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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1858-09-01

A FREScH FLYING MAcuISE.-The Emperor
has just made present Of 5,OO0f to private
in the line, who asserts he has discovered 30
luton for the great problem in mronautics-the
art OF flying. He has invented kind of air
ship, consisting of platform Of silk stretched
over whalebonc, to be propelled by two gigantic
wings of the same material, placed on each side.
The arial. navigator is. to be suspended at q dis.
tance Of about four feet from the platform, while
his feet rest OH pedals, by means Of which.the
wings are set in motion while his arms rest on a
lever which imparts to the platform the direction
he chooses to give it. Only model of this
machine has yet been constructed, and it ap-
pears to work we'll. 1t is now about to be con.
structed on large scale
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1858-09-01
1nhn. what are you swearing for 2N

John, what are you swearing tor z"
"Daddy, I'm not swearing"
"What were you saying about the old eve
which broke its neck butting with the COW ?"
"Why, only said she was foolish dam, or
damn'd fool, l forget which y
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1858-09-01

What is better than presence Of mind In rail-
road accident? Absence Of body.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1858-09-01

The surest way to lose your health is, 70 BE-
all the time drinking that Of. other 6uIls-
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1858-09-01
VOL. xXliG...N0 81.
CONDITION OF MORNOsDON.

II, as Governor Cumming assures tho cuull-
try, peace and good will prevail in Utah, the
Saints must be admitted to have way of their
own in making this state Of things known. In
Difference to their prejudices the army, after
enduring Winter privations at Bridger, takes
position more than days journey from the
holy city. If the tented fields were nearer to
the harems, the Prophet, Apostles, Seventies
and Elders might feel the virtue Of their women
to be insecure. Accordingly, a. the military
arm is subject to the civil, General Johnston
yields to Governor Cumming, and betakes him
self to the safe distance of Cedar Valley. Mean
while, the Saints return, though in no amiable
mood, to the Great Salt Lake City. They are
strenuously averse to politeness and hospitality.
The Gentle stranger must not find. shelter
within their gates. He may sleep in his wagon
or on the ground, as he can; but by these self.
styled peaceable loyal ellow-citizens, he is re-
fused the Accommodations which civilized mt n
uniformly accord to all but open enemies. Nor
is this sort Of persecution confined to individual
strangers. An edict of Brigham Young for6ids
the Mormons to sell the necessaries of life to
the soldiery.
Can this be styled peace? Are the commu-
nifty thus setting themselves Extensively against
VIC ootAoiiy VI tuo~CuSeu StAle5, u pe re-
garded as good citzens2 We would Judge the
Mormons by their acts Let whAtever haa
been charged against them heretofore be dis.
missed. They claim to be loyal and true citls
-aaas Of the United States. Docs thsIs prsssnt
conduct substantste thia pretehaa7 :Yhlt
other pnaplo would be sufsrss To pupaas llka
course
This Mormon farce must como to ON ond
sooner or later. The time Is not distant when .
Brigham Young shall no longer he ahlp to do:
ceiye the Government officials. Although not
present, the army is not distant; and the
knowledge Of this fact alone restrans the Saints
from greater outrages The time is at hand
when the anomalous relations existing between
the Mormons and other American citizens must
be changed, one way or the other. In what
direction the change will be it is not difficult to
conjecture. That problem is solved by the en-
tire course and bearing of Brigham Young.
Evidently, the Prophet is bending before the
blast for a temporary purpose. He looks for
the day when, instead Of faW'ning he can fight.
Hypocrisy and deception first, defiance and re-
sistance afterwards, are manifestly tho pro,
gramme Of the Mormon leader-New York
Herald.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1858-09-01

A MoDEG. REMINDER.-A Southern editor
thus discourscth to the delinquentS:"
wagons cannot run without wheels, boats
without steam, bull-frogs jump without legs,
or newspapers be carried on eyerlastingly with
out money, no more than dog can wag his tail
when he amt got none. Our subscribers are
all good, but what good does mans goodness
do when it don't do any good I We have no
doubt every oEc thinks that all have paid ex
cept him, and as We are clever fellows, and his
o little matter, it will make no difference"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-09-03

STOCKHOLDERS CONVENTION EAST
TENNESSEE 4 GEORGIA RAIL ROAD
COMPANY.
This body assembled at their Office in
Athens on Wednesday last. Col. WIN. HIS
KELL was chosen President of the Convention,
and NJ P. JARSAoN appointed Secretary
The vote was unusually large-including the
stock subscribed by the Nashville and Chat
tanooga Road-amounting in all to over 5000
shares. Col VIM. II. Sneed entered a pro-
test against the stock owned by the Nashville
and Chattanooga Rail Road being voted
An attempt was made to prevent the holders
OF old proxies from voting, but the Conven-
tion thought that vested rights could not be
interfered with. They did, however, resolve
that proxies should remain valid hereafter
for one year and no longer. The Treasurer
was ordered 70 make publication quarterly
of the receipts and expenditures Of the Com
pany.
The reports of the officers were quite vo-
luminous. Earnings for the last year s264,-
$50 80; expenditures slOs,764 S6-nett earn
ings 1856, 1856 O3. On the Cleveland Branch
1854, lis 80 have been expended, and $685.
094 25 for completion yet required by the es-
Inmates. Twelve miles and half are in the
best possible running order, from Cleveland
towards Chattanooga No superior super
structure can be found in the South. The in
crease in receipts was s97,59 At, and the in
crease of running expenses $4,000 81, as
compared with last year-making increased
nett earnings SOL 1908 3S.
The Presidents report contains a very full
expose of the Company's affairs from the be-
ginning-showing total cost, earnings, ex-
penses assets and liabilities.
At the last Convention a Committee was
appointed, with instructions to make full
and thorough investigation into the condition
of the Company, from its organization until
the present. That Committee reported at
great length, to this meeting. The report
exhausts the whole subject, and enables the
stockholders to inform themselves as to the
precise condition Of their property. If any
complaints have been made as to want of in.
formation, they need complain on that score
no longer. There is no material discrepan.
cies between this and the Presidents report
The following gentlemen were elected Di-
a. for ba aytf ua p,nntho.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-09-03

tY- DR.. Andrews, of the Georgia Gill
zen, has recently embraced "Spiritualism,"
as il is called, and for so doing has been as
sailed in an unjusti6able manner by several
Of his editorial brethren. We know but lit
tie Of the sort of "Spirtualism" embraced
by the editor of the Citizen. II may be a
humbug, or it may not, as "there are more
things in heaven and earth than are dreamt
of in our philosophy" but we can't help
thinking that editors generally, including
ourself in the category, are not well qualified
in all respects 10 sit in judgment on the re-
ligious sentiments of their fellow men. 1t is
fact, however, and lameniable one, too,
that remoteness from perfection never deters
men from pourcing upon the errors and
weaknesses of their neighbors. Let DR.. An
drews alone-if he is pursuing n phantom,
the illusion will soon vanish; fhe is cropping
after great truth, or reality, yet dmly ro-
vealed, Tho result cannot be too quickly at
taned. Abuse and persecution built up Nor
monism, as they have almost every other de-
fusion. There is n difference between ex-
posing an error and denouncing the unfor-
tunates who are deudcd by il. If The wise
men of that day-newspNper editors and
oihers-had let Joe Smith and his little gang
alone in their infancy, we should have never
heard of Mormon wars md Utah oxpedi-
tons.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-09-03

LECoMPToNIsM IN INDTANA.-The !Cincin-
natl Gazette assures us that Lecomptonism
has so thoroughly demoralized and divided
the Indiana Democracy, that they cannot
cofidentially count upon carrying single
Congressional district at the coming election.
Precisely the same state of things exists in
Illinois and Pennsylvania, and in most of tbs
districts in New York. Indeed, in all the
Northern States, the Democracy have been
hopeessly split to pieces on the Kansas
question. With the united Opposition ar
rayed against them, they would not return
a single member TO the next Congress. So
far as the rights and interests oft the South
are concerned, it makes not n particle Of
difference whether Democrats or Republi-
cans are elected to Congress from the North.
The one is MS unsound and unsafe as the
other. The Republicans have the advantage
in being open and aboveboard in their OPP
position to the extension Of slavery, while all
your Northern Democrats, though equally
opposed to the same thing, are unprinciped
sneaks and bypocrites, and deceive the South
by plausible professions, which their acts in
variably eie.-Richmohd Wing.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-09-03

eY- The Chicago Press and Tribune an
nounces the failure of the mission of the Hon.
Alexander II. Stephens. He could make no
impression favorable to Douglas upon the
Buccaneers. The only terms that the Blu
chanan men of Illinois would listen to-. was
the withdrawal of Douglas. The Press says:
AS the Republicans of New York and
New England have ascertained that their CO.
workers in Illinois do not need their advice,
so the Pro-Slavery men Of the South will
learn that the Democracy of the same State
can manage their quarrels without their as
sistance. So here's another missionary dis
posed of. Who comes next?
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-09-03

WHAT BECAME OF IT ?-The production
of gold in Australia for the past year is esti-
mated on good authority at Sl0o,00O,000:
California is put down ut $65,oOO,OOo; Rus
sa and Siberia $2O,OO0,OoO, and all other
parts of the globe Sl5,OOO,OOO, making n
grand total Of two hundred millions gold
thrown into circula. .on within one year. In
ten years two thousand millions will be scat
tered throughout the world-now the ques-
ton is, can it sustain the same monetary
value il is now rated at! 1t is wonderful
pile of specie-two thousand millions of
dollarsl
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-09-03

t4g A United States vessel recently cap
tured q SLAYER off the coast Of Cuba, and
brought it, with its cargo of three hundred
wild Africans, into the port of Charleston
or course, their arrival produced some ex-
element, and "what is to be done with
them!" will be the absorbing question for n
while. 1t is already engrossing the atten-
ton Of several newspaper writers, who think
they see in this arrival from Congo, via the
middle Passage" and Cuba, an illustration
that Ethiopia is beginning to stretch forth
her hands. Indeed, ono writer in the Char
lesion Courier expresses the opinion that il
would be the superlatve of cruelty to send
the poor bcnighted creatures back to the
moral darkness Of their native wilds; and
suggests distribution (pro rata, we suppose)
among the rice-felds of the Santee and Pee
Dee. There is no estimating the amount of
philanthropy cargo Of negroes, fresh from
the barracoons, will call up among our
Southern as well as Northern frenGs
AS Kansas has grown stale, flat and I'M
profitable, this capture has been made at n
most opportune moment. Of course, the
question of disposal will be protracted and
enter largely into the Presidential contest Of
1860. The niger is still to occupy the fore
ground in American politics.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-09-03

STARVATION AT FRAZER RIVERA cor
respondent Of the Newark Advertiser, wri-
ting from Frazer River, says;
Many companies make from so cents to
So rs per day, to the man; the richest bars
in the river have yielded an average of $4
per diem, and working has only been con-
tinued because of belief that the river
would fall, and in the bottom of the bars
rich deposits could be found. The stories
of $50, 300, and $3.50 per day are false
The stories regarding the commencement of
want and danger of starvation are true ones.
Some report to me that they have lived on
boiled nettles and snails, have paid 81 per
pound for horse meat, &c, &c. Pork, beef,
and -four are selling at some of the points
where the crowds have collected at 81 so to
So per pound. 1t needs no more than this
to assure me that >tarvation will be the fate
of many. Boiled nettles and snals may do
u man for week or SO, but if healthful food
does not then come in, that man is gone.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-09-03

AN ILL WIND THAT Blows NO Good
AS the Mississippi river recedes the over
flowed lands show heavy accretions Of soil of
irregular thickness, according to position, the
thickest being made in eddies, or where the
water has been stagnant. To many plan
tiers this will be 4 rich compensation for the
loss of crops by the overflow. In several
cases there are large additions to the cultiva-
table soil by the filling up of the swamp
lands. In one case the retiring Of the wa
tiers has assured to one planter rise of three
to five feet from this alluva sediment, upon
his back lands, adding fifteen hundred acres
ofthe best soil to his plantation. Two, three
and five hundred acres are mentioned as
common accretions from this source.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-09-03

A HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS SrATE.-A
correspondent, under the date Of Houston,
July 90, gives the following graphic picture
oftho present and the future:
Texas never saw brighter prospects than
mt present Out of debit with n full treasu-
ry, taxes merely nominal--lghter than in al
most any other State-a full crop of corn
and wheat already realized, cotton and sugar
cane promising an abundant yield, railroads
progressing rapidly, the cause of education
receiving good share OF attention, the
whole State is rapidly advancing in all that
make a great, good, happy and prosperous
people.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-09-03

CONTRACTS FOR Hoes AT THE WEsT.-
We learn from tho Cincinnati Price Current
that contracts are being made for Hogs in
Indiana and kentucky AT "A S4 % gross,
which is equal TO rs sc net, delivered
there. There is said to be very general
opinion prevailing among country dealers,
owing to the backward state of the corn crop,
that prices will rule higher the coming sea-
son, though packers think If prices open as
high as last year the result will be even more
disastrous.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-09-03
ors for the next twelve months (:

Col. STARK AND CAPT. GRANT.-It will
be seen by reference to the proceedings OF
the Stockholders Convention of the East
Tennessee and Georgia Railroad that the
names of these gentlemen do not appear as
usual in the list of directors elected. 1t is
due to these gentlemen to say that Capt.
Grant declined a reelection, and that as COL
Stark will hereafter reside in New York and
Savannah, instead of Augusta it was
thought TO be more convenient that another
gentleman should be elected in his place.
This was done IN his absence in New York
but by his consent.
Col. V. X. Stevenson, President of the
Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad, was
elected in Capt. Grants place, and Thos.
Barrett Esq, of Augusta, Georgia, in that
of Col. Stark.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-09-03

s1W- The Charleston Mercury thinks if
Mr.. Dallas is TO be recalled as Minister to
England, il is due to "the Cotton States" that
a"Slavehoder" be sent 10 represent in his
place the United States at the Court of St.
James, upon the theory that his influence
there would help to correct the prejudces
of English Aboliionsts against the peculiar
institution. The "llercury" recommends
that the people demand this favor Of the Ad-
ministraton.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-09-03

gB- One Of the editors or the New Or
leans Picayune who has been on business
excursion to the North this summer, OH his
return home, states that comparatively few
Southerners had visited northern watering
places up to tho time of his visit.
He thus refers to the routes to the North:
The railroad route by which we returned,
is well worth n note, and ought to be seen at
least once, by every traveller, for it is really
u very beautiful one. 1t was the Memphis
and Charleston railroad, with the continuous
connections through East Tennessee and
Virginia, and the scenery, as it wound among
the mountains, or through well cultivated
country, was charming. Corniields, grazing
farms, tobacco or cotton plantations, lay
spread around the whole route from Rich.
mond to Memphis, and all were full Of prom.
Use. The connections on the line are punct-
ually made, and the three days and three
nights travel over it from Baltimore to Mem
phis, was made without accident.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-09-03

FUsIoN.-Our contemporary of the MUIR
freesboro' Telegraph is opposed to political
fusion in all shapes and forms. lie cannot
60 the Black Republicans, of course-and
thinks fusion with Democracy would be as
bad, If not worse. Consequ atty he deter
mines we must stick TO the American party.
We admire his pluck and firmness. The
American is great party-what pity there
is so little of il left!
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-09-03

THAT "PRoTEsr."-Col. VIM. II. Sneed,
at the Stockholders Convention hed here on
Wednesday, entered his protest, solemnly,
against the admission Of the proxy of the
stock held bv the Nashville and Chattan ooga
Railroad-gravely questioning the right to
vote it, and stoutly denying the policy Of the
Stockholders TO allow it to be voted at ALL
Now we want to inquire, what ne,o light
has sprung upon the gentleman so suddenly
upon this question? We have heard it stated
that only few weeks ago he wrote a letter
to Directors of thnt road, asking them to con-
fer the proxy upon him, personally. and that
he would vote it in certain way; or, if they
declined sending it to him, begging them not
to send il at all to any one! If such be the
fact, we cannot understand through what
process the gentleman's mind had travelled
to satisfy himself then that it was all right
and proper TO vote it, provided he could get
the proxy, while at later day, when the
proxy was in The hands Of another party, it
required further examination before the ques.
ton could be decided whether the Company
had right to vote it, and he was decided in
the opinion that it was uery bad policy to al.
low it to be voted at all. The protest, which
will go out with the proceedings of the Con-
vention, is quite harmless sort Of paper, but
we would really like to know what induced
the sudden revolution in the mind of its au-
thor
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-09-03
ARRIVAL OF SPECIE IN New ORLEANS

ARRIVAL OF SPECIE IN New ORLEANS
The steamship Gen. Rusk arrived at New
Orleans on the 2lst instant, from Brazos
Santiago having on board on million dollars
in specie, consigned to various parties in that
city. This is no doubt portion of the con.
dUcta which lately came from Zacatocas,
Mexico, by way Of Matamoras. The usual
outlets for the product Of the Mexican mines
being in the hands of the priests and rob-
bers, II has been forced TO seek the northern
frontier
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-09-03

icy The Secretary Of the Interior has nd
dressed n communication to the War De-
partment proposing the establishment of n
new military post ut Washita village for the
protection Of the northern froQticrs of Tex
as and the Indian reservation west of Ark
ansas, from the attacks OF tho Camanches.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-09-03

tY- There is a great deal of sickness in
Pamela county, Mississippi, at present. In
the neighborhood of the town of Pamela
down with chils and fevers, measles, bilious
fevers, etc. In some instances there are not
sufficient number well in the family, to
nurse the sick ones. In one family, about
five miles from town, we hear of sixteen be-
ing on sick-beds at one time. The NOR
taity is very light compared with the sick
ness.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-09-03

The PLAGUE.-Accounts from Tripoli
show that the quarantine regulations lately
enforced in The Levantne ports were not
without reason. OF the twelve thousand
persons inhabiting Bengazi, eight thousand
fled; fifteen hundred of those remaining were
attacked by the epidemic, of whom eight
hundred died, the garrison losing 80 men out
of its 200.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-09-03

CoUSTERFEITs Counterfeit $40 bills, on
the Bank Of Kentucky, at the BowingGrcen
branch, have made their appearance. They
are not well done, the engraving being course,
bat they are liable to deceive those unaccus
toned to handling money. The community
should be on the lookout for these spurious
issues.-Lou Courier.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-09-03

The Missouri CoMPRoMIsE.-As long rs
the Missouri Compromise existed, the South
had a sort of guarantee that the territory
South of that line would be accessible to the
institution of slavery. When that measure
was repealed the guarantee expired. Such
was the ground taken by the Southern OPP
ponents of the Kansas-Nebraska bill, and
for which they were denounced as enemies
of their SETON. Bat they were about right,
and those who denounced them are begin
ming to acknowledge it. An article in n re-
cent number of the Charleston Mercury (de-
mocratic) exposes the result. We quote the
concluding paragraph, to which we invite the
attention of few democrats Of our own Sec
ton, unless they have forgotten how they
talked in 1856. Read it:
"Kansas must now become free State
Missouri stands exposed on three sides to
abolition agitation and encroachmeht, and the
four beautiful broad States OF the Indian
Territory and Northern Texas now lie open
to the colonization of the free States. Cass
and Douglas are right. The Kansas-Nebraska
Act, repeating the Missouri Compromise, is,
as they asserted it to be, the "bsSt anti-Slare-
ry measure euer passed by Congress" The
South has been discomfited, beaten, cheated
and endangered.
"To cite the repeal of the Missouri Com
promise as striking proof of the power of
the South in the Union, and of the ability
and fidelity ofthe Democratic party to secure
the rights orthe South after this grand finale,
will, we trust, never again be attempted, I'M
,ess in derision. Congressional professions
have been now tested by stern realities,
which leave no doubt MS to the position and
prospects of the South. We must under
stand this position and these prospects if We
would govern the future"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-09-03

The TARFF.-The papers in some sec.
lions Of the country are beginning TO camor
for higher tariff, They will soon be graft
fed. They have only to keep the Demo
cratic party in power, and in year or two II
will take such tariff on imports to meet
the expenses Of government aud supply the
wants of the spoilers as will satisfy the We
ricst protection man in the land.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-09-03

eg- The Philadelphia North American
says the fall style of ladies' bonnets will be
graced with clusters of artificial currants,
fox grapes, cherries and other fruits, done in
glass of the least possible thickness. The
new bonnet is unique affair, resembling II
cabbage leaf trimmed.