Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1858-03-17


Gen. HAvELocE UPON FAMILY 5DiscIPL LINE,
The following, from one who enjoyed .much: per:
sonal communion with the deceased General will
be regarded as an illustration of the mans char
acter, not without significance. During hisstey :,
in England the narrator of this snecdotes went
one evening to the house of the Colonel; In com.
pliance with an invitation. In the courae of con.
versation Mrs. HavelocE turned suddenly TO her
husband and said, BY the way, my dear, where
is Harry?" referring to her son, whom she had
not seen during the whole afternoon. The Col
onel started to his feet-"Well, poor felloY, he's
standing on London BRIDGE and in this cold, too.
told him to wait for me there at IL o'clock TO:
day, and in the pressure of business at ~
quite forgot the appointment" The Father and
son were to have met at IL at noon, and It was
after seven in the evening. Yet the father
seemed to have no doubt that Harry would not
move from his post until he appeared. The Col.
onel at once rose, ordered q cab to be called and
ss he went forth to deliver his son from his weary
watch on London Bridge, he turned to his yisi.
tor, saying. you see, sir, that is the disiplne
Of soldiers family" In the course Of an hour
the Colonel returned with poor Harry, who, al.
though he appeared somewhat affected by the
cold watch, and glad to see the FIRE in the com.
Portable parlor at home, seemed to have passed
through the little afternoons experience With the
greatest good humor and the feeling that all Hss
right.-Edenburgh Daily Ezpress.
SLAVERY E1c1rENEyT.-A mass meeting Of cit.
izens Of Taylor county, Va, was held at Boothes.
vile on the 9th inst, at which the following,
among other resolutions werepassed unanimous.
ly:
That the FIVE Christian Advocates, published
in the cities of New. York, Pittsburg, Cincinnati
St. Louis and Chicago, having become abolition
sheets of the rankest character, we ask our com:
monwealth's attorney and postmasters to exam.
inc them and if found to be Of an unlawful char.
acter, to deal with them and their agents a. the
laws of our State direct
That we ask as special favor of the n. +.
Church, North, and all other churches that may
consider this county part Of their moral vine.
yard for the future, to send among us only such
ministers as have wisdom and grace enough to
enable them to preach the Gospel without med.
ding with the civil institutions Of our country.
The MISERABLE PoLTnooS- Boston cor.
respondent of New York Evening Post, in late
letter says:
yesterday had the pleasure of learning from
Senator Summers own lips that he has no inten.
ton of resigning his seat in the Senate. There
is not man in Massachusetts, with heart and
head enough to gil Mr.. Summers place who does
not earnestly wish that he may return it, though
lie should not speak another word in it. They
would as soon level Bunker Hill because that is
silent. His history talks. He received letters
from South Carolina warning him that the "hon.
or" Of that chivalric State would require her sons
to shed more of his blood if he took his seat at
this session."
For the honor of the majority-ifthe word be
applicable 10 the majority that now rule in Mas
sachusetts, we trust not for long-it would have
years ago. Its standing is q continual reprosch
| to them. All the old memories connected with
Bunker Hill are memories of bravery, honesty
and patriotism; and the monument that; sur.
mounts it's crest was erected in honor of men who
would sooner have died thousand times, had
they as many lives, than have contributed to the
elevation of the present idol of Massachusetts,
the whining, sneaking, caned poltroon Sumner
who boasts of the stripes Of degradation, and
seeks to convert the marks of pnutterahle infamy
and cowsrdice into emhlems of honor, and
worthl
The intimation that sons OF South Carolina
had ,rar,.ed Sumner not to take his seat in the
Senate is as false as it is contemptible-is as
sneaking as it is cowardly. What could any
South Carolinian require Of sumner -nopf For
slandering venerable and ilustrious citizen of
that State he was csned, was irretrieyably dis.
graced in-the eyes of all men of honor Or cour.
age, and by submissiveiy bearing theSjust chas.
tisement inflicted upon his person, has placed
himself beyond the pale Of gentlemen. he can.
not now be recognised. A kick, if he placed him.
self in anybody's way, would be the only notice
vouchsafed HMM D. Crescent.
A NEGRO STARVED TO DELTH.-Among the