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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1858-06-30

no individual interest in the successful manage
ment of its affairs. 1t must have been apparent
to you and to tho Senate that regarded the
liberal policy pursued by that Bank during the
late monetary troubles as highly creditable 10
that institution. Nothing was said by yourself
on that occasion which could be regarded as
rejecting upon the character Of the State, or
upon the credit of any Of its moneyed institu-
tions.
am, dear sir, with high respect, your ODE
dent servant, j. +. SIMMONS.
Hon. A. P. Hayne, Present.
N. B.-The institution referred to being sup
ported by the whole resources Of the State, its
credit must of course be indisputable.
Yours, j. F. S.
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SENATE CHAMBER, June II, 1858.

NY Dear Sir: Your favor of this date has
Just been received. was present when you
made some remarks on the home valuation bill
in the Senate some time since. I did not tax
my memory at the time with what you said !;
nor can now undertake to say what your pre-
else language was on that occasion. AS well as
my memory enables me to speak in regard to
the matter to which you refer, I can say that
there is no impression on my mind that you
said anything injurious to the character the
State of South Carolina or the credit of South
Carolina.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
BEN. FITZPATRICK.
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@rigiihal 4oettg.
Written for the Advertiser.
YOU CAN'T UNITE THE KNOT.

BY RUTH.
A captive Parrot sat within
A gilded cage and sighed
The prison-door was wired DER,
Though with ribbon tied.
Polly had grown quite discomfort,
And thought to quit the spot,
So with her beak and feet essayed
To loose the silken knot.
She picks and scratches, but the knot
To loosen don't begin;
She'd give her feathers to get out,
But must remain within.
Poor Polly mourns and sighs in vain
So wearysome her lot
And tl.en at intervals eXclaims
~ can't unite the knot
~
Wed,ock is quite as much a cage
As those made but of wire,
And though all enter willingly,
Soon very many tire;
Then they would fain get out again
Would gladly change tacir lot;
But like the bird in cage immured
They can't unite the knot.
And so they beat the bars of life,
And grievc and sigh in vain,
And weep and wish thousand times
That they were free again.
Now ladies look before you leap"
Nor be this truth forgot:
E'cn with tho might Of woman's right,
You can't unite the knot.
All pictures have at least two sides
While some have three or four;
Others again have five or six,
And many even more.
n we had tried the brighter side
Such happiness would be our lot,
We never would, cen though We could,
Unite the nuptial knot.
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"THE GRAVE BURIEs EVERY REsESrMEST."-
A Washington correspondent says that Senator
Houston, upon whom devolved the duty of pro.
nouncing eulogy On his deceased colleague,
and who manifested so much of feeling on the
occasion, had not spoken to him in ten years.
A bitter feud had existed between them for that
long period.
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MISSISSIPPI "SEA ISLAND CoTroN. N."-The New
Orleans Picayune, of the 9th instant, says: -
"We Yesterday examined the samples OF y
bales Sea Island cotton, sold in this city few
days since. This cotton was grown upon the
plantations of COL ]. +. H. Clairborne and Maj.
Andrew Jackson, on Pearl river, Hancock Coun.
ty, Mss and was sold at the handsome price OF ,f
IS. 40. and Al cents -l6 bales bringing 40
cents per pound; the whole consignment of p
bales netting to the enterprising planters some
thing over S225O, after Aeducting freights, com.
missions, and all other charges. We understand
that Col. Claiborne and Maj Jackson will pro.
duce q handsome crop of this beautiful desciiF;,
tion of our great Southern staple this year, and
we wish them the most complete success in
their enterprise"
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An HONEST CONFESSIONAL man named
John George took laudanum in St. Louis on
Sunday, at the European Hotel, and when dis
covered was too far gone to recover. He was
aged 26, and had been at the hotel but two days.
The following memorandum, found on his per-
son, tells the sad story in few words:-"The
last of John George. Please bury me by chari-
ty. have been the last two years dissipated
man. My mind was destroyed from the effects
of liquor. Let the rising generation take warn
ing by. .me-pecuniary embarrassment and fear
Of want. have mother and three sisters
living at Pittsburgh, Pa.
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RELIGIOUS ISsANlrY-0hicer Shaw arrested
q young Mexican and placed him in the Gala
boose for safe keeping. We went over with
Marshal Russell to take look at him, and found
him calling devils, "to set down and hear MN III
crucified Son Of Cod"
From desultory remarks it appears that he
was close attendant of the Presbyterian Church
of Mr.. Palmer in New Orleans, where he says
she gave up all to follow Christ" even leaving
his carpet bag and all bis clothes, ana when n ne
sus Christ himself He says he does not want
any money, nor anything to eat or drink, all ne
wishes is, :" to 60 up the river and breach Jesus
Christ" :,
He is some 81 or % years of age, apparently
quite harmless, and of pleasant disposition.
If he has any friends they should look after him
His name used to be Jose Silaas, but now 1t Is
/" Jesus Christ" and he wants no other name till
God calls him home-Natchez Courier.
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DISTRESS AMONG THE CLERGY IN ESGLAND.-
The Rev. W. e. Jcrvis, secretary to the ceri-
cal fund. tells an awful story about the distress
Of the working clergy in England. Four hun
dred of these poor fellows, known to Mr.. Jervis,
in one year applied for any sort of relief-mon.
ey, clothes or food. The Bishop of Sodor and
Mann states that the poverty of his clergy is so
great that fresh meat is luxury 70 them and
another Bishop lately stated that he knew many
Glergymen in his diocese who, together with
their wives and families, seldom tasted meat.
The Rev. G. Radcliffe, recently sentenced to ten
years, penal scrvitude for forgery, had wretched
"lyipon
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An enormous fat woman, who was recently
exhibited about the country, has been married
at St. Louis to man almost as large as herself,
named Rogers. The happy couple weighed,
together, nearly twelve hundred pounds, and If
their happiness equals their size they must enjoy
marriage prodigiously
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Don't entertain the idea that the editor is
man Of leisure and has hours to idle away in
idle gossip. II you have anything to say to him,
out with it and be off: Many time the editor
has to work far into the night to make up for
time lizzled away in idle conversation with self.
inflated persons, who having nothing else to do
themselves, imagine that the editor can listen to
them and their basswood.
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Fon half a century, it is said, not boat or
ship has passed Mount Vernon where lies the
ilustrious dead, without tolling the bell while
passing the sacred shade.
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nJ@ Gerard Stith was inaugurated Mayor of
New Orleans on Monday the 2lst inst.
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WILLIAMSON SPRINGS.

We understand that this popular, watering
place, on thesGreenville and Columbia Railroad,
will be opened to visitors on lst July. The
splendid and commodious hotel is nearly ready
for occupation, and under the superintendent
of Mr.. F. A. Hohe will no doub. give full satis-
faction. The main building is two hundred and
twenty feet by forty-fve, with two piazzas, ex-
tending the whole length, supported by fourteen
circular columns of brick. The edifce is fourt
stories high, has dining room one hundred:
and twenty feet by fortyfour, ball room fifty. lone
feet by forty.four, ladies parlor fifty by eighteen,
and several smaller parlogs-with one hundred
and forty.four chambers. The whole building
will be furnished with gas. The opening of this
fine establishment, at an acceptable and valua-
BILE spring, we'll known for its detergent and me-
dicinal qualities, will be great addition to the
attractions Of home travellers, who can readily
procure its privileges on short notice, and save
the expense and inconvenience of distant locali-
ties A little attention to our local resources is
all that is needed to develop their peculiar ad-
vantages, and Keep our funds in local circula-
tion.-South Ca,oliniaa.
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HARD TINES AT THE WEsr.-In some dis.
tricts in Illinois there is said to be scarcely
enough money to pay the taxes. Michigan,
Iowa and Minnesota are even worse off. There
is no currency at the West, other than the bank
notes, which have but little or no specie value
yet are kept in circulation of necessity. The
commercial cities, St. Louis, Chicago, Cincin.
natl, Detroit, st. Paul, Dubuque, Davenport, In.
dianapois, etc., absorb all the actual money, be.
cause the country is greatly in debt to them,
and is constantly drained to pay its labili-
ties
Money is so scarce there that it can be readily
loaned out at fiom 20 to 10 per cent. per an
nun, with the prospect that it will stay loaned
out for years to come. Where money commands
such exhorbitant rates of interest the country
certainly cannot be in a prosperous condition.
Farm produce is worth almost nothing. Wo
read letter several days ago from former cit
izen of Easton, who now resides in town in
Wisconsin. He says butter is selling there at
10 cents q pound; eggs 5 cents dozen; pota-
toes l2I cents q bushcl, and other things in pro-
portion, and as to money, he does not believe
the whole population of the town, numbering
some $500, could raise over $500 in cash.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1858-04-15
GENERAL JAcKsoNs PRIVATE OPINION
OF JAMES BUCHANAN.
CINcISNArI, February 10, 1858

CINCINNATI, February 10, 1858.
A distinguished politician of this city, of the
independent Freesoil Democratic order, an ex-
member of Congress, and a man of restless en-
ergies, has been writing series of remarkable
articles, which have made their appearance IN
der the style, Letters from the Hilltop" in
the Commercial, the independent newspaper of
this city One of these letters, which appeared
in that paper of Tuesday last, contained the
following paragraph:
ain this connection, desire to give bit of
uLwritten history, for which have the testimo-
ny of gentlemen present at the Interview al
luded to. 1t is we'll known to the political pOr-
ton of our community, that the late Moses
Dawson was pm, personal friend of General
Jackson. They eorresp0nded regularly, and
Andrew Jackson never passed through this city
without having an interview with his old and
trusty friend In 1887, on his return from Wash
ington, after the expiration Of his second term,
Gen. Jackson had a talk with Moses Dawson,
in the course Of which he used the following
language, referring to James Buchanan:
My political lie has no greater error 10 atone
for than my neglect to crush this REPTILE of
Pennsylvania. He was the cause of a bitter war
between two men of this republic (Ciay and
Jackson) who should not have seen so estranged.
His representations caused the charge Of bargain
and sale, and, chen brought home TO him, he mean
ly left me alone to face il. Friends interfered
then to save him from being exposed, and lis
tened to them
His utter detestation Of the man was express
ed by an emphatiesstamp of his foot, when he
spoke of him as the "REPrILE" Of Pennsylva-
MIA. AMER the National Democratic Conven-
ton of 1874, jackson wrote to Moses Dawson,
expressing his sympathy with Van Buren, in his
defeat, and added: "But rejoice at the defeat
of Buchanan."-COr. N. Y. ESsning Post.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1858-04-15
MRS. CUHHMeHANs EARLY HIsroRY

Mrs. Cunningham came from bad stock, an6
she and her sister, Mrs Barnes, were known il
Brooklyn, where they were raised as the Hemp
stead girls She has, from her school days beer
in bad repute, and Il was the common saying in
Brooklyn. that n the theory of the Bible was
true, that the iniquities of the fathers descended
on the children to the third and fourth genera.
TONS it would take at least forty generations
A smart, bold, good-looking girl, she attracted
the attention Of Mr.. Cunningham, of Brook
Ign. He was Of an excellent family. His faith
er was leading man in the church of Rev. Dr..
Spring, then of the old brick Church. and so
remained till the day of his death.
This good old man, however, brought up hrs
son to the business Of distller, and be swer1 ed
from the good way of his father, and was hea-
viness to his mother. He became fascinated
with Emma Hampstead, and he lived with her
for number Of years. His family felt the foul
disgrace, and mourned over the conduct of son
and brother. He was then in business and ma
king money.
But if the family felt the disgrace of bis un-
io"ANA SOhASltiOu VIII hOW10g u OcCper
disgrace was in store for them. They were hor-
rifed to know that this woman. with whom Mr..
Cunningham had lived for six years, had actu-
ally become his wife, and that she was really
Mrs. Emma A. Cunningham; then began his
real troubles. He failed in business soon after
his marriage, and in about five years afterwards
he died very suddenly, not without suspicious Of
foul play. He was attended by Dr.. Catlin, of
Brooklyn. And when Mrs. Cunningham urged
DR.. Uhl to aid her in her fraud, she said to him
that DR.. Catlin would assist her, she had him
in her power And since the death Of her hus-
band, she has been a gentesl woman of the
town--keeping house with some repute of
cleverness, and taking in such boarders as she
chose. The character Of the late Dr. Burdel
was no better than her own. He knew the wo-
man well, and had her in his house because he
knew her. And the summers she passed at the
Springs and Newport with the grown up daugh-
tiers, INDUCING in the luxury and dissipation of
those celebrated places; and both Mrs. Gun
bingham and her daughters poor, and with no
visible means Of support, tells its own tale.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1858-04-15

Then AND Now.-The bill for the admission
Of Kansas into the Union as a State, under the
Leeompton Constitution, has passed the Senate
Among the Senators voting "aye," when the
bill was put upon its passage, we expect to see
the names Off VI. T. Hunter and J. NJ. Mason,
of Virginia; Jefferson Davis, of Mississippi; and
d. L. Yulee, of Florida. Let it not be forgot
ten that all these gentlemen, in 1850, signed a
solemn protest against the admission Of Califor-
MIA into the Union as State, because
First. That it gave the sanction Of law, and
thus impaired vitality to an unauthorized action
bv portion Of the Inhabitants Of California.
"Second. Without any legal census, or other
evidence of their possessing the 0mber Of eiti-
zens necessary to authorize the representation
they may claim.
"Third. Without any Of those safeguards
about the ballot-bOx which can only be provided
BY law, and which are necessary to ascertain the
true sense Of the people.
Fourth. As not having sufficient evidence OF
its (tbe Constitution having the assent Of a
majority of the people for whom it was signed"
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gflisttlalrruus.
NAMES OF STATES.

Tic following information relative to the de.
rvations of the names of the States. will be
found interesting:-
Maine was first called Hdruooshsn, but about
1893, took the name it now bears, from Maine
aprovince in the West of France. The name
is originally derived from Ceanmanni, an an,
Gent Catholic people.
New Hampshire was the name given to terri
tory granted by the Plymouth Company to Cafa
John Mason, by patent, in 1896, and was deriv-
ed from the patentee, who was Governor oil
Portsmouth, in Hampshire, England.
Vermont is from Uerd, g cen, and mont, modn-
tain.
Massachusetts, was named from tribe of In
dams in the vicinity of Boston. Roger Will
iams saws the word signifies blue hills.
Rhode Island was so called in l644, in rela-
ton to the island of Rhodes, in the Mediterra-
mean.
New York was named in honor of the Duke
OF York, to whom this territory was granted.
Pennsylvania was called after William Penn.
In 1864, the Duke of York made grant Of
what is now the State of New Jersey, to Lord
Berkeley and Sir George Cartaret, and it re-
eeived its name in compliment to the latter, who
had been Governor of the island Of Jersey.
Delaware was so called in I702, after Lord
De La War.
Maryland was named in honor of Henrietta
Maria, Queen of Charles l., in his patent to
Loid Baltimore, June 3, 1882.
Virginia was so called after the virgin, Eliza
beth, Queen of England
The CarOlnas were named by the French, in
honor of Charles X, of France.
Georgia was called in 1892, after George IL.
Louisiana was named after Louis XIV, of
France.
Florida received its name from Ponce De L.
on IN 1872 while on his voyage in search of the
Fountain Of Youth. He discovered it on Eas-
Ter Sunday-in Spanish, Paseue FLORIDA.
Indiana was named from the American Indi.
ans
The States of Connecticut, Alabama, Missis-
sippi, Tennessee, Kentucky, Illinois, Arkansas,
onio' Missouri, and Wisconsin, are all named
nom their principal rivers, and the names are Of
indian origin, excepting, perhaps, Kentucky
and her meaning is involved in some obscurity.
Michigan was named from the Lake on her
borders.
Iowa is an Indian name; also, Texas, signi-
fying beautiful.
California was thus named by the spaniards.
al very early day.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1858-04-15

A Free AND CANDID SrEEcH.-The True
Southron, published at Vicksburg, Mississippi,
in replying to some remarks of the Richmond
Enquirer, derOgAiorT to N. P. Willis, for Votisg
for Fremont, says:
"As man, M. Willis had right to vote
for whom he pleased. As a friend Of Mllard
Fillmore, we should have been Cad to have seen
him vote for that great man and true patriots
but as he did not do so-as he chose to vote for
Mr.. Fremont, Of he did 50 vote,) We see no
great difference between voting for hin and for
James Buchanan. We know plenty Of South
ern Democrats who voted for Mr.. Buchanan,
who now regret that their candidate was elect
ed. TRey haze no hesitation in saying hsf they
are s5rTg Fremont loas not elected oceT him We
we're never able to discover any great difference
between them, and we are quite sure that Mr.
Fremont could not have sold the South more
efeetually than bis successful competitor has
done. But this aside, we wish to see the great
fields Of religion and literature exempt from
partisan confiets."
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1858-04-15

ABOLITION or rHE -DEcINE.---Frsd. Douglass
complains bitterly that the friends Of the abOli-
ton Of slavery are falling away from the cause,
some for one reason and some for another, and
a good many because ats principles required
them to treat she eolored man a. an equal bro
Their in all the relations Of EEts." There's the
rub4the Abolitionists never were the true
fdends Of the colored rnee. and amer preaching
equality and freedom 30 long to them, they
shrink with loathing ftom the practical IIlnstra'
ton Of theiF Osn dOciips, apd you'd slnOs. =
soon come in contact With Satan himself as 3
%pigger:"'
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1858-04-15

A TrRRrHLE LEAoUE.-The Paris correspond
ent of thsNew York Times, speaking Of the
late attempted assassination Of Louis Napoleon
says:
It Is reported that one Of the prisoners, Rudio'
has turned States evidence land that, in bis
confession, he has revealed plot that does not
offer very smiling prospective for the Empe-
ror. According to RudiO's confession, the con-
spirators were Eve hundred in number. They
are bound TO their work by terrible 9Th, and
their object is the assassination Of Ls49 Espo-
leon. Each year, OF oftener, IL circumstances
will warrant the attempt, the whole band are 20
draw lots from box, in which there will be hve
winning numbers. The Eve members drawing
these are held 10 put in immediate execution an
attempt upon the EmperOr's life, Which shall be
approved BY the whole society, and BY those
who are charged with its execution. The sOci-
ETY. has plenty Of money for carrying out i's de-
signs.
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}NUMBER As.
THR MINrRAI REsouRcRa

OfSOuthern Illinois are exciting considerable
interest in certain quarters, from the discoveries
made in the survey OF the route for the South.
en Illinois Railroad from Mound City to Gray
vile. We learn from private sources that the
Developments made by Mr.. Jennings, the Chief
Engineer, have surprised even those whe we're
partially acquainted with the mineral riches of
the region. Veins Of brown hematite iron ore
we're found from ten to ifteen feet in thickness,
that could be drifted without stripping, and could
be delivered at a tunnel head or furnace at q
cost of 81 per ton for The ore. The whole re.
gion is underlaid with strata Of coal, which have
been penetrated at different points and found %
be four and five in number, lying in convenient
positions, one upon another, 70 that all can be
worked together BY single shaf. Indications
of salt water-like that found at Equality-for
the manufacture, were observed at seversl
points. A fine ehalybeate spring was discovered
in one location gushing from the side of the hill.
which had failed to attract any notice from the
inhabitants Of the entire neighborhood, except
that its waters were so bad that the cattle would
not drink it in the driest times. Signs Of lead
were observed among the hills in different pla-
ces, and the finest quarriss Of free and limestone
presented themselves at numerous points along
the line. With these rich mineral resources,
the greater portion of the district is as fertile
as any other portion Of the rich estate Of III
nois. rsai
But most interesting fact has been comng.ys
nicated to us by friend, who says that gen
tleman who had been making some geological I.
examinations of the district, employed one or
the natives to gather for him specimens Of the
various curious rocks and minerals found in .
region of country around Elizabethtown. las
The specimens were packed in box, and
transported long distance to the gentleman's
home. On opening the box and removing its
contents, large glObule of quicksilver was ob-o
served on the bottom; curious to know where
it could have come from, he began an inyesti-
CATION to account for its presence. Finding no
other satisfactory explanation, he began 70 ex-
anime the rock, with powerful microscope and
in one Of the specimens, to bis surprise, he dis
covered PARTICLES of quicksilver in It's pores
He sent the rock to Prof. Owen, who, on EXAM
nation, pronounced it a rich specimen Of eiRaa-s
Tar from which quicksilver is obtained. These
specimens were gathered up promiscuously By
an illiterate man, who picked up only such n
were uncommon in their external appearance
In what particular location be found the emma.
bar, he is unable to tell himself, and as he traced
a pretty wide district, he has len = vide held
for search to learn if there be more. The IN,
ference is, there is more of it, and perhaps
valuable vein. We have these facts from the
highest authority, and most inteIligen. source.
(Ind.) Daily JoErasLs