Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1869-09-01
Greenyille Correspondence. !,

tao brain and blood must tuSlergoa slight boil
ing process. A refreshing shower on Monday
laidsthe dast, but did not lower the temperature
much. Clouds are still floating round in,sbun-
dance, promising that this may be but the be-
ginning Of moreecopious retrasbngs to our dry
:and pcrched soik
The crops here, as elsewhere, ares injured TO
great extent, and corn is now selling atfrom Siso
to sI4O Cotton has not suffered so much, though
its yield must be considerably lessencd. The
fair prospect sstbe Spring crops held out to
thsssproduccr, of abundant yields and fpt pocket
books and the-pleesant .auticipatiops oG'eheap
living, INDUCED in by us who constitute tho con-
suming class, have all withered under the scorch-
ing glanccs of merciless Sot
The excessive heat Of this summer has given
Greenvlle its ante Jeilum appearance to greater
extent than during any year since the war, ny
forcing many persons to seek its sa!ubrous climate
and healthy waters. Friend SwANDALE has not
been SO bustling in many q year; and the neigh
boring summer resorts of Chick Springs, Glenn
Springs, Flat Rock, Caesars Head, &C., arc again
rcsounding with tho merry voices Of pleasure
seekers.
The United States Court, now in session here,
adds life to our city from summer to summer. 1t
is now completing its third week, under the pre-
siding care of Hon. GEO. S. BRYAN. 1t has been
my good fortune to attend closely tue proceedings
of this week, and to find myself pleased with the
courteous and dignifed hearing of tho Court, and
edited by the legal ability displayed The Court
has been occupied since Monday with the case of
the United States VS.. VIM. H. Stacks, and it will
probably consume the entire week. Capt. VIM.
H. Stacks is prosecuted by the U. S. Attorney for
forfeiture Of property and whiskey, connected
with, what was to have been, n " Bonded Distlle-
ry," but which it is alleged, has been carried on
without compliance with the requirements Of the
Revenue Law. The counsel for defence admit
that all the requirements were not complied with
exactly by law; but they have also proven that
i>was not the intent Of tho defendant to defraud,
and that be was allowed to proceed by the Reve
nue. Officers of that District. This has rather
compromised the officers themselves, who seemed
be acting in good faith towards the Government
and the Defendant It shows how careful one
must be to understand and comply with the letter
of the law even though the spirit of the law may
warrant some little departure; and particularly
Interference to this Revenue (or as it is sometimes
aptly termed Infernal) Law. The case ie q very
important one, and creates much interest gencr-
ally. Gen. W. K. EAsLEY, Of this Bar, and Col.
S. W. MELTON, Of Columbia, are for the Defence;
-bJ,t pypor (nf v,ptaadnn cunpoeal
and W. E. EARLE of this Bar are the Assistant
U. S. Attorneys acting in Corbins absence. BY
noN opened the prosecution, after the conclusion
Of the evidence, in rather feeble style. Gen.
RAsLrY followed in one of his mastery efforts of
two hours. Col. MELTON followed, after respite
Gen. EAsLEYEhsdF Fleftof, and, after two hours
was compelled to ask the Court to hear him out
tomorrow. When say that Gen. EAsLEY and
Col. MELTON both deeply interested 10 this
case, and have given it careful study, your read
ers, who know their reputation at the Bar, may
conceive what we heard to-day. Words of mine
cannot convey the slightest idea of the rcn flow of
eloquence the telling wit, and the searching ar:
gument. Capt. EARLE will have something to do
in replying tomorrow.
But there arc other matters of interest of which
must spenk. I take it for granted thct the peo-
pie of EdgeGcld arc interested in good schools;
fr they bave proved the fact heretofore in the
number of students, both male and female, that
have registered hero in years gono by Well, we
people in this beautiful, healthy country, with its
pure waters and salubrious climate, want the pco-
PIE of Edge6eld to know that our schools are
opening, under new and more favourable auspi-
ces and that We want them to make the cotton
and let as educate their children. We are in the
mountains where provisions are always cheaper,
and We can board their sons and daughters and
teach them, too, cheaper than il can be done at
homo. We want them to know that if they will
only move here with their families, TINT their boys
be prepared for any University or College, in
the Peabody School, under Prof. j. B. PATRICK,
whom many of them know rs teacher of repu-
tation and gentleman of strict integrity, US is
also his Assistant, Hon. W. II. CAMPBELL. We
want thom to know that this can bc done for
nothing, when they have not the means of paying,
and for merely nominal prico where they are do
sirous Of contributing to this common fund. We
want them to know that their daughters can also
be prepared for College on the same terms, and
by competent lady teachers, all of which may be
seen by reference to our City Paper. We want
them 10 know that Furman University, under its
esteemed and learned President, JAMES C. Fur
MAN, D. D., with his Corps of eble Assistants,
will soon resume its exercises and that tho course
is thorough and cheap. We want them also to
know, by reading the advertisement in your pa
per, that the Greenville Female College will open
with the University, and that their
sons and daughters can come to the same conve-
nient and healthy location, and find their INTEL
lectual wants readily supplied whilst their physi-
cal condition cannot but be benefited by the brac
ing air Of the Green City Of the Mountains"
We want them to know all these facts, and We
derived, either from moving here with their fami-
lies, or in sending their sons and daughters, who
must be educated.
No place can boast of moro literary, social, or
religious advantages than G.eenvile. And, when
we get the " Air Line Road" Us wo hope to do,
we look forward to the time that numbers will
flock here, the great central point of the Great
West of South Carolina. A.
Gs- On last Sunday Mrs. Amos, residing at
Mound Ogle, Illinois, administered poison 10 her.
self and her little girl. The little girl died in 6f
teen minutes and Mrs. Amos in about ten hours.
There had baen trouble in the family, particular