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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1861-01-30

DIpLoMATGsTs IyorsIrIvE.-Lorl Lyons.
Mr.. Schcden, the Bremen Charge, and 9th
cr members of the diplomatic corps hare re-
questci Secretary Black to furnish official in
formation whether the Government Of the
United States wilrccosnize clcarances Of ves-
sells which may be issued by the State author
tiles of South Carolina; and also, whether
foreign vessels could properly pay duties to
South Carolina officers. Mr.. Blacks answer
has not TRANSFERRED, but 1t is understood to
llnve been in the negative in reply to both
questions He states, however. that foreign
vessels entering seceding ports and paying
duties ignoranlly, would have more indul-
gence than Others but adds, that the Govern
ment Is reluctant to consider the subject i'll
the present unsettled condition of the coun-
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A Song for the Times.

Let hard times l.sssil US,
Let poverty nail US
Like misticul horse shoes to every old wall;
Let deep tribulation
And fierce desolatiun
Spread over NIL lands like funeral pail;
Though empty our purses.
Though creditors curse US,
And quarters are squeezed till tho eagles all howl,
Let's have merry faces
And smiles for all places,
Remembering It's better to grin than to groml.
What though banks are breaking
And "big houses quaking,
Lest one day undo NIL they ever have done,
Our crossness can't mend it,
Our weeping wont end it,
Why not take the bright side and call it all fun
Will forfeited pleasures
Or imhccle pleasures
Bring back our lost contidence-lift the dark co~i?
No, no to-dayS sorrow
Brings no brighter morrow;
When things will be bad let us grin and not growl.
But let us keep thinking
That though we are sinking,
We can't 90 much farther, because it wont pay;
The old saw not forgetting,
That's cured lots Of freting,
:.The hour is the darkest just before day; )"
Though vacant our purses,
Though creditors curse us,
Though quarters are squeezed till the eagles all
howl,
Let's keep merry faces
And suies for oil places,
For surely tits better to grin than to groHl.
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South CAROLINA AND THE MA1Ls.-South
Carolina is becoming sensitive in the matter of
contracts. She is very anxious to recognize
her share Of the obligations contracted with
The parties who carry the mails, and therefore
she resolves to continue the present postal
service This is refreshingly cool. She has
repudiated Federal Government, and, of course,
intends thus 10 escape paying any share Of
these very contracts; yet she is quite willing
to reserve to herself the full benefit of the
mail service. This is specimen of thrift
much more in keeping with her ideas of Yam.
kee 'cuteness than with vnunted Southern
chiyslry.-New York Times.
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pers. All the respectful men in town is sign

pers. All the respectful men in town is sign
ers to that there duckymen!'
"Good God !' cried Old Abe, "they cum
upon me from the skize-down the chimncys,
and from the bowels of the ycarth! He hadn't
shut his mouth before two fat orftice seekers
from Wisconsin, in cndeverin to crawl atween
his legs for the purpose of applyin for the
tollgateship at Mlwawky, upset the President
cleck, and he would hev gone sprawlin into
the fire, if l hadn't caught him in these arms.
But had'n more'n stood him up strate, fore
another man cum crashing down The chimney ;
his head strikin me violently agin the inards
and prostrating my voluptuous form onto the
floor. Mr.. Linken,' shoutid the infatuated
being, 9my papers is signed by every clergy.
man in our town, and likewise the skoolmas,
ter |"
Sez I, "you egrejis ass" ee in up and brush
in the dust from my eyes, III sign your pa
pers with this bunch Of bones, if you don'tbe
a little more keertul how you make my bread
basket depot in the iutur. How do you
like that air perfumery?' scz I, shuving my
fist under this nose, "thcm's the kind of Pa.
pers I'll give you! Thcm's the papers you
want!"
DuL WOThL Tue tIchcl to'iSi
mite & day. The patrit should be rewarded"
Firtoo srd /, koldin the iufatoualcd man
by the shirt collar, virtoo, sir is its own re,
ward Look at me!' He did look at me,
and qualed bel my gaze. The fact is !
continued, lookin round upon the hungry
crowd, "there is scarcely a oils for every lie
! lamp carrid round during this campane. |
wish tharc was. wish thare was iu.rin mis-.
sions to be filled on varis lonely slan| where
eppydemics rage necessarily, and if WAS in
OH Abe's place, iii send every motherss son
to them. What air you here for 2" | continued
warmin up considerable, cant your give
Abe a ni,nits peace? Go home, you misera.
Bile man, 90 home e. till the sile! Go ped.
din tinware; go to chopin wood; go to bilin
sope; stuff sassingers; black booisi got q
clerkshp on sum respect ,b'e manure cart; 60
round as ORIGINAL Swiss bell ringers bccum
origenal and only Cambel Minstrels; go to lee.
turin at fifty dollars mite i:nbark in the
peanut DISMISS write for the Ledger saw
off your legs and go round givin concerts,
with tuchin appeal to charitable publick
printed on your handbills; anything fur a
honest livin. but don't come round here drivin
Old Abe crazy by your cutrajus cuttings up
Go home. Stand not upon The order Of goin,
but 60 to onct!
III in five mnits from this timc,'' sez
pulin out my new sixteen dollar hnnlii case
watch, and brandishing it befnre their eyes.
nEfin five minutes from this time single
one of YOU remains on these here premises,
IN 20 out to my cage ncar by, and let my
Boy Constructor lusse Il and il nc gls
among you, you'll think Old Solerino has
cum again and no mistake" You ought hcv
-oAn them scamrer, Mr.. Fair. They run orr
as, ...,s ~ns arter them with a
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RANGE or CoLuMnA,D SHELL Gv.s.---1he
iurthrSt range Of Il lluntlred pound she'll even
at 2n elevation of tliirty-fire degrees given
to the gun, is T. SOS yards; the time OF flight
being thirty.fiye seconds. The great twelve
inch Columb;ad, the largest gun made, loaded
with twenty five pounds Of powder, shell Of
liz pounds and the piece at IN elevation OF
thirty. five degrees, has made range Of only
5,4U9 yards, the projrctile occupying thirty
two seconds in its flight. BY increasing the
elevation to thirty-nine degrees only 100
yards more was gained in the range. From
the same gun, with charge of powder Of
twenty-eight pounds, she'll OF $50 pounds
and an elevation of thirty-fve degrees, a
range Of IGl yards (three and third miles, J
which is the greatest that has ever been ac-
comp=hed by any gun in our service. The
flight occupied thrty-s;x seconds. Charles
ton is therefore perfectly safe from the guns
of Fort Sumter. Fit were even within the
farthest range of those guns, the ang gle Of ell
ovation necessary to accomplish such dis
tance is SO extreme that to hit the city would
he matter of extreme uncertainty. The
guns of Fort Sumter can only be raised to an
elevation of thirty-three degrees on account
of the casemates, and consequently could do
no damage beyond about two miles and
half
A ten-inrh Columbiad at an elevation Of
thirty-thrce degrees will throw a shell about
three miles. There are no such guns in bnr.
bottle at Fort Sumter, and if there are any
casernatcs guns of that cnlbre no such eleva-
tinn could be had The upper surface Of the
gun would strike against the top of the EN-
brasure Mt an elevation far short Of thirty
three degrees.
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TIE CuTrEu FORWARD AND orn FoRTs.-
The extract which we make from he Wasi.
ing,on Constitution confirms US in the opinion
formerly entertained and expressed, that the
cutter Fsrrard had been secretly .ordVred
South with truops, and that their destination
was the mouth of the Cape Fenr. Lieutenant
Nones, her Commander, Ind long experience
upon thi, coast and in this river. Whether
lie belonged to the celebrated beef:boue' crew
or not we do not know. Thy ia sag that
some revenue cutter many lesrs ago ky SO
long at her anchorage here, that she rot
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PROM the Southern Gu..disp.
The State Wants Mouey..lIow to
Raise II.

"We, the people, have forced the State to
secession, and it behoovea US to sustain l:er p
it. Every mau is bound to do whit he can
to support her in the stand which she has ~.
ken. The young ure rushing t,' the field With
slacr;ty. Very we'll, that i. their rart. The
poor can do nolLiug for ker but help fill her
ranks; and many OF them can""t even do
!hst without lesying their tamilirs in ~spi.
Very well, let them stay at honre aud run,ti.
tute home gusr'i; Aid lc, them I,~r.oru, thi.
service M chr.rfully rs the young luru l~t-
form military ser,ce. Then there ar. your
men in otiicr, and I'D men OF ample m"arr,
VIII" can neither fight nor w.yrh. To Ill.
class belong, aid will show, by -xamp|:
instead of Prpccp,, wha, Lhink ,h-y s,oul'l
do. will rive one..;.uh 81 nay ircolne hi,
year to the State. Gn=.;li,d paysi.Ir o wv
third Of april neat smother un Sc third vf
July, and the other On the third Uf Uc obsr.
Now, II the nsa who are able to spare ibis
much, without affecting their families, Wild
so, then, before the end "f this year, The
State will have at her disposal near ulliyn
Of money. When SPEAK "f my income FIR
the year, | meau ",er aud .b"ye my debts
now due and payable this yeur-or rather |
mean the proposition t. b. thus Yn sl'ii.d ~
far as it RESPECTS others; for. a. tolny.ulf,
mean to give the sixth, irrespective OF debts
present or'future. The subscription book will
be found in charge Of William II. Tsury,
ESl., u, bis oHirp. Let subscriptions upon
like terms be ol+urd i'll every town aud village
in the State; and mistake the Character of
the people of South Carulina il che has to
sell single bond, stop single public work,
or tax single poor man 10 VI amount that
he will feel.
Here are our women, God hles. them, old
aud young, going about with subscriptions,
and working With their own hands ~ furnish
our troops with clothing, arms, aasa, Sc, &c.
And Whist are Old togies" doing7 Shelling
out GYo dullara. aud ten dollars, and tueaty
dollars, and receiving their swss. thanks, AZ
though we hal done them q great favor. We
are all great patriots; let US now see low Cur
patriotism will endure touch Of the pocket
nerve.
All the papers Of the State will publish this
gratis, of course, and help TO give j, effect in
every District SESE4.
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Never II we KIIUw Lne spun Lnat actuates
our cuuntrymen from the mountains to the
scaboard.
Whist, then, dctAins Col. Hsyne at Wash
ingron? Are the ,elrgraphic reports correct,
"tl.at be hns modified his views 3 that rep
rcsenta,ives from other Southern States have
urged moderation, aud that Senator Davis, Of
Mississippi, lrks requested that Msjor Ander-
SON SHOULD he permitted to SIMPLY himself
with fresh provisions from The Market : We
know that Cnrolinsns are chiva!r!c and gen.
erouS, but never before in the annals VI his
tory have we known that the inmates of q
helcasuercd fortress We're supplied by their
enrlrirs with provisions, and permitted daily
to receive sealed communications from their
Government. Such course we deem, to
say the least, worthy alone Of the Knight OF
La Manc!a. We beg the authorities Of the
State. to distinctly understand that the pe3-
plc Of the State: the sore:eim people-who
called the Convention and demanded imme-
diate secession, Leading thcir former leaders
harc determined that the stars AMI stripes, u
badges of Northern oppression and Sont' e"r
degradation, shall no longer tuat tauntin.ly
On the brer ze, but that the palnletto isg
shall alone float over any fortified point il,
the waters Of their State. Fort Sumter we
shall and will have" peaceably il we can,
forcibly if we must" BELLUM.
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AFFAIRS ~ EEw YoRK.-The Herall, Of
Friday, says it is rumored and believed, that
an organization exists in New York, of three
to FIVE thousand men, for the purpose of, seiz-
ing the forti6catioas in that hs.bor as soon as
civil war breaks out at Charleston aud it
charges the Black RspabGcaus with creating
all that perils the copu.sy. The Herald ALSO
states, tha. the Grs4.a Jury .f New York,
in obedience IN Ju.'s- Smallry'. charge, are
summoniug vita.:.es to te.'ify as to the sale
an: tt.psmi.sos If asms to the South. AmorS
the witnesses i. Mr.. Hoey, Of Adsms e1.
press.
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Aboriginal MISUNDERSTANDING
the Dcnd-


Is uurll,uy ,..- 49,. uy moi
sc> or n"ions they can attract t!e evil splr'
its attention, TIE hear, ESCAPES u lis heaven
of rcst u,rl i, frcye" >aI,' l.ut il the body i,
buried, the evil one keeps continual guard
over the grave; and when the heart would
escape it is made prisoner, and il is th"ncc-
forth employed To annoy the living relatives.
When HI Indian is known to be dying. his
head is lifted gently upon the lap of some
relative, and his eyes softly clme'l while
those who are standing around rrci'e in low
monutunoas Giant The virtues nI Ike dying.
The moment his heart has cra cd to beat tie
sad tidings are conveyed to Lis relatives, and
the low chant is changed to Innurlifnl wailims,
anil, beating upon their chests, with streum'
i;!g eyes, they apostrophize the spirit Of the
Departed.
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M1LLrpaEYlLLE, January 20


PRocsEp,Nos OF TIE GEORGIA CONTENTION.
Gov. Brown yesterday communicated 70
tho Convention the threatening resolutions
adopted by the New York Legislature on the
for aux. After their reading ar. Toonba
dees.@c c'lowipg:
ordinsr, .animously, as q rsspoaase to The
rea. at Edge .vtp Irk, That this Conven.
t;op b7tsS! sSoHe groves of the energetic and pa
tr;n,;c eo,l., u,t of the Governor of Georgia in
tat;,., 20, session of Fort Pulaski, through
the S... troops, and request him TO hold pos:
so.s;n, sms rf the same until the relations Of
ts, :rsl by this Convention and copy OF
tb;. re,olution is ordered to be transmitted to
the Governor of New York"
Adoptsd unanimously.
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SECESSION IN "UScLE SAM's" ARMr.--At
tue chambers Of the Common Pleas there has
lately been quite number Of discharges on
haJeas corpus, the applicants mostly hsiling
from Governors Island and the various eli.
listing Offices. The plua On which the1. MIL
itary bantlngs generally rely is infancy.
They make their appearance in court srrayed
in all the paraphernaliu of their tnee's ~
tractiye costuue sorue with heavy beard
upon their faces, ard feeling that their dream.
OF glory ON the tented field are ,oe noon to
be realized, they ssk the court to excuse
thom on the plea that they arc i.ltan'S,
though they have been weaned for some
years back. 1t is very likely that they can
discern the sigus Of the ta,es, and feel thank.
ful that the wisdom which Ia denied to those
high u authority il sruntei to babes and
sucklings At MI events, they are noS far
beyond The reach Of secession arnaments. 1t
would delight the most confirmed mi'an-
thrope to see with what joyful ebullition Of
feeling these children hail the magic dictum
of the Judge which again delivers them to the
arms OF their mammas.-N. Y. Post.
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UTAH AND SouTn CARoLisl.--When thai
abominabe nest of murder, incest and polyga
my, the Territory Of Utah, which tits no figure
of speech to call Sodom, was in open rebel
lion against the General Government, Mr.
Buchanan sent Peace Commissioners With the
army to offer Utah the olive branch before the
sword na. drawn. tn South Carolina, sors..
eisn State, one Of the most civilized, yirtuoui
and exemplary of Christian communities,
where's great is the purity of 4ome.tic life, that
=, :. divorce has nrr,lrnd since the Revolution
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No DOUBT OF Ir.-The National Intelliyr4.
Ger of Wednesday very unnecessarily under.
takes to demonstrate, BY the addrsss OF Com.
missioner sprs,t, of South Carolina, before.
The Florida Convention, that diyuuiou WAS
pre,neaitatel by South Caroiua.
The MteUigencer must have heeu taking
nup in the R;p.vau Winke fashion, not TO
have discovered this fact before. "Disuniou
uls premedits,ed" by South Carolina ever
since the second Tuesday of November last,
and we hope it Is not "treason" TO soy So We
trust Judge Smalley will not see this para.
orsph hI-Southern Guardian.
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Nor THAT KIND OF 4 GAIA gentleman
duirg business un Main street, was presented
With beautiful kitten. Yesterday couple
Of young ls'lirs, one Of them named Julia
happened in the store, and OF cours. kitty, Us
kittens aud bsbies alwsys do, come in for al
immense quantity Of eudeurmeuts aud cares
ses.
.oh, my! what sweet, darling little kit
ty! What is its nsmef'
!" 1t has not been rhristened yet"
ooh, the dear little thing. Do call it Julia
won't your"
II should be very happy to do so" ssid ouI
gallant friend ,-"but it an't that kind Of o
cat!"
Kitty WIS deposited on the floor in twink
ling, and couple OF young ladies We're seen
looking for q good place to faint.
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! WAnSlAC TO SuurH CAnoLlNA.-We
warn our legislators that this sort OF tr;ilins 8
tilnil or trcscllrrous-with the just indgna-
ton Of all outraged people, |, playing with
edged tools. And NC warn the gallant State
OF SOUTH Carolina, that the whole effect oil
these conferences and uvcriurrS will only re
suit in delaying the ulnment Of action, until
Fort Sumter can be pcnccshly" handed
over tn the command nf Abraham Lincoln.
James Buchanan tiocs not ia!ead 10 make open
uar IN any ecemt His only purpose is to pre-.
pure the campaign for Mr.. Lincoln.-R!cE-
mond Enquirer.
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".AS rsgle soarirs high above the mist Of
the ear'l',' said u downeust lawyer, wing.
ing its daring flight against a midday sun, till
the coutenp l.ipu becomes too dazzling for
humanity snd ai4rtsl eyes 10 gaze at,e:' 1t iu
vain. fLcre ;l,e orator fsltered, and aftsr sn
abortive ,rt VI two, sat down .a confusion.
"l'he mex, time, sir" said l- Judge, "you
bring an eagle into Cour. | should recon.
lueud that you clip his wigs
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what's n Fair or Noble Facet

WHAT'S Fair or Noble Facet
What's fuir or noble fscs,
II the mind ignoble be!
What though beauty, in each grace,
May her own resemblance see?
Eyes may catch from Heaven their spell,
Lips the ruby light recall;
Iu the home for love to dwell,
One good feelings worth them all.
Give ME Virtues rose to trace
Honor's kindling glance and mien;
IIuwsocver plain the face,
Beauty is where these are seen !
Raven ringlets Ger the snow
Of the whites neck may full !!
the L"'-- ..-'e- t-ljs:
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order To settle tue slavery anu e.~>ys.vr y urs.
ton in the country north Of the Potomac and
west OF the Mississippi River, in peac.fsl
manner. 1t is thought $l00,0Q0,sOo would
complete the work, and carry this o'mprol q.
in favor Of Freedom through Congress, aud
be wiser expenditure than the same sum
appropriated TO put down sec-ision in those
quarters by military means. This proposition
is more tayos.bly regarded than the suggest.d
compromises looking TO the future impossible
abrogstion OF slavery anywhere.
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YANKEE CuARAcrEg.-We have witty
uci.hbor, who says that il q Yankee had his
gun cooked and primed to >l.o.t Southeruer,
aud the latter would inquire the price Of tbe
weapon, his svsricious heart would melt, and
he answer the question by asking, ~hat'u you
give?
Our neghb:r has studied the habits and
character Of this people, aud knows great
de.l about th. land Of wooded nutmegs. -
Rock Hill Chronicle.
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From the Cincinnatti ENQUIRER

We observe the following paragraphs in the
Cincinnatti Enquirer, Of Late date, and pub
lish them to lei our readers see what our Ohio
friends II say oil US:
PATHETIC PATRIOTISM or AN OID SOLDIER.
-On the dav Of the meeting of the Seces.
sionsts at Kingston, Ga, Revolutionary
soldier returned to his residence i'll Cobb
County, on the railroad, though his eyes were
80 dim that he could not see well. lie was
told they were trying to get the people to dis.
solve or seccde IRON the Union. Whercuron
he dropped his withered lucc and seemed TO
be in deep distress for one or two minutes,
;,fier which he raised up his head, and with
'.itering voice said, "Oh, don't 10 ina: till |
am dead p While he uttered th, Sc words The
large tsa-s chased ear;i other down his T2rn
checks. He was told that great number OF
them would try and prevent them to which
he replied, Don't let them do that till am
dead !"
"CoAls TO NEWCASTLE" E."-The bark Har-
ria Huzcltine, which arrived at Charleston,
South Carolina, few days sincc from BARGE
lonn, Spain, had II cars" Of asses.
A Poetic Fable for Sccessionists.
A Columbus, Ca, NJ. D., in the calomel
line, contributes to the New York Journal Of
Commerce the following:
Yankee Doodle tonk n saw,
With pntrintic devotion,
To trim the Tree Of Liberty,
According to his "notion"'
Yankee Dumlle on n limb,
Al