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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1857-12-02

municipal authorizes of The cities at either end
of the line. in May and June lust. In north
latitude ~ deg. IG min.. witnessed the meeting
of the waters-thosc of the turbid Mississippi
poured into the briny Atlantic and on thepa OF
the State gave welcome to our neighbors OF
Georgia, and to our common friends from the
valley of the Mississippi.
trust it will not be long before the railways
from Memphis and Nashville and Knoxville will
deboucle into South Carolina through the Blue
Ridge mountains. bad the satisfaction to
witness the progress Of the tunnel on this line,
in the month of August. recognized OH that
occasion the triumph of science at every step.
in the excellent dispositions Of the engineers.
The best spirit seemed to prevail anong cngi-
nccrs, contractors, and !aburcrs.
GGotoGTcAL SURVEY AND REGlsTRATIoS.-l
trust the General Assembly will continue its
patronage to the Geological Survey OF the State.
and 10 tho Registration Of the births, Deaths
and Marriages. Difficulties must attend both
undertakings. in their incipency. But l am
persuaded that in the clever reports on those
subjects, YOU will find reason to be encouraged
in pcrusng them. The report of the Geological
Surveyor and that of the adjutant and lnspcc-
tor General, are herewith submitted, together
with Major Parkcr's report on the variations OF
the magnetic needle.
That rnur deliberations may be directed for
good to the public veal, is my sincere prayer.
Into your hands the Affairs Of the common.
wealth arc committed.
r. L. ". ALLSTON.
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RELIEF OF THE POOR,

SCENES OF SurrERISG.-The cold weatheris
coming, and will try severely the conditioner
the poor in our milst-and through allsthe
country. No State or place is exempt from
suffering. The Newburyport (AIass.) Herald
says
"Tllcrc probably never was a day in America
when the poor were suffering SO much asSthey
are now; and that too when there never was so
great crop produced, and when the weatheris
mill and pleasant, SO that neither fuel or.extra
clothing is needed to keep warm. There are
thousands who have not bread to eat, nor means
to earn it. Some have actually died Of hunger
One case has been reported here, and anotherin.
Providence, where the verdict of the coroner's,
jury was death by starvation! The thought is
horrible, that in the summer months, in cities
full Of wcalth-fnll of Dreadful OF churches.
lull of societies for sending the gospel and mis-
sionary teachers to the heather, men should die
Of absolute starvation. What is to be in mid
winter, if this we have before the last leaves Of
autumn have fallen 2"
We see further evidence Of this destitution in
the crowded almshouses and the calls of able-'
bodied men upon the overseers Of the poor for
help and in the paragraphs from the newspapers,
like this from the Providence Transcript: s s
ga gentleman few days since, having pur-
chased his dinner at one Of the provision stores
in our city, placed his basket on the door step
for moment to get some forgotten article with
in. On his return he found his basket gone,
: tho street he saw it in the hands of
81, Ling off with it. The owner
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1857-12-02
4 WORD To THOSE IN DEBT.

We speak especially to planters, who have
produce 10 send to market. The restoration OF
prosperity in the South now depends chiefly
upon such. If they give timely aid, the conn-
try may be saved from utter pro>tration. They
have what will bring money into circulation,
and unless they sell their craps, and effect this
desirable result, by paying all that they owe,
and thus enabling others to pay their debts
likewise, many failure will take place, even in
the South, where thus far there have been but
few.
1t is said that planters are holding cotton
back for better prices. Surely it can be only
those who owe nothing; for it would be hard
to believe that an honorable man who owes
money, would not be in haste now to pay his
debts, lest by his delay he should help bring
ruin mediately or immediately upon some credl-
tor. If man loves mammon more than honor,
with him it may not be an open question as to
the moral right of Il debtor 10 keep back his
nroducc from market, even when prices rule
- tn hn mt in
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1857-12-02

FEDERAL. RELATloXs-In the occasional dis.
cussions of the political position of the State,
have taken no part. Regarding it as well set,
tied since the convention of 1852, | perceive no
room for material differences amongst her clti.
zens who wish To agree. If there be q respect
able number who desire to associate themselves
with the general Democratic party nominating
conventions, let them do so without committing
the State While imluIging the spirit of con-
citation, however, it bchoovcs us to beware, lest
in our kind feelings towards distinguished citi-
zens of that party we drift into the smooth cur
rent of rationalism. The Federal aspect OF
South Carolina, so far as it is influenced by her
State policy, is obnoxious to many politicians III
America; and some Of our own good men seem
to believe, with them, that it is chiefly arisocrat.
ic pride which keeps her i'll position; that the
men Of South Carolina arrosate to themselves
superior wisdom and patriotism, and to their wo-
men superior virtue. Whereas. without arroga-
ting to themselves any superiority, the truth is,
that whatever OF wisdom VI patriotism or virtue
may characterize her people, are among the hap
py consequences resulting from her .institutions,
political, social and domestic. Long may we
cherish them.
The comparative segregation of the State in
politics heretofore, is not as hopeful to some pro-
grcssivc minds as The powcr-hc seeming order
and harmony-procccrling from combination with
q national party. Experience teaches the nrccs-
sity Of toerating extremes, even i'll politics, IN
order to secure - Just mean. II South Carolina
has ever occupied the extreme position of isola-
ton, it was not from choice, but from the force
of the patriotic principles which regulated her
leo tlo Lcl, VhA.n
peculiar and to the careless observer apparently
useless, is vet so necessary to the cuccesslnl and
safe operation of the great engine. There is. III
fact, no disposition on the part Of this State to
either ranaticism or isolation. Politicians may
wrange, and public journals may oppose one
extreme of opinion and argument against anolh-
or; the people Of tle State will adhere to the
Just medium. Ecnerating and preserving those
principles so essential to the reserved rights of
the States, which are illustrated by the history
of Carolina during the last thirty years, they will
be ever ready and willing to make common
cause with the neighboring States, having COM
mon interest to protect, and to unite as hereto.
fore with the general Democratic party in the
Electoral College, and in the Federal Councils
also, so long as those principles are duly respec-
ted i'll practice.
KASsAs.-Our friends in Kansas, who have
manful Y TO sustain an unequal contest,
are ontitloh :" ~" Svmrnthv--iiS all we have Il
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EDGEFIELD, s.. C.,DECEMBER 2, 1857.

opening market for prodass4 to impair tile
confidence between man and man. The banks
in this State were affected di5Ethe common panic,
and felt the pressure severely. Some of them,
yielding to its influence, have suspended specie
payments. The suspension6f specie payments
by a bank, is a failure t0fedeem its notes on
demand-a forfeitureof its promise to pay in
gold OF. silver, current coin, the full value of
every bill issued frolnsits scounter-a promise,
on which is based the1priFilege granted by the
Stateto issue bills and to circulate them as cur
rency. However itsnay be supposed to afford
present relief to cthe business interests of the
country, which, unfortuhSt&ly, are 50 wound up
&tthsthe banks as, to snfE;s s:inesitably from the
contraction of their; credits and their stringent
demands, it is demoralizrg.in its tendency.
The banks of this State with which am at
all familiar, arewcll administered. Several of
them have brayely witbsiSnd the shock, and arc
prepared to do a aIegitinlste business us usual
All, it is believed, ,ares96lyent. If, however,
there be some so dependent on the banks and
brokers Of New York, as to fail in their pledges
to the public, when the Northern banks fail, it
IS their misfortune to have to answer for tho
sins of others, as well as for their own misnlan-
agemcnt. The consequences to the quiet, unin-
itiatcd, and the laboringSommunity are alike
dstrllst and loss, leading 10 want and suffering,
too often to moral ruin; ;aaa crime. The State,
too, suffers from the nbstaction of coin and the
dcl clrcciation of credit in1fc sale of her bonds,
both for building the Neygs State Capital and for
aiding the construction oE; the Blue Ridge Rail-
road (OEthc former, Signed 100 certificates
on the 5th of March, anfof the latter, 100 on
the .lth of Navy e
Whatever the exigencE,i it will be long before
confidence is. generally restored, and commerce
can move TRANQUILITY and safely in its usual chan
ncls, though not near so.lang trust, as i'll 1897.
Then the suspension in Charleston took place in
May, and lasted fifteen months; now, 1t occurs
in October, at the opening Of a business season,
with fair (though not large) crop of cotton and
rice on hand, as the basis Of commercial com
-munieation with capitalists of the home market,
and Of exchange with Europe.
The moment Of excitement, apprehension and
financial pressure, is not:a time to legislate re-
specting the banks. The3existing laws, if sound,
,wil be vindicated in practice; if.otherwise, it
will be wise to repeal oEmodify them when the
public mind is calm, andscommercial confidence
Shall have been restored. .Inenactingstatute law,
the statesman, to whose wisdom and integrity
the public welfare is entrusted, will not for the
sake of doing something when in position, yield
either to the crude:sugg,itions OF his own obscr-
v,tinn or tn fhn n,,t ~ "a!
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cnt and disinterestcd have been their labors-
so judicious their arrangements for the benefit
of their chargc-fhat have great satisfaction
in cooperating with them er foblc'o.
recommend that they be invited to embrace
within the sphere of tllcirssupervision the pub
lie education under tue Free School laws; that
they be authorized to organize and establish one
! or more Normal Schools in each division of the
State, for the preparation of teachers and to IN
troducc and explain improvements in the meth
ods of instruction. They should be allowed
while on duty, during the recess Of the I.esis-
lature, the pay and mileage of members. liitll-
crto they have received no compensation beyond
that which arises from the consciousness of rem
,ering good service to the State, and kind Offices
to the interesting objects Of their care.
Dr. LAiIIowE SCHOOL AT LETnE-During
the last summer, in, making military tour
through the State, "a day was devoted to the
school at Lethe, in Abbcrille District, faantlcd
by the will of DIR. John De LII Howe, ut the
close of the last century. He deviscs the land
On which lie resided, with all his lands adjacent,
his library, &c., &c, for the purpose OF keeping
up the farm, and establishing school for the
support and education Of twelve boys and
twelve girls, of Abbeyille District, so as quail
ify them to make intelligent and useful farmers
and farmers wives, and especially recommends
that the principles of chcmiMry he taught, so iar
as they arc applicable to practical agriculture
and domestic economy. Thus it is, indeed, n
valuable nucleus of agricultural education, wor-
thy of the consideration and enlightened pat
ronagc Of the General Assembly 1t is the
foundation of q benevolent foreigner, whose re-
mains are there cntolnbcd, and whose example
is entitled to lasting honor and influence. l
have recommended to the worthy Commission
crs, who now devote their time and attentionto
its interests, to raise the standard OF education
in proportion as their means will allow. A
difficulty in the way Of their greater usefulness,
they represent to me, lies in the want of places
for their pupils after completing their term of
four years IL they were authorized, by law,
to send one OF their young men annually to the
Arsenal Academy, at Columbia or four, or even
two in the course Of four years, and also within
the same term, four Of the girls to Normal
School, in order to learn the art Of teaching,
this obstacle might ultimately be passed. Their
teacher, this year, is a young man, formerly
one of their pupils, who has passed successfully
through the four years. course of the State
Academies. It would contribute materially to
the progress of that kind of education which
has 50 long been desired in Carolina, M,this
young man could be sent to an agricultural
school in Enrnpc for two years, and return to
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1857-12-02
VOL. xxII..-.NO. AZ.
RESIGNATION OF REV. DR.. MANLY.

We find the following in the Southern Bap-
tist whose regret will be participated in by a.
large portion of the State.
RESIGNATION OF DR.. MANLr.-We regret to-
announce that Rev. B. Manly, D. D., has re-.
signed his Pastorate of the Wentworth Street
Baptist Church in this city. He has held this
important place for more than two years, after
an interval of: eighteen years residence in Ala.
bama between his former long pastoratc over
the First Baptist Church in this city. 1t is un-
derstood that he is likely to repair to Alabama
again, so long the scene Of his labors as Presis
dent Of the State College, and as an efficient,
Minister of the Gospel. His resignation is to
70 into effect at the close Of present year. We
can only express the deep regret which all the;
ministers and members of the Baptist Churches
in this city must feel in his removal, and espe-S
cially that his counscls as President Of the.
Southern Baptist Publication Society, nle to be
lost to the Board in this city. We shall proba-s
bly, have occasion to give more official and par.
ticnlar account of DR.. Maaly's removal from us
in future number s.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1857-12-02

OvEI-REAcHIyG IIuIsES.-.t writer in The
New England Farmer. who is q blacksmith,
cures ovr..rraching horses, and increases their
tro!tng speed fifteen or twenty seconds per mile,
by the following molc Of shocing, which increa-
Srs the motion of the forward Ieet and rctards
the motion of the bind ones. lie makes the
toe caulkS very low. standing II little under and
thu shoes set rs far Ir,ckwark us convenient On
the forward feet. with high heel-caulks, so as TO
let them rnll over as soon as possible. On the
hind feet the hcclc;ullk is low and the toc.caulk
high and projecting forward. Horses shod thus,
travel clean. with no click.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1857-12-02

y New CURE FOR Can ERA man by the
name Of Edgar Eluker, has forwarded to the
Linden Ala.) Jc0ersonia", a new recipe for the
cure of those painful cxcrcscenccs. cancers. The
remedy is cheap and easy of Obtaining and ap-
plying, and cannot possibly do any harm. 1t is
simply to hold toad frog, either dead OR alive,
TO the affected part for the space Of one hour,
repeating the application as occasion requires.
With six frogs Mr. Fluker says he cured q very
painful cancer upon his nose, of six years, STAN
ding, and now considers himself sound and and
wall
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1857-12-02

Go To TAzEwELL.-Tazcwel, Virginia is one
ofcarth's favored localities The hunger mobs'
should cmigratc to that place Immediately. The
Tuzcwell .idvocatc says that corn is sold at ~
cents per bushcl, for iattening hogs A CORES
pon,lcnt OF the Richmond Dispatch writes ;" Liv.
Ing is cheap cnough-only think ofeggsa G.! cts.
per dozen, chickens at g. cents each, bacon 10
cents = b., corn - cents per bushel, and wool
only 81 per cord, deliverable at your door.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1857-12-02

RrsuNrTloS or SrHrE PAyMESTs.--Thc New
York Express says: "'Thc largc amount Of
s,mce in the vaults ri the city banks shows
Heir reali;rn'a to resume specie payments whcn-
ever the country banks are ready TO cooperate
with them. 1t will exceed $2O,00O.000 next
week and the Journal Of Commerce thinks will
clrai 22O00.00O, larger amount by several
millions than was ever in the banks before.
"rhc banks Of Ohio, it is said, will be pre-
pared to resume specie payments as nearly as
soon rs those OF the East. Gold is daily beconl.s
ng more abundant and cheaper ut Cincinnati,
and there are more sellers lhan buyers at -
and per cent. premium. The accounts from
Maryland, Chicago and st. Louis are Of similar
tenor.
' In Alabama, Gov. Winston, in his message,
names the month of May next rs the lates; time
ut which specie payments should be resumed.
ave hope before May next to see that all our
banks have resumed"
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selves beyond the expectations Of the most hope
full Since the storm commenced not q single
failure has occurred Perhaps they have paid
their. debts. And we ask, where can another
place he named whose manufactures amount to
live million dollars per annum and a failure has
not occurred? Yet such is the fact in Lynn
since the lSt of May last. If this fact shall not
give our manufacturers credit we know not what
will"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1857-12-02

PAYING Up.-About $4,000 has already
been paid over to the Comptroller by this State,
in accordance with the provisions of their char
tiers. by law, they arc required to pay in the &
event of their suspension, five per cent upon
the amount OF bills INTERPOLATION at the time Of
said suspension. With reference to the Bank
of the State, this payment is merely nominal,
,as the amount it Immediately returned on de-
post by the Comptroller Moreover the sum
paid by the other banks is also placed in that
Bank to the credit of the State, so that the
Bank of the State will be making a little by
tho operation.-Southern Light.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1857-12-02

An Englishman boasting to an Irishman that
porter was meat and drink, soon after became
very drunk, and returning home fell into ditch,
where Pat discovering him exclaimed -
SAN faith an you said it was mate and drink
to ye; and by me soul it's much better thing,
for it's Washin' and lodgin' too"
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DURIsoE & CO., Proprietors..

assigned to the Professors of Natural Science
and of Chemistry 1t is to be hoped that this
important chair will be definitely filled before
the close Of the year. However universally it
be admitted that the Classics should constitute
the leading feature in the leading literary inst
tuition of the State, yet in community OF plan
ters and farmers where agriculture prevails,
even in connection with the learned professions,
the Importance of Geometry, Trigonometry, Sur
yeying, Mensuration and Mechanics, cannot he
overlooked in completing the education Of youth.
Nor should we fail Of inviting the students to a
due understanding of Astronomy, Natural and
Experimental Philosophy: Natural History and
General Science. Again, Chemistry, Geology,
Mineralogy and Metcoroogy, with lectures and
experiments on the application Of Chemistry,
Geology and Electricity to Agriculture, consti.
tute an essential branch for which Professor
is provided. Until June the President of the
College was also Professor of Mathematics.
Since September, the Professors lIeCuntc have
attended to the duties of this chair in coniunc-
ton with their own.
As regards discipline, it would be dcrogatory
to the just influence of parents, supposing them
to have done their duty to their children at
home and humiliating to our common nature,
to maintain that intelligent and nearly growli>
young gentlemen need strict surveillance at
College; to be kept in order by the force of an-
thority, whilst they are proGting by the ample
means to pursue the higher mathematics, and
to accomplish themselves in classical literature,
which the State has so wisely and literally fur
nished for their benefit. No! let the senior
nrcmbers>of College act with discretion, modcra-
ton and dccornm, and let the younger he con-
trollcl by their preceps and example. 1t does
not often happen that men who are devoted to
study, either scientific or literary, (andit is with
such men. chiefly that the Professional chairs
must he iilled.) are found to possess, among
their other gifts administrative talents. Young
gentlemen of eighteen or nineteen years Of age
should know somewhat how to govern themselves.
Until the Students Of the College shall become
alive to a sense of their personal responsibility
to the State and to themselves, the very best
administration of the College laws as q govern.
ment is destined often to fail. On entering
College each student signs the roll" the cap
ton which of embraces pledge to conform to the
regulations, and, to avoid unlawful combinations.
On the late occasion, the young gentlemen seem
to have persuaded themselves that, in repudia-
ting the authority of the President, they were
acting individually, not in combination. 9 Yet,
after a conference with the Professors, it was
manifest to the Board that almost the whole
College was implicated. The students deemed
it appoint of honor to sustain th" class which
refused to recitc to their CHEF
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-08-13
GUIDE FOR TRAvRLRRS AND OTHERS
RAILROAD LINES.
RrruMnxA FprnrRIcKsRITR1 AND 20

RICHMOND, FREDERIcKsBuRG AND fo-
roxAe RAILROAD, going North, leaves twice every
day, Sunday evenings excepted 1atI O'Clock, a; "a,
and at y o'clock r. NJ, for the Potomac RIVER WIN
steamer is taken for Washington, thence oy ma"
road TO Baltimore, &c. 1900 -. .;.v
VIRGINIA CENTRAL going North leaves tins cilE
twice daily, Sunday evenings excepted ~ 100
A. NJ and = o'clock 2. NJ fer GorfonsSlIe, " .i
they connect with the trains OF the orange anu
andria Washington, Baltimore, &C. -. -. r
RICHMOND AND DANvILLE-bcaEes hicnntsi H, ''
o'clock A. NJ and connects with the south -rie io'
At the Junction, at - O'Clock a NJ ouha'3s GA
cepied. ,.u ,,fa o,,,- ,,,i.o
every siav tSusIays excepte'f,( at % 0 CLOCK a. M
and O'clock T. VI. An accommodati'a tram leaves
here every Monday. "wednesday and Friday at 8
" FOR NORFOLK, &c.
The steamer CURTIS PECK, Capt. Sa1n1 Barnes.
leaves her wharf at Rockets every Saturday, Tues
iay and Thursday mornings, at 81 O'Clock A. VI,
ana the GLEN COVE, Cant. John Davis, every Mon
law Wednesday and Friday mornings at 81 O'Clock,
Tor Norfolk aud Portsmouth, touching at all the
regular landings on the river.
For NEW YORK, &c.
The steamship JAMESTOWN Captain Parrish
!e4yes every Tuesday evening. at o'eiuc1 for New
York. touching at City Point and Norfolk 10 receive
passengers, &c, leaving Norfolk next morning, at
II o'clock.
For PHILADELPHIA, &c,
By the steamships PEN NSYLNANIA, VIRGINIA
vId CITY or RICHMOND. Une OF these steamers
leave every Monday and Thursday. stopping at City
Point and Norfolk tG receive freight aud passengers.