Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1858-09-22
CHARLESTON CORRESPONDENCE.
CHARLESTON, September ls, lS'

F2Guc6L ROOu WlsHce q" 0"uisSh ehN s">-p 49, -
health and happiness.
Our regular period Tor the re-"penins Of bns'ners
Tor the Fall aud Winter campaign has duly arrived
but fear, from PREF Indications will necessarily
Ls for some time postponed. Since my last tse 1e-
low Fewer has not only become an epidemic, but ~
you state in your last paper it is but too rue that
isis raging" in some particularly infected portions oi
tho lower part of the City Our daily Journals are
giving you eanddly, and fully, the whole facts ot
the case for thsy we'll aware that any attempt TO
disguise tho truth aay exaggerated fears, is worse
than useless andonly cause dttrust abroad
There is no disposition here deny that the Fever Is
prevailing extensively, and increasing daily ana
that many Of the CAGES are Of very malignant type
At frs it wss confined entirely to the shipping and
to tho lower orders aud continued for several weeks
to select its victims FROM the most crowded and hithy
neighborhouds. Moving with glow but sure pHee u
made its way gradually through the heart OF the
City, and has at length reached the upper "afd''
which have heretofore enjoyed most remarkable OK
smption 1t has now secured firm footing and but
for some unforeseen iuterpositon which VIZ have ns
yet little reason to anticipate there is no ground 70
hope for its fax Disappearance until frost We would
therefore advise all Of our friends who are sbSent'
not to think of returning bsfure that aux'ousy looked
for period. Our oldest physicians recommend, that
sll of us, whether native or unaccmated, suouid
avoid all unnecessary exposure to night air or change
of air; that those who are already at home remain
thero quietly and that all who have left should stay
where they are. All children aud minors (under ~
are alike liable to the disease and there have been
several Of faal among negroes residing
hers temporarily.
The mortality however, has so far, fallen short OF
1854 as statistics recently published clearly show
The epidemic Of that year commenced about the
third week in August and tue fr', Official report WAS
made on the 10Th, announcing deaths. The largest
number of deaths was for the week cling 9th Sep
tember, (ths Gth week of its rcigu) III From that
dats it began gradually to decline until the 25th No
vembor when deaths were reportsd-Total for 1854
-6lS In 1856, tho first report appeared On 9Th Au-
gust Il death)-the fever gradually increasing until
4tb October when it reaches its maximum 80, and
then declined rapidly until 22d November, when one
death WAS reported. Total for 1885, 200. The first
report for the present year Was one dcath for tho
week ending 7th Augustthe fersr steadily increas-
ing but altogether confined to lower part Of Traad
and Guignsri Streets, Bedons Alley, and such re-
sorts-untl the beginning Of September, when the
announcement Of 73 deaths produced general feel
ing of apprehension among our citizens for the safety
of their unacclimated friends and children, and ali
persons who designed leaving at all were advised to
do 10 at once. Many who preferred running tho or
oaI of aeclimatiop having all their interests here
for life decided to remain, and were urged by no
means to change the uir, aud to avoid all exposure
Last Monday, report CO3 deAtls brought Us to the
end Of the .irth reek,-tho total number of deaths
amounting to 2SO--sgainst 5G5-for the sixth week
of 1854, ending ed September, when the decline
had commenced. On Wednesday night the wind
blew heavily, with torrents Of rain, producing
marked change in the atmosphere tho Thermometer
falling to 63o (,he lowest point since 10Th May lastl
and we have since been enjoying delightful spell
of clear bracing October weather. sitting and sleeping
with closed doors and windowa. Whether this change
will eventually check the progross Of the fever 1.-THE
time being now at hand when We may look Tor some
Improvement in accordance With former experienc0)
remains vet to be setn. Mondays report will scarce
" bo fair critsrion the argest amount Of NOR
ta,y which it records may have occurred i'll the early
part of tho past week.
There is hardly any other topic brosehed-It is the
eagrossng theme Of conversation evOry where, at the
corners of the streets, in every group-cvery family
circle-aud will continue to be so, until the arrival
of the great Frgate Niagara, which ID daily expected
OF our Bar, to carry away the Africans from Fort
Sumter This event will, for short time, break in
upon the monotomy, and gives US something else to
talk and think about.
As tho Frigate will not probably bo able to come
into the Harbor, our Steamers and Tugs will te in
requiston, and no doubt Of will try kard to
get glimpse Of her.
You have of course kept pace with tho history OF
the captured negroes, and arc posted up in all that
has occurred since the arrival of the Echo including
tho several transfers of the captves from the Brig to
Castle Pinckney, and thence to Fort Sumter-the i'm
prisonment Of tn. crow, examinations before the
United States Commissioner, and proceedings in the
u S. Diatrct Court. The trial takes place at Co.
lumbia on the 4h November before Associate Justice
Wayne Of tho Supreme Court. The negroes will re-
main at Fort Sumter in custody of the L. S. Marshal
until their final transfer to the Niagara.
vast amount Of discussion has been eicited-a
good deal Of brarsdo wasted-and perhaps vslua-
bic funu OF S0lQ rchtonlnS " uP'u tne
questions involved in this transaction, which may re-
suit in something being hereafter done to effect
compromise between the conflicting demands Of luw
and public opinion this subject The general sem
tment here il, think, opposed to the Penal feature
of the law which makes the Slave-tradc piracy. The
rejecting portion of our people are not rabd on the
subject of re-orening the Slave-trsde. They have
no "hisher law doctrines to exotic them to rebellion
against tho laws of the land-and s is tho with
many in reference to the infic;on Of capital punsh
men for any crime) while natural feeling revos at
the mode of punishment they are, with very few ex-
ceptons prepared to uphold and abide by the laws of
their country whatever the malice or Jealousy Of thor
Northern brethren may assert to the contrary.
In these dull timea, but little be Cleaned from
the scanty records Of tho business world There
fair demand for Cotton in the early part Of the
week, but dealers were unable to como to terms, go
that the sales have been limited to about 1850 Bales
at 9a@l2s cents; 81 Bales having changed hands at
tho last named rates. The receipts during the wcok
amounted to 1854 Bales. 1000 Bushels Maryland
Corn sold at 90cts. We have received some 5000
Eushcl: of wheat by Rail Road-6442 Bushels were
exported cosstwipe. Sl,o5 has been offered and re-
fused for good Red. The exports Of Flour reached
3I5l barrels Tho trade in these three articles has
bsen seriously affected by the stringent Quarantine
restrictions placed upon vessels sailing out of this