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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1861-02-27

particular star is seen glitrrins in the South.
west, and other Ii Shts are pcctin. through the
blue vault of Heaven. They are the members
of new con.trlaliun. which is To challenge
the gaze Of the world. They are beautiful in
their isolation; may ,lrir aggregation be
stronger than tic hands of Orion, and
their sway bcnigner than .hc ''swect lnitn"''
cts of he Plviulrs.' To the lone star Of the
State we transfer the duty, affection and allie
glance we owed to the congregation of l'sh
rhich spangcd The banncr of the Old co"ics
eracy. is course is our course. Into whatever
combination it may choose to merge its srpa
rate beams, We will t;,lyw it iailhiull.v, stead
r.s,ly ual Loyalty. We bury al! differences y
,p;nion, all names which hrtukrn dlviie'
,icws, all questions of inuotcl policy, III tn
grave over which the Black Republicans han
fu,lrd enc: hono,el h.S, never more, per
haps, to wave over the Union as it w"s W.
shall do this chcrrtAly; We shall not give +
independent Louisiana, or The couiederacy b
which she consents, reluctant or diridd
support. The South says 10 every child t
hers, Son. give me all Your heart; and tt
South asks no more than she hiss right tt
aud no more than she will receive.
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Tnr ROMANCE or \ CELESTIAL KlTcnrS.--.
Charles Dickens, in his weekly paper, is tell
ing curious and cruel stories shout Chinese
cookery. When anxious to cook lamb in
the highest style Of art, the Chinese, it is said,
build u low mud wall, inclosing space two
or three feet across, and another wall outside,
forming circus Of about two feet wide, in
which they set pots containing wine, vinegar,
soy.sauec, and so forth. In the inner ,pace
they lgh. good fire, and in the circus thus
prepared put 1--we lamb. The lamb natural.
ly becomes thirsty from the great heat of the
fire, und drinks what he finds as he runs
backward and forward in search of means Of
escape When the drinks are all swallowed
and dried into the animals flesh, the lamb
becomes exhausted, falls down dead, and in
very short time is completely roasted. Turtle
may be prepared, according to the same au.
tbority, by placing it over the fire iu pot of
water, in the lid Of Which there is hole large
enough to allow the turtle to put out his head.
Az the water becomes hot, the turtle natural
ly ,hrusts his head out to get at the cooler
air, when he is fed with spiccd wine and soy.
sauce, which he drinks readily as relief from
the heat. This goes on as long US he has
strength to keep his head up, aud as the tur.
tie does not part with life easily, he seldom
fails to 60 on stuffng himself till be is cooked.
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The Cotton Question.

la. long been Y problem ot dcercal 'i'trI
tercst to Philosopher Gicely-the Murat {
shs American press-how it WAS possible IL
the world to get along without The sisV'
urown cotton of the Soutllern States ol tn
Union. He tried Africa, India, South Amer
ics, by turns, pressed with zeal tue expcdic''
cy of substituting flax grown BY free lab
for it, and set the ingenuity Of all abolition
dom to work to invent machinery whereof
it was 10 be wrought as chcaply and as sue
cessfully as cotton. This plan exploded, an
then the philosopher relied upon provldenc
to develop somc plan to break the league wit
crime in the Southern States But prom
i.ent Southern man comes to the relief oil tn
pbihsopher If the abolitioni,ts. This com
hrter OK, resses the lesr (lrom the tenor
the language mp!oyed We might infer 1t
be the wisi,) that the European demand 10
Southern cotton will now fall oft to nothing
in co,,seou-lce of the subjugation Of Chin;
The English manufacturers have been obligeI
TO confess that no species Of Asis,lc or AN
can cotton yet grown can substitute the pS
ticular qualities Of cotton derived from t
United Statcs. ave need and consume mir
h,r, of this cotton for one Of all 9th,
qualities put together" is their emphatic ar
reluctant language. lfIndia were to send
two millions of bales of the Surat cotton ri
annum. the dcsideratun would not be SUI
plied, and our perilous problem would still
nsolycd. We should be almost as depe|
don't ON America a. ever. That is tie fi1I
and confessed fact, and the crowpns featu
Of the case is, that the more cotton they 8
from the East, the more cotton the East
able to buy back manufactured into tabrit
Indeed, the purchases Of India vastly exec
her sales; for, while in 1858 that count
sent to Great Britain l32 100000 pounds
raw cotton, it purchased back 223,OOO,0
pounds of the manufactured article, the
ira being derived from the Southern Unit
States. The great fact is, that the labor
toms Of China. India and Africa are incf
pctsnt to produce surpluses Of raw cotton
to compete with machinery III its manu-
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ture. Their tendency, therefore. is always
to buy moroin weight of the fabric than they
sell Of the raw material; and the excess
comes always from the United Stsses. Thus,
the more cotton Europe buys from Asia and
Africa, the greater becomes her demand upon
the United States. OF all the regions on this
globe, the Southern United States alone af-
ford net surplus Of cotton above the weight
of the cotton goods which they buy back /;
and 30 far from there being any indications of
future decline in the demand for raw cot
ton, it is estimated that the demand will con-
tinue to grow until it reaches 400, 100000
of pounds, or 100000 of bales, over AMI
above the present production. In fact, there
is an error in the calculation in regard to the
future demands of cotton from the South,
somewhere not very far short Of ten millions
of fbales.-Richmond Dispstch.
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The Ceremony of Taking the Vail.
The Jtu,7,al du Loirez (France) relates the

The Jtu7,al du Loirel (France) relates the
following:
Mile Blanche de Beaural, a wealthy heiress
of Orleans, was about eight months ago to
have been married to the Viscount de Chamoy,
but as the briiegroom.elect was in delicate
health he was recommended to 90 for short
time to Italy, and the ceremony was postponed
to October last. The Viscount, however,
never reached his destination, having died on
his way thither, and the lady, overwhelmed
with grief, determined TO take the vail. Her
resolution was carried into effect three days
ago. at the Carmelito Convent in the Faubourg
du Roule, at Orleans. At the hour fixed for
the ceremony the chapel was filled with per
sons who had been invited to be present, and
soon after door leading from the interior OF
the convent opened, and Mademoiselle de
Beuuval, in tho prime Of youth and beauty,
entered, leaning on the arm of her uncle. She
wss dressed in bridal costume of white
satin, trimmed with rich lace; wreath of
orange blossoms encircled her hair, and
large white vail wsssoycr her head. She took
the seat prepared for her, and the officiating
priest delivered short address. She then
quilted the chapel, which is divided into two
parts by an iron railing, closed by u curtain.
In moment after the curtain was drawn,
and she was seen on the other side. of the
grating on her knees. The priest approached
and asked whether she still persisted in her
resolutions to quit the world, to which she re,
piled in firm voice, Yes" On this, one
Of the nuns who wore standing BY removed
the bridal wreath and val from her head, let
her beautiful hair fall on her, shoulders, and
then with scissors severed the tresses close
to her hal. A murnur Of regret was heard
among all the persons present when this sac,
ri6ce was cammenrc]. Mademoisclle dc
Beauval then left chapel, but reappeared in
few minutes after, dressed in the garb of a
Carnelite nun. She lay down on the steps of
the chapel, furncral cloth was thrown over
her, the priest reci,ed the prayers for the dead,
aud De Profandis WAS sung while the persons
in the chapel were retiring.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1861-02-27

, 1--..l .uason guide the action of the Govern
ment from which We have separated, policy
50 detrimental to the civilized world, the
Northern States included, could not be dis.
t.ted by even the strongest desire to iaaict
injury up,, US. Eut ii it shoud be other.
wise, terrible responsibility will res. upon 1t,
And the suffering of millions will bear test.
mony to the folly and wicksdness Of eur az.
gretSors. In the meantime there will remain
to US, besides the ordinary remedies before
sng .ested, the rell.knuwn resources fer retail.
ati u?"n the commerce of our enemy.
Experience in pubic stations of grades
subordinate TO this, which your kindness bad
Conferred, has taught me- that care and toll
and disappointment are h: Ir:cc of official
elevation. You will 500 masy errors to for.
yivc-nsny deficiencies to tolerate; bat yoa
shall not Gnd in me either waut of zeal or
flelity to the cx.lsc, that is to me his sAe.t ia
hrpe and Of most enduring affection. Your
genero.ity has brs'oScd upon lie IN sHd.-
served disliuction-one which neither sought
nor desired. Cp,n continuance Of that sen.
liaent aud upon your wisdom aud putriotisR
Irey, to direc. aud support me in the per-
Torrance Of the duty required ut ny hands.
We have changed our constituent parts bat
the system Of our Government, the C.h s,its.
ton formed by our fathers, is thst Of ihees
Confederate States. In their exposition Of II.
and in the judicial construction it has re-
ceiye i, we hare light which reveals its true
meaning. THUS instructed rs to the just ip-
depreciation Of the inttruu.ent, and ever re.
menbering that al Offices are but trusts held
Tor the people, and that the delegated powers
are to be strictly construed, l will hope, BY
due diligence i'll the performance Of my duties,
though may disappoint your expectation, yts
to retain, when retiring, something Of The
good will sud confidence which welcomes ny
entrance into o ce. l. is joyous, In tie
nids, Of rcriloas times, to look round upoa
people united in heart, whctu one purpose Of
high resolve anims,es and sctuates tho uhols
-=where tn. sacrifice to be made is not weigh.
ed il: the balance against honor, right, liberty,
aud equality. Obstacles nsy retard-thsy
csnno, long prevent the progress Of the move.
mcnt. S4nc,ilied by its justice, and sustained
By v:r:uors people, reYsrcutly let as Invoke
the God Of our fathers to guide aud protect
US in our effort, to perpetunts those prinei-
pies, which, by His blessing, they were able
to indicate, to establish aud to transmit t.
their posterity.
With continuance Of this favor, ever
gratefully acknowledged, We may hopeful!
look forward to success, to peace and to pros.
perity.
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Comes Beautifully to the Music.

True cloqueuco is not often found in the
columns Of political editor; for his business
ia more to hash and re.hash, cut aud slash,
guard anu give point, in his way along the
world. But now and then even . political
editor comes to feel the eloquent, and, feeling
it, nothing il more natural than for him to
pen it. TIE following, from the New Orleans
Picayune, now some weeks in our drawer, is
too good to be laid aside because little stale
1t is that papers giving.up of the Union ghost
and going with the music away down dar in
Dixie" Read it:-ED. ADV.
"Ths deed has been done. "We breathe
deeper and freer" for it. The Union is dead;
and with It all the hopes AM all the fears
which divided and agitated our people. 1t
was great, glorious fabric; but its timbers
had rotted at the heart. Without showing
any symptoms of decay, it has fallen like
cedar falls No government ever rose as she
did-none has ever 80 perished. From the
cradle 10 manhood WAS single bound; from
manhood to the grave shifted scene. 1t
grew up in the night like Jonah's gourd, and
next day wi.hered as it did. Invent through
none of the convulsions that marked tue de-.
cline of other peoples. 1t WAS not overthrown
by hostile invasions like Greece, nor cverrun
by Yandal hordes like Rome was. Neither
did it perish of insnition like Egypt, nor was
it conquered as Saxon England was. 1t was
without precedent in its growth, without e1-
ample in its fall. Peerless nike in its pros.
tra,ion, II furnishes another memento to the
many funeral monuments which give SOM
bre interest 10 the highway of time, upon
which history, in after ages, will write its own
inscription.
But tue world was made for the living and
not for the dead. With the last chime of the
requiem, which tells the passing sway OF
wh,t was once the cynosurc of nations and
the idol Of the American heart, will end the
allegiance which invested the confederation
with the attribute of in,lcsructbilily. TWAS
dream. 1t is gone the illusion is past, and
whilst every heart confcsses To feeling, or hay-
ing feA, a ,s,g at the separation, there is no
remorse to omLitter the regret. There is no
stain upo}. our hands, there is no damning
proof uron the eacntcheon of De South. 1t
was not her deed. Let the Northern assas-
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INAUGURAL OF PRESIDENT DAVIS.

MONTGOMERY. Feb. ls.-TLe Inaugural
ceremonies are just over. The procesaion was
the yrsnie.. pageant ever witnessed in the
South.
There was an immense concourse on Capt.
tol Hill consisting Of ladies from all portions
Of this and neighboring States, the military
and citizens.
President Davis commenced hiI insugural
at one O'clock precisely. lie Said:
THE INAUGURAL ADDRESS.
Gentlemen of the COnyrets cf The COnf>d-
crate Stuies Of Anseried-Friends dnd Fslt0s
Citizens: Called to the difficult and rexponsi.
ble station Of Chief Executive Of ,he Provis.
ionsl Government which you have instituted
approach to the discharge OF the duties as
signed me with al humble distrust Of my
abilities, but with suitable confidence in the
wisdom, of those who are to guide and uid me
in the administration of public affairs, and
with an abiding faith iu the virtue aud patri.
otism Of the people. Looking forward to the
speedy establishment Of permanent Govern
ment to take the place of this, and which BY
its greater moral and physical power will be
better able to combat with many difficulties
which arise from the conflicting interests of
separate nations, / enter upon the duties Of
the office to which l hare been chosen with
the hope that beginning our career as Con.
federscy, we may not be obstructsd by hostile
opposition to our enjoyment Of our separate
existence and of the independence which we
have asserted, and which, with the blessing
of Providence, We intend to maintain.
Our present condition has been achieved in
manner unprecedented in the history of
nations. It illustrates the American idea that
the government rests upon the consent of the
governed, and that it is the right of the peo.
ple to alter or abolish governments whenever
they become destructive Of the ends for which
they were established. The declared purpor,
Of the compact of Union from which we have
withdrawn was to establish justice ensure
domestic tranquility, provide for the common
defence aud general welfare, 20 secure the
blessings Of liberty to ourselves and to our
posteriy and when, in the judgment of the
sovereign States composing this Confederncy,
it had been perverted from tie purposes for
which it was ordained, and ceased to answer
the end for which i! was established, and u
peaceful appeal tn tho r." ~
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Negro Mechanics.

An article in o late number Of DeBop's
Rerier, from the pen of Judge Hopkins, "f
Mobile, directs attention to the injury which
the writer thinks ID likely to be inflicted on
the South by the system of instructing ne
groes in the mechanic arts, and employing
them as mechanics. He says:
lift be desirable to preserve the p,triar-
chan system of negro slavery now existing at
the South, as the very best basis Of social or
der and Of moral and domestic integrity
which none may doubt, who has evoked wis
dom and virtue in pursuing the question,
Shareholders should allsy this sntasoni-ln III
their midst, by agreeing through legislative
action, to confno the negro to the soil, thus
to elevate aad open the mechanic trades to
the non-slaveholding people around them.
Dignity the trade to the level with the pro-
fessions, in common acceptation, and idling'
loatng, loupsins, for-hunting, or in other
words, general dissipation of health, energy
and time, among the young men Of the South
would almost cease, and in their place be SUBJ
general busy industry. BY confning
the negro to the soil, the mechanic would be
at once converted from an open or secret en-
emy of negro slavery, into its firm advocate
and supporter, because he would then feel
himself lifted up in the scale of social respect.
ability, and maintained in that position by
the subordinatcd negro, confined exclusively
to menial service. Before the law and COM
munity, all white citizens would stand strict
ly on footing Of equality, and be alone dis
tinguished by courtesy and mental superior
ity."
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u,rc., u.ss nsnc, vino has been doing the
bouors at the White House. She has formerly
been wit, her uncle in England, where, Of
course, she has had access to the court circles
thus necessarily becoming little sristocratic.
Wh-n size ret ;rnc III this Country, she e.
came the prc,i ing l;.dy al the White House,
of course, considering herself tho first lady
in the country, aul expecting tll.t all other
ladies woull Loa to ler. Early in l>i7, she
met =. a party Ms. Douglas, then only q
short time married, sad surro' nded, not only
on accoun. OF the osi,ion Of ler husband,
but OF her own b'au'y and youthfulnesa-
which latter attributes Miss Lane does not
no o:sess to the same extcnt-l.y an admirn4. !.
circle.
A gentleman paid Mrs. Doug'n: very lat.
tvrins compliment, Which unfortunately Of
Tended tie pride Of Miss Lame. She went
home and told her umc!e about it, who, being
animated by the same feeling against the
husband of his niece rival, Immediately took
her part. At another party, the dislike be-
tween the two ladies still increased, till it
broke out in open war. Mr.. Buchanan, be-
lievi,g that Lis lliece ought to be the first la
dy in the country, and not Mrs. Douglas, and
thinking that Mr.. Douglas should not play
too strongly the part Of u crown prince ~ the
king, concluded 10 let him know so~ctLl"s
about it. The culjness existing between the
two lndies, by the by, p'rvuded the two gen
:!em.n, and thus the var between the rcd
aud the white rose begun, and ended in the
destruction (?) Of the Democratic party
Small causes are often followed by great con-
sequences.
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Home Religion.

We have no confidence in, love or respect
for, that religion which does not 60 into the
heart ami home-life of the man, there soften
ing, sweetening and, enlightening and lifting
up into its own holy atmosphere of love ana
faith, all the business of his daily life. The
religion of our Lord is not simply something
to stand us in the noed of death and the judg.
ment bar. While it is perfect provision for
these appalling emergencies, it is something
TO live with and by. 1t must go into the
heart, that fountain of mans daily life; and
there control, as with the spirit and rule Of
Heaven and so, having its holy outcomlng ID
his thought, speech and act, will make oi hlt,
as near as may be in sinful and suffering
world, life of hearon's own beauty and bliss.
I, ia not alone in great emergencies, not alone
in tho dust and din of the worlds public
work, that true religion has its lest e1hibl-
ton. 1t brings heaven nearest to earth, OF
rather makes this poor earth likest to heaven,
when it comes into little things, of which
most of life is made up, and fila them with
heavens own spirit and temper. 1t is some
thing not 80 much for public wear IN high
occasions as for home and hearth-stone ths
holy ,u!e and 1--we OF Christ at the tireSide,
for the Husband and wife, parent and child,
master and servant, in the daily round OF dai-
ly duty. In such walks IS these the power
snd blessing Of Christ-like life nhines with
heavens own light; the light of character
daily fitting for residence in that better land,
where we shall see Him as He is. Oh! for
his temper and spirit! How it would sweet
en- our own hearts! how it would soften and
mellow our words, and how much Of beauty
and power it would give to our life! So, like
evil birds, should be driven from our heart'
and homes all bitterness and wrath, clamor
and evil speaking, with all malice. Try it
but for day; to live that day Of yours like
Christ would live it, as you know He would
have you live it and you will both lay your
self down in leace and sleep, for your soul
shall rejoice in His light and love.-Southern
Presbyterian.