Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1858-02-24
CHANGES AT ORR EXCHANGES.

CHANCES AT OUR EXCHANGES.
Finding bundle Of South Carolina Newspapers
upon the Table, We will glance through them and
dot their contents briefly.
l. The Abbeville. .Bannen (of the 19th) announces
tho death of Col w. S. WILLIAMS, citizen of Able
vile District and a man who, to use tho Banners
language, was distinguished for public spirit and
liberality, of winning msnners and opcn-handcd
charity"
Return Day for Abbeyille had passed, and 800
cases, nearly, had beon numbered. Of this critical
occasion our neighbor thus writes:
The Frightening prospects Of the money market
soem to have somewhat appeased the demands Of
creditors, and restored general confidence. Ola
Boreas himself came to the rescue of the unfurtu-
nato debtor and imposedhis veto on the servico OF
some of the writs. Sheriff and deputy were bound
in icy fetters in "duraacc rile" without bail or
mainprise. "Its on i'll wind that blows nobody any
good" 4
The Thespians Of Abboyille seem to have much
more vitality than those Of Edgefcld. While ours
are extinct, or nearly so,g thoy arc still alivo and
kicking tho amusement hnd entertainment no doubt
Of many appreciativs looEsrs-on. They are to give
one or more exhibitions during Court Week.
@ Another Banner from higher up the country
the Walhalla Banner,-is; the next We open. And
here We learn that quite asnow storm had been ex-
perienced in Pickens; twas ora inches deep and
several gentlemen had visited tho village of Walhaa
in sleighs. "a groat dodl of sickness" is reported
in the country Immediately below Wulhallah; but
the village itself is healthy. The remarks of the
Banner on the Stump House Tunnel, VIC copy almost
in toto:
Last Saturday February 9th, quite an animated
scene was witnessed in tho Tunnel On that day tho
work from the Eastern entrance was connected with
the work in Shaft No. /: In anticipation of that
event. the men lahorod with a commendable spirit,
and when at last the drill had been driven through
and daylight appeared, there arose shout of joy,
that caused the mountains to revcbernte. We ure
pleased to perceive that the workmen take more than
ordinary interest in the success of the enterprise.
| Including the shafts, more than one half of the
work, that the part which requires most time, is
done And it is now thought that the Tunnel can be
finished in less time, thanth report of the officers
Of the Company anticipates.
Between 1900 and 400 feet of the heading aro
| finished, more than 900 of them in continuous ex-
cavation. ~;
The bottom or that portion of the excavation be-
low the arch is also progressing fast the head
ing work will permit The proportion of bottom to
heading now dono in the Stumphouse Tunnel, We are
informed, is moro than is customary in Tunnel work
at its present stage.
Shaft No. has been sunk about 6 feet below the
arch Of the Tunnel and they here preparing to take
out the heading in both directions, East and West
In Shaft No. about 100 feet remain to be sunk, to
carry it to the grade. In Shaft No. tho work is
| going on both ways. =.
In tho Western Entrance of the Tunnel tho num-
Der of workmen has been greatly increased. The
monthly drive, from II feet the average Of the last
| year. has now risen 46 feat nor month.
The contractors expect o considerable addition to
their force from Washington"
g. The Cheraw Gazette ptates that GEO. DAVIS, ESQ.,,
of Wilmington, N. c., was engaged to deliver ec-
ture before the Cheraw Lyceum. This again reminds
US of Edgofcld Lyceum. Whore is it? Mr..
President and Gentlemen, where is it7 Others, you
see, carrying out theirprojecs Of this kind with
spirit "Why stand We here I'LL the day idle ?"
The Ga:c.te reports mulhtudinous wild pigeons in
Chcraw, snying:
"Sinco the fall of snow, on Friday Wild Pigeons
have made their appearance in great numbers. On
Saturday, Sunday, and Monday, they 10 be found
al about town. Many were feeding in the Prcsbytc-
rian Church.yard in tho very centre Of the town.
or course every one, who could get gun, was out
shooting. The poor Robbins, too, driven to seek for
food near the hnbitaton of man, havo suffered Sc
vurely. Even now, rs we write, can hear the re-
port of the vile powder nevery direction, US it sends
tho eadcn messenger Of death among the copfding
tribe"
4. The Yorkyille Enquirer also makes mention OF
the footsteps of the Storm King in that locality "thc
trees bending and crushing" beneath his progress,
even to the barrcniing of'tho lanes and pavcments
The Enquirer follows up this paragraph of inelli-
goncc with an artcle contsining some very beautiful
ca H. n1ot
difficult to tell "what arc the uses of Winter ?"-bu
ut length arrives happily at this conclusion:
"Wo ha, reason to believe that winter is the lubo,
raory Of tho other seasons, that its decay and mould
and freezing is the incipiency Of the beauty, redo
lence and balniness Of Spring and Summer, as death
is but quiet sluabcr, preparatory to tho nwaking in
brighter cline"
True very true. But has not our. brother omitted
to notice another most important object Of old Win.
ter's mission? Besides its uttlrinn purposes, is
not the greu; secret of rOul enjoyment to be found
in the midst Of his frosts and and Slocts and
howling blu.ts What is this, but Contract A
great poet has said:
= yesterday the sullen year
Saw the snowy whrlwind fly;
Mute was the music of the air,
The herd stood dropping by:
Their raptures now that wildly flow
No yesterday nor morrow know
'Tis man alone that JOY descrics
With forward and reverted eyes,"
Yet though oman alone descries' it thus surely
the whole brute creation feels and realizes this costa
sy of change.
The spicy man of the Enquirer adds one other
good use of weather like this" Let the unmarried
ponder it dcepy-(it is too late for the married to
profit by the suggestion it cnvcopos.) Says he:
But we need not enter into the intricate labyrinth
Of Nature to find uses for weather like the present
1t must have been evident to every one that for the
last few months entirely too many nnrriages have
taken place. We talk very pathetically about hard
tmes but with the tcmcrity Of Tristrams progenltor
We rush aud pause not to consider the bad oeono-
my Of creating two mouths to feed instead OF one.
But Nature, more provdent than man, has kindly
sent an inclemont season, and the man who is so
fool lhardy to get married now, must do so III mud
dy boots and with bis over-cOat on-thats all We
have to say about it
S. The Carolann Times (of the 2Oth) notices. with
expressions of regret the departure of IiOwARp II.
CALDWELL, Esq, from Columbia. "We havo parted
with few friends" remarks tho Times, "whosc taste
and bright genius could have madc such gap in our
social circle" 1t is hoped that his residence in Ala
bama will be but temporary and that ho will return
to his native State at distant day.-A large moot
ing of the citizens of Rchland had been held to do