Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1859-08-17
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4 Letter from kentucky.


DEAR COLONEL Permit ME to trouble you with
a few lines from this country Of rocks, hills and
mountains.
Ccl. Calhoun and myself have been in this State
and Ohio over month, buying horses. We have
between 30 and 30, and arc now on our way homo
with them. We have enjoyed our trip finely, and
arc pleased with our purchases; and fatter our
selves we can please our friends who want horses,
buth as to the horse and the price.
We have nine or ten pairs of horses, at prices
varying from $5OO to Sl,OUO,-and the balance Of
our stock are single horses, all well broke 10 har-
ness and among them some fine saddle horses, at
prices ranging from $2u0 to $3.50. BY the way,
COLONEL, think you arc needing pair Of horses,
and if you will wait until about the Sih or 10th OF
September, we will be happy to supply youi and
any other Of our friends who may nses them.
Crops through this State and Ohio, us far as We
travelled, ARE regarded average crops. Wheat |
think is above au ordinary crop; Corn in some To-
caitics. has suffered for ran hut continuation ol
the present Seasons will make this crop .Cntl one.
The hay crop is regarded rather small, the drought
Injured tit is however ull put up in fine con-
lition.
Tho hog crop. in which We arr El"st Interested,
is very short The Choloru bus and is still de-
sroyimg great many Of them. We hear Of none
in kentucky for our market. The heavy losses
sustained by Sume drivers last fall from Cholera,
Will prevent nearly, If not quite all ir"m driving.
that they alsu have sustained heavy losses from
Cholera and We hear of Lutrw to be driven from
there. So we Will probably have 10 depend upon
Western bacon instead Of pork.
There has hccn considerable political excitement
here for some time. Yesterday The election for
Governor, members to Congress, au, the State
Legislature, came off in this State. We passed
through Barbunrsville, q County Site just after
the pistols and bowie knives wcrcput up, but were
informed that no damage was done. There is but
one day of election in this State, and The votes arc
taken viva vocc. There are two parties here: n
Democratic and an Opposition party.
It was our good foriane to stop last night with Il
Mr. Juhn Ward, wlo WAS The candidate Of the op-
position party 10 represent Knox and Harlan
Counties in the State Legislature. lie was i'll fine
spirits assure you: said he was satisfied he had
beat his opponent 1000 votes.
being, as you know, no politician, desired to
know Of him The political principles Of his party.
I told him the names of the two parties would lead
me TO infer that his is opposed to Democracy. lie
said. yes. We asked him then what lie proposed
in It's steal. lie said he did not know what the
form of his party written down somc where about
his house. but e could not then find it, or be would
read it to us; said they the best principles lie
cTcr saw.
His party, he said, "was a Conservative Union
Party" Said he .'would put down NIL Southern
rc.catcrs and Northern extremists" Upon being
asked how he would do it, replied, "hy my Con-
scryativc and Union principles" As to n dissolu-
lion of the Union, lie says he will give up every
negro ho has (and he has somc) before he would
have the Union dissolved.
This man, who docs not know the number Of
Representatives in the Legislature of Kentucky
have very little doubt is elected Representa-
tive. So you see, COLONEL, we will Lave to sing
small Mt the South, while this man is Rcprcscn-
tntiyc in the Kentucky Legislature: and We may
quiet all our fears of further Northern aggression
while he is in Office
One thing observed, that no negroes wcro at
work on the day of election, Rnd I think all at
tended the election, from the appearance of the
precincts wo passed.. asked ono of Mr. Wards
negroes if hp was at the election; He said, "yes,