ninety-SiX District, that we should hars man OF
distinguished character to stand in the councils OF the
nation, where Calhoun and McDufie huve stood sud
the only question with all Of us, isWhere cum such
man be found? We answer-1n Abbeville District,
in the person Of John A. Calhoun, Esq, who was
rearod in the neighborhood and taught in the same
schools with both Of those distinguished sons of
South Carolina, above named.
Mr.. Calhoun is Il nephew of John c. Calhoun, to
whom be bears strong likeness, both in person and
in character. lie was always devoted to his great
uncle, personally and politically. he was bred to
the bar, and in early life was member Of the State
Legislature. He removed to the West and for time,
was distinguished citizen of Eufaula, Alabama. A
few years ago, he returned to Abbeve District, and
here be has cast his lot, to stand fall with South
Carolina. He Is o man Of decided character and
ability; and mako the pledge for him, that he will
bO equal to the position.
Who next? The Governors sudden appointment
of the day of election has takcn the people Of the
Old '96 District little unawares. But there's time
enough yet for prett fair sweepstakes.
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CHINESE SUGAR CANE.
IT is just the week to your Chinese Millet seed,
and to tho very hour instructions from praet
cal farmer as to how it should be done. The writer
is W. $. LyLEs of Fairfield and we extract from the
Columbia Times. Read and 90 to work:
Select your piece Of ground (he richer the better
Of cour.c) und bed it up precisely nS you would Tor
cotton with the rows three feet apart. Then open
and drill your seed and cover with q hoard ln the
Of few weeks, when the millet IL four or live
inches high, shuyc it down with the hoe, carefully
picking out tho young grass dc. After thls IS done
run thu straight side Of half twisting shovel next
the met, covering up the grass and weeds in the mid
die Of the row. In about ten days, or when the plants
are eight or ten inches high, the mddles should be
ploughed out and the dirt Tapped high and well
around the staks. This all the cultivation garo
last year, and is sufficient for every purpose think
would then thin out to stalk about twelve inches
bla khoo }n1 iIy
large for grinding for syrup.
After the first crop is cut and converted into syrup,
the second which is far more abundant, from the
numerous shoots which put out at the root, can bc
used for soling converted into forage by cutting
and drying as you would any Of the millet family,
We may add that the Major agrees with many 9TH
ers in saying distinctly that he believes it to be
most valuable crop, whether for prOyender or for max
ing syrup The time is at hand when every body
shall
Lick 1asses candy and swing upon the gates"
Without "beng president of these United States
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.
;ea- The comet that was going to strike the Earth
from existence next Juno has turned out to bo Gull
smoke and no fire"
B- C. P. SULLIVAN, Esq, of Laurens, accepts
the nomination for Congress.
Gs- SAMPSON HAwEs, member of Congress from
Alabama, is dead.
s.s- The salary of the Lieut. Governor Of Rhode
Island has been reduced from $500 to 5000.
aS- GEx. scorr's pay will hereafter be $4,000
year. -
My- THE merchants of New York, Or at enst some
of the woslhicst of hem have subscribed largely to
purchase service Of plate to be presented to Cover
nor Marcy, for his regard to their interests while
Secretary Of State.
~ WOMEN are called "softer SEX" because they
arc easily humbugged. Out Of one hundred girls,
ninety-hve would prefer ostontutiOn to happness-a
dandy husband to mechanic.
&- Az item is going the rounds rathcr late in the
day. that saaratus in breads very baneful to health
in fact that it is poisonous to the system We al
ways thought it very dirty thing to mix with ent'I-
bles and VIC hope now its use will be abandoned.
scls- THE following are some very suitable words
for acted charades:
Bag-pipe Lap-dog. Rod-breast.
Brow-beat. Intent Sheil-fsh.
Pitch-fork. Sido-saddlc. Whip-cord.
Nutmeg. Cut-throat Trap-door.
&B- RAILROAD communication is complete be-
tween Charleston, S. c. and Memphis, Tennessee.
tay- o. ever thus from childhoods hour,
Has chilling fate upon me fell
There always comes n soskin' shower
When hain't got an umberelL
So THE difficulty between the United States
and New Granada has, it is said reached such point
MS to render the speedy despatch Of large Aeet to
the Isthn,us highly probable.
gsS- THE New York Central Railroad Company
are sad to be making arrangements to run an express
train during the summer, in connexion with the ud
son river road from Now York to Buffalo in thirteen
hours The distance is 443 miles and the trnin must
run about forty miles hour exclusive of st"ppasr
Gi- The whent crop in northern Georgia nnd
East Tennessee presents very promising Appearance
The Chattanooga Gazette says an unusually lnrse
smount of wheat has been sown. and if nothing hap
pens to it, there will he crop gathered that will
"astonsh the people"
:Es- THE qualifications of Representative in Con-
srcss nrc simply, that he shall be twenty-five years
Of ago. seven years citizen of the United States, and,
when elected, an nhabitant of the State cecng him.
Qualifications for electors of snd Representatives are
the same a for the most numerous branch of the State
Legislature.
gs- Ir's q good sign to have a man enter your