Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1858-11-03
CHARLESTON CORRESPONDENCE.

CHARLESTON, October 20th, 1853.
Tho frequent and increasing depredations on Mail
Routes from this City to the Southwark, have excl
ted go general complaint to attract the attention of
the Post Office authorities. On Friday lust letter
was addressed to tho District Attorney informing him
that the writer had few days before met the mail
rider on the Jacksonboro ron and after passing him
quarter of amlc, ho found letter lying in the road,
posmarked, opened and apparently dropped. Further
information of r656ories between Adams Run and
Charleston having been communicated to the Dis
trict Attorney, he took measures for the arrest of
Wm Simpson, one of tho mail riders implicated, who
was taken and lodged in Jail by the Deputy Marshal,
while engaged in delivering his letters at tho Post
Office In his bag were several letters which had
been opened and four were found his person. The
case will be tried at Columbia in December
A negro boy, II years Of age, was arrested and
placed in tho Guard House last week, suspected of
having been concerned in some of the inccndary
work lately going on in the Upper Ward. lie man.
aged to escape from his imprisonment but was pur.
sued and discovered at his owners premises corner of
King and Queen Streets. On being second time
detected, he sprang from m upper window and es-
capped. Again the Police were after him, and found
him near the Line Street Rail Road Depot Ia female
dress. The account he gives of his escape from the
Guard House is, that he succeeded in getting out of
the cell when the door opened, crcpt stcalthily
into the yard Of the Captain Of Police, went into his
Kitchen for drink of water and slipped quietly out
into the Street, sauting the Indies of the house us he
passed by the door.
There is some stir among our connoisseurs in form
ing Chess Club for which there is material here.
One of our former Mayors is well known rs n skilful
player. A Gymnastc Club is also spoken Of These
legitimate enterprises for the promotion Of recrca
ton and physical education among people, but it
is to be hoped this spirit will not extend to the intro
duction Of the gladiatoral exhibitions in which
New York brethren are now so shamefully cxuting.
Last Mondays Report shows farther decrease of
is in the number Of deaths by Yellow Fever There
were % reported, making the total mortality 635.
Among tho more recent cases is that Of Lieut. Geo.
L. Wheeler Of Revenue Cutter, VIM. Aiken, stationed
in our lIarbor. lie was native of Pennsylvania,
had been 10 yeurs connected with tho and was
in the famous japan expedition.
There have been 80 deaths, in all, among the SOL
diers ut Fort Moulrie. The fever has not spread to
any groat extent among The Islanders, but its con-
tinuancc in so healthy locality, has naturally ex-
cited alarm, whore such crowds are congrcgated
to seek refuge from its encroachments.
Strict measures have been adopted to prevent fresh
importations of strange passengers; eleven arrived
hero last week by the Marion, engaged for tho Blue
Ride Rail Road, and passed directly through without
stopping night in town.
The South Carolina Conference of tho Methodist
Episcopal Church South, will convene in our City on
1st December. Prof A. M. Shipp of the North Caro-
lima University is expected to address tho Historical
Society" on that occasion.
Your old friend J. G. BuiliO has bought out Bancroft
and Lemons splendid Stock of Carpets Oil Cloths
and Mating. lie has storcs now both in this City
and Augusta.
The Trustees of the Mount Zion Academy, Winns-
boro, have appointed Rev. Washington Muller, NO.
two Of this City, Principal of that venerable Institu-
ton. Mr.. Muller was once Principal of male Acadc-
my in Charleston.
My warm hearted friend, II. Judge Moore, ESQ.,, of
this City, formerly associated as "local" of the
Evening FeHs, sont mo few days since number of
the now Temperance Journal, just established by him
at Bennettsville. With the aid of his influential
Colleagues, hc brings talent, energy and capital-a
rare combnaton-to the Inauguration Of this praise
worthy enterprise Mr. Moore is well known through
out the State, as spirited writer and racy corrospon
dent, and his devotion to the cause of Temperance
emincntly qualities him for the public advocacy of
its claims B. D. Townsend is associated in the Ed-
torship, and the paper being the only in the Dis
trict will coon become the cherished organ of tho
people of that section, and, trust meet with zeal
Gus support.
The winter term of the College Of Charleston COM
nsnces on Monday lst November.
The New York Steamships have reduced their ratios
'f freight and passage. First Cass Cabin passengers
are now charged SIS.